Chapter 5
Once school ended for the summer. Tommy and Kimberly spent as much time together as possible. Though Tommy had his football camp, Karate classes, They loved their times alone. Kim's mother wedding to Pierre was coming up shortly in a few days.
"Are you sure you are going to be okay here all alone without me?"
"Mom, I'm 15, not 2. It's a week."
"It's nearly 10 days, baby."
"Trini is coming for a few days, I'm staying with her a few days, it will pass by so quickly."
"Okay."
"Now stop worrying about me, Mom. You are getting married, again. Don't you think you should be focused on that and your vows?"
"I am!" The doorbell rung. "That must be our dresses."
"I'll get it."
"Thanks." Kimberly signed the clipboard and took the 2 gowns. Tommy pulled up in the driveway. "Hey!"
"Hey." Tommy carried a box out.
"What's that?"
"A gift from my Mom for your Mom."
"Oh, great. Tell her I said thank you. Wait am I saying, I'll see her at the wedding. Mom! Come look, Tommy's mother has a gift for you." Kim's mother came downstairs. She opened it.
"Oh, thank God. It's the bouquet I wanted."
"Wow, it's beautiful."
"Yes, go put this in the freezer. Kim get Tommy something to drink."
"I'm fine." Kim took Tommy's hand and pulled into the kitchen with her. "In just 3 days, 10 days all alone."
"Our own little honeymoon," Tommy whispered. They kissed.
The day of the wedding, Thursday, June 12th. Kimberly was fixing her mother's lipstick. Kim's grandmother was fixing her veil into her hair.
"Okay done."
"Absolutely beautiful, my daughter."
"Thanks Mom."
"Ladies, it's about time. The priest had walked down the aisle."
"We're ready," Kim said adjusting her pink tube maid-of-honor gown.
"I'm gonna go take my seat." Kim's grandmother left them after kisses. Mrs. Scott, Jason's mother and Kim's mother best friend handed over the bride her bouquet. Kimberly took the small white roses one, Mrs. Scott had.
"Okay, you look lovely. I'll go first." Mrs. Scott went to the doorway. Pierre's best man was waiting.
"I love you Mom."
"I love you too, baby." Kim fixed the veil over her face.
"See you, Mrs. Dumas." Kim's mother hugged and kissed her. Kim went to the doorway next. Tommy held his hand out for Kimberly. She took his hand and arm and They walked down the aisle.
During the ceremony, Kimberly and Tommy exchanged looks and smiled. Mouthing 'I love you' often. Kim's mother and Pierre had rented out the hall for the entire afternoon and night for the party. Kimberly and Tommy snuck away into a room.
"If we get caught..."
"Shhh!" Kim pulled him to the couch kissing. Tommy kissed down her neck and shoulders. "Oh...I love you." Tommy pressed Kimberly against the sofa. One of her legs raised up as Tommy lightly sucked on her neck. Trini and Kim's grandmother were sent to find the couple for pictures. Trini heard moans and giggles. She opened the door with Kim's grandmother and found the couple. Both of them looked up from laying on the couch to see them.
"Your mother wants pictures."
"Oh this!" Kimberly yelled. They quickly started to fixed their clothes.
"No, wedding. Bride, maid of honor."
"Oh right." Kimberly fixed her dress.
"Hurry up." Kimberly and Tommy nodded as They left them to get fixed. Kimberly pressed her face to his chest as she laughed. Tommy hugged her, rubbing her head, laughing as well. They fixed each other and headed out.
"KIM! There you are! Come on, " Kim's mother held her hand out. "Where did you go?"
"Bathroom."
"Don't disappear like that! Photographer has been waiting."
"Sorry."
"Okay, all together." Tommy put his arms around Kimberly.
"Now, bride and groom." SNAP SNAP.
"Maid of honor and bride"
SNAP SNAP, SNAP SNAP
"You two. Can you hug her?" Tommy did. After nearly 20 minutes, Tommy and Kimberly went to get drinks. Open-bar, not to shabby.
Tommy drove home pretty late with Kimberly asleep. She had a little too much to drink. Tommy lifted her out of the car and carried her inside and into his bedroom. He laid her on the bed. Tommy remembered the call on the way home from his mother.
" Promise me son, you will behave."
"I will. See you Tuesday." Tommy's parents left after the wedding to drive up to visit his uncle for the weekend. Leaving Tommy alone. Tommy stripped down Kimberly. She woke up just as he pulled her bra off.
"Tommy?"
"Do you want a shirt?"
"No." She rolled to her stomach, leaving her just in her white lacey tanga. Tommy smiled. He stripped down to boxers and laid on her. They fell asleep like that.
In the middle of the night, Kim woke in Tommy's arms. She turned slowly and stared at him. Tommy opened his eyes and smiled. They started kissing. Kimberly stopped his head, as his lips moved down her neck.
"Do you not want to?" Tommy's head raised up from her chest.
"Not yet."
"Okay." He came up and kissed her. Tommy wrapped his arms around her.
"Tommy?"
"Huh?"
"Do you think about our future?"
"Sometimes."
"And us?"
"Yes, sometimes."
"I think about what our wedding day would be." Tommy raised his head. "A lot since my mother decided to get re-married."
"Me too."
"You do?"
"Beautiful, I can't wait to marry. Have children, live in our 2-story house, with backyard, pool, 2 dogs and a cat."
"Children?"
"Yea, like probably 4 or 5."
"4 or 5:
"Yea, a boy, then twin girls, another boy and finally a little girl."
"You think about that?"
"Yea, sometimes. We've been together for almost a year. I mean, I know what's where we are heading. I mean, I hope it is." Kimberly took a deep breath as tears rolled down her face. "Kim, what's wrong? You're crying!" She shook her head. He raised up and wiped under her eyes.
"I'm just happy." They kissed.
"I love you and I can't wait to marry you and spend my life with you forever."
"Only forever?"
"Oh, much longer." They kissed and went to bed.
Saturday morning, Kimberly's mother had Tim, Kim's older brother stop by to check on Kimberly that weekend. He drove down from Stanford to check on his baby sister. Tim saw dirty dishes and went to Kim's bedroom. He went into Kim's room and found Kimberly asleep against Tommy's chest. Tim shook his head and went down to the basement. In a case, he found his father's shotgun. He emptied it, of course. Tim hit Kimberly with the barrel of the gun.
"OW! What the fuc..." Kimberly woke up to see Tim. Tim was holding the gun to Tommy's cheek. "Tim! What are you doing here! Stop that!" She pushed the gun from Tommy's face only to get hit on the head again. "OW!"
"Mom told me to check on you. Who's this?"
"Tommy. Why do you have Daddy's gun?" Another hit.
"HEY!" Tommy got one after he tried to block Kimberly.
"Is this Tommy?"
"Yes!" Tim hit Tommy again.
"Sleeping with my baby sister?" Tommy rubbed his head.
"Tim, get out!" Another hit.
"Do you want me to shot you?"
"The gun is not loaded." Another hit. "OW!"
"Look, Mom wanted me to make sure her precious babygirl was okay. Now, I come to find I have to tell her, you and your loverboy were in bed, having had sex. Did you use a condom?"
"Wha?" Another hit. "NO!"
"NO!" Another hit on the head.
"OW!" Kim rubbed her head again. "We didn't have sex!"
"Don't believe you!" Another hit for both of them.
"Seriously, Tim. Stop this. I promise, we didn't."
"You have sex with my sister?"
"No."
"What was that?" Tommy got hit again.
"No!"
"Just in case." Tim pulled out his wallet and dropped a string of condoms. Kim sat up.
"Tim, why are you carrying 7 condoms?"
"Every day of the week, princess."
"You are sooo sick!" Tim hit her.
"As for you, hurt my sister, remember this, I've been to prison, I know how to use a gun."
"You went to a tour of a prison. OW!" Tim hit her much harder.
"Now, I must go. Big date tonight and I need to pick up some condoms."
"Disgusting!"
"Hey, be lucky I'm not telling Mom. I'm gonna be nice for change."
"Thank you." Tim nodded.
"Not ready to be a uncle, Kim, please don't make me one."
"Not ready to be a Mommy either." Tim kissed her head.
"Bye."
"Bye." Tim left.
"Are you okay?"
"Beautiful, I woke up to a gun in my face."
"That's Tim. Little crazy. My poor baby," Kim rubbed his head and kissed him. "If I have one lump, I'm gonna hurt him" Tommy kissed her again. She laid down on Tommy's chest.
"You think the gun was unloaded?"
"Yes! Tim's crazy, but not that crazy."
"I'm just lucky it wasn't your father."
"Now we would be worrying about the gun being loaded, because he would have shot you." They laughed. Tommy kissed her and they fell back asleep.
Tommy was making breakfast Sunday morning, after Kim had cooked all day Saturday for them. Tommy carried a tray of food and juice. Kimberly woke up and smiled.
"So sweet." Tommy gave her a kiss and settled the tray across her lap. Kim took a few bites of pancakes and eggs. "Soo good. Why aren't you eating?"
"I ate." She poured more strawberry syrup.
"Thanks you."
"You're welcome."
"What shall we do today?"
"Whatever you want?"
"Really?"
"No shopping."
"You said whatever I want." Tommy kissed her again.
"Anything but that." Kim bit her lip and smiled.
Tommy and Kimberly laid out by her pool.
"Okay, this is great."
"I told you." Tommy drank his pina cola Kimberly had made. 2 pitchers later, both were kissing passionately against the staircase to her bedroom. Just as Tommy hands went to her bikini top, she pulled back.
"Sorry."
"Hey, I told you, I will wait."
"I just...I want it to be perfect."
"Me too." He kissed her shoulder. Tommy picked her up and carried her to her bedroom, where they fell asleep, to sleep off the drunkenness.
A few days later, June 18th, Wednesday, Tommy woke to find Kimberly gone.
"Okay. I'll tell him. No problem. Yes, we did. Alright. Babye."
"Who was that?" Kim jumped and shrieked.
"Don't do that!" She hung up the phone after hitting him. "Your mother."
"What did she say?"
"Could we pick up some cheese and salad for dinner tonight."
"Oh. So, she's not mad about..."
"No, as long as we behaved. I, of course said we did." Kimberly held his waist.
"Still sore you know," he said. Tommy and Kimberly had an intensive sparring, where Tommy found himself on his back a lot.
"Where?"
"My shoulder." He raised his arm. Kim kissed his shoulder. She moved to right over his heart.
"Better?"
"Little."
"What can I do to make it much better?"
"A few more of these." Tommy cupped her face and kissed her deeply.
Dinner with the Olivers was Kim's favorite thing when her mother wasn't cooking.
"Kimberly, congratulation, another win."
"Thanks, Mrs. Oliver." Kimberly won another district title on Monday.
"I got a brief review over the radio. Another perfect 10 on beam and floor. So proud of you."
"She looked so great out there, Mom. So amazing."
"Now, I amaze you?" Tommy leaned over and kissed her.
"Everyday," he whispered. Kim smiled.
TEASER:Mrs. Dumas was about to make Kim some tea, When the doorbell rung. She opened it and found Tommy. She gasped.
"Tommy?"
"Hi, can I..."
"You are too sick to be up!" She helped him inside. "Did you walk here?" He nodded. She felt his forehead. He was burning up. "Go on."
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