Anna felt the sting of his words, she took them in and she owned them. She had never wanted this, never wanted to hurt him. There was something she had to clear up though so when he started to leave she did the only thing she could to stop him.

In the span of two seconds she had caught up with him, and using her forward momentum against his opposing one, she caught his arm and yanked him back as she thrust out her hip. With Gunner having been walking away and her speed and light-footedness it wouldn't have been hard to catch him off guard and send him into the backwards tumble that would land him flat on his back on the gym floor.

She danced out of his reach before speaking, knowing she had gotten lucky, keeping herself between he and the door. "Sebastian didn't send me, Marks. I came all on my own and it wasn't for him..."

She stayed in her fighting stance but didnt attack. Her goal was to keep him in the gym long enough to get him to listen... and she wasn't backing down.

"Either you hear me out and we end this pattern now or you go through me if you want to leave... your choice."

Until she was sure he was done with her, that this couldnt be fixed, she wasnt going anywhere.

~*~

Seb kissed her cheek, "Don't feel guilty. They did this to themselves and now they have to deal with it."

He smiled as they reached the cafeteria. "I promise I'll eat right if you do."

He took her through the line grabbing only a few things for himself and making sure Serena filled her plate.

"Mr. Lazar?"

The voice came from a guardian who handed him a message and walked off. At the sight of the name on the envelope he sighed... "My parents.... that didn't take long."