Declaring War
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Kim smirked as they walked into the mall. It hadn't taken all that long for her to convince Tommy to go shopping with her. Apparently he was serious about winning her over, so he had agreed to go with her.
Of course when he agreed he had absolutly no idea what he had gotten himself into.
Oh, he thought he knew what this was going to be like. He had gone shopping with her before when they were younger. During those times he couldn't think of an excuse quick enough to get out of it or he just couldn't tell her no when she asked him.
But there were major differences in how things were now compared to how they used to be back in high school. Back then she had been his girlfriend, or wanted to be, so she had gone easy on him, been nice enough not to inflict the whole terror of what it was like to go shopping with her. Ask Jason or Billy, once had been more than enough for them, and now, it was going to be Tommy's turn. Because even if she loved him - and she was still thinking about it - well, he so had this coming to him.
He had to pay.
Tommy was tired, not only was he tired though, he was bored, and hungry, and really wanted to sit down for more than five minutes. His feet hurt, he was carrying more bags then he could possibly count, his head was still dizzy from the perfume shop they had gone through thirty minutes and his inner voice - who sounded disturbingly like his best friend Jason - was telling him that he sounded like a girl.
Not to mention he really had to pee.
They had been shopping now for 5 hours straight now without stopping. The only kind of break he'd gotten was to stand in the store while she tried on practically every item that they stocked in her size.
He had never quite believed the jokes or stories Billy and Jason had told him about Kimberly's shopping trips. Having been on quite a few himself and knowing that they were not as bad as what the two had said, he had thought they had exaggerated, but now, he was wondering if they had always been telling the truth and Kim had just not put him through the wringer before now.
Which would mean that she was putting him through the full extent now. Either that or she had changed her shopping style a lot in the years that had passed. He had a feeling though, that she had stopped playing easy. Which meant that he was getting to her, and he'd feel better about that later. Right then he couldn't feel happy about anything but getting out of there.
"Kim." He said, pausing for a moment when he realized that her name had come out more like a whine then his regular voice. Coughing for a moment he started again, this time in his regular tone of voice.
"Can we take a break? Maybe get something to eat or something?" He asked her hopefully.
Kim made sure Tommy couldn't see her when she smiled. He was close to his breaking point, and now all she had to do was push him over the cliff.
She turned to look at him, hiding her amusement at seeing him holding all the bags full of the things she had purchased. She had a brief moment of thinking that she had maybe gone a little overboard on buying things but shrugged it off. She had been long overdue for a shopping spree and there had been some major sales so she wasn't going to feel to bad about it.
She hummed a moment, as if thinking about it. "Well, maybe you could take a moment." She said, and waited for the perfect moment before she continued. "Could you take the bags back to the car for me? You're getting a little weighted down and we're going to need the space. But get back soon would you? I think I'm gonna buy a couple things." She told him.
"Right, I'll be right back." Tommy told her, turning and walking away.
Kim smirked as she heard him cursing under his breath.
He was close. Now the torture could really begin.
When Tommy came back to the clothing store Kim had been in when he left he looked around before he realized that she wasn't in there. None of the dressing rooms were in use so he knew she wasn't hiding out in one of them.
He sighed as he pulled out his cell phone and dialed her cell.
"Hey!" Her cheerful voice made him ground his teeth.
"Kim, where are you?" He asked, trying to keep his annoyance out of his voice.
"Oh, you took too long. I got bored in there so I moved on to a different store. It's three stores down, I'll see you in there." She told him then hung up before he could hear her laugh.
"Took to long?" He asked in disbelief as he stared down at his phone. "You have got to be kidding me." He muttered as he put his cell phone away and walked out of the store and started down to the store she was in.
There was no way he had taken too long. All he had done was put the bags away and gone to the bathroom. He hadn't even stopped to get anything to eat figuring she might get upset if he did take too long.
He looked up, taking a moment to pray that this shopping trip would soon be over. He didn't know how much more he could take, even if it had been somewhat his idea. (Which he was going to bash his head against the wall later for.) He loved Kimberly, and he would do almost anything for her, but he didn't ever want to go shopping with her again.
Still though he had to finish living through this trip before he could avoid the next one. So now he had to find her.
Reaching the store she said she would be in he froze as he looked at the display before he looked up at the name of the store and took a deep breath to gather his strength. He had a feeling he was going to need it.
The name of the store?
Unmentionables
Kim almost crackled with glee as she came out of the dressing room, holding a few different pieces of underwear and lingerie. The look on Tommy's face was priceless. His eyes were wide and his face was slightly pale. She couldn't help the slight smirk as she saw it so she turned away for a moment to look at the saleslady. Saying thanks she walked towards Tommy.
"So I can't decide, which one would look better? Ice mint mist or dusty morning pink?" She asked him, holding up two different colors of the same bra set.
She watched as Tommy gulped as he looked from one set to the other, trying to decide which one to choose. On one hand, her color had always been pink so he had associated that color with her so it had always been a soft spot for him, seeing her in pink. On the other hand the other color was a light green, a color of his, and seeing Kim in his colors - even his old colors did something to him.
After a moment Kim watched him as he pointed to the green one.
She had a pretty good guess as to why he had chosen the ice mint mist over the dusty morning pink. It was the same reason why she had worn a lot of white along with her pink back when they were dating.
Narrowing her eyes as if to consider she shrugged. "I think I'll take both, and I've still got to get a couple of more things." She told him, turning and walking over to a rack of different items. She grinned when she heard him whimper.
She had so won this round.
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