Okay, the Powers probably hadn't meant for Dairine to be using her wizard's manual-slash-friend-slash-pet for internet shopping, but there was no rule against it.

That she had found, anyways.

Not that she had looked all that hard.

Besides, Spot didn't mind, and he was far better at recommending things than the sites she was currently browsing.

Roshaun hadn't been able to completely explain everything about the Solstice Celebration, because a few things simply hadn't translated culturally, but from what Dairine had gathered, it was sort of like Christmas to the Wellakhit, without all of the religious bits. Feasts, visiting family, decorations for kilometers, gift-exchanging. However, gift-exchanges for the Solstice Celebration came in two parts. There was a private gift exchange, done between two people or very close family, and then public gift exchanges, done in front of large groups.

And the public gift exchange for Roshaun and his family was very public indeed.

She had been lucky in one respect, due to the differences in orbital period and daily rotation between Earth and Wellakh, the Solstice Celebration was falling during autumn in New York. Tracking down a hoodie big enough and baggy enough for Roshaun's overly tall, lanky frame had taken a little time, but with his love of t-shirts she was sure he'd be all over it. Neliad and Miril were a little harder to shop for, but she had managed to find private gifts that would work well enough.

It was the public gifts that were giving her trouble.

Well, Roshaun's anyways. Her dad and Nita were helping her put together a large, intricate potted succulent display as a sort of joint public gift from the three of them for Neliad and Miril. With their interests in adapting some Earth plants for use in the more arid areas of Wellakh's slag side, it was a gift important enough and rare enough to be given to the former King and Queen.

That just left Roshaun. And what could a teenage girl from the suburbs get the King of an entire planet that would be fancy enough to satisfy everyone that would be watching?

Dairine frowned and leaned back against her headboard, fiddling with the Sunstone resting against her collarbone. Her wrist still sometimes felt light from the emerald necklace turned bracelet that was no longer there, but Roshaun had taken to wearing it. "An exchange." He had called it.

Rare, rare…

Suddenly, she perked up and leaned over to idly poke Spot, who had been also out of ideas. "Hey, can you check and see if chocolate is safe for Wellakhit biology?" If so, that would be something easy for her to get that was also considered rare and expensive.

Spot hummed for a few seconds as he searched his Manual archives, then stopped. 'Chocolate has no adverse effects on Wellakhit biology-'

"Yes!" Dairine smirked, pleased with herself.

'However, on Wellakh it is used among the dominant species as a potent aphrodesiac.'

"Wait, what?" Dairine had thought Carmela had been kidding when she said some alien species used it in that way.

'So, if you were to give that as a public gift to Roshaun…'

Dairine's face went as red as her hair as ALL of the implications hit her. Giving a potent aphrodisiac to the King, who was also her best friend and wizarding partner. And given the fact that rumors were constantly circling about how close they were, the exchange of necklace and torq, how closely she had been accepted into the royal family…

Dairine squeaked and covered her lower mouth, sending to Spot, 'New plan! Put chocolate on the NEVER, EVER GIVE TO ROSHAUN list.'

At least that was one bullet dodged, even if she was no closer to finding a gift.