Kigo

40) Tangled Up in Green by Poetheather1

Chapter 40: New Years Party
Tangled Up In Green

Heather O'Malley

Kim Possible is owned by the Disney Corporation and they have no connection to this what so ever. These characters are used without their permission and include a plea not to be sued as I have no money.

New Years Party

Ron came back to the Palace with Shego after the mission, not even bothering with going home to change as it would be less grief to follow the green skinned woman home. The ladies had encouraged him to leave a few changes of clothes over at the house several different times for just this sort of occasion. Thankfully he had followed their suggestion and had something he could wear. He headed off for the shower while Shego was occupied with hugging and kissing Kim.

This whole situation was weird. Ron was actually perfectly alright with Kim and Shego as a couple currently. At first, he had been utterly against the idea of those two together, sure that the green skinned woman was plotting some sort of terrible action against his best friend in retaliation for having lost to her so many times. But after having watched Shego with Kim for the last couple of months, especially after how the former villain had reacted to the knife attack, Ron could only accept their love as true. While it was a bit hard to conceive of, it also seemed good for them. The two women seemed happy all the time and he couldn't argue with that.

One thing had been a hard pill to swallow however, that Ron wasn't quite as good for Kim as Shego was. He had become aware that he wasn't quite up to Kim's standards or her needs as he had hoped and that had led to that relationship falling apart. Shego totally was, fitting his best friend in so many ways that it was scary.

Now he was happy with things and ready to better deal with his own love life. Things with Tara had been okay for a while, but in the end the two of them just didn't completely click. They had fooled around some but when all was said and done, Tara just didn't do it for him. She was missing some thing that he was looking for, something that had attracted him to Kim, competency. He was looking forward to Yori showing up in the next few days, to help him train, as she was amazingly competent. Maybe he should ask Shego for some more advice on his dating life so he didn't screw up his chances with her? What she had told him before had been helpful in dealing with Tara. Maybe she should get a job on the radio as a relationship counselor or some such.

That idea had some appeal but Shego was already at the school teaching and working for Global Justice, so probably didn't have the time to do anything like that. Once he was dressed in a football jersey and jeans, he headed down stairs where there might be something along the lines of food. When he got there, Shego wasn't there and Kim was drinking a hot chocolate. Abby was off to the side reading a Guns and Ammo magazine. It seemed so domestic and so strange and made Ron feel like an interloper. He sat next to Kim. "Hey there KP. Haven't seen you in a while."

"We were in Florida Ron." replied Kim, rolling her eyes. Sometimes her best friend was a bit of an idiot. A loveable idiot to be sure, but an idiot none the less.

"I know that Kim, duh. It's like you think I don't pay attention or anything. It's just that since Shego has started going out on missions with me, you have been really hesitant in the whole talking to me thing. What's wrong? Am I no longer your friend?" Ron was facing her and it was clear he was upset some.

Kim looked at him sadly. She did feel distant from him and really didn't have an idea how to fix it. So much of their time together had been on missions and now he was never around. "Ron, it just seems as if you don't have time for me anymore."

Ron looked abashed. He hated feeling like he had failed his best friend in some way. "I'm sorry Kim. I...I guess I was keeping a bit distant from you. I mean, you had Shego, who I was still getting to know. Then I started dating Tara and spent a lot of time with her. Things just sort of got in the way of our friendship. I am sorry about that."