((my stuffs the ones w/out the <<>> around them))
<< But after a moment and knowing Nick needed a break, Julia straightened and
gave him a crooked smile and laced her fingers through his as she tugged him
a little toward the door "The others are waiting downstairs and I'm still
waiting for some mud.">>
"How do you know their waiting?
They could still be outside. I know I didnt
forget about that."
<<Just then her stomach rumbled and she looked down at it and then up at him
with another half grin "And food? Yeah, yeah?">>
Food, that sounded good specially since Nick hadnt had anything to
eat since that morning so it was time to raid the kitchen!
<<She was deliberately teasing him until, FINALLY, a ghost of a half grin
peeked out and he followed her out.>>
<<The troubled look was still there, but something had broken through.>>
<< It was a start. >>
Out of his room and down to the kitchen
they both go.
