She slid under the light coverlets and sighed with a soft smile as she
propped her head in hand and looked at him "Tired, hmm?"
She settled into his arms and set her left hand over his heart as they
murmured to one another and slowly ended up falling asleep. The last thing
she remembered saying before sleep finally took over was that she loved him
and, with a small soft smile, for him not to get used to the idea of getting
her to sleep by telling her their child was tired - especially when he or
she already had a bed all their own and didn't have to wait for mommy to
fall asleep.
Julia woke up the next morning and figured she must be facing her first
official day of pregnancy. Instead of slipping out of bed like she had
getting ready to take Kat to school she stretched sleepily and pondered
staying in bed another hour or so. Then she moved her head enough to smile
at Derek's profile and was satisfied to just watch him for a while, until he
started to wake up himself.
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Derek:
As they drifted off, Derek countered her assertion regarding the baby's so
called "bed." "How well could you sleep if our bed were moving about all
night," he asked curiously before sliding into a comfortable sleep.
Only once in the night was his slumber disturbed. A vision of blood and a
man he did not recognize, yet who seemed vaguely familiar woke him with a
start. It meant nothing to him, that he could see, so he pushed it aside
for future storage and lay back against the pillows snuggling close to Julia
before falling back to sleep.
Derek did not wake again until the early morning sun began to filter into
the room. However, it was not the the extra light that woke him, but the
unmistakeable feeling of being watched. Hie eyes struggled open to find
Julia lying beside him and looking straight into his eyes. He lay there
staring back for amoment before asking groggily, "do I have something on my
nose?"
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