Kim awoke to a familiar ringtone beeping. Shego's phone was on the edge of her bed and she looked at the caller display.

Betty.

Realising that she might overstep some sort of boundary if she took the call, she gently shook Shego. "Shego, your phone..."

"Hnngghh, Kim, I want to sleep in..." mumbled a sleepy Shego.

So cute, thought Kim. "C'mon, it's eight at night and Betty's calling you." Kim gently prodded Shego's side, causing the older woman to jerk wide awake.

"Ow! Huh... Oh." Shego grabbed her phone and answered it. "Yo, what do you want?"

"You sure are cranky," said Betty on the other end.

"Well, you woke me from a nap."

"Rough weekend at the Possibles'?"

"No, it was good. Why are you calling me?"

Betty could hear Kim's voice on the line. "Shego, don't be so rude... She's still your boss..."

"Ah, I get it now," chuckled Betty. "I interrupted something important."

Shego groaned. "Betty, what the hell. No. I was sleeping and the phone rang, so Kim woke me. That's all. Get your head out of the gutter. Goddamnit, woman!"

Betty could hear Kim chuckle and grinned. She sure did know how to irk her best friend. "I was just calling to check up on you. You know, best friends do that regularly."

"I'm fine, fine, just dandy," muttered Shego.

"Good. I'll need you to stop by the office tomorrow morning. I've managed to get us another client and need to go over their requests with you."

"Fine, fine," replied Shego. "What time?"

"Around 11."

"Ok."

"Good, say hello to Kim for me," said Betty before she hung up.

Kim had an amused look on her face even though she had not heard most of the conversation.

"What?" asked Shego when she saw Kim's facial expression.

"Nothing, nothing," replied Kim. "You have to head over to GJ Designs tomorrow?"

"Yeah, Betty said we have a new client and wants to go over the proposed projects with me."

"Ok. Do you want to meet up for lunch or no?"

"Depends on how long this meeting'll take... I'll give you a call?"

"Sounds good."

Shego stretched and looked at the clock on Kim's bedside table. "Wow, I slept right through dinner? That's a first... Usually my naps are about an hour long, not four hours..."

"Do you want to grab food? Or are you planning on heading home right now?"

"Food's good. St. Jude's?"

"Sure. Let's take your car? It'll be better for you to head on home since it's closer and I can just walk."

"It's dark outside... I can double-back and give you a ride home."

"Shego, it's just two blocks..."

"I'd rather you be safe and sound-"

"Shego, are you normally this protective?"

"A bit, yes, but my point is-"

"It's a safe neighbourhood-"

"-I don't want you catching a cold."

"I'll wear a warm coat."

"Just let me drive you home?"

Kim sighed. "Ok, ok."

Kim poked her sandwich as she sipped her soda. Shego had noticed that Kim was quiet during the drive over.

"Ok, spill, what's on your mind?"

"Why did you have to insist to drive me home, Shego?" Kim didn't seem angry or upset. "I'm fully capable of walking home on my own."

Shego put down her fork (she was eating a salad). "I... I guess it's just how I am. I can get a bit protective at times-"

"-It makes me seem like I'm not able to walk home, with how you put it."

"I didn't mean for it to be like that."

"I know, but you were so insistent..."

"Sorry."

"It's ok. I guess it just made me feel a bit like before... Suddenly doing things on my own isn't considered good since I'm now someone's property-"

"Hold up. Property? I wasn't insinuating anything of the sort, Kim."

"It's not you, it's just how it sort of was back then with my ex. Being blinded by a fake sort of love makes you do stupid things."

"I'll try to be more aware of what I say in the future. But I really want you to know I didn't really mean that you're incapable of walking home. I just want you safe and sound on the way back, that's all."

Kim reached for Shego's hand. "I know, but I guess I'm just trying to shake off things that might continually hurt me. I'm sorry, I'm causing unnecessary drama."

"Don't be sorry," replied Shego as she closed her hand around Kim's. "If anything I should be more vocal about my intentions... And be less insensitive."

"You weren't really being insensitive... Maybe it's just all in my head... After all, it was a reasonable request."

Shego took a sip of her water. "So you'll walk then?"

In all honesty, Kim wanted Shego to spend the night with her, but couldn't bring herself to ask. After all that happened today, Kim did have a good time, but wasn't sure how Shego would react again if she asked her girlfriend to stay.

"Yeah, I'll walk."

Shego merely nodded.

The rest of their late night dinner was finished in silence.

Author's Notes: Touching upon random things that couples might fight about... Some drama's good. Not like this is already laced with enough drama for a soap opera. I don't know, I would think that people would get annoyed if their significant others smother (or dote) too much in a relationship?

Chapter title is from "Run" by Uh Huh Her.