"Napoleon, could you please tell me where we are going?" Charlotte asked as her guide took her through a door and they made their way up some stairs.
"You shall see soon enough my dear friend, we are almost there now." Charlotte suppressed yet another wave of giggles.
"Would you, at the very least give me a clue?" She asked, Napoleon smiled slightly.
"If I were to give you the hint, it would give away the surprise." He said simply. "Ah, here we are." They had reached a door, Napoleon checked the doorknob and grinned. "Al was right, this door was left unlocked." He looked at Charlotte and said, "You will need to close your eyes," Charlotte raised an eyebrow, Napoleon held her hand gently. "I will be leading you, do not worry." Charlotte nodded and closed her eyes. Napoleon gently led her by the hand through the door and onto the museum's roof. "Alright Charlotte you can open your eyes, now."
Charlotte opened her eyes and beamed in disbelief. The town of Washington DC stretched out in front of her, glowing bright but her eyes were drawn upward. There, seeming to wink in greeting, were hundreds of thousands of stars and she looked upon them as though they were the most precious of diamonds. Napoleon stood by the door, watching Charlotte as she turned about the roof; taking in the stars and city. Charlotte turned to look at him, tears shining in her eyes as bright as the stars. She came forward and hugged him.
"Thank you." She said quietly. Napoleon smiled and hugged her back gently.
"You are welcome my dear." He said. Charlotte slowly backed away from him, looking at the stars.
"There's Orion, the hunter." She said, pointing to the small line of lights. "You can tell by looking for his belt." She sat on the roof, looked at the skies with the eyes of a small child. Napoleon walked over to stand beside her protectively, looking to where she had pointed and saw the same sting of stars. He smiled.
""You know the constitutions?" He asked. She nodded,
"My family would spend nights outside to see who could find and name them." Napoleon nodded, his thoughts were whirring about.
Charlotte was truly a special kind of person, a rare beauty that not everyone saw but one they would adore when they did.
"There's Pisces, the fish." Said Charlotte, tracing the shape. "And... And..." Napoleon looked at her as she seemed to study a foremishaon of stars; he looked at the place she was staring and saw something that made the highest points of his face and the tips of his ears flush bright pink. The stars that glowed the brightest formed a heart shape in the middle of their line of vision. Napoleon swallowed hard and looked at Charlotte, whose face was an even darker shade of pink. They looked at each other for a moment; brightest blue eyes meeting warmest brown before Napoleon blinked and looked away, smiling almost seeming to hold back laughter. It proved to be contagious as Charlotte convulsed with suppressed laughter.
"Is it not so very kind of them," Napoleon said, trying to regain some of his composure while still trying to get his laughter under control. "To assume something that may or may not be there?" Charlotte was trying to stay upright, trying to breathe as the laughter tried to force its way out of her. They composed themselves as Napoleon looked to the horizon and saw a faint beam of pink and gold light started to appear.
"Sunrise." Said Charlotte quietly, standing up. Napoleon led the way back into the storage unit, before parting for the day he kissed her hand and they went to their respective crates just as the sun rose.