Disclaimer: I don't own Psych though my paperwork is pending to own Mr. Roday
Juliet stared up at the Santa Barbara mall and sighed. She hadn't been here in a while due to all the crimes happening. However the latest crime of the dead Santa afforded her the time to go shopping.
The results hadn't come back from the lab last night or this morning and they didn't have any other leads. Lassiter told her to check out the stores that sold the Zhu Zhu pets or the mixer. Juliet took this as her blessing to catch up on her Christmas shopping.
She checked her list as she walked through the revolving doors. She had to get gifts for her family, Lassiter, Chief Vick, Buzz, Gus and Shawn.
Her mom would be easy as would the rest of the family, Juliet thought as she waltzed into J. Crew and picked up a gorgeous cashmere sweater. Who didn't love a good cashmere sweater? As she held up in the mirror, debating whether to get pink or green, an employee asked her if she needed help.
"No. I'm good, Thanks." She replied not paying attention to the face of the employee.
"Ms. O'Hara I really do suggest the pink one." Juliet whipped around to face Shawn, grinning.
"Shawn? What are you doing here?"
Shawn shrugged. "I needed to pick up my dad a gift." His eyes darted around the store looking for something to buy.
"Really? I saw your dad as a Hawaiian tropical shirt guy, not a preppy man."
"You got me," Shawn raised his hands in mock "I give up" fashion. "I'm heading over to the tacky shirt store shortly, but my psychic visions told me a lovely detective of the SBPD would be here."
Juliet smiled as she picked the green sweater over the pink one. "You stopped by the department and realized I wasn't there."
"Jules, I told you get the pink one."
"It's for my mother. Really you couldn't psychically sense that it was for my mother?"
"I sensed it was for an O'Hara woman but I wasn't sure if you thought of yourself in the third person."
Juliet placed the pink sweater back on the table. "Shawn, what are you really doing here?"
Shawn grinned as he slipped the infamous wrapped box to here. "You really aren't going to try to guess what it is?"
Juliet sighed, took the box and placed it in her bag. "Shawn. You can't just bring boxes into stores and anyway it's only the 11th."
"It's only fourteen days away." He whined. "You don't care." He pouted at Juliet.
"Shawn, I do care. I just have no idea what it is. Hey what do you want for Christmas?" Juliet said while she waited online to pay. Shawn slipped right behind her, annoying the other customers.
"Way to change the conversation."
"Fine. I'll change it again. What do you think I should get Gus?"
Shawn thought as Juliet was called up next on line. "Something that I can use."
Juliet smiled as she paid the woman at the cash register. "And Lassiter?"
"Something that I can use."
"Shawn." She thanked the employee as they both headed outside into the lobby. "What do you really want?"
"I want you to want to guess what's in the box."
Juliet ignored him. "How about a matching Hawaiians shirt that would go with the one you are getting your dad?"
"Good god woman, no." Shawn dashed in front of her as she stopped in front of a store.
"Here?"
"Here." Juliet walked into a Leather's R Us.
"You're getting Gus a dead animal?"
"No." Juliet smiled at a man behind the counter. "I'm looking for a nice wallet for a friend."
Shawn whispered. "I don't want a wallet."
"It's not for you." Juliet examined the wallets surrounding her. She picked out a dark brown one and inspected it. She thought Lassiter would like it. She hoped.
"Gus doesn't want a wallet." The voice whispered again.
Juliet whispered back. "Some psychic. It's not for Gus or you. It's for Lassiter."
"You should have gotten him a snow globe."
Juliet paid for the wallet and faced Shawn. "He hates snow globes."
Shawn smiled. "I know."
Juliet mentally thought to herself she would get her dad this new power saw he had his eye on. She would have to order it since no place in the mall sold it here. Her brother, Jimmy told her wanted a vacation to Fiji. She told him to forget that. He then told her he would settle for a beer of the month club. So Jimmy was taken care of. She still had to get Buzz, Gus and Shawn something. Chief Vick always liked flowers so she was easy to get for.
"You're thinking really hard, Jules. How about I take over for some of that thinking?"
"Fine. What should I get Gus?"
"He likes money or anything I would want."
Juliet shook her head." I'm not giving him money. How about cuff links?"
"Dude, is Gus a 50 year old man?"
Juliet smiled. "Gus does try to dress on the more classy side so I don't know."
Shawn made a buzzer sound. "Wrong."
"Okay. Come on, Shawn I have an idea." She wandered a little bit until she stopped in front of another store.
"Okay Jules, this is a store where I'm physically not attracted to. Memory Box, seriously? I think I'm gonna wander."
Juliet grinned. She was hoping he would take the bait. Well, she was going into this store for Gus and possibly for Shawn too. She walked in.
"Hello!" She smiled at the woman behind the counter. "Do you think I could get a mug personalized here?"
"Sure. What would you like it to say?"
"I actually need two." She leaned into tell the woman what she needed the mugs to say.
The woman smiled. "Come pick them up in a week or so. They should be all good to go."
"Thank you very much."
She walked out the door to see Shawn peering through the window.
"Shawn."
"My psychic friends told me to not to take the bait."
"So you were eavesdropping?"
"Kinda. You kinda had your back turned to me so my visions were a little screwy."
"Good. I just need to get Buzz's gift."
"Woah. You already got mine?" Shawn looked back at the store she had walked out of.
"Kinda. Come on, I have an idea for Buzz."
She went up an escalator at Shawn followed behind her. She then proceeded to turn left and faced an Apple Store.
"You're getting him a laptop?" Shawn frowned. "Really? You got Gus something lame and McNabb a laptop?"
"I'm not getting him a laptop. He told me he wanted a new case for his laptop. Some one accidently broke it."
"Oh." Shawn thought for a moment. "That was a laptop case? I thought that was refrigerated bag for my pineapple?"
Juliet shook her head. "You always think something is for the pineapple?"
"The pineapple, Jules, is a very important fruit. It needs to be protected and taken care of."
"Even more important than a laptop?"
Shawn nodded as they walked into the noise of the electronic store. "Especially more important than a laptop."
Review please! It's for the christmas season!
