> She turned and smiled a little, tracing his features with her gaze before
> admitting "I didn't expect you to answer like that is all. Of course you
> probably threw me off just by giving me the keys without trying to poke
fun
> of my driving."
>
> The ferry moved toward the other dock and she let her gaze move to the
other
> couple of cars there, more habit than anything else, before moving back to
> him, smile full fledged and soft and meaning more than just the current
> reason why he asked "But I'm more than all right."
>
> Okay so she was risking another weird answer but a little part of her,
> something that sparked up with his reply and made her wonder if... what if
> he was having second thoughts or thought she wouldn't be able to keep
their
> relationship separate from work...
>
> She looked into his eyes. Eyes were the mirror of the soul and something
> she had always looked to with him when she had a question. She never
could
> explain it in the past but she had always been able to tell about things
> when looked him in the eyes.
>
> "What about you?" she asked quietly, meaning more than just right then
"You
> all right?"
>
Derek:
He thought he'd answered that question already, but resigned himself to the
fact that for whatever reason his reply had not sunk in. "Never better," he
reitterated the sincerity of his words reflected in his dark eyes. She
seemed awfully concerned about this for some reason he couldn't understand
and that worried him a bit. Perhaps she was changing her mind,
though....that seemed rather unlikely it was still a possibility. "Julia,
what is this all about," he asked finally. He knew there had been more to
her question than the simple words said, but he wasn't exactly sure what.
