The two girls were silent on the way back to the Possible household. Several times, Kim tried to broach the subject of what had just happened with her father, but Bonnie refused to answer. When the car stopped in Kim's driveway, Bonnie immediately grabbed her bag and ran into the house, Kim close behind her.
"Bonnie!" she yelled, having lost the girl when she entered the house. "Bonnie, where are you?" Kim checked the ground floor of the house. Not finding her, she headed upstairs. She went through each room, until she her a dull sob coming from her own. She looked around, unable to find the tan girl. The she heard another sob coming from her closet. She softly slid it open, to find the girl that had spent so much of her time tormenting her, curled in the fetal position, stoically clutching her bag. Kim gently grabbed at her shoulder, but as soon as she touched her, Bonnie pulled away. "Bonnie?" she whispered.
"Go away, Kim. I just… need a couple minutes."
"…Then, I'll just wait here."
"No Kim. I -just- you need to go."
"Why? Why should I just leave you like this?"
"Because Kim! I can't take you seeing me like this! I wouldn't want anyone to see me like this, especially not you!"
"Why, Bonnie? Do you think I'll think less of you if you show me you have emotions instead of constant anger?" The silence aside from Bonnie's gentle sobs were all the answer she needed. Kim sighed. "Bonnie, I'm showing you a lot of trust. I've moved my parents out of the house. I over looked how your actions almost caused my boyfriend to break up with me. I've even tried to put it behind me that you basically raped me on my own floor. I need know that you have the same trust in me." Kim got up and went to her bed, waiting for the other girl to emerge.
There were a few more sniffles before Bonnie started to move. She wiped her face and got up, turning to the auburn-haired girl that had just chewed her out. She deliberately walked over to her, not even facing her, leaving the bag in the closet. "I'm sorry."
"Thank you. Now, what was that stuff with your dad all about?"
"…It was my sisters. They noticed that I was in your clothes and told my dad about it. They told him I was having sex with some guy and was going to sleep with him tonight. He wasn't going to let me leave, so I had one way out. I told him that I was helping you, so he would let me leave."
"And when he said you couldn't come back home?"
"His boss was coming over. He didn't want me coming home while he told his boss I was with you." Kim gave her a look. "It's no big deal."
"Bonnie, when I asked you about it, you ran and hid in my closet. That doesn't sound like it's okay."
"It wasn't my dad that made me like that. I just didn't want you to know."
"Why not?"
"Because Kim I don't want you to pity me. If there are two things that I haven't earned in this world, it's your pity or your forgiveness. I have been nothing but a bitch to you for years and here you are trying to save me from myself. I don't want you to feel obligated to fix everything about me."
Kim opened her mouth to speak, but then closed it. 'Was I about to do that? I mean, helping Bonnie with her drinking is one thing, but should I be trying to interfere like that with her dad. I mean, it's one thing to give her advice, but was I about to run her life?' "Listen Bonnie. Let's just take this on step at a time. I'll help you with this drinking thing and then we'll take it from there, okay?"
For the first time in a while, Bonnie smiled. "Yeah, Kim. Thank you."
"No big. Now, we should probably get some rest. I don't know how long it'll be until your symptoms kick in."
"Yeah." Kim got up from the bed intent on heading back to the couch, but Bonnie grabbed her hand.
"Kim?" she said in a small voice. "Will you stay with me tonight? Please."
"Bonnie, I don't think that's such a good idea."
"Please Kim. Just this once." Kim sighed and laid down on her bed.
"Fine. Just no funny business."
Bonnie smiled again and laid down next to her crush. 'I may never get to have her for real, but this isn't half bad.'
Bonnie woke up early the next morning. She tried to immediately go back to sleep, but noises downstairs were keeping her from returning to dream land. 'Kim must be up already. I had better get up too.' She got up from bed and stretched, only to hit something that didn't feel like it should. She looked over to see that she had hit the teen heroine in the face. And she did not look happy about it. "Sorry, Kim. I didn't mean to do that."
"Whatever. Just let me go back to sleep."
Bonnie was about to do just that, when it occurred to her. "Uh Kim?"
"What Bonnie?"
"We're alone, right?"
"Yes, Bonnie."
"Then who exactly is making noise downstairs?"
Kim sat up and listened. Sure enough, sounds of everyday life were coming from the main floor of the building. Kim instantly jumped over Bonnie and out of the bed. "Bonnie, stay here. I'm going to check it out."
Kim headed out of the room and stopped by the stairs, checking to see if the intruders were in sight. Almost instantaneously, Bonnie bumped into her. She turned to glare at the brunette. Go back to my room," she whispered.
"No way. I'm not letting you face whoever it is down there alone. If the dweeb-Ron can help you then so can I."
Kim did not want to list the fallacies in that argument. "Fine. Just stay close and stay behind me." The two quietly moved down the stairs. They listened, the noises were sounding like they were coming from the kitchen and were now accompanied by smells. 'Is that coffee? Did my parents come back early?' They continued to sneak to the doorway of the kitchen. Kim peeked inside and saw that there was someone sitting at the table. Kim jumped out in a battle stance. "Okay, whoever you are, show yourself!"
The person set the paper down for a moment and took a sip of from the coffee cup right next to her. "Morning, Pumpkin. There's no reason to make a fuss. I come in peace."
Kim did not lower her hands. "Shego? What the hell are you doing in my house?"
"Obviously, I was waiting for you to get up and enjoying this delicious coffee. Your parents have surprisingly good taste." She took another sip of the brew. "Mmmmhhh. Still, no matter how delicious this is, it's still not the most delicious thing here."
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Oh really, Pumpkin? Well, I'll enlighten you. I was talking about the girl the girl that peeking from the doorway behind you." Bonnie pulled her head back and Shego smirked. "You two looked so adorable while you were cuddling together. Though I never would have thought you would take a break from saving the world to enjoy the fairer sex. Naughty, naughty Kimmy Cup," she said while wagging her finger at her.
Kim growled. "Shut it, Shego. I didn't take this time off for-whatever it was you think that we're doing. I shut down my site so I could focus on helping Bonnie."
Bonnie grabbed her chest. 'Kim shut down her site for me. I-I want to feel bad, but for some reason, I can only feel…happy.'
"Don't worry, Kimmykins. I don't blame you for taking some time off for some "personal" fun. In fact, I could use some myself. How about we all head upstairs and I show you girls a thing or two? I'm sure you had fun by yourselves, but I'll show you how to take it to the next level."
Kim blushed at that statement. "Firstly, me and Bonnie don't have that type of relationship. The reason we were in bed together was because I was consoling her. Secondly, there is no way that we would do something like that."
Shego got up from the table and sashayed her way over to the teen heroine. "Really Kim? The who gave you those hickeys?" she asked, pointing to the faint bruises that were caused by Bonnies lips.
"Uh, Ron gave me those."
"Now, it's not nice to lie, Pumpkin. There's no way the doofus gave you those. You've never had any of those since the two of you started dating, and if you just let him do that, there's no way he wouldn't be hanging off you, trying to do it again." Shego reached over and gently stroked the purplish blemish. "Besides, I can tell when the difference between a hickey made by a girl or a boy."
Kim was thrown off guard by her rival's words. 'And why am I letting her touch me like this. It's almost like through all our fighting, I got comfortable with her touching me. The hell is going on with me?'
'Why isn't Kim doing anything? Could that woman be doing something to her? Bonnie leaped between the two females, breaking the connection between the them. "I gave her those. I was drunk and it was a mistake, Now, back off!"
Shego raised her eyebrow in interest of the brunette. "So, it was you, Ms. Rockwaller. Finally stopped pretending to be straight I see. How nice for you."
"I see you still haven't restarted to pretend you're not a bitch Ms. Go. How unfortunate for you."
"We don't talk about that," Shego snarled at her.
"What's wrong? Did I hit a nerve?"
Kim could see that the situation was deteriorating and stepped back in front of Bonnie. "Shego, you said you came in peace. Now, what are you really here for?"
The anger in Shego's eyes dimmed slightly. "I was curious to see why you had shut down your site."
"Like I said, I'm going to be preoccupied with personal stuff for the time being. Now, if that's all you wanted, then please leave."
"I don't think so Princess."
Kim raised her arms and lowered her center of gravity, preparing for a fight. "I'll say it again, please leave or I'll make you leave."
"Alright, I'll leave. But remember, when Dr. Draken takes over the world, it's all your fault. Just because you didn't want me to stay here with you."
Shego made her way by the two girls, leisurely shaking her hips as she went. She knew she felt at least one pair of eyes on her. 'And three…two…one'
"Wait a minute. What are you talking about, Shego?" Kim yelled after her.
Shego turned around. "Well, you know Dr. D. His plans only come close to working because he's got me. And with me here, there's no way that even if he somehow made past the planning stages, that GJ wouldn't be able to stop him. How unfortunate it is that I was kicked out and had no choice but to return to working for him."
"Kim, don't listen to her. There's no way this Draken guy can be so inept that losing her would completely stop his plans. She's just trying to stay here so she can distract you. He probably sent her here to do just that."
Shego laughed aloud. "Girly, you give him way too much credit. He's so useless, he had to wait for me to open a pickle jar. And I was gone for a month and a half!"
Kim was lost in thought. They both made excellent points about Draken. "Okay Shego. Say I did let you stay here for while I helped Bonnie. How would I know I could trust you're not up to something and what would you do while you're here?"
"Well, I guess I could help you with whatever problem Ms. Short. Dark, and Angry's problem is. It's better than sitting around here being bored. And for how you know I'm not up to something, how about this: I'll tell her a secret that there's no way I'd want you to know. If I misbehave, she can tell what it is."
"And how would I know if you were telling the truth?" questioned Bonnie.
"Also, how would you know that she didn't tell me?"
"Trust me. She'll know it's the truth and I'll be able to tell if she told you. Just like I know there's more to that story than her just being drunk."
Both Kim and Bonnie bristled at the villain's words. Shego stuck her hand out. "So, do we have a deal?"
Kim looked over to Bonnie, who was actively looking at any direction other than her. It seemed Bonnie was leaving it up to her. Kim sighed. "Fine. Deal." She reached out and shook the green woman's hand.
"Good. Now, head into the other room, so I can tell her. Can't risk you over hearing it or reading my lips." Kim quietly acquiesced. Shego walked over to the tense teen and whispered in her ear. "I know you didn't know this, but you're not the only one here who's in love with Kimmy." Shego pulled away and turned around, leaving the woman dumbstruck in the hallway.
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