I don't own these characters; Disney does. I also don't own the song "Dirty Diana," which the first chapter is based on. "Dirty Diana" as far as I know belongs to Michael Jackson. The rest of the story will be based on "Billy Jean," which also belongs to Michael Jackson.

"She told my baby we'd danced till three, then she looked at me/ then showed a photo my baby cried his eyes were like mine (oh, no!)…" Michael Jackson, Billie Jean.

4: She caused a scene

Kim and Shego were silent for a moment as they sat there, staring at a picture of a baby that was supposed to be Kim's daughter. The child had eyes that were just like Kim's in the picture. For a moment, they both did think, what if it was Kim's baby? After all, those were Kim's eyes; then again, it could just be the fact that the idea was put in their head and they were imposing the idea on the picture.

Kim was stuck with her eyes on the picture, though. Her body started shaking severely as she looked down at the photo. Her arms trembled as she clutched the photo in a death-grip, wrinkling the picture around the edges. Her legs were bouncing while her stomach was turning itself inside out. Her guts were churning against each other, and she felt the urge to burst into tears and throw up at the same time.

"Did I really do this?" the redhead asked herself, speaking in her own mind.

Kim could not help wondering, had she really cheated on Shego? Had she slept with Dawn, the baby's mother? Dawn was claiming that she had; in fact, Dawn had gone far beyond that and was saying to reporters in popular magazines that she had had Kim's baby. Kim's heart raced as all sorts of emotions raged through her.

Shego was surprisingly the calm one, despite the fact that she was sitting at a café and looking at a picture of a child that could be her lover's. To make matters stranger, she was sitting across from the woman that claimed to have had her Kimmie's baby. No matter what, if it was true or if it was a vicious lie, Shego figured that she should have been going over the table and ripping out Dawn's throat, but instead, she was just sitting there with zen-like calmness. She guessed that she was so outraged that she could not even find it in her to be outwardly pissed.

"This is bullshit," Shego said plainly, rolling her eyes to dismiss the photo. It was just that in her opinion; nothing more than complete and utter bullshit. She was going to continue to believe Kim's denial of even knowing Dawn until some hard evidence proved otherwise and Kim stated soundly that she did not even know Dawn.

"Oh, you think so?" Dawn inquired in her English accent with a smug look on her face. It made Shego want to set fire her in that chair, but the former villainess held off.

"You flash one picture of a green-eyed baby that we don't even know is yours and expect us to just believe you had Kim's baby? Please, I call bullshit once more," the green-skinned woman replied, rolling her eyes to show her disbelief. She also made a dismissive hand gesture.

"You must be Kim's lover or something, huh?" Dawn deduced, still looking quite like an evil vixen.

"Took you this long to figure that out? You must be a Rhodes scholar," the pale woman commented sarcastically, not even bothering to waste her time looking at the irksome woman across from her.

Dawn frowned for a second, but then quickly built her defenses back up. She eyed Shego as if sizing her up, which caught the plasma-wielder's attention. Shego turned to look at Dawn, just for the foreigner to see the expression in her eyes. There was a look in those emerald eyes that dared her to bring it on. She did not back down.

"Oh, how this betrayal must hurt you, to realize that you're not enough woman for Kim," the redheaded Englishwoman countered.

Shego rolled her eyes and sucked her teeth. "Please, you couldn't equal me if there were a thousand of you. Why don't you just stop trying to ruin Kimmie's credibility before I have to shove a Frenchman down your limey throat."

Dawn's eyes flashed with brief anger, but she quickly regained her composure. "I'm Scottish," she informed the former thief.

"Call somebody that gives a fuck," Shego retorted viciously, her lip curled into a tight snarl and her eyebrows bent together. "Come on, princess. You don't have to sit here and take this crap from a lying bitch that's only looking to ruin your life and get you to take care of a baby whose real parent wisely jumped ship when they realized this limey prick is a lying bitch."

"Lying?" Dawn shrieked indignantly; a passerby might have thought that Shego insulted the woman's mother from the way that she sounded. "You're merely vexed with the fact that Kim lay in my arms until the sun rose that morning a year ago while you were miles away physically and undoubtedly just as far away in your so-called lover's mind." The smirk on her face had to be the look of pure evil.

It was Shego's turn to be insulted and resentful. Her blood boiled and her jaw tensed to the point where she was in danger of shattering her teeth. She made two tight fists that were out of view thanks to the table. Her nails bit into her palm, drawing little drips of blood, but she did not even think about that.

"Kimmie would never sleep with such a cheap bitch," Shego declared soundly, not caring that she was starting to cause a scene and getting quite a good audience for it.

"You mean like you?" Dawn countered, starting to get worked up herself considering the fact that she had been called a "bitch" more times with more venom in less than five minutes than she ever had been before.

"Fuck you," Shego replied simply and deliberately. Clever insults be damned. She did not feel like putting up with the Scottish woman.

"Ah, that brilliant American wit," Dawn taunted the pale woman. She had a mocking look on her face with a frown marring her smooth face.

"Like I would waste the brain cells in trying to insult you anyway. God did the job for me anyway by making you look like that. I don't have time to waste on a liar looking for attention. Come on, Kimmie," Shego urged her girlfriend for a second time because she did feel like they were wasting their time there. Dawn was a liar, plain and simple to her.

Kim was still in a state of shellshock. She was clutching the photo tightly, and her fingertips were white from her grip. Her arms were still shaking, but her face was stiff and still. She was staring blankly at the picture of the baby, but she did not even see the image anymore; she did not even know what was going on around her now. She was trying to go through every memory that she had to make sure that she had not slept with Dawn because the baby had her eyes.

"I couldn't have…" Kim whispered to herself, her voice shaking as much as her hands were. Someone who did not know what was going on might have assumed that Kim accidentally killed someone from the way that she was reacting.

Shego scowled because of how upset her lover was. She stood up sharply and grabbed Kim by the hand. She yanked Kim away from the café, pulling her down the street. Kim did not look back, but Shego did and noticed Dawn smirking. The former villainess frowned deeper.

"That wicked bitch," Shego growled to herself as she tried to get Kim as far away from that vile Scot.

The raven-haired woman got the redhead back to her car. She had to force Kim into the passenger seat and even had to snatch the picture out of Kim's hand because the younger woman was still holding it. She violently flung the picture to the ground, stepping on it as she moved around the car. She then got into the driver's seat, but she did not start the car. She turned her attention to her girlfriend.

"Kimmie, look at me," Shego said in a low, but forceful tone. The command was not obeyed. "Damn it, Princess, look at me!" she ordered harshly and loudly.

The shout seemed to snap Kim out of her stupor. She shook her head a bit while Shego grabbed her around the shoulders with just a little bit of force. Shego turned Kim around, forcing the GJ agent to look at her. Kim's eyes were wide with shock and she looked on the verge of tears.

"Cupcake, listen to me, that woman is just screwing with you. She's looking to ruin your reputation and that's all. There's no proof that that baby is yours. Hell, there's no proof that that's even her baby. Okay?" Shego pointed out.

The older woman wanted to touch on the fact that the bitch was obviously playing at something horrible just to hurt Kim because of the way that Dawn smirked as they were leaving. The haughty air around Dawn seemed to prove that she was liar, to Shego anyway. Kim did not seem to notice.

"But…the eyes…" the redheaded GJ agent muttered, sounding almost as if she was horrified by the sight.

"Princess, a lot of people in this world have green eyes. I don't think you helped create all of those people too, right?" Shego asked, hoping to use logic to help her lover get a grip on things.

"No…" Kim answered a bit hesitantly.

"Okay then. That woman, she doesn't have any proof and she's just screwing with you. You can see it in her eyes. She's just being a bitch. Don't believe the things that she says. You don't even know her, right?" the green-skinned woman inquired, more for herself than for her girl.

"I don't! I don't know what she's talking about! I don't know where any of this came from!" Kim hollered in frustration, tense tears falling down her face. Why was all this happening? She was so certain that she did not know Dawn, so she could not understand why the other redhead was claiming to have had her baby. She could not figure out why Dawn had a picture of a baby that had her eyes. Nothing made sense to her.

"It's okay, Kimmie, calm down," Shego said, embracing the overwrought redhead.

Shego did not think about how their usual roles were reversed at the moment. Typically, she was the one that got worked up and Kim had to try to calm her down. Now, it was not that Kim had much of a cooler temper than Shego did, but that Kim was more self-conscious than her pale girlfriend.

"I swear, I don't know her," Kim whispered.

"I know, Pumpkin. It's okay," Shego in a low tone, rubbing Kim's back to help calm her down. Although she wished that Kim was not behaving the way that she was, it was actually helpful for her too. Shego had been somewhat nervous about meeting Dawn and the possibility that she might have truly had Kim's baby, but it seemed damned implausible now. Kim was vowing that she did not know Dawn, and Dawn just seemed like she was getting enjoyment out of being evil toward Kim.

Shego held Kim for almost a minute before she could tell that Kim was somewhat at ease. The redhead's breathing evened out and she stopped crying. The ex-villainess then settled back into her seat. She started the car and drove off, still looking to get Kim far, far away from Dawn.

They rode home in silence, but it was not a tense or thick silence. They were both wondering the same things as the ride went along. Who was Dawn? Where did she come from? What did she have against Kim? What was making her claim that Kim was the one that she had a baby by? They could not figure it out, but they supposed that they were going to have to start digging for things in case Dawn decided to surface again.

"It feels good to be home," Shego muttered with a sigh of relief as they stepped into their large apartment and she kicked her shoes off. She wanted to go put on her favorite slippers because those seemed to make her believe that she was able to relax.

"Yeah, it does," Kim agreed with a weak nod. She just wanted to fall out and forget the day ever happened, but she knew that was not going to be possible.

Shego wasted no time sliding on her slippers, which were large bunny slippers that were waiting for her at the couch. Kim just dropped onto the sofa, closing her eyes as soon as she hit the couch. Shego looked down at her lover with sorrow in her eyes; things certainly were screwed up for Kim.

"Shego…" the olive-eyed, globe-trotter said in a low voice.

"Yes?"

"I have a headache. Can you get me some aspirin please?" the redhead requested as she raised a hand to weakly massage her forehead.

"I'll do you one better."

Kim could only wonder what her lover was talking about as Shego walked away. The pale woman walked deeper into the apartment and did not come back for a few minutes. When she did return, she cradled her slender girlfriend in her arms while lifting her off of the couch.

"Baby, what're you doing?" Kim asked in an exhausted tone, although she was turning to cuddle into Shego's warm form.

"Just go with the flow, cupcake. You know I'm here to take care of you," Shego replied, speaking in a low, almost romantic voice.

Kim did not argue that and just settled in next to Shego, but found that she was not going to be there much longer. She felt herself being put down on the cool end of their bathtub. She opened her eyes to see that they were in the bathroom, but before she could take anything else in, she felt Shego pulling her shirt off of her back.

"Shego…" Kim whispered in a tired tone.

"Just go with it, Kimmie. How often am I actually going to take the time to undress you without getting laid being the end result?" the green-skinned woman remarked, smiling a bit with the hope that it would set her girlfriend at ease.

The younger fighter once again decided against arguing and let Shego undress her. Shego then eased Kim into the hot water of the bath that she ran. The redhead sighed in relief when she felt the soothing water caressing her body, enhanced by the skin-softeners that were placed in the water.

Shego watched Kim's expression for a moment. Some of that tension and frustration from earlier finally started to melt away. Shego smiled a bit, pleased to see her girl feeling better. But, she had her own issues churning around her stomach and whirling up her emotions.

The pale woman stripped out of her clothing to get into the bath too. She settled behind Kim and wrapped her arms around the younger woman. Kim sighed in relief while cuddling against her lover. She snuggled her face into Shego's neck while the green-skinned woman adjusted Kim, sitting the redhead in her lap. Kim actually fell asleep after a minute of being in that position.

Shego remained up, keeping a firm grip on her emotionally and mentally exhausted girlfriend. She looked down at Kim, who looked like an angel in her sleep. It was hard to believe that Kim might have cheated on her from the way that the redhead looked now, not that she believed Kim had cheated on her.

Shego could not bring herself to believe anything from that obvious bitch Dawn. It just seemed like such a strange thing to lie about, but then again, people did it all the time. It was something that typically happened either when a lot of money was involved, or a pair did sleep together and the pregnant party just had no clue who the other parent was. Well, Kim did make a nice chunk of change from her work at Global Justice, but her bankroll was not something that was public. That left the second option and Shego refused to believe it right now. She was going to have to think of a third option since the second one was not up for discussion.

Kim was supremely adamant that she had not slept with Dawn, that she did not even know Dawn. Shego had to believe her because Kim was usually honest, except over little things; however, possibly cheating was a big thing. There was also the fact that Kim was a bad liar and Shego easily saw through her tales whenever she tried to start up. Kim seemed to be telling the truth now.

"So, what the hell is this damn woman playing at? Why Kimmie?" Shego wondered in a whispered tone while subconsciously stroking Kim's bare back.

Shego tried to think of what Dawn might be up to, but nothing was coming to mind. According to Kim, she did not even know Dawn, so she should not have had the chance to piss the Scottish woman off. Maybe the GJ agent did something indirectly to the woman, she considered.

Well, what could Kim do to upset Dawn indirectly? She would guess that it would have something to do with Kim's crime-fighting, but she could not think of how they might connect. She was too tense to think of much of anything.

"What if this isn't even about Kim?" Shego dared to consider, her mind wandering down other roads now.

Kim was a sweetheart for the most part, so maybe she had not done anything to Dawn. Shego dared to think that she might be the one that Dawn was after, but she did not know Dawn either. Still, the woman might be looking to hurt her through Kim. She had done plenty of underhanded, dirty, and damn-near vicious things in her life and she might have somehow impacted Dawn's life through her time of being a villain.

"Damn, is she after me? She did seem to get off when she was taunting me earlier. What the hell might I have done to this bitch, though?" Shego asked the air.

Shego was starting to get a headache as she began to think on things. Damn it, she did not need the stress, she hollered in her head! She decided to dismiss the matter for the moment to avoid getting worked up. If she ended up thinking on it too hard, she would end up just storming out of the apartment, looking for Dawn to have a "talk." The "talking" would consist of her beating the living piss out of Dawn until the woman agreed to stop telling such lies about her princess and to have Dawn explain what the hell she thought she was doing.

The pale woman did not stay in the bathtub long, even though it was very comforting. Still, she did not want to leave Kim in there too long while she was sleeping. She picked Kim up and carried the nude redhead to their bedroom. She had no problem with lying Kim on the bedspread, even though she was still wet from the bath. Shego did not have much to worry about since she was not the one that did laundry.

Shego did take the time out of her life to cover Kim to make sure that she was warm and could not get sick from exposure. She put a towel over the redhead before putting one of Kim's favorite blankets over her. With that taken care of, Shego went to the kitchen to make herself some tea. On the way there, she put her slippers back on, which seemed to make things better in her end of the universe.

"Make some tea and forget this bitch ever existed," Shego silently decided.

She was trying her best not to let meeting Dawn ruin her day. She just hoped that was the last that she had to deal with that woman and that come tomorrow everything would be fine. Well, everything would be close to being fine considering the fact that she was going to find out as much as she could about that Scottish whore and make her pay for upsetting her and Kim as she had done.

"Nobody's ruining my damn relationship but me," Shego said and she knew full well what she was talking about.

Underneath it all, she did think that if she and Kim's relationship did not work out, it would be her fault. She had a track record of screwing up good things for herself, in her opinion anyway; it was just a thought that she tried to keep buried in the deepest pits of her mind. She was going to try her best not to mess up what she had right now, though; after all, she was happy now.

With the tea made, Shego just sat at the table in the kitchen, trying her best not to think of anything at all. She was not sure how long that she sat there, but eventually Kim wandered out to her and sat down in her lap. The redhead was dressed in simply an over-sized tee-shirt, and she was not wide awake, it seemed, because she snuggled into Shego's warm body. She closed her eyes, as if she was going to go back to sleep, which was one of the things keeping Shego from commenting on the fact that she was in the older woman's shirt.

"I'm sorry," the redhead muttered into Shego's collar bone. She sounded quite remorseful, almost sad.

Shego shook her head. "It's not your fault," she whispered while cradling Kim to her. She let one hand settle on the redhead's lower back and she gently rubbed the area.

It was not Kim's fault, Shego told herself. That woman Dawn was lying and just trying to hurt one of them. She was not going to let that happen. She refused to let that happen. She was not going to let someone have power over them or their relationship.

They sat there for a while, just enjoying the calm closeness. It kept the tension away and allowed them to feel at peace. It was a feeling that overtook them every now and then when they took time out to just be near each other.

After a few minutes, Shego stood up, holding Kim up with her. Shego carried the smaller female to the living room and they sat down on the couch. Maybe a little television would get their minds off of things, they both thought. Shego turned the television on and it automatically went to a channel that the former thief frequently watched, a news channel.

"What the hell?" Shego muttered while Kim stared wide-eyed at the screen. They were looking at that horrible Dawn woman, who apparently had the nerve to give an interview at the café that they had left her at.

"…she just left. She didn't even ask to see the baby. Kim Possible is just…" Dawn choked back tears. "She doesn't want anything to do with our daughter."

"I don't even know her!" Kim screamed at the television, throwing her hands up to the ceiling.

The couple did not have much time to be outraged with what was going on with Dawn's interview. The house phone started to ring. Shego's cell phone then started going off. Kim's Kimmunicator followed suit. They could wonder what fresh Hell Dawn had just brought on them as they checked to see who was calling. They got the feeling that they should not answer when they did not recognize the number on the house phone, but the cell and Kimmunicator were different matters.

Next time: Kim has to explain herself to several different people, including her boss, who tells the couple something they really don't want to hear.