SCREAM! Ever have anyone mess with your internet connection when it was perfectly fine and then all the sudden it doesn't work? Yeah! Well I did and guess what you guys got no post yesterday! So I apologize for the evil bunnies behavior!

Anyways here goes my little munchkins

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Shalimar thought that perhaps she might just develop a nervous tick as Gen dragged her and Elliot closer and closer to the lingerie store. She sent up a desperate prayer that this once her friend would be tactful. At the last moment Gen veered towards the Godiva Chocolate Store then stopped by a bench.

"Ok before we go a step further I have a few questions" Gen said taking her job as Elliot's personal gift shopping consultant very seriously, regardless of the fact that her help was unasked for and an intrusion.

"What is the occasion? What's Olivia's favorite sweet? What's her favorite color? What does she usually wear?" Gen said shooting the questions off quickly, "How often are you together outside work? What do you do together? How often does she look at you in a-Oomph! Seriously Shal! Do we need to get your reflexes checked? That's like, the third time your elbow had jabbed me in the ribs. I'm gonna have a big as bruise on my side and not the good kind"

Shalimar knew that Gen wasn't as oblivious as she appeared; Gen knew perfectly well why different parts of Shal's body were coming into contact with her own and it had nothing to do with bad reflexes more like exceptional reflexes.

Elliot shifted uncomfortably and looked at the desperately apologetic face of Shalimar. If he was honest he was desperate to find the perfect gift for Liv and he had no idea where to begin. When his daughters talked about going to the mall and finding this cute top, that great pair of jeans, or the perfect earrings they made it sound so simple. He'd walked into the mall and gotten lost. Shalimar's friend obviously knew what she was doing so he caved and gave her the answers to her questions.

"One last thing, what price range are we talkin' here?" Gen asked.

Shalimar could have crawled into a hole and died but Elliot obviously thought it was a reasonable question, "I'm not about to buy her a new car" he joked, "but this year is special, we'll get a chance to really celebrate without anything getting in the way" Elliot said thinking of his ex-wife's reaction if he had bought Olivia anything expensive for their anniversary, it was bad enough Kathy had thought they were having an affair, he couldn't have perpetuated that thought with expensive gifts for Olivia. But now he was free to do what he liked.

Gen nodded her head in satisfaction that was enough to go on so she took each of them by the arm and began to drag them yet again through the crowded mall.

Their first stop was Godiva were Elliot picked up a small box of artfully covered strawberries.

Their second stop was Borders to pick up a gift card which Elliot had doubts about. "Are you sure? It just seems so impersonal." Gen raised her eyebrows and snorted "It's what every woman craves detective even if they hate shopping," she said glaring at Shal "we get to buy what we want and not get some useless gift that says I tried but wasn't sure what you wanted, tell me it's great then go exchange it, lie and tell me you lost it. You said you knew she liked to read and had favorite T.V. shows well this is a place that carries books, CD's, DVD's, and variety of crap she can choose from."

"It seems so…distant." Elliot said worried

"Oh so you want something more personal, something with more feeling and meaning" Gen said with a twinkle, "Trust me she'll love this and we're not through. We'll get to the more…personal aspect in a moment" she said with a grin that Shalimar did not like "Now, hurry up and go pay for that."

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Sorry it's short I know glare with your laser eyes but in order to fix the internet debacle I couldn't get on the computer to type up the rest so I'll have more when I get back from church and work...I hope, IDK how long it'll take that's why Im posting what I had written

ok! Toodles Love you guys