I don't own these characters.

A/N: sexual situations ahead.

11: Give and Get

Bonnie felt something quite odd, but wonderful. It was delight. She had never felt anything like it. It was like pleasure burning through her veins, but also floating through her body. She did not know what to make of it, but she knew the mouth against hers brought it on. Shego was kissing her and doing a hell of a job at it.

A voice in the back of the westerner's mind told her what they were doing was wrong, but she was not listening because she just wanted more. It felt too good to be wrong and if custom had not taught her anything else, she learned if something felt good, then do it. She was not totally sure what "it" was; maybe it was kissing Shego, being kissed by Shego, or just being with Shego. Whatever "it" was, it needed to continue in her opinion.

Bonnie could not think too long on the matter because Shego deepened the kiss and caused Bonnie to moan. The princess whimpered a bit as the Queen caressed her sides with warm, gentle, and very curious fingers. The delight coursing through her seemed to turn into liquid fire as the fingers continued their tender work.

The foreigner was not the only one enjoying herself. Shego was into things, loving the way Bonnie felt under her fingertips. Her lips were sweet to the Queen, better than honey, and she craved, needed more. She tried to keep the kiss going for eternity it seemed. Eventually, the younger woman had to pull away for air.

Shego did not care about the princess' action. Bonnie could suck in all the air she needed. The green-skinned monarch just moved on now that she was started up, looking to map out the willing body in her arms with whatever body parts came to mind. While Bonnie tried to catch her breathe, Shego kissed and nipped at her neck. The princess cried out in surprise and pleasure, which was music to the Queen's ears.

"Oh, gods, so good," Shego commented in her head as she continued on tasting Bonnie's brilliant flesh. She would have cursed herself for all eternity if she had ruined her chances with the princess, she realized, as she had to resist biting down on younger woman's neck. She wanted Bonnie to relish this. Pain with the pleasure could come later.

"Ah, Shego," Bonnie hissed, eyes closing from ecstasy as she moved against the ruler a bit. Her chest heaved just a little thanks to the feeling.

The pale woman surprisingly halted her actions at the sound of her name from westerner's sweet mouth. She glanced up at Bonnie with wide eyes. Bonnie thought she might have done something wrong since the magnificent attention halted. The younger woman could not guess what she might have done to upset the Queen, but she hoped that did not mean the wonderful acknowledgement would stop completely.

As turquoise met emerald, hoping to find out what was hold up, Bonnie found there was no anger in the Queen's eyes. There was a glint there, hidden underneath a foggy cloud of bliss. Shego looked like a woman on the edge already and nothing had happened by her stance, but Bonnie was too inexperienced to recognize the look.

"Say that again," Shego ordered in a hard, almost cold tone.

"Say what again?" Bonnie inquired, speaking low, as if she was apologizing. She still thought she might have done something wrong and since she wanted nothing more in the world right now than for the delight to continue, she felt like she needed to be humble for the first time in her life.

"What you just said," the green-skinned female answered in a desperate breath. She hungered to hear her name again like it was ambrosia.

"What did I just say?" Bonnie asked in a curious tone. She could not recall what she uttered just seconds ago. It was too much to remember things while experiencing what the Queen gave her, but she would say anything if it meant the Queen would just continue.

"Never mind. I'll get you to say it again in a minute," Shego stated confidently, her eyes still clouded over from desire. She did not want to bother with things if the tanned female was truly clueless. She would just have to work hard to have that nearly orgasmic sound of her name on Bonnie's lips.

Bonnie did not understand what Shego meant and she did not have time to comprehend it. Shego dived back into her task, suckling at Bonnie's throat. The princess moaned again while throwing her head back without any instructions from her brain to do so. Her body just knew to give Shego better access to her skin for the exceptional feeling that she was experiencing to get even better.

The raven-haired woman's hands began roaming Bonnie's petite body. She was thankful that Bonnie was actually back to wearing her tunic because it had open spaces, as long as she could find them underneath all of the cloth. She had no problem journeying through all of the cloth, finding the holes in the attire. Her hands came across soft, begging skin, which she proceeded to explore with gentle, but hungry touches.

Bonnie moaned again. The noises were soft, but filling the large room. When they reached Shego's ears, it was like fuel to keep her going, keeping her burning. She increased her pressure on Bonnie throat, knowing somewhere in the back of her mind she would end up leaving a mark. She did not care about that, especially since it would only serve to warn people to stay away from her sweet little hellcat. Mine.

The Queen's hands were now on a mission to find the clasps to Bonnie's clothes to be rid of the annoying garments. Her fingers were ready to rejoice when they found the golden buckles that held Bonnie's outfit on her body. Her clawed digits wasted no time in undoing the holds.

Bonnie gasped as she felt her clothing falling from her shoulders. She pulled away to cover herself, more from habit than anything else. It took Shego a moment to realize that the sweet taste in her mouth was taken from her. She looked up with a glazed look in her eyes, questioning why things had stopped with her drunken gaze.

"What're you doing?" the princess inquired in a shaky tone, even though she could guess. The thing that scared her more than likely and caused her to pull away was the fact that she was nervous that she wanted things to go right where the Queen wanted them to go.

"Having you," Shego answered the obvious. She needed the younger woman now. She had a taste and she needed more. She craved the aqua-eyed beauty much like her lungs craved oxygen.

"What makes you think that?" Bonnie inquired in a plain tone. She was not sure if she was being serious or if she was teasing. Part of her wanted to stop, but more of her really wanted to keep going. She wanted the Queen to have her.

There was something about Shego that called to Bonnie. The princess was not sure what it was, or even why it was still there after she had been so angry with Shego since the festival, but it was there. Something about the way the Queen looked at her, spoke to her, treated her, and let her act drew her to Shego. It was like Shego respected her, which was not something new for her, but it was a different kind of respect that let her feel something new toward the Queen, that made her desire the warrior in a new way.

"Because you're into it. You're into me. You don't have to be ashamed of it. A lot of people are into me," Shego remarked with a lopsided grin. Now, she was teasing.

Bonnie went stiff as a board. "So, I'm just someone else to add to the list?" she inquired in an accusing tone, hissing like a mad cat as she spoke. She pulled away from Shego even more, as if she wanted to escape the Queen, but Shego would not have that happen. She kept a firm grip on Bonnie and quickly countered before the princess did something stupid, like try to run away.

"You're someone I want right now and I don't need you getting all bitchy like usual. Why can't you just accept it and experience it? Scared you might enjoy yourself?" Shego asked while tilting her head slightly, making her actually look more demonic than usual. She pressed Bonnie to her, even though the younger woman tried to resist her.

Bonnie was done yet with being offended. "Don't try to goad me into this like that," she huffed while shoving the Queen, hoping in vain that it would do something.

Shego smiled, looking even more demonic than before. "You're right. I'll try it more like this."

Shego attacked again, pressing her lips against Bonnie's. The princess yelped when the mouth hit hers, but she returned the sweet embrace. Her mouth acted on its own. Her brain gave no instructions for her lips to press back against the Queen's hot, delicious mouth. Neither of them complained. They were actually both quite happy to be connected again. Not that either of them would ever say such a thing out loud.

Shego leaned forward to lower Bonnie to the pillow they were on. The younger woman moved just as Shego wanted her to until her back was on the pillow and Shego was halfway lying on top of her. The pale woman pulled away as she knew Bonnie was going to require air soon. She moved just in time, actually. Bonnie's chest heaved as she drew in air.

They stared into each other's eyes, hoping the other could not see the longing in those gems. They could not even hide how much they wanted each other right now. The only thing that might get in their way was Shego's mouth or Bonnie over-thinking things. They both knew there was a high probability of one of them ruining the moment.

"How about you give this a try while you're nice and sober? After all, you liked it a lot when you were drunk," Shego suggested in a breath, her voice thick with desire.

"A lot?" Bonnie echoed while trying to catch her breath.

The princess was aware she enjoyed being with Shego during the festival, as that was the only memory that really rang through all of the stories that her mind concocted. But, she was not sure if she wanted a repeat performance, especially while she was in her right mind. Being able to rationalize things was actually her problem. If she did like it, she could not explain it away by blaming it on alcohol and a perverted queen. That might plague her mind considering the fact that she was not totally at ease with the idea of two women being together.

Bonnie was not too sure why she thought two women being together was wrong, especially after having her drunken night with Shego. Sex for the sheer pleasure of it was not a foreign concept to her and she knew there was pleasure to be had with the Queen. Yet, her mind tried to fight her on being with Shego again, even though it could not think of any good reason. All her brain could offer her was that two women being together was disgusting, nothing further than that.

"What's the problem? Will it kill you to do this?" Shego inquired in a whisper of a voice. She hoped questioning the princess would get her to see there was nothing wrong with what they were doing, thus getting them where they wanted and from the feel of things needed to be.

Shego was very aware the little taboo journey they wanted to go on was not something thoroughly explained in the West. Two women being together was just seen as being wrong, even offensive to the gods. It was almost never done, especially not out in the open. She figured it was because the West was mostly male dominated and men probably could not fathom how women could enjoy sex without them being around. She needed Bonnie to see beyond that, finding two people point blank could enjoy themselves if they put their minds to it.

"No…" Bonnie answered hesitantly, hoping to avoid walking into a verbal trap, even though her body begged her to just fall in whatever trap was being laid. Her body just wanted the Queen now, quivering in anticipation for that delightful touch to begin again.

"Will it hurt you in any way to do this?" the green-skinned woman asked.

"Well… I was sore the last time…" Bonnie pointed out lamely, even though that was the truth. She looked away, squirming for a couple of seconds, rubbing against the Queen a bit because of her movement.

Shego had to take a moment to exhale because of the princess' actions. The monarch chuckled a bit, looking to take her mind off of what was going on against her. "Sorry about that. I guess I got a little overzealous. You taste so sweet," she said in a seductive whisper.

The sound of Shego's voice was making the tanned princess want to melt, even though she did not totally get it. The green-skinned ruler's hold on her cupbearer loosened somewhat, just to make sure that she was not hurting Bonnie. Her grip was more tender now rather than desperate to keep her prey from escaping.

"I taste…?" Bonnie echoed in a confused tone, her brows coming close together and curling up slightly.

"Yes, you taste sweet," Shego reiterated in a breath, just thinking about how Bonnie tasted made her shudder and she wanted that taste now. She smiled and decided to be smooth. Maybe a little verbal effort would ease her lover's nerves. She started speaking in a low tone with her lips tantalizing close to Bonnie's mouth. "Like the wine of the gods, my kitten. I would drink you for eternity and you would sustain me, kitten. I would make you cry tears of joy as I showed you that no other taste can rival yours." Shego then placed a soft peck to Bonnie's lips while gently caressing the princess' sides. Bonnie did return the short, little kiss.

"You make it sound so simple…" Bonnie whispered, her voice trembling. Her mouth was silently wishing to stop making words and get to other business thanks to that kiss and those heavenly hands roaming her torso at their own exceptional leisure. Her body felt like it would explode or burn out because of the fire the Queen created in her.

"It is just that. Let me show you what you forgot," Shego replied and then she kissed Bonnie once again. It was another soft peck on the lips that was returned again.

"Maybe I'd rather forget," the younger woman teased, feeling like she needed to act more like herself. She did not want the warrior to think she was wrapped around Shego's little finger, even though she wanted nothing more than for that finger and the nine others to keep touching her as they were.

"You know what, shut the hell up and just let me give us both something," Shego huffed. I'm surrounded by smartasses, she thought while fighting the urge to roll her eyes. Of course, it could be argued she liked smartasses, which was why they surrounded her.

Bonnie smiled a bit; she was happy to have gotten to the Queen for once. Shego did not give her a chance to revel in her victory, coming in for another kiss. There was something added into the kiss that Bonnie did not expect; Shego's tongue invaded Bonnie's mouth. The princess gasped in surprise, her eyes going wide for a long second, but that did not stop the pale woman from plundering her mouth. Shego was done being all touchy-feely and nice. Bonnie did not need that. Bonnie just needed someone to take her where she wanted to be, which was something Shego had no problem doing.

While Bonnie got over the initial shock of having someone else's tongue in her mouth, Shego tore at the tunic Bonnie wore, quickly ridding her of it. Bonnie shivered, whether it was from the sudden chill that was upon her heated skin or just from the excitement Shego caused her was debatable, but she did not really care about the reason. With the cloth out of the way, Shego's hands went to work on caressing and kneading whatever skin they could find. The contact caused Bonnie to cry out into the Queen's mouth and then Bonnie pushed her away again.

"What now?" Shego huffed in annoyance. She was tense from sexual desire and her mouth turned into a frown since it was no longer being occupied by such lovely and delectable company.

"Can we at least do this on a bed?" Bonnie practically demanded, giving Shego a bit of a glare. She believed she needed to say something, just to avoid being completely lorded over by the Queen. Other than that, she was all for the journey they were undertaking now that she was so wound up, her body aching with desire. She needed something and she knew only Shego could cure her of what ailed her, so she was not looking to prevent her treatment.

"Damn it, you want a lot from me, kitten," Shego remarked, a smart-aleck smirk gracing her features for a quick moment.

Bonnie did not appear moved, which did not bother Shego. The pale woman surprised Bonnie and quickly scooped her up in her arms. On instinct, the younger woman threw her arms around the Queen's neck and then realized how easily Shego held her up. She's so strong, Bonnie thought. The idea made Bonnie's already hot body burn that much more and she could not understand why.

Shego did not give Bonnie long to think, resuming their kiss as she marched toward Bonnie's bed. The warrior queen was thankful there were no servants around, as she did not like putting on shows for them. Bonnie would have been right there with that thought.

When they got to the bed, Shego gently eased Bonnie down to the mattress and then pulled away for a second. She wanted to get as good a look at her catch as she could considering the room was dully lit with only a few lanterns. She was a bit surprised, but pleased to see Bonnie maintained her tanned complexion over her whole body, even though the days were shorter with the onset of winter.

Bonnie noticed the mesmerized look in Shego's eyes and a sense of pride spread through her. The way Shego eyed her helped build her confidence in the matter, knowing she had the Queen's full attention made her feel powerful, which made this whole experience more enjoyable. She even decided to take another zing at the Queen while she had the chance.

"Are you going to do something or just stand and stare at me all day?" Bonnie inquired, making sure to sound like she had an attitude.

Shego growled, as if the comment made her anger, even though all it did was make her want Bonnie all the more. She came in for her next attack, which finally did not take Bonnie by surprise. Shego's mouth hit Bonnie's as if she planned to devour the smaller female. Bonnie wrapped her arms around Shego while the Queen's hands went back to their previous task, fondling Bonnie with great enthusiasm. There was rubbing, clutching, and kneading of every inch of the princess.

Bonnie's hands decided to some moving of their own. She traced the lines on Shego's back, realizing those were muscles she felt. She wanted to feel more, so she ran her hands all over Shego's back. The more rips that she ran into, the more that she wanted to feel. She was starting to think that Shego was the embodiment of power if her sense of touch was accurate.

Shego was only being encouraged farther when she felt Bonnie's small hands running up and down her back. She pulled away rather abruptly from Bonnie's lips and before the princess could complain relocated to another sensitive area. Shego's mouth latched onto a dusky pink peak and started to feast on it while her hand worked on the opposite end. Bonnie arched into her touch while crying out in bliss.

"Oh, gods!" Bonnie quivered as Shego nibbled and caressed her as if she was a fine feast and Shego was famished. The Queen did pull away slightly as soon as those words escaped the tanned female.

"That's not what I want to hear," Shego practically snarled, as if she was honestly upset with the scream of passion.

The pale woman went back at Bonnie with a vengeance, causing the princess to pretty much turn into a clingy puddle in the bed. All Bonnie could do while she held onto Shego was whimper and pled with things to never end, which was not what Shego wanted to hear. The Queen continued on with her expedition while Bonnie writhed underneath her, never saying the one thing the green-skinned woman wanted to hear. When Shego reached her end point and Bonnie did the same, she finally got what she desired.

"Shego!" Bonnie practically howled long and loud as she felt herself fall off the edge of the world as far as she could tell. She hoped she never hit the bottom if that was the case.

The pale woman smiled into Bonnie's warm, moist skin. It's about time, she thought. She feared Bonnie would start naming all the gods before it occurred to her to cry out for the Queen. With that done, she could relieve some of her frustration while her name on Bonnie's lips still made her body buzz.

Bonnie whined a bit as she felt Shego leave her. She looked down to see what was going on to catch the sight of Shego pretty much tearing her clothes off of herself. Bonnie wondered what the Queen was doing now; she hoped that it was something that felt just as good as what Shego just did.

It hardly took ten seconds for Shego to get out of her clothes. Never before was she so thankful she did not have to wear layers like everyone else. She was back to Bonnie in a flash, kissing her deeply while their skin brushed up against each other.

Bonnie hissed because of the sensation of skin against skin, having never felt anything quite like the heated flesh against hers. Bonnie did not even realize she clung to Shego as the pale woman situated herself on top of Bonnie, straddling her thin thigh. And then the princess screamed into Shego's mouth as the green-skinned warrior rubbed herself against Bonnie and pressed her own thigh against Bonnie.

"Oh, gods…" Bonnie muttered in a pant as she turned her head, thus breaking the kiss, which Shego did not like much.

The Queen followed Bonnie's mouth and started a new kiss while grinding against the princess. Bonnie's grip on Shego tightened, her nails biting into Shego's shoulder blades like dull knives. As a thin layer of sweat began to build between them, Bonnie started raising her hips to meet Shego's, thrusting her thigh against Shego while riding Shego's thigh. They were both into it now and they both went before long.

-8-8-8-8-

Bonnie was in her bed and fast asleep, worn out from her time with Shego. The Queen was right next to the younger woman, holding Bonnie around the shoulders as the aqua-eyed female used her for a pillow. Shego did not have any objection to Bonnie being curled up next to her. She enjoyed the feel of the princess' nude form pressed against her own lithe body. It was something she made note to experience more often.

Shego busied herself with various activities. She listened as servants milled around the other room, cleaning up from when Bonnie and Tara were hanging out. A couple of servants had entered the bedroom with more lanterns since the sun had set sometime ago, but Shego waved them out. They did not need light at the moment.

Other than paying attention to the servants, Shego played with the ends of Bonnie's hair, flicking the tips with her fingertips. She caressed Bonnie's bare shoulder or arm every now and then, enjoying soft skin. She leaned over and softly kissed Bonnie every few minutes. She liked the reaction to that last one because Bonnie would always lean into her more, as if seeking more attention, even in her sleep.

With Bonnie against her, one thought kept going through Shego's mind. Mine. She claimed Bonnie as hers, beyond a good-will hostage, beyond servant, and well beyond entertainment as she used to see the princess as. No, Bonnie was hers in the sense that if anyone even looked at the westerner with interest, Shego would banish that person without remorse or even a fair hearing. Gods help someone who dared to speak to Bonnie in a more than friendly manner; there might not be enough left of that person to bury.

"My hellcat," Shego said quite contently to the air. She unknowingly smiled at the thought.

Bonnie seemed to agree by murmuring in her sleep and curling up closer to the warm body she rested against, or maybe Shego looked too deeply into the noise and action. The Queen did turn her attention to her lover as Bonnie made a few more noises and moved some more. It seemed she was waking up. Shego was sure she would get a better reception than their first bout together.

Bonnie groaned as she woke up. She was actually still quite tired and her body felt rather worn out. She was waking up mostly out of hunger. She then noticed she was being embraced and she remembered Shego. She looked up to see she was in Shego's arms; Shego had actually stayed with her. For some reason that made her feel all warm on the inside and for a moment she felt secure, like no harm could come to her.

"Ready for more?" the emerald-eyed woman inquired playfully with a smile. Maybe she was wishing aloud.

"Oh, don't even joke like that," Bonnie replied with snuggling her head into Shego's shoulder. "I'm not ready for anything except for dinner and a long nap."

"Well, I can make that happened too, but I might make you sing for your supper," the pale woman teased, still smiling.

"Are you always this obnoxious?" Bonnie asked, sounding more joking than serious. It was a legitimate question, though.

The older royal did not miss a beat. "You tell me, you've seen me almost nonstop this whole month and then some. Am I always this obnoxious?"

"Yes."

Shego smiled, as if she was proud. "Well, there you have it."

Sighing, Bonnie shook her head. "And you're this way on purpose, aren't you?"

"And you're bitchy on purpose, but I don't go holding that against you, huh?" the elder female countered.

Bonnie huffed and quietly withdrew from the verbal battle for the moment. Shego chuckled to her. She loved teasing Bonnie more than she liked teasing Kimmie and that was no small feat. Well, since the little discussion was over, Shego barked for some servants to bring them some food.

"We need to get your energy up," Shego remarked while shifting bit to caress Bonnie's stomach. She could not wait to kiss the area… well, and kiss other areas.

"Hey, I'm not your little sex toy," Bonnie huffed, but she did not push away the invading hand. She fought off the urge to purr thanks to the scrumptious attention. She could not help wondering why it seemed like every time Shego touched her that it felt like the very definition of paradise.

"Aw, but don't you want to be?" Shego inquired with a pout.

"NO!" Bonnie answered quite seriously and she shot Shego a look that the Queen found quite amusing. It was like the princess was warning Shego not to use her or there would be hell to pay.

Oh, I wanna pay. This thought left Shego thinking something was wrong with her, but she could not bring herself to care, not when Bonnie was pressed against her naked.

"Aw, that's too bad. That's just what I wanted, though," the green-skinned woman joked.

Bonnie looked offended by that and she tried to push away from Shego. The pale monarch was not about to release Bonnie, though. Shego also sucked her teeth while making sure to keep the foreigner right where she was.

"Stop taking everything so damn seriously. I was just kidding," Shego assured her lover, which got Bonnie to stop trying to escape.

"Well, don't kid like that!" Bonnie barked heatedly, glaring at the Queen. How the hell was she supposed to take that anyway? It was her first time being involved with someone as she was with Shego and it did not help matters that she could not figure Shego out.

"All right, all right, all right," Shego promised while rubbing Bonnie's shoulders to help calm her down.

Bonnie relaxed and made herself comfortable against Shego again. But, what if Shego wasn't really joking at first? What if Shego just said it was joke after her indignant reaction? Bonnie did not like the thoughts gathering in her mind and decided she would have to ask some questions of her new lover.

Bonnie licked her lips as she gathered the courage to ask what needed to be asked. "Have you actually had… sex toys before?" she inquired in a surprisingly shy voice.

The princess was quite new to the realm of sex. She never had a lover at home mostly because her father insisted on all of his daughters to remain chaste as it was a good tool to use in finding well-situated suitors in neighboring kingdoms. She could not imagine what her father would have done if he even thought she had a lover.

"Well, I've had lovers before, if that's what you mean," Shego easily admitted. Hey, she needed to do something to stay busy in the winter and sometimes Kim and Betty were not always available to get pissy drunk.

"That come and screw you at your beckon call, right?" Bonnie inquired with narrowed eyes. She would never be someone like that. She refused to be someone like that. She was not some cheap toy, after all. She was a princess and she took pride in her status.

"Well, yeah," Shego answer. Doy, she was the freaking queen. Everyone did everything that she commanded… well, almost everyone. There was that choice few that were allowed to act up for the most part.

"Well, you can count me out of that," Bonnie declared quite proudly, tilting her chin in the air.

Shego laughed a bit. "We'll see, kitten. Soon, you're going to crave me and beg me to touch you and I won't. And then, I'll summon you to my chambers one night and you'll come running to be with me," she commented quite confidently. She had the nerve to look smug as she said those words.

"Never," Bonnie argued, a determined spark in her eyes. If anything, Shego would crave her. After all, did the Queen not already itch for her?

Shego ran her fingers across Bonnie's arm, leaving a delightful feeling in her wake. "We'll see."

"You're not that great, you know," the tanned female countered.

"Yeah, I am."

Bonnie scoffed, but that did not bother Shego none. Their little talk was interrupted as a meal was brought in for them. More lanterns were also brought into the room as servants set up tables next the bed. The tables had to be stacked one on top of another for them to reach up to the bed for the Queen and the princess to reach them. As the room grew brighter with more light, Bonnie moved to see what was being served. She made sure to keep a blanket around her since the servants were around and she was kind of cold.

"I'm so hungry," Bonnie muttered as she looked over all of the dishes.

"Me, too," Shego remarked, eyeing Bonnie.

The princess did not notice what Shego was doing, so she did not get the innuendo. Of course, she might not have understood anyway. Shego watched the servants rush out of the room when they were done. She guessed she should have some food since she was a bit hungry, too. She moved over to the table Bonnie was at and noticed a pitcher of wine. She grabbed a cup and poured her own drink like it was nothing. Bonnie noticed with wide eyes.

"You poured your own wine," Bonnie said as if she was astonished.

"Yeah, it's not that hard," Shego replied casually, not seeing the big deal. She sipped her drink and then fished around for something to eat.

"You didn't even think to tell me to do," Bonnie commented, her brow furrowed, as she did not understand. Well, she guessed Shego did not even think to tell her to do since it seemed like the idea just hit Shego to have a drink when she got to the table.

"Yeah, believe it or not, before you showed up, I always poured it myself or got Kimmie or Director to do," Shego answered with a shrug. She never had an official cupbearer, which was good considering that person would have been out of a job as soon as the princess showed up. She used to get her sister or Betty to do it for the same reason that she had Bonnie do, just to get on their nerves.

"So… giving me the job was just to torment me?" Bonnie inquired, as if she was actually surprised by that. Of course, that makes sense.

"Doy," the Queen answered casually. She rolled her eyes because she would have thought it was obvious why she gave the foreigner that job.

"You're evil," Bonnie said as if she just realized it.

"Doy again," Shego replied.

Bonnie put a hand to her head. "Why would you do something like that?"

"I just wanted to see how much you could take. It turned out to be a good decision. It's your fault really. You shouldn't have been acting all feisty when Director brought you in here," Shego stated, another arrogant look gracing her features.

"She shouldn't have chained me up like that!" Bonnie argued, as if that justified her behavior before or made up for anything.

"Ah, she was just trying to be funny. It worked. If I could promote her for that one, I fucking would, but at this point, there is no such promotion," Shego remarked with a laugh.

"Barbarian," Bonnie grumbled, puffing out her cheeks in indignation when she was done talking.

The Queen smiled. "I'm a barbarian that can make a bitchy little hellcat scream her name all night long if necessary."

Bonnie balked as the words left Shego's mouth. She could not deny any of that statement, not even the "bitchy" part of it. Damn it, she pretty much just lost another verbal battle! She had about three victories under her belt compared to the countless wins Shego had.

"Don't worry, you're not the first that falls victim to my many powers," Shego quipped with a chuckle as she ate a dumpling.

Bonnie did not appear amused by that statement. She turned away and found her own food to focus on for a while. Shego sighed and scratched her head. She supposed that was not the best thing to joke about with a new lover, especially one as inexperienced as Bonnie. She decided to just be quiet for a while and let that last line fade away into the darkness. They ate in silence.

When the meal was done, Bonnie was seriously ready to just curl up in bed and sleep through the night. She was surprised Shego seemed quite ready to stay with her. The Queen set herself up against the head of the bed, resting on a few pillows. Bonnie came next to her, but she did not touch Shego.

"You're going to stay here for the night?" Bonnie asked curiously.

"If you'll let me," Shego answered while reaching out and running her knuckles lightly across Bonnie's arm.

"I don't mind," Bonnie answered honestly and she laid down next to the Queen. She then cuddled up into Shego's warm body. Shego feels really good, the younger woman noted.

"You're going to sleep, aren't you?" the raven-haired monarch inquired.

Bonnie yawned and then answered the obvious. "Yes."

"I guess I'll have to suffer then," Shego remarked with a light laugh.

"Shego…"

"Yeah?"

"I'm not going to be your sex toy. If you're going to stay with me, it's got to be just me," Bonnie informed the green-skinned woman.

Shego thought about that. For some reason that she could not figure out, she was fine with those terms. For the moment, she really only wanted Bonnie. As long as she had her little hellcat, she did not need anyone else.

"It'll be you and only you," Shego vowed.

Bonnie smiled and then did something that surprised the Queen. She sat up and placed a soft, sweet kiss to Shego's lips. By the time Shego realized what was going on, Bonnie was already pulling away. Bonnie settled back into Shego and fell into perhaps the most peaceful sleep that she had ever had in her life.

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Next time: disgruntle soldiers bring some political intrigue.