Tommy glances at Kim as they enter the store. "Wow, this store looks like a supermarket for everything Tori likes." "I don't think I will ever want her in this store unless someone like Hayley or you is here with her and I have given her money instead of my credit card."
"Aw, Tommy you sound like an old man who is tight with his money," Kim laughs as she grabs a shopping cart. "Alright so can you tell me what Tori's favorite colors, designs, and patterns are?" Kim looks at Tommy.
"Strangely enough, she is like you when it comes to colors, designs, and patterns except she likes the colors black, red, and yellow as well." Tommy moves hair out of his eyes. "I think she is a fan of yellow because Kira loves yellow and Kira is dating Trent.
Kim glances at Tommy. "I can only imagine how you will react when she has her first boyfriend or you have daughters of your own."
"Oh those boys had better be careful anyone who dates my niece or daughters has to fully comprehend my rules," Tommy looks back at Kim.
"My point exactly," Kim rolls the cart over to a rack and pulls out a pink and purple top and black, pink, and purple shorts ensemble. She holds it up for Tommy to see.
Tommy's eyebrows furrow. "That looks like a bra and hot pants." "No way is she wearing that in front of anybody."
"No, this is acceptable attire for a dancer besides I will need to make sure posture is perfect and this outfit helps with that." Kim puts it in the shopping cart. She pulls a leotard from the rack with a design on the back.
"That is more acceptable for her besides for posture why do you need to see her stomach," Tommy asks as he watches Kim shift through the rack.
Kim holds back a comment about Tommy being too young to be act like an old man. "I need to see if her ribcage is closed for starters and there are other postures that require I see her stomach," Kim takes one more look at the rack before she moves on to the next one.
"Ouch that sounds like that hurts," Tommy holds up a leotard with the sides in a crisscross fashion exposing more skin. "What is this; I see adults but not children."
"Tommy, I feel sorry for you when you have to watch her dance in the outfits that we have or will create." Kim pulls another few items off the rack and puts them in the shopping cart. "That is a nice leotard," Kim reaches out her hand. "Let me see that; I might like to wear that."
Tommy hands over the leotard. "I think it is not your size."
"Ha-ha I was thinking of checking out the leotard more than seeing if they have my size," Kim checks over the leotard. "Yes, I will definitely have to check."
Kim would look sexy in that leotard. No way would I tell her that or allow my niece to wear that if I think Kim will look that way in it. "How do dads and uncles deal with seeing their daughters in these little outfits," Tommy holds up a top that looks like a sports bra with short shorts.
"He will be so focused on the performance that he will not even notice besides we always make sure that the children and teens costumes are age appropriate." Kim flips her hair over her shoulder. "Besides I think the mothers and the aunties want to save the sexy costumes for themselves to role-play in the bedroom with their spouses."
Tommy looks at Kim with an amused expression on his face. "I guess I will see if I like the parents and not have a problem with them like the ones I have observed when watching television with Tori."
"Does Tommy Oliver watch Dance Moms," Kim asks with an incredulous look as she adds more items to the shopping cart.
"No…not all the time," Tommy blushes. "Tori makes me watch it with her sometimes but I have to say that I like the dances just not a fan of the owner."
Kim nods her head in agreement. "I would never be that way or allow my staff to be that way. "Okay now we need to find dress shoes for all the different types of dancing." "Gymnastics does not really cover a need for shoes but it is nice to buy certain slippers to wear to help the feet feel great after all that practicing and competing."
"To keep my niece away from boys this summer I have to pay an arm and a leg," Tommy looks down at the list Kim had given him earlier in her office.
Kim shrugs her shoulders. "It will be so rewarding once you see how all her hard work has paid off besides she has me as her coach and main instructor." "On to the next section of the store," Kim pushes the shopping cart with Tommy on the side of her.
"I wonder how it is going at the beach with Tori," Tommy ponders aloud. "Maybe after this shopping trip we should swing by…"
Kim could not let Tommy finish his sentence. "Tori is fine besides you want to come off as the cool uncle and not the overbearing one don't you?" Kim glances at Tommy.
"I would rather be thought of as the uncle who was watchful than the uncle who let something bad happened; when you have nieces you will understand," Tommy tells Kim a little rudely.
"All I was trying to say was that children learn from their mistakes and we have to teach them to not partake in anything that would cause major consequences," Kim tells Tommy with a hurt expression. "I was not trying to tell you how to raise your niece."
Tommy stills Kim with his hand. "I am sorry; I did not mean to snap at you." "I guess I am a little nervous that my niece is growing up."
"I understand that," Kim notices that Tommy has yet to remove his hand from her arm. "Sometimes the parents or the ones bringing the children and teens like to remind me of that when I have to be stern with the child or children."
"Well I also think that the single men that show up want to know that question for a different reason," Tommy is all too aware that his hand is still on Kim's arm. It takes him a few more seconds before he removes his hand.
Kim runs a hand through her hair. "Sometimes but I try not to mix business with pleasure unless the person was really worth it." I need to move this conversation to a different topic. "What about this shoes for ballet?"
"I will leave that up to you but she wears a six in girls," Tommy gives a little smile glad that Kim changed the subject. "Do you think Tori will be just as good if not better than the other girls?" "I mean I bet some of these girls have been doing gymnastics and dance for years."
"Don't forget singing and playing instruments," Kim adds as she searches through rows and rows of shoes. "Perfect now all we need to do is getting the other items off the list and we will be good." Kim scans over the list to make sure that she had not forgotten anything in her mental checklist. "See this won't take too long to finish.
"Thank you again Kim for helping me with this; I am sure that I could not have done half as good a job as you did," Tommy thanks Kim.
Kim smiles, "Oh I enjoy shopping even if it is not about me."
Tommy grins back at Kim. "I know one thing."
"What is that," Kim asks.
"Your daughters will love you," Tommy blushes a little. "I mean you like to do cool things and know all about fashion and whatnot."
Kim grabs the last of the items off the list. "I hope you are right because children never see their parents that way." Kim pushes the shopping cart up to the register and watches as Tommy takes out his credit card. "For being a good sport about the whole shopping trip; I think a quick stop at the beach is in order." "Too bad Billy could not reduplicate the communicators."
"You have no idea," Tommy smiles at Kim as he gathers up the shopping bags. "Wait we did not have time for you to check to see if that leotard was in your size."
"Or did we," Kim questions as she holds up the leotard. "I snagged it while you were looking at some of the equipment." Kim gives the leotard to the clerk to ring up.
Tommy's smile widens. "You never cease to amaze me." "Tori will definitely learn some new tricks from being around you." "I cannot wait to hear from David how he feels after witnessing it." Tommy walks through the sliding glass doors with Kim on the right side of him.