> There was still work to be done after all. > > Julia kissed the top of his head "I'll bring it up." > > He got himself checked out and, although she would have loved to try and get > him to rest right then, she knew this was one of those times that the > Precept had a job to do. And since she had to get something to boost her > sugar she figured a mug of hot cocoa would do the trick. > > "Thanks Rachel," she smiled at the woman as she headed toward the door and > left, calling out once she was out in the main stairway "Hey Kat, in the > mood for a snack before you hit the satellite?" > "Sure," Kat shouted back and jumped up from the table where she was drawing in the library. She came to a skidding halt beside Julia and grinned at her. "I hope my mom'll let me watch long enough to see a whole thing," she commented as they started down stairs.
Upstairs: Derek smiled as he watched Julia go and then looked at Rachel. "You and Kat are always welcome....though prying that daughter of yours away from the television is a task I do not envy." Derek knew where of he spoke, as he had ended having to do it on occassion when Kat had been left with them and no one else was home to do it for him.
