Disclaimer: The characters are not mine (I only wish)... Just the story.

Another Kim and Ron Story

Chapter 1
Ron's First Day

"Mom, I don't want to go. Can't I just stay home with you?" Ron Stoppable asked his mom as she pulled up to the ABC pre-K. Although the paint was new, it was still the same as many years ago.

"No dear, today is the first day of pre-Kindergarten. You have to go today, or you'll miss out on your first day of pre-school."

"Mommy, maybe I don't want to go. I don't know anyone." The big-eared, strawberry blonde boy fidgeted around in his child seat.

"Well, we did just move back to Middleton, but there is only one way you ever going to meet anyone and make friends. I know it seems scary…"

"Do you think I have a friend waiting for me?" the four year old asked.

"Well, maybe," she said hopefully. "I met my very best friend ever on the first day of preschool." She smiled, but a tear was forming in her eye.

"Daddy." He said simply. He had heard the stories, many, many times.

"Yes, your Daddy. We met on the first day of pre-K and were best friends all through school, become a couple in high school, and got married in college… We were always best friends…" Now she was working hard to hold back tears. The floodgates were going to open soon. She had known this was going to be a hard day… for her. Reliving so many memories…

Even from the back seat, little Ron could sense his mom was upset. "Mommy? Are you okay?"

She wiped her eyes and said, "Yes, it's just that mommy misses your daddy very much. I wish he were here today. He would be so proud of you. You are so much like him."

"That's because I am Ron Stoppable… Junior!" he said, playfully. She smiled through all the tears. She wanted him to be so proud of that name. As far as she was concerned, it was the name of the greatest man to walk the planet. Best friend, lover, husband and her hero to the very, very end. From the first morning they met, they were inseparable. It lasted only twenty one short years. And even though Ron was gone, she would never trade those few years for the world. But oh, how she missed him!

She put the car in park and turned around to look at him. "Ronnie, do you remember how I told you to make a friend?"

He nodded. "Yes mommy. Be a friend!" he shouted.

"That's right, Ronnie. Somebody might need you to be their friend today." She poked his nose and he giggled.

"'K, mommy. I'll be a friend today." He unbelted himself from his child seat and climbed over to the door. Smart kid.

Kim got out of the car and walked around to the passenger back door to let him out. "That's my Ronnie." She held his hand as they walked to the entrance of the preschool building. "I love you." She stooped down and gave him a hug. As she stood up and opened the door while he bounded inside, tears begun to form again in her eyes. She quickly returned to her car where she could cry freely.

As she got back into the car, she wiped the tears from her eyes and said to herself, "Ronnie…the friend you make today could be a friend forever…" She shook her head. Could lightning really strike twice? As much as she would like to wish, it's just so unlikely that what happened between her and Ron could ever happen again. But then again, stranger things have happened to those bearing the name Ron Stoppable…

What, you want backstory? It's coming! TBC...