> "Spending sometime with Philip," Derek admitted.
>
> "And catching up on the mail mostly. Other than
> that I was thinking of doing some serious lounging
> around the house."
>
> Julia watched as he gently took Amelia and picked up
> her fork to take a bite of the breakfast he had served
> her, grinning around a fork-ful of eggs at his plans
> and the scene between Kat and Philip that Derek was
> also watching.
>
> "Well," she added low so as not to disturb the others
> when she swallowed the bite of food "I'll lounge
> around when I get back. Probably take a nap too."
>
> Which was odd - or would be had it not been that the
> reason for the need for a nap was giving birth, waking
> up at all hours of the night and just the physical
> drain of it all together - and a part of her wondered
> if she could get out of napping, although she knew she shouldn't.
>
Derek smiled at her. "I think that is an excellent idea."
