Tara's Dorm Room, UC-Sunnydale, Wednesday Afternoon

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So Willow was off doing Scooby stuff again, but Tara wasn't all that jealous. Willow clearly adored the whole hanging out with the Slayer whiz-bang of it, and Tara was happier when she wasn't almost getting killed

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There was a mad pounding on the door to Tara's room. "Omigosh, open up!" Asher yelled through the doorway. "Tara! Tara! You have to open up!"

Of course Asher knew her name and where she lived! How could he not, after so many nights of sitting in their dorm room talking about how amazing Jonathan's new movie was or his new fashion line or trying to figure out where to hang the newest Jonathan poster...

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"Asher," Tara beamed in return as she pulled the door open. She hadn't thought she had much in common with Warren's roommate at first, but Jonathan united everybody. "Come on in. What's up?"

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It was one of the ways that Jonathan made the world a better place, right?

"You'll never, ever, ever guess what arrived in the mail today!" he announced, doing a happy little dance in her doorway. Fortunately, he didn't make her wait too long, pulling out a glass bottle from his bag and showing it to her. It said Jonathan on the front and had a digital picture in the back.

That was right. Asher had gotten his pre-ordered Jonathan-scented cologne.

"They say it smells just like him!"

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Tara crowded right in and twisted the top off the cologne bottle, sniffing deeply. "Like sunshine and puppies," she said. "Really ... attractively masculine sunshine and puppies."

Her voice went a tiny bit dreamy as she spoke.

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"I know, right?"

No worries, Tara. So did Asher's.

"I can't believe this came so soon! Your roommate won't mind if we, like, hang out tonight spritzing this around, right?"

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Tara shook her head. "She has a new boyfriend," she explained. "She says if she closes her eyes, he sounds exactly like Jonathan. She's luuuucky."

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"Dude, that is so cool, bra'," Asher said, shaking his head. "I usually fall asleep listening to his self-help books on MP3, you know? His voice is totally soothing."

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"I don't have those yet," Tara said sadly. "I've just been listening to his new album nonstop."

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"Which one?" Eager Asher was eager. "The spoken word, the smooth jazz, or the hip hop?"

Beat.

"Unless you already got his new country album?!?"

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"Smooth jazz," Tara answered. "I have country on order but it won't be here for ages. B-but I'm going to go see him at the Bronze tomorrow."

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"What?!" Asher's voice cracked like he was going through puberty. "How?! What are you going to wear? How are you getting in? Do you mean, like, see him through the crowd or, like, see him-see him."

His hands were shaking. Literally shaking, Tara. This was how excited he was for you.

"Show him your boobs!"

...Still Asher, yup.

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"I don't know," Tara said, laughing in nervous excitement. "He went to high school with my friend Willow and her friends and so they were going to meet him there and -- oh, gosh, I haven't even started to think about that I'm going to wear. I don't have anything that sh-shows that much, um, cleavage." A pause. "Should I?"

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"Uhh, duh and/or hello!" Asher said, gently putting aside the cologne to make his way over to Tara's closet. "We have to find you a sexy outfit. One that will make Inga's beady little eyes fall out of their sockets."

Asher totally wanted to bang Ilsa--if she wasn't Jonathan's girlfriend, of course. Inga reminded him too much of the girls that used to pick on his kid brother to like her, even if Jonathan did.

"I can't believe you know friends who know Jonathan," he added. "You haaaave to introduce me sometime. I would so go gay for him. It's not even funny. I'd call Jake in a heartbeat to get tips for going down on dudes and everything."

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"....um, okay," Tara said. In a humoring-the-crazy-person kind of tone that was, perhaps, the slightest bit patronizing. "I'll see what I can do. He's supposed to be really nice to his fans."

Which -- duh, of course. He was Jonathan.

She reached past him and into her closet. "What about the red top?" she asked. "It's clingy."

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"Well, God, don't mention that to him!" Asher said, ignoring the patronizing. If Tara really was friends with people who were friends with Jonathan, Asher could handle a little patronizing. "Unless you think he'd be into that. Then, you know, go for it."

Asher frowned at the top. "Red's a good color," he said, "but I think the neckline is a little high. You don't want to cover up too much, considering you're gonna end up wearing some weird long skirt or something. Let's find something a little more erectioniffic."

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"Go for it," Tara said, stepping back so Asher could get his grubby paws allover her clothes. "You're probably way more an expert on ... erectioniffic looks than I am. I'm not really much for that whole, uh, anatomical area."