"Psssh, you like the crinkling," She shuffled back and forth a bit, the paper bags crunching nicely as she shook her shoulders back and forth. The bags, quite frankly, were causing her a bit more itch as their sharp edges jabbed at her, than it seemed they managed to insulate.
There was an odd sort of moment there - it certainly wasn't long enough to be judged a pause - but, Lexie wondered just what was going on behind those eyes of his. That second between laughing fits where things were quiet and still. Then it was gone, as her own quiet turned back to laughter again to match his own.
Suddenly he was moving and Lexie yelped, her instinct to clutch which she did. "If I go I'm taking you with me!" Her hands grabbed upward, away from the middle of his back where they had been to clinging on to his shoulders. Even when he stopped she held fast, arching her back as she laughed up toward the ceiling.
The laughter was making her feel lightheaded again. Or, maybe it was just that she was finally warm. One thing was certain - all notions of this hug being of even a remotely platonic nature were slipping away with each passing round of laughter.