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big is the universe?”
    That was all he’d say until we rolled into the parking lot of the California Academy of Sciences, and I caught on to his plan. 
    “I didn’t know the planetarium was open at this time of night.”
    “Yep, once a week,” he nodded, leading me past the line to hand over the tickets he’d already bought.  “I’ve never been here before though, how about you?”
    “Not since my seventh grade science class field trip.”  I accepted the slick pamphlet they gave out at the door, scanning the page quickly.  “Ooh, the program’s called Dark Universe ?  How shiny is that?”
    “That’s what I was hoping you’d say,” he chuckled, leading me inside. 
    We spent the next hour sitting in the dark, holding hands, oohing and ahhing over the spectacle of the universe projected on the seventy-five foot dome.  I didn’t want to move once it was over, I wanted to watch it again, but Bishop nudged me out of my seat, taking me for a walk through the Water Planet exhibit at the adjoining aquarium, and the natural history museum, before the announcement came over the PA that the facility was about to close. 
    At first I thought maybe Bishop was trying to cater to my nerdy interest in science, but it quickly became evident that he was having a good time too, and surprisingly knowledgeable about a wide variety of subjects.  I supposed a guy would pick up a lot of trivia being alive for four hundred and sixty-five years.  It made me wonder if I’d ever go back to college, or have a career beyond Elder of the West.  Forever was a long time, I could do anything – as long as it was at night. 
    “How am I doing so far?  Better than last time?” he asked when we stepped out into the night. 
    “That’s not setting the bar very high,” I teased him with an elbow to the ribs.  “But yes, you’re hitting it out of the park this time.  Where to now?  Or was that all you had planned?”
    “The night’s barely getting started,” he grinned, rubbing his hands together like a cartoon villain.  “How about something sweet?  There happens to be an ice cream parlor right around here.  I saw the perfect flavor for you to try.”
    “Oh really?”  My brows rose with interest, and he was right.  Thirty-One Flavors had a brand new flavor that was right up my alley – Snacknado.  Salty caramel-flavored ice cream loaded with chocolate-covered potato chips and pretzels, all swirled together with candy pieces and chocolate fudge and salted pretzel ribbons.  It sounds like kind of a mess, but it was pretty tasty.  Not as good as Chocolate Explosion, but pretty darned good. 
    We kept walking with ice cream in hand (he had mint chip), and before I knew it, we found ourselves in front of my favorite comic book store, open late for the weekend.  “You planned this, didn’t you?”
    Bishop shrugged, but I caught the twinkle in his eye as he pulled the door open for me.  It felt like forever ago that I’d last been there, and the place hadn’t changed much in the year or more since I’d last stopped in looking for an Agent Coulson bobblehead.  “Do we have time to look around or do you have something pressing planned?” I asked, checking out a sweet set of Star Wars ships on display.
    “We don’t have to be at our next stop until midnight, and it’s only a few blocks away, so look around to your heart’s content.”
    “Midnight, huh?  What happens then?”
    “I’d tell you, but then I’d have to kill you,” he teased, and I arched a brow at him.
    “You think you could?  I’ve been training with Carter, you know.  I think I could hold my own.”
    “Oh you do, do you?”  He edged into my personal space with an amused tilt to his lips, and I backed up, finding the wall behind me. 
    “As long as no weapons were involved, I feel pretty good about my chances.” 
    “We might have to test that out sometime.”
    “Why, do you want to kill me?” I said with a nervous