Chapter 4

It's Saturday morning and the whole gang of Monique, Ron, Kim and the recently joined Shen, are planning an entire day of fun while crowding the small local park and enjoying the sunshine.

"Oh! Lets go to the mall! We could go shopping and see a movie!" Monique suggested excitedly. Kim seemed to like that idea and Shen didn't object, but Ron thought otherwise.

"Shopping?! This is meant to be a 'fun day out' not a 'girls day out', right Shen?"

"Err...sure. Shopping is a girls thing." Shen concurred. Although Shego did like shopping, it would probably be best if they didn't know that. He also didn't see why Ron was acting like they were friends all of a sudden.

"Why don't we go to Bueno Nacho?" Ron asked.

"For a whole day? No way Ron. What about a theme park?" Kim suggested and everyone agreed.

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Even though it was nearing the end of autumn, winter was on it's way and it was still a nice day; not too cold and the scarce grey clouds did allow the sun through, giving more colour to the bright orange and yellow leaves. The park was also quite busy for this time of year. Everyone was dressed warmly but Kim, being a summer person, was shivering whenever the wind blew. Ron was wearing some red casual trousers, a plain white T-shirt and a standard leather jacket, which his hands were currently in the pockets of, while Shen was in his usual black attire; baggy black jeans with red stitching, a tribal patterned T-shirt and a long trench coat.

"Hey KP, you cold?" Ron asked as they were walking into the park, having just paid for tickets, "Whoa! Look at that roller coaster!" At that he ran off, grabbing Monique's hand, towards the ride. Monique didn't object as she ran along beside him. Kim and Shen just kept their normal pace as they walked after them. They knew there would be a queue so there was no need to rush.

Taking up Ron's place, Shen shrugged off his coat and put it round Kim whilst rubbing her arm to warm her up a bit. It was a sly trick to use and it did bend the rules of his deal with Ron, but hey, he wasn't around. Kim smiled at Shen and hugged the coat closer, "Won't you get cold now?" she asked, looking at Shen's bare arms.

"Nah, I'll be fine," Shen assured her, leaving out that his powers meant his temperature was higher anyway. He smiled back at her, keeping his arm round her, considering she didn't object. Shen wasn't going to lose Kim to the buffoon, so he was going to do what he could, when he could.

"Okay, if you're sure," Kim replied as she delicately put her arm round Shen's waist.

"Oh, I'm sure," Shen replied as he smiled and pointed to Ron and Monique, who were now second in the queue and would be going on the ride next, "lets get on the ride with them." They both ran the last bit of distance, letting go of each other, and stood by the other two in the group. People were just getting off from the previous turn.

"Isn't that Shen's coat?" Ron asked, but didn't get an answer as they rushed onto the roller coaster. There was a subtle battle between Ron and Shen because each section had two seats, but Shen let Ron sit next Kim considering the deal. The ride lasted for a very excruciating five minutes. Ron and Monique got off looking greener than when they went on but Shen and Kim seemed relatively unaffected apart from the grin plastered on Kim's face.

"That was great!" Kim shouted and Shen just laughed while the other two were trying to keep standing.

"Yeah it was, but I don't think they can handle another go."

"Hey! I so could!" Ron stated, but nobody believed him so they carried on walking round the park, making the most out it while they could.

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Everyone agreed that it was the best day out they'd had in a long time, as they laughed about it all in Bueno Nacho later on. Shen was still wet and shivering from a water ride only he went on and ended up drenched from head to foot, but he did prove to the others that, even though he was cold and shivering, he could still win prizes on a gun and target game. Those prizes were being held by Kim and Monique; Kim got a giant fluffy tiger and Monique got two small teddy bears. Ron had also tried to win some prizes. Needless to say he was unsuccessful when it came to that but having his trousers fall down was another matter. Not only did that make him angry but he was sure Shen had been doing numerous things against their deal. He better not completely break it; I don't want to hurt Kim after all.

Kim was absent mindedly stroking the tiger's head whilst eating her nachos, when she felt something touch her foot. Shen probably just moving around she thought, but then she felt it again and it was rubbing against the side of her shoe. She looked up covertly to see Shen's bright blue eyes watching her. She blushed and looked back down. Shen's foot took that as a good sign and moved up to caress Kim's ankle and then up to her calf muscle.

"Kim are you okay? You look a bit red. Are you hot?" Ron asked after a few minutes passed by. He was sitting next to her in the booth on the end, with Monique opposite, sitting next to Shen.

"I'm fine, it's just a bit warm." Kim lied, it was actually a normal temperature in the building and cold outside. Rufus wasn't convinced so jumped off the table, without being noticed and saw what was going on. He scrambled up to Ron's ear and whispered, "Footsie!"

"Shen, can I talk to you for a second? Over there." Ron pointed to the other side of the establishment and got up without waiting for Shen to respond. Shen sighed and apologised to Monique who had to get up as well and followed Ron.

"Don't you think what you've been doing has broken our deal?" Ron asked when Shen was close enough and the others couldn't hear them.

"Okay okay okay! Look, I'm sorry, I couldn't control myself. I'll make sure I cool it down." Shen lied. He was just trying to humour Ron really. Shen could tell Ron wouldn't say anything, as Ron obviously cared way too much about Kim to put her in such a situation. Still, it was fun to have a barrier in the way of the thing Shen was trying to get.

"Yeah you'd better!" Ron threatened, but it wasn't at all threatening; it was too half hearted. They both returned to their seats and Kim was a little disappointed Shen didn't carry on with what he started. "So what does everyone want to do now?" It was late and dark outside, but no one wanted to finish the fun day they'd been having.

"How about a sleepover at my house?" Kim suggested and they all cheered, well Shen grinned, cheering was a bit much for him.

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"See you at my house Wolfie!" Kim called as Shen walked off to his house to collect some things for staying over and change his clothes, which were still a bit damp. "Oh, don't you want your coat?"

"I'll leave it with you for now" Shen shouted back and left the other three to go to each of their houses. The other three were staying together as they collected their things, but Shen had gone to his alone. He didn't want the others to know exactly where he lived or to be anywhere near the house in case Drakken did something stupid, which was an annoyingly likely scenario.

A few minutes later and he had a bag packed with a change of clothes and other necessities and about to walk out of his bedroom when he noticed his art sketchbook was on the bedside table. Picking it up he shoved it in his bag with a pencil and eraser, and left to walk back to Kim's house. His breath was white in front of his face, but he didn't feel the cold enough to be uncomfortable and soon enough he could see three teens walking towards him.

"Wow that's some good timing." Ron commented as they met up outside Kim's house and all hurried up the path and inside to get warm. They were greeted by Mr. Dr. Possible who looked at Shen as if he was a threat to be confirmed and rated. Kim told him that they were having a sleepover and he accepted it as he walked into the kitchen and they could just hear him telling Kim's mother that Kim was bringing 'a boy' into the house. This made the girls laugh as they walked into the living room, while Shen looked confused and Ron was preoccupied with pointing out to himself that he was never seen as 'a boy'.

Monique grabbed a cushion and sat on the floor as Kim sat in the middle of the three seater sofa with Ron on her right and Shen on the left. Eventually, they all decided to watch some films and after a brief battle of what to watch (Ron wanted something violent while the girls wanted a romcom and Shen didn't mind either but sided with Ron) a film was decided and they settled down to watch it.

They all enjoyed it and found it quite funny as well so everyone was pleased. The violence and action kept Ron happy and Kim and Shen found themselves doing commentary on some of the moves used. Kim was quite surprised by Shen's knowledge, especially when they got into a deep discussion over which move would've been better to fix the situation the character had been in. That was halted though, when Ron thought he'd join in with his nugget of wisdom, "Why didn't he just shoot him?"

Shen and Kim just looked at him and the former couldn't help but sigh, "You buff- idiot."

"Buff idiot? Booyah!"

"Forget the 'buff'. You're just an idiot."

"Then why did you call me 'buff'. Do you have something you should be telling us?" Ron teased the guy glaring at him from the other end of the sofa.

"I was going to say something else. Why would I say a scrawny little guy like you was buff?"

"Why would you say any guy was buff?" Monique commented more to herself but everyone heard clearly enough.

"Settle down!" Kim raised her voice at Shen, who was just about to get up and most likely hit something, "Can we just watch the film, please?"

When that film was over the girls still didn't get their original choice as a horror was put in. Although Kim faces death almost everyday of her life and jumps out of planes along with other crazy things, horror films managed to scare her. Maybe it was the sudden things that just jumped out or the detailed but horrific storyline; she wasn't sure, but she found herself grabbing Ron whenever something scary happened.

Due to this, Ron found himself smiling smugly at Shen over Kim's head, which was trying to merge with his arm most of the time. However, at one point he was forced to take a toilet break and when he came back Kim was pressing her entire curled up body into Shen, who in turn had an arm wrapped round her, rubbing her arm. Kim's face seemed to prefer trying to merge with Shen's chest and shoulder than Ron's arm as she didn't move back to him. Loving the sweet taste of revenge, Shen took the opportunity to smirk at Ron who kept his eyes on Kim the whole time.

At one point, she had sat up slightly, but was still curled up against Shen, and a psychopathic murderer with an axe suddenly showed up on screen making Kim scream, but instead of hugging Shen for comfort like she had been, her right hand swung out and gripped Ron's thigh as if she would die if she didn't. Ron tried not to let his eyes water from the nails that were surely leaving a mark and glared at Shen who was trying not to laugh at the obvious pain he was in. Monique was finding it very amusing as well so she didn't stop it and Kim was to fixated with the film to notice anything around her.

Eventually, Kim had ended up hanging onto Ron's arm again and by the end of the film she didn't really feel like moving, unaware of all the gripping and hugging she had done throughout the film.

Now it was finally the girls turn to put on a romcom after hours of watching the other two. It was now early morning and everyone was tired, but determined to stay awake. However, this didn't last long as everyone but Shen was sleeping soundly by the middle of the film.

Well I guess this is my chance, Shego thought as she silently stood up and retrieved her bag. Searching through, she found the sketchbook she brought and settled down on the floor in front of Kim, who was leaning against Ron. She paused the TV so the light stayed the same and flipped open the book, shifting passed the failed attempts of drawing numerous things for her art homework and then the most recent attempts of drawing Kim; all of which were no good in her eyes as well.

In his art classes, Shen had been trying to do his homework (and been reprimanded several times) but to no avail. All the others in the class seemed to be fine with it and took the piss out of Shen sometimes, even though his drawing was good. After coming to terms with the feelings felt towards Kim he'd started trying to draw her, but couldn't get it right just from memory. It wasn't like he could ask her to pose or just draw her covertly because he could get caught and even though that wouldn't normally bother him, he didn't want to have to explain anything or lie. The last thing I need right now is Kim knowing. It was after these art classes that Shen would be angry and unapproachable unless you enjoyed the consequences or were stupid enough like Drakken to not get the picture after several serious plasma burns.

The landscape picture of Kim that Shego was currently drawing was in the centre of the page leaving space for the border she would have to do. Monique shifted in her sleep making Shego start but calmed down once she realised there wasn't a threat. However, after a few minutes Monique opened her eyes to see Shen drawing a sleeping Kim. That's so cute! She thought as she sat up as quietly as she could to peer over Shen's shoulder. He was so engrossed in the detail of Kim's face he didn't notice her. Shortly, she went back to sleep, not wanting to interrupt the making of what she knew was going to be a masterpiece.

When Shego had done enough of the picture, she stood, stretched and put the pad and pencil away to then return to her place next to Kim on the sofa. Kim was curled up slightly on Ron who had his arm loosely over her shoulder but Shego tried to ignore them as she got comfortable. It was useless though. Reaching out Shego stroked Kim's bare arm with manly fingers still alien to her and she swore she felt Kim shiver. Smiling to herself, she moved her hand to Kim's cheek and caressed the smooth, silky skin. Apparently enjoying this new attention, Kim shuffled over to Shego in her sleep and cuddled up to her. More than a bit shocked by this, but still unexpectedly happy about Kim being in her arms, she snuggled into her as well, drifting off to sleep with a smile gracing her face.