Disclaimer: I do not own Kim Possible or any of the show's characters (unfortunately). This fic is written solely to entertain; I do not earn anything (except reviews).

AN: This story ignores the events of StD, but includes all the episodes of the series.

Back from the vacation! Thanks for all the kind reviews I got while I was away! This is a very short chapter, but I promise the next one will be much longer! Enjoy!

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When Ron arrived at home, he was deep in thought. This in itself was a rather unusual occurrence, because he seldom saw a reason for extensive thinking. This weekend, however, proved to be an exception. Much had happened, and he was still trying to wrap his mind around everything. He had hardly recognized Bonnie today; she had been outright nice to him. Not that he minded, but he wondered if it would last… 'Probably not,' he mused. 'When we're back at school, she'll be back to her old self.' He sighed. Somehow, it had been nice not to be the object of her scorn, if only for a short while. Then there was Tara. The bubbly blonde had always been friendly, but the way she had acted this weekend… He still remembered the wonderful sensation he had felt when she had kissed him on the cheek. Was there a chance that she liked him liked him? He entered his room, cursing his inability to figure out girls. "Hey Rufus!" he greeted his little buddy.

The naked mole rat smiled happily at seeing Ron. "Hi!"

The blonde boy sat down on his bed. "Rufus, you won't believe what happened today."

The pink rodent looked at him expectantly.

"Bonnie was nice to me."

"Huh?" Rufus looked seriously confused now.

Ron had to chuckle at that. "Well, I helped her on Friday after the party." He then told his buddy everything that had happened, including his thoughts about Tara, and Rufus listened with rapt attention. After he had finished, Ron slumped back. "So I'm confused now. What do you think?"

Rufus merely shrugged. "Dunno."

Ron sighed. "A lot of help you are. But thanks for listening, buddy. You know, I think I'll just wait and see what happens tomorrow. I wish I could talk to KP about all this…"

Rufus picked up the telephone. "Call!"

Ron shook his head. "I can't, Rufus. I promised Bonnie I wouldn't tell anyone about Friday night." He groaned. "I really shouldn't have promised that. I'm so not good at keeping secrets!"

Rufus sighed. "Poor boy."

At that moment, Ron's phone rang. With another sigh, Ron picked it up. "Hey KP!"

"Hi Ron," the voice of his best friend greeted him. "We're finally back! Traffic was really heavy! Joss says hi! She still got all the posters of you." He could hear her giggle and had to smile himself. Ever since he had been at Slim Possible's ranch with Kim, her brothers and her father, Joss had idolised him. Kim's voice brought him back from his thoughts. "Anyway, how was your weekend? And how was the big party?"

Ron steeled himself. He always found it very hard to lie, especially to Kim. "Oh, same old, same old. The party wasn't that great, so I left pretty early. Monique should be able to tell you a lot about the party though; when I left, she was chatting with some guy…"

Kim squealed. "Really? Oh, I have to call her!"

Ron grinned. Kim hadn't noticed that he'd bent the truth a bit. "Well, before you do that, you wanna hear something that'll make you proud of the Ronster?"

"What's that?"

"Weeeeell, guess who did all his homework yesterday?"

"Oh, Ron, that's great!"

"Yes, yes, that's me," he replied smugly.

"In that case, why don't you come over early tomorrow, so we can compare our Latin homework? You know I'm still having trouble with all the declinations…"

Ron gulped. "Latin homework? There was a Latin homework?"

Kim laughed. "Yes, there was, potential boy! Quite a lot, too!"

"Aww, man! I thought I had everything done!" Ron complained.

"Well, seems like you've got something to do now, so I'll leave you to Latin and call Monique." The mirth still hadn't left Kim's voice.

"All right. See you tomorrow, KP!"

"See you, Ron!"

The line went dead, and Ron put the phone on the nightstand. He then walked to his desk and put out his Latin book. He was not exactly talented when it came to the Roman language, but he still tried to master it, so that he could help Kim with it.

Ron, however, was not the only one who was occupied with his homework. Tara had been sitting at her desk ever since she'd returned home. She should have been finished with her homework by now, but she was too distracted to really focus on her essays. Every few minutes, her thoughts drifted to a certain blonde boy, and she sighed. She wondered if Ron liked her at all. She thought she'd been pretty obvious in her approach, but then, Ron was not like most other boys and perhaps hadn't realized her feelings yet. That didn't answer the question whether he would even want to date her, though. The platinum blonde cheerleader put her pen down in frustration. At this rate, she would never get her homework done. After a few more minutes of silent pondering, she reached a conclusion: She would take a very direct approach tomorrow. If Ron didn't like her, at least she'd know, and she was sure that he would at least let her down easily. The boy just didn't have a mean streak in him. And if he liked her… really liked her… She smiled dreamily. It could be so perfect! Okay, so perhaps a few people would make fun of her for dating someone as low on the food chain as Ron Stoppable, but she thought that would be a small price to pay. At least Bonnie, her best friend, would stick by her side! Or would she? Tara banished the doubts that tried to creep into her thoughts quickly. Of course Bonnie would! After all, she had seen herself what a great guy Ron was!

The matter being resolved, she finally returned to her homework, but it still took her quite some time to get everything finished, and when she went to bed at last, it was well past midnight.