> Julia gave a half smile, her gaze following Kat as she got a little ahead
of
> them and without really thinking about what she was doing she Reached out
to
> her {{Kat, wait up... you're getting a little ahead of us}}
>
> Then to Derek verbally "Thanks. And the points are recalibrated so I'll
go
> ahead and take Kat in for a scoop of ice-cream and then start on the
> upgrades."
>
> She inwardly sighed but kept the same distracted half-smile in place.
Julia
> knew Derek probably wanted an excuse to leave anyway and in a way could
> understand why. But even as she was giving him an out, she admitted to
> herself that if given a choice she would have liked to spend more time
with
> him... like they were this morning in the office or on the ride to the
house
> when he had opened up about himself and talked about his family.
>
> "And I promise," she added with a wry curve of her lips and shook her head
> humorously "No spooky files for Kat. She already sneaks in too many
monster
> movies as it is."
>
> She saw Kat coming back and tilted her head to the side, offering her the
> next set of plans "How about we hang out and get some ice-cream while
Derek
> goes off and works, then go to the computer room to do some hi tech
goofing
> off?"
>
> Julia had used the term 'computer room' on purpose as they were out in the
> open and it having always been her habit when outside with chance of being
> overhead. Now she stuck her hands back into her pockets and looked at the
> two for them to verify where and what they were going to do, her own dark
> eyebrows raised in question and patiently waiting.
>
>
Kat:
Kat heard Julia's silent call and jumped slightly as the voice bounced
around inside her head. She could tell it wasn't normal talking. She
turned back and started back towards the pair behind her. She wondered if
it was anything that like hearing Rachel's voice in her head when she was
about to do something she knew she wsn't supposed to do."That sounds like
fun," Kat agreed. She always liked the control room, it had all kinds of
neat stuff in it.
"The ice cream needs to stay in the kitchen," Derek told them both, though
it was mostly for Kat's benefit. He turned to Julia, "keep me informed of
how the upgrade is going."
Derek and Kat
