They were careful this time what they said, as they made their way back down to the lobby to find the boutique they were told about when they checked it.
It was around the corner, and it had a small selection of anything you could possibly need. They split up, Kirsten heading to the women's section and Cameron to the men's.
Kirsten grabbed a few pairs of jeans and a variety of tops, along with some shorts. She found a few underclothes as well to add to her growing pile.
She found Cameron in the dressing room, trying on a nice suit.
"What do you think, Stretch?" he asked, fixing his cuffs and looking in the mirror.
"Seems you can clean up nice," she said.
"Did you find a dress?" he asked.
"I'm not really a dress person," she commented.
Cameron thought back to the fashion show they went to. It was definitely a dress-up occasion, but Kirsten chose to wear a pair of black dress pants and a flowing white top.
"Well," he said, "You have to have a dress for the ball we need to go to."
"Right," she said. "Um, I'll go look and see if I can find something suitable."
She wondered back to the dress section, which she had purposefully avoided the first time around. She had left her pile of clothes on the chair by the dressing room Cameron was currently in, so her arms were empty.
She flipped through the dresses, but nothing really stuck out to her. She did find a wine colored gown that would have suited her, but they didn't have her size.
Cameron came up behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist. She paused in his arms, the familiarity of them around her instantly comforting.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"We're newlyweds," he said. "We have to play it up."
While Kirsten heard him, she could also feel his heart beat against her shoulder blade and it was beating at a much higher pace than normal.
"Are you okay?" she asked, turning to look at him.
"Yeah," he said. "Why?"
"Your heart is beating really fast," she stated. "Is that normal for you."
"It is when I'm around you," he said, a blush rising to his cheeks.
Kirsten shrugged it off, not really getting the meaning of his comment.
She continued flipping through the rack, trying to find something, anything.
Cameron picked up a simple white gown and held it up for her to view.
"What about this one?" he asked. "It kind of reminds me of your Halloween costume."
"I'll try it," she said. "I don't have anything else it seems."
She follows him back to the dressing room and he hangs it up for her before sitting in the chairs positioned in front of the area.
"Where did our clothes go?" she asked.
"The sales girl took them to the front counter," he said.
"Okay." She pulled the curtain back and proceeded to change.
Cameron pulled out his phone, where he saw he had a message from Linus.
Linus: How's it going?
Cameron: It's going. We're getting some clothes from the boutique.
Linus: Hot lingerie for your honeymoon? ;)
Cameron: NO! Just some basics.
Linus: You know, this could potentially be a very rewarding assignment for you.
Cameron: Shut up.
"How does it look?" Kirsten asked, pulling the curtain aside and stepping out of the little room.
Cameron's mouth dropped slightly as he took in the woman in front of him. She looked like a bride in the simple gown. The pure white made her seem to glow. The material perfectly cupped her breast, not overly modest, but not trashy and revealing at all, and cinched at her waist. The material continued down, where it reached the floor in a puddle at her feet. It put her angel costume to shame and brought out the color of her cheeks.
"That bad?" she asked, taking his silence as a negative thing. "I told you I don't like dress…"
"No, no," he said, holding his hands out to her as he stood up and interrupted her. "You just, you look gorgeous."
"Thanks," she said, a little quizzical at what was going on in his head. She turned to reenter the dressing room and change back. "Do we need anything else?"
"I don't think so," he said.
She handed him the dress around the curtain and told him to go tell them to charge it to their room.
He headed to the front with her dress in his hand. He found the sales girl that had helped him earlier and had her ring all their purchases up.
She came up behind him, sliding her left hand around his waist and placing a shoe box on the counter next to him.
"This too, please," she told the sales girl.
"Like this?" she whispered in his ear as the sales girl went to get the other shoe from the back.
He gulped but nodded his head, putting his arm around her and pulling her to his side.
"Would you like me to have these sent to your room?" the sales girl asked.
"Sure," Kirsten told her. "Come on, honey. Let's go look around the resort."
"Thanks," Cameron told her. He put his hand on the small of Kirsten's back to lead her out of the boutique.
Once they exited, Kirsten felt a slight tremor from Cameron's hand as he slid it down her arm to grasp her hand in his. He interlaced his fingers with hers and looked up at her.
"What's wrong?" she asked him, tilting her head in confusion, her hand strong and sure in his.
"Nothing," he said.
"Okay," she says.
"You want to get some lunch?" he asks.
"Yeah, that sounds good."
As they entered the lobby, Kirsten was busy peeking outside. Cameron nudged her.
"What?" she asked, turning to him.
"Our friends decided to join us," he said, nodding towards the front counter, where Camille and Linus were currently standing.
"Oh good," she said. "Now we can split up."
"Camille," Kirsten called out.
"Kirsten!" Camille squealed, coming towards her. "I didn't know y'all were honeymooning here. We totally would have gone somewhere else for our anniversary trip."
Kirsten was confused by her outburst, but accepted it and moved on. "She's playing it up," Cameron whispered in her ear. "Just go with it."
"Oh," she said, as she looked forward just in time to accept Camille's embrace. "Yeah! We just got here this morning. We had terrible luck getting here though. Airport lost our luggage, Resort almost lost our reservation, but it's starting to look up."
Camille looked a little shocked at Kirsten playing along. She had a habit of killing anything not straight-forward or literal.
Cameron shook hands with Linus and when he did he was surprised to feel three round shapes pressing into his palm.
"To help you two blend in," Linus said.
Cameron pulled his hand back and looked down, finding 2 wedding bands and an engagement ring in his hand. He slipped them into his pocket to give to her when they were alone.
"Mr. and Mrs. Goodkin," the front desk woman called.
"Yes?" They turned to her.
"Your luggage has arrived. Would you like me to have it sent to your rooms?"
"That would be great," Cameron said. "Is there somewhere around here we can get lunch?"
"Of course," she said. "Straight down that hall, second door on the right, you'll find our resort restaurant. You'll find a buffet there."
"Thanks," they all said.