Bonnie's screeching could be heard outside Kim's door. "What do you mean, they started without me? This paper doesn't run itself - if we're going to have a new logo, I have to be in there." Whether or not she was merely putting on a show (Kim rolled her eyes) or was actually screeching at Jamie (she hoped not), Kim needed to control the situation. She hopped up from her chair and swung open the door.

She hissed at the source of unwelcomed noise. "Bonnie, what are you doing?"

Bonnie was, in fact, screeching at Jamie before she turned to look at an infuriated Kim.

She blinked. Here she sat, in Kim's office, beside the Bonnie person who just lost it because she was a few minutes late for their logo redesign meeting. The receptionist from before ended up in the room too - the poor girl looked like she was scared shitless - who wouldn't be? She made a mental note not to ever make this Bonnie person mad.

She looked at Kim now. The redhead was in a heated discussion with Bonnie about workplace etiquette and how Bonnie should set an example to fellow employees, not be a tyrant (or a complete bitch, she mused).

Now, Bonnie, on the other hand, sat in her chair with clenched teeth. Kim had explained to her that she didn't even talk about the logo changes with "Sheridan"; they were just merely exchanging introductions before Bonnie had so rudely interrupted them. Of course, that was a white lie, but it managed to calm down the uptight wound known as Bonnie Rockwaller.

Kim had turned to address Jamie; the girl looked like she had pissed her pants (somewhat, there did seem like there was a stain on her pants)...

She turned her head to look at the walls of Kim's office and tuned out the conversation (something to do with it being ok for Jamie to ignore Bon-Bon's eruptions and that there would be paid time off as compensation). She noticed a few photographs on Kim's desk, one being the one she had seen before with the sandy-blonde haired boy, but the majority being those of her family.

Her thoughts were interrupted when the receptionist had left and the Rockwaller woman began harping on her for credentials and her portfolio. It was going to be a long afternoon.

Kim had no idea why Bonnie had snapped outside her door. It probably had to do with one of her writers, she mused. She had noticed that Shego wasn't really paying attention to her conversations with Jamie and Bonnie - it was probably because Shego was merely a third party who was not the direct source of Bonnie's aggravation. In any case, Kim was glad that Shego wasn't freaked out by everything that just happened.

Kim felt a bit relieved, yet thankful, that Shego hadn't pressed any further about their conversation before Bonnie interrupted them - she'd tell her about Ron some other day. It wasn't that she had any painful memories about him, it was just that she missed her BFF who was like a brother to her.

It hadn't been three years since she had just finished college with a degree in journalism that she inherited the paper. Kim had actually interned at the Middleton Daily during her summers in-between semesters. She had not realized that Ron even had a will of some sort; her name was listed as the sole inheritor of Middleton Daily while his sister, Hana, took over all assets that were left in the Stoppable name. Mr. and Mrs. Stoppable had died in a freak automobile accident shortly after both Kim and Ron graduated from college.

Of course, the grief was too much for Ron to handle. Many a night, he had called Kim to talk because he had problems sleeping and functioning. He wasn't built for so much responsibility, Kim recalled. Hana was still in high school when all of this happened; Kim and her parents felt that they had an obligation to look over Ron's sister even though there were extended family members who were willing to take her in. While it had been too much to lose her parents, losing her brother really did affect Hana. Yet, Kim thought, Hana had grown up to be one of the strongest and bravest young women Kim knew; Hana had matured rather quickly after Ron's passing and was now determined to follow in her brother's footsteps: attend one of the world's most famous culinary schools.

By inheriting the paper, Kim was, by default, the sole proprietor of the business. It was nothing special, but she had recruited her friend Wade to help her out with integrating the technology required to make Middleton Daily more accessible: launching it into the World Wide Web.

How did Bonnie fit into the picture? She had a good business sense, if one dismissed her obnoxiousness. She was a business and art major, who went Middleton High with Ron and Kim, and was, (un)surprisingly enough, one of Kim's rivals. Bonnie had interned at Middleton Daily as well, but for a different purpose: understanding the business model of the company. Somehow, she had ended up with an editorial position in the business section and the readers loved her contributions. How she got promoted to World News was still a mystery to Kim. The shareholders had their own dealings when it came to promotions, but Bonnie had already been promoted before Kim became owner, so Kim felt that she should just stick with whatever worked (and that meant not firing Bonnie, oh how she would relish that if she could go ahead with it).

Kim's thoughts were interrupted by a "Kim! Are you even paying attention? I just asked you what you think of this piece!" Bonnie had flipped open Shego's portfolio and was pointing at a design.

Author's Notes: This chapter is all backstory... I think I'm spinning a very complex web and I am being rather cruel to the Stoppables (I'm sorry)... Ron isn't an ex-boyfriend, in case you are wondering. The horrible break-up business pertaining to Kim will reveal itself later. I have not planned this story out at all - I'm actually writing based on the feedback I get, so please do review if you have the chance.

Chapter title is an amalgamation of "Stuck On You" by Failure and Paramore's "The Summer Tic" EP.