> "Are you sure you want to do this?" Derek asked her.
> "Alex can do it."
>
> He could see the look in her eyes.
>
> Julia opened her eyes and looked at him, managing a
> crooked slow grin. It was obvious she didn't want to
> go, but she didn't want to deny him his 'Mister Mom'
> thing either and that meant quality time between
> father and daughter.
>
> She gently kissed their daughter's head again and
> walked to him, having also noticed he had hung up on
> Sloan as it were and laying her cheek next to the spot
> she had just touched with her lips.
>
> "Give us a hug so Momma can get work done and come
> back to smother the both of you from seperation
> anxiety." she joked, voice low so as not to
> unintentionally startle Amelia. Maybe it was the
> hormones her doctor said would be felt after the birth
> but Julia needed to feel both of them for a moment,
> Derek's arms about both of them.
>
> Then, she thought to herself, she'd be the Julia most
> people expected to see.... well, hopefully anyway.
>
Derek Closed his arms about her and kissed the top of his wife's head. "You
have until breakfast is over to change your mind," he told her. "Or until
you reach the ferry...."
