Kim noticed the panicked look on Shego's face. I'd better step in, she thought.

But Shego recovered and beat her to it.

"We decided to meet for lunch to go over any other miscellaneous details about our proposed contract." Shego paused as she briefly looked at Kim. "In fact, we did not manage to go over what Middleton Daily wants as their new logo."

Good save, Kim thought, as she sat down beside Shego. She cleared her throat. "Yes, we didn't get a chance to go over the requirements for the logo. I'm afraid my colleague had interrupted my conversation with Sheg- Sheridan."

The look of amusement on Betty's face did not fade. In fact, she looked even more entertained that both Kim and Shego were covering for each other. Well, she thought, if they'd rather not tell me, then so be it. Time to get down to business.

And that she did.

What was supposed to be a one hour lunch break turned into two, as Betty hashed over every single little detail of the proposed contract (which Betty had somehow managed to take with her to lunch in a manila envelope). Such a workaholic, Shego mused.

Shego couldn't believe it. Either Betty was an idiot and oblivious to what just happened, or she knew and would hassle Shego about it later. Regardless, she was bored out of her skull until Kim had lightly patted her hand under the table. "Everything will be fine" was what Kim's olive eyes told Shego as the older woman looked at her lunch buddy.

Betty did not miss this brief exchange and kept her smirk in place. She cleared her throat and got up. "Well, I would say this was very productive. Thank you, Miss Possible, for your time. Had I known that Sheg-," she corrected herself, "Sheridan dragged me out to lunch to have a meeting with you, I would have been more prepared."

Kim smiled. "No worries. I understand that we are all busy people." She looked at her watch. "I'll let Wade know about your request for help to set up a network in your office. You will need to speak with him about the costs, but I'm sure he can make arrangements to drop by and get this done later today." She added, "And do not worry about him working on this outside his work hours. He's technically a freelance-for-hire and not a Middleton Daily employee."

Betty nodded. This meeting was productive. Very productive. Not only was Kim helpful with the papers request for a new logo, she gave Betty some contacts that were looking for help in their graphics department. Shego's not going to like that she's going to have to work overtime if these future clients want our services, she thought.

"Anyway, I'll leave you two to..." She smiled. "Talk." Betty looked at her watch. "Sheridan," she said in a sweet tone, "I expect you back in the office by 3."

Shego stared at the closing door and sighed.

"Betty's nice. Not what I expected when I spoke to her on the phone."

"Not what you expected?" repeated Shego. What did that even mean? Did Kim expect Betty to be an old wrinkly woman who controlled GJD with an iron fist? Maybe she's surprised that Betty is still young... somewhat.

Noticing Shego's confusion, Kim chuckled. "You're jealous."

"What?"

"You totally thought I meant something else, didn't I?" Kim smiled. The look on Shego's face was a mixture of fear and anger. "I meant that I thought she was more of a hardass than this nice boss." She laughed. "I have no idea what you were thinking though."

Shego looked incredulous. "Nice? Betty isn't nice! Did you not hear her earlier?" She mimicked Betty. "'I expect you back in the office by 3,' ha! She should just give me the afternoon off! I have enough on my plate already." But her actual plate was empty. She had finished her sandwich earlier on.

Kim shook her head. Too cute, she thought, she's too cute.

"And why should she give you the rest of the afternoon off?" Kim arched an eyebrow.

"Because she got to meet you and you guys seemed to have hashed it all out. Now it's up to me to come up with designs."

Kim patted Shego's hand. "Of which I'm sure you'll do a great job."

"I hope so."

Kim took a sip of her water. "Sorry. I thought it would've been a good idea to surprise you, but I guess not."

"I'm surprised you even came. I was thinking about not coming here for lunch, but I thought better and decided to drag Betty here and treat her for lunch."

Kim tilted her head in confusion. Do employees normally treat their bosses to lunch?

"Oh, I've known Betty since college. We go way back," Shego explained.

"Ah, that explains why you were so..."

"...rude?" Shego laughed. Part way through the meeting, she had called Betty a "one-eyed Cyclops from hell" because Betty had asked Shego to do eight designs instead of the five. The more designs, the better the chances of having GJ Designs kept on with the paper, Betty had explained while Kim looked on in amusement.

"Yes, she's used to my..." Shego paused, "...abrasiveness."

Kim giggled. "I'm not. I like that aggressive side of you. You're too quiet sometimes."

Shego's cheeks coloured. Quiet because I don't know what to say to you and I can't think straight when I'm around you, she thought.

"So," Kim said as she downed the rest of her water. "What's the plan for tomorrow?"

"Is there anywhere you'd like to go?"

"Movies? Gosh, this sounds so cliché for a first date," laughed Kim.

"Is there anything worth watching these days?"

"The Memo Pad?" Kim had seen it once but she didn't mind watching it again if Shego wanted to.

Shego made an odd face. "Too sappy..." She noticed that Kim was smiling. "Unless you like sappy?"

Kim shook her head. "You just don't want me to see you cry."

"I do not!" huffed Shego. "It's a tearjerker movie and I don't like those kinds of movies."

"Really? What kind of movies do you like then?" Kim edged closer to Shego, who reflexively leaned away.

"Action movies," mumbled Shego.

"The kind where the lead gets the girl?" Kim was leaning in dangerously close - her face was an inch away.

Shego swallowed. Kim was never going to make things easy for her, was she? She mumbled a "yeah" before surprising Kim: she leaned forward so that their foreheads were touching.

"Honestly, what do you want to do?"

Shego's heart did a somersault when Kim answered with a "Just spend time with you. It doesn't matter what we do or where we go, as long as we're in each other's company."

Shego smiled and leaned back. Kim pouted a bit since they were farther apart and all Shego could do was laugh. "You're too cute, you know that?"

Kim smiled as she got up. "You are too, you know." Shego laid down money to cover for everyone since Betty had left without paying. She won't let me claim this as a marketing expense, Shego thought, the sly devil.

The duo stepped outside. It was a cool autumn day - not cold enough for a jacket, but still warm enough to walk around in a t-shirt.

"How about we meet here at about 6 and then we'll figure out what to do?" Shego asked and then hesitantly added, "Unless you want me to pick you up?"

"Technically, I could ask you the same questions, but let's not be so chivalrous," the redhead laughed. "Yeah, let's meet here tomorrow at 6 and then figure out what to do."

Shego nodded. "Well, I'm headed that way and you're that way." She pointed east and west; she found it amusing how they both worked in the opposite directions, but St. Jude's was smack in the middle.

Kim thought the same thing and had an impish grin on her face. She leaned in to kiss Shego's cheek and then quickly walked away.

Shego practically skipped her way back to work.

Author's Notes: Sorry for the delay. The first draft for this chapter was longer, but I cut out a part that seemed out of place.

Will the next chapter cover Kim and Shego's first date? They already seem like a couple though. Hmm... Where will they go? What will they do? (Leave suggestions in the review and maybe I'll consider it since I haven't written the chapter yet. :P)

Chapter title is from "I Hope Tomorrow is Like Today" by Guster.