Ok, if you've been reading my story Stranded Lovers, you're probably wondering why the heck I'm writing another story instead of updating that one. The answer is writer's block. I'm really sorry if you want me to update that. I'm working on it. I just don't like where it's going and I think I could have done a lot better job than I did. But i will finis it. i promise. But anyway, here's this Christmas Loliver story. It's a threeshot. Hope you like it.

Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus

Part 1

Lilly sighed as she slowly made her way through the Malibu Mall. She was with her best friend, Miley and her visiting cousin, Hailey.

It was December and Christmas was just around the corner. Even though it was warm as could be in Malibu and didn't look much like Christmas outside, the inside of the mall looked like a winter wonderland. It was completely decked out in holiday decorations, red and green as far as the eye could see.

The girls were doing some last minute Christmas shopping. Actually, Lilly was the one doing the shopping, or she was supposed to at least. Miley and Hailey had been finished since before Black Friday. Now normally the girls would have avoided the mall at this time of the month, considering the huge mobs of people killing each other for numerous gifts, but Lilly had begged them to go.

They weren't sure why though. She hadn't bought anything since they'd arrived there about two hours ago. She was just walking around either staring at her feet or out into space. She seemed to be deep in thought.

"Lilly?" Miley asked, looking at her dazed friend beside her. "Earth to Lilly! Do you read me?"

"Huh?" Lilly exclaimed, snapping out of it. "What, Miley?"

"You begged us to come here and now you're not even shopping." Miley said, tripping over a random person hurrying by, carrying about six packages in their arms.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Lilly said, staring at the ground. "I've just been, uh, thinking about some things."

"Like what?" Hailey asked, stepping into the conversation. "Thinking about a boy? Or is something bothering you?"

"What? No!" Lilly yelled, making people stare. "I'm not thinking about a boy and nothing is bothering me!"

"Fine." Hailey said. "Whatever."

Actually, something was bothering Lilly, something she hadn't told anyone. As much as she had tried not to admit it, she had fallen for her other best friend, Oliver, and fallen hard.

She wasn't exactly sure when these feelings had started, but now that they were there, she couldn't get rid of them no matter how hard she tried. She sighed again. She couldn't tell him. She was sure he didn't like her back. He never acted the least bit like it. All he did was fall head over heels for other girls, like Becca and Sarah. It was hopeless.

"So Lilly, since it doesn't seem like you're going to shop anytime soon, can we maybe go home now?" Miley asked.

"Oh, yeah, I guess so." Lilly said. She had only wanted to come in the first place because, at the mall, she could think about everything as she was walking, while actually looking like she was doing something constructive. Her mom always wanted her to be doing something constructive.

They turned around and headed in the direction of the door, although they had a long way to go, especially since it was pretty hard to walk with so many people around.

Lilly sighed for the third time. This Christmas didn't seem like it was going to be a very nice one.

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"No way!" Oliver yelled. "No way! Uh uh. Not gonna happen. Forget it."

"Oh, come on Sweetie." Mrs. Oken, pleaded. "I already said you'd do it."

"I'm sorry Mom, but there is no way that I'm dressing up as Santa at the mall."

"But Honey, think of the children!" Mrs. Oken continued.

"I am thinking. I'm thinking of a bunch of stupid, little spoiled brats, lined up in front of me so they can jump on my lap, pull my fake beard and spit in my face as they read me a mile long list of what they want for Christmas."

"Wow Oliver, that was very poetic." Mrs. Oken said sarcastically. "Oliver, it will only be for a few hours and I'll be right there working mall security in case you need anything. They even said they'd pay you."

Oliver mumbled complaints as he walked to the kitchen and grabbed a soda.

"But Mom, I've got things to do. I'm not finished Christmas shopping yet and I'm meeting up with Lilly and Miley later and Lilly wanted me to meet her cousin and…" Oliver whined taking a drink of Pepsi.

"Oliver, if you won't do it for the sake of being a good person, then at least do it for your family. This would be doing me a big favor and with the money you'll earn you can actually get good Christmas presents for everyone this year. Please, let's not have a repeat of last year."

She sighed.

"I'll never forget the McDonald's coupon for frozen coffee you gave Grandma last year. It was plain despicable."

"Hey, she liked that, kind of, and so would a lot of people. But I guess you have a point. So… I'll do it, ok? Just stop with the guilt trip, please." Oliver said, sighing.

Mrs. Oken smiled.

"My work here is done." She said, dialing the number of the mall to tell them Oliver would be Santa.

Oliver rolled his eyes and headed out to the car.

A/N: review please. Hope you like it so far.