Sebastian's grey-green eyes opened slightly as she said she would stay with him, because of the use of Spirit he could not block out the glow of her aura. He sighed softly, "Gunner tell you to stay?"

It wasn't that he didn't appreciate it, her staying and Gunner's protectiveness, but sometimes he felt like a sideshow... at least she wasn't looking at him like he was insane... yet. As she let down her hair he was forced to close his eyes again as images of Anya danced around in his mind. She was either dead or a Strigoi right now so it would do him no good to think about her but his spirit darkened mind didn't think so. Thinking about her as a Strigoi was something he probably should have avoided because now the image of red eyes and pale skin ruined the image he had of her. His hands still shook as the one came back up and he rested his arm across his eyes, trying to retake control of his emotions and his mind.

"I know you would have healed... but it would have taken most of the school year which would have taken you out of classes. When I... brushed against your mind I got a feel for the type of person you are. You would have been miserable. Besides, what is the use of having my abilities if I don't use them on friends?"

~*~

Aleksander nodded at Niya though he wished he could help her to understand better. He'd read her file and he knew of her previous ward, he knew the reason behind her determination not to fail again. Maybe Gunner and Anna would be better for her than he'd realized at first... He spotted Sonya headed his way and right behind her came Anna and Gunner. The rest of the class still worked so he looked to Niya, "Head to one of the practice stations... you may choose which. He took a piece of paper off the clip board on the table behind him and handed it to her. Your ward is Rae Costa, this paper has details on him which you will need to know to better protect him. I will speak to you again in our next class."

"Gunner, Anna... come and get your papers. You may take Serena's also."

As Sonya came over he smiled kindly, "How are you Sonya? Have you seen my uncle recently?"

~*~

Anna smiled at him as he pushed his hand through his hair in frustration... She stomped on the odd little butterflies that danced around in her stomach when he did that, especially when he looked at her like- She squashed that line of thought. Gunner would never see her like that, ever and she needed to stop thinking that way before she ruined their friendship. "That was the goal," she teased. "You know how bored I get during detention... and then we'd be forced to sneak out again like we did last year... get caught by a Guardian. Good times..."

Still, the warmth of his hand was a steady distraction till he seemed to realize he still had hold of her and quickly released it. She rubbed the palm of that hand against her pants, trying to rid it of it's tingling. "Yeah, I noticed that too..."

At the mention of Anya, Anna gave a soft sigh. "I worry about Seb sometimes... He gets in those moods and he looks so distant. I worry that he might try to go find her one day and it could get him killed."

As Aleksander called to them both Anna went over and nabbed all three papers before Gunner could get his, playfully dancing away from him so he couldn't snatch it before she saw who his Ward was. "Oooh... Gabby, you got Gabby." She handed him the paper and grimaced, "Good luck with that."

As she looked at her own paper she blinked, she knew of Basil but she didn't really know the girl well. "Apparently, I got Basil... Damn, if they didn't give either of us to Sebastian who got him? I don't like it, someone else won't know how to deal with his moods... or what comes along with them."

She shook her head and looked at Serena's paper... "Oh... Serena got Seb."