Chapter Two – Will You Marry Me
Despite having been in the restaurant before, it still amazed Kim that she was able to go to a place like this. She and Shego didn't have any stable income, save for Shego's royalties for her part in the Team Go merchandise, which only covered the taxes on all of their properties. And they had almost used up the half a million-dollar check, for dealing with W.E.E's surrender and the death of Kitosha, they got from Betty in Global Justice since they started work as freelance agents, on income taxes and all that. But at the end of the day, she knew it was worth it as it was the place of their first public date four months ago.
They were all in a booth that could be accessed on both sides, with Kim and Shego sitting across from one another on one end with Kim sitting next to her dad who sat next to Ron with Shego sitting next to Kim's mom with Bonnie next to her. Tim and Jim meanwhile were at the far ends of Kim and Shego across one another as well and in the mood lighting it was surprisingly difficult for everyone to tell which was which as they still talked off of the other and the color of their shirts was difficult to make out.
Ron was relieved when the waiters let Rufus in as when the staff realized it was Kim Possible and her family and friends they were more than happy to accommodate the little guy. They even made an improvised little table for him, complete with a mini candle and toothpicks to act as his 'silverware.'
They had all decided to start out with salads, well at least the women did, James, Ron and the twins just sat and made small talk with the rest. With Rufus getting little pieces of salad from Bonnie.
"So, when do you start school again Kimmie?" Ann asked, taking some pleasure in Shego tensing up at her using her pet name for Kim. Which Kim explained was what Shego called her as well, though Ann would be lying if she didn't want to get a phone call from Kim complaining that Shego was calling her Kimmie-cub, or worse, bubble-butt.
"Not for a couple weeks, though I was thinking of taking online courses so I didn't have to travel." Kim answered, before taking another bite full of salad.
"And here you wanted to move in with me so you could be closer to school Princess." Shego countered before taking her own bite-full of food.
"That was before I remembered my car was blown up." Kim countered, narrowing her eyes.
"And yet I have multiple cars you could barrow, if you asked nicely." Shego countered.
Ann was just enjoying the love banter between the two and James could see it as he remembered their own banter back and forth when he was 'courting' his wife of almost twenty-five years.
"Oh please, like you'd let me barrow the sports cars." Kim countered further.
"Since cars you touch have a tendency of blowing up, yeah and I doubt the insurance company would like that story as well." Shego continued.
James coughed, unsure of what else to do. "I see you two girls get along so well together…" He said.
"Oh, please James, don't tell me you forgot what it was like when we were dating and even weeks after we got married." Ann said.
"How could I not?" James replied. "We had different schedules and only the one car."
Ann smiled before turning to Ron and Bonnie. "So how are you two doing?"
"Great, we have our movie night every so often…" Ron started saying.
"Which means every night…" Bonnie added.
"Rufus loves Bonnie." Ron continued
"And I love Rufus." Bonnie kept going.
"And I love Bonnie." Ron finished, looking at his tan girlfriend.
"And I love Ron." Bonnie finished, returning the look.
Jim and Tim looked at each other and knew what they wanted to do, but a stern look from their mother and father kept them in check.
"Lots of love around it seems." Ann smiled, looking at her daughter, whom even in the faint lighting could tell Kim was blushing a deep pink, as well as Shego, who was a deep green.
"Yeah…" Kim said, semi choking on the word as the longer they went, the closer she knew she was getting to proposing to Shego. "Any plans on moving in together?" Kim asked Ron and Bonnie.
The two looked at each other and shrugged. "Never talked about, really." Ron said.
"Though I guess we could…" Bonnie pointed out, giving a suggestive look over towards Ron.
"But I thought you said your parents were strict traditionalists?" Ron asked.
"Sounds like someone's… scared?" Bonnie asked with a smirk, while raising an eyebrow. She knew how to push Ron's buttons by now and putting him on the defensive was a surefire way of doing just that. Truth is, she wanted to move in with him but the conversation would turn awkward or just not happen for long periods of time, resulting in them changing the subject.
"I'm not scared!" Ron said defensively. "We can talk about it later." Ron relented.
"Promise?" Bonnie asked.
"Promise." Ron smiled. I'm hosed. He thought
Booya. Bonnie thought. "You can spend the night at my place to get a feel for it." She offered.
"Alright." Ron smiled. Maybe this won't be so bad… he thought.
Once again Jim and Tim looked at each other, but said nothing.
By now everyone had had their main course, and were stuffed, with Rufus even letting out burp before squeaking out an 'excuse me' cause everyone to laugh a little at how polite the little guy was. And Anne eyed suggestively towards her daughter using her eyes to look at Kim and then direct her daughter to propose to the woman sitting next to her mother.
Kim for her part took a deep breath as she felt her mother was right and the moment was here. She had gone over it a million times in her head since they all got to the restaurant, but she still was clueless and just decided to see what happened.
"Shego…" Kim started, despite having planned this for a week, even asking her mom on what she should do, she still hadn't a clue as to how to propose to Shego. So, she was doing the next best thing, do what they do in the movies. A cliché she thought, but seeing as how their relationship had gone thus far, she suspected it would work. Hell, she suspected even if she just went out and just asked Shego to marry her that she would say yes.
"Hmm?" Shego replied, a bit nervous sounding, as she didn't like all the attention.
Ignoring, or not noticing how nervous Shego sounded. "We've known each other for almost eight years." Kim started, still search for the words all the while her heart felt like it was in the back of her throat now.
"And they've been an amazing eight years…" Shego added, looking unsure of what was going on.
By this point everyone was looking at the two as they continued, with only Ann knowing what was going on, but still controlling her excitement.
"And though we've had our ups and our downs. I love you." Kim added, while under the table searching through her purse, causing her father sitting next to her to raise an eyebrow before it hit him as to what was happening.
This caused James to look at his wife who signaled to not to do or say anything with her eyes and face, as if they had a secret code worked out between the two with a world saving heroine and two twin geniuses to raise without knowing what their parents were going to do.
"And I love you Kim, despite our early… relationship…" Shego said, struggling to find the right word to describe when she and Kim had first met.
By this point, Bonnie looked at the couple wondering if what she was thinking was about to happen, was going to happen. Even going so far as to look at Ron, who was clueless, and James who seemed terrified which lead her to continue thinking it was going to happen.
"But despite our woos…" Kim added, finally finding the ring box and even going so far as to open it and do a quick glimpse to make sure the ring was still there before quickly putting her eyes back up, not knowing if Shego noticed that slight slip or not.
Anne by now was biting her lip, but not in a way that showed teeth, with a more she rolled her lower lip over her lower teeth and bit onto her lip in that matter. Just propose already! The suspense is killing me! She thought.
By this point the closest people to the Possible booth knew what was going on and started looking to catch the proposal with most of the people watching at least in their late forties or early fifties and remembered all too well what it was like when they proposed to their partner.
"Despite our woos, I love you…" Shego finished.
The next thing anyway knew, just as quickly as it had started, heck even in the blink of an eye both Shego and Kim went down onto their knees and looked at each other, holding black ring boxes and after opening them up said at the same time to the other; "Will You Marry Me?"
Anne finally let out a slight squeak with her hands clenched into fists near her chin, while James had his eyes wide open and his mouth opened in realization that he was right.
Ron's mouth dropped open while Bonnie had a beaming smile. Jim and Tim looked at each other and then back at their sister and her… girlfriend? Fiancée? Unsure what to think.
And there they knelt, Kim Possible and Shego, it finally dawned on the two lovers what had happened. While Kim was so nervous to propose to Shego, Shego had been fidgeting as well and went unnoticed by Kim in finding her own ring for Kim and the two looked at each other in surprise.
Kim's ring for Shego was a three-large pink diamond set with numerous smaller diamonds wrapping around the ring, all embedded in pure 24-carat gold.
Shego's ring for Kim was an exact copy of Kim's ring, but instead of pink diamonds, it had three green diamonds.
Both woman looked at the other's ring before looking back at the other and people who could see the two saw their eyes water as they realized what had just happened. With smiles forming on their faces they both in unison again replied. "Yes." Causing everyone who saw the proposal to begin applauding, with a few even doing whistles in celebration.
The two embraced in a kiss and hug before sliding their engagement ring onto the other's finger at the same time, followed by more kissing. The excitement in both of their eyes clear as months of playing with each other to break finally culminating in their proposing to each other.
Before they could sit down however, Ann hugged both women, kissing them both on the checks.
"I'm so proud of you two!" Ann exclaimed as they sat back down.
"Thanks for the advice…" Shego started to say before being interrupted.
"What?!" Kim asked in surprise, looking at her mom as if she had been betrayed.
"Well Kimmie as you've said it before, Shego isn't comfortable with talking about emotional issues and she asked me when the time was right to propose to you. Then you called shortly while I was talking to her and I suggested to you to set all this up, claiming it was to have one last get together before school started up for you and the boys." Ann explained.
"Wait a minute…" She said, holding up her hands as if in a 'whoa' pose. "So, she hung up and came into the room asking if I wanted to go out, then you told me to propose tonight instead?"
"Yup." Ann said with a smile as she began taking another sip at her wine.
"Mom…" Kim started.
"That's low, Ann." Shego said before taking a sip at her own wine.
"Please, Shego, call me mom." Ann said with a warm smile, causing Shego to look to her side and spew her drink in surprise.
Kim for her part somewhat cringed a little, she and Shego never talked about her parents as she knew the subject was a very sore issue with her. Kim didn't even know what her parents did, much less why Shego didn't like the words that acknowledged them.
"It'll take some getting used to… mom." Shego said, fainting a smile that Kim knew was fake right off the bat.
Soon the waiters had all brought out some Champaign and accompanying glasses.
"A toast to the new couple!" Ann said, raising her glass.
"Here, here." James said as everyone all raised their glasses for a toast.
After everyone had their drinks Shego looked back at Kim. "And Kim…" She started.
"Yeah?" Kim asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I… actually had a date in mind as well…" Shego finished, unsure of herself given they had just proposed, but she was glad Kim was open minded about things like this.
"You did?" Kim asked with a shocked look on her face, as did the rest of the people gathered at the booth.
"Yeah…" Shego said, her dark green blush showing crystal clear through the dim lighting. "I was thinking two weeks from today…"
It didn't take Kim long to realize what day Shego was referring to. Smiling to what she hadn't expected Shego to remember. "You want the wedding on the eighth anniversary of when we first met…"
"Yeah…" Shego nervously replied with a smile.
Kim for her part was exceptionally proud of Shego. For the first part, she openly displayed her feelings for Kim in front of her family and friends and proposed to her. To top that, she remembered the day the two first met, though it wasn't a friendly meeting by any stretch of the imagination as in that instance it was literally life and death for Kim as Shego didn't know Kim's age, though she knew Shego wouldn't kill her, just hurt her, really, really badly.
"Sounds like you two have a date!" Ann exclaimed with excitement as she hugged her future daughter-in-law, who was caught off guard by that and merely looked at Kim with a 'help me' look as if pleading with her eyes.
"Er… mom…" Kim said.
"Hmm?" Ann asked before realizing how uncomfortable Shego was. "Oh! Sorry, though you better get used to it one of these days if you're going to be a part of this family!"
"Yes ma'am… er… mom." Shego nervously said. Getting confused by what to say, causing everyone to laugh in a supportive way as they smiled at the pale-green woman.
Kim and Shego's car
They had all said their goodbyes to one another, with congratulations coming from everyone, as they left the restaurant to all head home. With Shego even letting Bonnie touch her solid black Aventador Lamborghini, who seemed to be a sucker for high end sports cars.
"I swear you have a thing for Bonnie…" Kim assumed, glaring at her fiancé as they made their way home.
Shego smirked. "Well she is a hottie, Kimmie."
"Ugh, let it go! You're mine!" Kim replied with a glare at her fiancé.
Shego in response to that turned her attention from the road to glare at her fiancé. "You don't own me Kimmie!"
"That ring says otherwise." Kim smirked.
"…Touché." Shego replied. "Though, I'd say she'll be my maid of honor."
"Excuse me?!" Kim asked in shock. "I'm the bride!"
Shego for her part let out a rather loud moan. "Can we not talk about this while I'm driving and can we just have the rest of the night to relax and let this settle in please?"
"You're right…" Kim said, though they didn't have to wait long as they pulled into the underground garage. "Though you started it." Kim smirked, causing Shego to let out a loud growl with her also holding out her hands as if ready to claw something with her black nails.
Bonnie's apartment
Bonnie opened the door to her apartment for her and Ron, after having said their goodbyes and even congratulating the newly engaged couple and stopping at Ron's own apartment for him to pick up some clothes.
Her apartment was a modest abode with light grey walls with a blue accent wall here and there, a dark blue sofa made of a fuzzy fabric in front of a large flat screen TV and a white carpet to round out the living room.
She was a tad concerned about Ron as he hadn't said anything since Kim and Shego proposed. Granted, she was used to his quirks in that if you shocked him, it was like a system shock to a computer with a very bad lag delay for the system to comprehend what had just happened. But this felt different from before, although nothing like this had happened before.
"You alright?" Bonnie asked, her concern showing through her tone of voice.
"Hmm? Yeah." Ron replied, with Rufus climbing up his shoulder.
"You sure? You haven't said anything since they proposed." Bonnie said, setting down her purse.
"I did when we said our goodbyes…" Ron said defensively.
Bonnie let out a sigh. "Ron, I know you and Kim were best friends and Shego was her enemy at one point, worse than even I was, but if there's something bothering you…"
"Can we just not talk about this?" Ron asked scratching his neck. "This was just all of a sudden and I think I just need time to comprehend that she might not be my best friend like we used to."
This pulled at Bonnie's heart strings, putting her hand over Ron's chest. "I know… friends since Pre-k and we've only known each other since high school… with most of them me just being a bitch…" Bonnie admitted, looking away with guilt, before returning here look back to Ron' eyes. "But that doesn't mean we can't become best friends, heck Shego and Kim could even become our family friends that we hang out with every week." She offered with a warm smile.
"I guess…" Ron said. "I just need time…"
"Alright." Bonnie said, smiling. "Let me show you the bedroom…" She said, pulling Ron with her.
Ron had a look of terror form on his eyes as he was being tugged towards Bonnie's bedroom.
Kim's parents
Tim and Jim bolted up the stairs the second their feet crossed the threshold of the front door, untying their ties and taking off their jackets.
Ann merely shook her head as she and James made their way to their room. It had been quite an eventful night for them as they had two weeks left before they had to let their Kim go, in a matter of speaking.
Ann for her part had been ready for a week, but James was highly old fashioned. He was hesitant to have Kim dating a woman, never mind the same woman who put her in the hospital a few times. Moving in with said woman before they were even married and even sleeping in the same bed. But now, he was going to have to give her up to someone else. But for the most part, Ann was proud of her husband in that how stoic he had been.
"Thoughts?" Ann asked as they got ready for bed.
"Hmm? Oh, just can't believe our little Kimmie-cub is going to be married in two weeks is all." James admitted.
"Yeah, it's almost like yesterday she was just getting ready for high school and now…" Ann admitted with a smile ending with a sigh of happiness.
"Though, is it just me or did it seem like Ronald wasn't taking too well to this?" James asked as he climbed into bed.
"You know he did seem to be acting weirder than normal after they got engaged…" Ann noticed. "I guess he just feels like he's being replaced, remember he and Kim have known each other since Pre-k."
"True enough. I just hope nothing's wrong between him and Kim…" James thought out loud as Ann kissed him goodnight.
Kim and Shego's condo
Kim and Shego had changed out of their clothes the second they got home, even going as far to change in front of each other as well as they were wearing underwear, save for their lack of bras, although they didn't like wearing them anyway. So, they had turned from the other, only showing their bare backs to the other before turning back after putting on a pink t-shirt for Kim and a lime-green t-shirt, both of which showed their belly buttons and black shorts before turning back to each other and crawled into their bed. Looking at the other as they pulled the sheets over themselves.
Shego was looking at her ring again with a smile.
"I thought you wouldn't be caught dead wearing pink?" Kim jokingly asked, remembering how Shego swore she would never wear pink again.
Shego smirked, looking into Kim's semi-glowing emerald eyes. "I think I'll make this one exception." She said before kissing Kim.
"I'm touched." Kim said.
"Not yet you aren't." Shego replied with a devious look on her face causing Kim to raise a suggestive eyebrow. "Two weeks from now, no more having to wear clothes in our own home… no more having to go into separate rooms to change, take… separate showers…" Shego said as she used two fingers to 'walk' her hand up Kim's exposed arm, causing goosebumps to form on her fiancé's pale-pink skin. "And most importantly…" Shego continued, getting more sensual as she continued. "No more holding back… and giving into our desires…" She whispered, slowly exhaling her warm breath onto Kim whose eyes seemed to roll back in pleasure before returning her gaze back to Shego.
"You going to ruin you for other women?" Kim suggestively asked.
"I'm going to destroy you not only for other women, but for men in this life and the next and until the end of time." Shego said, moving playfully on top of Kim.
Kim for her part rolled Shego onto her back, letting out a 'yeep' as the pale-green woman went onto her back in semi surprised fashion before returning the favor to Kim and going back onto her side of the bed with a smile.
"I love you Kim." Shego said.
"I love you Shego… or should I said, the future Mrs. Possible." Kim replied.
This caused Shego to show a little shock by that statement, before smiling and slightly tearing up in realization of what was actually, and finally, happening. I'm going to marry Kimmie… she thought.
"Though there is one thing that's bugging me." Shego said, glaring at Kim.
"What?" Kim asked, slightly concerned.
"How the hell did we get the same exact rings…" Shego began to ask, until Kim's new Kimmunicator started beeping. It was a new design, all pink with black buttons. Even Shego had one, at Kim's insistence, except hers was all green with black buttons.
"Go Wade." Kim said, looking at the teenaged genius.
"Not a mission call, social." He said with a smile. "I can answer how you two have the same exact ring design."
"Eavesdropping much?" Shego sarcastically said raising an eyebrow.
"You get used to it." Kim said.
"Best way to make sure you're safe and if you need backup at any moment." Wade explained. "Saved Kim on more than one occasion, though I normally have that off when you're home since upgrading your security since Kitosha managed to slip through last time."
Shego sighed. "Don't remind me…"
"Anyway, it all started when you two made reservations at Charleston's last month and Shego told me about the jeweler she trusted almost as much as you Kim and when you came to me asking for someone, I thought 'who better than someone Shego trusted." Wade explained.
"Fair point, though that doesn't explain the same design." Kim pointed out.
"I guess you two have the same tastes." Wade concluded. "You two are one in the same after all."
"Yeah… thanks for clearing that up Wade." Kim said.
"No problem, oh and congratulations by the way." Wade said, still smiling. "Can't wait to be there."
"Wait… you… leaving your room?" Shego sarcastically joked.
"Hey I've done it before!" Wade said defensively.
"Shego." Kim sternly said, glaring at Shego, who merely put her hands up in surrender showing she was done. "Later Wade."
"Bye guys." Wade said, before the screen turned black.
Kim looked at Shego who looked like she had something on her mind. "Something on your mind?"
"Hmm? Oh no…" Shego lied, though she had forgotten what it was by that point anyway.
"Alright." Kim said as she laid down onto her pillow, who was followed by Shego resting her head onto Kim's shoulder as Kim fired off a small plasma burst, kinetic energy only, to turn off the lights without ruining the tender moment.
"Love you Kim." Shego said.
"Love you Shego." Kim replied.
Authors notes
And so, we have it, they're going to get married! Hope you enjoyed. Though in all seriousness I had something planned for Shego to get sentimental but I complexly forgot what I was going to do, hopefully I'll remember at some point as it is REALLY bugging me. Anyway, more drama to come!
