Why Is Christmas Shopping So Hard?!

"Kira, this is ridiculous." Malia insisted, following the overly excited thunder kitsune into the large Davenford mall.

"Come on, Malia. I know you haven't celebrated Christmas for five years, but you need to get into the spirit! After all, Christmas only comes once a year."

"I hope you know that I've spent the last five years trying to survive. I wasn't exactly able to go caroling." The werecoyote snorted, gazing up at the large strands of garland and lights above her head.

"Besides, we need to find presents for Scott, Lydia..."

Kira's voice faded from Malia's ears when she saw the large signs outside of the Macy's encouraging people to help buy and wrap presents for a toy drive of sorts.

"Hey, Kira?" She questioned, grabbing her attention. "What's this?"

"Oh. Macy's does that every year. They give Christmas presents to children who normally wouldn't get presents. My mom used to bring me to the store and we would pick out toys and donate them. We haven't done that in awhile though."

Malia stared intently at the posters, focusing on the girl, who had to be five or six, cradling a baby doll in her arms. One almost identical to the one her little sister would carry around everywhere.

"I think we should help." Kira snapped her out of her thoughts. "That's the only reason some of the kids I used to babysit got presents."

"That sounds like a great idea." Malia smiled before pulling her phone out of her pocket and sending a text to her dad. "Just have to tell him we might be in Davenford for awhile longer." She pocketed the device, and as soon as she did, the black haired teen grabbed her arm, and raced towards the Best Buy.

"Scott's been looking for a new TV." Kira insisted, looking at the large flat screens aligning the wall, trying to find the best one for the true Alpha. "He's been so stressed lately."

Malia however, was more interested in the laptops. Her own boyfriend, Stiles, was the head researcher in the pack besides Lydia, and with his computer on the fritz, he had been using his phone lately. The internet was fine, but he couldn't focus for long on the small screen due to his short attention span.

"Thinking about getting Stiles a computer?" Kira questioned, peering over her shoulder, smiling widely.

"Yeah. Even though he can fix Roscoe, I'm not so sure about a computer. How expensive is this?" She questioned, turning over the small tag attached to it.

"It's a doorbuster right now. Looks like we picked the right Best Buy." Kira insisted, reading the label. "Yep, you're saving about two hundred dollars with this model. It's only a hundred ninety five right now."

"In that case, I think I'm gonna get this. My dad will understand if I use his credit card."

"Are you sure?"

"If anything, I'll pay it off." The werecoyote insisted, walking over to the register to talk to the male employee at the register.

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"So what next?" Malia grinned, finally a small amount of the holiday spirit, before turning to the stressed kitsune. "You OK?"

"Yeah, I just don't know what to get Scott. I realized the TV will have a monthly payment, and his mom can't afford that. He's not into video games that much, he has lacrosse equipment... What do you get the person who has everything?"

"Maybe get him something that has a certain memory attached to it, so it's not just a object. It's sentimental."

"Something sentimental... I don't know much about Scott's past, he doesn't like talking about it." Kira admitted, leading the brown haired teen to smirk, pulling out her phone.