I had gotten off at Honolulu International Airport and checked into a hotel. It was unbearably hot and I was wearing a Hawaiian shirt, half open with nothing on underneath, shorts and sandals. If anyone from back in L.A was to see me dressed like this they would seriously take the piss out of me, the guy never seen in anything but Armani, dressed as a beach bum.
Once I checked into a hotel, I decided to go to the beach, which was more or less attached onto the back of the hotel. It was a blistering hot day and I kept wiping sweat off my fore head with a tissue. The beach was almost deserted. There was a couple of people around but not a lot. There was one of those little bars in the middle of the beach, in the style of a little shack, with stools around as the only seating area. Like the one in that Tom Cruise movie 'Cocktail.'
I noticed a girl sitting there by herself. She looked like a Hawaii native, long black hair, tanned skin, red bikini with a see thru red sarong, which is a kind of beach skirt. She was sipping her drink through a straw and had sunglasses on. I had my pick of which seat to take and I chose the one right next to her.
"What'll you have sir?" The bar tender asked.
"I'm a tourist." I started. "What's a good Hawaiian drink to have?"
"I got just the drink." He said and started to mix some drinks. The woman beside me looked at me.
"A tourist huh?" She said. "You here by yourself?" I looked at her and man was she hot. In both senses, she was beautiful with a great body and had a light layer of sweat on her from the heat.
"Yeah." I answered, realising who she was. "So you got time off from touring?" I asked, deciding to play it casual. I'd met a lot of celebs and knew how to play it cool so I wasn't star struck.
"We got some time off after touring around Europe and I thought I'd come out here and visit my grandparents. You know, get away from it all, even if it's just for a weekend." Yep. That confirmed who she was. Nicole Scherzinger.
"I heard you got a solo track coming out and P.Diddy is producing it."
"Here you go sir." The bar tender said setting the drink on a coaster next to me.
"Thanks!" I said taking a sip. "This is pretty good!" I said to the bar tender. He just nodded and carried on doing whatever he was doing before.
"Yeah, I'm gonna see how it goes." She said sipping her drink. "If it's successful, then I'll be able to get out a solo album. But I'm in one of his videos."
"Yeah, I saw on MTV the other day. P.Diddy trying to make a come back." I took another sip. "You come on strutting your stuff, like how you do in 'Buttons.'" Nicole gave a little laugh. "So your planning on ditching the Pussycat Dolls?"
"No!" She said getting on the defensive. "If it wasn't for the Pussycat Dolls, I wouldn't even be where I am today. I'm still gonna do albums with them."
"Well... all the members of Destiny's Child came out with solo albums. Beyonce said she's gonna do a solo album then a Destiny's Child album and switch back and fourth and Destiny's Child was gonna go on for a long time yet. Her album drops, a huge success. She does another Destiny's Child album and the group announces that this is the last album and they'll split up after a fare well tour. It happens to every band. I guarantee you, if Nick Carter's album was a success then the Backstreet Boys would've never had another album."
"You raise very good points, but obviously The Pussycat Dolls will have to end sometime."
"And it will be sooner rather than later if you solo career picks up. Am I right?" Nicole gave a defeated little sly smile as she sipped her drink and held the straw with both hands. I laughed out loud, in victory.
"OK then. Since you know a lot about me and have a lot of opinions. Who are you? What do you do? And when are you selling out?" She asked with a little attitude.
"I'm Kash." I said extending my hand out to her, now that we finally knew one another's name's. She shook my hand, she had a kind of gentle, weak hand shake. "I run a night club and I've already sold out." I joked, to lighten the mood.
"You run a night club?" She said, her head tilting down, her eyes looking over her glasses. Her eyes looked very surprised. "Would I have heard of it?" She said going back to sipping her drink. Most likely she has heard of it, but I don't like to come across as a person who likes to brag, even though I do.
"Club Bishop." I said, casually sipping my drink.
"You run Club Bishop? Yeah right! I don't believe you."
"That's your prerogative." I said.
"Why's it called 'Club Bishop' if you're name's Kash?" Nicole asked after a moment of silence.
"He owns the club, I'm the manager." I replied. "What's up with the questions if you don't believe me?"
"You seem like a shifty character that'd run that dodgy place."
"Hey what's so dodgy about it?" I asked.
"You're telling me you don't sell..." She looked at the bar tender to see if he was listening.