Chapter 2
Tommy awoke to the brisk winter morning. The windows of Kira's house were covered in frost. Tommy felt so warm as Kira's body lay on top of his. He stroked her hair and waited for her to awake slowly. "Rise and shine beautiful. It's time to greet the day,"said Tommy in a soft voice. Kira awoke in the comfort of Tommy's arms. Kira opened her eyes and turned around to face Tommy. "Good morning,"she said. Kira whipped the blanket off and walked down the hallway, into her room. Tommy followed her and watched Kira laying her clothes out on her bed. "I'm just gonna wash up and then I have to head over to Cyberspace. I promised Haley I would help put up some holiday decorations with the guys, and I am performing all week with my band." Tommy smiled, slipping his hands into his pockets. "No problem. Need a ride?" Kira smiled as she pulled a pair of socks out of her drawer. "That'd be great. I'll be about and hour or so to get ready. I'll call you when I'm done." "Cool, I'll see you then,"said Tommy. Kira wrapped her arms around Tommy for a last embrace until later that day. Tommy stroked Kira's hair out of her face and kissed her gently on the cheek. With a final hug, Tommy drove off in his black jeep as Kira finished laying her stuff out for her performance.
At home, Tommy decided to get a jump start on his special gift to Kira. Tommy went into the kitchen and pulled out a black pocket book near the phone. He searched through the book until he found the number he was looking for. "I haven't called her in so long. I wonder if she'll even help me. It's worth a shot,"thought Tommy as he picked up the phone and dialed the number. The dial tone ringed twice before a young woman's voice answered on the other end. "Hello? Gymnastics With Hart? How May I help you?" "Hi. Is this Kimberly Hart?"asked Tommy. "Yes it is?"she replied in a puzzled manner. "Kim, it's Tommy. Tommy Oliver,"said Tommy. Kim let out a small shriek on the other end, full of excitement. "Tommy! Oh my gosh! I haven't talked to you in so long. How are you?" Tommy chuckled. "I'm doing great, actually. Anyway, I am calling to ask you a favor." "Sure, Tommy. Anything, just name it,"said Kim. "I know with all of your traveling, you have connections with airports and I was wondering if you could get a friend of mine a ticket to New York. Her family is stuck in New York for the holidays and she is stuck over here in California, and they have no way to be together." Kim chuckled on the other end. "So, it's Tommy Oliver to the rescue once again. No problem Tommy, I can definitely get you the ticket. I'll, actually purchase it online for you, and all you would have to do is print it out and show it to the counter person right before you board. I'll take care of it right now. The information should get to you by mid afternoon and we can get your friend the quickest flight possible." "Thanks a lot Kim. I owe you one,"said Tommy. "Anytime. Talk to you later,"said Kim. Tommy hung up the phone and went into his room to change his clothes. Tommy jumped into a quick shower and then whipped on a black shirt and khaki pants. Rushing a comb and some gel through his wet hair, Tommy quickly grabbed his car keys and slipped them into his pocket. Picking up the phone, he gave Kira a quick call. He got her answering machine.
Kira ran a brush through her hair as the answering machine recorded Tommy's message. "Hey Kira. It's Tommy. I'll be over in about 15 minutes to pick you up. See you then. Bye." The machine clicked off. Kira finished her hair and slipped on her shoes. Kira ran into the living room and grabbed her guitar and slipped it into the case. The fifteen minutes soon passed and out popped Tommy in Kira's front yard. Looking out the window after hearing his horn honk twice, Kira slipped into her yellow windbreaker and grabbed her guitar. Kira locked the door behind her as she ran out to Tommy's black jeep. "Thanks for the ride Tommy." Tommy smiled at Kira, looking into her brown doe eyes. "It's no big deal Kira." Tommy pulled out of the driveway and headed towards Haley's Cyberspace. The drive seemed longer than normal. Haley's was only about a ten minute drive from Kira's house but Tommy and Kira knew it was longer than normal. As Tommy pulled into the parking lot, he looked over to Kira with a smile. Kira smiled back as she grabbed her guitar and began to walk inside. Tommy followed behind. Kira and Tommy reached the door and heard a strange noise coming from inside. "Fa la la la la la la la la." "What is that noise?"asked Kira as she looked over to Tommy. "I don't know. Sounds like a dying animal,"said Tommy. Shrugging their shoulders, they decided to find out what was going on. As they entered Haley's, they were amazed by all of the holiday decorations they could see. The place looked remarkable with red and green streamers all around the banisters. There was a tree decorated in the corner of the room with dozens of ornaments and lights. The stereo played lots of Christmas music. Haley came out from the back room with a box of decorations in her arms. She set the box down and pulled out some small cotton balls from her pockets. "You guys are gonna need these,"she said as she handed the cotton balls to Tommy and Kira. Ethan and Trent grabbed some more decorations from the box Haley brought out and began to decorate as the music played "Deck the Halls". Conner stood atop a ladder hanging holiday cards along the streamers. It wasn't long before the guys began to sing to the Relient K version of "Deck the Halls" "You guys might want to use those ear plugs,"said Haley as she the little cotton balls into her ears, then went back to decorating holiday cookies. Kira and Tommy didn't hesitate to put the cotton balls into their ears as Conner started to song followed by Ethan and Trent's "Fa la la la's".
Deck
the halls with bought of holly
Fa la la la la, la la la la
Tis
the season to be jolly
Fa la la la la, la la la la
Don we
now our gay apparel
Fa la la la la, la la la la
Troll the
ancient youletide carol,
Fa la la la la, la la la la
Haley walked over to the stereo and turned off the volume on the stereo. "Do you guys not hear how bad you sound?"asked Haley, getting annoyed. "Aw, c'mon Haley. We weren't that bad,"said Conner, climbing down the ladder. Kira looked at Tommy and laughed. "You were right Tommy. I guess there were dying animals in here." Tommy chuckled back. "Yeah, three dying dinosaurs." Haley laughed along as Ethan and Trent threw all of the unused ornaments back into the box. "Okay guys, come on over to the counter for some hot chocolate and ginger bread cookies,"said Haley as she put away the frosting and laid the cookies on a plate.
The decorating went perfectly. All of the colors were spectacular and you could definitely feel the holiday spirit. Kira performed with her band several times that day. Tommy watched every single one of her performances. Ethan helped Trent hand out hot chocolate while Conner napped on the couch. It was like that the rest of the day. As things started to quiet down, Tommy decided to tell Kira the great news. He flagged her down off the stage as she finished her last song of the day. "Kira, I got you a plane ticket to New York to see your parents for the holidays. It's my Christmas gift to you,"said Tommy. Kira jumped into Tommy's arms with a joyous smile."Thank you so much! I can't believe you did this for me." Tommy released her and smiled. "Its nothing. I would do anything for you." Tommy looked deep into Kira's soft brown doe eyes as she looked at him with the smile of an angel. "Anyway, your flight is on the 23rd. I'll personally drive you down to the airport." It was the perfect day for Kira. Nothing could go wrong that day. "I am finally going to have my special Christmas with my parents! All thanks to Tommy. He is so perfect,"she thought as she and Tommy ensnared each others lips in a kiss.