Hey... so after my first story "I Hope You Know" got such a positive response I thought I would have another go at writing my second KP fanfic. This one is a little bit longer, more complex, not totally sure how long it is going to end up yet, I'll see where it takes me... I hope you enjoy it and review if you'd like to. Again this one centres around Ron and his relationship with Kim and with others. There's plenty of romance, particularly at the end, so stay with it if that's what you like.

Just to make sure, I'm sure you know already, but, anything within "..." is someone speaking, and within '...' is someone thinking.

And I'll own up to the fact that I'm not good at bringing Rufus into stories, so he may not be in much... sorry about that, I know he's a dude.

Disclaimer: I do not own Kim Possible or any related characters mentioned in the following story, all of which are property of Disney.

Rocky Ground

Chapter 1: Practice makes perfect, and you sure are

"M... I D... D L E T O N go Middleton!" rang around the Middleton high school Gymnasium as a pyramid of the brightest and finest of Middleton's female seniors erected in its centre. The soft tones of the voices were interrupted only by the sound of sneakers gripping and releasing the polished wooden floor causing relentless screaching... and also the sounds of an easily distractible blonde dude and his knee shaped drum kit "bap bap bap, bad ap a dap bap GO MIDDLETON... wooooh yeah!" Ron stoppable whispered quietly to himself as he frantically beat out a rhythm on his knees with his palms, gently rocking his head back and forth with eyes close and lips clenched, the humming soon accompanied his one man show... "mmm bap mmmmm hmmmm!" he began bopping his shoulders and rocking from left to right. Finally the music that blasted into the gymnasium ceased and so did Ron... only slightly later... about 20 seconds later, but no-one really paid him any attention.

Ron folded his arms and rested his elbows on his knees as he leaned forward, the hard, butt distorting bleachers causing him to reposition slightly. Ron always came to watch the cheer squad finish off their practice session, which went on a little later than football practice, he always had chance to hit the showers and make it back to the bleachers in time to walk his soulmate home. Kim and the rest of the squad were busy in preparation for the cheer squad nationals in around a months' time. Ron watched on as the aforementioned young lady jumped down from the summit of the pyramid, looked up to his usual spot of row 4, mid way along, (directly underneath the mad dog poster, a spot Ron had decided was officially his own as it had a symbol of Ron-ness above it and he had added his own below- he had scratched the words "K4R4LIFE" in the foot well) and gave him a beaming smile, and a gentle finger bending wave, Ron replied with a left eyed wink (he had been practicing this a lot lately) and leaned back... where there was no back rest and he fell backwards, his special "Ron Position" on the bleachers was now only accommodating a pair of sneakered feet pointing upward.

Kim hadn't noticed Ron's tumble and went into the huddle as the next routine was planned out. Ron struggled back up into position and gently poked Rufus in his belly as he was flat out on his back in fits of giggles at Ron's accident. Ron brushed the sleeves of his purple football shirt off and repositioned himself exactly as he was previously, just in case Kim looked up again. He watched as Kim took a sip from her drinks bottle whilst placing her left hand onto her exposed hip, "look at her Rufus... she's so gorgeous. Did you see the way she descended from that pyramid... when she moves it's like poetry huh?... not sure why it's like poetry but I've heard people say it before..." Ron said, Rufus jus glanced from the gym floor back up to Ron and said "nuuur hot!" Ron looked down at his feet, "she sure is buddy, she sure... HEY a quarter!" he reached down to pick up the glistening silver disc and began tossing it with his thumb and index finger... "ok... heads, Kim loves me and we're gonna be together forever or tales, she loves me, we'll be together forever andddd we can hit Bueno Nacho on the way home... I'm starvin'..." "Nachos!" exclaimed Rufus as Ron flipped the quarter into the air... he caught it, pressed it against the back of his left hand and lifted his right hand to reveal the coin, tales side up... "booyah!... naco time baby!"

On the row behind Ron sat a bunch of the Middleton Basketball squad, they had only recently taken their seats waiting for the use of the court after the cheer squad had finished. "they're all so hot man... which one you like best?" said one to the other... "mmmm it's a tough one... gotta be between Bonnie and that Kim... never been a fan of red heads but I think she could turn me!" Ron heard the ending of the last comment, instinctively he knew it was about Kim, she was the only 1 there with red hair and well, she was in his eyes the best looking girl in the bunch, so guys often did get drawn to her when they watched the cheer squad work it. "She's well taken though dude... Stoppable is 1 lucky dawg... I don't know why she's into him though, he's such a dork!" Ron suddenly went cold at hearing that, all his blood rushed to his feet... 'don't let them talk about you like that... say sumthin'!... ok let them say it, they might be big... but they said things about Kim too, disrespectful things... you can't let that ly...' Ron took his own advice and with fire in his eyes swivelled on his spot only for the flames to be doused by the sight of four of his buds from his history class... "we knew it was you dufus!" said Carl as he chuckled... "how's it goin' man? Your lady lookin good out there huh?" Ron sat back down and smiled... "Hey guys... yeah, she's certainly one of a kind, she moves like poetry" "huh?" replied Carl... "no, I don't know either, but sounds like a compliment..." Ron replied.

"So... tell us then R... how do you get with such a chick?" asked Carl as all 4 of the guys stared at Ron as though they were in awe... "well..." Ron cleared his throat... "...because I am what I is I guess..." the 4 guys stared blankly at eachother. Then Taylor, the captain of the squad continued... "yeah but err... what exactly is you? I mean... what do you have on offer? No disrespect dude but I mean, you're hardly a tanned volcano in terms of hotness and you don't exactly lead the way in history class..." Carl shot him a short jab to the ribs but Taylor immediately defended "I'm just saying... I don't know how you do it" Ron pondered for a moment, what exactly did he have to offer? I mean what he said was true, he had no major brainage and when it came to looks he was hardly a mastermind. Maybe his best approach was to reverse the question... "what do you guys offer?" the 4 of them looked at eachother, then Taylor answered, "girls love an athlete man... I compete in so many sports I find time for little else, but it pays off with this bod! That's what girls want man, hotness, popularity, strength... protection..., that's what once got me a date with Miss Rockwaller over there" he displayed a patronising grin and the other 3 followed suit. ' yeah... you and Bon Bon seem a perfect match' Ron gritted his teeth slightly "well... Kim hasn't ever said she wants that sort of thing... we are strong because of how well we know eachother I guess... I mean I don't just like the girl guys... I love her, I'd die for her... heck I may even kill for her... and when you got a bond like that thats all that counts..." "pffft come on man! Look, you may think that, she may think that, but this is high school dude! What you and your girl think don't matter, it's how you look to everyone else, and believe me, when she's down there, in that crowd of honeys like she is now, she's wishing she could tell them all about her athletic, hot guy who's waiting to take her home in his ride... not some guy she knows well who rides a scooter.. dya dig?" finished Taylor. Ron looked down at his feet but his spirits were soon lifted, "Ronnnnnn! Come on you, practice is over!" "comin' KP" he replied... "I'll err... see you tomorrow guys" and with that Ron clambered down to the floor. Rufus stuck out his tongue, blew a prolonged raspberry out at the 4 guys and scurried after his owner.