l i n d s a y

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lindsay LOVES the hustle and bustle of the mall, although it's a completely different playground during the holiday season -- screaming babies unhappy to meet santa, frantic last-minute shoppers all trying to find that perfect gift, and everything in between. they happen to fall into all three categories ( minus the screaming and being unhappy bits ) !!

of all the last-minute shopping they had done thus far, lindsay holds the little bag from SANTA'S WORKSHOP with the picture she thought would be totally cute of she and mike with santa ( and she was right !! they look adorable !! ), and in her free hand is mike's, while he somehow manages to balance her in the mix of presents for other people, and things lindsay thought were too perfect to pass up for herself.

"oh !! over there !!" lindsay's fingers are tucked into the crux of mike's elbow as she tugs him through the partygoers. the venue is packed, contractually obligated contestants in a room with each other when they would all rather be anywhere else, but not lindsay !!

christmas is linday's second favorite time of the year ( first, being bikini season, of course ), and she actually likes most of the other campers -- the ones she knows ( and even if there are old grudges, lindsay is more than civil with everyone ). but they aren't important at the moment. her eye caught on one of her favorite christmas traditions hanging in one of the doorways, one that many other partygoers seem to be avoiding like the plague, but not lindsay !!

she smiles up at mike because it all just seems EASIER and WARMER with him by her side, navigating people to get to what she wants, even though what she wants is already in her hands.

and to drive home that point, lindsay cups mike's face once they have reached the destination, once they are settled directly beneath the mistletoe, and she pulls him down to her so that she can press her lips to his. her lip gloss is candy cane flavored, and she's not sorry at all about the taste she gives him.

"okay but this goes sooo much faster with you here !!" lindsay says, cross-legged on the plush carpet while the fireplace warms the room. there is every kind of festive wrapping paper, bow, bag, and ribbon imaginable spread around them -- and healthy amounts of glitter over just about everything, 'tis the season !! while the hot chocolate on the coffee table cools to an edible temperature, and christmas music plays from lindsay's speakers, she tries her hand again at another attempt at wrapping one of the presents.

hers are decidedly more LUMPY than zoey's, but she's not half bad at curling ribbon.

"waitwaitwait --" she hops up, as if she had forgotten something VERY important, and hurries over to one of the shopping bags sitting on the couch. lindsay rummages in it and produces two santa hats. "eee !! we can't be good santas without the right outfit."

“Nah, I needed a break from everything,” including her. “So… Yeah, the movie sucked, but it was better than nothing,” just as he shrugged lightly, clips from one of the other episodes from that season were shown. Specifically, clips from the rock & roll biopic challenges, in which they aced one challenge each. “Man, wish I had kept that fake guitar. It looked cool…” He looked at Lindsay again. “And you were born for the camera.”

GWEN COUNTS HER BLESSINGS that of all the things to have changed over the years, lindsay’s good spirit isn’t one of them. gwen had nearly avoided saying anything — what good is the thought of getting someone a gift ? — but lindsay’s reaction makes it worthwhile. as always, no bad blood. dark lips curve into, well, nearly a smile. “ i mean, you also get another year, you know ? kind of like, a gift from the universe. that’s pretty cool. ”