The Telescope Dome, Tuesday Evening

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Jeremy wasn't a guy who went back on his word or did date-type things in a half-assed manner. He'd dressed well, and had a table for two set out within the little observatory on the dorm roof. What was being served was covered with some of those shiny dome things for now, but it was going to be good. Of course it was, he'd handwavily gotten it from one of the dining establishments on the island on special order.

He also had something else, a little surprise hidden away, but that was for later. Now all he needed was Caroline, and he'd be set.

While he waited, he made sure everything was perfect.

[ooc: Just for his daaate!]

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"Not at all!" she answered, following him with her plate. Okay and if she ate while he talked no one could really fault her. It wasn't like she couldn't pay attention while chewing (unlike some people). "Jupiter...now I don't actually know much about this stuff. Astronomy wasn't a big thing at my school. Is that the big one or the one with rings?"

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"It's the big one," he replied, leaning over the telescope to start looking through it and adjust it until he found what he was looking for. Or something else he found pretty. "The one with the rings is Saturn. Astronomy wasn't really a school thing for me, either. I've just... kinda always liked looking up at the stars."

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"Isn't there a saying about people who are always looking up? Not like, about them tripping and falling, but about how they're eternal optimists or something?" Caroline asked, watching him with interest.

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"I've heard something like that, though I have a brother who would say it's more likely we trip all over our own feet," Jeremy replied, looking up briefly to flash her a quick smile. "Weird because he's a priest, so he deals a lot with stuff from above."

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"A priest?" There was some serious shock on her face. "Does that make your family like, super religious and stuff?" Caroline was still a little freaked out by religion what with her new status and a lot of those people being the ones trying to murder her.

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Jeremy managed to mostly miss that shock, eye on the sky. "No," he replied easily. "I think Brian maybe got into the whole priest thing to annoy Dad, really."

Because obviously he'd been expected to go into business, but apparently he didn't want to worship at the altar of money. Go figure.

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"Awesome," she said, relieved by that response. "I mean, good for him, finding his calling and...stuff." Yes, Caroline was horrified by the sound of her response and decided to move on as quickly as possible, even if it meant moving closer to try and distract with her feminine ways. "So, did you find something to show me?"

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And it really wasn't hard to distract Jeremy anyway. "Ah hah! I did." And he sounded pretty triumphant about it as he straightened up, gesturing at the telescope. "Not Jupiter, but Sirius. Brightest star in the sky."

Sirius was way better than Jupiter, anyway, all twinkly and seeming to change color, even if really it was something of a blueish white.

He grinned at her. "Not as pretty as you, but still way nice to look at."

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It didn't take much to win Caroline over and compliments were a fast method. She set her plate down and leaned over to have a look in the telescope. Amazed by the clarity and seeing a star so brightly compared to just looking up with her naked eye (sharp as her vampiric vision may be), Caroline smiled and made a little excited sound. "Oooh, is it supposed to be so blue?"

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"I think that has something to do with the atmosphere of the Earth, 'cause the light has to come a long way to get to us so the color gets brighter." And this was about the only subject she was ever going to hear him sounding so smart about. "Pretty amazing, right?"

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"Seriously amazing," she agreed, turning a smile on both Jeremy and his knowledge. "You seem like a smart guy. Maybe too smart."

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"I sound smart?" Oh, way to sound surprised, Jeremy. He shook his head with a little smile and a shrug. "I'm not smart, you can ask anyone. I'm just interested in this astronomy thing, that's all. Definitely not too smart."

And it didn't bother him one bit. Maybe in a couple of years.

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"Oh I will," Caroline replied with a wink, feeling a little pride that she was good at finding things out. And completely ruining then, but that was not something she was proud of. "But bets are you're too smart, bringing a girl up here where it's quiet. Dressing up, feeding her, showing off. I should be careful." Like she wanted to be careful.

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Jeremy tilted his head at her, smirking, and moved just about an inch closer without really teven noticing he did it. "Do you want to be careful?"

He might not have thought she should.

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"Careful sounds very boring, really," Caroline replied, matching his inch because she was no fool. "You did promise to surprise me, after all."

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"And I actually still have a surprise hidden away for you," Jeremy said, nodding... vaguely in the direction where he thought he'd stashed said thing in. He wasn't sure and he wasn't about to look away from her right now. "I don't think it's boring, but it's not particularly careless either."

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"Oh, you can't say something like that and not deliver," Caroline said, looking excited by the prospect of a surprise and leaning in to rest a hand on his shoulder. Hey, she liked being girly, it made her feel normal.

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And if her feeling normal entailed her touching him, then Jeremy was all for it. He glanced at her hand, and grinned.

"Okay, so would you like your surprise now?"

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"Yes, of course!" Caroline grinned. "Should I cover my eyes or do I need to move?" Enthusiastic was a good word for her.

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"Close your eyes," Jeremy decided, already moving to slide away from her for the moment, as reluctant as he was to do that. "No peeking."

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"No peeking," she agreed, closing her eyes and tilting her head back a little. Caroline considered tapping into that super hearing of hers, but decided she would let the surprise be a surprise like a good girl.

Though it was tempting. "I'll try to pretend it's a good surprise even if it's not," she teased, totally impatient as she waited.

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Jeremy laughed quietly. "I'll appreciate it, though I think you'll like this one." Or so he hoped. He went over to the bag he'd had stashed to the side, and pulled out a small box, which he then opened to get what he'd gotten delivered to himself late Monday evening.

And then he came back to stand in front of her. "Tadah. You can open your eyes now."

He was holding an expensive-looking bottle of perfume, from a wonderfully handwavy high end label. Limited Edition, the bottle said, and it really was. It also, though having probably already been featured in some early ads, wouldn't be commercially available for closer to another month.

Jeremy would happily point that little fact out, too. He knew this had the risk of seeming like just some random bottle of (expensive) perfume.

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Caroline had managed not to peek, and when she heard him moving closer, she bit her lower lip in anticipation.

When instructed, she opened her eyes and grinned. "Oooh, that looks lovely!" And she didn't even have to pretend. "Do I know this one?"

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Jeremy grinned right back at her for that reaction. "Not yet," he said, some slight cheerful smugness creeping into his tone. "It won't be in stores before the first week of March."

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"A man with connections," she said, offering up a wrist. "Spray me? See if you like?"