Anna leaned into Serena, her eyes welling... Anna didn't cry... Anna didn't cry EVER. Not when she'd found out her little sister was pregnant by some Moroi asshole, not when she'd found out that the reason she wasn't by the same father as her sisters was because her mother had been raped, not after that first time she'd been bitten and she'd felt exactly like they'd called them... a blood whore. Not when she'd broken bones, not when she'd lost Gunner, not even when she'd lost Anya... she NEVER cried... but right now... right now she broke down into sobs.

Serena wouldn't know how strange it was, and that was a blessing in and of itself... As sobs wracked her form she cried against the other girl's shoulder. "I'm so stupid... Not only have I managed to ruin everything with Gunner I let... I let that... that ASSHOLE feed off of me! What the hell was I thinking? What is wrong with me?"

She sniffled as she sank to the ground, "I don't know why I wore this stupid dress, I HATE white... I hated ALL the clothes he asked me to wear." She shook her head, "And now Gunner thinks I..."

She choked up and even though the tears died off rather quickly, she never stopped shaking. She glanced at Serena as the girl explained that the shaking and the desire would wear off... it confirmed what she'd thought for a while. "Thank you... for... you know... not judging me... for understanding."

She let herself feel like a little kid again as she laid her head in Serena's lap... she fell asleep only moments after.

~*~

Sebastian grimaced at the mess Gunner left behind and took a breath before looking down at Jace who was cleaning himself up, "If you're smart... you won't undo this because if you do everyone will know the truth about you... I'll tell them." He locked eyes with the majority of the group and took a breath... then he pushed HARD. Spirit's power flared to life brighter than he'd ever called it before, he'd never tried to compel this many people. "You'll all forget about this... it wasn't that big of a deal. The party is still going on, this was just a diversion and it's boring... old news now.... not a big deal."

He'd won because most everyone in the crowd blinked sleepily and then Seb took off after Gunner, he caught up to him shortly even as the irritation of using that much spirit caught up to him. "Hey! Stop!"

He caught hold of Gunner's arm, "Calm down... your forgetting something... something important. You just let Anna run off. She has been compelled and treated like a blood whore for the past two months... Serena might be able to calm her down but I'm betting you ANYTHING she's terrified that tomorrow you'll look at her like a slut... So, unless you plan on treating her that way then you need to go and find her..." He took a breath, "News flash, she doesn't just LIKE you Gunner... The girl is in LOVE with you. I lost Anya... do you want to lose Anna because you're going to if you two keep on this way... You know that."