Aliyah had loved spending the evening wrapped in Duncans arms, and as things finally wound to a close she relaxed back into his embrace.  It had been a very enjoyable evening.  She took one last glance around the room as they finished gathering everything up.  Luckily a room full of servers left very little mess, as they knew what it was like for those having to clean up after them. She was practically vibrating with the excitement from the night, that was until she slid into the limo.  She promptly rested her head on Duncan's shouler and was sound asleep almost before they were out of the parking lot.  


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The next few days with Aliyah would have tested the patience of a saint.  She was not used to a lot of downtime.  It wasn't until Duncan presented her with the laptop that she had something to keep her busy.  She greeted the gift with a lot of excitement, especially as he showed her a lot of the things she could do.  She agreed with taking some classes with him, but she was definately having fun playing around with it.  

The benefit of it having a touch screen was it was much easier for her to manipulate things to create her own designs for cross stitch.  While Duncan spent his days taking care of business Aliyah spent her time playing on her laptop working on new designs.