Julia squeezed his hand and ran the pad of her thumb across his hand as she admitted quietly "Me either. Thank you for tonight, Derek."
Her lips turned in a soft smile, the teasing having left her gaze at his response about tackling but not the warmth. "Thank you for coming," he replied. "I wanted to do this for a long time, but we just never had the chance. We'll have to make time for it in the future."
