Ronald's diner

chapter 16

VI.

"OK, so Ronald is a clone of Ron. And no one had any issue with it? No questions like where he came from, why he was cloned, who cloned him?" Bonnie asked," Bring everyone's attention back to the present. "

"Depends on who you ask... But there were some issues." Donald answered, "Such as their names, for example. Neither boy wanted to change their name, so the best we could come up with one who used his formal name while the other used his nickname."

"For your other questions, we figured Drakken had secretly cloned him. If we had known that we wouldn't have blown up the lair." Kim answered.

"Yeah, mom, dad, and sis seemed to accept him pretty well." Ron added.

"But I'm guessing you didn't." Bonnie asked.

"No, not really. In some ways, I felt like I had been violated to have my DNA taken, and then suddenly, I'm presented with what's practically a twin. But I think I took things better than Ronald did. At least I wasn't confused about who was actually the clone."

"Hmmph, you just had to go and bring that up again." Ronald quipped.

"That's because you kept accusing me of being the clone, even though everyone knew I'm the original," Ron countered. "But other than that, I did try to get along with Ronald, at least at first."

"At first?" Bonnie asked, "And did Ronald really go around claiming to be the original?"

When Ron didn't answer, Ronald finally spoke up, "I've always been Ronald, that's the name I remember using all of my life, how ever short it seems to actually be. I, or we, guess that Drakken must have some how programmed in all of my memories into me."

"So why doesn't he get along with you now?"

"Because he tried to steal Kim away." Ron supplied when Ronald did not answer, "That and when he attacked me." Ron stated flatly.

"So you're going to bring that up again?" Ronald asked.

"You swung first, and I was trying to keep Kim from being hit."

Soon, the two Ronalds were bickering, and Bonnie could feel a headache beginning to form in her head. "Enough!" She finally yelled, "I can't take this right now."

She stood up while glaring, "Ronald, you said you love me, but you didn't care enough to tell me about, about, about this." Bonnie said with a wave of her hand towards the two Ronalds for lack of a good descriptive term. "I know, kept a secret from you at first, and it ended up with me in the hospital, but at least I realized that I needed to be honest with you. I guess maybe you don't feel the same way." Then, as she choked back a sob, Bonnie stated that she was leaving.

Everyone sat there for a moment and watched as Bonnie rushed into the house before they heard the sound of the front door slamming shut.

"I need to go after her." Ronald said as he began to stand up, images of the time Bonnie had walked out on him from his diner flashing through his head.

"Ronald honey, wait. Maybe it would be better if Kim spoke to Bonnie," Mrs. Stoppable suggested.

"Why? I need to talk to her. I need to…"

"Son, listen to your mother. Right now, I'm sure Bonnie is both confused and angry and doesn't really know what is going on." Donald added, "Bonnie needs someone who can relate to having to deal with two Rons, and that person is Kim."

Nodding her head in both understanding and agreement, Kim began to chase after Bonnie.

As Kim left the backyard, Ronald slowly dropped back to his seat and rested his face in his hands.