"Hi, my car broke down. May I use your phone?"
"Uh, Shego?" I asked. It looked like Shego, if it was her she hadn't changed a bit. Only this time she wore a red shirt and black pants.
"Yea, how did you know my name?" She asked. "Oh my, you're Kim… aren't you?"
"Yes…" I didn't want to shut the door on her, truth is I wanted to get to know her and know what happened to her.
"Well well well…." Shego turned to go to another house.
"Wait, you can use our phone. I quit my World saving career."
"Obviously." She walked in. "Where is it?"
I handed her my cell phone and she used it and called for someone to pick her up in an hour.
"Why an hour?" I asked.
"Because." She took a seat. "I want to talk to you."
"What?" I was shocked.
"You heard me, t a l k t o y o u." She spelled it out.
"Oh, well. A few years ago when I was about 18, I didn't get any rings from Wade or anything, what was up?"
"I was getting married. Starting a family. A life long dream of mine." She looked at me. "I guess" she paused.
"You guess what?"
"I married Dr. Drakken. So we stopped plotting to take over the world knowing you always stopped us. I don't know about your other villains. I'm sure the older ones died or some just stopped doing whatever. So anyways Drew and me started a family. We have one little girl."
I laughed because she called him Drew. I didn't know why, it was just funny.
"Wow, a lot has happened since last time I've seen you. Well, I have one boy and I'm pregnant now. I also got married." Shego looked at me weird.
"You already have a kid and your pregnant, your how old? 20?"
"No…" I sighed. "Do you want something to drink?"
"Sure, why not?" She grabbed a picture that I sent my mom of my tiny family. "So this is your family?"
I came back into the living room with some water.
"Yep, you have any pictures of your kid?" I handed her the glass. "I wanna see her."
"Oh well, she's about 5 but here's a picture of her." She grabbed a crumpled picture out of her pocket.
"Here she is." I looked at her. She had Drakkens eyes and Shego's hair. Her skin was a blue-green.
"Uh, wow." I didn't know what to say. "Her skin, pretty cool."
"Yeah, I don't know why her skin is like that but who cares. So how's life treating you?"
"Great. I can't wait until this baby is born."
"So Kim what happened to your friend?" She asked.
"We're still friends. Just went our separate ways. I mean, we still talk and everything. He has a child of his own." I shouldn't have said that.
Shego started laughing harder than I've ever seen anyone laugh before, her face turned red and I could see tears form into her eyes.
"He has a kid but who would want to…." I knew what she was getting at, I didn't know what else to do so I just laughed.
"Wow, it feels weird just talking to you." I looked at Shego. "Very weird."
"I know doesn't it? Usually you'd be destroying the plans for world domination and stuff, but I wonder what happened to everyone you battled, I mean it can't be we all just gave up at the same time."
"True…. That's weird but even if they started again I'm in no shape at all to go back to all that fighting."
"Yeah."
"It'd be kinda freaky. I don't even Wade is living anymore. I think he ate so much he exploded."
"Probably." Shego didn't know who Wade was but she took a guess that he was fat.
"I didn't ever see him in person,"
I noticed a car came into my driveway.
"How did they know how to pick you up?" I asked.
"Caller ID, bye." Shego finished her water and ran out the door, I watched her goodbye, I peered into the truck. It was Drakken he must've become a tow truck driver. I noticed that his daughter was in the car. She was so adorable. Her clothes didn't fit her, they were big and her hair was long and had split ends.
Josh came and surprised me by hugging me.
"Who was that?" He asked.
"Old villain I used to know, just catching up on life."
"Oh." He kissed me and walked out of the room. I sighed and followed him.
"Where's Brian?" I asked.
"I don't know."
"…….." I looked out the window and sighed. I was worried and I widened my eyes to see him out in the road. I pulled Josh and ran out outside. A car was speeding at him, before I knew it the car hit him. I screamed, that whole moment played slowly in my head and seemed to go in slow motion.
The car stopped and I stood there and turned away, the driver got out and Josh ran to him, he cradled him into his arms. The driver was screaming and crying yelling she was so sorry; she took her cell phone and quickly called 911. Soon the ambulances came. I was inside it but didn't look, Josh told me it was bad. I think he wanted me to know the truth. They took Brian into the emergency room.
I sat down into the waiting room, closing my eyes and holding onto Josh's hand and breathing at a rhythm. I couldn't believe this was happening. My son. Hit by a car, a van more like it. That thing was going so high. The women was sitting next to us, crying. She was worried.
"Oh I'll pay for the medical bills! I'm so sorry I can't believe I did this I am so sorry I wasn't paying attention. What a fool of myself I don't deserve to live. I can't believe I did this. I'm so bad. I'm going to hell, why did I do this." She was crying harder than I was, shaking so hard.
"It's fine. It's ok. We all make mistakes." Josh tried calming her down. "Take 10 deep breaths." She listened to him, still sobbing.
"Yeah…we all make mistakes…" I hugged Josh I couldn't believe this. "Everyone makes mistakes. He'll be fine we know it." We waited for a longer hour and the doctor came out.
"We have the news." He closed his eyes. "Your son…. didn't make it." I heard those words and broke down into tears, I held onto Josh to keep myself from falling down and hurting myself. He was crying to.
"Shh Kim, it's ok. It's fine. Everything will be ok." He held me tight and took a seat. I couldn't believe this. It was so scary. I didn't think this would happen. I cried and cried. We stayed there for another hour in Brian's room, he didn't deserve this. The woman came in. Her face was red from tears.
"I am so sorry. I'm paying for everything, I swear I am."
"You don't have to pay for everything. It's not all your fault. After all we weren't watching him." I spit my words out through my tears.
"No, I need to." She sobbed.
"No, we're paying for the funeral, if you really want to you can pay for half if you really feel you should. We feel you shouldn't though."
"I want to." She sat down next to me and held my hand. "I'm so sorry. I don't know how you feel because I've been alone all my life." She hugged me and handed me a card.
"That has my phone number and address and all my contact information. Call me when you can." She hugged me again and walked out of the room. We stayed for a while until Josh said we should go home. When we got home the house was silent, everyone knew what happened.
"We're sorry, Kim." My father said, he was getting old. He smoked a pipe now so his voice was so much different. I can't believe he would start smoking. It didn't seem like him at all.
I took some sleeping pills so I'd sleep for a long time that night and try to get my mind off Brian. It worked, the next day Josh had that lady over. She was about 56 years old and she was helping him with the funeral.
I sat down next to them and started crying again. My first child I ever had was out of my life forever. I could never hold him again or kiss him or hug him or read him stories. I loved him with all my heart and soul and I can't physically speak to him anymore or see him. It was too much for me and I couldn't take it. I thought crying was the only thing I could do.
"Aww Kim don't cry." Josh came over and kissed me and hugged me, he knew what to do to comfort me. I hugged him tightly and went into my old bedroom. I sat on my bed, which was covered with dust. No one used this room anymore. I got out my cell and called Ron.
"Ron, Brian got hit by a van yesterday…. he's dead now…the funeral will be in a few days. I want you to come and all just I can't believe he's gone. It's so hard…" I started crying hard again.
"Kim, I know it's hard. You'll see him again someday. I'd love to come to the funeral. I'm sure Brian is looking down on you now and he's never gone, you know. He's still right there."
Ron had a good point.
"Thank you so much, I better go down to Josh and help him with all the funeral planning. Bye."
"Bye, Kim." We both hung up and I put my cell in my pocket and closed my eyes and took a deep breath before I went downstairs. I hugged Josh.
Soon the days sped ahead and before I knew it the funeral had come. I was crying harder than ever. Almost everyone I knew was there. People from my past, my family members, Bonnie, Tara, Ron, Julie, Ron's parents. We took a seat and before I knew it the funeral ended and people were hugging me and Josh and spreading their sorrow. Some people threw roses down with him when his grave was dug. I couldn't stand to watch. I had to. This was my son. I was thankful, though. I had a new child coming.
We rode home and again no one said a word. Death is just a thing in my family we know how to handle. After our grandma died when I was 14 we didn't know what to do, we were so close to her. We've been through this before and I know what to do now but it hurts so much. We got home and I went to sleep.
"Kim, phone." Josh handed me the phone. I looked at my clock 7 AM.
"Hello?"
"Kim, this is Bonnie"
"Hi Bon."
"I'm so sorry about your kid."
"Yeah…" I laid onto my bed and took a deep breath to prevent myself from crying.
"It hurts you I know. My mother died last year. So I got all her money and everything but I'm saving it all up, and I think I should put my kids in adoption centers and start my life over. It'd be best. Thanks."
"Thanks?"
"I don't know, thanks. You're helping me with my life, and sorry." She spoke just nonsense.
"Sorry?"
"I'm sorry about the past, you know how I was such a mean girl to you and everything. You didn't deserve that."
"Yeah, well I'm going to go. I need some more sleep."
"Well ok. Bye."
"Bye"
I hung up and went back to sleep.
"Uh, Shego?" I asked. It looked like Shego, if it was her she hadn't changed a bit. Only this time she wore a red shirt and black pants.
"Yea, how did you know my name?" She asked. "Oh my, you're Kim… aren't you?"
"Yes…" I didn't want to shut the door on her, truth is I wanted to get to know her and know what happened to her.
"Well well well…." Shego turned to go to another house.
"Wait, you can use our phone. I quit my World saving career."
"Obviously." She walked in. "Where is it?"
I handed her my cell phone and she used it and called for someone to pick her up in an hour.
"Why an hour?" I asked.
"Because." She took a seat. "I want to talk to you."
"What?" I was shocked.
"You heard me, t a l k t o y o u." She spelled it out.
"Oh, well. A few years ago when I was about 18, I didn't get any rings from Wade or anything, what was up?"
"I was getting married. Starting a family. A life long dream of mine." She looked at me. "I guess" she paused.
"You guess what?"
"I married Dr. Drakken. So we stopped plotting to take over the world knowing you always stopped us. I don't know about your other villains. I'm sure the older ones died or some just stopped doing whatever. So anyways Drew and me started a family. We have one little girl."
I laughed because she called him Drew. I didn't know why, it was just funny.
"Wow, a lot has happened since last time I've seen you. Well, I have one boy and I'm pregnant now. I also got married." Shego looked at me weird.
"You already have a kid and your pregnant, your how old? 20?"
"No…" I sighed. "Do you want something to drink?"
"Sure, why not?" She grabbed a picture that I sent my mom of my tiny family. "So this is your family?"
I came back into the living room with some water.
"Yep, you have any pictures of your kid?" I handed her the glass. "I wanna see her."
"Oh well, she's about 5 but here's a picture of her." She grabbed a crumpled picture out of her pocket.
"Here she is." I looked at her. She had Drakkens eyes and Shego's hair. Her skin was a blue-green.
"Uh, wow." I didn't know what to say. "Her skin, pretty cool."
"Yeah, I don't know why her skin is like that but who cares. So how's life treating you?"
"Great. I can't wait until this baby is born."
"So Kim what happened to your friend?" She asked.
"We're still friends. Just went our separate ways. I mean, we still talk and everything. He has a child of his own." I shouldn't have said that.
Shego started laughing harder than I've ever seen anyone laugh before, her face turned red and I could see tears form into her eyes.
"He has a kid but who would want to…." I knew what she was getting at, I didn't know what else to do so I just laughed.
"Wow, it feels weird just talking to you." I looked at Shego. "Very weird."
"I know doesn't it? Usually you'd be destroying the plans for world domination and stuff, but I wonder what happened to everyone you battled, I mean it can't be we all just gave up at the same time."
"True…. That's weird but even if they started again I'm in no shape at all to go back to all that fighting."
"Yeah."
"It'd be kinda freaky. I don't even Wade is living anymore. I think he ate so much he exploded."
"Probably." Shego didn't know who Wade was but she took a guess that he was fat.
"I didn't ever see him in person,"
I noticed a car came into my driveway.
"How did they know how to pick you up?" I asked.
"Caller ID, bye." Shego finished her water and ran out the door, I watched her goodbye, I peered into the truck. It was Drakken he must've become a tow truck driver. I noticed that his daughter was in the car. She was so adorable. Her clothes didn't fit her, they were big and her hair was long and had split ends.
Josh came and surprised me by hugging me.
"Who was that?" He asked.
"Old villain I used to know, just catching up on life."
"Oh." He kissed me and walked out of the room. I sighed and followed him.
"Where's Brian?" I asked.
"I don't know."
"…….." I looked out the window and sighed. I was worried and I widened my eyes to see him out in the road. I pulled Josh and ran out outside. A car was speeding at him, before I knew it the car hit him. I screamed, that whole moment played slowly in my head and seemed to go in slow motion.
The car stopped and I stood there and turned away, the driver got out and Josh ran to him, he cradled him into his arms. The driver was screaming and crying yelling she was so sorry; she took her cell phone and quickly called 911. Soon the ambulances came. I was inside it but didn't look, Josh told me it was bad. I think he wanted me to know the truth. They took Brian into the emergency room.
I sat down into the waiting room, closing my eyes and holding onto Josh's hand and breathing at a rhythm. I couldn't believe this was happening. My son. Hit by a car, a van more like it. That thing was going so high. The women was sitting next to us, crying. She was worried.
"Oh I'll pay for the medical bills! I'm so sorry I can't believe I did this I am so sorry I wasn't paying attention. What a fool of myself I don't deserve to live. I can't believe I did this. I'm so bad. I'm going to hell, why did I do this." She was crying harder than I was, shaking so hard.
"It's fine. It's ok. We all make mistakes." Josh tried calming her down. "Take 10 deep breaths." She listened to him, still sobbing.
"Yeah…we all make mistakes…" I hugged Josh I couldn't believe this. "Everyone makes mistakes. He'll be fine we know it." We waited for a longer hour and the doctor came out.
"We have the news." He closed his eyes. "Your son…. didn't make it." I heard those words and broke down into tears, I held onto Josh to keep myself from falling down and hurting myself. He was crying to.
"Shh Kim, it's ok. It's fine. Everything will be ok." He held me tight and took a seat. I couldn't believe this. It was so scary. I didn't think this would happen. I cried and cried. We stayed there for another hour in Brian's room, he didn't deserve this. The woman came in. Her face was red from tears.
"I am so sorry. I'm paying for everything, I swear I am."
"You don't have to pay for everything. It's not all your fault. After all we weren't watching him." I spit my words out through my tears.
"No, I need to." She sobbed.
"No, we're paying for the funeral, if you really want to you can pay for half if you really feel you should. We feel you shouldn't though."
"I want to." She sat down next to me and held my hand. "I'm so sorry. I don't know how you feel because I've been alone all my life." She hugged me and handed me a card.
"That has my phone number and address and all my contact information. Call me when you can." She hugged me again and walked out of the room. We stayed for a while until Josh said we should go home. When we got home the house was silent, everyone knew what happened.
"We're sorry, Kim." My father said, he was getting old. He smoked a pipe now so his voice was so much different. I can't believe he would start smoking. It didn't seem like him at all.
I took some sleeping pills so I'd sleep for a long time that night and try to get my mind off Brian. It worked, the next day Josh had that lady over. She was about 56 years old and she was helping him with the funeral.
I sat down next to them and started crying again. My first child I ever had was out of my life forever. I could never hold him again or kiss him or hug him or read him stories. I loved him with all my heart and soul and I can't physically speak to him anymore or see him. It was too much for me and I couldn't take it. I thought crying was the only thing I could do.
"Aww Kim don't cry." Josh came over and kissed me and hugged me, he knew what to do to comfort me. I hugged him tightly and went into my old bedroom. I sat on my bed, which was covered with dust. No one used this room anymore. I got out my cell and called Ron.
"Ron, Brian got hit by a van yesterday…. he's dead now…the funeral will be in a few days. I want you to come and all just I can't believe he's gone. It's so hard…" I started crying hard again.
"Kim, I know it's hard. You'll see him again someday. I'd love to come to the funeral. I'm sure Brian is looking down on you now and he's never gone, you know. He's still right there."
Ron had a good point.
"Thank you so much, I better go down to Josh and help him with all the funeral planning. Bye."
"Bye, Kim." We both hung up and I put my cell in my pocket and closed my eyes and took a deep breath before I went downstairs. I hugged Josh.
Soon the days sped ahead and before I knew it the funeral had come. I was crying harder than ever. Almost everyone I knew was there. People from my past, my family members, Bonnie, Tara, Ron, Julie, Ron's parents. We took a seat and before I knew it the funeral ended and people were hugging me and Josh and spreading their sorrow. Some people threw roses down with him when his grave was dug. I couldn't stand to watch. I had to. This was my son. I was thankful, though. I had a new child coming.
We rode home and again no one said a word. Death is just a thing in my family we know how to handle. After our grandma died when I was 14 we didn't know what to do, we were so close to her. We've been through this before and I know what to do now but it hurts so much. We got home and I went to sleep.
"Kim, phone." Josh handed me the phone. I looked at my clock 7 AM.
"Hello?"
"Kim, this is Bonnie"
"Hi Bon."
"I'm so sorry about your kid."
"Yeah…" I laid onto my bed and took a deep breath to prevent myself from crying.
"It hurts you I know. My mother died last year. So I got all her money and everything but I'm saving it all up, and I think I should put my kids in adoption centers and start my life over. It'd be best. Thanks."
"Thanks?"
"I don't know, thanks. You're helping me with my life, and sorry." She spoke just nonsense.
"Sorry?"
"I'm sorry about the past, you know how I was such a mean girl to you and everything. You didn't deserve that."
"Yeah, well I'm going to go. I need some more sleep."
"Well ok. Bye."
"Bye"
I hung up and went back to sleep.