Sebastian frowned and hugged her close, "It's not your fault... He was an adult and he took advantage of you love for him and by the time you could have realized the truth it was too late." He kissed her forehead, "The fact is, you managed something most real 'blood whores' never do... You woke up. You realized you had a problem and you went for help... It isn't your fault he came here and it isn't your fault that you caved, it was so soon after Anya's bite, it was still fresh in your mind. Often, when we're faced with someone who had so much power over us we still believe we're powerless."

He sighed, "You're still as beautiful to me as the day I met you... I'm going to help you through this, you're going to get better, and one day you'll be able to look your father in the face and know he doesn't have power over you anymore... and I'll be there feeling proud of my Guardian." He winked at her playfully and hugged her against him again, "It's going to take a long time, but I know you'll get there."

~*~

Anna smiled, relaxing a little... "It's not that I'm worried about doing anything... I mean..." She rubbed the back of her neck and stepped into the room, "I wouldn't mind..." She huffed, "And that made me sound skanky... I just mean... that if it was you... I wouldn't mind." She shook her head, "Nevermind... the point is, I'm not scared of being alone with you... I'm just worried I'll say or do the wrong thing and mess all of this up."

She took a seat on his bed and smiled at him as she changed the subject, hoping he'd just forget what she'd said... she felt stupid enough. She wasn't good at ACTUALLY flirting or being girly, she didn't know how to do any of that... She wasn't LIKE that. She sighed, "Tests are coming up soon... We have to make sure we score well or we won't make it in the elites..."