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Chapter 6: Spending Time With Team Go
"Hey Princess." Shego said as Kim got into her car. She was picking the redhead up from school because they were going to have lunch with her brothers.
"Hey Shego." The redhead greeted her and gave her a quick kiss.
"How was your day?"
"It was alright. I was up way too late last night and up way too early this morning, so I was fighting to stay awake in my last class. Nothing that a dose of caffeine can't fix though."
"Really, what kept you up? I thought you were going to bed last night when I talked to you?" Shego asked curiously. When she talked to the redhead at eleven she was going to bed, so she wondered what had come up that had made her so tired. "Maybe she took a mission?" She thought.
"Oh, Monique was having a fashion crisis last night."
"Huh? What kind of fashion crisis? Like she couldn't figure out what to wear or something?"
Kim giggled. "No, she almost never has that problem. Her model for one of her classes called her at the last minute to tell her that she was sick and she was not going to be able to model her dress for her. She busted into my room right after I got off the phone with you, and begged me to model for her eight o'clock class."
"Ouch."
"Yeah, well that wasn't a big deal, because my first class wasn't until ten, but what made it a late night was that she had to alter the dress to fit me."
"Was she upset?"
"Yeah she was. I think she only got two hours of sleep. She woke me up at five-thirty to make sure the dress fit right and then we had to get showered and move everything to the school."
"So how'd it turn out for her?"
"Fine. She got a lot of compliments from her professor so she's pretty sure she got a good grade."
"It's good that she had you there to help her with that."
"Yeah, she knows that she can count on me for anything, and I know if I was in the same situation she would help me out."
"Well that's good." Shego said as she pulled up to a red light. She turned to look at the redhead and chuckled.
"What?" Kim asked, wondering what was so funny to older woman.
"Don't take this the wrong way, Pumpkin, but I can't tell that you were in a fashion show this morning just by looking at you."
"Oh, I know. I changed clothes, pulled my hair down from the tight bun she put it in and I washed off all that heavy makeup afterwards. There was no way I was going to three classes looking like that."
"Well, you look beautiful anyways." Shego said with a smile.
Kim blushed from the compliment. "Thanks Shego."
"Sure. So, we have a little time, you wanna stop and get a cup of coffee or something before we go to see my brothers? Although, once we get there, I'm sure there will be plenty to keep you awake."
"A mocha latte would be awesome." Kim said with a yawn. She was wiped from the previous day and after only getting four hours of sleep; she was in desperate need of caffeine.
After a quick stop at a local coffee shop, the two ladies made their way to a hidden entrance that allowed Shego's car to drive under Go Bay to a garage under the Go Tower.
"I didn't know this was here." Kim said as they entered the protected tunnel.
"Yeah, well, your car has aquatic capabilities, so you can dive underwater and drive up to the front door. Most cars can't do that, and need another way to get to the tower, so Hego thought up this stupid idea of making it a 'secret' entrance so we wouldn't be spotted and our identities would be saved. I don't think he fully grasps the concept that our identities are not that secret. I mean Mego and I are the only two people in the city with green and purple skin. It's not that hard to put all the pieces together."
Kim giggled. "I guess he's lost in his own head sometimes."
"I would say that he has his head up his ass most of the time, but it's so obvious that it's not worth saying."
Kim shook her head at the other woman's comment, but she did find it amusing. "This should be an interesting visit." She thought to herself.
When they arrived at the end of the tunnel, Shego rolled down her window, lit her hand, and put it on a pad that opened a door to a large garage that held all of Team Go's vehicles.
"Last time I was here, we were fighting Electonique." Kim noted as they parked in a spot labeled 'Shego.'
"Yeah me too."
"You didn't stop by the tower when you saw your brothers last?" The redhead wondered.
"No. The twins went to college in California, so we were out there for that, but I've only been here two times since I started working for Drakken, and both times I was with you."
"Oh."
"Yeah, so it's been a while." The dark-haired woman said as they got out of the car.
The two women walked over to the elevator that led to the different levels of the Go Tower. Shego reached out to activate the glow pad, but before she could make contact, she retracted her hand and took a deep breath.
"Are you ok, Shego?" Kim asked with concern. She was not sure why the emerald-eyed beauty was hesitating.
"I was just mentally preparing myself for this."
"It won't be that bad. Who knows, maybe they've matured some."
Shego laughed a little. "Yeah, right."
"I bet they really want to see you." The redhead said hoping that would help.
"Oh, I know they do. And the scary thing is that I want to see them too." Shego confessed. She was sure had it been anyone but Kim she would have lied, but she did not see the point in lying to the redhead, especially since things had changed between them.
"Then why are you acting like you don't want to be here?" Kim asked.
"Because they drive me nuts!" Shego exclaimed before she lit her hand and activated the glow pad to open the elevator. "Now, let's go see my crazy brothers before I change my mind." The green woman huffed.
"Ok, Shego." Kim said with a small smile. She could tell that most of the older woman's huffing was a show. She knew if Shego did not want to be there, they would not be there, but she also knew there was some merit to it. She just hoped that the older woman's brothers did not annoy her too much.
They entered the elevator and Shego pushed a button that took them to the third floor. When they arrived at their destination, they stepped out into a large living area. No one was around to greet them, but the sound of dishes clinking together could be heard coming from the kitchen.
"It smells delicious in here." Kim said as she followed the green-hued woman.
"It does." Shego said suspiciously. Last time she checked, she was the only one out of the five of them that knew how to cook. The guys knew enough to get by, but their idea of cooking was Ramen Noodles, grilled cheese sandwiches, and frozen dinners that could be warmed up in the microwave, so she wondered what smelled so good.
When the two women walked into the kitchen, they saw one of the Wegos pulling plates from the cupboard. "Hey, Punk, whatcha doing?" Shego said to her brother. Kim did not know it, but 'Punk' was actually a term of endearment coming from the older woman when it was directed to her youngest siblings.
"Hey Sis!" Wego said before he set the dishes down and gave her a hug. Shego returned the embrace and ruffled his hair, despite the fact that he was twenty-four years old. To her, he would always be her little brother.
"Where is everyone?" Shego asked after the embrace.
"I'm surprised you didn't hear them arguing from the dining room."
"No I didn't. Maybe they did us all a favor and killed each other." Shego said joking.
"Maybe. Hego and Mego were fighting over who got to sit where at the table."
"Seriously?" Kim asked curiously. She thought they were a bit old to be fighting over a chair.
"Oh, hey Kim, I didn't see you there. I didn't know you were coming." Wego said when he noticed the redhead. He was surprised to see her. She had been standing behind Shego when they entered the kitchen so he did not notice her behind the taller woman. He wondered what she was doing with his sister, because last he heard, they were enemies.
"Hi, Wego." Kim greeted the other redhead. "Yeah, I figured I'd come with Shego for a visit. I haven't seen you guys in a long time."
"Yeah it's been a while. I hope you brought your appetite. There's a ton of food on the table."
"What kind of food?" Shego asked and cranked her eyebrow.
"Grilled chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, broccoli, salad, and bread."
"Yummy!" Kim said. She was starving and she could practically taste the food.
"Ok, is it a like a frozen dinner or something, because I know none of you morons know how to cook anything like that." Shego said confused.
Wego laughed. "I guess there's no fooling you. Hego actually ordered the food about an hour ago from Jack's. He even threw out all the containers so you wouldn't know that we bought the food instead of making it."
"That idiot." Shego said.
"Yeah, well don't tell him I told you yet. I'm sure he'll make an ass out of himself before the end of lunch."
"Oh I'm sure of it." Shego said rolling her eyes.
"Why don't you two go in to see the others while I grab some silverware and a plate for Kim?"
"Ok, Punk. See ya in there." Shego said as they left the kitchen. It was not long before they heard the arguing coming from the dining room. "Brace yourself, Princess."
"I'm the team leader and the oldest, so I should get to sit at the head of the table!" Hego shouted from across the room.
"Well, I should be the team leader and I have a better job than you, so I should be the one that sits at the head of the table!" Mego argued back.
"Both of you are idiots! It's a rectangular table! There are two ends, if you each take one, then you both are sitting at the head!" Shego yelled at her brothers. "See I'm in this place less than five minutes and they are already getting on my nerves!" She huffed to herself.
"Thank you! At least somebody in this family has a brain." Wego #2 said to his sister. He had been sitting there watching his two brothers go back and forth over the seating situation and he was wondering when they were going to realize that they both could sit at the head of the table.
"I've always been the smart one." Shego said smugly.
"Hey Shego." Hego said. "It's good to see you."
"Yeah. It's good to see you Sis." Mego said. "You know you missed my birthday again. A call would have been nice."
"Oh for the love of…Mego your birthday was six months ago. Ok, Happy Belated Birthday, are you happy now?" Shego asked irked.
"A little. Did you get me a gift?"
"Yeah, I left it with the gift you gave me for my birthday."
"You don't have to get snippy Shego; I was just asking is all." Mego said.
"Well don't ask."
"Ok you two, stop this foolishness. Let's just sit down and have a nice lunch." Hego said. Everyone just stared at him like he had two heads. A minute ago, he was in a petty argument over a chair and now he was acting like that type of behavior was beneath him.
"Yeah, like that's possible." Shego grumbled.
"Shego, try to stay positive." Kim gently urged.
"Miss Possible! I didn't see you there. To what do we owe the pleasure of your visit?" Hego said when he noticed the redhead.
"She's with me." Shego said.
"Aren't you two enemies or something like that?" Mego asked.
"Shego asked me to come." Kim said answering the purple man's question.
"Ok, why?" Mego asked with a sarcastic tone that Shego did not like.
"She's here because she's my girlfriend." Shego snapped without thinking.
With that comment, everyone in the room stopped what they were doing, as if they were shocked by the green-hued woman's answer. No one was as shocked as Kim. She was not expecting the dark-haired woman to declare her as her girlfriend. Not that she was complaining or anything, because she wanted to be the emerald-eyed beauty's girlfriend, but she was not expecting Shego to accept their new status as quickly as she did. She figured that the older woman was still on the fence about being in a real relationship again.
"What'd I miss?" Wego #1 asked when he came into the dining room with the dishes and he noticed everyone's stunned expressions.
"It looks like Sis and Kim are hooking up." Mego answered.
"I didn't say we were hooking up, you dolt. I said she's my girlfriend." Shego said with some confidence and then she took one of Kim's hands in hers. She too was surprised at her admission, but now that it was out and in the open, she was happy with it. She cared for the redhead and she wanted to see where things went between them.
Shego was also surprised at how open she was being with her brothers. Usually she would tell them to "go to hell and mind their own damn business," but she guessed that in some small way she wanted her family to know about this important change in her life.
"Ok." Hego said a little uneasy. "How long have you two been together?"
"A little over a week." Kim answered. She wondered how Shego's brothers were going to take to the news. She did not know how they felt about their sister being in a homosexual relationship.
"Is that why you're in Go city?" Wego #2 asked his sister.
"No, not at first. I came here on vacation, ran into Kim one night, and things just went from there."
"Well, that's…that's great Shego." Wego #1 said trying to sound supportive.
"Yeah, Sis." Wego #2 said in agreement.
The four men knew all too well what happened between Shego and Rachael, and they knew how their break-up had affected the green-hued woman, so to hear that she was in a new relationship was a surprise to them. They just hoped that she was happy and if things went badly, they hoped it did not send Shego into a whirlwind of despair again.
"I guess Congratulations are in order." Hego said in his best 'Team Leader' voice. "Congrats and good luck to both of you."
"Ok, ok, don't make a big deal out of it." Shego said with a wave of her hand. She was never one to make a big fuss out of things, even if she thought that being in a real relationship again was a big deal. She just did not want to make it seem like it was.
"Alrighty then! Let's eat." Mego said taking the attention away from the two females in the group. "I don't know about you guys, but I'm starving!
"Ditto!" Both twins said that the same time.
"Dig in guys. I put a lot of effort into this meal." Hego said as if he actually believed that Shego would think he cooked it.
"Hego, driving seven blocks to Jack's is not a lot of effort. It probably took you all of twenty minutes to get this food!" Shego said to burst her brother's big head.
"I told you." Wego #1 whispered to Kim as he walked past her to put the dishes on the table.
The redhead just giggled at the scene. So far, their visit had been interesting to say the least. She found out that she had a girlfriend and she was learning more about how Shego's family dynamics worked, so all in all, it was turning out to be a pretty successful visit and they had only been there for fifteen minutes.
Lunch went as Shego expected. Before they had finished eating, Hego and Mego had gotten into another argument over which end one of them should be the team leader, the twins asked what seemed like a hundred stupid questions, and then came the pitch for her to rejoin the team.
"Shego, now that you are on the side of all things good again, you should rejoin the team!"
"Hego, don't start." Shego said with a sigh. "I will never rejoin. I like my life as it is."
"But you should use your powers for good!" Hego argued.
"I am." Shego said with an evil smirk. "I haven't fried you yet."
Hego gulped. "Now, now Shego, there's no need to get testy."
"Then stop telling me how to live my life!" Shego growled.
"I'm not! I just thought it would be nice to have the team back together again."
"Yes you are!" Shego shot back. "You seem to think that if I'm not part of your stupid team then I'm not living my life the way I should."
"Well, we all know that you have made some great choices since leaving." Mego said sarcastically just to get into the conversation.
"Did I ask for your opinion?" Shego asked.
"No, I just thought you would like to know what I was thinking." Mego answered as if she really cared.
"Well, keep them to yourself. I don't need you two telling me how to live. I've managed to get along just fine by myself, and I don't want to hear any more about it." The green woman huffed.
The group was quiet for few seconds before one of the Wego's broke the silence. "Shego, now that you and Kim are together, which one of you is-" Wego #2 started, but he did not get to finish his question because his sister cut him off.
"I'm going to stop you right there, because I'm sure that whatever you're going to ask is just going to piss me off, and I'm not in the mood to exert the energy to kill you!"
Kim swallowed a giggle that attempted to escape her mouth. She had been watching the siblings go back and forth and she could not help but find it amusing. Everything had gone just has Shego had told her it would. It would not be too long before the former villain lost it, so she figured she should intervene. She wanted them to have a good visit and not one that ended with someone getting fried.
"Hey Shego, I have to go to the bathroom, will you show me where it is?
"Sure, Kimmie." Shego said as she stood up.
"And then maybe afterwards you could show me around the place."
"Ok."
"I could give you a tour." Hego offered.
"Hell no!" Shego hollered. "I'll show her around; you guys clean up or something."
When the two women left the room, Shego put her arm around the redhead and whispered into her ear, "Thank you! I needed a break."
"I figured you did. I just knew if I didn't get you away for a few minutes, one of them would have burn marks."
"Do you see how annoying they are?"
Kim giggled, "Yeah."
"Do you really have to go to the bathroom?"
"No. Is there a place here that we can have a few minutes alone?"
"Actually, I do have a room here, but I haven't been in it in a long time. I'm sure it's dusty."
"That's ok. I'd like to see it." Kim said with a smile.
Shego returned the expression and led the redhead to the elevator so they could go to the second floor where all of their bedrooms were. When they made it the green-hued woman's room, Shego put her hand on the glow pad to unlock it.
"Do you guys have every room locked?" Kim asked. She had noticed a pattern with the glow locks.
"No, not really, just all the doors that lead from outside in, and I made sure to put a lock on my door when we moved in that only my glow could open. The last thing I needed was to have my brothers going through my things. They did that enough when we lived with our parents."
"Oh. I wish I had that to keep my brothers out of my room." Kim said as they entered the older woman's room.
Shego turned on the lights and she looked around the room for the first time in more than seven years. She walked over to the bed and sat down on the edge of it. She picked up a dust-covered picture that was on the nightstand and stared at it for a few moments before she wiped it off. "Oh, this brings back memories." She said.
Kim sat down beside the dark-haired woman and panicked when she saw the picture. It was a nice photo of a much younger Shego and her ex-girlfriend smiling and embracing each other. "Did I just bring you into a room filled with memories of Rachael?"
"Yeah, but it's ok."
"Really?" Kim asked curiously.
"Yeah." Shego said distantly, still looking at the picture. She was surprised that she was not upset, but she knew that it was because of Kim. "Am I falling for her? I must be if I can sit here and look at this picture without wanting to break it." She thought to herself.
"Are you sure, because we can leave." Kim said and she stood up.
Shego looked up and the redhead and then patted the bed. "Have a seat, Princess."
Kim did as she was told and just waited for the emerald-eyed beauty to make the next move. Shego sat there for a few more moments in silence before she said anything.
"My mom snapped this picture of us the night I found out that I was going to Go U. I had just been given early admission and when I told Rachael, she was so happy for me that she nearly tackled me trying to give me a hug." Shego said and then she picked up another picture of her and Rachel that was beside her bed.
"This is us at the beach. Rachael had surprised me with the trip out of the blue. She said she 'just wanted to spend a few days in the sun with the most important person in her life.' I didn't even see it coming. She usually wasn't very good at keeping secrets from me, but somehow she managed to that time and I was totally taken by surprise. It was one of the best trips I'd ever taken."
"Those are both nice stories Shego. They definitely paint a very different picture of the Rachael I met at the club."
"Yeah she wasn't always so bitchy. She was actually a very sweet and caring girlfriend, but she changed a lot the last year we were together. Before that, we couldn't get enough of each other. If you saw one of us, the other was usually close by, but our last year together, she started hanging out with a new group of friends, and little by little she started to change. I thought I could live with the changes, because I loved her, but I didn't realize how far she had gone until I found her in bed with someone else and she didn't even care how it made me feel."
"I'm sorry you had to go through that Shego." Kim said in a low voice.
"Well, it's ok." Shego said and she put the picture back in its place. "Just looking at these pictures, I realized that I'm past it, because I found someone better. Someone that I know cares for me, and someone that I care for in return." She said and then she took the redhead's hand in hers.
Kim's heart skipped a few beats with the emerald-eyed beauty's words. "Shego, I—I'm so happy to hear you say that. When I heard you tell your brothers that I was your girlfriend, I almost didn't believe it. I thought you were still unsure about us."
"Well I meant it, Kimmie. I think we both know that this is a big step for me, but it's one that I want to take with you. I don't know how, but over the past week, I have found myself falling for you. I don't know if it's love yet, but I know it's something special, something deep."
"I feel the same way Shego. I have never fallen for anyone as quickly as I did for you." Kim said, starting to choke up at the realization that her feelings were returned.
"Come here." Shego said softly and she cupped the redhead's cheek with her hand and leaned in to kiss her.
The two women met in a tender embrace. The sound of soft, sweet kisses filled the room as the new couple expressed their feelings for each other. Slowly the heat stared to pick up and Kim moved to deepen the kiss. She needed to be closer to the emerald-eyed beauty. If there was any space between them, it was too much. When the two broke their passionate embrace, both women were flushed.
"We need to stop!" Shego said out of breath.
"Wha? What's wrong?" Kim asked. She was out of breath as well.
"Nothing. It's just that I know if we keep this up, things are going to go farther and this is not the time or place for that, so we should just stop before we can't."
"You're right." Kim said with a sigh. "What do you wanna do now…go back out and see your brothers?"
"Ugh, no, not right now." That was the last thing Shego wanted, especially after the kiss she had just shared with her girlfriend.
Kim looked around the room for a few seconds before she came up with an idea. "Hey you wanna know what my favorite part of today was?"
"What?" Shego asked. There were several things that it could be.
"Learning about your past. There are no pictures of you or your family in your condo, but this room is full of pictures. I wanna see pictures of your parents and of you and your brothers as kids. And I see stuff in here, like those medals on the wall, and I want to know how you won them. Will you show me? I'd like to know more about my girlfriend." Kim said with a smile.
"Oh?" Shego said a little surprised. She was not expecting that answer. "Ok, I guess we can do that. I know I have a bunch of pictures in here from when I was younger, and I think I have a few from college as well."
"Great! I'd love to see them." Kim said with a wide smile.
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A/N: Ok that's the end of chapter six. Kim and Shego are officially a couple now! As always, thanks for reading and if you have the time, let me know your thoughts on the chapter and the story to this point. Take care!