> Julia closed the door behind her and stood there with her hand on the knob
> and swallowed in quiet reaction, closing her eyes and pushing it back down
> and then turning to Kat and showing the keys before going over and
scooping
> her up in a mock monster way and 'chomping' on her neck but really
tickling
> her and making the girl laugh before putting her down and both of them
going
> down the stairs.
>
> Derek's a Precept, Derek's a Precept, she repeated to herself, only to
> mentally UGH at herself at the uselessness the reminder had.
>
> You're a dork, you're a dork, she popped back. Dork with
> hormones.............And a very astute 8 year old watching, so get a grip.
>
> "Can't we have red?" she distracted herself and Kat as she got back onto
the
> topic of what color the new UV should be "When I think pink I think of
Mary
> Kay Cosmetics... and we don't sell makeup."
>
Kat:
Kat happened to like those pink cadilacs, they reminded her of Barbie's car,
not that she was a huge fan of Barbie but she liked her all right and she
really loved that car. "Well, I guess that would be okay. Pink is just
pale red, but....I don't know if Derek would buy a red car. He
likes...boring colors." The girl had noticed the distracted look on Julia's
face and wondered what was wrong. She hadn't heard yelling, but Derek
didn't have to yell to hurt people's feelings sometimes.
Kat
