Anna smiled, glad that he'd said exactly what she needed to hear. She didn't want to think about loosing him. She ran a hand through her hair, "Well... Basil is pretty cool. I think she and Seb would get along. Besides, I know Seb is going to that Moroi college and I bet Basil will be too. It's a popular place.." Anna hesitated, "Also, there's another option..." She rubbed the back of her neck, "I know we've always talked about Guarding Seb but...The Queen put together the Elites... some of them are made into Guardians for the Queen herself or at Academy because they have high rankings, others are used as Hunters against the strigoi and are occasionally assigned temporary Wards as a compromise to the rogue Dhampirs hunting Strigoi alone... If we were a good enough team, they'd probably make us hunters... It would be more dangerous that Guarding but we'd be together..."

She shrugged, "We have options... we can make this work. Guardian Hathaway and Belikov do it... and I hear they're married now."

She listened, "It's possible... poor Seb. We should go check on him when you feel better."

~*~

Sebastian wished he could put his arms around her but part of him was thankful for the restraints.... He knew he could be dangerous if he lost it for even a minute. He didn't want to hurt her. "It's alright... I'm never going to ask you to take any of this from me so you'll never go crazy yourself if you don't open yourself up to the other stuff. I've managed it alright so far, I just have to avoid using it whenever possible..."

He kissed the top of her head, the only way he could show any kind of affection but he was sure she felt it, he couldn't suppress the way he felt about her emotionally. He'd chosen her over Anya, he knew that... He could have maybe turned Anya back if he hadn't saved Serena but the thought of not saving Serena tore at something inside of him. He grieved for Anya but he'd be ruined without Serena... It made him feel guilty in a way. "Serena... I don't want you to do anything you don't want to.... I care about you too much. You don't owe me, I did what I did because I couldn't handle the thought of you not being here..."