Serena, despite supposed to be on bed rest, climbed out of bed when she heard Sebastian call to her and Gunner about Anna being back. After all, she had been in bed or in a wheelchair for over a week, surely her walking for the short period to the door was fine. Besides, getting into the chair and rolling herself into the living room was probably more work anyways. She smiled when she saw Anna on the other side of the door. She noticed something in the woman's arms and quickly walked over, moving Sebastian aside. She pulled the blanket away from the little one's face and looked down at the little baby in Anna's arms. She gasped, "Oh... Hello there..."

She then turned her gaze to look at her friend. She didn't need to ask, she knew exactly what Anna was planning. It was going to be hard for her, just as things were for Sebastian and herself. She reached out and hugged the woman, careful of both the children (in the womb and out), before she looked over her friend again. Tears started to well up in her eyes, seeing the baby in Anna's arms made her think of her own baby that was going to be coming in a few weeks time. Then, of course, there were thoughts of this little one, if Anna really did plan on keeping it, and her own child being friends. Being a mother at the same time as Anna, being moms together. Complaining about long sleepless nights and sharing sweet little tales about their babies' firsts. She gave Anna a kiss on the cheek before she wiped away a few of her tears, "I should sit... Come, bring her to the couch... I want to see her."
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Gunner stood back to let his friends greet Anna, no matter how much he wanted to push the two of them aside and pick her off the ground. There had been a lot of worries over the last week... Sebastian forcing him to be his guardian for the time being, which was stressful in itself. He knew his friend was doing what he thought was best but Gunner didn't know if he could handle a day terror and looking like a professional guardian... Sebastian didn't care though, he just wanted to give his friend a purpose and for that he was kind of grateful. He watched as Serena said hello to something in Anna's arms that his friend's bodies had been hiding from him. It wasn't until Serena said that she needed to sit down and Gunner moved to bring her to the couch, as a good guardian would that he noticed the blanket... 

He had chosen the children that stayed alive after their raids.... A horrible picking process. Those that showed potential lived, the rest were thrown to the Strigoi. His hands tightened around Serena's arm a little but the small girl made no outward show of it beyond placing her hand on top of his. The moment he felt her hand, he loosened his grip and sat her down before releasing her entirely. He looked at the blanket again, there had been a baby... and a mother. She begged as a Moroi for him to spare her because she was a child. She stood against him, protecting her. For that show of courage, he awakened the mother and promised the child would live until she was old enough to be changed. 

He tried to ignore all the bad that he did to those kids... The ones that were traumatized after spending those months in a cave with Strigoi... He had to think that they were alive because of him. It wasn't a whole lot but it was something... This baby was alive because he made the decision to keep her alive. He balled his hands in fists, his knuckles turning white as he looked at Anna, "Are you keeping her?"