Jace grinned as Rae answered the phone, "I've got a girl, she's having a hard time... I need you to meet up with her for a blind date. Don't worry, you'll like her. Oh, and you're going to be late for your class orientation if you don't get out of bed.... ten minutes ago. Anyway, meet her in the woods near the lake after you get done with orientation. It's kinda her spot... I'll take care of getting her there."

After he got off the phone with Jace he called Anna, her tone suggested she wasn't happy to see him and after she figured out what he planned to do she probably would want to murder him... but only for a while. He grinned, "Angelina Ross, it's good to hear from you too. Look, I feel bad about lunch. I meant the best, I swear. I was trying to prove that Marks still has it for you... It didn't really go as planned. Will you let me make it up to you?"

She groaned and he had to keep from laughing, "What do you want Jace? What game are you playing? I don't trust you."

He shrugged, "All I want is to fix what I screwed up. We can't be friends, I get that... but I'm trying to help. Let me help?"

She sighed, "How do you plan to do that?"

"Meet me as soon as your shift ends... In your spot."

She frowned, "How do you know where I have a spot?"

He laughed, "I know a lot of things Ross... Just do this for me, you won't regret it... in the long run."

She felt some suspicion when he said that and hesitated but hell, what did she really have to lose at this point? No way would he ever be able to compel her to let him bite her again... So what was in it for him? "Fine... I'll see you then."

~*~

Seb kissed Serena goodbye discreetly outside of his class, "Anna is Guarding at the girl's dorm and Gunner should be starting orientation at the Gym... I'd go see him first. His aura has been off, I'm worried."

He smiled somewhat, "Wish me luck..." Then, he entered the class and introduced himself.

~*~

Anna's shift flew by, probably because she was half anxious and half curious as to what Jace was up to... She headed towards the woods near the lake and blinked when she spotted Jace already there. Okay, so he really had known where she spent her spare time... She wasn't sure how to feel about that. She made her way over and tugged her hair down from the pony tail, "What do you want?"

He laughed, "You're always so happy to see me... I told you, I just want to fix things. Anna, I know I was an ass... I was having some trouble at home and had it out for most women... You got caught in the crossfire. It doesn't excuse it... but... let me help you."

Anna listened to the first half and as he spoke she found it increasingly harder not to listen to what he had to say... why not let him help? If all he wanted to do was fix things? Was that so bad? Somewhere deep down she knew he was compelling her but maybe it was that she was still sleepy from the night before or the fact that she was emotionally weakened... but she couldn't really fight it off... Plus, she wanted to know WHY... No way would he try to bite her again.

"All I want to do is help, will you let me?"

She sighed, "Sure fine..."

"All I want you to do is meet this guy," he said and she supposed he saw her grimace because he pushed it into high gear.

"Come on, what will it hurt?"

"Gunner... it would hurt Gunner."

Jace rolled his eyes, "Obviously he doesn't care if he hurts you... Just... meet this guy. Spend a few hours with him till curfew and if you don't feel better afterwards you can kick my ass."

He wasn't pushing the compulsion too hard, just a little... just enough to make it seem like a good idea.

She rubbed her molinja marks, "Fine... but just for a few hours and only for today. This isn't going anywhere... I don't feel like screwing up my life with another problem... of the male verity...."

He laughed, "Just wait here... I'm not asking you to do anything more than hang out. Think you can handle that, Ross?"

She rolled her eyes at him, "Sure, whatever..."

Jace walked off and left Anna to re-do her pony-tail since it had been subpar this morning. She shoved her hands into her jacket pocket and leaned against the tree behind her... eyes closed. Who in the hell would Jace be trying to set her up with? She didn't even TALK to most of the males in the Academy.