Anya looked panicked for a moment when she heard Gunner greet them, Anna knew it was because of the bruise her hair was hiding. She felt sorrow for her friend rise up in her chest but put on a happy face when she turned to face him. She whistled appreciatively as she laid eyes on Gunner's new physique. "Nice, someone has been working out," she teased. "Admit it, you just wanted to impress me."

She threw an arm around him in a loose hug and tried not to think about how nice he actually did look. That was an awkward place to go with one of your good friends. Anya smiled sheepishly, "Hey Gunner... Sebastian."

Anya watched her two Dhampir friends canoodle playfully and couldn't help feeling a little envious, but the only person she'd like to canoodle was... erm... unattainable.

Sebastian had opened his mouth to argue with being pulled towards the girls at first, his mood was pretty foul, but he knew Gunner wouldn't let him wallow in self pity so he sighed and let himself be pulled over. As Gunner greeted the girls Sebastian struggled to get his mood under control but it wasn't hard to do when Anya looked up at him through her hair like that and knocked the breath out of him.

He felt the urge to reach out and hug her but resisted, he didn't want to get too close to her and mess her up worse with his own drama. She had enough to deal with without being burdened down by finding out how he felt about her. "Hello beautiful," he greeted instead.

He glanced at Anna as she hugged Gunner and arched a brow as her aura momentarily flickered a little brighter but it was gone pretty fast and he shrugged it off. She'd probably just been admiring Gunner's new bod... Dhampirs were lucky that way, they could build muscle like that where a Moroi would always be lean even if they did have muscle.

He was pretty sure he saw her blush but even if he hadn't he had seen the way her aura lit up around him. He felt guilty for the breech of her privacy but couldn't deny that it warmed him to know she felt the same way he did... even if he couldn't act on it... His reputation would only make her life more miserable.

Anna noticed the way Sebastian was looking at Anya and vice versa and decided it was time for a diversion... "Hey, you guys wanna go look around the place. Maybe pretty boy here," she nudged Gunner playfully, "will show us around."