"Oh, jeez, Gregory, you didn't have to do that..." Cara began, taking the flowers from him. "I've never gotten flowers before - they're beautiful." She hid her face in the bouquet for a moment, biting her lip, completely embarrassed. She lifted her green eyes up to his from behind the flowers and smiled. "Thank you."<br/><br/>She backed up to the front door, keeping her eyes on Gregory. "I'm going to put these in water, and then lunch sounds<em>great</em>. Just a minute..." Cara dashed inside, handing the flowers to Meredith and tucking her wallet and phone in her pocket. "He's taking me to lunch! That's alright, right?"<br/><br/>Meredith nodded. "Just stick close to town for now, and check in later if you're going to miss dinner too. Back by 10. No exceptions." She grinned at the girl -<em>young woman.</em>"Use your head, call if you need anything."  Cara nodded, waved, and tore back out to the front of the house where she'd left Gregory waiting.<br/><br/>She rushed down the steps before her nerves had a chance to kick in again. "Sorry I didn't call," Cara began, brushing her hair back as she tilted her face up to his. "I started to, really.  Last night." She bit at the end of her thumbnail and winced. "But then I panicked and hung up. Silly, I know." Of course,<em>now</em>she felt silly about it, now that Gregory had come by personally to see her, and brought flowers, and asked her to lunch. It hadn't seemed as silly last night, or even earlier that morning.<br/><br/>She smiled up at Gregory. "So, uh, where are we going for lunch?"<br/>