"It's her birthday, she's having a party, it's customary to give a gift, especially if you are friends," she said, and one day she wouldn't need to explain such things to him. "If it was Nate's party, wouldn't you get him something?"
She leaned up and kissed his cheek. "It doesn't have to be big, but a bit more than a paper crown. If you want to go with the paper theme we can though. I'm sure we can find something."And the list could wait until they'd decided on the gift.