As Rae hopped on the phone, Anna listened with some small amusement at his conversation. She was all for stealing Jace's car, it was a small payback for setting them both up and she liked it... though she wouldn't say so. She was still a little wary around Rae, not because he thought he'd try laying fangs on her like Jace... but because he'd never really went out of his way to be polite to her before. It must be some favor he owed to Jace, that was for sure.

"Well, that was handy," she said as he hung up. She followed him to the feeders and laughed somewhat when he turned sheepish about the feeders. Yeah, he was definitely not Jace, even if the two were friends. "Sure thing..."

As he headed inside, Anna occupied herself by counting the bricks on the wall across from her and standing in the typical Guardian stance. She might not technically be on duty but she was determined not to keep making herself look unprofessional. As she stood there she noticed movement out of the corner of her eye and glanced up to see Gunner.

Her heart hit her ribcage and seized up painfully, but she grit her teeth and kept her face blank... Not just impassive... blank. Like she didn't even see him. He surprised her by speaking to her though, and her resolve faltered and some of the pain flashed through her eyes. He'd called her Ross, but there was none of the warmth in the old nickname. She struggled to keep her face calm and casually lifted a hand in hello before he walked off.

She jumped again when Rae came out and spoke, she'd yet again been caught wallowing in her emotions and she hated it. The sympathy in his tone set her off kilter and soothed some of the pain in her chest, "No big deal... I'm bound to run into him sometimes, right?" Still, there was that pained look in her eyes despite the smile she was forcing onto her lips.

When his hand touched her lower back she blinked, surprised and a little flustered. No one but Gunner had ever touched her that way even if it was just a simple guiding gesture to be kind. She found herself actually smiling a little again and let him leave his hand there when before she might have socked him in the arm.

As they left the building, Anna was tempted to make sure Gunner wasn't watching... she felt nervous and she was irritated with herself for even caring. He'd made it clear he didn't anymore... So, why should she? Instead of dwelling on it, she promptly decided to have fun... Rae could be fun, fighting with him had always been fun... a battle of wits of sorts and he'd never actually hurt her feelings. He'd always seemed to just want to irritate her instead of upset her.

"Thanks for getting me out of here," she said. "Even if it was because you got roped into it," she teased.

As he let her in the car she slid in, feeling oddly pampered when she saw how nice it was and the fact that apparently he was letting her choose where to go. She shifted somewhat uneasily all of a sudden, "We'll have to go somewhere cheap... I don't have much money. I send everything to family..."

She rubbed the back of her neck, "Sorry..."

~*~

Sebastian sighed as she hit him and stole some of his darkness, he'd tried playing tug of war with her with it before and it just served to cause it to be worse on both of them. "It was only a little... I hate seeing you hurt."

As she leaned into him he kissed her forehead, "How about we go to Le Club Ciel? I hear they have a piano I can play for you," he wiggled his eyebrows playfully. "Plus they're new and their chef is one of the best... and we don't need reservations since..." He straightened the cuffs of his suit jacket and smiled, "Since I'm future prince." He'd never really been one to take advantage of this future status, he had never wanted it... but for Serena, to make her happy, he would pull out every trick in the book.

He knew she'd like the place, they had a menu that basically let you travel the world with food and he'd heard their italian cuisine was made to the letter. He wanted to impress her, mostly because he planned to do something crazy tonight... Something his parents would absolutely hate, but he didn't care.