> 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."
>
"Yes this is her.. I suppose she does at that" Milo
said.
> 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.
>
> NM:
> Julia chuckled at that, knowing that that was the
> way the friends spoke to
> each other and shaking her head ruefully before
> standing to shake Reese's
> hand and then sit back down "Julia Walker. I take
> it your first visit is
> going well?"
"I think so...." Milo said though sounding doubtful.
>
> Reese regarded the other woman, her lips twitching
> humorously at the
> underlying feeling she could see coming from her
> friend towards her and
> betting her last dollar it had to do with the man
> now sitting back down in
> the chair.
>
> But the woman had a friendly smile and gaze, even if
> she wasn't aware of
> Sam's well-hidden reaction to her. Dark brown black
> hair, clear intelligent
> blue eyes and an open manner. Marissa bet this one
> was someone followed the
> beat of her own drum and would argue with the
> maestro if he thought it the
> beat was off or wasn't what he wanted.
>
> Reese nodded at Julia Walker's question and looked
> at the one that had
> caught Sam's attention and deciding he was
> definitely a maestro and probably
> did have a time or two in telling the other the beat
> was off.
>
> She smiled to include Derek "And I was just told
> about a stay in prison you
> were a part of. You don't strike me as the overly
> adventurous type though.
> More like..... like someone that has a hidden streak
> in them but is all
> business until someone finds it."
>
> Julia deserved an award for not laughing at that
> one, really she did and
> shifted to try and get her mind off of Derek's
> threat about tossing her over
> his arm. Marissa Morgan had nailed it on the head
> for the most part.
>
> "Seems adventure runs in all of us." she turned the
> topic to the couple
> sitting on a small sofa regarding them "Admittedly,
> it's been a while since
> I've had access to the computers to put up blocks
> and they are up now but
> why exactly did you hack the system?"
>
> Claire looked at Brady and then raised her chin,
> answering honestly "Reese
> has been through enough already, what with her aunt
> and mother dying at the
> same time and.. other things."
>
> The 'other things was her abilities and Claire
> wasn't going to talk about
> those until Reese brought it up.
>
> "The last thing she needed was, no insult intended,"
> she assured Milo now
> that they knew he was the real thing "was someone to
> add on to it and claim
> something they weren't."
>
"None taken.. I suppose I desereved it.." He siad with
a tad bitter tone.
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Scott "Shard" Dirk
"Am I learning?" - Angelus
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