> Julia smiled "Thank you and all right."
>
> "Isn't she just adorable?" She asked Alex after the girl had left before
> looking at Derek and clearing her throat, bringing up another subject "I
> think you should have Dominic get a room ready for Sloan. Something tells
> me he'll be coming around sooner than you thought."
>
> Derek raised an eyebrow "Pardon?"
>
> She told him about what she had heard coming from the office "And I have a
> feeling she was talking to Sloan. Just thought you'd want a heads up."
>
> With that Julia gave them both a wry wave and headed downstairs to wait
for
> Kat and Nick.
>
> Derek turned to Alex, the beginnings of a good temper building up in his
> gaze.
>
"Yes she certainly is," Alex said a twinkle in her eyes. "And I'm beginning
to get an idea..." she shrugged without finishing the sentence. Her thought
was that she now had an idea waht derek was like as a kid, but didn't finish
it. Instead she said, "that she's a bit....free spirited." She wondered
how long that telling people where she was thing would last.
After the anouncement about Sloan came Alex looked back at her mentor. "And
what do you want me to do about," she asked. Not annoyed, but he was giving
her that look. One she knew so well.
