Something wasn’t right. It was nagging her at the back of her mind. She opened her eyes, and the light slowly filtered through her sleep laden eyes. There was a lot of red in her line of sight this morning. Which was a lot more than she was expecting.
Something shifted and nuzzled against her. Her mind was a little foggy, but she was remembering something.
It was her voice saying something silly. Or was it stupid? “Better idea. We both take the bed.” She scoffed at herself. She was an idiot.
“Pumpkin…….”
“Mmmmmmff?”
“I need my arm back.”
The red head rolled a bit and freed the trapped appendage. Shego was thankful for the fact that they had both gone into shock over Kim’s little…outburst. They had decided sleep would be safer than talking, namely to keep hormones and pheromones from kicking in. Didn’t stop them from ending up in each other’s arms in their sleep though.
Shego trudged down the stairs, and made a turn to the kitchen. Coffee was needed, badly. She was a little young for it as far as most people figured, but it was something she was almost addicted to. Almost.
“You’re Kim’s new friend aren’t you?”
It was an older woman in a dark green robe.
“Ummm….I guess I am….”
“Shego is an interesting name….” she sipped her cup like she knew something that Shego didn’t.
“It’s a nickname….One I’ve had for so long I forget to tell people my real name.”
“Woman of mystery then.” The woman smirked.
Shego was confused, “Umm…You’re Kimmie’s mother aren’t you?”
The woman nodded with a raised eyebrow over the nickname, “Exactly. I take it you’re not a morning person?”
Shego found a mug and poured herself a cup, making sure it was a little sweet, but only just a little, “Which is why I drink the nectar of the Gods.” She raised her cup in a mock toast.
“So how long have you lived around here? This is the first time I’ve ever see anyone with your complexion.”
Shego managed to not choke on the coffee she was drinking, “I’m new to the area. Kimmie has been very helpful in trying to become….situated.”
“Just don’t break her heart, got it?”
Shego went pale, and started to choke on the coffee.
“Easy…Choking isn’t good for you.”
“Wh---What are you talking about?”
The older woman smirked, “I saw the way you two were snuggled, just like a couple.”
“Th-that was not on purpose! I was asleep when that happened!”
“Yes, but your unconscious mind tends to act on your desires.”
Shego couldn’t get any paler than she was at that moment, “You’re starting to scare me.”
“Good, means you’re going to behave yourself.” She put her mug in the sink and walked out of the kitchen as Kim walked in.
“Kimmie, your mother scares me.”
“Odd…usually it’s my father who’s scaring people…namely boys.”
“Great…apparently your mother does the opposite to females. Kim made a face, “No way. I don’t drink that sludge.” She grabbed a carton of juice from the refrigerator and poured a glass. “So what did my mother do to scare you?”
“We’re not going there.”
Kim caught the hint and changed the subject, “So…you mentioned Go City yesterday…what’d you do there?”
Shego smirked, “School, little work on the side.”
“And the cat suit?”
“Part of work.” A playful wink ended the conversation. An uncomfortable silence wafted in as they stood there, drinks in hands.
“So…you thinking about moving to Middleton, or just passing through?”
Shego nibbled on her bottom lip, “I’m not entirely sure. I need to finish High School, but I don’t know if I can support living on my own. Kind of the sacrifice for having a falling out with my family…”
“I’m sorry to hear that.”
“Don’t be, you didn’t cause it, and you’ve been more help than anyone else I’ve met since I’ve left home.”
“Thank-you.”
“For…?” Shego finished off the mug and poured another one.
“Not freaking out last night.”
Shego smirked, “Little secret princess, I wanted to do the same thing.”
“Ohhhh…?”
Shego looked away with a smirk, “Yes…I wanted the same thing you did, but a bit more lustfully than innocently.”
“Does…this make us lesbians?”
“Good question, honestly I’m not sure. Maybe it was just hormones; maybe we’re a couple of dykes. I don’t have all the answers.”
Kim’s backside started beeping and she pulled a blue device out of her pants line. “Talk to me Wade.”
“Just wanted to see if you were up. It’s been strangely quit lately, and I wanted to see if you getting bored.”
Kim smirked, “Me…bored? How dare you accuse me of such a thing?”
“I take that as a no then. Alright, I’ll let you know if anything comes up.”
“Thanks Wade.”
Kim hung up and tucked the device way. “Little gadget I nicknamed a ‘Kimmunicator’. Wade made it to make it easier to contact me when I’m doing a mission.”
Shego nodded, a little impressed, “Very nice Pumpkin. Any other little secrets you would like to share?”
Kim blushed, “No comment.” She sipped her juice with a secretive smirk on her face. “Now if you excuse me…I need to get ready for school.”
“Alright Princess, as you wish.”
Shego sighed, things were getting complicated. She did not have a time or the money to settle down, especially not over an infatuation based on lust. She had decided to become a nomad for a good reason, but everything was falling apart now. The nomad idea was falling apart thanks to the lack of money, and now this.
She sighed again and leaned back against the bed, not to mention Kim’s mother scared her. A lot.
She was Shego, and a simple person who probably didn’t have any special abilities, or weapons scared her. She was glad she didn’t know anyone in the area or else they would probably mock her for it. She chewed her lip. It was all such a mess.”
“Fuck.”
“KP? You okay?”
Kim nodded, “Just fine. Why?”
“Well it’s fairly simple. You’re way too perky today. It’s scaring me.”
“Shhh…you’re ruining my mood.”
“Hell, you're eating the jello loaf.”
Kim stopped and looked at her tray, and shrugged. The meat wasn’t as bad as she thought. Heck, everything seemed better. Then there was the matter of Shego.
‘KP?” Ron waved a hand in front of the red head’s face and she snapped to reality.
“Yes?”
“You’re blushing and drooling. It’s creepy-weird.”
Kim’s face turned scarlet. She was lusting after another woman. “Oh, God, ohgodhgohgod…”
“KP….? Would you like to talk about something?”
“No, everything is fine!” She got up and left Ron sitting there.
“If everything is fine, why are you chanting ‘oh God’ like it was a mantra?”
Kim came home rather quickly, no delays today. She found Shego napping on the bed, the girl had been bored to sleep.
God…she looks so cute like that….
You could just start the ball rolling…you know she wants you too….Wouldn’t take much to do it….
Damn it, it is not the time to listen to my inner lust! Even if it has some good ideas….
Exactly why you should listen to me, because of those good ideas.
No way! I…I don’t want to chase her off…
Kim slumped onto the bed. Hormones made everything too damn complicated. There just had to be a simple answer in there, somewhere.
A slight tug on her shirt got her attention. “Huh…?”
“Kimmie…you okay?”
The red head leaned back against the other woman, “Depends? Are you comfortable here…? Can you stand the thought of attraction to another female?”
Shego yawned and wrapped an arm around the other female, “Honestly right now, I don’t know. To both counts. It’s nothing personal, but I just don’t know. I’ve never been big one the whole relationship thing. And well….I’ve never settled down since I’ve left home.” She absentmindedly fingered some loose red hair and twirled it around a finger.
Kim smiled, “I’m pretty sure I can clear it with the ‘rents for a week or so, think that’s enough to consider staying around here?”
Shego looked away, her finger still actively teasing the strand of hair. “I’m really not sure. I don’t know if I can…”
Kim recognized that look, the same look as Shego had whenever Go City came up, “Don’t worry…I don’t think your personal demons will find you here.”
“If it were really that simple…” Shego sighed.
“Shego?”
“Yes Pumpkin?”
“Would…it be okay…I mean…” Kim stopped trying to ask what she wanted and twisted her head and kissed Shego. She didn’t fight it though, and was pulled into the bottomless well of the other.
“I’m sorry to interrupt this tender moment, but seriously Shego, this is what I meant earlier. Deny it, or embrace it, either way I can live with it. Though I would prefer it was someone I knew better that Kim decided to be attracted too.”
Shego looked like a dog caught piddling on the carpet. It hadn’t been her idea. Sure she hadn’t resisted, but she didn’t start it.
Kim’s mother didn’t say anything as she walked down the stairs.
“Now I see what you mean about her being scary. She’s like some kind of Doctor Ninja.”
“Doctor Ninja or not, she still scares me.”
“Only because she’s worried….I hope…”
Author’s Notes: Don’t skin me alive for the oddities I insist on writing! There is a reason this whole thing is AU. Namely to keep people from lynching me. Well that’s it for the night even if it is three AM here XD.