On Tuesday, Kim woke up later than she had originally planned on and even then she stayed in bed, not wanting to get up, again. Like she had for the past few days. However, her mother didn’t seem to agree with that choice. Kim felt her blankets being pulled off of her shortly after she woke up, and she grabbed them, determined not to be forced out of bed just because it wasn’t as warm as it was without the blankets. What Kim didn’t know was that Monique was also helping her mother, so she found herself fighting a losing battle that was over quickly.
“Kim, you know that you can’t just stay in bed all day,” Ann said.
“If you’ll let me I can,” Kim retorted without thinking.
“Kim, we were supposed to meet up Saturday, remember?” Monique said, stopping the fight that was about to break out between Kim and her mother.
Kim was stunned. Had she actually forgotten about that? Kim only really remembered what Shego did. Kim looked at Monique. She wasn’t sure how she could tell… “You forgot, didn’t you?” Monique asked bluntly, interrupting her thoughts.
Kim nodded slowly. “Sorry,” she mumbled, not really sure what else to say.
“It’s okay. But, for me to forgive you, you need to tell me what’s on your mind.”
Kim stared at Monique in horror. “N– not that,” Kim protested, definitely not wanting to tell Monique.
Monique shook her head. “You’re the one that made me wait an hour before went home. I waited for you to call, until I got tired of that and decided to see what was keeping you, only to find that you hadn’t even gotten out of bed yet. Heck, you haven’t even gotten out of bed for three days. So, it’s my choice on your punishment for that.”
“I’ll leave you two alone,” Kim’s mom commented, already heading towards the door.
Kim sighed in defeat. The only upside here was that her mother wasn’t waiting to hear what she had to say as well. “Fine.”
Monique waited patiently, but Kim didn’t seem to be willing to say anything, so she decided to prompt Kim. “It’s about that guy, right?”
“Huh?” Kim looked at Monique in confusion.
Monique sighed. “You know. The guy you’ve been crushing on.”
Kim felt her face flush. It was practically burning itself off. Monique laughed. “I knew it! You have been crushing on a guy!”
Kim started to laugh a little nervously. Monique was quick to pick up on it. “What is it? He turn you down?”
Kim shook her head. “There isn’t a guy, Mon.”
Monique stared at Kim. “How can there not be a guy? I mean are you trying to tell me that you, my best friend, Kim Possible, the one who was dating a guy until her died, is interested in a girl?”
Kim refused to look at Monique. Finally after several moments of an uneasy silence, realization sunk in on Monique. “I have to sit down,” she said, sitting on Kim’s bed next to her.
Kim ventured a nervous glance at Monique. She looked utterly shocked, which Kim couldn’t blame her. After all, she had let her think for the past few weeks that it was a guy that she was crushing on, and hadn’t even done anything to correct her thinking. Kim wasn’t sure what she could say, so she waited.
After several more minutes, Monique finally spoke up. “It’s that friend of yours isn’t it? The one who you tried to introduce me to, but she wasn’t home.” Monique’s voice was so flat, Kim wasn’t sure if it was a good sign or not. At the very least, it gave Kim an opening to say something.
“Yeah, that’s her.”
Monique turned to Kim. “Ron didn’t know her, did he?”
Kim shook her head. “No, he knew her, she just wasn’t a friend at that time.”
Monique stared at Kim. “You mean, she’s one of those super freaks you’ve fought?”
Kim suddenly felt defensive towards Shego. “She’s not a super freak!” Kim snapped.
Monique looked at away from Kim. Suddenly she was FURIOUS! Not that she could really explain why she suddenly felt that way. “In other words, now that Ron is gone, you’re shacking up with one of your enemies.” Monique chuckled sadly. “Boy, I’d sure hate to see how he’d react to this one if he could.”
Before either one realized what Kim was doing, Monique’s hand went to her cheek as it turned red from the hard slap Kim gave her. When Kim realized what she did, she didn’t try to apologize or give an explanation. She just turned and ran, unable to stem the flow of tears.
How could she say that? Was she really that upset that she didn’t tell her? Or was it that she was interested in another girl? And an old enemy on top of that? Kim’s mind was racing and she didn’t even think where she was going. If she had been in a more rational mind, she would have probably decided to go somewhere else, but she made her way to the basement. A place that she didn’t like to go because of all the dust and cobwebs that were around. Her family occasionally used the basement for storage, their hot water heater, and fuse boxes. Kim wasn’t sure why, but she went there, and sat beneath the stairs. There she started crying silently, not wanting to deal with anyone.
After several minutes, Kim heard the door open and footsteps come down. Kim looked up through the cracks in the stairs and saw that it was Monique who was coming down. Kim’s first thought was that she had come down to attack her more on whom she was wanting to go out with. After all, that’s the first thing she did when she found out about it. However, Monique didn’t even try searching to basement. All she didn’t was, sit down at the bottom step and sighed. “Kim?” Monique said after a moment. “I know you’re down here. You aren’t anywhere else, and I didn’t hear any of the doors open.” Kim wasn’t going to respond. She didn’t know what Monique was up to, but she wasn’t going to give her a chance to dig into her again. Not right now. ESPECIALLY not right now.
After a few more moments of silence, Monique continued. “I’m sorry I overreacted. I should have thought what I said through.” Monique sighed again. “I know you wouldn’t want to go out with a super freak, so I’m sorry I called her that. I know you’re a good judge of character, and I shouldn’t have reacted by bringing Ron into it.” Monique passed again, but Kim still wasn’t going to say anything. She wasn’t sure if she could with how choked up she was getting over Monique’s apology. After all, Kim should be the one apologizing. She was the one who slapped Monique. She was the one who didn’t tell Monique who she was interested in since she became interested in Shego. “I’m not really sure what I want to say.” Another sigh. “I guess just that I’ll support you with whoever you choose to go out with. Even that if it’s that green-skinned woman you’ve fought so many times.”
Kim was shocked. Monique had seen Shego somewhere? Probably on the news or something, but Kim was still shocked. Monique then stood up. “I guess I’ll leave now. If you’re still mad at me, I understand.” Monique sighed again. “If you still want to talk to me, you know my number.” Monique then turned and made her way up the stairs.
Kim wanted desperately to call out to Monique and tell her everything was fine. But, for some reason her voice wasn’t working. Her mouth moved, but no sound came out. As the door closed, she was finally able to manage a squeak. “Wait!” However, since that was at the moment when the door shut, Kim wasn’t sure if her voice had been heard. In fact, she was certain that it hadn’t. Monique was gone now. The one friend that Kim had wanted to tell all about Shego was now gone. The tears started to come back. Kim wasn’t sure when they had stopped, but she could feel them coming again, and she made no effort to stop them.
After a few minutes, Kim felt an anger boil up inside of her. She was sick and tired of crying. She had done too much of that of late, and she didn’t want to cry anymore! She was just tired of feeling sad and helpless against things that were always out of her control. First with Ron dying. Then with Shego sending those anonymous letters letting her know she cared about her. Then with everything being turned upside down as she started to return the feelings that the black haired beauty had towards her. And finally with Shego wanting to make a deal with Global Justice and give up her life so she could be with Kim. Kim wanted to be able to have a choice in these matters, but no. She didn’t want to impose what she wanted on others.
Kim couldn’t have cared if Shego had continued with Drakken or not. As long as they knew that they’d be able to be together at the end of the day. That’s what mattered to her most. And finally Kim realized why she was so upset. Even though it was Shego’s choice, Shego had told her that it was up to her if she’d actually go through with making a deal with Global Justice. However, Kim had let them take her away, and let that moment slip through her fingers. Something that Kim wasn’t sure if she’d be able to forgive herself for. Kim quickly gathered up the strength and dashed up the stairs.
Kim was surprised to see Monique waiting at the top of the stairs, so close she was nearly hit by the door, as it swung open. Even though Kim was tired of crying, as soon as she saw Monique, she latched onto her and started another wave of tears. Kim felt Monique’s hands wrap around her and hold her, making shushing noises. “I’m sorry,” Kim managed to sob into Monique’s shoulder.
“It’s okay Kim. I’m sorry too.”
Under normal circumstances, Kim would have been worried about her brother’s seeing her like that, but right now she didn’t care if they took a picture of her like this and had sent it to everyone in town again with that program they’d written so long ago. Finally, after a few minutes, Monique spoke up. “Kim? How ‘bout we continue this back in your room?”
Kim lifted her head to look Monique in the eye. She wasn’t as surprised as she thought she would be to see such care, trust, and love in those eyes. In fact she wasn’t surprised at all. She had known all along that she would see that, it seemed. Kim then nodded, and they made their way up to Kim’s room. Once there, Kim sat on her bed, grabbed her Pandaroo and held onto him tightly. Almost as if it was her last lifeline from falling into an abyss that was threatening to swallow her whole if she let it. An abyss of emptiness. Monique just pulled the chair at Kim’s desk out and sat on that.
“Now, tell me what’s bothering you.”
Kim sighed. Where did she really begin? After a few moments, Kim decided to just tell Monique what happened the night before; after all, that’s what got her so upset in the first place. “Last night Shego…”
“You’re interested in Shego?” Monique exclaimed in surprise, apparently not aware that she was interrupting her best friend.
Kim felt like she was about to burst into tears again. She probably looked that way as Monique quickly apologized. “I’m sorry, Kim. I guess I just thought it would have been one of your other foes.”
Kim sighed. The tears seemed to have retreated. For the moment anyway. “Last night,” Kim started again, a little slower this time, though, “Shego had me take Global Justice over to her house. She wants to make a deal with them so she might be able to be with me.”
“Do your parents know about that?”
Kim shook her head. “They only know that Shego’s a friend. Nothing else.”
“Why haven’t you told them?”
“I just haven’t found the right time.” Kim paused for a moment. “I mean, look at how you reacted. I just don’t want them to react that way as well.”
Monique considered that for a moment. “Why do you think that they’ll react that way?”
“My mom seemed to really be upset that I was friends with Shego. I don’t know how she’d react to the fact that I want her as my girlfriend.”
“We’re girlfriends,” Monique pointed out.
Kim gave Mon a level gaze. “You know what I mean. How can I tell them that not only am I… that I’m a…”
Monique got off the chair, sat down next to Kim and put at comforting hand on her shoulder. “It’s okay. I’m sure they’ll understand.”
Kim looked at Monique, through eyes full of tears that were threatening to come out. “But, how can they understand that I’m in love with someone who used to be one of my worst enemies?”
Monique sighed. “I’m not sure how they’ll react to that one, but you should at least give them the benefit of the doubt before you assume what’ll happen.”
Kim pulled her Pandaroo closer, looking down at the foot of her bed. “But what will I do if they do get upset?”
“Look, did your dad react the same way as your mom did?” Kim shook her head. “Then, you should probably first start with him. He might be more understanding at that.”
Kim sighed. Monique was probably right. Her dad always did seem to accept whatever she threw at him stoically. This would probably be no different. However, what her mother thought always mattered more to the young redhead. “But, what if my mom still gets upset?”
“Then she gets upset,” Monique answered. Kim looked at Monique, confused. “If she’s going to get upset, there’s nothing you can do about it. But, I think that the longer you take, the more upset she’ll probably be. If you tell your dad and have his support, then you might be able to handle whatever your mom throws at you.”
Kim smiled, pulling Monique into a friendly hug. “Thanks, Mon.”
“No big, Kim. I’m just glad I could help.”
Dr. Director looked up from the papers she was holding and stared off into space. If she was to believe what she was reading, then Global Justice just had one of the best things happen to it. She had always feared that Shego would decide to take a more active role in being evil, but this was something she never dreamed she’d see. One of the world’s most wanted was wanting to make a deal. It seemed a little ironic that the moment Shego made the list, she was wanting to make a deal. Of course she had only been put on the list the next morning after she turned herself in, before anyone outside of Global Justice knew about Shego. Heck, she wasn’t even aware until Will Du brought in the report he filed concerning it.
Now, Dr. Director needed to figure out how she could put this to whichever DA that would be assigned to this. Or if she’d need to try to find one that would help her. After all, if she really wanted to change like she said she did, then she’d need to make certain that she was given whatever chance she needed. And there was the problem that half the lawyers in the country seemed to have a grudge against the woman. But, the most surprising part Dr. Director found about the whole issue was that Shego was apparently either in love with Kim Possible, or at least wanting to go out with the girl. Which meant that she might be able to use that as leverage. However, she’d need to only use that if she was getting desperate. Because she had no idea how that would affect the world.
Teen Hero Going Out with Arch-Villain. Dr. Director did not like the thought of the reaction that kind of headline would bring up. Even though it was probably inevitable, she wanted to at least get some time to talk with both of them before it came out, but with her being stuck in the hospital because of that stupid sniper, all she could really do was work on the paperwork, and give Will Du various assignments while he took her position temporarily. It was aggravating. The only upside to being stuck in the hospital was that she didn’t have to deal with the idiot who was in charge of security at that banquet that night. A small blessing that hardly mattered to Dr. Director
Dr. Director put the papers down on the table next to the bed. Things had been happening so fast, she wasn’t sure if she’d be able to sort them all out before they were over. It wasn’t something that she would like to happen. After all, she had gotten her position because of how she had been able to remain in control no matter what was going on. Now, however, it seemed like things were spiraling out of control, and there wasn’t a thing she could do to stop it. It was not a pleasant feeling. And unless she had a good reason, she was not going to try and leave this hospital bed. She didn’t like being here, but she knew that it was best to let the doctors have their way when they wanted to observe someone who had come quite close to dying. At the very least, it kept her from getting another headache.
Dr. Director turned to Will Du. “Where is she now?”
“She’s should be at her trial right now,” Will answered.
Dr. Director stared. “You mean they started it already?” Will nodded. This was not something that she had anticipated.
“But, shouldn’t they be picking a jury before that?”
Will shrugged. “I’m not sure how they got everything put together so fast, but I think that they’re just wanting to get her trial over with before she has a chance to escape.”
Dr. Director sighed. It made sense why they’d want to get this done quickly, but she couldn’t figure out how they could pull it off so quickly. That was a matter for another day. What she needed to do was figure out what it was that Shego was willing to negotiate. Because then she might be able to help the green woman out; at least if what she suspected of the thief was correct.
“Any idea of how we might be able to talk with Shego about this?”
Kim was nervous. She knew that she needed to go through with this, especially the turn her’s and Shego’s relationship took the night before, but she was already getting cold feet with telling her dad. All the worst possibilities were just flowing through her head. Even though the rational part of her mind was telling her that it was VERY unlikely for any of those to happen, her attention wasn’t focused on her rational part. Kim looked at Monique, and Monique motioned for her to go on; giving silent support.
Kim sighed and walked into the living room where her dad was. Kim knew that she was a nervous wreck, but kept herself going forward knowing that she would get more nervous if she waited on doing this. That and she knew Monique wouldn’t let her chicken out that easily.
“Um, dad?” Kim asked, tentatively.
“Just a sec sweetie,” came the response. A moment later the t.v. was paused and he turned his chair around to face Kim. “Okay. You have my undivided attention.”
Kim sighed. It would be so much easier to have this over with already. “Um, dad, I was wanting to let you know that I’ve started seeing someone.” James’ face went blank. Whatever he had been expecting Kim to say, this wasn’t it. However, he didn’t say anything, so Kim took that as a sign to continue. “Their name is Shego,” Kim said, wincing at her choice of words because of her thoughts getting jumbled in her mind, but was cut off by her dad.
“Wait, so there’s some guy named Shego? I thought that was one of your foes, who now is one of your friends.” He paused as something seemed to dawn on him. “It’s one of those circus folk isn’t it?”
Kim could not have been more unprepared than she was for his reaction. Apparently her dad seemed to be having difficulty grasping what she was trying to tell him. “No dad. It’s not a boy.”
Silence reigned for several minutes as Kim waited for her dad to respond in some way. When he did, it was something that Kim hadn’t expected him to do. He blamed himself. “I see. I’ve made it too hard for you to find a boy you like.”
“Dad?” Kim tried to get in, somewhat confused, but her dad seemed to be going off on a tangent.
“I’ve made far too many threats for any boy to like you that way. Sure you dated Ron, but he was used to me. But none of the other boys you’ve liked ever seemed to last long. There was that Josh Mankey and I know that I wasn’t very soft with him. And I don’t know why you broke up with that Brick, but I’m sure the blame could be laid at my feet.” Kim wasn’t sure, but she felt like this was worse that her dad rejecting her because of this. She didn’t think it was a bad thing, and she definitely didn’t want him to feel like he forced her into this. After all, it was her choice.
“DAD!” Kim cried, hoping to get his attention. It worked. “Dad. It isn’t your fault. Josh and I had a mutual break-up. We could tell that we weren’t going anywhere and that it would be best for us to just go back to the way we were before we started going out. And I wasn’t even interested in Brick. I was only stuck going out with him because of what Ron had written about me in the school paper.”
“But I still made it difficult for boys to get close to you,” he protested.
Kim shook her head. “Even if that was true dad, this is something I decided for myself.” Kim walked over and embraced her dad. “I at least would like you to tell me that you okay with this.”
James sighed. Not making any sign that he was going to say anything about that. Apparently he was going to need time to think this over. Kim then released her dad and walked out of the living room. The prospect of telling her mother wasn’t looking so good now.
Shego sighed. It appeared that she wasn’t going to get to even have a pretense at a deal being made. Not that she really expected to even get a very fair offer. But, she knew that it was at least worth a try. And she did let Kimmie know that she was doing this for her, and she didn’t ask her to not do it. In all, Shego wasn’t regretting doing this as she thought she might. She almost felt a little lighter now that this was under way.
Of course as she thought about it, she only had one regret. That she wouldn’t be able to see Kim’s graduation. She sat in the courtroom half listening to the farce of a trial. After all, how many other trials get put together in one weekend? Even though she didn’t know much about how they set up trials, she was sure that there was quite a bit of a process involved in getting it all set up. After all, she’d heard about speedy trials, but this was just ridiculous. Heck the judge didn’t even bother asking her how she pleaded. And the public defender that they dragged in was obviously focusing his attention elsewhere. Shego wished that they’d just get on with it. The sooner that this whole ordeal was over with, the sooner she could start counting the days ‘till she was released. Although she wondered if they’d call Kim to testify or something. She wondered what the girl would say. After all, she was wanting to go out with Shego, so it would be interesting if they had her appear, though she also wondered if she’d be allowed contact with her. Probably not, seeing as how they were ‘enemies’ in the eyes of the public; not that she cared what the public thought.
Shego looked at the clock in the room and sighed again. Time was just going by so slowly. If she thought it wouldn’t make things worse for her, she’d disrupt the court just so they’d take her out of it. At least then she wouldn’t be sitting here bored out of her mind. But, if she did that, then she’d more likely get more time than what they were probably going to stick her with. It was unfair and annoying, but something that had to be lived with. Everyone’s attention turned towards the doors as they burst open, revealing Will Du. Shego wondered what he was doing here, since she had only actually met him last night. He walked over to the DA and handed her a piece of paper. After scanning it the DA glared at Will.
Shego’s interest was perked. This might actually be entertaining to watch. Whatever was on that paper, the DA did not like it. After a few moments, the DA turned to the bailiff and handed it to him. He then took it to the judge who looked over the paper. After a few moments, even he was glaring at Will. “What’s the meaning of this?” the judge demanded.
“It’s very simple,” Will answered, irritatingly calm to the DA and judge, but amusingly calm to Shego. “There was no possible way for the defendant to have been able to put together a defense for herself in the time that we captured her and now. As you can see we have that signed by another judge. If you wish to file a complaint we’ll gladly take a look at it. However, right now Global Justice is taking the defendant into custody, as is noted at the bottom of the form you are holding.”
Shego was shocked. Out of everything that had happened, she did not expect this to happen. It was also quite entertaining to see how people were getting upset over what Will said. But apparently he had, or more likely Dr. Director had, managed to find a way to help make a deal with Shego, instead of letting this farce go on until she was stuck in prison for who knows how long.
Although Shego was quite amused at the reactions, she was removed from the room before she really knew it. She was then led to a room at which time they gave her a change of clothes. Shego then looked around, and satisfied that there weren’t any cameras or anything, she proceeded to change into the clothes. When she was done, she knocked on the door. No response. She shrugged and moved over to sit in a corner, content to wait until someone came to get her out of there.
She didn’t have to wait long. She heard a knock on the door, which she ignored. The knock was repeated, more insistent this time. Shego decided that she might as well respond, since it was probably locked on her side. “You can open it from that end, you know?” Shego called out, smiling to herself.
The door opened to reveal Will Du. “Are you ready to come with me?”
Shego gasped in mock surprise. “Willy! I never thought you’d ask!”
Although she knew she probably shouldn’t, especially to someone who helped her get out of that witch trial, she couldn’t help herself. It was just too easy. Her smile deepened as she heard Will growl. “So, where are you taking me?” Shego asked, seriously this time, dropping her smile.
“Dr. Director wants to speak with you,” Will answered, motioning for Shego to follow him.
“Isn’t she out of action for the moment?” Shego asked, complying because she knew she really didn’t have much of a choice in this matter.
“She’s confined to her hospital bed right now, but she still wanted to speak with you.”
Shego smirked. This certainly was going to be interesting. Maybe she would be able to go to Kimmie’s graduation after all.
Kim was pacing her room. She knew she was just making herself more nervous, but she couldn’t help it. If she sat down, she’d get up right away. She just couldn’t sit still with all her nerves going haywire like they were.
“Kim, calm down girl!” Monique scolded Kim.
“I’m sorry, Mon. I just can’t help but think how my mom will react.”
Monique sighed. “Just because your dad refused to accept it, doesn’t mean your mom won’t.”
Kim looked at Monique, fear clearly evident in her eyes. “But he’s the one that always has been supporting me no matter what I do. He even convinced my mom to let me go on my missions.”
“The puppy dog pout didn’t work?”
Kim shook her head. “I hadn’t perfected it then, and I was too busy being excited about going on missions that I didn’t think about it,” Kim confessed, stopping her pacing just to turn to the window. Although, even though she had stopped pacing, her hands were fiddling with each other, showing that she wasn’t calming down like you’d think if you were watching from a distance.
“Well, you know your mother always has trusted you with who you go out with, right?”
Kim looked at Monique, tears threatening to spill. “That’s just it! When I introduced Shego as a friend, she got upset!”
Monique got up and walked over to Kim, placing her hands on her best friend’s shoulders. “Kim. Look at me.” Kim obeyed. “It could be that she was worried that you were only friends with her because you were hurting with losing Ron. She was probably scared that you were going to hurt yourself somehow because he died.” Monique paused to take a deep breath. “If anything, I think her fear just came out sideways.”
“But Monique! She was so upset that I was friends with Shego and wasn’t happy that I had kept if from her!” Kim felt like she was getting close to being hysterical.
“Kim. If she was, it was likely that she didn’t know if you weren’t going out doing something that you would regret. As I said, I think her fear just came out sideways. I’m sure she’ll accept this change in your relationship with Shego.”
“But Monique, you said that about my dad! And he didn’t do too good of accepting it!” Kim sank to her knees, her tears starting to flow.
Monique sighed. “Did she tell you that you couldn’t see Shego?” Kim shook her head. “Well, then I think that you should just let her know without thinking that she would forbid you to see her. After all, I’m sure she’s probably already guessed that there’s something more.”
Kim looked up at Monique, the flow of tears slowly subsiding. “Really?” she whispered. She wasn’t sure if she wanted to believe that. Especially when so many of her fears rested on if her mother would accept her choice.
Monique nodded. “You know that I was able to tell that you were crushing on her after you first became friends with her, right?”
Kim nodded slightly. “But, you thought it was a guy that I was crushing on,” she protested.
“Yeah, but that was because I didn’t think you were a lesbian,” Monique answered.
Kim looked down at her hands in her lap and sighed. “There really isn’t something else that I can do about it, is there?”
“Well, you could always keep Shego as a secret girlfriend, and only sneak around when you go see her.”
Kim’s head snapped up to stare at Monique in horror. “You know I can’t do that!”
“Then you have to tell your mother.” Monique paused for a moment as another thought occurred to her. “Or you could just break up with Shego.”
Kim bit her lower lip. There was no way that she wanted to break-up with Shego. Things just were spiraling out of control, and Kim wished that she could just grab a hold of something and have it remain constant for a moment. Something that would last for a while during this upheaval of chaos in her life. Before Kim could think of anything else to say, she noticed her mother pulling up outside. The time for telling her mother was finally there. Kim couldn’t figure out if she was relieved by that or if she wished she had more time. Either which way, she knew that she wasn’t going to get any more time to worry about it. That time was now past. Now was the time for her to talk to her mother about something that she was certain wouldn’t work out as well as she’d like it to.
Kim made her way downstairs, and reached the foot of the stairs below her room when her mother entered the house. Kim froze. Where would be the best place to tell her mother? Definitely not in the living room, her dad was still watching his game, but in the kitchen he might overhear when he went in there for a drink. Her room, although not really ideal, was probably the best place. “Mom?” Kim called down.
“Yes Kim?”
“Can you come up here for a minute?” Kim turned and looked with pleading eyes at Monique who was also coming down the stairs from her room.
“Sure, I’ll just wait in the kitchen,” Monique answered Kim’s unspoken question. Kim smiled gratefully at Monique.
Kim walked up to her room and shortly after she did, her mother came in. Kim sat on the bed and her mother sat next to her. “So, what did you have to talk to me about?”
Kim decided that she couldn’t say this sitting down, so she got up and started pacing in front of her mother. “Well, I… um, that is…” Kim couldn’t think of how to say it, so she kept on starting and trailing off.
“Kim calm down,” her mother advised. “Just start at the beginning and we’ll see how things work out, okay?”
Kim smiled at her mother. That probably would be easiest. “Remember how I told you I was friends with Shego?” Ann nodded. “Well, we’ve sorta, kinda started going out,” Kim finished, uneasy about what her mother’s response would be.
“So, you’ve finally decided to do something about your feelings towards her,” Ann answered with a smirk.
“Yeah! Exactly,” Kim started until she realized what her mother said. “Wait. You knew?”
Ann nodded. Kim couldn’t believe how mortified she felt right at that moment. The only good thing that she could think of was that she didn’t try telling her mother over the phone. Having that put on speaker definitely would have been much, much worse.
“When did you first find out?” Kim asked, sitting down next to her mother, subdued.
“It wasn’t hard to see really. I saw the way you two looked at each other, and I can’t be certain, but I’m pretty sure that both of you were holding hands when we talked about you being friends with one of your old enemies.”
Kim was stunned. Her mother knew about that as well? Great. Just how many other things did her mother know about that she never said anything about? Kim felt her mother wrap her arms around her. “I just wanted to make sure that you weren’t going to get yourself hurt this time.”
“S- so you’re fine with me dating her?” Kim asked in a whisper, not willing to say it any louder.
Ann nodded. “It’s your choice. If I had a problem with it, I’d have said something about it when you first brought Shego here after Ron died.”
Kim smiled, glad that this went so much smoother than it did with her dad. Her dad. Suddenly she felt uneasier as she remembered his reaction. “Um, mom?”
“Yes, dear?”
“I told dad earlier and he started blaming himself over it,” Kim said quietly, while moving her head to look right at her mother. “Do you think he’ll start hating me about it?”
Ann sighed and pulled her daughter closer in the embrace. “No dear. He’s probably just at the tolerating phase right now.”
“Huh?”
“There’s been a lot of things that society has had problems with recently, right?” Kim nodded. “Well, with most of it, there’s been rejection at first, then they start to tolerate it. After that, it usually takes a while, it gets accepted. I’m sure that your father’s just tolerating it right now, and eventually he’ll accept it. Just give him time, okay?”
Kim nodded again, then sighed. “Is there any way to get him to accept it faster?” Kim asked, not wanting to have her father being weird around her.
Ann shook her head. “No. But do you really think that he’d push his only daughter out the door because of something like this.”
“I- I don’t know,” Kim answered, bursting into tears; the whole days events catching up with her.
Ann just held her daughter as she released all the pent up emotions that had accumulated throughout the day. When Kim was finished crying, Ann moved Kim to arms length. “Is that all that’s upset you lately?”
Kim frowned as she looked down. That definitely wasn’t the least of what her problems were. So, she began to slowly explain what happened the night before and how Shego might not be around again.
Shego wasn’t surprised when they took her to a hospital; where else would they send someone who was shot? She walked with Will, not caring how people reacted, even though she’d rather avoid the main floors. After several minutes, they finally made it to where Dr. Director’s room was. Will motioned for Shego to enter, and she sensed more than saw him enter behind her. Shego looked a little around. The room was a typical one for a hospital. Nothing really stood out in Shego’s opinion.
“So, you wanted to make a deal?” Shego nodded. Dr. Director sighed. “Then I suppose you know what was likely going to happen.” Another nod. “So what are you willing to give us for your end of the deal? After all, deals can only be deals if both sides offer something.”
So like the mafia, Shego thought to herself, recalling the little bit of experience she had dealing with them. “Anything you ask for, I’ll give,” Shego answered honestly. After all, there really wasn’t something that she had that she wouldn’t give up to be with Kimmie.
“What if we wanted you to never see Kim Possible again?” Dr. Director asked. Shego stiffened, but didn’t say anything. Moments passed and Dr. Director continued. “So, I take that as something you wouldn’t be willing to give up.” Shego couldn’t help but glare at the one-eyed woman. Dr. Director held up a hand and for a moment Shego was confused as to why she was doing that. “Will, it’s okay. She can do that if she wants to.”
Shego glanced at Will and smirked. He definitely was too strung up for his own good. But she had to admit that it was amusing and wondered briefly if there was a way that she’d be able to use that information for future amusement. “What is it that you want me to give up.” Shego paused for a moment before adding, “Besides from doing all the illegal stuff I’ve done in the past?”
“We’ll need to discuss that, but it would probably require all the money you’ve accumulated during your time as a thief,” Dr. Director said.
Shego smirked as she replied, “And I suppose that would mean all money I have in my accounts, seeing as no one can be sure when I started as a thief?”
Dr. Director sighed. “Probably. I just wanted to be sure that you were serious about making a deal with us.”
“If I say that I want to do something, I’m doing it regardless of what others think,” Shego snapped. “If it makes your life easier, then good for you. I couldn’t care less.”
“But you care about Kim Possible, right?”
Shego sighed, very uncomfortable with the current topic. “Yes I do. Can I leave now?”
Dr. Director held her hand up again as she said, “Relax Will. This isn’t a formal interrogation, so relax.”
Shego smirked as she was highly amused at what was keeping Will Du in line. It certainly was entertaining. Although, a thought occurred to Shego. “So, are you going to keep me in a cell or something?”
Dr. Director shook her head. “If what I’ve learned about you is true, then I know the right person to place you in their care.”