Kim slows down after leaving Ron's house but her mind is still running in circles.
Grabbing her phone Kim calls the only person she can think of.
* RING *
"Hello?"
"Mo, meet me at my house now!"
"Kim girl, what's wrong?"
"Just hurry! I need you!"
* Click *
Kim made it home and without thinking slammed the front door. Anne came out of the kitchen to find Kim pacing back and forth in the living room.
"What's wrong Kimmie?"
Kim continued to pace one more lap.
"Wait till Monique gets here, mom."
Anne sat down in a chair to wait, she could see Kim was obviously upset.
About ten minutes later Monique knocks on the door and is quickly let inside.
"What's the deal, girl? You look freaked." Asked Monique sitting down on the couch.
"Mom, did you know about Ron's scars?" Kim looked at Anne.
"I don't know what you mean, dear."
"THE SCARS FROM ALL THE MISSIONS THAT EVEN I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT!" Kim yelled before falling onto the couch next to Monique, tears swelling in her eyes.
"Kim it was only a few stitches and cuts. He hasn't been hurt badly in a long time." Anne didn't think the half dozen or so small scars would be such a problem.
"A FEW THEY'RE ALL OVER HIM!"
"Honey I really don't know what you are talking about. I haven't helped Ron with any injuries in a long time."
"He's been doing it himself with help from Rufus. He told me he got training from an EMT at the hospital. He just goes off and patches himself up right under my nose and I would never have found out if it weren't for Drakken. All this just because of a promise he shouldn't have made." Monique saw Anne's eyes widen at the mention of the promise.
Kim's tears were flowing freely thinking of all that Ron has been through on their missions.
"Promise?" Monique asked Anne after a few seconds as she rubbed Kim's back.
"Back when Kim and Ron first started doing these mission Kim got hurt. I guess it really wasn't that bad, but it got James and me thinking about what really went on during these missions. After pulling the full story out of Ron, we thought about stopping them right there." Anne started to explain. "However Ron pointed out the good changes Kim was doing for herself and the people she helped. He helped up see how much she needed the challenge. The promise was the last piece of his argument."
Kim slowed down her crying as Anne talked.
"Well what was Ron's promise?" Monique couldn't help from asking.
Anne's sad reply "He promised to keep her safe, even at the cost of his own life." Brought a new fit of crying from Kim. "I guess I should have realized that Ron would have taken it so seriously, but at the time they were just the words of a young boy trying to help his friend."
"That's really something." Monique held Kim close. After a bit of time, Kim calmed down enough to continue talking.
"Then he told me he loves me…"
"Well that's good, right dear?" Anne questioned.
"But it scared me so bad I ran from the room!" Kim exclaimed sitting back up.
"Kim!" both Monique and Anne were shocked.
"I couldn't help it, it was so intense."
Monique handed Kim a box of tissue from the end table with her free hand.
Kim continued after drying a few tears "I guess every girl dreams of finding true love when they grow up. A love so strong it can overcome everything, just like in the storybooks. You know what I'm talking about?" A sad smile formed on Kim's face.
"Yeah girl I get you." Monique answered.
"Yes honey, I did the same thing. When I met James we fell deeply in love." Said Anne with a soft look in here eyes.
"But is it love like you imagined, like in a storybook?"
"No I guess it's not as deep and unconditional as that, but it is still everything I ever wanted."
"I looked into Ron's eyes I saw a love as deep as I imagined and I looked down at those scars. I saw the physical proof of that love, proved over and over with his blood. I ran." Kim again broke down in tears on Monique's lap.
Anne moved to the other side of Kim and held her.
"Well honey, how do you feel about Ron?" Anne asked
"I don't know. It's all so much to deal with so soon. How can I sort this out?"
Monique's face bit up with a smile. "I've got an idea. Kim, give me that thing so I can talk with Wade."
Kim looked puzzled but handed over the Kimmunicator after pressing the button for Wade.
"Hey Kim what's… Monique! Is something wrong?"
"Nothing to worry about Wade. I just need a recent shot of Ron by himself, a nice one."
"Uh sure, give me a minute." Wade starts typing on his computer.
"Here's one about a month ago pulled it from some video. Will this do?"
"Perfect, thanks Wade. Girl talk now, don't want you to listen in, ok."
"Uh sure, No problem." Wade disconnected.
Monique handed the Kimmunicator back to Kim. "Here look at him."
Kim looked at the image. Ron was in his mission gear with a smile on his face.
"Its Ron, Monique. What am I supposed to by looking for?"
"Kim stop looking at him like he's Ron and look at him like a guy. You got to put your past together out of your mind for now. Think that he is a new guy that just transferred to school."
Kim sat and looked putting all the shared past out of her mind. Then it happened, he wasn't 'just Ron' anymore. His wind disheveled blond hair, deep brown eyes, boyish freckled face and happy smile all called to Kim in a way they never did before.
"There you go girl."
Kim looked up at Monique and then Anne. "What?"
"You were smiling, dear." Anne explained. "A smile I have seen on my own face when I look in the mirror thinking about James."
Kim turned a bit red.
"I hadn't really thought of Ron like that before. How could I have not seen this before?"
"That doesn't matter. Just so you know now."
Kim looked back to Ron's image. "What do I do now?"
"Well girl go tell HIM!" Monique helped Kim up from the couch. "Second thought, go get cleaned up a bit first, THEN go tell him."
"Can you come with me? If just to stop me from running out of the room again?"
"Of course, dear" Anne replied.
"You got it, Girl." Came from Monique.
After Kim dried her tears and cleaned up the trio walked to Ron's House. The lights were on in Ron's bedroom window and the front door was still unlocked from when Kim left.
Author's Note: First off A 'Thank You' to the reviews I received.
I tried rewriting the end of this but it never turned out better than the first time. Oh well. Good news, I got most of part 3 done. Please leave a review, good, bad or other.
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