Ron sighed as he tossed his backpack over a shoulder. Yesterday, he thought he had just interrupted an ambush by Shego, and he promptly ran to Kim's aid. But it turned out they just wanted a distraction from him to escape from GJ, who were out to arrest them both. After Dr. Director tossed a glare-of-death at him before running off in a huff, he had gone to Kim's parents to find out what was happened. They had to repeat the story twice before it had finally sunk in, and even then, Ron was stunned. The sheer ridiculousness of it all…he just couldn't wrap his brain around it. He had started to walk home, practically in a daze, not blinking, not speaking. Until it finally sank in, and he began running around in circles, screaming his head off, arms flailing. Once he got home, out of breath, he called Wade to make sure it wasn't some practical joke. It wasn't. Wade had Monique talk to Ron, and that calmed him down slightly. But he still couldn't understand it, not the tiniest little bit.

I need to talk to Kim…yeah, she'll sort this whole thing out…

"Mom, Dad! I'm leaving for school!"

After checking to make sure Rufus was secure, he opened the front door to the largest crowd he had ever seen. He stared at them. They stared at him. And then, en masse, they charged, a wave of cameras and shouted questions. Ducking back inside, he slammed the door behind him. Rufus poked his head out of his pocket and chittered at him.

"I…let's…try that again…"

He opened the door a crack, and one eye peered out, nearly losing that eye to a microphone thrust at his face. He slammed the door and locked it tight. Rufus climbed up onto his shoulder and tugged on an ear.

"I think it's safe to say…word has gotten out…about Kim and Shego…"

Those words sounded so strange out loud. He dropped his backpack in the hall and decided to sit down for a moment.

Kim and Shego. Kim and Shego. Together. Like…friends. Girlfriends. Maybe even…

"Ahh! Bad mental image!"

He stood and began to pace, Rufus looking on from atop the sofa.

"Ok, so they're…together. But Kim is…and Shego is…ahh…Rufus, help me out here!"

Rufus scratched his chin thoughtfully before shrugging and throwing his hands into the air, flopping onto his back and groaning.

"Kim…gotta focus on Kim…gotta find her…gotta talk to her…find out WHAT THE HECK IS SHE THINKING!"

"Ron? What are you yelling about? Shouldn't you be off to school?"

"Yeah mom!"

As his mothers voice floated downstairs, he grabbed his backpack, turning on his heel and heading for the back door.

"After school…Rufus?"

"Here!"

Rufus clambered into a pocket, and after making sure there were no reporters hiding in the bushes, he jumped out the back door and scrambled to make up for lost time.

The day went quickly enough, although he did receive a lot of odd stares. More than one person came up to talk to him about it, and he tried his best to ignore them. On his way out, however, he moved to dodge another group of reporters, but stopped when he realized they weren't after him.

"Yeah, I mean, it's weird…I never really got that vibe from her, you know? Never thought she was peeking at the rest of the squad in the change rooms or anything like that…"

Tara…and the rest of the cheer squad…

"Mmm…nope. Every guy who thought he was something made a pass at her…I don't think any girls ever even tried…gossip travels pretty fast when Kim's involved…"

At least Bonnie isn't here…

Ron's head snapped up and he scanned the area. Fortunately, 'speak of the devil' didn't seemed to apply this time, and Ron leaned back against the wall, sighing in relief.

"Well, she went out with Josh, but that didn't seem to work out…I know she and Ron have been friends a long time…but, a girl? And aren't they supposed to be enemies or something?"

At least without Bonnie around, they don't have to pretend to hate Kim to stay on her good side…

Satisfied nothing ill was being spoken of Kim, Ron detoured around the group and headed home, finding the street in front of his house thankfully free of reporters. Sinking into a chair in his room, he quickly found himself restless, and dialed the number for the Possible's home. The line was out.

Big surprise there…

Heading back downstairs to pull his shoes on, he headed out to see if Kim's family had heard anything new from her.

Like Ron, the Possible family was having media troubles as well. Fortunately, when it was time for Mr. and Mrs. Possible to head to work, they had a pair of junior mad scientists to clear the air with a few well-placed, completely out-of-control model rockets. After receiving a scolding and a wink, the two rushed to prepare a few more, in case anyone was stupid enough to try again. And at work, their co-workers tried to make conversation, though the questions were thankfully politely posed, though one reporter did mange to sneak up on Ms. Possible during her lunch break.

"Excuse me, Dr. Possible, I'm-"

"Trespassing on hospital grounds and interrupting my lunch, either of which is grounds to call security."

"Ahh…Yes, well, I was just wondering if you'd like to com-"

"No, I would not. Baby photos are one thing, but the details of my daughter's personal life are something else entirely. If you want to know, you'll have to ask her yourself. Goodbye."

The man opened his mouth to try again, but stopped as a meaty hand grabbed his shoulder. He turned around to stare face-to-face with a rather muscular orderly who was glaring down at him it a very unpleasant way. Dr. Possible nodded in thanks to the man and returned to her lunch as the reporter was escorted from the room. Still, that short clip, probably the longest conversation anyone had managed to have with someone related to Kim, found it's way onto the nightly news.

"You know…that gives me an idea…"

"What?"

Kim and Shego snuggled on the sofa, alternately laughing and yelling at what was being said about the two of them.

"Didn't you ever get interviewed when you were with Team Go?"

"Well, yeah…oh no. I am not going on some white trash talk show."

"No, nothing like that. But about a year ago, I did a big favor for a very famous reporter. She's not like these guys…I figured, I give her a call, we all sit down for five minutes, tell her the story, what we want to do…"

"You really think that will do any good?"

"Are you kidding? They aired a ten-second clip of my mother telling off a nosey reporter. Just imagine how many bleeding hearts will tune in for 'the real story of Kim and Shego."

"I…guess…"

A familiar beeping interrupted the two. Kim reached for the small device and read the text that began scrolling across the screen.

"Oh, nice. This'll be fun."

"What?"

"Drakken and goons are attacking a lab, not too far from here."

"Finally…a chance to relax after listening to these morons."

Unfortunately, her reputation preceded her. The second Shego appeared, half the henchman dropped what they were doing and started running around in circles, screaming in terror. The braver managed to run away in straight line, and when Kim stepped up next to Shego, the rest simply curled up into little balls, covered their heads, and surrendered. A lot. The look on Drakken's face, however, was priceless when the two snuck up behind him while he was trying to break the vault's security system. After trussing him up and hanging him from a ceiling fan, switching it to full speed on the way out after having to listen to him rant, the two dodged the waiting police and reporters and were quickly on their way back to their temporary home.

A short while later on another continent, Maggie Mcfarlane's beeper buzzed inside her pocket. She nearly dropped it after reading what was on the small readout. Scrambling out of her office, she shouted instructions to a passing technician and ran as fast as she could up the stairs. Breathing hard, she burst out onto the roof of the building, looking around frantically, and nearly colliding with the object of her search.

"Hello, Ms. Mcfarlane. Thanks for taking the time to meet with us."

"Oh, it's nothing after…ah…what did you…never mind. You wanted an interview, right? Right?"

Every reporter talked about the big score, the lucky scoop, getting the corner office or even a famed Pulitzer, and it was all Maggie could do to keep from drooling at the prospect of what was standing right in front of her.

"Yeah, if it's not to big a-"

"No no no! I'd be happy too…but WHERE is my camera crew!"

On cue, two men staggered out the door, loaded down with equipment. They didn't even have time to gape as Maggie began yelling at them to get set up. Kim directed the group over to where the hoverpod sat, with Shego leaning against it, grumbling under her breath. Shego gave the camera crew a look that told them in no uncertain terms that she didn't like cameras, or the people that held them. Still, at Kim's prodding, she sat down next to her on a small folding chair.

"So, ah, before we begin-"

"Just try not to ask too many stupid questions, alright?"

"Shego!"

"It's alright…ah, is there anything that you two like to speak about in particular?"

"Umm, how we got together, our plans for the future, I guess. I haven't really planned this out…"

"No problem, no problem! Let's just…start at the beginning then?"

"Let's just make this quick, alright?"

After a quick system check, Maggie got the thumbs-up and they went through the same nauseatingly cheery introduction Shego had been forced to sit through a dozen times before. And soon, the part she hated most of all…the stupid questions and the witty comments.

"So, when did you two first get together, in a romantic sense?"

"Well, I guess the first time was a little over three months ago…Shego snuck into my room one night to drop off her phone number…took me by surprise. I thought she was just playing some kind of game with me, but I decided to meet with her anyways. And then…"

"Then what?"

"Then I clubbed her over the back of her head and hauled her off to my secret topical hideaway. Romantic, huh?"

"You….what?"

"You heard me. Had to knock some sense into her, considering…"

Shego trailed off, and Maggie leaned forward, smelling something interesting. After a moment, Kim continued for her.

"I was crashing, running myself ragged. If someone needed something, I just couldn't say no. It was pathetic of me, but for a while, I…I actually wanted to get hurt, to have any kind of excuse to back off from what people expected of me. Shego…gave me a chance to relax, to just…lie on a beach and forget about the rest of the world. When I got back, I was stunned when I realized what I'd been doing to myself."

"Wow. That's…but wait. Shego, the world has always been under the impression you two were mortal enemies. Why the sudden change?"

"Enemies, yes. Mortal, No. And sudden…she could always give me a good fight, and I had always respected her for that. After a while, it wasn't just about a paycheck from Drakken, it was also about another chance to fight Kim. Somewhere along the line, I just…"

Shego stopped and leaned back, giving a shrug and nothing else. Maggie looked to Kim, who merely smiled and shrugged as well. Sensing the topic was closed, she decided to move forward.

"And after you got back home…"

"After that…as strange as it felt, taking a vacation with my arch-foe…but when seeing Shego didn't mean a trip to the hospital afterwards…we got along pretty well. After a while, I decided to give her another call. And another, and another…like Shego said, just…somewhere along the line…"

"Just like that? Going from enemies to-"

Maggie paused as Kim began to blush deeply

"Err, yeah…I guess it was kind of sudden. But once it started…I couldn't let it…let her go. Even when GJ became involved."

"GJ? How?"

"It was after the last job I pulled for Drakken. A new chip left something that on the hoverpod that GJ could track. We were out in Brazil, resting after our…fight."

Maggie watched as a pall seemed to float over them both, and didn't miss the pained look the two girls shared.

"May I ask...what happened?"

"I stole the chip out from under GJ, and they asked for Kim's help to get it back. It was a while after we started spending our vacations together…and I knew with GJ and Drakken watching, everything…had to look…real."

"And I didn't realize that. Shego…took me by surprise…I got knocked around a bit. For a few days, I was…scared. Had some nightmares, too."

There was an uncomfortable silence for a moment, and Kim found Shego's hand tightening around hers.

"But it was my fault. I should've known better…I should have trusted her. Once we got things sorted out, we headed for Brazil for some R&R. But GJ followed us. Except we didn't know it was GJ, until after…"

"After what?"

"Until after we beat the stuffing out of them."

"Err, yeah. Agent Du, if you see this…sorry for, you know, kicking you in the head."

Shego laughed while Kim tried her best not to.

"Anyways, after that, I told all to my parents, got ambushed by GJ, got away to a little safe house, and now…I know Shego's a wanted criminal, but can't she get a second chance? Considering everything I've done for the world, is it too much to ask for a favor in return?"

With that, the interview began to slowly wind down, with Kim trying to make clear the benefits of having Shego on the side of good, and Maggie thanking the two profusely as they stood and finished. As the hoverpod flew off, Maggic turned, grabbed the camera with the precious footage inside, rushing back downstairs and laughing like a maniac.