(OOC: I'm combine some posts.)
> > Oh this was lovely, more fighting. This wasn't going to solve anything
and
> there was no way Nick was going to jump into the argument. Not yet anyway.
> Just then Rachel's beeper went off, Round two over with, here comes round
> three and this time he was apart of it. "One...actually half of it." Nick
> replied. "I'm not drunk if that's what you're trying to imply here Derek."
> Hell he drove both himself and Julia back here without anything happening
so
> why would anything happen now?
> >
>
> Rachel
> "Then we can leave," I looked at Kat, home would be fine but the hospital
> was another matter. "Ok kiddo, you got your way," I looked up and glared
at
> Derek, making sure my meaning was clear. "Take good care of her," I told
him
> as I turned and climbed back into the car waiting for Nick.
>
"I will take care of her Rachel, that's all I've been trying to do," Derek
said with an exasperated sigh. "And Nick I am not accusing you of being
drunk," he gave the younger man a withering look. "Iit's fairly natural
when people are at a bar for them to drink. I had to be certain before I let
you leave!"
And before Rachel could interject Julia looked at both Derek and Rachel.
"Rachel doesn't want Kat here right now and fighting isn't helping matters."
She looked at Rachel, gaze earnest, feeling Kat's face almost hiding in her
thick hair and giving her a reassuring inverted hug since she was on her
back "Let me go back to the house and get what I'll need and I'll take Kat
to your house. I swear I will. And I'll keep a cell phone with me to call
if we need help or if something happens.
"And neither Nick or I drank more than a couple of sips before the good
squad showed up. We can both take Kat to Rachel's house and watch over her.
The two of you," looks at Rachel and Derek "Can work the other issues out
later. I just want to keep Kat safe."
Please stop fighting, her gaze pleaded to both of them, knowing it was
upsetting Kat. It's a solution, just take it.
"I'll drive Kat while Nick drives Rachel to the hospital and he can meet us
at the house."
Julia would make sure she had some basic weapons too, in case trouble did
show up. She'd pack them in the trunk when she was putting a duffle bag
with a change of clothes before driving Kat to her house.
Kat wasn't too crazy about this idea, although it might be allright with
both Nick and Julia to play with, but still there was no pool at her house
and no satelite tv and Danae was getting to stay and if she left she might
not get to come back!
"No," Derek said firmly. "You will not." His gaze was no steadfastly on
Julia. "Nick and Rachel will go to the hospital and them come back here so
that we can discuss this further." He did turn his intense gaze on Nick at
this point, conveying that he was not playing around. "Until then, both you
and Kat will stay here." He motioned towards the cut on her head. "You
need to be cleaned up and if the state you were in when you got home is any
indication you need to be around other people, just in case. Nick needs to
stay at the hospital with Rachel. We will discuss your idea when they
return. Until then, you both will remain here. Luke," he called over his
shoulder. "Open the gate."
Derek
