Kim Possible woke up the next day, afraid that everything had been a dream. The warm feel of a body next to her, and a decidedly feminine one at that, destroyed that idea. She had brought Shego home, much to the surprise of her parents. Never one to hide anything from them after the mission with the Centurion Armor, she told them what happened, and what she had done. Her father was okay with it immediately. In his mind, whoever made his Kimmie-cub happy was the one she would be with, no matter what he said. However, Shego got the full brunt of the Black Hole Deep talk as soon as he told Kim that he was okay with it.
Her mother on the other hand… Andrea Possible was not old fashioned and closed minded. Yet the idea that her daughter had a girlfriend would take some time to get adjusted to. She said as much, and Kim’s eyes darkened with sadness. They regained their light however, when she received a hug and a promise to always care for her, no matter what. Kim had gone to bed that night next to Shego, and now, the feeling of contentment she had from waking up next to her was proof enough that she had made the right choice.
Shego was awake the minute she felt Kim stir, and snaked her arms around the younger red-head. “Morning Princess.”
“Shego, I didn’t want to wake you.”
“Too bad. I sleep lightly; it comes from being on the run for so long. It will take some getting used to, being able to not run at the sounds of sirens.”
“Shego…what do you want to do about us? I told my parents, but do you want to tell anyone else?
“You’re joking right? I want the whole world to know. Your mine now Pumpkin and I’m yours. No one messes with what is mine.”
Kim smiled and leaned in to give Shego a small kiss. That small kiss turned into a full blown make out session that lasted a good five minutes. The two broke apart, gasping for air. “Wow. That was… intense.”
“This is MEwe are talking about. I don’t do nice and easy.”
“Funny, I never would have guessed.” Kim responded in a very Shego-like way before starting to get up again. As Shego’s arms locked around her again, Kim smiled and looked into Shego’s eyes. “As much as I love the attention, I have to go to school today. I am a senior in high school you know.” Shego still did not let go, so Kim unleashed her greatest weapon.
Shego felt her arms and heart melt as she stared at the dreaded Puppy Dog Pout. As quick as lightning Kim was out of bed and heading towards the bathroom. “Damn it Kimmie! How did you do that?”
“Possible female secret Shego,” Kim called out as she went to take a shower.
As Kim walked out of the restroom fully dressed and ready to go to class, she stared at Shego, who was also dressed, and in Kim’s clothes as well.
“Um Shego? You going somewhere?”
“Doy. With you.”
“What…” Kim’s jaw made a made a dent in the floor as she looked unbelieving at her girlfriend’s face.
“Don’t act all shocked. I told you, I want the world to know. What better way than to drive you to school and visit with you all day?”
Having no answer to that, Kim just nodded her head okay, and dreaded the reaction. She knew that Shego, and the rest of her family, would always stick by her, but what about her other friends, and the cheer squad? Wait till Bonnie hears about this.
Kim sat in the front seat of Shego’s car, with Ron and Monique in the back. Monique had known all about Ron helping Shego, and had no problem with Kim’s choice. After all, if Kim liked girls that what business was that of hers? It was Kim’s decision, so why not support her? Kim was nervous about approaching the whole thing, but with Shego’s help she would get through. After all, if the one woman who could beat her was on her side, then no one could stop them.
Shego and Kim walked into the school arm in arm, heading to the office to get her a pass to attend classes. Dr. Director probably hadn’t meant for Kim to watch Shego twenty-four seven, but Kim ignored that fact as she explained why Shego would need to be in all of her classes for a while. Mr. Barkin was a little wary, but agreed to it, and gave her a pass for the week.
As Kim walked to her locker, she opened the door to see Wade’s face. “Hey Wade, what’s the sitch?”
“Nothing much Kim, there was one hit but it was nothing impor…Kim? You do know that Shego is standing right behind you, right?”
“Yeah Wade.”
“And the fact that you two are not trying to kill each other means that you two finally owned up?”
“She and I talked last night…” Kim was interrupted by Shego’s unbelieving snort.
“Oh come on nerd linger, I wasn’t that obvious.”
“Yeah you were. If you ask me, you and Kim were always a little too friendly for rivals.”
Shego huffed, unable to find any comeback. Kim, forgetting where they were, silenced her with a quick peck on the lips. The absolute silence that followed however, effectively reminded her. Kim’s face turned as red as her hair and she grabbed her books from her locker. “Bye Wade, let me know if something comes up.”
“Bye Kim! Good luck, I think you are going to need it.” As his image disappeared, Kim muttered something that sounded a lot like “12-year old super-genius and he states the obvious.” Still muttering darkly, she closed the door a little harder than necessary and turned to find a laughing Shego, Ron, and Monique.
“And what is so funny?”
Monique calmed herself enough to point at her lips and began laughing again. Kim looked and noticed that she still had some of Shego’s dark lipstick on her lips. She started to get angry, then realized the humor and began laughing along with the others. She walked down the hall arm in arm with Shego, uncaring about the stares being directed her way.
Kim sat down in her class next to Felix, and was surprised by his reaction. He stared at her with cold eyes, and rolled away. When she moved to follow him, he cut her off.
“Don’t bother Possible. I want NOTHING to do with you.”
“Felix? What did I…”
“You and your girlfriendjust stay the hell away from me.” With that Felix turned away and began a conversation with Justine. Noticing the look that she was being thrown, she decided to back off and sit with Monique.
“I wonder who else will act like that.”
“Don’t know Kim, but Felix has a reason, as pathetic as it might be. Ron found out about it one night. You ever wonder what happened to Felix’s dad.”
“I always thought that he was just divorced.”
“Right, but do you the reason?” Kim shook her head, and Monique went on. “Ron told me after he witnessed Felix chew out his dad when he stopped by one weekend. Apparently, he left because he found someone else. That someone was another guy. Felix never forgave him and developed a case of homophobia.”
Kim sighed and looked over at Felix. That explained a lot, but still he had no reason to hate her! He hated her out of spite for his FATHER? Kim growled slowly, a snarl gracing her face. Shego and Monique started sniggering again.
“What!”
“You’ve been spending way to much time with Shego. You just had a scowl exactly like hers!”
“She’s right Princess. Give you black hair and pale skin, you’re me right now.”
Kim sighed and began banging her head on her desk. What have I gotten myself into?
Kim’s day was a mixture of good and bad. Some had told her they respected the fact she had the guts to “come out”, others had moved away from her like she was caring a disease. Some, mostly guys, were curious about the new couple, and others had not made their opinions known one way or the other. The full brunt of the discrimination that she was facing, however, came to her in fourth period.
Flashback
Kim watched as the papers were handed out from the math test. Ron was complaining as usual, and Shego looked somewhere between laughing and burning his mouth shut. Luckily, Kim’s hand on her arm was keeping either action from occurring. When the teacher picked laid her paper down, she noticed an odd expression on her face. Picking up the paper and turning, she let out a gasp of surprise. Monique turned around from her chair and asked with a look what the problem was. Kim handed her the paper, which showed a bright red 61. Monique narrowed her eyes, and turned back to her paper, her eyes going back and forth quickly
“Kim, there has to be something wrong with this! You got one question different form me, and I got a 96. You need to talk to her about this GF.”
Shego raised one of her eyebrows at this, and a small flicker of plasma appeared on her thumb. “GF?”
Monique, realizing what she had said, blushed. The fact they could notice this on her dark colored skin was enough to prove how embarrassed she was.
“Sorry. Old habit.”
“Uh-huh, whatever.”
“Shego, you mind not threatening my girlfriend? She’s been doing that since we got to know her.”
The flame diminished, but a small glow was just barely visible. Kim, sensing that the confrontation needed to be disrupted, spoke up. “I will ask her about it after class Monique. You mind staying here so I can show her?”
“NP, KP.”
Kim walked up to the teacher after class. This was lunch period now, so she would be able to stay as long as needed. She and Monique walked up and waited for the teacher to notice her. When Mrs. Dirus-Abclam looked up, she pointedly ignored Kim and Shego, focusing entirely on Monique. “Is there a problem Miss Jenkins?”
“Yeah, it seems you made a mistake on grading the tests.”
She narrowed her eyes at this, before asking in a calm voice, “Oh? What would that be?”
“Mine and Kim’s tests are almost the exact same, except for one answer, but you gave her a 61 and me a 96.”
“Your point?”
Monique looked slightly gob-smacked at this, but recovered quickly. If the questions and answers are all the same, then why did I get a better grade?”
“You seem to be overlooking one important fact Ms Jenkins.” Seeing her look of confusing, the teacher went on. “Your test wasn’t taken by a freak of nature. Ms. Possible’s was.”
Kim stared open-mouthed, before running out of the room, crying. Shego stared after her and then turned towards the teacher. “You’re lucky that she needs me right now, otherwise, you would find out exactly why I am the most dangerous woman alive.” With that, Shego powered up and sliced the desk in two, then cut the two pieces the opposite way. With a final kick as she walked out the door, the desk crashed against the wall, spilling everything and destroying many items.
Mrs. Dirus-Abclam stood in shock, and began to call the office to report what had happened. She was stopped by Monique’s hand.
“You sure you want to do that? After all, a teacher destroying school property, in front of two students and a visitor, is a bad mark on your record.”
“Ms. Jenkins! Are you telling me you would lie to protect those…abnormal people?”
“In a word? Yes.” Monique grabbed both tests and walked out of the room. She had a conversation to hold with Mr. Barkin.
End Flashback
The teacher was fired for discrimination that afternoon. Apparently she had shown her close-minded attitudes before and this was the last straw. Barkin decided to take over the class for the rest of the term and reinstated Kim’s proper grade.
As the day ended, though, Kim was becoming more and more nervous. Shego noticing this pulled her off to the side. “Alright Kimmie, what’s wrong. You aren’t this nervous when you and I fight, so what’s going on?”
“It’s just…” Kim blushed a little, as she realized that to the older woman this would sound ridiculous. “The cheer-squad is a kind of family. Not like how Ro and Monique are unofficial Possibles, but we look out for one another. I’m afraid of what they will say.”
Shego rather than laughing looked hurt by this. “So you care more about what they think than me?”
Kim gasped and shook her head vehemently. “NO! I told you last night. I love you, but for four years of training, spending time at their houses, camps together, it’s going to be hard if they reject me.”
Shego pulled her into a tight hug, and then walked to the gym with an arm around her shoulders, silently offering support.
Practice was over, and things seemed to have gone okay. Other than a few odd looks from Bonnie, the rest of the squad didn’t seem to mind about Kim and Shego being together. As the rest of the squad left for the day, Kim stayed behind to clean up. Surprisingly, so did Tara and Bonnie. She looked at both of them, then shrugged and continued what she was doing. As they finished the three looked at each other.
“Thanks you two.”
“No problem Kim!” Tara broke into a huge grin, and then slightly elbowed Bonnie towards Kim.
“Kim…I…OW, I’m trying okay?” Bonnie rubbed her side where Tara had elbowed her again. “Listen…what you did; well I guess I want to say…thanks.”
“Thanks? For what?”
“For having the guts to bring your relationship out in the open.” Seeing Kim’s still confused face, she groaned. “Damn it Kim, can’t you make this easy on us? Tara and I…” Bonnie gestured wordlessly, unable to articulate what she wanted to say.
“Have been dating for a year, and have been hiding it.” Tara spoke up, deciding to give Bonnie a little relief. Bonnie squeezed her hand in gratitude.
“So you two…why tell me this? Why now?”
“You beat me again Kim. We have been trying to tell people for a while. Most of the squad knows, we have been telling them one at a time. Seeing how YOU can handle it, I should be able to without a prob…Tara would you STOP THAT?”
Kim giggled at the pair as Bonnie rubbed her side again. Then she did the one thing she swore she would never do. “Bonnie, you and Tara want to come to Bueno Nacho with me, Shego and Ron?”
Bonnie stopped her rant and looked at Kim in shock. Seeing that it was a genuine offer of friendship, she narrowed her eyes slightly. “Why?”
“You and I have been rivals for a long time Bonnie. The only person that I felt could cause me more trouble than you was Shego. If we can forgive each other and admit that we both want to be together, than I can forgive you. Whether you return the feelings are up to you.”
Tara smiled at Kim, and then looked over at Bonnie. The girl was still undecided. “I want to go Kim, but it’s up to Bonnie.”
Bonnie sighed and looked up at Kim, a slight smirk on her face. “Why not, but if you hit on me I swear I am dumping a pack of Diablo Sauce on your head.”
“Sorry, Shego’s the only one for me; you’ll have to find some way to get over the loss.” The three began laughing and walked out to find Shego and Ron waiting on them. They looked a little oddly at Bonnie and Tara, until the two raised their joined hands. Shego’s face lit up in understanding, and Ron grinned like the cat that ate the canary.
“Oh man, you two as well? HA! The Ronster IS psychic! BRICK! You owe me 20 dollars!”
A/N: Mark 2: Plot bunnies, plot bunnies, and more plot bunnies! If this keeps up this will turn into a series longer than the Unknown Trilogy! Anyway…Do you all think I need a KIGO warning on this story? I am a little worried about offending some people and having the story removed. There really hasn’t been much about it yet, but that is because it is still new to both of them. I am trying to be as realistic as possible, and since I have a “sister” that went through something similar to this I am basing the actions around her experience.