Disclaimer: Copyrighted material belonging to Disney and Bob Marley, the only thing belonging to me is the storyline and a few original characters.
A/N: I haven't seen more than a few episodes of Kim Possible, so bear with me if I make too many mistakes. I will create Shego's whole family from my imagination. If You have any suggestions, complaints or really anything at all, just let me know. This will be posted at both and piece of work is (I think) strongly influenced by above all the "College"-fanfic at by ilse4302; I mean no harm or plagiarism by this and any similarities are purely coincidental (You rock by the way ilse4302). There might be more factors influencing this, such as the (according to me) best fanartist RinaCat, and I mean no harm by that, if you feel plagiated or ridiculed, let me know.
On with Chapter 5
Once again, some attention should be paid to the incredibly beautiful late summer day in Middleton.
The air was on the brink of being humid in the heat that scorched beach sand and melted children's icecream cones, but in the Middleton Park area, it was somewhat cool under the shades of a few trees.
All kinds of sound hung in the air, all from distant cars honking anooyingly to children laughing and playing in the large grassy area almost in the middle of the city.
The first day of school for most kids and teenagers was already at an end, and these people were trying their best too make their best of a day of semi-break.
Three people of one of these groups however, sat on a bench in the shades of a few elm trees, talking or thinking. One rather skinny, blonde boy with a naked mole rat on his shoulder did most of the talking and the two girls to his left did most of the thinking. Noone complained, so all was well with the scene.
"Come on guys, we gotta do something; tomorrow's the first real day of school!" Alright, I was wrong, the boy belonged to a different group than I mentioned. Ron Stoppable was a boy who wanted to do something with this day of semi-break, but was too lazy to do anything, and decided that it would not be his fault if he asked others to come up with something to do and they failed. All in all; as long as one ignored him; all was well. The boy's life-long best friend sat right next to him, wearing herself away with depressed thoughts of the schoolyear in front of her. Her biggest dream in life so far was to get away from Middleton High permanently. Dreams are meant to be bitterly out of reach though; and so she was still stuck in high school. At least she had a new bright light in the darkness. A light that for her might be flickering and weak, but it was there to grow perhaps.
Shego was bored, oblivious to Kim's thoughts and utterly annoyed at Ron. She also suspected an utter hate for mole rats might come popping up in her head soon enough too. She moved her eyes from the sky though and looked at Kim the second after.
"Guys, we gotta talk about something urgent." Kim looked up and Ron whipped his head around to them so fast you could clearly hear the crack from his neck. Rufus cringed and then twisted his own head to a satisfying crack before looking at Shego too. Ron was the first to speak up. "What about then"
"Us three." Shego said plainly and Kim almost cringed. Shego took a deep breath and then started elaborating.
"Kimmie, you've gotta understand that I'm not gonna walk away as soon as I can; I want to give us a chance to become really good friends"
Ron blinked. "Why? I mean, you gotta have other guys you can hang with, right?" Rufus chirped in with a 'uh-huh' and Shego sighed. "The only real friends I had before I went away for a year are already in college or out of town os other stuff. Besides, I gotta get some friends in my own year." Ron seemed to think about this as Kim spoke up next.
"Where did you really go that year then"
"My mom took me with her on a cruise around the world with a bunch of old farts from her work, said something about learning for real with real people." Shego made a face at the thought as if she had tasted something vile.
"What does she do then? I mean, my mom's in banking and my dad's an actuary, so he can work wherever there's people." Shego eyed Kim and Ron for a moment before hanging her head.
"I've never really liked telling everyone everything about me or my life you know..." Ron's smile drooped immediately and Kim just shrugged it off. "...but I guess I have to tell you guys. Trust's the number one ingredient in a working relationship, right?" Ron's frown skyrocketed back into a smile and he fiercily nodded. Kim smiled and nodded too, if less eagerly.
"My mom was a top lawyer back in Go city, and my dad's sort of a priest"
"Sort of?" Ron asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah, he sort of doesn't care what the church says really, he has his own beliefs and he holds some services back home. We moved here a few years back when we all transferred; to cut down on travelling costs for us. My mom got jobs here, and my dad can also work wherever there's people. What about your rents then pumpkin?" Shego finished by letting out a the huge lungful of air and looked at Kim. Shego was still amazed she hadn't tried to strangle the girl's blonde friend since Bueno Nacho, but she got a feeling Ron would soon make her want to.
Kim didn't react at first when she was asked, so Shego had to nudge her shoulder and ask her again. "What, oh? right, my mom's like a brainsurgeon, and my dad's a rocket scientist"
Shego whistled. "You gotta have some brains then Kimmie." Kim shrugged at the remark, but Ron would have none of it.
"Yeah! She's like the top student, straight A's and everything. I'm still proud of my straight C minus record." Ron actually pushed out his chest in pride as he mentioned his grades. Shego just made another face and looked at Kim who shrugged again.
'Shrug, shrug, shrug...this girl's a real piece of work...' Shego glanced at the still proudly grinning boy and his mole rat. 'He's a different kind of work though...I think I'll have to kill him in a not too distant future if he doesn't keep it down... wait a minute, did these guys just lead me off-topic!'
"Guys, let's go back to the question." Shego waved a hand before the other two...and a half, counting the mole rat. "Pumpkin, wanna tell me why you don't think I'll stick around?" Kim sighed and hung her head.
"...I guess...It's sorta the girls at school, you know...they got this...club sort of thing going on"
Shego interrupted. "The Queens, yeah, I know, they were about in my days too, a bit different from now but still. Go on." Ron made some half-hearted hand wavings to make Shego call it off.
Ron's mind screamed; 'Touchy subject, touchy subject!' and Shego ignored it. Not that she could hear it, but the previous hand gestures had been clear enough.
Kim took a deep, deep breath and carried on, really wanting but not really daring to get it off her chest, "Two or three years ago, me and a few more were sorta asked to be a part of it, " Shego's attention was caught in the headlights. "but they were so mean to the other students, so I didn't really want to be with them...back then I had another friend." Ron slumped, the touchy subject was on the tracks and was running red-hot engine down to Depression County. Shego saw what was coming, but still knew that Kim was going to continue.
She did, "Monique and I have hung out for what, seven years? But as I said no, Monique said she'd try to hang with them just for a while...she was never, like allowed to talk to me anymore, and I was the only one asked who said no, so now they've got something to settle I think..." Kim started getting tears in her eyes, and her voice started to crack and waver as she spoke of her old friend. Ron reached over and patted her on the shoulder, getting the result that Kim flung herself in his arms to cry, shaking quietly as Shego sat looking at the redheaded girl, deep in thought with sad eyes. This day was going to hell in a handbasket, and Shego decided that maybe they should start walking again or something worse might bite them in the arse.
Ron finshed Kim's explanation for her. "She's sorta scared that you'll leave her for the Queens too I think, and I don't blame her; I mean, buddies for almost seven years and then a week with the Queens...boom, not a word ever again. At least she's not in on...you know...the mean stuff..." Shego nodded and stood up, stretching her aching muscles. 'Damn those benches are hard'
"You gonna be okay Pumpkin?" Shego asked with a surprisingly sweet voice and she leaned down to Kim's eyelevel. Ron was rather taken back, all he'd listened to so far was the murderous hisses or growls when she was strangling him. Kim leaned up straight again and wiped her eyes with the back of her hand before nodding.
"Let's go then," Shego said as she stood up again. "it's getting pretty boring out here ya know"
Ron spoke up, "Where to? There's not much to do around here." Kim nodded her agreement and glanced over her shoulder at some children with ice cream cones. She smiled.
"We could always get some ice cream." Kim suggested, but to her surprise, Shego shuddered and shook her head violently.
"Sorry, I don't go well with cold stuff." She explained and decided to lay down on the ground, hands behind her head as a temporary pillow.
Ron piped up again. "We can go to the arcade, or maybe rent a good movie?" He added the second suggestion as the first brought some twitches to Shego's hands. Kim agreed on the last one though.
"Well, let's go and see if we can go rent a good film then. I guess there's nothing better to do." Shego reluctantly agreed to. She got up and started walking ahead. Kim started after and Ron followed suit.
A few minutes after the trio had left, a group of maybe six or seven girls went to the same bench and sat down.
"What are we going to do now then Bonnie"
"Maybe we could go rent a movie..."
A/N: This might be a bit ramble-ish, but my good computer has broken down (again), and my training's taking sort of a toll on me.
I'll try to upload more often, but this computer's very slow and annoying to write on (notepad lags!).
Thanks to any readers!