A baffled look came into Derek's eyes, but he nodded and went to sit on the
edge of the bed.
"It's really not so bad." he commented looking at the wounds and wondering
if they were what was causing this trouble. He sat very still while she
began to clean the cuts, making an effort not to wince.
Julia opened the kit and took out the gauze and antiseptic, doing her best
to clean it without hurting him, even though she knew the liquid itself was
going to sting.
"I knew you had gotten hurt." she said quietly, remembering the dream she
had had in the office that woke her "I think Jonathan tried to distract me
from walking a hole into the sitting room and I ended up in the office..."
She discarded the first piece of gauze and got another one, wetting it with
the bottle of rubbing alcohol and continuing, kissing the top of his
shoulder when it made him flinch again before speaking "I don't even know
how it happened but I fell asleep on the couch. I had a nightmare that woke
me up and I just knew."
Julia then used some butterfly band-aids over the cuts, to close the skin,
then took out a roll of gauze to wrap around his arm.
"Oh and I suspect Sloan is madder than a wet hen. I made arrangements for
someone to go pick Kristen and Philip up and then, so we can keep an eye on
Reese for a night at least, someone to take Sam to their place."
"I, umm," she admitted a little wryly, but not apologetically "Kicked him
out of their room when he tried to introduce himself as Milo's sole boss and
telling Reese she was trouble to him. Frankly, a sick woman does not want
to hear that they're trouble for someone no matter the intent of what was
said. But, he wasn't happy."
Julia finished the dressing and put the remaining roll back into the first
aid kit before shutting it.
Now, she thought as she picked it up to take back to the tray, the debate
clear in her gaze, tell him about Megan or not?
Tell him.
"And if I find your ex girlfriend in our bed again I will most likely," she
stopped before she reached the tray and turned around, raising her chin
stubbornly "Go through with my initial instinct and toss her out the window
to land in the thorniest rose bush we have."
There, told him.
She turned back toward where the tray lay on a table and put the kit back on
it, keeping her back to him for the moment as she tried to control her
reaction to what had happened even now.
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