Chapter 17

Next day

6 am

Tommy woke up to 115 pounds of his girlfriend straddling his waist, bouncing and yelling.

"Tommy? TOMMY! Come on, you promised me!" Tommy groaned. "Today is the greatest day in the world. Day after Thanksgiving is when Christmas shopping starts, all the sales! We need a head start! TOMMY!" He opened his eyes as she shook him.

"I know I know! I'm up!" She smiled as Tommy sat up. "What time is it?"

"Just 6, stores are already opened! Come on!" Kim hopped off him and went into the bathroom.

"The things I do for that woman," he muttered.

"TOMMY!"

"Coming," Tommy said standing up stretching. He scratched his stomach and went into the bathroom. With Kimberly bending over to fix the water on the shower, Tommy smiled. He came up behind her and held her waist. He slid the string bikini down.

"We don't have time for that!"

"You said that last night."

"And if we had, you would be more tired now! Get your ass in that stall and wash my back, only." She looked at him sternly. Tommy hung his head and pushed his boxers aside and stepped in. "Good boy," she said patting his head.

"I am not your doggy."

"Oh, a dog! I would love a..."

"No."

"Meanie!" He lifted her into the tub and closed the door. She kissed him.

"Still no." She slapped his chest and reached for the bodywash. There was always something about water and those two. A shower, Kimberly only wanted taking 10-15 minutes turned into 45. Tommy was definitely a bad boy.

7:30am

Tommy sat on his bed, watching Kimberly pull out clothes after clothes. CD on, one of her favorite Latin artist, Cristian Castro, in the background.

"It's a mall!"

"But I must be comfortable and able to try on things!"

"You have been in that damn robe for over 30 minutes!"

"Hush! Perfection takes a little while." She put on her brown thongs. "Let's see." She tossed a dress aside, then jeans and tops. "I look fat in those." Tommy shook his head. "And these!" She threw some shorts aside. Kim slid on a red lacey Brazilian panties underneath her robe, getting a smile from Tommy as she flashed him.

"If I pick something out will that help?"

"Maybe. What do you think?"

"Uh, those," Tommy said pulling some jeans and a top to show her.

"No. Jeans, to have to deal with trying on clothes!"

"It's not bad!"

"Who is the expert shopper here!"

"Then try some shorts or a skirt! Kim, come on! You wake me at 6 in the morning."

"Fine! Grumpy much?" She slipped on a tank dress and sighed, pulling it off immediately. Kimberly slid on black bra and put on her white with pink stripes polo tee. Tommy tossed her a denim cargo mini. She nodded and slipped it on. "See, you can be helpful!" She kissed him and ran the blow dryer a few minutes before grabbing her purse and CD traveling case. Tommy sighed.

"Gonna be a long day."

"What was that?"

"I love you." She smiled and kissed him.

"I love you too. And I heard you." She walked out taking his keys.

11am

The mall was filled with hundreds of people. Mrs. Oliver and Kimberly dragged their significant others around the mall. Tommy groaned as he had to push the enormous shopping cart along side his father.

"Is it always going to be like that?"

"Get use to it, son, they don't get better with age."

"I heard that! Come, we haven't even hit the second, third or fourth floor!"

"Yea, come on, Tommy! We have to pick out a puppy!"

"A puppy?" Kim winked at Mrs. Oliver.

"Kim, we..." She pulled the end of the cart with her.

"At least this is only one day son, trying 364 days of this."

"I would kill myself." Mr. Oliver laughed.

"Try marriage." Mrs. Oliver dragged her shopping cart in another direction from Kimberly and Tommy.

"Marriage, that would nice," Tommy whispered. Kimberly was scratching off places on the mall map.

"What was that, Tommy?"

"Nothing, hey, can we stop for a second, I want to check the map too."

"You do?"

"Yea, I mean, we are here to shop and I need to get some things too."

"Okay." They found a seat. Tommy allowed Kim to his lap. They went over the map together. Kimberly smiled as Tommy pointed out places to go as well.

"What?"

"Nothing." She looked back to the map. Tommy kissed her neck. They went back to shopping

5pm

Tommy's parents found Tommy waiting outside a pet store as Kimberly was carrying around a 2 week old Huskey and 1 week old Toyfox Terrier. She was near the door holding them, Tommy had to stay outside to watch the shopping cart.

"Awww, he's adorable."

"It's a she," Kim said. She held the Huskey up. "Terrier is a boy."

"I like the chocolate lab better," Tommy said. They had been in the pet store nearly an hour each, picking puppies out to hold and fall in love with.

"But these beautiful blue eyes." Kim kissed her, then the terrier.

"You said the same about the Maltese with black eyes."

"Well, it's true, look into these eyes." Tommy stepped closer and smiled.

"She is cute."

"I did like the french bulldog."

"And the white terrier, and the pug, and the poodle, come on, if we are going to get one, we need to decide this soon."

"We'll be a few stores down, okay. You two take your time in picking." Kim nodded as Tommy's parents left them to decided.

"We are getting one?"

"Yea. One."

"But..what about school and having no time?"

"We can make time." She kissed him.

"I love you."

"You just love how I always cave to you."

"Not always. Sometimes you are stubborn."

"Me, and you are just.."

"Not." They kissed again. "I like the Huskey, but it's your apartment too, so, what do you want?"
"No, this is your dog. You pick."

"I thought it was ours."

"Kim, you wanted a puppy, pick one."

"I can't. Help me."

"Huskey, she's nice."

"Huskey?" Kim looked back at the many pens, her eyes on the bulldog.

"You want the pug?"

"Maybe."

"Get him. I think he was a little crazy, but.."

"I like the terrier too."

"We can't have 2 dogs. "

"Why not?"

"Because!"

"Because why?"

"Kim, no!"

"Terrier and Bulldog will make a great combo."

"Kim, what did I just say!"

"Please." She pouted. "They are both boys and boys are so much better than girls."

"They are like 1000 a piece."

"I know."

"A 1000, Kim."

"Can you say no to this face?" Tommy sighed. An assistance came over.

"So, have you two decided?" Kim bit her lip.

"We'll take the terrier and bulldog, males."

"Great, let me get you set up!" Kim smiled as the worker took the puppies from Kim and went to get the bulldog. Kim hopped out and kissed him.

"This is your Christmas present, I hope you realize."

"Thank you." They hugged. "Where are we going to fit 2 puppies?"

"The real question is, what are the others going to say when we bring home 2 puppies?" Kim groaned. "Yea, I would like it if you could handle that." She smiled as the assistance held up the terrier and french bulldog indicating those were the two, they wanted. Kim wrapped her arms around Tommy's waist. She looked up at him. They kissed. Kim nodded to the worker. Assistance nodded and went to work on the paperwork.

Teaser: Mr. Oliver put his arms around his wife.
"Off again."
"Yea, but this time he has her."
"Think we need to start planning a wedding for those two?"
"Yea. I think that's going to a wonderful wedding."