> Julia had followed the two, fighting hard not to burst out laughing and to
> swallow the comment just dying to be made. Sam had waved her toward a
> chair, she noticed, was set apart from the other two that Sam directed
Derek
> to and took for herself.
>
> But, Julia being Julia and with a nonchalant air that was all innocence -
> except for those that knew her well, she actually sat on the arm of the
> chair Derek was on and patted him on the shoulder with blue eyes filled
with
> barely surprised laughter before blinking and hiding the reaction to turn
to
> the others and the two that came in just then.
>
> Julia looked at the first two and nodded to each, greeting them "Claire,
> Brady." Then the second pair that came out of the kitchen, smiling
brightly
> at the man "Reese... Milo! Derek told me you were in town. How are
doing?"
>
Derek:
Derek stood up as Claire entered the room and remained standing until both
she and Reese were seated. "So, this is you're daughter," he said to
Milo, then he grinned, "Fortunately, she takes after her mother."
Samantha sat patiently, though she found Julia's...presence a tad bit
irritating. She smiled up at Derek, impressed with his manners, something
most men seem to have lost, in her opinion.
