Serena let out a small huff when they all quickly rejected the offer to let the men walk on their own for a little. She knew why but it didn't make her feel any better. In fact, Serena was feeling a little useless these days. Each one of them had basically shoved her out of the line of fire and took her off guardian duty. She knew that at some point during her pregnancy that she'd have to take a step back and allow someone else do her job. In fact, she had every intention of letting someone do her job full time when the baby came... But ten weeks into her 
pregnancy... It was all just too soon. Sure, her stomach didn't allow for a full range of motion and she got sick from time to time but she was still capable of fighting. 

She ordered a burger and fries from the waitress when her and Anna finally sat down to her. Serena had a few bag around her chair and leaned back as Anna asked how she was. As much as she appreciated what Anna was doing for her, getting her sometime away from Sebastian (who had been far less over bearing since their talk), but the girl, though she tried, wasn't much better. Serena could see the worry in her eye and how the girl helped her do just about everything... It was all just too soon. Everyone doing everything for her... Of course, she couldn't say any of that to her friend. She smiled at Anna and shook her head, "No, I'm fine... I used to run a lot further and for much longer... I've got plenty of energy still."
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Gunner was watching Anna and Serena so intently that he had hardly noticed the waitress approach them. He quickly ordered then went back to his watching. He looked at Sebastian when he spoke and sighed. He took a moment before letting out a small laugh, "Who are you talking to? Me or you?"

He leaned back in his chair and looked at his friend before scratching the back of his neck, "Fine... I guess..." He shook his head a little, "I mean... I had prepared myself to kill her two years ago. It's been something I've wanted to do since I was a kid," He let out another short laugh, "Twisted child I was... But I just hate the thought of this version of her running around but when I got there and she was gone... I don't know, something changed," He groaned a little, rubbing his eye with the palm of his hand, "I don't know if I saw her now... if I could and that haunts me... That when I see her, because she is coming, that I'm not going to be able to kill her... And I have to kill her. Either that or she goes on stalking me and killing those around me... She's too far gone to save her..."

He took a deep breath, "I guess I'm as good as a guy could be with his mad mother stalking him and murdering innocent people because of him."