> "Once she's here I'm sure she's going to listen to you." Julia said dryly
> before she accepted the piece and swallowing and chuckling. Their
daughter
> isn't going to want anything but milk, sleep and the other usuals. And
> Julia could remember herself at the age when she started eating 'real'
food
> and how her dog helped her clear her plate when she had brussle sprouts.
>
> She moved at an angle that the others couldn't see as she licked the extra
> icing from his fingers and then kissed him with a grin "I'll save desert
> until after dinner though, Mister Rayne. Never let it be said I didn't
> listen."
>
"Well today at any rate," Derek said with wry smile. "I can think of
several times when you did not listen." He then kissed her forehead, and
handed her the plate. "This is a special occassion you should finish the
rest."