She fidgeted in her seat. She arrived on time, after Betty called Middleton Daily to let them know that "Sheridan" was coming over to talk to about the logo redesign. The receptionist had led her to a waiting area that reminded her of those found in a doctor's office. "Miss Possible is in the middle of a meeting right now, but I'll bring you over once she's done," the receptionist had said.

She was nervous. She hadn't mean to drop by unannounced, but this was totally different: it was work. So, regardless of who was on the receiving end of the bargain, she'd have to put on her game face and hope that Middleton Daily took whatever GJ Designs had to offer for this proposed logo redesign. Besides, Betty didn't know that Kim was the redhead she met with during lunch, so everything was ok. She just hoped that Kim wouldn't be too surprised with her arrival.

After meeting with her writers, her intercom chirped. "Kim, there's someone from GJ Designs here to see you about the logo redesign."

"Thanks, can you let them in? Also, let Bonnie know about this meeting. I know she has her own plans for the logo changes."

"Will do. Will you need me to bring in some fresh coffee?"

"No, I think it's ok." Kim leaned back in her chair. If anything, this meeting might just be longer than she wanted since Bonnie wouldn't stop harping on how a logo change would give the paper the facelift that it needed. Sure, print readership was down with the advance of technology, but, according to Wade, the online readership had been soaring. Kim wasn't sure whether a logo change would do them any good, but she figured it might as well be a good thing to humour Bonnie. For now, at least.

She picked up her mug and was about to take a drink when she was greeted with a knock on her door. The door swung open and in came the receptionist, Jamie, and-

One look and she nearly dropped her mug. Good thing she had good reflexes.

She saw Kim almost drop her mug. Thankfully the redhead caught it quickly as it somewhat gracefully fell from her grip.

The receptionist, Jamie or something or another, said something about a Bonnie coming in a bit later, and then the door closed. And they were both staring at each other dumbfounded.

She bit her lip and took a seat. "Uh, hey."

Kim blinked and then chuckled. "When you said you worked for a design firm, I didn't realize it'd be this one that we're looking into to redo our logo."

She heard herself laughing somewhat. "Believe me, I only found out today after I got back to the office." She pulled out the papers from her backpack. "My boss asked me to give you these to look over. Mostly contract stuff, I guess."

"And you'll be doing the designs?" Kim asked.

"Yes," was the reply.

"I'm ok with this," said Kim as she leaned back against her chair. "But I think Bonnie might want to see your portfolio. She's got quite the personality and she wants everything to be perfect." She used air quotations to emphasize the 'perfect' because that is what Bonnie did: terrorize most of the employees to do her bidding to get what she, not the paper, wanted.

"Yeah, I brought that with me too, but I guess we'll wait for this Bonnie to be here before we go over the stuff GJ Designs has worked on." She fidgeted with a semi-thick book that contained designs she had worked on ever since she moved to Middleton. Most were small designs for local shops, so GJD would get a lucky break if Middleton Daily ended up being their client. She found it a bit odd, however, that Kim and this Bonnie person had almost complete control over the logo change. Maybe now was a good time to sate her curiosity.

"I thought you were just an editor for the local news section. Why are you also in charge with the logo redesign?"

Kim tilted her head. She had not expected this question to be asked.

She replied in a quiet voice. "I sort of own the paper."

Shego's eyes grew a bit wide, but she didn't say anything else.

"I inherited it from my friend after he, uh, passed away. His dad was an accountant who managed to make quite a fortune just balancing books for the city, and the paper was in a bit of turmoil when I was in college. So my friend's dad bought it while it was on the brink of bankruptcy and here we are today."

She really didn't want to talk about this, and was glad that Shego hadn't really said anything. She glanced at the picture she kept on her desk and noticed that Shego had followed her gaze.

She found herself looking at a picture of a young(er) Kim and a boy with sandy-blonde hair. They were both smiling in the photo and there was a pink... creature perched on the boy's shoulder. He must've meant a lot to Kim, she thought. Was he the person Kim referred to in her reply - "grieving over loss"? She knew this wasn't the time and place to ask about this.

"Sorry," she said.

The redhead looked at her in confusion. "For what?"

"For asking something that I shouldn't have."

Kim countered with a "It's fine, I'm just ridiculously sentimental..."

And then there was silence.

She shifted in her seat uncomfortably. Good job, way to make things awkward, she thought.

It was at that moment she had never been so glad to be rudely interrupted by the Wicked Witch of the West (of Middleton Daily).

Author's Notes: Because people were asking about Ron, I threw this twist in here... Maybe Kim will explain to Shego what he meant to her... one day.

Kim is the Good Witch of the East of Middleton Daily. Just imagine that Kim and Bonnie's offices are located on the east and west wings of the floor. I don't know why I'm making random Wicked references... I need sleep or something.

Chapter title is from "Picking Up Pieces" by Blue October.