Derek turned Kat over to Rachel and then arrived at the sitting room to find
a lunch tray sitting on the table outside. As he entered the room carrying
the tray, he heard Julia's anguished cries. He put the tray down and sat on
the edge of the couch. Grasping her shoulders gently, he shook her
slightly.
"Julia...," he said in a concerned voice.
She came awake with a gasp she was somehow able to, for the most part, bite
back as her eyes swept their immediate surroundings and then landed on him
"I --"
A nightmare. Julia swallowed once and started to bury her reaction to it,
even as she reached out and tentively touched his cheek. She had to be
strong, had to get through this and not let it show that she was being
affected by the proceedings. And despite her effort to block it, what
Cassandra had said in the hallway came back and she worked on pushing that
back as well "Hi..."
