Note: Here's chapter 2. Picks up where the cliffhanger left off. Thanks for the reviews. Here's the rest of the story.
As they walked through the park, Kim and Ron couldn't take their minds off what just happened.
"Ok, that was weird." Said Kim.
"Yeah, beyond all reason." Ron agreed.
"Like you said it could be a trap, has to be." Kim pointed out.
"Looks like I'm on my own, thanks for coming out here." Said Shego once she caught up with Kim and Ron.
"Oh, uh… no big," Kim said nervously.
"You sure you can't help me? I mean this is not exactly how I wanted to do this but…" Shego asked.
"As much as I like the idea of somebody trying to improve themselves, this is…" Kim stopped short.
"Awkward?" Shego finished.
"Uh… yeah." Kim replied.
"I understand, believe me you were the last person on my list." Shego admitted.
Typically Shego wouldn't ask Kim for help unless it was absolutely necessary and although it didn't work out the way she hoped, she had braced herself for the worst thing Kim could say which was, 'No'.
"So…" Ron started to say.
"What'll you do now?" Kim asked.
"I don't know, I'll figure something out, don't worry about me." Shego answered.
"Sure?" Ron asked.
"Yes Ron, I'm ok, really." Shego assured him.
She smiled briefly; surprised that he was actually concerned about her.
"Later," she said before heading off towards the nearest bus stop.
"Ron?" Kim said and waved a hand in front of his face.
"Earth to Ron?" she continued.
Ron grinned from ear to ear.
"She remembered my name." he said.
"Ron! Focus here, Shego is a villain she hates us." Kim reminded him.
It didn't take long for Ron to snap out of his thoughts.
"Oh, yeah." He replied sheepishly.
As he followed Kim back to his scooter, Ron spotted Shego sitting at the bus stop.
She looked up and smiled at him.
Ron couldn't help but smile back at her.
He snapped out his staring contest with Shego when he heard Kim.
"Ron, come 'on." She called.
"Comin' K.P.!" he said and quickly went to catch up with Kim.
Kim frowned at looked at Ron, obviously confused.
"What's wrong with you?" she asked.
"Nothing," Ron sputtered.
He let out a sigh and thought about what just happened.
"Why must I be so kind and caring?" he asked himself.
Exhaling loudly, Shego leaned back against the bench.
"Well, can't blame a girl for trying." She said to herself, thinking about her conversation with Kim and Ron.
Later that day…
"So, Shego called you?" Wade asked.
"I know, weird huh?" said Kim.
"I've seen worse." Wade admitted.
"Same here," Kim agreed.
Just then, the doorbell rang.
"Oh, Monique's here, we're studying for tomorrow's pop quiz, gotta go." Said Kim before she hung up and placed the Kimmunicator on the coffee table.
She got up and went to open the door.
"Hey," she greeted Monique.
"Hey girl, ready to get started?" Monique asked.
"Oh yeah, come on in." said Kim.
"Where's Ron?" Monique replied.
"Over there," Kim answered, pointing at the couch.
Ron laughed obviously enjoying the comic book he was reading.
"That's a good one."
He paused and looked up.
"Oh! Hi Monique, when did you get here?"
"Just now." She answered.
"Ok," was Ron's reply.
"You ready to study?" Kim asked.
Ron sighed and looked at his friends.
"As I'll ever be." He said putting down his comic book.
Meanwhile…
Shego had gotten off the bus and headed towards the lair.
"Phew! Home sweet home." She said to herself.
By now it was close to 4:00pm and although it had stopped raining two hours ago, there were still a few storm clouds in the sky.
She walked up the stairs and to the back door. She entered the security code and walked in.
"Hey Dr. D, I'm back." Shego announced.
Drakken looked up from the computer keyboard.
"So, how'd it go?" he asked.
"Not good, I'm on my own." Shego answered.
"Oh… well, sorry to hear that." Said Drakken who was rather surprised and disappointed.
"I thought the person I went to talk to could help me but… it's not gonna work." Said Shego.
"At least you tried." Drakken pointed out, before taking a bite out of his cheese sandwich.
"I did… and I still am." Shego replied.
She hung up her jacket on nearby hook and was about to head off to her room.
Even after all she went through she was still back at square one.
"You're not giving up are you?" Drakken asked.
Shego turned around to face her boss.
"Me? Give up?" she said with a nervous chuckle.
"Never."
Back at the Possible house, Kim, Ron and Monique were in the middle of their math pop quiz.
"Can you believe Shego wants to go back to school?" Kim asked.
"Actually, no." Monique answered.
Kim had just got through telling Monique about the conversation she and Ron had with Shego in Upperton earlier that day.
"I dunno guys; I think that's… a good thing." Ron disagreed, regarding Shego.
"Ron, come 'on we've known Shego for a long time, that doesn't sound like her." Kim pointed out.
"Maybe not but sometimes…" Ron was cut off.
"Ron, get real." Said Kim.
"Shego, in high school? Now that I'd like to see." Monique admitted.
"Yeah, what a laugh." Said Ron.
He laughed at the thought of Shego being in a high school.
Kim and Monique couldn't help but laugh too. It was pretty funny.
"I feel sorry for anyone that ends up being her classmates." said Kim.
"Me too," Ron agreed.
"Hey, I'm going in the kitchen, you guys want anything while I'm up?" Kim asked as she got up.
"Just some chips," Ron answered.
"And a ginger ale." Said Monique.
"Got it," Kim replied before going in the kitchen.
Monique and Ron were busy with their homework when Jim and Tim ran into the living room.
"Whoa! Where you guys off to?" Ron asked.
"Oh, uh…" Tim sputtered.
"Nowhere." Said Jim.
Just then the four them heard a loud 'splash' in the kitchen.
"Tweebs!" Kim yelled.
"Gotta go!" Jim and Tim said simultaneously before making their exit.
Kim walked into the living room; her hair was now soaking wet as well as her shirt.
"Not a word, got it?" she said firmly.
Ron and Monique simply stared at their friend and said nothing.
The next day…
"Uh-huh, you're sure? No, no I understand. Thank you." Said Shego, before she hung up the phone.
Leaning against her desk chair she let out a loud groan of frustration.
"How's the school search going?" Drakken asked as he entered the room.
"Not so good," Shego replied.
"Well, why don't you try another one?" Drakken suggested.
That was the last one, in Lowerton County at least and on my list. Face it, Dr. D, it's a lost cause." Shego concluded.
Earlier that morning, Shego continued her search for a high school in Middleton that would accept her application. After an hour, Shego took a break to grab a bagel and relax.
Taking a sip of his coffee, Drakken glanced at her laptop screen.
He raised his eyebrows when he noticed something.
"Maybe not," he said.
"Huh?" Shego asked.
"Did you try this one?" Drakken answered, pointing at the list on the screen.
"How'd I miss that?" Shego wondered, noticing there was one school on the list that she hadn't applied for.
"Oh well, I've got nothing to lose." She signed and started typing.
Meanwhile, Kim and Ron were on their way to homeroom.
The conversation about Shego going back to high school never ended. As soon as they met up outside Kim's house, their conversation picked up where it had left off.
"You think Shego found a school?" Ron asked.
"Maybe, why are you so worried?" Kim said, frowning at her friend.
Ron froze for a minute.
"Worried? I'm not worried. Just curious." He said nervously.
Kim stared at him, still frowning.
"Uh-huh," she said in a dull tone.
Brushing back a strand of hair, Kim continued.
"Well, if she does get accepted in a school, I just hope it's far away from here."
"K.P., come' on, I doubt Shego would end up going to some place near these parts." Said Ron.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." Kim agreed, feeling more relaxed even though she shuddered at the idea of Shego going to a local high school or worse, Middleton High.
"Maybe she got into Eastside," Ron added.
"Who knows? At lease we won't be seeing her around here anytime soon." Said Kim.
No sooner did their conversation, the bell rang and many of the students rushed to their classes.
1 week later…
"That dog gave me a work out, let me tell ya..." Said Shego who came back from walking Commodore Puddles. As she took off his leash, the phone rang. Drakken started to get up from his workspace but Shego stopped him.
"I'll get it," she offered.
She went over to the phone and picked it up.
"Hello? Oh, hi… yes, this is her. Uh-huh, uh-huh…"
Drakken half listened to the conversation. At the moment he was working on his latest project. Making a robot, using the parts from an old radio and a remote controlled car.
He let out a growl of frustration as he tried to place a small metal rod into the slot. Just then the rod, snapped in half. "Darn it!" said Drakken.
"What?! I did! Sure, I can start tomorrow. No, no, no it's fine, thank you." Shego said before hanging up the phone.
"Yes!" she said triumphantly.
Drakken gave up on his project for the time being and went over to Shego.
"What was that about?" he asked.
"I got in! The school accepted my application!" Shego exclaimed.
Drakken's jaw dropped.
"Shego, that's… great." He said.
"Thanks!" Shego replied as she hugged him but quickly let go.
"Oh, sorry." She said quickly.
"Ok, that was strange, but… you're excited, huh?" Drakken asked.
"Excited? Well…" Shego sputtered, laughing nervously.
"That's an understatement. So, when do you start?" Drakken replied.
"Tomorrow," said Shego.
"T-tomorrow?" Drakken stuttered.
Shego frowned, as if she said something wrong.
"This won't affect my work will it?" she asked.
"No, no, not at all. I want you to know I support you going back to school." said Drakken.
Shego grinned briefly.
"Thanks," she said and started to leave the room.
"Where are you off to?" Drakken asked.
"Smarty-Mart, gotta get some school supplies before the first day." Shego explained.
"Right," was Drakken's reply, looking somewhat puzzled.
"I'll be back in an hour, ciao!" said Shego before making her exit.
Once she was gone Drakken turned his attention to Puddles who was currently sitting in a chair. Like most dogs, Commodore Puddles was never too far away from Drakken and had a habit of climbing onto his desk chair when he wasn't looking.
"Can you believe it, Puddles?" Drakken asked.
The toy poodle simply tilted his head at his owner's question.
"Hey, don't look at me like that; I'm just as shocked as you are. I can't remember the last time Shego went shopping for something other than Club Banana." Said Drakken.
Puddles barked, as if reminding his human about something he forgot.
"Ok there was that time we ran out of English muffins but that's not the point!" Drakken replied.
For the most part, when it came to groceries and other miscellaneous supplies, Drakken's henchmen often picked it up, with the exception of more personal items such as toothpaste.
Puddles simply yawned and stretched. Getting out of the chair he circled three times before settling down on the floor.
Later that day…
"Can you believe we got stuck with an eight-hundred word essay for homework?" Kim asked as she and Ron walked home.
"Yeah, on 'The Wonders of Shellfish' who writes about that?" Ron wondered.
"You like lobster don't you?" Kim continued.
"Sure, I do." Said Ron.
"Problem solved." Kim concluded, trying to give Ron an idea for what to write.
"Oh, ok… still kinda dull though." Ron pointed out.
"Tell me about it," Kim agreed.
Just then, Ron noticed something up ahead.
"Say, isn't that Jim and Tim? On your bike?" he asked.
No sooner did he finish his sentence the Possible twin brothers came closer to Kim and Ron.
"Coming through!" they shouted as they went by.
"What the…? Tweebs!" Kim exclaimed.
"I'll be right back," she said to Ron.
Kim set her backpack down on the sidewalk before going after her brothers.
"Don't worry I'll…" Ron trailed off; realizing Kim was already heading down the block.
"Be here…" he finished.
Meanwhile on the other side of town, things seemed to be going well for Shego… or so it seemed.
"That went well… good thing I remembered Smarty-Mart's back to school sale ended today." She said to herself. For the past twenty minutes, Shego gathered all the supplies she would need for school. Prior to leaving the lair, she had switched to some clothes she had bought at Club Banana. Back when she was on Team Go, during her 'off work hours' she never wore her black and green jumpsuit and did the same thing when she started working for Drakken. Just then, Shego heard a familiar voice.
"So I said to him, if you want it done right you got to do it yourself."
Shego stopped in her tracks, she recognized that voice anywhere.
"Oh no! Frugal, I gotta hide." She muttered and hid behind a nearby clothes rack.
"Anyway, I…" Frugal Lucre paused when he heard a faint thump.
"Did you hear something?" he asked, turning to Motor Ed.
"You mean besides you chattering? No." Ed replied.
"Eh, it's probably nothing." Said Frugal.
"I'm sure, now where's those wrenches we came for?" Ed asked.
"Aisle twenty-two." Frugal replied.
"Cousin Drew was right; this Lucre guy is so annoying, seriously!" Ed said to himself before going to catch up with Frugal.
Once they were out of site, Shego slowly came out of her hiding place.
"Phew!" she sighed, wiping some sweat off her forehead.
"That was close; I need to get out of here before they see me."
Although the other customers in Smarty-Mart didn't recognize her without the jumpsuit; a dark green turtleneck sweater, pair of khakis and some white nikes wouldn't fool Frugal Lucre or Motor Ed for that matter.
A short time later, Shego was back in the lair.
"Great, I made it back without Frugal and Ed noticing me… and no Dr. D in sight." She said to herself.
Letting out a sigh of relief, Shego relaxed but not for long.
"Shego!" Drakken yelled.
"Swell…" she muttered.
"Yes?"
"Can you come here, please?" Drakken called.
Shego groaned, what did he want now?
Setting the two bags of school supplies aside, she went into Drakken's office.
"You called?" she asked.
"Back from shopping?" Drakken replied.
"No, I was washing the hovercraft, of course I'm back from shopping!" said Shego.
"Uh, well then… that's good." was all Drakken could say at the moment.
"So, what'd you call me in here for, anyway?" Shego asked after a moment.
"Get dressed." Drakken said to her.
Shego raised an eyebrow.
"What for?" she asked.
Drakken smiled.
"You'll see." He said.
"You're scaring me, Dr. D." Shego admitted, sounding rather concerned.
"Well, you know what can I say? I'm a scary guy." Said Drakken.
Shego snickered.
"Yeah, you are." She agreed before making her exit.
Back in Middleton…
"Ok, annd… done! What do you think Rufus?" Ron asked.
For the past hour, he had been working on his essay and was finished.
Rufus glanced at the sheet of paper on Ron's desk and shook his head.
"Uh-uh," he said to him.
"What's wrong with it?" Ron asked, looking rather puzzled.
"Too short." Rufus answered.
"What do you mean it's too short?" Ron wondered.
Looking down at his paper he realized what Rufus meant.
"I guess you got a point, five sentences doesn't cut it." He said with a sigh.
"I wonder how K.P. is doing."
Picking up the phone, Ron pressed number one on speed dial and waited.
Kim was quickly alerted by the phone ringing and went to answer.
"Hello?"
"Hey Kim, how's the essay coming along?" Ron asked.
"Oh, I'm almost done." She answered.
Ron was in shock.
"Almost done?! Really?"
"Yeah what about you?" Kim asked.
"Me? I've only got… f-five sentences." Ron stuttered.
"Only five? Ron, come 'on, that's not a real essay." Said Kim.
"I know, I know and if I don't find a way to make this longer I'm gonna get an F!" Ron added.
"What shellfish did you right about anyway?" he asked.
"Crawfish, why?" Kim answered.
"Uh, no reason… look, I'mma get back to work, later K.P." said Ron before he hung up the phone.
He picked up a pencil, looked at his paper and groaned.
"I'm doomed," Ron said to himself, placing his head on his desk.
While Ron worked on his homework, in Upperton Shego was having her share of awkwardness.
"All right, I put on a dress and you dragged me out here; I don't why I'm going through with this." She said as she stepped out of the hovercraft.
"You'll find out," Drakken replied.
As they walked through the parking lot, it didn't take long for Shego to recognize her surroundings.
"Wait a minute, this looks familiar."
No sooner did she finish her sentence, Shego realized where she was.
"Chez Chateaux? What in the world?" Shego sputtered, raising an eyebrow.
"Just come 'on," Drakken insisted before entering the restaurant, with Shego not far behind.
"Dr. D, just what is going on?" Shego asked, still feeling rather confused.
"Aw, I wanted it to be a surprise." He whined, but knew he'd have to tell his sidekick anyway.
"To celebrate you going back to finish high school, I thought we should go out to dinner."
Shego's eyes widened in shock.
"Really? You did this for me?"
"Of course, you work hard; you deserve it." Drakken answered.
"Thanks… but are you sure you can afford this?" Shego asked.
"Positive," was Drakken's reply.
Shego looked at him, feeling suspicious.
"And just how are you paying for this?"
The last time something like this happened, Shego ended up picking up the tab.
"Don't worry about it, a friend of mine owed me a favor, this one's on me." Drakken assured her.
"Wow, I don't know what to say." Shego admitted.
"Relax, you can thank me later." Said Drakken.
"Table for two."
"Right this way," the Hostess said, leading them to one of the available tables.
Moments later…
"So, let me get this straight, Ed is afraid of sheep?" Shego asked.
"Bad experience at a petting zoo when we were kids. Don't ask." Drakken answered.
"Yikes." Said Shego, who found it somewhat hard to believe somebody like Motor Ed could be afraid of an animal like a sheep.
Currently the two of them were sitting at a table, talking. There was a window nearby with a view of downtown Middleton's skyline. Shego knew a table like this was hard to get and her boss's friend must've gone to great lengths to reserve this spot.
Before she could say anything, Shego was alerted by the sound of her cellphone.'
"Hang on,"
Reaching into her olive green handbag she pulled out her cellphone and answered it.
"Hello? Yes, this is she…one second." She put her hand over the phone before turning to Drakken.
"Sorry, I've got to take this, be right back." She said before getting up and leaving the table.
Drakken watched Shego until she headed outside. Who would be calling her at 7:00pm anyway?
"Eh," he said, shrugging his shoulders, trying not to think about it.
"Dr. Drakken?" a familiar voice rang out.
"Senior? What are you doing here?" he asked, noticing the older man walking up to him.
"Business dinner, Martin's idea." Señor Senior Senior replied.
Drakken nearly fell over.
"Martin? As in Martin Smarty? The founder of Smarty-Mart?"
"The one and only, so, where's your partner in crime?" Senior asked.
"Outside, had to take a phone call." Drakken answered.
"Ah, I see." Said Senior.
"Junior's at home?" Drakken asked after a brief moment of silence.
"With friends, at the Upperton country club." Senior explained.
Drakken coughed after taking a sip of his glass of sparkling cider.
"How'd you get in a place like that?"
"Long story," was Senior's reply.
"Uh-huh," Drakken said in a dull tone.
"Anyhow… thanks for the favor."
"Eh, it was the least I could do, Shego is… really something." Said Senior.
A few weeks ago, when Shego tutored Junior, Senior offered to do Drakken a favor for allowing him to hire his sidekick for to tutor Junior for a month.
Drakken frowned at Senior's comment.
"Are we talking about the same person?" he asked.
Senor Senior laughed.
"I'll let you be the judge, here she comes now."
"Adios," he said before walking back to his table.
"I'm back," Shego announced before sitting down.
She noticed a rather stunned look on Drakken's face.
"Did I miss something?"
"Not more than usual," Drakken replied, tossing in a nervous grin.
Shego simply shrugged her shoulders.
"Whatever," she said before taking a sip of her Shirley Temple.
One hour later…
"That was… great." Shego said once she and Drakken got back to the lair.
"Glad you enjoyed yourself." Drakken replied.
"I didn't even know they served Kobe beef." Shego admitted.
She then opened the door and turned on the light.
Drakken's toy poodle, Commodore Puddles hopped off the couch and trotted towards Shego and Drakken, greeting them with a friendly bark and wagging tail.
"Yes, Puddles we're home." Said Drakken.
Shego laughed as she watched the toy dog run in a circle around her.
She patted him on the head briefly.
"Down, boy." Said Shego, as she pushed Puddles of her leg.
"Well, I've got an early start, I'll see you later Dr. D." Shego continued.
Before leaving the room, she looked at her boss one last time.
"Thanks, for everything."
Drakken couldn't help but smile, he could tell Shego was a good mood and really meant what she said.
"You're welcome." He replied.
Shego smiled briefly and then headed down the hallway towards her room.
Puddles glanced at Drakken and barked.
"Puddles, please it's not like that!" Drakken exclaimed.
Puddles simply stretched and went to find Shego.
Meanwhile…
After changing clothes, Shego decided to get herself organized and ready for her first day of returning to high school.
"Ok, let's see… got my toothbrush, school supplies and…" Shego paused when she noticed Puddles poking around in her closet.
"Puddles, what have you got there?"
She picked up an old shoebox and proceeded to blow the dust off of it.
"I haven't seen this in a long time." She said to herself before opening the box.
Inside the box were a few knick-knacks and other items: a jade bracelet, some postcards, a black and white bottle cap and a teal colored scrunchy. One thing that stood out was a small sage green photo album.
Shego picked up the album and opened it. As she skimmed through the photos, she sniffled. Puddles whined and placed his paw on Shego's wrist.
Wiping her eyes with the back of her head, she turned her attention to the small dog next to her.
"I'm fine, Puddles." said Shego, as she rubbed him behind the ears.
Letting out a loud sigh, Shego closed the album and placed it back in the shoebox.
"Can't for this," she said before setting the box aside.
Shego had kept the shoebox since she was a kid. Many of the items inside were things she had kept over the years. The photo album had photos of her family, friends and her old neighborhood. When she and her brothers moved to Go City, Shego took the box with her and often looking at the album and such whenever she felt homesick. Prior to quitting Team Go, Shego made sure she didn't leave that box behind.
After she started working for Drakken, Shego had placed the box near the back of her closet and hardly pulled it out like she used to.
Sitting back on the floor against her bed, Shego thought about the whole idea of going back to school.
"Maybe this is a bad idea." She confessed.
Shego snapped out her thought when Puddles yapped.
"What now?" she asked.
Puddles looked at her with big puppy dog eyes.
Shego normally kept a straight face, but when it came to animals, especially dogs they tugged at her heartstrings.
"Aww, ok I'll go but I'm still not sure about this. What do you think Puddles?" she asked.
It didn't take long for Puddles to come up with a reply. He jumped up and began licking Shego's face.
"Ok, ok, you got me! Stop already!" she sputtered.
She couldn't help but giggle.
"I'll do it… for real. Thanks pal." Said Shego.
She patted Puddles on the head and went back to sorting through her school supplies.
'Works every time,' Puddles thought.
If there was one thing Puddles knew dogs were good at it was lifting a person's mood.
Later that night…
Shego sat by the window, near her bed looking at Middleton's skyline.
"Well, tomorrow will be here," she said with a sigh.
"What am I saying? I can handle this. Yeah." She told herself.
She groaned in frustration for a moment and tugged on a few strands of her jet black hair.
"I'm so nervous!"
After calming down, Shego glanced at one of the photos that was in her album then she looked outside.
"She wouldn't be afraid, and she wouldn't back out of this either." She said.
The person in the photo was her mother.
It had been taken in front of the house she and her brothers grew up in.
Shego looked so much like her mother it was scary. Long black hair, dark green eyes, it was easy to see they were related.
Besides the photo, Shego also had a card in her hand. The card had a picture of a Corgi puppy, sitting among some blue hydrangeas. Shego opened the card and read what was written inside which was:
No matter what happens, I'll always be there for you.
Love, Mom.
Shego grinned, the card was one that her mother had sent to her a month after she and her brothers left for Go City.
No matter how many times she looked at them, reading the cards and letters her parents had written always made her smile.
Letting out a yawn, Shego slipped the card and photo back into the shoebox.
She got into bed and stared at the ceiling, within a few minutes, Shego was asleep.
The next morning, Shego woke up to the sound of her alarm clock blaring. It was 6:00am.
She moaned at hearing the noise and attempted to shut it off. After a couple tries she found the off button.
"Dr. D buys the worst anniversary gifts." Shego muttered.
The alarm clock was a gift Drakken had given her on the first anniversary of the day she started working for him.
Shego sat up and stretched, followed by a yawn.
"I better get started." She said to herself and got out of bed.
Meanwhile in Middleton, there was a familiar redhead doing the same.
"Morning, Kimmie cub, you're up bright and early." Said Mr. Possible as Kim entered the kitchen.
"Yeah, you're usually hittin' the snooze button right about now." Jim pointed out.
He and Tim were sitting at the table, finishing their cornflakes, while their parents were having their morning coffee.
"I wouldn't have that problem if a couple of people whose names shall remain anonymous, hadn't used my alarm clock for their latest science project." Said Kim.
Mr. Possible looked up from the newspaper he was reading and glanced at his sons.
"Boys…" he started to say.
"Gotta go," the twins said in unison before running off.
"How I survived the last ten years with them is beyond me." Kim admitted.
Her Dad chuckled in response. Kim had been said similar things before and this was no different.
Just then, the doorbell rang.
"That's Ron, gotta go… bye Dad, bye Mom." Said Kim who grabbed her textbooks and backpack off the table.
"But Kim, you haven't had breakfast yet," Dr. Possible pointed out.
"I'll grab something on the way to school, bye!" Kim called out; she grabbed a protein bar just in case and left, slamming the front door behind her.
"Morning, K.P." Ron greeted her.
"Hey Ron, so how's it going?" she asked.
"Good, I finally finished my essay, at eleven-thirty last night." Ron answered.
"Took you that long, huh?" Kim said before taking a bite out of her protein bar.
"Yeah, who knew how hard it is to write an eight-hundred word essay on lobsters without adding how good they taste dipped in butter." Ron replied.
"Mm, butter," said Rufus, who stuck his head out of his owner's pocket.
"I have no idea how you pulled that one off." Said Kim.
Later…
"Well, this is it." Shego said with a sigh, not too far away was the school she would be attending. Prior to leaving the lair, she left Drakken a note and had taken her bike. After parking it on the rack, near the parking lot, Shego pulled her dark green backpack out of the basket on the rear end of the bike. As she walked towards the entrance she took in the details of the school, one of them being the sign on the front lawn which said: "Sunny with a chance of leaves (seriously, it's autumn)."
"Seems like a nice place." Shego noted.
While she was excited, she was also nervous. What if somebody recognized her? Even though the black and green striped long sleeve shirt, blue jeans and black and white sneakers did help along with having her hair back in a ponytail, Shego knew someone like Kim Possible could easily tell the difference.
As she got closer she could hear various students talking.
"No, way" said a girl who was having a conversation with two other teens.
"That is so cool!" said a boy.
"Oh yeah, it's all coming back to me now." Shego muttered, remembering the days at her old school.
"Hi there! Can I help you?" one of the students asked.
Shego was startled at first but quickly relaxed.
She turned around and noticed a short red haired boy with glasses standing there.
"Uh… yes. This is my first day and…" Shego was cut off.
"Oh, so you're the new student, I'm Alan Platt. Welcome to Middleton High." He said.
"Thanks," Shego replied and shook his hand.
"Come 'on, I'll show you where to pick up your student I.D." Alan continued.
"So, you new in town?" he asked as he and Shego entered the school.
"No, not really, I live north of here." Shego answered.
"Oh, Upperton, eh?" Alan concluded.
"Yeah," was Shego's reply.
"Cool, I've got friends there, it's pretty nice." Said Alan.
"Yeah, if you like Beverly Hills and country clubs." Shego said sarcastically.
Alan laughed, he had to admit for a new student, she had an interesting sense of humor.
After picking up her student I.D. and whatever else she needed for her first day, Shego followed Alan down one of the hallways towards the classroom.
"Well, here's homeroom," he announced and opened the door.
"Ladies first," Alan said, holding the door open for Shego.
"Gee, thanks." She replied.
"All right people before we begin we have a new student joining the class." Mr. Barkin announced.
Ron raised an eyebrow at hearing this.
"New student?" he asked.
"Who could it be?" Kim wondered.
Mr. Barkin cleared his throat.
"Everyone, say hello to your new classmate, Sheena Gomer."
Shego slowly entered the room, making eye contact with the rest of the class.
She swallowed hard before she spoke.
"Hi there," she said nervously.
Nobody said a word, they simply stared looking surprised.
The only sounds that could be heard was a cricket chirping and a student coughing in the background.
"Don't speak all at one, please." Said Mr. Barkin who tried to get the ball rolling.
After a moment, seeing that none of his students were eager to welcome their new classmate, he decided to move on to something else.
"Oh, well… better take your seat."
"Going," said Shego who went to look for an available desk.
Kim watched her as she walked by.
"Ron, that was Shego!" she said.
"No it wasn't, her name is Sheena Gomer." Ron replied.
"It's obviously fake, still, why is she using a different name, but more importantly, what is she doing here?" said Kim.
"Relax, Kim I'm sure there's a perfectly good explanation." Ron assured her.
"Anywho… I'm sure you all brought in your book reports. With the exception of our new student here." Said Mr. Barkin.
There was a brief silence followed by the sounds of paper rustling.
"Ah, yes very good." Mr. Barkin continued, noticing the students holding up their book reports.
"Platt if you would be so kind…" he started to say.
"I'm on it, Mr. Barkin." Said Alan, he got up from his seat only to trip and land on his face.
"Ow!"
Some of his classmates laughed at this.
"Ok, that's enough." Mr. Barkin said firmly.
Once Alan got himself together he began gathering book reports of different students, with the exception of Shego.
"Thank you," he said, taking Brick's book report.
"Alan, what's the deal with the new girl?" Kim asked once he got within earshot range.
"I don't know, we just met. I showed her where to pick up her I.D. and stuff but that's all." He explained.
"Ok, thanks." Said Kim.
"Maybe you ought to talk to her, she seems kinda nice." Alan suggested.
"Uh, yeah." Kim said sheepishly.
"Nice? I can't believe that someone used Shego and word nice in the same sentence." Kim continued once Alan had gone off to collect the remaining book reports.
"Me either, but come 'on K.P. there's no way Sheena and Shego are one and the same." Ron pointed out.
"Maybe not." Kim agreed.
Later that day, Ron was about to find out if he was right about Sheena.
"I'll catch you guys at gym class." He said to Brick and Vinny.
Just then he bumped into someone.
"Oof! I'm sorry." He sputtered.
"No, it was my fault, I…" Shego stopped short and looked up.
"Stoppable?"
"You know my name?" Ron asked.
"Ron, what happened? I heard a crash and… Shego?" Kim sputtered.
Shego dusted off her shirt and turned around.
"Kim? What are you doing here?" she asked.
"We're enrolled here, this is our school." Kim explained.
"You sure ?" Shego continued.
"Great," she said to herself.
"Wow, this is… a small world." Said Shego, feeling pretty awkward.
"Yeah," Ron agreed.
"Very small." Said Kim.
"What are you doing, spying me and Ron for Drakken?"
"Pfft… no, this was the only school that would accept my application," Shego explained.
"Ok, that explains a lot but what about the name?" Kim continued.
Shego looked at the teen duo and knew she couldn't keep her secret hidden.
"I never told anyone this but; Sheena Gomer is my real name." Shego announced.
"Really?" Ron asked.
"Yeah, really." Shego answered.
"Wow, K.P. you were right all along." Said Ron.
"Why's that?" Shego asked, brushing back a strand of her hair.
"Well, Ron thought that Sheena was someone who looked like you." Kim explained.
"Nope, same person. Drakken's real name is Drew Lipsky." Shego replied.
Kim and Ron snickered.
"Yeah…" she said.
"We kinda knew that." Ron added.
"So, you're just here to finish high school?" Kim asked.
"That's all, nothing else." Shego answered.
"Uh-huh… excuse us." Said Kim before she pulled Ron aside towards a nearby drinking fountain.
"I don't know about this, Shego going to school at Middleton High?" Kim continued.
"I guess it does seem weird but she does sound sincere." Said Ron.
"Maybe so, but looks can be deceiving." Kim pointed out.
She pulled her Kimmunicator out of her pocket and pressed the button.
"Wade, I need you to run a background check on Middleton's newest student, Sheena Gomer." Kim explained.
"Got it, but what for?" he asked.
"Apparently Sheena Gomer is Shego." Kim replied.
"So, what, you think Shego's using a fake name?" Wade continued.
"Yes, I do but I want to be sure." Said Kim.
"All right, I'll check but it'll take a while." Wade explained.
"That's ok; just let me know what you find." Kim replied.
"Will do." Said Wade before he hung up.
Although Kim wasn't sure whether she could trust Shego or that she was telling the truth, for now she'd play along until she got the background check results from Wade.
"So…" Shego started to say.
"How about them Lakers?" Ron asked.
Kim and Shego simply looked at him as if he was… well, crazy.
"What?" Ron said to them.
"Never mind," Kim replied.
"Look, I'm still trying to figure this whole thing out, so… maybe you guys can show me around, ya know show me the school?" Shego suggested.
Kim and Ron smiled at each other then turned to Shego.
"All right," said Kim.
"I guess we could play tour guide." Ron agreed.
The three of them were quickly alerted by the bell ringing.
"Come 'on, we're gonna be late for math class." Said Kim.
"Coming!" Ron called, as he tried to catch up, he tripped, knocking over a trash can in the process with a loud 'crash'.
"Meant to do that!" he said.
Shego and Kim looked at him for a minute.
"I'm ok, I'm fine." Ron assured them as he got up.
He plucked a rotten banana peel off his head and gathered up his books and backpack.
Kim and Shego couldn't help but snicker, it was too funny.
"Keep it down," Kim whispered.
"I'm sorry," Shego apologized.
"What's so funny?" Ron asked, looking over his shoulder at the two girls.
"Oh, uh…" Kim sputtered.
"You wouldn't get it… it's a girl thing." Said Shego.
Ron frowned at her, obviously puzzled.
"Ok, if you say so." He said before he continued on his way to math class.
Not too far behind him were Kim and Shego who were both laughing.
It was going to be an interesting morning…
MORE TO COME…
And that's Chapter 2. Sorry for the delay. I've been recovering from the flu and haven't been able to write as much as I want to. For those that might've missed it, there's reference for the episode 'Two to Tutor' and other shows and movies such as The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Hey! Arnold, The Wild Thornberrys, Stuart Little 2, Duck Dodgers and Homeward Bound 2: Lost in San Francisco.
Also Puddles getting up in Drakken's chair is actually something my own dog does.
Alan Platt and his sister first appeared in the season 1 episode 'Downhill' and are seen getting on the bus in the teaser/opening scene.
Since he didn't really have any speaking roles in the episode or series, I pictured him being voiced by Shia LaBeouf.
If anyone asks, Shirley Temple is the name of a drink made with ginger ale(or in some cases lemon-lime soda) and grenadine syrup and topped with two marashino cherries. It was named after the actress.
Kobe Beef is a type of meat from Japan. The breed, Tajima which are in the Wagyu family look like Black Angus cows. Tajima cattle which were raised in a region of Japan with the same name, were orginally used to pull carts. The only difference is the beef from Wagyu cows has a higher amount of omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids than most beef. Kobe beef tends to be more flavorful. However, most kobe beef products sold in the U.S. comes from Tajima/Black Angus mix cows, the meat also has a bolder flavor and is darker in color. (I've tried this kind of beef before, it's good!).
Dipping lobster in butter is the norm(trust me, it tastes great!).
Anyway, chapter 3 is being worked on but until I'm fully recovered, it'll probably be a while before it's up online.
So stay tuned!
Reviews are appreciated.