Disclaimer: Refer to chapter 1 (default chapter).

Summary: Refer to chapter 1 (default chapter).

Chapter 11 Slow Confession

Shego finally came out of her room, after a week of only coming out for food or drink. She went down to the lab and started a conversation, "Hey, Dr. D. what would you do if you knew someone liked you?"

Drakken was caught off guard and thought, 'Does she know?' He casually played off his discomfort, "Shego, I can't be bothered right now. Go ask someone else."

Shego allowed plasma to come to her hands. "You said, quote unquote 'if I need anything, that you'd be there for me'," Shego said, remembering what Drakken had told her during the Team Go incident.

Drakken found a chair and sat down, defeated.

Shego began again, "I just found out that someone likes me, andI'm not sure what to do. I mean, it was okay when I liked her and couldn't have her; I could easily throw an insult her way, but now, if she even looks at me, I melt." Shego slapped a hand over her mouth, then removed it to continue, "I just don't know what to do," she repeated.

Drakken began speaking without thinking of her earlier statement, "I like you."

"That's different. You act like a father to me, most of the time," Shego replied, "Don't get me wrong. You're the father I never had; someone that I can't replace, and for that I have the utmost gratefulness. However, this person..." she trailed off, "...well, I just don't know."

"Is it Junior, again?" Drakken asked.

Shego gave him a repulsed look. "HELLOOOOOO! NO! It's NOT Junior, again. I said 'when I liked her. HER," she yelled, then in a calmer tone replied, "Junior didn't get my hints, especially the one when I flat out told him, we were OVER. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize when a girl is fed up with their guy."

"That bad, huh? So who is it? Is it someone I know?" Drakken questioned.

"Yes... and no," Shego answered without thinking, then she actually listened to Drakken's question inside her head and replied, "I don't know how I feel about this person now. Everything was much easier when I could just ridicule her, but I can't even do that anymore. What should I do, Dr. D?"

"I don't know, Shego. I was never the one to turn to for advice on dating. I couldn't even get a date to my own prom, but the one piece of advice I can tell you is: be completely and totally sincere. I hope that helps." Drakken responded.

Shego was touched by his concern and also disturbed at his calmness in the situation.

"Do you feel anything toward her?" Drakken asked, "Who is she? Describe her."

'You should know,' Shego thought. She looked at him slyly and replied, in a mocking tone, "What do you think of red-headed cheerleaders?" With that, Shego got up and left the lab.

ravenvixen says:

when i originally wrote this chapter, most of the lines were way different, but i like how it turned out. it's much better than my first draft of this chapter. sorry that this chapter was so short; a lot of my coming chapters will be much longer though, especially chapter 19.

later on this month, i will be going to camp. fear not, i'll only be gone from monday-saturday of one week; not any longer. i'm kind of looking forward to it, then again i'm not. i will be posting up until the night i leave for camp. this means i will only be able to write more chapters, not post (where i'm going to camp, i don't have any access to computers), but when i get back, i'll be able to post those chapters that i wrote at camp on the internet. it also means that any of drakkensdouble21's fans may be disappointed as well. you see, drakkensdouble21 has asked me to type and post his story up on the internet, seeing as how he does not have access to a computer (daily) like i do, so his story "When Opposites are Permanently Attracted" will not be updated as soon as we would like. he writes it, confers with me on it, and through talking on the phone, i get it typed and posted for him, therefore, with me going away to camp, his story will not be updated as soon as we would like either.