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 came and stood right by me/ then the smell of sweet perfume/ this happened much too soon/ she called me to the room…" Michael Jackson, Billie Jean.

10: The truth

The phone was ringing; the sounds bouncing off of the quiet walls. It seemed like that was the only thing that did make noise in the apartment and had been that way for a while now. The phone was not answered because Kim knew it was about a certain Scottish redhead. She did not want to deal with Dawn or anything that had to do with Dawn at the moment.

Kim had missed the past couple of days going to see Kendra. She did not care if Dawn went on television and cried to the world that she did not care about the baby, which she suspected was happening; she figured that was why the phone was ringing as if it was the end of the world. She just could not face that woman again, especially since she did not know what might happen.

Dawn might start things up about how Shego left her; if she did that Kim could see herself seriously hurting Dawn. Maybe it was because it was becoming painfully obvious how true it was that Shego left her. It also explained why she was curled up in the bed in a fetal position like a whipped puppy.

She could not figure out why her lover walked out on her, but Shego had not been home in almost two weeks and she had not called. She was also not making herself available to anyone and Kim's heart just could not stand to hear the truth right now since she loved Shego. She shuddered just thinking about Shego verbally dumping her while forcing down a sob that wanted so badly to escape her throat.

Then there was the possibility that Dawn might propose that Kim stay again. Her mind could not help screaming, how goddamn creepy was that?! First the bitchy woman seemed out to destroy Kim and the next thing she knew, the other redhead seemed seriously hit on her.

Kim was not sure why the offer came up since she thought that Dawn did not like her much considering all of the horrible things that she was doing, but now it seemed like she wanted to be around Kim. It could have been a trick, she considered, but it did not seem like a joke. It was like Dawn really wanted her.

The thought frightened Kim; what if Dawn tried to seduce her? She shivered as if it was the coldest day in history. That would definitely ruin any chances for her to get back with Shego, which she still had the hope of. She would not accept that things were over between her and Shego until she heard it from the former thief's own mouth despite how much that scared her.

Kim did not want to admit it, but she could not handle everything coming at her now. Before, she was able to deal with Dawn because Shego was with her. Sure, the former villainess was a handful, but she was still there, supporting Kim.

Now, Dawn was switching gears on her while playing the same game and just confusing the hell out of her. She did not know what to do and she just wished that Shego was there to assure her that everything was happening just to screw with her.

She knew that Shego did not leave just to screw with her. She figured that the usually-cranky female left because everything was getting too much for her. She was undoubtedly sick of Dawn, Kim knew that; that only scratched the surface of things, though.

There was also the fact that underneath it all, Kim knew that Shego wondered if she had slept with Dawn. Shego probably left because she had finally given into that thought and believed Kim not only lied, but had slept with Dawn. Shego might even believe that she was Kendra's missing parent.

"I know I didn't sleep with her, I know I didn't," Kim mumbled into her pillow.

She was lying in bed, looking quite the mess. Her hair was going off in several directions. Her pajamas were wrinkled and hanging off of her funny. She caught a whiff of something in the air, which caused her to make a face. She then realized that horrible smell was her.

"Oh, god," Kim gagged. She wasted no time in getting up and going to take a shower. She was thankful that she did not have the television on as she went to the bathroom because she was certain that Dawn was blowing her up, verbally of course, on the airways.

She had everything that could tell her about the outside world off. She did not even have the Kimmunicator on. She hoped that her merry band of slackers in the Enforcer unit could get along without her for a little while. She doubted that she would be any good to them in her current state anyway.

She went to take a long, hot shower. She realized too late that she did not bring a change of pajamas with her. She looked around the bathroom for something that she could throw on and found a familiar white button-up shirt hanging peacefully on the rack by the sink. She collected it with a shaky hand and draped it on her shoulders. She then clutched it around herself.

The soft fabric seemed to hug her with tender warmth. The scent of its owner clung to it like precious memories and assaulted Kim with the full force of an army. It was like she never knew what hit her, but it hit her like a knock-out punch.

"Shego…" Kim sobbed while dropping her head and just holding the shirt to her.

She just stood there, shirt open, and cried for several minutes. Her whole body shook violently as she wept; her entire being wanted her beloved back, wanted someone to actually make everything better because she was not sure that she could fix anything now that the world had fallen apart around her. It was amazing that she remained on her feet through it all.

Her breath hitched a few times in her chest as she let loose the hard sobs. She coughed a few times because of that. Anguished noises made their way out of her mouth when she finally stopped coughing. Her nails dug into the shirt around her, grasping at it desperately.

After a few minutes, she was able to get herself together. She used the heel of her left hand to wipe away the tear streams on her cheeks. Her right hand remained on the shirt, unwilling to release it just yet for any reason. She took a few deep breaths to calm herself down.

"Damn it, don't fall apart, Possible. You're Kim Possible. You can do anything, including handle this. Pull it together," she ordered herself.

The redhead turned her attention to her shirt, well, Shego's shirt and buttoned it up. She had to ignore the sensation of the shirt against her skin to avoid having the simple piece of clothing affect her again. She then made her way back to the bedroom and nearly jumped out of her skin from being surprised. She thought that she might be seeing things.

"Shego?" Kim said in disbelief. It could not be true; Shego could not be sitting there on their bed, not after being away for so long.

"What a nice welcome back, Princess," Shego commented with a sly smile on her face. Oh, god, she loved seeing Kim in her clothing, especially after not seeing the hero for so long.

"Shego, what're you doing here?" the redhead inquired.

"I live here," the pale woman pointed out as she stood up and went over to Kim. She took the smaller woman by the hand.

"I thought you left…" Kim whispered as she felt a jolt of electricity shoot through her whole body when their hands connected.

"Well, I did leave for a while," Shego admitted.

"Because you think I slept with Dawn?" Kim asked in a low, almost choked voice.

Shego was silent for a moment, not sure if she needed to confess that one. She looked down at Kim and saw those red-rimmed eyes. She guessed that it was time to be open and honest if she wanted to get that horrified look off Kim's face.

Before speaking, Shego pulled Kim to her for a one-sided hug; Kim's arms hung limp at her sides. The redhead sighed as she was attacked once again by entrancing aroma that belonged uniquely to Shego. The wonderful fragrance almost brought Kim to her knees, but luckily Shego was supporting her.

"I did think you slept with Dawn," Shego admitted almost as if it was nothing.

"But, I didn't! I didn't even know her before this!" Kim denied it vehemently, throwing her arms tightly around Shego, hoping that the embrace helped her cause. Shego did hug her back, pressing her even closer, which she took as a good sign.

"Stop lying to me, Kimmie."

"But, I'm not! I didn't sleep with her, I didn't know her!"

"You are lying," Shego said calmly.

"No, I'm not!" Kim screamed desperately.

Shego was silent for a moment. She pulled Kim down to the bed with her. She made sure to keep the redhead locked in their embrace. She ended up cradling Kim to her; the hug felt so reassuring, but Kim was still anxious about everything that was going on. Her heart raced worse than anything that she could recall, thinking that she was about to hear the end of her relationship with Shego.

"You have met Dawn before, Princess," the green-skinned woman informed Kim.

"No, I haven't," the globe-trotting redhead whimpered.

"You have. You probably don't remember because you were drunk at the time. It was back when you were first starting the Enforcers' unit. It was at the party, the one I couldn't go to. Remember?"

"I remember the party…" the younger woman admitted.

"She was there. She approached you when you were at the bar. You looked a bit disturbed by her when she was pushing up on you. You called me while she was doing that," Shego was trying to prompt the smaller woman to recall what happened…well, she was more telling Kim just what happened, but to her that was a prompt.

"I called you…?" Kim's face scrunched up because of her confusion. She shook her head. "I called you…? I called you while I was getting hit on?" She sounded like she could not believe she would do something so weird.

"Yeah."

Kim thought about back then. She rubbed her forehead. "Okay, I remember being a little drunk that night. I didn't want to call you because I was drunk and I thought you'd worry about me because of that."

"Okay."

"I don't remember making it to calling you, though."

"You did. Dawn was hitting on you and you weren't enjoying it. You called me."

"Did I tell you I was getting hit on?" Kim asked curiously. Her face was still scrunched up and she was shaking her head a little.

"No, you're getting ahead of the story. Try to remember what happened that night. You weren't happy with her hitting on you…"

Kim thought on it again, looking down as she scanned her brain for information. And then it looked like a light-bulb went off in her head as she looked back up. "I remember a redhead with a British accent. She wouldn't leave me alone. I was trying to get away from her when I called you. Wait, that was Dawn?" Kim's eyes went wide with surprise.

"Yup, that was Dawn. Do you remember anything else from that night?" Shego asked curiously.

"I know I couldn't get rid of her and she was trying to follow me back to my room."

"Anything else?"

"Not really."

Shego nodded. "You were drunker than you wanted to admit, Possible. Didn't I tell you not to drink too much?" she sort of chastised the younger woman. She had warned Kim not to have too many drinks that night, though.

"Well, what do you want from me? I'm talking to people, they're popping toasts with the many glasses of champagne wandering around the place and I just lost count of everything," the redhead explained as if that was a good excuse.

Shego chuckled a bit. "I know, pumpkin. I've been to the things with you."

"So…you still think I slept with Dawn?"

"Like I said, I thought you did. Notice the past tense there, sweetie. Now, though, I know you didn't."

"Huh?" Kim asked in disbelief. "How do you know?"

"I went to go check things out. There weren't too many people that remembered the party and even those that did, left long before you did. But, there was one person that remembered the night really well."

"Who?" Kim asked curiously.

"Do you remember signing an autograph for a guy that worked behind the bar?" Shego counted in a curious tone of her own.

Kim went through her memory and then shook her head. "Doesn't ring any bells."

"Well, be thankful for your kind heart, Kimmie. It saved you in more ways than one. You made that guy's night. He was nice enough to help you back to your hotel room after getting rid of Dawn for you. He was also able to tell me that you didn't sleep with her because you went upstairs by yourself. Because he went to the hotel with you, some of the hotel staff remembered too because they know that Kim Possible is openly interested in women, but showed up that night with a guy. They thought it was odd until they noticed you were drunk and he didn't go up to the room with you. You called downstairs to let them all know you made it up to the room without killing yourself. So, like I said, be thankful for your kind heart."

Kim nodded. "I knew it. I knew I didn't sleep with her. I'd never cheat on you. I never do that," she stated soundly while holding on to Shego even tighter.

"I'm sorry I doubted you even for a second." Shego leaned down and nuzzled her face into her lover's soft red mane.

"It's okay. I know how all of this had to be hard on you."

"But, I should've stuck it all out with you instead of running out. I mean, you were stressed out too and I shouldn't have taken this out on you. Dawn was the one being an asshole after all. I'll never do it again."

"I hope this never happens again."

Shego nodded in agreement with that. Her hands began to caress Kim's back and shoulders. Kim sighed, sounding quite content. Just to make sure they were both totally all right, Kim slowly pushed herself up, going in for a kiss. Shego met her halfway when she noticed what Kim was doing.

The kiss started out soft, expressing that they were sorry for everything and how they missed each other quite deeply. The tenderness of the embrace went on for almost a minute. The two content to be near each other and have things somewhat all right between them, but the gentle care faded soon enough.

The kiss heated up, passion overtaking them as their minds and bodies realized how close they were together. They had been without each other's touch for almost as long as the ordeal with Dawn had been, which was over a month and a half; they were not even going to count that one time they had a make-out session that was interrupted by that damnable Scottish woman. The soft feel gave way to heavy and needy.

Soft caresses turned into desperate grabbing. Clothing was torn as it was attempted to be moved out of the way; neither party cared about the rips, though. Soon, there was skin on skin contact and all the couple was thinking about were reestablishing physical intimacy with each other.

Shego and Kim lay cuddled up together in their bed. Kim was using Shego's shoulder as a pillow while Shego was keeping busy by running her fingers up and down Kim's arm. They both sighed, sounding quite happy with life for the first time in a long time.

"Shego?" Kim said suddenly.

"Yes?" Shego replied.

"How did you know all that stuff about what happened at the party?"

"Well, if one little Miss Perfect would turn her Kimmunicator back on, she would know them too. Betty's been trying to call you and all the video footage they found with you and Dawn. At first, she kept it from you for a while, thinking that you had actually screwed up for the first time in your life. Later on, after she studied all of the footage and I called her with what I found out, she tried calling you, but you weren't picking up. What's got you down anyway?" Shego asked curiously.

"Well, you were gone and Dawn's been acting really weird. I know she's on TV blasting me right now since I haven't been around to see Kendra in a few days," Kim explained, shaking her head a bit as she spoke.

"Why haven't you been by? How has she been acting funny?"

"She wants me to live with her. She's lost whatever mind she had," the redhead declared.

"Obviously she has to think she's getting my Kimmie. Now, why would she do that? I thought after we figured out that she's Killigan's daughter, she was trying to screw you over."

"Obviously she's trying to screw me in someway," Kim remarked.

"Well, I'm the only one around here that screws you that way. Just let her talk now. You'll get the test results back in a while and prove her to be a liar. If she wants to press that she slept with you anyway, we've got witnesses that have no problem standing up for you to say what you did the night in question. So, everything'll be fine."

Kim smiled; she needed to hear those words from someone other than herself. She wrapped her arms around Shego and kissed her pale green cheek. Shego guessed that she said something right and did not think anything of it. Shego did smile because of the show of affection.

Shego mentally scolded herself for even thinking that the petite redhead in her arms could cheat on her. She knew that Kim loved her just as much as she loved Kim. She would never cheat on Kim and she was the bad girl of the relationship, so she should know better than to think that her cuddly goody-goody would ever do such a thing to her.

"Kimmie, I'm sorry for hurting you," Shego suddenly said because she knew that leaving without explaining had to kill Kim on the inside.

"Thank you for coming back. I was so close to falling apart," Kim replied, snuggling closer to her love.

"From what I could tell, you did fall apart."

The redhead looked indignant, frowning deeply and narrowing her eyes a little. Shego laughed when she saw her girlfriend's expression. She leaned down and kissed Kim on the tip of her nose.

"Don't worry. I fell apart too, which is why I left. This was just crazy, after all. I mean, thinking that you might've cheated on me and that a crazy bitch might've had your baby was too much for me. Plus, the way you acted with that kid made think that it might've really been your baby."

Kim chuckled a bit. "Shego, you should know me better than that. I'm always careful, first of all. And there's just no way in hell I could cheat on you. The thought of losing you is just too much."

Shego nodded to those words; they were nice to hear. She was about to smile, but then she thought about the other thing that bothered her ever since Dawn showed up and ever seen they went to that woman's house. The thing that Dawn called a baby and the way that her Kimmie acted with it, almost like Kendra was Kim's child. She knew better now, but it did cause the wheels in her head to turn.

She could not help wondering if Kim wanted children. From the way that Kim handled Kendra, it was seemed as if Kim was ready to have kids. Shego was not sure if she was ready for that.

"Well, what about the way you were with the baby? You seem really comfortable with her. Um…do…um…you want to have kids?" the pale woman asked, looking away to hide her uncertainty. She did press Kim closer to her.

Kim laughed because of her beloved's nervousness. "Not right now. I've got a tough job to handle. After that gets really established we can talk. Maybe when you're ready to have kids."

"This might take a while," Shego quipped with half-a-smirk.

"I'm here for the rest of my life, so I don't mind the wait."

"That's good to know." Shego then turned her attention to their bedroom television. "What do you say we catch up on the horrible gossip going on about you?" she suggested with a teasing smile.

"Why not?" Kim agreed. She felt like she could take it now that Shego was back and they both knew the truth.

Shego had to find the remote before hand, which did not take too long; it was underneath her pillow of all places. They turned on the television and cruised around a few news channels and pop culture channels. They found Dawn whining on a pop-culture channel. She had the nerve to say that Kim stormed out on her and "their little girl" because she would prefer the single life.

"Single life? Please, I'm quite domesticated, thank you," Kim remarked, rubbing her cheek into Shego's shoulder.

"And I'm keeping you that way," Shego added in. Kim only smiled; she had no objections to that plan, especially since she was going to do the same with Shego.

--(New day)

The moment of truth had arrived; the test results were in. The tests were conducted by two independent labs and it was agreed that their findings would be the end of things. Kim and Dawn agreed to meet at a neutral location for the results; they were at a restaurant because Dawn refused to meet anywhere not open to the public. It was clear why she wanted things open to the public; cameras were everywhere.

Shego scoffed, guessing the tactics of the Scot. She knew that Dawn figured the bigger deal that she made out of the things, the more likely it was for Kim to doubt herself and chicken out. The thought caused Shego to laugh; Dawn did not know her feisty little redhead as well as Dawn thought she did.

Kim stood next to one scientist from one lab while Dawn stood next to the other. Behind Kim was her family, showing their support. Shego stood next to her, arm possessively around her waist. Dawn had the media for the most part behind her. She brought Vanessa along, who had Kendra in her hands. Dawn had a good reason for bringing Kendra along and it was for the one reaction that she knew would happen when the baby saw Kim.

Kendra's face lit up when she saw the hero; she had not forgotten Kim in her almost two week absence. She tried pulling out of Vanessa's arms to go to Kim, but Vanessa did not let her go. She started putting up a fuss, wanting to go to the adventurous redhead.

"Look at that, she wants to go to her daddy," Dawn remarked, smiling all the way through.

It seemed like as soon as she said that, a million flashes went off. Kim was not fazed by it. She did not react to the statement in any way.

"Open the results," Kim said to the lab workers.

The scientists nodded. Kim focused her eyes on Dawn, as did Shego. They wanted to see her reaction as she knew her huge lie was about to be blown out of the water. She met their gaze, trying to keep hers leveled and sharp. But, she glanced away as the first envelope was opened.

"According to our lab, we are certain by 99.9 that Kim is not related to this child in any way," the first scientist stated and the second said the same thing.

Dawn frowned. "This means nothing. You took the test because you knew it was possible for you to have impregnated me with Kendra," she stated with venom.

"Um…no, I took the test to disprove that I ever touched you. This is not my baby and you're just spreading lies about me," Kim countered.

"You deny that you slept with me?" Dawn challenged Kim right there and then. She tilted her head upwards and the sharpness returned to those sapphire eyes, appearing as if she had the GJ agent in her grip.

"Until the day I die," Kim replied firmly. "Not just because you're lying, but because I can prove it. You can't prove that we slept together, but I've got witnesses not afraid to talk about the night you swear you slept with me. They all know I went to my room alone on the only night I ever met you before this. How about you try singing a new song, Dawn Killigan?" She looked smug, smiling haughtily at the Scottish woman.

Dawn looked shocked as her full name left Kim's lips. It would seem that the hero knew just who she was. She growled in anger.

"This was all just a lame attempt to screw up Kim's life for her putting away your loony, deadbeat daddy, wasn't it?" Shego remarked, mocking Dawn with an evil smirk on her face.

"Don't you dare mention my father!" Dawn snarled.

"And I think that hits the nail on the head," Shego said, folding her arms across her chest, like that ended everything.

"I told you, Mom," Kim said as she turned to her family. She looked at her mother, father, brothers, and Ron, letting them all see that she was confident in the results and the words she spoke. She did not want to leave them with any doubts.

"We believed you," Ann assured Kim, but the whole family did look a bit relieved. The last thing they wanted for Kim to have actually had a baby with someone that would so easily badmouth her in the media like Dawn.

"This means nothing!" Dawn shouted, turning a little scarlet from raising her voice. Then she felt a hand on her shoulder. She whipped around to see it was Vanessa, staring her with soft eyes.

"Let it go. You know your father's not a good man and you shouldn't go through all of this for him. So, why not focus on raising Kendra to the best of your ability than trying to get revenge against Kim? I know you love Kendra, so don't cheat her out of having you in her life by ending up like your father," Vanessa quietly pled.

Dawn was about to argue, but Kendra looked up at her and surprised her with a smile. Dawn sighed, her shoulders slumped in defeat. Her father had been around for much of her life, taking to crime only when she became a teenager and she actually resented that. She resented that he was gone; she was angry over it and apparently had not gotten over it. She did not want that for her daughter; she wanted the best for her daughter. Kendra deserved the best.

"You're right," Dawn whispered as she reached out and caressed her daughter's warm, chubby cheek.

"I'm glad you agree. Let's just go back to the house and spend time with Kendra," Vanessa said in a very gentle tone.

Dawn nodded weakly and she allowed Vanessa to lead her out of the restaurant. Vanessa turned to look at Kim for a moment and offered the hero a nod and a smile for all of her trouble. Kim, being who she was, accepted that much. She smiled and waved to the departing trio.

Shego noticed the trio leaving, but decided not to say anything. It was a time to be happy rather than chase after annoyances. She turned her attention to Kim and the Possible family.

"Well, Kimmie, that might not have been your daughter," Ann started.

"But, we have been wondering when you and Shego are going to settle down and have some of your own," James finished. Both Kim and Shego grimaced and they looked at each other; their eyes telling them to run before they were in all sorts of new trouble.

So they took off, while they still had the chance.

The end.

A short epilogue is on the way.