Adam Noah Levine

At his question, she nodded, brushing a strand of windblown hair out of her face. “Yeah, I think there’s a few here and there, but I know for a fact there’s one on Kensington High Street, it’s pretty cool.” It was odd to be the one to know how to get somewhere, but she liked it. London was her home for now, and it was best if she knew her way around, even if that just meant being able to get to the grocery store and back in one piece. “Well, aren’t your friends special? I mean, we still have time, sure. But it’d be nice to have everything done and not have to worry about it. You’re right, though. Walmart and Target have spoiled us. I actually forget that some stores don’t stay open 24/7. I’ll think I’m going to swing by a grocery store and then I get there and I see it’s closed and it’s the most confusing thing in the world. It’s terrible.”

“It’s easy when you’re a kid. You get that whole hand made advantage and don’t really need to think out of the box if you’ve got a good christmas tree stencil.” Adam said as he laughed and walked on, looking at all the stores that seemed to be cramped into a single street. “My brother’s been hinting at something great for our parents for a while now so I’m getting nervous. Maybe I can get them one of those hoverboard things.. is that appropriate for fifty something year olds?” 

How on Earth my two dogs who weigh under ten pounds each managed to get it down is beyond me. Yet there my tree lies on the floor, ornaments every where all chewed up. Oh the mess I have to clean up!

Hyde Park around Christmas was beautiful. Behati had been there already last year and she had loved it a lot. It had the flair of European Christmas markets that she had visited before in Switzerland or Austria and to see that in London was beautiful for her. From all she remembered there was an ice rink, lots of food and hot beverages and also beautiful little things to buy and maybe use as gifts for Christmas. Behati really had not thought she would go to Hyde Park to ice skate, she had planned to just take a stroll, maybe get some drink, which she did, not thinking that the moussed wine would be quite as strong and not too long after she found herself feeling adventurous and actually moved towards the ice rink. Apparently nobody at the think cared for the fact that she was slightly intoxicated already and after being handed skates in her size the model quickly changed her sneakers for them and tried to walk over to the rink which was a lot more difficult with skates on her feet than she had expected. 

Glancing around them, she shook her head, a small sigh leaving her lips. “Not really. I’ve been so busy, the most shopping I’ve done so far is– well, a little decorating, and then just groceries. So I can point you to the nearest Whole Foods Market. Any other store and I’m probably useless.” She wished she could help him out, give him directions or some tips, but she’d put so much work on herself that it was all she had really been doing. “I don’t know. Maybe. God, who are you friends with? I’m pretty confident the majority of my friends are even less prepared than I am,” she laughed. “I consider last minute scrambling to buy and wrap your gifts at four am on Christmas Eve.”

“Brothers who are living where parents are always have the upper hand so it would seem.” Adam said, laughing and shaking his head knowing that his siblings would, as per usual, be all over each other on who was getting their parents the better gift, usually Michael won but Adam was determined to get the best one this year. “That’s the hard thing about not being at home around this time of the year, but you can think of it as being able to find stuff that they probably won’t expect, something unusual because they can’t find it in the States?” he said, hoping he was making at least a remote bit of sense. 

She would be back to work the next morning, bright and early, heading for the studio, so for now, being out and surrounded by people sounded like a good idea. She didn’t know how long it would be until she had more free time to just explore the city. Tucked into a jacket, her hair a little more windswept than she would have liked it to be, it took her a minute to realize anyone was talking to her in the middle of the crowd. “Oh, hi,” she replied after a second, a smile on her face, immediately putting a name to the man’s face, someone she had talked to before. But even if she hadn’t, who wouldn’t recognize Adam Levine? “Actually, I don’t know what I’m here for,” Debby laughed, “Just… getting some fresh air, I guess. I don’t even know where to start with my Christmas shopping. I think I’m a little nervous to tackle all of that. I applaud you for not waiting until the last minute, though.”

“It’s the first time I’ve walked somewhere outside the 2 block radius of my place for the past week, I’ve just been finding this cold a nightmare to deal with.” Adam said, moving forward closer to the girl he’d met recently, happy to see a familiar face. “I didn’t even realise I was so behind on christmas shopping till I talked to my brother on the phone and all he could talk about was the great gift he got for our mom. Being the competitive person I am, that was all the willpower it took to get my out of bed and out here on the streets to find her the best gift and beat Michael with the best gift our mom will ever have.” he said, headstrong and excited to go and find something no less than perfect.