Total silence.

Within three seconds of walking through the door, that's all that could be used to describe the situation. Ron and Bonnie, hand in hand, looked off down the hallway, where absolutely every single person was frozen. Bonnie glanced over at Tara, and she could see her friend finally understood just what a serious thing she was doing here. Her gaze shifted to Monique and Kim, who stood frozen as well, obviously not used to being the center of attention in such a manner.

The door behind them clanged shut, and the sound echoed down the halls. No one even reacted to it. Bonnie could feel the nervousness in the others, as every set of eyes locked onto them. As the moment dragged on, Bonnie could hear the definite sounds of nervous wheezing. It sounded loud in the silent halls. "Ron, quit wheezing."

Kim leaned over quickly. "Bonnie, that's you."

Bonnie nodded quickly at that. "Okay then... good... maybe I can pass out then." Bonnie's words carried down the hallway, and she was sure that everyone could hear them, as well as the pounding of her heart. She took a few more deep breaths, practically gasping, then gave Ron's hand a big squeeze. "All right, I can do this. Come on Ronnie."

Bonnie took one step forward, and that step seemed to echo down the corridor as well. All eyes were on them now, almost all looking on with disbelief. A second step, and it was certain that all eyes were on the pair now. Bonnie took a deep breath, forced herself to calm down, and proudly pushed out her chest in defiance.

With confidence, ignoring the stares directed their way, Bonnie pulled Ron towards her locker. When she got there, she released her boyfriend's hand long enough to open her locker and grab her books.

Closing her locker, she smiled at her boyfriend, who looked to her with concern. "See you at lunch Honey." She leaned over, her lips gently meeting his, and she gave him a chaste, but very definite kiss. The loud gasp from all those in attendance could be heard throughout the school, even by those no where near the incident.

With a nod, Ron and Kim headed off towards their lockers. Monique, pouncing quickly, started moving among the students, spreading the word but making sure that it slanted in favour of Ron and Bonnie. Bonnie, with a confident stride, just smiled as she, with Tara in tow, headed for the girl's room to freshen up. Her stride was unhurried, as she ignored the students around her. She was smiling as she entered the washroom, Tara trailing along behind.

Once the door closed behind them, Bonnie collapsed to the floor, on the verge of hyperventilating. Tara, despite her anger, was by her friend's side immediately.

"Oh... that was even worse than I thought... oh God..."

Tara wrapped one arm around her friend's shoulders. "It could have been worse. They could have been laughing."

Bonnie shook her head quickly. "Laughing I could have handled, that would have been a reaction. But that... that staring... I have no idea what to think and... oh geez..."

Tara sighed as she took in the expressions raging across Bonnie's face. "You really love him, don't you, to go through all this?"

Bonnie looked up at her friend, her breathing calming but the turmoil running beneath the surface was evident. "Yeah T, I really do."

Tara slid to the floor beside her friend and sighed. "You know I'll be there for you through this, but you should know I'm still pissed with you."

Bonnie tucked her knees up against her chest. "Yeah, I know." Bonnie looked over, smiling slightly. "I really screwed up, didn't I."

Tara nodded softly, smiling in return. "Yeah, you did, but I also know why. Doesn't mean I have to like it."

The pair were silent for a moment, with Tara just holding her friend as they sat together. When Bonnie's breathing finally settled, she smiled at her friend. "Thanks for being here with me, I don't know if I could have done this without you."

Tara just laughed softly. "Sure you would have, you're Bonnie Rockwaller. One word and you'd have half the school running."

Bonnie chuckled softly before releasing one last breath. "Tara... are we gonna be good?"

Tara sighed deeply. "I don't know, I hope so." She glanced down at her watch, and rose to her feet. "Come on, time for class. You'll have to greet your adoring public sometime."

First period passed without incident, though there were quiet whispers all through the class. Second period was much the same, though the whispers were quickly shifting. At the start, Bonnie could hear the various thoughts running through people's heads; Ron was drugging her, she was using him to get at Kim, even that some experiment from one of Kim's foes had caused a fundamental shift in the fabric of reality. Bonnie liked that one, it did have an ounce of truth to it. After all, there must have been some sort of reality shift for her to be in love with Ron, and he with her.

But by second period, it was obvious that Monique had been doing her job VERY well. So well in fact, that she was exceptionally glad that Monique was nice, and that Bonnie had never seriously angered her before. The way she could spread the gossip around the entire school in such a short period of time was remarkable. Now, rather than talking of drugs, the girls were swooning at how Ron had swept Bonnie off her feet while she had been hurting, and their secret love that they had to keep hidden. The guys were talking about Ron's apparent jump in standing, and how if he could sweep Bonnie off her feet, that they knew they could be in trouble if Ron ever set his sights on their girls. She even heard the captain of the chess team talking to one of his friends, saying that if Ron Stoppable could date a cheerleader, maybe he should take a chance. She had no idea who he was talking about, but at least word was getting around, and it was largely positive.

By the time lunch rolled around, Bonnie was practically giddy, as she had people coming up to her that she hardly ever knew, and never acknowledged before congratulating her. All hesitation was gone from her now, and when she entered the cafeteria, she went straight for her boyfriend.

Ron, who had also been hearing bits and pieces throughout the day, was quite startled when Bonnie threw herself into his arms, not caring one whit for the school's PDA guidelines. The wind knocked out of him slightly, Ron grinned brightly. "I take it things are working out all right then?"

Bonnie nodded quickly, smiling. "Ronnie, I just never thought... I mean, when I decided to do this, I thought... but everyone seems to be so nice about this and..." She pulled him into anouther hug, cutting herself off.

Ron just grinned, holding her close. "I told you it would be all right."

After a few moments, Bonnie pulled away, though she kept a hold of his arms. "Ron, do you think you could get me my lunch?"

"Sure Bonnie, not a problem."

As Ron headed for the lunch line, Bonnie sat down and smiled at Kim and Monique, who just watched the scene in front of them. "He's so cute, isn't he?"

Monique just shook her head. "Girl, I knew this was gonna be freaky, but... wow."

Kim flashed Monique a grin. "This is definitely going to take some getting used to."

Bonnie was still staring after Ron when she suddenly jumped, as if shocked. "Oh my God Monique, I'm so sorry, I forgot to thank you. I can't believe how fast you work. Thank you so much."

Monique eyebrow shot up in surprise, and she leaned over towards Kim, her voice barely a whisper. "Seriously girl, are you sure we're not dealing with a clone or something here? She is starting to freak me out with how nice she's acting."

Kim just nodded slightly, her own voice a whisper. "I'm sure, I had Wade do a couple of scans."

Bonnie just sighed as Ron sat back down beside her, placing her tray in front of her. "I hope you like it, I wasn't too sure what to grab you."

Bonnie cast a glance down at the tray, then back at her boyfriend. "Umm... what is it?" Bonnie poked at the mass on her tray with a fork, watching it wobble.

Ron leaned in closer to his own tray, trying to identify it. "I'm not sure, but it looked better than the other thing the lunch lady was serving. That was still moving."

Bonnie pushed her tray back, groaning. "This is why I try to avoid eating here."

"You owe me big time Bonnie." Tara plopped down into a seat beside Ron. "I've been fielding questions about you two all day."

"You don't know how much it means to me that you're willing to help me after..."

"Yeah, yeah." Tara rested her hand on one fist, casually stirring what was on her tray, not noticing one very large blob that was rolling itself off the tray. "Anyways, I think we need a girls night out sometime this week, try to clear the air and everything. What about it?"

Rufus poked his head up in time to see the blob escaping while Kim took a bite of the granola bar she had stored in her locker. "Sounds like an idea to me. We can do some shopping, maybe catch a movie."

Monique had half her attention on her friends, and half on the struggle as Rufus battled the blob for dominance. "Hey, you know if that new Quinn movie is out yet? He is so dreamy."

The blob had managed to grab a fork now, and was fending off Rufus' attacks, all while Bonnie focused on Ron. "You know, fill out your chest a bit, you could look just like Quinn."

Tara, Kim, and Monique just stared first at each other, then at Bonnie, ignoring Rufus' triumphant cheer as the blob lay defeated at his paws. Monique was the first to respond. "Okay, she's in love, no doubt about that."

The murmurs of the cafeteria picked up very quickly and suddenly, and Kim's eyes went wide as she saw who was coming over to their table. She figured it would happen sooner or later, especially when she remembered the way he was when Hirotaka had been around, but she had hoped it would be later. Much later.

Brick was moving through the tables now, his eyes locked right onto Ron's much smaller frame, and the big jock did not look happy about it. Ron and Bonnie had yet to notice him yet, but Kim felt Monique stiffen up beside her. 

It was apparent she remembered Hirotaka as well.

"What do you think you're doing with my girl?"

The entire room went quiet as Brick stood over Ron, his posture menacing. Ron, for his part, looked deeply troubled.

Bonnie though didn't seem the least bit concerned. "Brick, we broke up over a month ago. I haven't been your girl for some time now."

"You turned me down for this guy?" Brick tone was condescending and dismissive. "You leave with me right now, we'll forget this whole thing."

Kim could see Ron stewing a bit, but he wasn't looking to act right now. Bonnie though just smiled. "If I was going to give you a chance, it would have been before I met a real man like Ron." Gasps sounded out across the room, and even Kim was shocked. "Seriously Brick, I've turned you down three times in the last two weeks. Take a hint already why don't you."

A few people around started to laugh, but Brick just glared at them, and they shut up quickly. He turned his attention back to Bonnie with a sneer. "Fine, be like that. Why should I take you back now anyways? You're nothing but a loser's bitch now."

Bonnie eyes went wide, but that was nothing compared to Ron's reaction. The blond was on his feet in an instant, and despite the size difference, he was standing toe to toe with Brick, his nostrils flaring. For a moment, Kim could have even sworn his eyes glowed blue for a moment, but she dismissed it as a trick of the lights. "I suggest you take that back right now Brick, before I make you take it back."

Brick lowered his face to meet Ron's, so close they were practically making out. "What are you going to do about it? You're nothing."

Bonnie was standing by Ron now, one hand on his shoulder. "He's more man than you'll ever be. I doubt you could even come close to the things he's done, fighting mutants, scaling cliffs, infiltrating lairs. It's you that's nothing!"

Kim could feel the tension in the room, and no one really wanted to get in the middle of this, but if it came down to it, Kim would jump right in the middle. Thankfully, she didn't have to.

"Flagg, Stoppable, what's going on here."

Brick backed up a little, just to put a bit of space between them. "Nothing at all Coach. Just a little... difference of opinion is all."

"Then consider the difference settled now. Dismissed!"

Brick just smirked, backing up slightly. "You got lucky this time, but this isn't over Stoppable." Brick turned quickly on his heel, and stormed from the room, and the pressure dropped off instantly.

Of course, that didn't solve all the problems, and Mr. Barkin remained standing there, looking at all of them. He turned his attention to Kim, glaring. "Miss Possible, your absence Friday from classes, was that mission related? I didn't receive your usual notice."

Kim shrank a bit in her seat, not looking up. "Umm... it was... mission related."

"But not a mission exactly, now was it. I understand that Stoppable, along with Miss Rockwaller and Miss Matthews here were also involved. Now, was this or was this not a mission that you were all involved in?"

Kim just looked down sheepishly, as did the others. "No sir."

"Then that's detention Missy, for all four of you."

Monique spoke up quickly without thinking about it. "But sir, that's not really fair. You don't know..."

"Do you wish to join them Miss Jenkins?"

Monique quickly shrank under his attentions. "No sir."

"Fine then. I expect to see the four of you at fifteen hundred hours to serve your sentence, you'll be visiting with Vinnie and Big Mike for the next three days."

The group chorused a collective "Yes sir", before Barkin was satisfied, leaving the teens to their misery. Ron just shook his head, groaning. "What else could go wrong?"

Author's Notes – You would think that you'd learn not to ask that question, now wouldn't you? That's like inviting punishment. So, while the news around the school is good, it looks like there could be a few problems on the horizon for Middleton High's newest couple. Stay tuned