Author's Note: Once again, I appreciate those of you who read and review this story. It really helps me a lot to know if I'm doing a good job of keeping you interested. I do try and take all the notes that I'm given Forgive me if this chapter is a little short.
Nikki had just finished getting dressed when there was knocking at her door. She opened it to find Tommy standing on the other side.
"Good morning, Ms. Mitchell, I believe you owe me a date," Tommy remarked.
"And I believe that out date doesn't officially start until we land in Hawaii," she replied.
"Well, I just talked to one of the crew members and we should be arriving at the port any minute now, so as soon as their done we're free to go ashore," Tommy told her.
"Great, so any idea what you want to do on this date of ours?" Nikki asked.
"I don't know I mean we have the whole day ahead of us, we could go relax on the beach, go scuba diving, parasailing, shopping, sightseeing, and maybe somewhere in the middle of all that we could find time get something to eat," Tommy replied.
"Wait, did you seriously just include shopping in that list," Nikki teased.
"I'll admit it's not my favorite thing to do but I do happen to know that most women find shopping to be fun so I just figured you might want to do some while we're on the island," Tommy told her.
"You would actually go shopping with me?" Nikki questioned.
"If that's what you wanted to do, I'm willing to do just about anything if it means spending time with you," Tommy replied.
"I really hope I'm not going to wake up and find I dreamed all of this," Nikki commented.
"Only one way to find out," Tommy said as he reached out for her hand.
"I cannot believe I'm actually at one of the world's most famous beaches," Nikki commented as she and Tommy arrived on Waikiki Beach in Oahu.
"Yeah, it really is amazing, so what do you want to do first," Tommy asked.
"How about we do some surfing, I'm just itching to get out there on those waves," Nikki said as she watched the water.
"Ok, but try not to make me look bad," Tommy replied as they headed over to rent some surfboards.
"I am officially wiped out," Tommy joked some time later as they came back from surfing.
"Oh, come on it wasn't that bad," Nikki remarked.
"No, but you were totally amazing out there, I haven't seen anyone surf like that since…," Tommy started to say but quickly stopped mid sentence.
"You haven't seen anyone surf like that since what?" Nikki questioned.
"I was going to say since the last time I went surfing with Katherine," Tommy told her.
"And Katherine would be?" Nikki inquired.
"One of my best friends and she's also the last serious girlfriend I had," Tommy explained.
"So why didn't things work out between you two, if you don't mind my asking?" Nikki asked.
"We just went our separate ways that's all, after high school she went to London to study ballet and I got started racing, we tried the whole long distance thing but we ended up deciding that it was just easier remaining friends," Tommy explained.
"See that wasn't so bad was it," Nikki said.
"No but talking about my ex-girlfriend isn't exactly the way I wanted to spend this date with you," Tommy replied.
"Well, the day's not over yet and I do believe you promised to come shopping with me," Nikki said as she stood up.
"Lead the way Ms. Mitchell," Tommy said as they gathered up their things.
"I promised my family I'd bring them something back from my trip so I figured I'd get it out of the way," Nikki said as they strolled along the various shops.
"Speaking of your family, what was it like growing up with an identical twin," Tommy replied.
"It was fun, we did the typical twin things, you know switching places and pretending to be each other, sometimes our own parents couldn't tell us apart," Nikki told him.
"And what about now, do you still try and trick people," Tommy wondered.
"Not really, when we were younger it was easier, we were both born with dark brown hair, and brown eyes like our parents but when we got older, Sami decided she was tired of being compared twins so she dyed her hair black so it's not so easy to fool people anymore," Nikki explained.
"What'd your parents think when she decided to change her hair color?" Tommy questioned.
"My dad wasn't too happy but my mom couldn't really say anything, she's dyed her hair red and then black before finally deciding to stick with her natural color," Nikki replied.
"My mom was never too fond of the fact that I let my hair grow long when I was in high school but she never made me cut it, especially when we found out about my Native American ancestry, but the funny thing is she actually got mad when I finally decided to cut it in college," Tommy recalled.
"I'm having a hard time picturing you with long hair, I'm gonna need to see a picture," Nikki told him.
"It just so happens I have one here in my wallet, it's a picture of my brother David and me," Tommy said as he took it out.
"Nice, the long hair definitely worked for you, I'll bet every girl in school was crazy about you," Nikki said.
"I don't know about that," Tommy replied.
"Oh come on, you aren't seriously going to tell me that you didn't have numerous girlfriends in school," Nikki said.
"Actually, in high school there was only one girl I cared about, great here I go again," Tommy replied.
"Tommy, it's ok really, I like that you're so open about your past," Nikki told him.
"Normally, I wouldn't be, I'm actually a very private person when it comes to talking about these things, but there's just something about you that makes me not want to hide anything from you," Tommy said. He didn't notice the look that came across Nikki's face as he said that last part.
"What do you think about that dress over there?" Nikki said pointing to a dress that was hanging in the store window.
"It's nice," Tommy commented.
"I think I'll try it on," Nikki said as she went over to ask the sales clerk.
"Wow, that dress looks amazing on you, you should definitely buy it," Tommy said as she came out of the dressing room.
"You think so?" Nikki asked walking up to him.
"Oh yeah, I'm so glad I suggested this shopping trip," Tommy replied.
"Oh so I get, the only reason you wanted to come shopping is so you could watch me try on clothes," Nikki teased.
"Yeah, you caught me, but right now there's only one thing I want to do," Tommy told her.
"What's that?" Nikki inquired.
"This," Tommy said as he pulled her into a kiss.
"Well, Dr. Oliver, I was wondering how long it was going to be before you made your move," Nikki said as she smiled at him.
"Are you making fun of me?" Tommy asked as she giggled.
"No, I'm just really glad you finally kissed me," she said.
"Well, then allow me to do it again," he said as they kissed once more.
"I better go change out of this dress before the sales clerk accuses me of stealing," Nikki said as they broke apart.
"Excuse, I'd like to pay for that dress my friend just tried on," Tommy said to the sales clerk.
"Ok, just let me pay for the dress and then we can get out of here," Nikki told him.
"No need it's already been taken care of," Tommy revealed.
"You bought this dress for me?" Nikki asked.
"I had to, now you have no choice but to wear it at dinner," Tommy replied.
"You know what Dr. O, I like the way you think," Nikki said as they left the store.