Chapter 8: No More Secrets
(Chapter written by BlinknSkater)
Kim never knew silence could be so loud. The silence in the waiting room was almost overwhelming.
It had been almost an hour since Ron was brought here and no doctor had come out to tell anyone here about his condition.
Quin had started pacing the room as soon as she had gotten to the hospital. Sarah just watched her. Rufus had just recently started to pace alongside Quin.
Mr. Stoppable held onto Mrs. Stoppable as they sat there very worried about Ron.
Kim sat with her parents. No one said a word and the only sounds that could be heard were the sounds of Quin and Rufus pacing. Kim could see the worry on everyone’s faces as they sat there in the waiting room as the minutes slowly ticked by with no word on how Ron was doing.
Suddenly, Quin stopped her pacing and looked around at everyone. Then, without warning, she slammed her fists into a nearby wall.
“Quin!” Sarah exclaimed. “What’s wrong?”
“I can’t take not knowing!” Quin exclaimed rubbing her knuckles. Kim could see her trying to fight back some of her villain temper.
“He’ll be okay.” Sarah said, trying to reassure her.
“No he won’t!” Quin said, as she flopped on the chair on the opposite side of the waiting room, away from everyone else. She somehow managed to curl her whole body on the chair and faced the corner, holding her head in her hands. Kim figured that she would have brought her knees to her chest and hid her head behind them if she didn’t still have on her dress.
Kim looked down to see Rufus standing by her feet. She bent over and picked him up. “I’d put you in my pocket if I had one.” she told him in a low voice. “Come on. Let’s go over to Quin and talk to her.”
Rufus nodded in agreement, his rodent eyes showing the same worry and fear Kim felt. Kim walked over to Quin and when she put her hand on Quin’s shoulder, could feel her gentle sobs.
They immediately stopped and Quin straightened and wiped her face before she turned to Kim.
“I should have told him.” Quin said.
“Don’t be so hard on yourself.” Kim said. “I should have told him back when we first found out.”
Quin shook her head and sighed. “It doesn’t seem fair. I mean, why Ron?”
Kim shook her head. “I’ve asked myself that a lot, but I just don’t know.”
Quin sighed again. “I hope he’s gonna be okay.”
“Me too.” Kim agreed. “More than anything.”
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Kim awoke to someone shaking her.
“Kimmie -cub.” her mother was saying.
“Huh?” Kim asked as she tried to rub the sleepiness from her eyes.
“Come on.” Mrs. Possible said.
“What time is it?” Kim asked groggily.
“Close to midnight.” Mr. Possible told her.
“When did I fall asleep?” Kim asked, now starting to wake up.
“A few hours ago.” her dad said to her.
“Yeah, around the same time I did.” Quin said, starting to wake up. When she straightened her back, Kim heard it crack. “Ow.” Quin remarked as she rubbed her back. “Guess I shouldn’t sleep in a little ball.”
Kim gave a small chuckle and then looked at her parents. “Why did you wake me up? Where are we going?”
“They’re going to let you see Ron.” Mrs. Possible said to her.
Kim bolted out of her chair. Beside her, Quin did the same.
“Go on.” Mrs. Possible said to Quin and Kim.
“What about you guys?” Quin asked.
“We already went in.” Sarah said.
“Oh.” Quin replied.
Kim gulped as she walked toward Ron’s room. \\Why am I so nervous?// she asked herself. After all, it was only Ron.
However, she wasn’t nervous that she was seeing Ron, but because she knew about Ron’s secret - and was keeping that a secret from him.
Kim put her hand on her head. \\I’m confusing myself.// she thought, then just shook her head as she walked inside Ron’s room followed closely by Quin.
Quin never really got over her slight fear of hospitals. She had been in once and that had been way more than enough for her, but she was here for Ron, and she wasn’t going to leave unless he wanted her to.
“KP?” Ron asked when he saw the two girls coming into his room.
“Hey Ron.” Kim said. “How are you feeling?”
“A little *cough* better.” Ron replied.
Kim tried to smile, but found herself unable to. It’s hard to smile when your best friend you’ve known all your life has cancer.
“Ron, um . . .” Quin started but couldn’t finish what she wanted to say.
“What?” Ron asked.
“Well, um . . .” Quin studdered. She wanted to smack herself for not being able to tell him that she knew about his secret. He was her friend after all, why shouldn’t she be able to tell him?
“What I think Quin’s trying to say is that . . . well, you know that mission we went on earlier?” Kim asked.
“Yeah.” Ron replied.
“Well, we had Wade do a search of the hospital records and toward the end of that mission, he uh, found out why you’ve been here . . . and, um, about your lung cancer.” Kim finally managed to say.
Ron’s gaze went from Kim to Quin. “Really? You knew about this at the dance?”
“I wanted to tell you sooner, but I just didn’t know how!” Quin exclaimed.
“I understand.” Ron said. “I guess I shoulda told you two in the first place, but I was scared too.”
“Ron, we could have helped you through the really rough times.” Kim said.
“Yeah and then you wouldn’t have had to go through most of this by yourself.” Quin added. “You know we’re your best friends and we’ll be there for you no matter what.”’
Ron smiled. “Yeah, I know that.” his smile faded. “I just didn’t want you two to worry.”
“Ron, we were so worried about you because we didn’t know what was going on with you.” Kim told him.
“Really? *cough*” Ron asked.
Kim and Quin nodded simultaneously.
“Yeah and I was wondering if you trusted me enough to tell me.” Quin said.
“Well of course I trust *cough* you!” Ron exclaimed. “I just thought that you had enough to worry about . . .” Ron sighed.
Kim put her hand on his shoulder. “It’s okay. We’re really glad that you cared enough about us to not want us to worry, but like we said before, we were really really worried about you because we didn’t know what was going on.”
Ron sighed. “Well, from this day *cough cough* forward, let’s never keep secrets.”
Kim smiled and nodded. “No more secrets.”
“No more secrets.” Quin echoed.
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