A/N
Chapter 2 is here!
Apologies to all those who have been waiting for the second half of this little two-shot, but I had a reader ask me if I would mind waiting a few weeks before I posted this so he could read it and participate. And since I was working on G.V.U.: The Freshman Rush, I decided to comply.
So, who has Kim been talking to? By the time this chapter is over, you will know! :) And it might surprise a few people.
"That's right, now you've got a guy who's substance and not just show," her companion said with a smile. "And you'd better not blow it. So what are you wearing tonight?"
Kim smiled. "Just what I've got on."
The person looked over the red-head with a disapproving eye. "Kim, don't you think you should maybe wear something a little more date appropriate?"
Kim frowned. "What do you mean? This is how I've always dressed for Ron Night before."
"Kim, this isn't 'Ron Night', and you know it. If you're going to date the boy, you've got to start letting him know that it's for real. Trust me, the surest way to make a guy like Ron start wondering is if you start dressing like it's just another night out."
Kim blinked a few times. "But…what if we're doing something where a dress or skirt doesn't work?"
"That's different. But you already said that you were going to dinner and a romantic movie." The person put extra emphasis on the word "romantic", even adding air quotes.
Kim sighed. "Guess I need to go home and get changed then. After all, I need time to get back here since this is where we're meeting."
Her companion shook her head. "No, that won't work. It's your first real date, and you need something that's going to knock his socks off. I'm thinking something on the level of the Little Black Dress."
"That I wore to Middleton Days?" Kim replied. "But that's a bit of a bad memory for him, isn't it?"
"Exactly. So you need something just as eye-catching but that shows that you're serious about him. Now c'mon, let's move."
"But…" Kim protested, even as she was being dragged towards the Club Banana.
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An hour later, Ron came walking into the Middleton Mall, a smile on his face as he looked around the food court where he was supposed to meet Kim. Both Kim and her companion saw him walk in from their vantage point, one which they'd chosen so she could make something of an entrance. Kim smiled as she saw that he was wearing one of his nicer bowling-style shirts instead of his normal red jersey with dark blue turtleneck get-ups. Her companion smiled as well, pleased that the boy was taking this seriously.
Kim nervously tugged on the red dress she now wore. It was similar in style to the black one, but higher in the front and just an inch or two lower in the hem.
"Seriously, didn't you tell me to never wear bright red with my hair color?"
"Kimberly Anne Possible, look at me. That isn't what I told you. What I said was never wear it unless you want to make a statement. Which believe me you need to do tonight."
"But what if he freaks out?" Kim replied, running a nervous hand through her auburn locks. "I mean, what if he panics because he sees me in a new dress?"
"Don't worry about that, and instead focus on what your new beau is going to be seeing. Remember, Ron is going to be thinking so much about how thrilled he is to be going on an actual date with you that he's not going to be worried too much about what you're wearing. The point is that you want to look good for him, right?"
"Well…yeah," replied Kim, straightening up a little.
"And you look fabulous. Now, go, knock that boy's socks off, and let everyone know he's the one you're with now."
As Kim walked off confidently, her companion smiled. The grin grew about twice the size when she saw Ron's mouth drop at his new girlfriend's outfit, and got even bigger when Kim closed her new boyfriend's mouth for him and planted a kiss there on his lips. As she watched them link hands and head towards one of the nicer restaurants the mall had to offer, she couldn't resist a mental pat on the back for herself.
Well, Monique, you did it. You kept your mouth shut like you promised that girl and didn't play matchmaker for her. Even if it was harder than resisting a Club Banana sale. After all, could have told those two from the moment I met them it was TMTB.
a/n
So, did you guess right?
For those who claim it couldn't have been Monique because she never used any acronyms until the end, there are several episodes where she never used a single one. Plus, if she had used one here, it would have given it away immediately. And for those who claim she knew things she couldn't have, I interpret her and Kim's friendship as one where they would tell each other everything, including Kim talking to her BFF about her feelings about Ron prior to Eric showing up, and possibly a few stories about the two of them prior to Monique's arrival in Middleton.
And while I think Anne Possible could have just as easily been the person Kim was talking to (actually debated switching to her halfway through the writing of this thing), I entered into this with the idea of Kim talking to her BFF. That is part of the reason I had segments of this read like a friendly interrogation, because I figured only a best friend could keep Kim's feet to the fire like that without it sounding like a parent.
Now, as for why I did this:
It was a simple writing experiment to see if I could create a conversation where readers would not know who one of the participants was. This was necessary as I have a scene coming up in a future story that will require this very thing, but on a bit of a grander scale (One known character talking with many unknowns), and I wanted to make sure I could pull it off before attempting it. Especially since it is a key element to the coming plot line.
Thanks for reading. :)
Oh, and that acronym she used at the end: Totally Meant To Be.