Serena sat in the back of the car, her eyes glazed over and freaking out the driver a little. She might have seemed strangely spaced out to any person who didn't know about her and Sebastian's bond, but really she was spending this short encounter between the two friends in his head. Sebastian could see things that she couldn't, things like the girl's aura. Although, it was slightly dampened due to the fact that they had been working on controlling his spirit more, for the both of them, but auras were always the hardest to shut down entirely. She saw a slightly twinge in the aura when Gunner was mentioned and frowned slightly. Over the last few years, Sebastian had been teaching her about the auras and what it all meant, she liked looking at her own aura and seeing how bright it was when she was with him, she wished most days that she could see his. 

She noticed him suddenly turn from Anna and start heading toward the car. She quickly snapped back into her head and smiled as she climbed out, hearing him call her name, as though he were completely oblivious to what it was she was doing... Although, maybe he was... They had talked a little to the Queen about the whole bond that she once had with Rose and she said she could never really tell when it was that Rose was in her head. She poked her head over the car door, but just barely due to her short stature. She looked at Sebastian and smiled but she show him any outward affection. They had decided when Gunner and Anna's relationship crumbled that that was all for when those two weren't around. They didn't want to rub their happiness, their loving relationship (even if it had its own ups and downs), into their faces.

Her eyes then drifted and looked at Anna, causing her smile to grow. She moved around the car door and closed it behind her before she ran over to the other girl and threw her arms around her. She didn't need Sebastian's ability to brush minds or see auras to know that Anna needed a hug. She pulled away and held the top of Anna's arms, "It's been too long," She told her before pulling her into another hug, "I've missed you."

Even though Sebastian and herself had set out to ensure that they kept strong ties with the two friends, to ensure that they didn't feel like sides were being chosen, everyone had their own duties and things they needed to do that kept those meeting from being too frequent. She released her from the hug and smiled as she took a step back, "And don't let Sebastian make it sound like seeing his family was all bad," She said, giving away the fact that she had been in his head or at least that she had over heard. She hesitated trying to think of something nice to say about the family who had basically tried to break the two of them up their entire stay when they realized she wasn't just his guardian, "His sister is lovely..."
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The black sedan pulled in through the gates and the wards and caused Gunner to sigh. He was without his ward, who had finally picked a permanent guardian, and was now just letting them push him around where he was needed. That was his duty to be available where ever he was needed. This time it was at the school, teaching. He thought is was pretty strange that they wanted an elite, who could be guarding the Queen or hunting down Strigoi or doing anything else anywhere else, to be teaching the new generation of Dhampirs. He guessed it was one way to make these kids want to excel. Gunner knew that if a member of the Elite was teaching him, he would have worked harder if he could have.

As they drove passed another car, that he recognized as Sebastian's, he spotted the Moroi as well as Serena, who hardly ever left his side (whether she was physically there or up and in his head). Then he saw the girl he was hugging and his jaw clenched. It had been a long time since he had actually seen Anna. He had tried to see her, sending her invites to Elite events but it seemed like she had given up on being an Elite all together. He sighed, no one had told him that she was going to be there. He wondered how she had changed. He knew he had, he was more guarded now, which he supposed was good for a guardian. He rarely told people what he was feeling and hardly showed it on his face. The kid he was in class became the man he was in every day life. 

He thanked the driver before he climbed out. He looked over his three friends that he had finished school this, his face like stone, before he walked to the back of the car and gathered his things. He stole one last glance, the only sign that maybe there was a sadness or longing, before he pulled his bags onto his shoulders and headed toward his building and room.