A/N: haha, chapter four, everyone!

Cynthia: Well, in this chapter I have put in some Doctor Who references. Hopefully you'll find them. When you review, tell us what you think they are.

LOL yes, I laughed for like, five minutes when I finally realized what they were. OOH. BY THE WAY. My birthday is on Wednesdaaay! I'm so excited! I got a package today in the mail but my dad told me I couldn't open it… *sniff* Cause he bought me an iPhone on Labor Day :3 I guess it makes sense, though. I shouldn't complain. I hope school is going well for you guys! Comment, suggest, compliment, critique, love, hate, review and enjoy! :) J&Cynthia

"No! No! I am not going shopping. Noooo!"

Now, you would assume that Juliet would say something like that, but no. It was the, ahem, mature, Artemis Fowl.

"Ar-te-mis! You have to!" Juliet pleaded, trying to pull Artemis out of the car.

"No! I don't want to be seen in public with you lot!"

"Artemis, you're Irish, not English. And you're supposed to be a mature genius! Where's that mature genius now? Hmmm?" Juliet said, hands on her hips.

They were in the front of the nearest mall in Ireland, and naturally, Juliet was having trouble getting Artemis out of his shell and into the world of shopping. All of the Secret Santa participants had taken two cars, just to make it easier to get back whenever they wanted. Butler and Holly were in another car, and Juliet, Foaly, Artemis and Lilac were together, since they had to keep it in pairs. Lilac was beside Foaly, and they both watched this argument with amusement.

Artemis glared at Juliet for a few seconds, but at the same time was considering what she said, and sighed. Reluctantly, he got out of the car. Juliet smirked and chuckled; she knew she'd won.

"So," Foaly grinned, "who're the pairs again?"

Juliet pointed to herself, then Foaly, and said, "Me and you, and Artemis and Lilac."

Lilac and Artemis glanced at each other. Even though they knew the personality of the other, they hadn't actually talked or spent too much time together.

"Awesome," Foaly cheered. "And Butler and Holly, wherever they are, are probably the third group.

"Yup!"

Lilac said, "We should start... it might take awhile."

Juliet nodded, and Lilac started to walk to the door with Artemis (who was trudging and dragging his feet childishly). Lilac and Juliet waved to one another, and then they disappeared through the door. Juliet looked back at her partner, who had been studying them.

"Two questions..." Foaly began. "People are going to notice I'm a centaur... so how do we deal with that?"

"Hm..." Juliet laughed suddenly. "Sometimes I forget that you are. I guess we can just tell them it's a costume! I mean, people sometimes dress up around Christmas."

"Yeah, I suppose so!" They started to walk to the door.

"So what's the other question?" the girl asked.

"...Why hasn't Lilac asked about me being a centaur yet?"

Juliet stopped in her tracks. For once in her life, she was in a state of shock and surprise. Foaly stopped walking too, and they both started thinking, and thinking hard.

"I... don't... know..." Juliet whispered. "She would definitely be confused about it. Unless..." She looked at where Lilac had gone. "She's met with the LEP before..."

"Impossible! I've no records of Lilac Bloom," Foaly protested.

"I don't know. Artemis found you, maybe Lilac could," mused Juliet. "Maybe this isn't even Lilac's real personality."

"Well, what are we going to do about it, then?" Foaly wondered.

"I don't know. Yet! But for now we go shopping," Juliet said. "Come on!"

Meanwhile, Holly and Butler were on the other side of the mall.

"Butler, really, what's up with you and Lilac? I'm not Foaly or Juliet. You can trust me," said Holly.

"Something...sad. It happened when we were seventeen. You're too young," Butler said.

Holly glared at him, and turned red at the same time. "I'm older than I look..." she grumbled. "I live longer than humans, remember?"

Butler chuckled. "Even so..." He put his hand on her head and patted it affectionately. Holly grumbled and looked away. "I'd rather not talk about it anyway."

The captain hesitated, then nodded. "That's alright." Butler smiled, and put his hand down.

"So," he said, "where do you want to go first?"

"I'm not sure," Holly said. "How about we go shopping and meet back here in about..."

"An hour?" Butler supplied.

"Sure. Well, good luck!"

And off they went on their expeditions to find fitting gifts.

Holly was looking through the window of an eloctronic store. "Ugh! What does that boy even like?"

"What boy, miss?" A young looking employee asked. "Your brother?" the employee inquired..

"No, it's for-"

"Oh, your boyfriend? How sweet! Come in, I can help you!" she said, pulling Holly into the store.

Meanwhile, Artemis was having about the same amount as luck as Holly...

Artemis was walking around with Lilac, and they were next to each other, but they didn't speak much. Finally, though, Artemis said something that interrupted the silence.

"So," he began, "how exactly are we going to shop together without knowing what each of us drew?"

"Hm," Lilac thought out loud, "it'll be hard, but splitting up kind of defeats the purpose. I don't know everyone too well, so I think you'll be safe."

Artemis nodded. "True."

Inside his head, he continued to talk. Ugh, what does that girl even like? he thought. I'm sure she has all the latest guns from the LEP, since she's a captain, and they're even more advanced than our latest guns, so that's off the table. Hm... maybe I should buy her the plant holly. He chuckled at his joke (even though it hadn't been his to begin with; it had a history. A Juliet history.

"Um, sir?" A young girl with a name tag on popped her head out of the store Artemis was staring at. "May I help you?"

"Yes, actually." Artemis hated admitted when he needed help. "Holly,-"

"Oh, I understand completely, sir!" The girl said, whose nametag read 'Rose'.

"You do?" Artemis said, confused, and he hated being confused.

"Of course! You're doing a Secret Santa thing and this Holly gal is some sort of friend of yours, and you don't know what to get her," Rose said, spot on.

"Well, yes," Artemis admitted. "That is correct."

"Then come on!" Rose grabbed Artemis' wrist and pulled him in the store.

Meanwhile, with Holly...

"Look, miss," Holly said. "He's not my boyfriend, but he is a friend."

"Hmmm. I could've sworn he was, the way you sounded talking about him," the employee commented.

Holly blushed. "Look, Martha," she said, reading the employee's nametag. "I could still need your help."

"Of course," Martha said. "What is this boy like?"

Holly turned her head a little. "Well..."

She started to describe Artemis in the best way she could. "Well, he's straightforward, strict, mean sometimes, very smart, a pain in the butt, irritable, irritating, occasionally boring, and... sarcastic."

The lady's smile grew with each passing word, and when Holly was finished, she started to laugh.

Finally, after she was done, she said, "Ah, well then. But you did say he was very smart."

"Brilliant," Holly said, nodding. She was surprised at her own praise.

Martha grinned, and took her hand. She pulled her deeper into the store. "I have just the thing for him."

Meanwhile on a different side of the mall...

Butler was having no luck with finding Lilac a gift. He needed to hurry, because he also had no idea what to get Foaly.

He wandered around in a store that seemed to have a bit of everything in hopes of finding a suitable gift.

"Excuse me, may I help you? I'm Clara," a brown haired employee said.

"Yes, Clara, I do," confessed Butler. "You see, I'm doing a Secret Santa and I have a girl named Lilac for mine and I don't know what to get her."

"I see." Clara tapped her chin. "What is Lilac like?"

"Well, she likes to read, she's kinda wary, she's optimistic, she's a strong person, a redhead. That's pretty much it," Butler summed up.

"A ginger, huh? I have a friend who wants to be ginger. Anyway, I think I know what you can get her. Follow me," said Clara.