CHAPTER 2

"What do you want to do today Vix?" Nikki was sitting on the end of the bed zipping up her boots.

"Wouldn't mind a shopping day," She reached up and pulled out a pair of jeans from the shelf.

Nikki groaned inwardly, she hated shopping, "Ok let's do it," she jumped up fit then?"

"Are you sure? You hate shopping."

"For you my darling Vix, anything."

Sauchiehall Street was jammed, Nikki was fed up, they had been in about 1000 shops between Argyll Street and Buchanan Street, her feet were killing her.

Sam was in Debenhams with Lexy, in St Enoch's shopping centre she was praying that the dress Lexy was trying on was the perfect one, she could no longer bear the shops, she had to get away from them.

Let's go back to Debenhams Nikki I liked that blue dress I think I'll get it," Nikki groaned, "OK,"

"Vix I wouldn't mind just going to a shop down here if that's ok meet you back here in a half an hour."

"Ok," Vix crossed over to Debenhams, as she entered the shop she saw Nikki entering the other door, thinking she had changed her mind she made to go over to her when a woman appeared and linked her arm into hers and left the shop, it was then that Vix realised that her clothes weren't the same, Nikki had on a dark blue jacket the woman she had thought was Nikki had a grey jacket with a small strip in it. Vix was stunned at how alike they were.

When they met again Vix showed Nikki her dress, Nikki could feel a flood of relief come over her, she was worn out, Vix should have come with a warning, "this woman can shop you to death."

"It was weird Nikki I really thought the woman I saw was you, it was only when I realised she was wearing different clothes to those you had on that I knew it couldn't be you."

"Everyone is supposed to have a double somewhere, I've often felt there was someone out there that was my double, can't say why just feels sometimes someone else thinks like me. Mad aren't I?"

"You said it," Vix grinned and dodged a playful slap on the arm.

"We have one more day tomorrow I'd like to do the gay scene just for a look it's years since I did a gay scene how do you fancy it, I hear there are a couple of good bars around here."

"Fine by me Nikki," Vix linked her arm into Nikki's and they made for the hotel.

Frankie was on the opposite side of the road, she did a double take when she saw Nikki and Vix walking along together she put her camera to her eye and snapped off a few photos. She was sure it was Sam with another woman but after what Tess had said last night she suspected they were just look-a-likes.

Back at the cottage she showed Geri, "They look very alike Frankie, sure it isn't Sam," Geri looked again at the photos,

"I know it is unreal they could be twins, they are soooo alike that's who Tess must have seen last night got to have been."

"Yes but Frankie they are to similar, do you think they are family somehow?" Geri stared at on of the photos.

"Well Sam only has a brother as far as I can remember, but they could be cousins, stranger things happen."

The next morning Vix said she would like to take a walk on her own she told Nikki that she felt she could manage a walk to the shoe shop she had seen the shoes in that would match her dress, "you don't mind do you?"

"Mind I'm delighted sweetheart, this is the first time you have said you could go out alone since we came back home," Nikki kissed her, "Mobiles on then."

" Vix smiled, "Mobiles on, see you in about an hour."

Vix was sitting in the shoe shop trying on her shoes when Sam walked past, she was with a man, they looked as if they were in a hurry, Vix stared at them, she purchased the shoes and made for the door, there was no sign of the man or woman. She walked the way they had gone just as she was giving up hope of seeing them again they came out of a doorway leading to offices over the shops. Vix came face to face with Sam and could almost touch her, she stared open mouthed, "Are you ok there?" Sam asked. She even sounded like Nikki.

"Me? Oh! eh yes, you just look like someone I know, infact you could be her you are so alike." Vix turned on her heal and walked quickly away.

Sam turned to her colleague, "Lexy, Tess, Frankie, now a total stranger what the fuck is going on?"

"Well it looks like you have a doppelganger honey."

"Yeah right!" Sam was beginning to believe that something was really happening and there was someone there who looked exactly like her, she felt a little freaked at the thought of it, but then she had been adopted, may be there was a sister who just happens to be in Glasgow, the thought was too bazaar to even contemplate.

"Nikki, Nikki, I've seen her again she was in the street, she is you, she's your double," Vix was breathless when she arrived back in the hotel, the room was empty, Nikki had popped out for a short walk whilst Vix was out.

"Vix, are you ok?" Nikki could here the excitement in her voice as she answered the call, "slow down Vix your losing me, who did you see again? Ok Vix I'm on my way back I'm not far away." Nikki had walked to the cinema to see what was on but nothing inspired her to suggest going.

"Nikki I swear this woman could be your twin, she even sounds like you, she's not Scottish anyway, she sounds just like you."

Sam was deep in thought when Lexy arrived home, the encounter with the stranger and what she had said was playing on her mind. She had also seen the photos Frankie had snapped of the two woman and she realised that her friends were seeing double.

"Lexy I met a woman today who thought I was someone else, she freaked me out completely, you know Peter and I are adopted, well what if I had a sister," she put the photo on the coffee table and Lexy picked it up.

"Jesus Sam she could be you," Lexy looked closely at the photo, "I saw her to in that Toyota, who is she?"

Sam shook her head, "who knows, but I have to find out."