I don't own these characters. I don't own House of the Dead.
This one goes out to Zaratan, who was wondering when a certain best friend was going to make his appearance.
12: Molten Core
"I can't believe I agreed to this," Shego groaned as if she was in serious pain. She sat on the sofa with her girlfriends. They were all in house clothes, which consisted of tank tops and shorts. The colors were just different.
"Why are you always so grumpy? Damn, be happy for once in your life," Bonnie replied, having to pull the back of a pen out of her mouth to say that.
Shego snorted and flipped her hair. "I'd be happy if we weren't doing this."
"We're doing this, okay? So, shut up and help," Bonnie ordered.
Shego frowned and snorted again. "Fine, what do we have again?"
Bonnie looked down at the legal pad in her hands, full of notes. "So far, we've got it planned out to where it might cost about five hundred dollars. We've got a list of food, but that's about it. Should we have music or something? Games?"
"People can bring their own games. This isn't a 'party' party, so I don't see why we need music," Shego replied.
"Baby, what about you? I mean, this was pretty much your idea, so you want music?" Bonnie asked, turning to look at Kim, who sat directly behind her. The redhead was halfway lying on Shego.
"I guess we can just play some background music. This is really just a get-together, like a little gathering. I want to show everyone we're all right and everything's normal, even though we still have some reporters trying to sneak into the house," Kim explained with a slight shrug.
"That's one of the best things about this place," Shego remarked with an amused smile.
They all got a kick out of watching what happened to reporters as they sneaked about the building. The security system was not only effective, but funny to see in action. They felt like the snooping reporters deserved what they got when they tried to break in or just slink around the building. Sometimes, they ended up getting trapped somewhere for the night or sometimes they actually got away with minor injuries, like very bad electric shocks.
Thinking about the reporters, Shego thought about the little busybody who broke the news of their relationship… sort of anyway. The details had been rather wrong in making it seem like Kim had to pick between Shego and Bonnie instead of being with both of them. Of course, none of that mattered to the gossip-hungry vultures that stalked them day in and day out now.
Shego had checked on little Tina recently and she had to admit she and her mother probably were going to Hell for what they did to that woman. Well, if they were not going to Hell for most of the other things they did in their lives. Tina was living in a one-room apartment with several species of vermin. Hell, she could probably open her own petting zoo if anyone was every interested in petting roaches or rats. She could not get a job doing anything that did not involve saying "do you want fries with that?" or cleaning up sludge. And anyone who tried to help her felt the sting until they wised up.
Shego made a mental note to tighten the screws on Tina, probably get her tossed out her little filthy apartment. Hey, the former reporter needed to learn to stay out of other people's business. Or at least learn not to test certain people.
"Okay, so do you want to go over who's coming over, so none of us get ambushed or anything?" Bonnie proposed.
"Good idea," Shego said and Kim nodded.
The last thing they wanted to go through was another "Possible incident," which was the safe way of thinking of when Kim's parents found out about their relationship and everything that came with that. So, they needed to know who was going to come to their little get-together to prepare mentally for things. They might even need to prepare arguments in case anyone wanted to get on a high horse. Of course, Shego would rather they just throw out anyone who dared to get on a high horse, but she was not sure how people outside of her own family would take that. She did not want to upset her girlfriends, after all.
"Well everything should be fine. I mean, everyone I asked to come over, I already talked on the phone with them for a long time, so they're not going to be surprised when they come in here," Kim explained.
"Well, I didn't invite anyone," Shego commented.
"Me neither, but sweetheart, we took the time to invite your mom, dad, and the twins," Bonnie informed the eldest.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, tell me you're fucking kidding," Shego requested with a shocked expression on her face. She had to sit up and gawk at her ladies with her jade eyes wide and her mouth slightly gaped, making her look like a fish.
"Nope," Kim answered while shaking her head.
"Why do you two keep trying to surprise me and make me closer to my family!" the former thief whined while making two frustrated fists, closing her eyes, and clenching her teeth.
"That would be her," Bonnie confessed, ratting Kim out by pointing at her with her thumb.
"You two need to stop acting like you're not parts of your family. You especially," the redhead countered, pointing at Shego.
"Why? I fucking hate my family!" the ex-villain complained, casting her hands to the ceiling, as if she was trying to call down the fury of the heavens on Kim for inviting her family to their little gathering.
"Even your daddy?" Bonnie inquired, a teasing smile tugging at her lips. She could not pass that one up and she was sure she could not be countered with anything.
Shego frowned and Bonnie found out that she was quite right. Shego did not have a comeback for her. The eldest of the trio huffed and folded her arms across her chest. She was done with those two for now. They could plan their own stupid party.
"You didn't invite any of my family, did you, baby?" Bonnie asked curiously.
"Well, I've been trying to call Johnnie, but he's not answering his cell phone for whatever reason. I figured maybe you'd want to explain things to him or at least let him see you're all right," Kim answered, moving to rest her chin on the brunette in front of her.
Bonnie nodded and shrugged slightly. She did not care one way or another if Johnnie showed up or not. Despite the fact that he got along with Kim and was civilized now, he used to terrorize her just like their older siblings when they were younger. There was a pecking order in their family that even he followed. She still needed to warm up to him by overcoming childhood scarring from him, so she was not looking to share anything too deep from her life with Johnnie.
"You guys didn't invite my other brothers, did you?" Shego inquired as she thought about the people who were going to show up for their shindig.
"I couldn't get in touch with them. Your mother might bring them, though," Kim answered.
Shego growled and rolled her eyes. The last thing she wanted to do was put up with Hego's self-righteous bullshit. She remembered all of the crap that he put her through back when she let her family know that she was a lesbian. Not to mention how he treated her basically from their teenager years on. She was surprised that the whole house did not smell from the shit that he was slinging back then. Jackass.
"Calm down, sweetheart, geez," Bonnie said, patting Shego's bare calf since her toned leg was by Bonnie's arm.
Shego waved Bonnie off and turned her attention from the younger pair again. Bonnie and Kim went back to trying to figure out what they were going to need for the gathering. They hoped that everything went smoothly, even though Shego's attitude made it seem like it was going to go horribly.
-*-(New day)-*-
"I don't see why we have to make all this shit for relatives and shit," Shego griped, throwing her hands in the air just to be annoying. It worked.
"You're just going to bitch about this until it's over, huh?" Bonnie inquired in a bitchy tone of her own. They were in their kitchen.
The area was quite large at the end of their apartment and cut off from the rest of the place by a black countertop acting as border. The kitchen was decorated mostly in black, the refrigerator and stove were black, sort like obsidian. A microwave of the same color hung over the stove. Cupboards, which lined two walls, were a cream color to offset the dark colors. There was an island with the black top and cream cabinets below it. There were shelves on the one wall that had no cabinets, which were also black. The farmhouse sink was located in the corner opposite the opening of the kitchen and was also a cream color with a gooseneck faucet. The countertop that flanked the sink was black like the counter that was a border for the kitchen. Everything looked as new as it was.
"If I say yes, will it get you to stop bitching back at me?" Shego retorted, folding her arms across her chest and leaning her back against the stove.
"Does it ever?" Bonnie countered with a craned eyebrow.
Shego snorted and turned her nose up at the lawyer. "Should I go out there and help her?" she wondered aloud to change the subject.
"We've all got to pull our weight, sweetie. Now, it's cute that you want to help her and all, but you know how she's starting to get," Bonnie replied with a dismissive wave of her hand.
Shego let out an aggravated sigh. She watched as Kim came into the apartment for the third time in the past minute. The redhead was bringing in grocery bags, some of them appearing rather heavy. Kim was not complaining about it in the slightest and Shego was trying to use going to help as an excuse to not hear Bonnie go on about her having an attitude.
Kim started trotting bags over to her lovers once she had them all in the place. She left them on the kitchen counter. Shego and Bonnie then went to work, going into the bags. Kim had been in charge of the shopping and her girlfriends were in charge of the cooking. It was the morning, which might help explain Shego's mood since she wanted to sleep late, and they had until sometime in the afternoon to finish everything. People were supposed to arriving at about three in the afternoon.
While Shego and Bonnie took care of the cooking, Kim took care of everything else, mostly cleaning up in the living room since they lounged around there more often than not. They had made quite the mess in of the living room thanks to the past few days. They had been relaxing after finishing with furnishing and decorating the apartment. They were quite pleased with what they managed, even though they all had such different tastes, especially when it came to colors thanks to Shego and her undying devotion to green and black.
"So much bullshit for family," Shego grumbled.
"Sweetness, if I've learned anything from being with Kimmie for all this time is that family are the ones you should do all this bullshit for," Bonnie said.
"That only counts if you have good family," the green-skinned woman replied.
"Well, Kim's family is coming over and they're mostly good. I mean, the tweebs have their moments, but they've got good hearts… or so I'm supposed to believe," the lawyer remarked while glancing out of the kitchen at Kim, letting Shego know who tried to lead Bonnie to believe that underneath all of the crazy the Possible twins were good.
"I can believe they ate people with good hearts," Shego quipped with a half-smile, amused with her own statement.
"And then, there's your family. I mean, I don't know your brothers too well, but the twins seemed nice… like Jim and Tim nice," Bonnie explained, looking away at the end of that statement.
Shego chuckled a bit. "Yeah, they're pretty much like Jim and Tim, minus the genius, but with added super-powers, so the annoyance sorta balances out."
"But, your parents are good people," Bonnie stated with a solid note. She truly believed that statement.
Shego laughed again. "My parents are good people? My parents fucking nuts."
"Babe, don't kid around with me. We know you love your parents. I mean, to this day you call them 'Mommy' and 'Daddy,'" Bonnie pointed out. Those were loving, appreciative titles in her opinion.
"So the fuck what?" Shego countered. She had an alternative theory to why she called her mother "mommy," but she would not share it. She would rather the fact that she called her mother "mommy" be love than the possibility that she called her mother "mommy" out of fear. She knew Isabel delighted in being dubbed and addressed as "mommy" by her and her brothers, so maybe they all called her that out of love to make her feel good.
"You don't have to play the tough girl with us all the time, sweetheart. Geez, I thought you would've figured that out by now. You make it seem like you're not comfortable around us with this bull act that you put on all the time."
"Oh, look who's talking about acts, little Miss Bitchy," the pale martial artist retorted, as if that justified her behavior.
Bonnie smiled proudly. "Yes, I hold my title with pride out in the street and sometimes in here because someone has to keep you and Kim in line, but I'm not a bitch all the time with you two. You have to step out of your shell, babe. Just like how we try to get Kim to realize she doesn't need to be able to everything, you need to realize you don't always have to be on the defensive around us."
Shego rolled her eyes, acting like she did not care about the advice, but she tucked it away in her mind. After all, she should be able to completely relax around her lovers, just like they should be able to completely relax around her. They did not need to prove anything to each other or act in a certain way. They should be able to be themselves. After all, that was the beauty of being in a loving, trusting relationship.
"Can I do anything?" Kim asked, taking a seat at the counter. She smiled at the chefs, even though they were more focused on their tasks than on her.
"Weren't you cleaning the place up?" Shego countered without facing the hero. She was seasoning some chicken cutlets.
"I finished," Kim answered with a small, almost impish smile.
"So, why don't you go put on a better outfit on?" Shego suggested as she glanced over at Kim. The redhead was not wearing house clothes since she had gone out shopping earlier, but her clothing was sort of "bum-wear." It was clear she had thrown her gear on because she was not going anywhere special.
Kim shrugged and she trotted off to go change her clothing. The cooking pair continued on, but they were interrupted again when their redheaded girlfriend showed up. She parked herself at the counter again and offered her services.
"Baby, why can't you just sit there and be still for a minute?" Bonnie inquired, more curious than annoyed.
"I had coffee this morning," Kim answered with a smile.
"You better be joking, Possible," Bonnie said seriously while turning away from some cake batter she was engaged with to look at Kim. The hero was still smiling.
Bonnie frowned; Kim did not drink coffee. Kim was not allowed to drink coffee when Bonnie was around. It had to do with the fact that the naturally energetic redhead began to seem like a meth addict fresh off of a hit when she had too much caffeine in her system. She had a habit of literally bouncing off of the walls if she had coffee and sometimes when she was like that she made it hard on Bonnie to remember that she loved Kim.
"Of course I'm joking," Kim replied with a laugh.
"You'd better be," Bonnie said again. She could tell Kim was being truthful with her, too, because the hero was not moving a mile-a-minute.
"I'm just bored," Kim explained with a sigh and a shrug.
"Go watch TV," Shego said in a dismissive tone, still keeping an eye on her task rather than turning to look at the hero.
"I don't want to watch TV by myself. No one to cuddle," the hero mumbled that last part. She pouted and rested her chin on the cool countertop.
"Fine, fine, fine. You can make the salad, baby," Bonnie informed Kim. It was pretty hard to ruin a salad, after all.
Kim smiled again and hopped off of the chair that was situated at the counter. She went into the kitchen and got into her task. The three ladies worked through the morning. Before any guests arrived, Bonnie and Shego managed to fit in a wardrobe change. They all looked presentable for the outside world by then.
At the expected time, there was a knock at the door. They all assumed that was Kim's parents because they doubted anyone else would show up right on time like that. They were quite right about that.
"Hey, Mom, Dad," Kim greeted them while motioning to the inside of the apartment.
The doctors Possible stepped out of the hallway and into the large apartment. Kim looked around outside of the door for a moment, as if she was expecting more people than just her parents, but she did not see anyone else. She shut the door and turned her attention back to her parents.
"You guys have done a great job with this place," Ann commented with a smile as she looked around the dwelling.
"Thanks. We're still fixing it up, but we've got the main rooms done. So, can I take your jackets?" Kim offered. They had a lot of space in the apartment since it was the whole top floor of the building. They got their main living spaces done, but the rest of the place was still rather bare.
"Thanks," her mother replied.
The doctors shrugged out of the jackets and handed them over to Kim. The hero looked at her father for a moment, hoping he would at least greet her. She even smiled a very polite "hi" his way and he did not respond. She guessed he still was not talking to her. When the trio lived in the Possible home, James had not done much talking to any of them. He surprising said the least to Kim out of all three of them.
I don't understand. Kim knew her father was a man with many quirks, but this one stung the most. His quirks had never made him treat her differently. She hoped that if she acted normal and let him know she still loved him, then maybe he would still love her and eventually act normally with her again.
"Can I get something for you, Mister and Missus Possible?" Bonnie inquired politely as she came in from the left while Kim walked off with the jackets.
Ann laughed a bit and shook her head in a disapproving manner. "Bonnie, I told you you don't have to address us so formally," she sort of scolded the lawyer.
"I'm sorry. My brain kind of comes and goes lately with all the work we still need to do on the apartment and everything," Bonnie explained her little mind-slip away. She actually remembered she could was allotted the privilege of calling the Possibles by their first names, but ever since their reaction to the trio's relationship, she had been being more formal with them, as if trying to keep them at a distance. It would make things easier should they ever decide to push her away.
"It's all right," Ann assured the younger woman with a warm smile. The neurosurgeon noticed Bonnie did seem to be drifting away from them, which she did not like. They had welcomed Bonnie as family before they even knew she and Kim were in love and she wanted Bonnie to continue to see herself as a member of the family. They had made a mistake and instead of letting it fester, she was trying to mend the wound she and her husband caused.
"So, can I get you two anything?" Bonnie offered again.
"No, we're fine for now," the brain surgeon answered.
"All right, well, there's food in the kitchen if you want anything. There are drinks there, too. If you want to listen to some music or watch some TV, everything's over there in the living room." Bonnie motioned to the monster-size room ahead of them.
The Possibles nodded and Bonnie took her leave, going back into the kitchen. James and Ann continued their little visual tour of the place, looking around as best they could without seeming too nosy. They looked off to the right and saw there were closed off rooms that way. There was a setup in the corner that appeared to be like an office. It was arranged on a platform, three steps leading up to the place. There was a bookshelf on the wall that was not quite full yet, but they noticed a box next to the shelf that they could see had some books in it. There was a computer on a black desk with a window to the side to let some natural sunlight shine on whoever might be stuck at the computer.
The couple went into the living room, which gave them a chance to see a den-like area right next to it, which was actually a game room. The game room was cut off from the living room by a half-wall, but they could see into the other room easily. Shego was in the game room beating up on a pinball machine from what the doctors could tell.
"Oh, come on, you piece of shit!" Shego grunted as she hit the buttons on the side of the machine.
"They certainly have a lot of stuff," Ann noted, looking around the living room.
They had a wall-mounted television. There was a DVD player sitting underneath the television on a glass stand. Under the player was a game console, which surprised the doctors. They were not sure which of the girls played games; it was Bonnie, which they would have found even more unbelievable. The stand and television was flanked by a high platform, which contained DVDs, CDs, and video games. They were set up in alphabetical order, which the doctors correctly guessed was their daughter's doing. There were some small speakers around the room for the best sound from the entertainment center.
The living room was painted a very homey, warm light cerulean blue. The sofa was leather and cut the room in half because it was a long, curved couch. At the cut off end of the room, there were boxes, showing the trio was not done unpacking everything. There was track lighting overhead, so there was no need for a lamp.
"How can they even afford all of this?" Ann wondered aloud. She hoped the trio had not put themselves into debt just to move out of the house.
"Shego probably stole it," James grumbled.
"Dear, you promised to behave. Give them a chance. You know they're all good and you've been all right with dealing with Shego on a one-on-one level. Just calm down and enjoy yourself," Ann urged him.
James nodded. He was going to try. He had promised himself before they left the house he would try to be normal with the trio. It was not working so far and he was well aware of that. It was hard to be normal when he knew his Kimmie-cub was sleeping with two women as if that was proper. He had been trying his best to use Ann's reasoning – who Kimmie went to bed with did not change who she was as a person, especially since she was with two consenting adults. From what he could tell, she was perfectly right. Kimmie was the same and his love for her had not changed, but he just could not act normal in front of her yet. Some part of him seemed to believe she had changed and now she was out of his reach. He feared he might never catch up to his daughter and the worst part of that was being completely aware it was his own fault.
"I'll do my best," James promised Ann.
"That's all I ask," she replied with a small smile.
Before the Possibles got to wander the apartment anymore, their sons arrived. They knew Jim and Tim arrived from the loud cry of "hoo-sha" when the boys stepped into the place and saw how nice it was. Kim greeted the boys at the door and saw they had a special guest with them.
"Hey, Nana, glad you could make it," Kim said as she leaned down to hug her grandmother. She had not been sure if her grandmother would make it or not, so it was quite the pleasant surprise to see the senior citizen.
"I couldn't miss this. I need to know what all this fuss is about and why reporters keep wanting me to put my foot up their butts," Nana answered with an amused smile as she returned the embrace.
"I pity the reporters that try to mess with you," Kim chuckled.
"You really need to," Nana boasted quite proudly, putting her chin up a little. "Now, you're going to explain this whole mess to me in person, right, Kimberly Ann?"
Kim laughed nervously. "Um… sure thing, Nana. Let me just put the jackets away and stuff."
The redhead took her brothers' jackets as well her nana's jacket and went to hang those up. As soon as she was gone, Bonnie came over to offer everyone food or drinks. They declined and she told the twins there were some of the latest video games in the living room if they wanted to see them. Jim and Tim charged off and Bonnie was left alone with their grandmother.
"Hey, Nana," Bonnie greeted the senior citizen with a warm smile.
"It's good to see you again, Bonnie dear," Nana said sincerely, reaching out to hug Bonnie. The lawyer wasted no time returning the embrace. "Is my wild granddaughter treating you right?"
"Always," Bonnie answered honestly with a smile as they pulled away from each other.
"That's good. If she ever stops, you make sure you tell me, so I can put her in line again. You're going to help her explain this whole thing to me, right?" Nana asked.
"Of course, ma'am. Let me get Shego, too, so you can meet her and we can all go through this one step at a time," Bonnie replied.
Nana nodded in agreement. "All right."
Bonnie walked off to go get her green-skinned lover, who she would have sworn was raised in a barn from the manners she showed toward their guests. She went into the game room, which was where Jim and Tim had ended up despite the fact that Bonnie had directed them to the living room. Jim and Tim were marveling over the air hockey table at the end of the room while Shego was still beating up the pinball machine.
"Sweetheart, you're going to break the thing before anyone else gets a chance to play," Bonnie scolded Shego.
"I'm kicking this game's ass," Shego boasted as she kept her eyes on the ball and punched the buttons on the side pretty hard.
"You'll have to do that later. You can't keep playing games while we've got guests coming in. It's rude," Bonnie said.
Snorting, Shego rolled her eyes. She was well aware what she was doing was rude. Knowing something was rude had yet to stop her from doing something, but the stern look from Bonnie was doing a good job. She sighed and just walked away from the game, even though she had two balls left.
"Now, you're going to meet Kim's grandmother, so you need to be nice," Bonnie explained as they started walking back toward the front of the apartment.
"If she's nice, I'll be good. If she's a jackass, I'll treat her as such," Shego commented with a shrug. It seemed logical enough to her.
"Well, she's really nice to me and I'm sure she'll be the same for you if you're nice to her. Besides, you need to be nice to her for Kimmie's sake," the attorney stated soundly.
Shego nodded, even though she did not like it. She could not risk being a jerk to any of Kim's family because that could and probably would affect Kim. Okay, so she was going to be on her best behavior.
The pair stepped over to Nana, who was with Kim now. The relatives were talking about nothing in particular and let the conversation drop as soon as Bonnie and Shego came over. The two Possibles turned their attention to Bonnie and Shego.
"Nana, this is Sheshona Go, but she prefers to be called Shego," Kim introduced the pair.
Shego balked when Kim used her real name. The pale woman looked absolutely horror-stricken from hearing her birth name. Kim might as well have stabbed her in the stomach from the look on her face. Unlike most of the world, Shego only wanted people that she was close to use her given name and the rest of the world could use her nickname.
"Shego, this is my grandmother, Gwendolyn Possible," Kim continued on.
"Nice to meet you, Missus Possible," Shego said in a forced tone. She had been close to grumbling since she was sour over her name being used. She extended her hand since she was supposed to be being polite.
"Nice to meet you, too, dear, and please call me Gwen," the senior replied while reaching out to shake Shego's hand. "You look familiar. Have we met before?" she asked, studying Shego.
"Oh, boy, have we," Shego muttered, looking away. Part of her hoped like Hell Kim's grandmother did not remember. It was one thing to be involved in a plot to take over the world, it was another to a part of one of Drakken's crazy schemes. Sure, she had not minded at the time, but she hoped soon people would stop associating her with the mad scientist.
"It's a long story, Nana. We'll tell you the whole thing," Kim promised. She had already spoken to her grandmother plenty of times over the phone about what was going on. She did that because she did not want another reaction like the one that she got from her parents and her grandmother actually seemed all right with the arrangement between her and her girlfriends, but she wanted to hear about it face to face.
The four of them went to the kitchen and sat down at the island, using the black stools that were there for those purposes. Gwen was silent while the trio explained their situation to her as best they could. She nodded every now and then, but did not show much expression throughout the whole thing. They went through why she thought Shego looked familiar, how Kim and Shego ended up together, and how Bonnie and Shego ended up together.
"That's an amazing little tale there," Gwen commented when it was all said and done. She sounded quite neutral about it all.
"Um… so, what do you think, Nana?" Kim asked with a nervous smile.
Little did the redhead and her girlfriends know, but the grandmother already knew they were anxious for her opinion. She had been speaking with Ann since the story broke in the media. She already knew Kim broke down before the media feeding-frenzy because of her parents' reaction and she also knew Kim's meltdown led to a breakdown for her girlfriends. Gwen was not looking add to any problems of the trio, especially since she could see they were doing much better now.
Gwen also had had time to rationalize the relationship to herself, even without the detailed explanation. It had thoroughly bothered her at first when she learned the truth about the ladies, even though she had led Kim to believe she was fine with it. After speaking with Kim and also with Ann over time, she was able to accept what was happening. But, she silently admitted that it was a little strange. It just made more sense now than before.
"I wish you three the best. I hope this works out for you and you stay together for the rest of your lives," Gwen replied and she meant that. She was not sure how they would take it if they did break up. She would also hate to see Kim and Bonnie break apart because she thought they were a wonderful couple. They supported each other through everything and they were both good influences on each other, so she wanted them to stay together. And if they were going to stay together with Shego then that was fine by her. Maybe they would straighten Shego up like they did with each other.
"Thank you so much, Nana," Kim said sincerely with a smile on her face. She bowed her head for a moment, overcome by emotion. Shego reached over and put an arm around the redhead. She pressed Kim into her side to help the hero get herself together.
The sight itself was sweet. Kim's grandmother could already see Kim was good for Shego. So, maybe she would not have to worry about them.
"Don't thank me, Kimberly. You three just be good to each other or I'll be back here and you're not going to like it," Gwen remarked with a teasing smile, but she was serious.
The trio laughed a bit, not sure what else to do. It was nice to get that out of the way and find that they had support from Gwen. The more support they got from those around them, the more comfortable they felt in their situation. They felt like they were more likely to stay together if they got support from those around them.
By the time the trio were finished with their tale, there were more knocks at the door. Kim excused herself and went to go answer. Stepping inside were members of the Go family, Kane, Isabel, and their youngest offspring. Kim took their jackets and welcomed them into the apartment. As soon as she walked off, Bonnie was there, offering things and telling the twins about the games, figuring if they were anything like the tweebs that would be what interested them.
"Ah, we were more hoping you'd point us in the direction of all your lesbian porn," Wes remarked and his double, Wen, nodded enthusiastically. And that sort of confirmed for her that they were just like the tweebs.
"And now you should be hoping I don't punch you in the mouth for that," Bonnie commented, earning a chuckle from Isabel.
"Just like sis," Wen quipped with an amused half-smile that his twin wore as well. They decided to walk away while they had the chance and went to go check out the games. They did make mental notes to search for some lesbian porn when they got a chance because they knew there was some around there. After all, Shego used to have a huge porn stash when they all lived together at home.
"Can I get you two anything?" Bonnie asked Isabel and Kane.
"I'll take a beer. Matter of fact, we'll both take a beer," Kane answered, motioning between himself and his wife.
"I don't recall requesting that," Isabel said, forcing out an attitude, even though she knew that would not get through to her mate.
"I'll drink yours," Kane replied with a grin.
Isabel sighed and shook her head while Bonnie had to go check and see if they had any beer. It was not on the list that she and Shego had sent Kim to the store with. She did not have to do much looking because as soon as she hit the kitchen, Shego was pulling out cold beers.
"Where the hell did you get these?" Bonnie asked curiously.
"I bought them a couple of days ago," Shego answered with a shrug.
"Where were you hiding them? I didn't see them in the fridge," the tanned woman pointed out.
"I didn't want you to see them. I didn't feel like hearing your mouth about me taking up all the fridge space with a bunch of beer I know you would've sworn we weren't going to drink," Shego countered.
"Shut up," Bonnie grumbled and grabbed two bottles from the pale woman.
Shego smirked and laughed, feeling good about herself for having gotten the better of Bonnie. The lawyer walked off to give Kane and Isabel their drinks. Kane was thwarted from drinking both beers when Isabel popped the top on hers to show that she would have it now that it was there.
"You're in evil woman, Bella," Kane remarked with a grin.
"You love me this way," she countered.
Kane could not and did not argue that matter. He thanked Bonnie for the beer and walked off into the apartment while Isabel struck up a conversation with Bonnie. He looked into the game room to see his sons meeting the Possible twins and something told him that was not good thing, but he was all for bad things from Fate. He turned his attention into the living room to see the doctors Possible.
"Ah, it's the lovely, lovely Ann," Kane said shamelessly as he approached the neurosurgeon.
Ann laughed a bit. Kane opened his arms for a hug, which she kindly gave him. It was a little funny to see her tower over such a muscular man. Well, for some people it was funny anyway. James was not happy with the scene, especially since he did not know who Kane was. The pair was not even touching for more than a second, but that was still too long as far as the rocket scientist was concerned. As they pulled away, Kane took a sip from his drink.
"You're a dear woman," Kane remarked with a grin.
"You know that Isabel's told me you're a brazen little flirt," Ann informed him.
"Damn, that heavenly creature is always cutting me off at the knees," Kane joked and pretended to pout.
Ann chuckled a bit. She had spoken to Isabel a few times since meeting the woman. They tried to act as a support group for each other to get them through their daughters' unconventional relationship. Every now and then, the topics drifted to other things, like their husbands. From that, she learned about Kane's bad habit of flirting with almost any and everything. She also got the impression that Isabel loved Kane very much, but went out of her way to make it seem like she utterly hated him, which was just strange. It almost helped explain Shego, though.
Kane flopped down on the sofa, sitting near James. He glanced over and sort of did a double take, as if he had not noticed the rocket scientist until just now. He leaned over, extending one hand while making sure he held onto his beer with his other. James looked down at the tanned hand with some contempt.
"Hey, I'm Kane Go," he introduced himself with a friendly smile on his face.
"James Possible," the scientist muttered while weakly giving into Kane's handshake. Since Kane never judged a man on his handshake, he did not think anything of the way that James shook his hand.
"Ah, you must be the lovely Ann's husband. Lucky man you are," Kane commented with a bit of a lecherous look in his purple eyes.
"Yes, I am her husband," James declared in a clear way that said "stay the hell away from her." It earned him a huge grin from the shorter male.
"Lucky," Kane cooed before taking a swig of his drink.
James curled his lip, looking rather disgusted with Kane. Kane did not take offense to look directed toward him. Now, he was no stranger to James, in a way anyway. Isabel had put in some complaints about the man and some of the things he said about their little Shona. The only reason Isabel had not done anything to the man yet was because she had respect for his wife and she adored his daughter.
"Yes, you're definitely a lucky fellow," Kane said with a nod while watching Ann walk out of the living room. His eyes drifted to her ass and a very naughty part of him thought he would do such bad things to that ass if only he was not so hopelessly in love with his wife. But, such was his lot in life.
"Stop looking at my wife," James growled like an angry dog.
"What? It's harmless looking. When I get to grabbing is when you should be worried," Kane teased. Of course, it would also when he would be dead, but James did not seem to know that.
When Kane was younger, he had the terrible habit of grabbing women. He never meant it in more than a playful way, but he understood that women did not like it, even if he was not looking to be totally perverse. Now, he knew if he grabbed a woman that was not his beloved, Isabel would be on him like an angry leopard on a midget gazelle.
"You'd better not touch my Ann," James ordered, glaring at the auburn-haired male.
"I'll think about it," Kane replied with a slow shrug and a lazy look in his eyes.
"Listen you—" James pointed a finger at Kane and was about to give him the "Black hole" speech, but Kane did not let him get that far.
"Calm down, Jimbo," Kane said, dismissing the scientist with a wave of his hand. "I'm not going to touch your wife… not while mines is around anyway." He grinned.
"Yours?" James echoed. He was too upset with Kane's behavior toward Ann to even figure out why Kane was at the apartment in the first place.
"Yeah, mine. You see my wonderful, larger-than-life Bella," Kane said in a dreamy voice while motioning out of the living room toward Isabel. His purple eyes seemed to shimmer as he gazed at his woman. From the look on his face, it would not have surprised the rocket scientist to see little hearts floating around Kane's head.
"You're married to her? Then you're Shego's father," James realized.
"Yeah, that's my little Shona," Kane said proudly and he noticed a look in the scientist's eyes that actually caused him to frown. "Don't say anything bad about my little Shona or this is going to be the worst first meeting ever," he promised with a dangerous glint in his eyes. No one talked about his kids. No one.
James pulled back a second, a bit shocked by the jovial male's sudden seriousness. Just as abruptly as the seriousness took over, it was gone. A grin invaded Kane's face and he sat further back into the sofa. He took a swig of beer and turned his attention back to the rocket scientist.
"I heard you're not taking this thing too well," Kane commented.
"Excuse me?" James said with a craned eyebrow.
"This thing, the three ladies being together in a relationship and everything," Kane elaborated, motioning around them with his free hand.
James huffed, but he did not respond. He did not want to talk about it, especially with Shego's father. Kane was not deterred by the cold shoulder. When he wanted to talk about something, he was generally hard to stop.
"I don't see what the big deal is with them actually. I mean, when my Bella told me about it, she was kinda bent out of shape about it. I was okay with it after finding out it was what all three of them wanted and they were all happy with each other. What freaked you about it?" Kane asked, tilting his head a little like a curious puppy.
James was not forthcoming with Kane, but Kane was not looking to give up at the moment. He kept trying to talk to James, not just about the trio, but anything at all. He supposed he did not make the best first impression on James with hitting on his wife, but to Kane that was the past and they needed to move forward. Life was about going forward, after all, as long as he was not going forward too quickly.
While Kane was trying to bond with James, Isabel and Ann were getting along quite well with each other. They were not totally comfortable with each other since Ann was aware that Isabel had gotten off on the wrong foot with James, but things could only be taken one step at a time. They did believe that the more they spoke to each other, the better things would be for them.
"Are you helping them pay for this place?" Ann asked Isabel with some concern. They were in what seemed to be the dining room area. There was no table or chairs yet, though.
Isabel shook her head and then sipped her beer. "No, I'm not. God, Shego would have the world's largest tantrum, and I don't even just mean for a thirty-year-old. I mean, in general."
Ann chuckled a little. "Are all of your children like that with you?"
Isabel smiled. "No. Shego's always been a handful, but then again, I guess they all are in their own ways and they all throw tantrums in their own ways. Your kids seem stable."
Ann laughed even more. "I'll leave you to believe that. I've got one child who rushes into danger every second she can and two others who build danger right in our living room."
"Touché. I suppose every child has their own little charms."
Ann nodded. "Yeah. I wouldn't trade mine in for any others."
"Same here. But, they can be annoying."
Ann could not help it, but she laughed once more. "That they can." She glanced in the direction of Kim. "I do hope they made the right decision."
"Even if they didn't, I've learned you have to let your kids make their own mistakes, especially when they're adults. I've tried interfering with other things and it never works, but then again, my kids are crazy," Isabel remarked.
"Ah, so that's the issue. My kids are actually crazy, too," Ann joked. Isabel laughed.
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The pair of twins got along pretty well in the game room right away. They were going wild over the latest "House of the Dead" arcade game, which was in the room. That was fine as far as the trio were concerned, as along as those wild boys did not break the game since it was the one video game they had the they all got a kick out of playing.
The trio hung out in the kitchen, anticipating the arrival of their other guests. Shego was now having a beer since she pulled them out. So far, they were pretty happy with the way things were going, but Kim still had a couple of obstacles ahead of her. She hoped everything went as well as it was going now.
After a few minutes, there was a knock at the door and Kim went to go answer. She was greeted by the presence of Wade and Monique. Wade had picked Monique up from the airport less than a half-hour ago since he lived the closest to the airport.
"I'm glad you both could make it. Come on in," Kim said with a grin, ushering them into the house with a sweep of her hand.
"No problem, Kim," Wade replied.
Kim nodded and turned her focus to Monique. Wade walked off into the house, following the voices of Jim and Tim to the fun. The redhead took a deep breath and walked off with Monique to a private part of the place without going into a room. They went up into the office space.
"I'm glad you could make it, Mo," Kim said with a nervous smile. She giggled a bit, sounding just as nervous as she looked. She did not know why she acting as she was since Monique had been caught up on what was going on thanks to phone calls over the past few days.
"It's no problem, girl. I was trying to come back earlier, but you were all on vacation," Monique said, giving a little shrug.
Kim laughed a bit, still seeming to be uncomfortable. "It was kinda spur-of-the-moment."
Monique shrugged. "I understand. You guys needed to get away from all the media hoopla and crap like that. I'm just hoping you're okay. I mean, this is crazier than when you finally told me you were seeing Bonnie," she remarked with a laugh of her own.
The redhead chuckled, too, sounding normal that time around. Monique had not been in favor of her relationship with Bonnie and, really, when she told Monique that she hooked up with Shego, it was like a repeat of back then. To her credit, though, Monique maintained her composure whenever Kim hit her with such bizarre relationship news.
"So, Kim, what's going on here? I mean, what's the dealie? When did this whole trio thing start?" Monique inquired.
Kim then went into retelling the story for the second time that day. Monique stood there the whole time with an intense look on her face, taking the information. She folded her arms across her chest occasionally, only to let them drop to her sides again after a few seconds while listening to the tale. Kim was slightly animated as she told the story, moving her arms and hands as she presented the case. When she finished, she shrugged a little.
"That is a wild story there. If I was Bonnie, I would've dumped your cheating ass," Monique stated seriously as she folded her arms across her chest again.
"I didn't cheat," Kim argued.
"You cheated emotionally. Now, Bonnie's a bitch, but she didn't deserve that kinda treatment. You're lucky this turned out this way," Monique said.
Kim nodded, conceding her friend had a point. She did not bother to defend herself since things were going so well so far. "So, you're not tweaked about this?"
"Look, Kim, I've got to admit that I've had to put up with a lot of bizarre things from being your friend and this shit is high on the list, but the inner workings of your love life isn't my business unless you ask me to make it my business. I'm flattered you told me about this. I know it had to be hard and I respect that. Now, as long as you don't any freaky shit in front of my face, I'm fine with what you have going on as long as you're happy with it," Monique explained.
Monique's biggest concern when she came back to Middleton was really just to make sure Kim was all right. The media acting like a swarm of locusts worried her and she wanted to make sure that her best friend was fine. The crazy trio relationship thing was really secondary in her mind, which was why she was taking it rather well. Not to mention, she had a long time to work through it since the first time Kim told her until now.
"So, everything's okay?" Kim asked with a hopefully pathetic expression on her face. She pouted, but it was not the manipulative, patent-pending puppy-dog pout. It was a full-on, sorrowful, heartbreaking expression.
"Right on, girlfriend. Friends for life," Monique assured her and gave her a loving hug.
Kim sighed because of the embrace and pulled Monique in tight. She was relieved Monique was able to tell her face to face that everything was all right. For Monique, seeing Kim made that pretty easy to do. She got a chance to see it was the same person she had seen a few months ago. She was all right with Kim as long as nothing too weird happened.
"Thanks for this, Mo," Kim said with a smile.
"As you would say, no big. What are friends for, after all? They're supposed to support you. Now, point me in the direction of some food. I haven't eaten all day," Monique declared with a smile of her own.
Kim laughed and took Monique into the kitchen to have her run over the food, which was slowly but surely disappearing. Monique wasted no time making a plate for herself. She had not eaten anything since last night and her flight had been early in the morning. The food on the plane had not seemed very appetizing.
Monique sat down at the kitchen island to eat. Bonnie sat down next to her to talk about the latest clothes, which Monique was fine with. They were on friendly terms now, not they had ever had many problems with each other. In high school, Monique had not been in favor of how Bonnie treated Kim and Bonnie being an all-around bitch were really their only issues. They were large issues that they were over since Bonnie treated Kim much better now and was not snappy to everyone for no reason at all.
"I think I'm going to have to upgrade my wardrobe for my new job. The firm seems so much more upper crust than my other firm. It'll be such a pain," Bonnie said. She generally liked shopping, but she was not sure about their money situation just yet to feel secure in going out for a whole new wardrobe like she thought she would have to.
Monique shook her head. "From what I remember of your wardrobe, you should be fine. If not, you've got a good eye. I'd like a chance for us to go out again and put some things together."
"Do you have time for that?" Bonnie asked. She would not mind a shopping trip with Monique. It was how they best got along and Monique had a good eye, which was to be expected for someone who worked in the fashion industry.
Opposite those two, Kim's grandmother was grilling Shego. It did not surprise Shego, but she was a little annoyed. She hid it very well, except anyone who knew her well enough would have noticed how tense her jaw was. She was aware she had to press through the Spanish Inquisition because she needed to leave a decent impression on Gwen.
"So, you've gotten out of this dishonest 'take over the world' business, now what do you do to provide for my granddaughter and Bonnie?" Gwen asked with an arched eyebrow. Her stare was intense, almost reminding Shego of her own grandmother.
Shego had so many smartass remarks on the tip of her tongue. She bit them back and washed them down with a drink of her beer. It was her third one. A little while earlier Bonnie and Kim made sure that Shego ate something to keep the beer company to make sure she did not end up intoxicated. Of course, it would take a lot more than beer for that to happen.
"Well, I'm sure Kimmie's told you about the school we have, which is right downstairs. I teach there with her," Shego answered modestly. She was not in the mood to tell an almost complete stranger about her financial situation.
Gwen nodded. "Now, you started out trying to steal Kim from Bonnie, didn't you?"
"And if I did?" Shego countered, obviously forgetting her manners. She did not think it was her fault since the old bat was getting rather personal with her, in her opinion anyway.
"At least you're owning up to it," the senior remarked with a little smirk. "Not that I would expect anything less from you."
Shego shrugged. It did not seem like a big deal to her. There was something that she wanted, namely Kim, so she went after her. She was glad she did because not only did she get what she desired, but she was also able to pick up Bonnie. If she had it to do all over again, she would do it all the same.
"Look, granny, I get that all you Possibles are all overprotective and everything, but I'm with Kim and Bonnie and that's that. If we're going to crash and burn, then just let us do it. From what I can tell, though, we're going to be all right as long as you guys don't treat Kimmie any differently. I've got my end tied down and I'm sure my end'll be secure through the toughest storms. I'll handle those two as best I can and it's just that simple," Shego stated, hoping that would get through to Gwen and she would not have to worry about answering any more annoying questions.
Gwen nodded again. "You know, Shego, I respect the fact that you said all of that," she said. There was a moment of silence before them and then the grandmother had a sudden question. "So, how much older are you to them?"
Shego sighed and dropped her head in defeat for a moment. It would seem she had not escaped any of the annoying questions with her little speech. She reminded herself she needed to make it through things for Kimmie. It was all for Kim. She pressed on in the conversation and was surprised at who saved her.
"Excuse me, are you Gwen Possible?" Isabel inquired as she came over to her daughter and butted right in on discussion. Shego was almost ready to tell her mother she loved her dearly at that point for saving her from such a humiliating conversation.
"I am," Gwen confirmed.
"It is an honor to meet you. I've heard quite a few tales," Isabel said as if she was impressed.
Shego watched as her mother struck up a conversation with Gwen. At the right moment, the ex-sidekick slinked away from the counter. She noticed her mother give her a little wink as she left. Suddenly, that loving feeling that she was willing to acknowledge having for her mother was gone.
Shego looked around for something to do. The twins and the other twins were in the game room with Wade, so she did not want to go in there and have to deal with the madness they were likely to stir up. Her father was actually talking to Mister Possible. It did not surprise her. If her father wanted to talk then, damn it, he was going to talk. She hoped Kane was trying to talk sense into James.
The pale woman looked to see what her girlfriends were up to. Bonnie and Monique were talking about clothes. Kim was in and out of the conversation to check on the guests. Shego decided she would try to join in on that exchange. She jumped in and Bonnie backed her, which made her transition into the discussion almost seamless. Monique was a bit surprised by Shego's sudden presence, but she did not have much time to show that because she had to tell Bonnie about a new style that was coming out.
The four ladies talked for a while before Kim went to answer a knock at the door. The other three women continued talking, knowing Kim would have no problem jumping back when she got a chance. The redhead answered the door and saw that her guest of honor showed up, Ron.
"Hey, K.P," the young man greeted with her a wide, happy grin. He opened his arms for a hug, which she quickly gave him.
"I'm so glad you came, Ron," Kim said in a low voice as she squeezed him tightly. It was as if she was scared that if she spoke any louder, he would vanish.
"I'm glad you invited me." He held her close.
Kim nodded and the friends released each other. It was then that Kim noticed Yori and they greeted each other with a warm hug. It was not as long as the hug she shared with Ron, but that was expected.
"I'm glad you made it, too," Kim said to Yori.
"It's my honor to be here," Yori answered, rather predictably. Kim only smiled more. Yori would never change.
The redhead ushered the couple into the apartment, taking their jackets in the process. She pointed them in the direction of the food, game room, and television. Yori went for the kitchen while Ron stayed next to Kim.
"So, Kim, is there some place we could like talk in private?" Ron asked.
"Yeah. Let me hang these up and then we'll go up on the roof," Kim replied, holding up the jackets a little as she spoke.
Ron nodded, standing there while Kim put the jackets up. When she came back, they retreated to the roof, which he got to see was a work-in-progress like almost everything about the building. They were trying to turn the roof into their own personal little relaxation habitat, but also a place they might feel like giving barbeques if Shego ever got used to having people over.
"This is a decent view you guys have here," Ron commented as they went to the edge of the roof. The building was only three stories high, so they would not see over any higher buildings, but luckily everything across the street from them were two-story buildings. They had a view of a few blocks before some taller buildings obscured the view.
"Yeah, that was one of the reasons we added the extra floor," Kim replied.
"I gotta say, the place looks a lot better in person than trying to figure out what it looks like in my head when you were telling me about it," he remarked with his usual good-natured smile. "I'm glad you're all doing okay."
"Really?" Kim asked as if she could not believe it.
"Of course. I mean, it is uber-freaky that you're dating Shego now and everything while dating Bonnie, which was just nuts in and of itself, but it's working out for you and you're happy, which is what matters to me. You know that," he pointed out.
Kim nodded because she did know that. She thought Ron would be opposed to things if he thought she made a bad move, as he had a habit of doing; just like she had a habit of doing when it came to him. It was nice to know that he was all right with things because it made her feel like she had made a good decision.
Like everyone else, Ron had had a lot of time to think about what was going on. Sure, he had freaked the first time that he heard about it, mostly because he heard about it through the media like everyone else. It did not help that he read some of the most sensational papers that he could get his hands on and they either highly exaggerated things or just downright lied.
"So, you're okay with this?" Kim asked curiously.
"With your relationship? Yeah, I'm okay with it," he answered. "I'm a little nervous about you being with Shego and all, but other than that, I'm okay."
Kim nodded. "Shego's different."
"Yeah, I'm sure she is if you're with her and all, but I guess I just need to see it to be sure. But, again, I'm just happy you're happy."
He had a long time to think about it and people to talk it over with, like Wade, Monique, and the tweebs. They had all taken time to call each other and try to rationalize things between themselves, especially for those couple of months that they could not get into contact with Kim. In that time and through those conversations, he had come to grips with the relationship, even though he still thought it was a bit weird. Kim was sleeping with women that once upon a time were her biggest enemies, after all.
Kim breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you."
"Hey, don't thank me, K.P. I'm going to support you if you're happy, like you did for me when I figured out I was in love with Yori. We're here for each other," Ron stated the obvious while motioning between them with one hand.
The redhead nodded again, smiling slightly. "Yeah, we are."
"But, this is the thing I don't get. I mean, if we're always here for each other, even when we're miles apart, why didn't you tell me you were going out with Shego and Bonnie in the beginning? I mean, you trust me, right?" Ron asked with his mouth turned up a little.
Ron's chocolate eyes showed he was hurt. It wounded him that his best friend, the woman he looked at as a sister, had withheld such important information from her. No matter what excuse he thought of, in his mind it did not justify Kim not telling him that she had fallen in love with Shego and also that she was in a relationship with both Bonnie and Shego.
"Well… I guess I just got scared, Ron. I mean, this isn't really normal and while I don't care that it's not normal, I got really scared about what you'd think. I didn't want you to think something was wrong with me or like I was a pervert or something. And then when my parents found out… Well, that just really scared the hell out of me. I thought you'd react that way, too, and you know I don't want to lose you, so I thought it would be better if I didn't tell you," she explained, trying to look him in the eye throughout the whole thing, but she occasionally glanced away.
"Kim, it's never better for you to not tell me. Just like it's never better for me not to tell you. We went through this already before… a couple of times," he pointed out, shaking his head.
Kim put up a half-smile more out of awkwardness than anything else. "Third time's a charm," she remarked with a shrug.
He gave her a stern look. "Let's hope third times the last."
"Well, unless you're going to pick up another girlfriend," the redhead joked.
"I think the three between the two of us is enough. Unless, of course, I want Yori to kill me later on," he remarked.
"That wouldn't be good."
"What about you? This could always happen again if you get another girlfriend," he commented.
"No, I think the two I have is enough. Besides, even if we did pick up another one, I doubt it would be as weird now," she countered. She doubted they were going to be adding to their trio anyway. It would like other people adding to their couple.
Ron shrugged; he could not argue that one. He truly hoped they were done with keeping secrets from each other out of fear of the other's reaction. Kim had done it for a while when she started dating Bonnie because she got nervous as to who Ron might react to find out that she was a lesbian. And Ron had done it before that when he figured out that he was in love with Yori because he had been dating Kim at the time that the revelation struck him with the same impact as a speeding train. That epiphany probably had something to do with the fact that he saw a lot more of Yori because she wanted to see his baby sister.
"I wanted to tell you, me and Yori are gonna move back to Middleton," Ron informed his best friend.
"Really? Totally spanking!" Kim grinned with delight. She grabbed him into a hug, which he returned with a laugh.
"Yeah, I got a job at a restaurant. Yori's gonna start looking for work, but we're coming back here to be close to Hana… and well, so I can see you more often," he admitted with a bit of a shy smile.
"That's great. That's really good. Hey, if Yori needs a job, she might be able to work with me and Shego at the school. We've got a lot students now, so it might be a good idea to have another teacher and some of the students have been asking about learning 'ninja stuff.' Shego was trying to teach them, but she doesn't have much time because of her other students," Kim explained.
"You think Shego'll go for that?" Ron asked with a doubtful expression on his face.
"I'm sure she'll go for anything that doesn't involve her mother sticking around to try to help."
"Shego's got a mother?" Ron inquired with wide eyes. He supposed that it made sense, but it never crossed his mind.
Kim laughed. "Mother and father."
"A mother and a father? Like human parents?" he asked, quite seriously.
Laughing more, Kim nodded. "They're both downstairs. They're very nice people. I bet Kane would love you."
"This I have to see," Ron said.
Kim chuckled and they went back to the gathering. She introduced Ron and Yori to Shego's parents. They were stunned to find out that Yori knew who Isabel was… enough to faint when she met the middle-aged martial artist. Luckily enough, Ron caught his girlfriend before she hit the floor.
"As always, Bella, your fame precedes you," Kane chuckled, staring at the poor, passed-out Yori.
"And here it is I thought your martial arts were actually just movie magic," Shego remarked, speaking to her mother.
"Hey, I'm a legend if you whisper in the right circles," Isabel boasted with a proud smile. Of course, Shego knew that, but just wanted to be annoying.
"I don't get it. What do you do?" Ron asked curiously while situating Yori safely in a chair that was in the unused dining area. It was an office chair, though. He could only wonder where it went since the office had a chair already. He began fanning his girlfriend with the hope that it would wake her up.
"What do I do?" Isabel echoed with a frown as if she was insulted. "I break people in half," she declared.
"All the time!" the Wegos chimed in, still in the game room.
"She's quite efficient," Kane added.
Ron did not understand what they meant and did not ask for more information. Once he was certain Yori was all right, he went to go check out the game room. Yori made herself busy by working up the courage to talk to Isabel. Isabel was flattered by the attention, but she worked on calming Yori down. Despite the fact that Yori had grown up on a secluded mountaintop, she knew about plenty of famous/infamous martial artists in the world.
With all of the guests there and everything seeming kind of fine, everyone mingled and had a good time. The food was devoured, the beers disappeared, and everyone seemed to be happy. The trio was pleased with that, Kim especially.
As the night pressed on, guests began to leave. Isabel and Kane practically had to drag their twins out of the game room and they were not the only ones. The doctors Possible had to do the same thing. Both sets of twins would have stayed in the game room all night if they would have, egging each other on in every game by belittling and insulting each other. The hosts were at the door with everyone's jackets as they started filing out of the apartment.
"Thanks for inviting us, duckies," Isabel said with a smile as she hugged each of the hosts and kissed them all on the cheek.
"Duckies?" Shego echoed. What the hell was wrong with her mother?
"Thanks for having beer," Kane remarked with his usual grin. He was not drunk in the slightest, even though he had downed much of the alcohol that was there. He burned it off much faster than most people, though.
"No problem, Daddy," Shego said, holding in a smile. Kane hugged her and her girlfriends while assuring them he had a great time, which Shego could not understand since her father spent most of his time talking to Kim's father.
Isabel and Kane collected their jackets and their sons' jackets. They then dragged the Wegos out of the place. The twins begged to be released, so that they could go back to kicking the tweebs asses in video games. Their pleas were ignored.
"Just one more game!" they both cried, but their parents tossed them into the elevator to go downstairs.
The Possible clan was the next to take their leave. The hosts were not surprised to get hugs from Ann or Gwen as they were leaving. The shock of the night came from James leaning down and embracing Kim.
"I had a good time, Kimmie-cub. You be good, okay?" James said.
"Um… sure, Dad," Kim replied in a low, almost confused tone. It was like she did not understand what was going on. It was nice he was talking to her, though.
"You two take good care of Kim. Keep her out of trouble," James said to Shego and Bonnie. He stunned them by reaching out and shaking their hands. They were so shocked that they could not even move. After all, a man who could hardly look at them before was now shaking their hands in a friendly, almost trusting manner while telling them to take care of his daughter.
Ann and Gwen smiled softly to themselves while the twins actually cheered. They were glad to see their father opening his heart and his mind to Kim's choices. They all knew it would do Kim good and give her the boost in life that she needed. James was well aware of what his approval would do and he was happy to just be able to keep his daughter. At least she was happy, he told himself.
"That was great, dear," Ann said, kissing James on the cheek as they waited for the elevator.
"Yeah, Dad." The twins both clapped him on the back. He stood up a little taller, even though he knew he had a long way to go. He still felt like the trio was just wrong, after all.
After the Possibles departed, Wade figured he needed to get home. He also needed to get Monique home. At least she's on my way, he thought while letting out a yawn. He would have a sore throat in the morning, he realized. He had done a lot of yelling with those twins over the games, but at least he had a lot of fun while doing it.
"Gimme a ring tomorrow, we'll do some shopping," Monique informed the trio as she and Wade stepped to the door.
"We'll see," Bonnie answered. She was not too sure if it was prudent of them to go on a shopping spree at the moment. After all, the only thing really keeping them afloat was the fact that Shego was filthy, stinking rich. They should probably work out a budget or something first.
"It'll be a blast. Lemme know what you wanna do. I should be around for a while," Monique told them.
"Cool," Kim said.
They all bid Monique and Wade farewell. Last but not least, Ron and Yori made their way out of the apartment. Kim handed over their jackets and gave a hug to both of them.
"Call me later and we'll hang out," Kim told Ron.
"Definitely. Call me about that other thing, too," Ron replied. "The other thing" was Kim throwing the idea out there that Yori teach at the school. He did not want to say it point blank because he did not think Shego would agree with the idea coming from him.
"Oh, I definitely will. Thanks again for being so understanding," Kim said.
Ron scoffed, showing it was no big deal. Sure, it was bizarre and everything, but he had lived through stranger things with Kim, like when she got turned into a monkey. Hell, her having two girlfriends was definitely better than her being a monkey.
Ron and Yori left after that. The trio sighed since they were the only ones left in the house. Now, they had cleaning to do, which was the one horrible thing about having people over. But, at least they got the desired effect. Everyone who mattered was quite comfortable with their relationship, or at least they were on their way to being comfortable with things.
"Hey, Shego, what do you think if we add another teacher to the school?" Kim asked while she was doing the dishes.
"Like? Not the buffoon," Shego replied as she wiped down the counters.
"Don't call Ron that, love. I was thinking Yori. She's a master at ninjutsu and Tai Shing Pek Kwar. Gives us a little more variety," the redhead pointed out.
"And it gets your class size down," Bonnie chimed in. She was scrubbing the stovetop.
"I can handle my class size," Shego argued.
"You can't get to everyone that needs help and plus, you've been spreading yourself kinda thin with trying to show students ninjutsu and everything," Kim countered.
"You're not preaching to me about spreading myself thin," Shego mildly snapped.
Kim laughed a bit. "Okay, okay, okay. Let's forget I said that. Just think about it for a little while."
Shego shrugged, but she did nod. She would think about it, but not right now. She just wanted to get the place clean and relax with her ladies. It took over an hour for them to clean the whole place up. Once they did, they all silently made their way to the living room.
"So, what now?" Kim asked. They settled on the sofa, lying on each other as they usually did.
"Let's go take a bath and then go to bed," Shego suggested.
"I'm all for that," Bonnie concurred.
It took them a few minutes to get off of the couch, but they made it up and went to the bathroom. Their bathroom was large and decorated in pastel colors of white and a very light green. There was a large, garden bathtub at the back of the room. It was clearly big enough to fit all three of them without a problem.
There was a separate shower that was setup next to the tub. It was also large enough to fit all three of them with five showerheads, making a semi-circle around the shower. There was a long countertop and all kinds of beauty supplies lined up on it that came from having three women who cared about how they looked living under the same roof. A long mirror ran above the counter and there were three sinks, just in case.
The trio took a quick shower before hopping into a hot bath together. They did not do anything aside from lounge in the water, which was complete with bubbles and other bath products. Kim and Bonnie were cuddled against Shego, who had her arms around both of her loves. They stayed like that quietly for about thirty minutes and then they went to the bedroom to go to sleep.
As expected, their bedroom was huge, too. It was made to comfortably accommodate all three of them and whatever they might want to keep in the room. The bed was custom made, larger than a king-size bed. It was like that for their more active nights, but when they were sleeping, they did not take up very much of the bed. They did not do anything that night.
They put on some pajamas and crawled into the bed. They curled up together with Shego resting against Kim's back. At first, Kim was pressed against Bonnie's back, but she turned around. Bonnie tucked her head underneath Kim's chin while Shego reached over and put her hands around both Kim and Bonnie. Kim buried her head in Bonnie's hair. They all fell asleep within minutes with hopes that things would finally get back to normal and that everything would be all right.
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Next time: the trio runs into some problems in the form of work, a cat, and the past.