Had Priestly just left the comment about Claire at it being the least he could do, Jen would have kept right on worrying about Jeff. However when he added the last part, she barely heard what came next. She knew it was something about being in two places at once, which was impossible but, then again, James T. Kirk was living in the same city she was. So who was she to call something impossible anymore?
Besides, she was much more interested in what else he'd had to say about Claire. So much so that she did a partial stumble, missing a step entirely, as the meaning of his words all but smacked her directly in the face. "Whoa, wait a minute," she said, her tone even yet still somehow laced with the proper amount of shock. "Did you just say you loved her?"
Squinting a bit, she peered up at him. "And you're sure it's not you being in lust, or just some sort of crush, right? We're talking actual love? For real?"