33. christmas shopping

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"Leaaaah!" Olivia rushes into the living room looking frantic as she spots her sister sitting on the sofa watching a christmas film, a mug of hot chocolate in her hand while she's bundled in a blanket to keep warm from the bitter winter weather in December, "Le, I need your help!"

Leah looks up from phone as she smirks in amusement, "What are you after now, bug?"

"Huh?" Olivia tilts her head to the side in confusion.

"Well whenever you start a conversation like that, I know you definitely want something," Leah chuckles knowingly, her eyes sparkling in amusement as she continues to look at her little sister, "Spill it."

"Alright well, the thing is," Olivia starts to shift nervously, "I may or may not have forgotten to buy Christmas presents." She admits to the older blonde.

"Liv, man," Leah's expression shifts to disbelief, "Are you joking?"

"Um, no. I'm sorry!" Olivia is quick to apologise as she continues to look frantic, "I really did forget, honestly. Can we please go to the shops and look around?"

Leah tuts in further disbelief and shakes her head, "I can't believe you're literally realising this now, 2 days before we're meant to be going back to Milton Keynes!"

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" The teenager repeats, holding her hands in mock surrender, "So, can we go or not?"

The older blonde exhales a sigh and places her mug of hot chocolate down on the coffee table in front of her, "Fine, alright. We'll go," Standing up from the sofa, she tosses the blanket aside as she turns the TV off, "Go and get ready then."

"Yes, thank you!" Olivia feels relief as throws her arms around her older sister, "You're the bestest sister ever!"

"I mean– Hey, I'm your only sister, you cheeky madam!" Leah exclaims in realisation as she ruffles Olivia's hair.

"Yeah, but you're still the best," Olivia murmurs in response, poking her tongue out playfully at her older sister.

"Mhm, just go and get your shoes on," Leah tells the teenager as she nudges her gently, "And a coat! It's cold outside now!"

Olivia grumbles from where she stands in the hallway, sitting on the stairs as she shoves her Nike Dunks on, "I don't want to wear a coat though, Le. They're annoying!" Technically she wasn't lying there, she wasn't fond of the material at all.

"It's winter, bug," Leah reminds her sister as she joins her in the hallway with her car keys in one hand and phone in the other, "I'm not listening to you complain about it being cold the whole time we're out." She tells her with a knowing look.

"I don't want to wear it," The teenager whines, reluctant to put one on any time soon.

"Fine, alright, but it's cold out there so don't say I didn't warn you," Leah gave in, not wanting to go through the battle before they even had a chance to get out of the door, "Last chance before we're out the door, bug."

"Yeah, yeah, it'll be fine," Olivia is quick to dismiss, shoving her hands in the pockets of her hoodie as she dashes towards her sister's car, "Hurry up and open the door, it's cold out 'ere!"

"Unbelievable," Leah looks at her little sister with a look of disbelief, shaking her head as she unlocks the car door before turning round to grab one of Olivia's coats of the peg to stick in the back for when the teenager eventually does regret not wearing one in the winter chill.

"Unbelievable," Leah looks at her little sister with a look of disbelief, shaking her head as she unlocks the car door before turning round to grab one of Olivia's coats of the peg to stick in the back for when the teenager eventually does regret ...

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