I still remember the first night she came to me. She scared the crap out of me and I was so pissed, until i turned on the light.

(flashback)

November 27
1:15 a.m.
Downtown Middleton, Crown Plaza, Apartment 158.

I was laying awake in bed watching what, hopefully, was the last thunderstorm before winter came into full effect. Rain pelted the large window in my bed room as lightning bolts illuminated the night sky in the distance, followed by defining thunder claps.

I often slept the curtains open. Being so high up I needn't worry about peeping toms or other things like that. I like laying and watching the city at night. Middleton isn't a big city, but its big enough to have a bit of wonder to it.

The sounds of the storm outside begins to lull me to sleep and i don't even have enough energy to blow out the small candle i lite in case the lights went out. I pulled the covers up and settled in about to sir come to sleep when a noise caught my attention. The building is new so old floors and ceilings wasn't the reason behind the noise. I lay and listened and it came again, this time closer.

'Did i turn on the alarm?'

A quick search of my memory tells me yes i did.

'Did i lock the front door?'

Once again, the answer is yes.

As the sound got closer,it became clearer. It was the sound of wet shoes.

'Oh shit, someone is in my apartment.'

I quickly and quietly reach towards the nightstand and grab a small can of pepper spray that I have just in case. I lay perfectly still eyes on the bedroom entrence.
My heart speeds up and my hands are shaking. I'm scared.

After a few agonizing second a dark figure appears. who ever it is is about my hieght. I try to breath even, hoping they will go away. My heart is in my throat as i just watch and wait.

Then she walked in the room and into little light afforded by the candle i had lite.

"WHAT THE HELL POSSIBLE!"

I threw the covers off myself, paying no thought to my skimpy sleep wear, and turn the lights on fully intent on ripping her apart.

When i took her in, however, it looked like someone already did.

I couldn't help the gasp that had escaped my mouth. Her clothes were ripped and smeared with blood. Her feet were bare, contrary to what i thought earlier. Blood was dripping from a cut on her bottom lip, her left eye was starting to bruise, and she looked exhausted.

"What happend to you?" I asked, voice full of concern.

"Blown up." She said like it was nothing.

She swayed a little before falling foward unable to stand anymore. I caught her and gently as i could guided us to the floor. Not knowing what else to do i sat there with her head in my lap and let her rest.

after a few minutes she started to talk.

"I'm sorry, i shouldn't have come here. It's just that i didn't want to go home and deal with every one examining every part of me."

"Maybe you should go home, your mom is a doctor and she could make sure you are, in fact, alright."

"I know i am, i got checked before the flight back here."

"oh, where were you?"

"Yukon."

"At this time of the year!"

"yep. Hey I'm sorry, i should go."

she could barely stand up and she was shivering so much even in my heated apartment.

"Kim wait. Just stay here the night. It's late and raining and cold and I mean look at you. Just take a shower and stay here."

She looked at me for a moment before nodding her head in agreement. I quickly gathered a towel and clothes for her and showed her to the bathroom. While she was in there i heated her up some soup.

Now before you start with all the what the hells and you two are suppose to hate each other you should know that we don't. well not entirely anyway. You don't get to be a top rank attorney by not noticing the little things. I've known for a while that kim had a thing for me, but then again who doesn't. She's probably known that i've felt the same way for a while too. Teen super spy better be able to pick up subtle things like that to stay alive. As we've grown up and accepted to some degree what we feel for each other things have settled down between us. No one else knows how we feel and we're not ready to shout it from the mountain tops yet, if ever. No right now I'm just a safe place to sleep at before the Spanish inquisition gets a hold of her.

After she's showered and dressed in some of my pajamas she borrowed she made her way to the kitchen. I set the bowl of chicken soup in front of her along with some extra strength pain killers. She gives me a quiet thanks and starts to eat. I sit across from her with a cup of warm tea and wait for her to get comfortable before I ask what happened.
What? Just because I didn't send her home for interrogation doesn't mean one won't happen tonight.

"Go ahead and ask." She told me before spooning more soup into her mouth.

"Okay. What the hell happened?" I ask after taking a sip of Earl Grey.

"Drakken's new plot to take over the world backfired."

"Do tell."

"Not much to tell. Me and Shego were going at it, he tried to escape; tripped, fell, landed on the self destruct button." Kim finished her story along with her soup.

"What kind of genius puts a functioning self destruct button in their layer." I quipped.

"A not genius genius." Kim said as she walked over and put her bowl in the sink.

I followed suit with my cup and then made my way to the bed room with Kim trailing me.

"So, your gonna hafta take the left cuz I sleep on the right."

"Um Bonnie you don't have to share the bed. A spare pillow and blanket for the couch will be alright."

"Have you even sat on my couch?" Kim shook her head no. "Well it is not for sleeping on, it's too hard. And in your condition you need a good nights' sleep on a soft warm bed. Now lay down and go to bed." I finished up by pulling the covers back and gesturing for her to lay down. Thankfully she didn't fight me on this and simply laid down.

"Thanks again for this." She said in a quiet voice.

"Yeah sure." I told her, my voice too coming out soft as I reached and turned off the lamp on my side.

The light from the candle was still making soft light dance around the room as we laid there. I could feel her body next to mine even though we weren't touching. I finally turned to look at her. I could tell she could feel me looking at her, examining her face in the soft light of the candle, and was trying her hardest not to look at me.

"Kim." I whispered. I could see her take in a deep shaky breath before turning to me. As soon as she locked eyes with me i reached over and kissed her.