"Daddy, did you remember the stakes? How about the silver? Okay, do you have the holy water? Okay, just asking. Please don't get killed or captured. I do /not/ want to explain to Aunt Vernique why you aren't at the next Nevell Board Meeting again. It's getting harder to explain your absences." Veronica says into her cellphone.

Her father is somewhere in the Balkans with Greg Price and that Matt Walker guy, chasing down yet another lead on Dracula and he's too busy to even send a duplicate home to talk to her, so he's using the phone. It bothers Ronnie, deep down, that she rarely sees her dad anymore, unless it's her birthday or...wow. She only sees him on her birthday anymore.

"Okay, Daddy. Be safe. I love you." Ronnie says, hanging up the phone and sitting on her bed with a sigh. Dad was a pro and so were Walker and Price, but he worries that their little outfit will be in the same trouble the previous one was. The Nightstalkers were tough, but there were a lot more vampires than the three of them. Ronnie was afraid her father wouldn't be coming home one day.

Bobby will find her contemplating what to do with the rest of her day when he arrives.

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Bobby eventually found Veronica. Sometimes she was hard to track down, but Bobby's beautiful lady radar had yet to fail him. He greeted her with a warm smile when he saw her.

"Hello Beautiful. Would you be up for some friendly abduction for some fun?"

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Ronnie forces one of her runway smiles upon her face, because she knows that Bobby only wants to help and have fun. He doesn't need her family drama (such as it is).

"Yeah, that sounds like fun. Where are we headed?" she asks.

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"I was thinking that you, me, and Miranda take a drive upstate to find a dark place to park and watch the Leonid meteor shower. I have some blankets and a picnic basket already packed." He held out a hand to her.

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"Hmm...this idea sounds like fun." Ronnie says, hesitating only a moment before she takes Bobby's hand.

"I've only seen a meteor shower once. I hope this one is just as cool." she says, rising from the bed.

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"Well then my beautiful lady, I hope this one doesn't disappoint," he said as he brought her hand up and kissed it. "Your chariot awaits, or would you like a few moments?"

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"If I didn't know any better, Bobby, I'd think you were trying to butter me up." Ronnie says with a shy smile. Bobby made he stomach do flips, and he knew it. So he worked it for all it was worth, of course.

"I just need a minute to change and I'm ready to go." she says.

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Bobby smiled and kissed her hand again before releasing it. "Miranda and I will be waiting in the garage." With that he left her to change and get ready.

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