She looked up to him shocked. She'd run fast, but her execution was very slow, and she'd not yet managed to get up from her place against the wall. Who was Darius to talk about her like.. like some floozy, and right when she first met him too. She wanted to say soooo much to him, but wouldn't. She knew herself too well for that to even be a possibility. Gavin though, he surprised her and she offered him a shaky smile as she looked at the incredibly adorable pup. She reached up and took it with all the care of a person handling a bomb. She'd never had a dog before, so it surprised her how soft and cuddly it was being.. it nuzzled up against her and promptly went back to sleep against her budding bosom.<br/><br/>She stood up, using her empty hand to wipe her tear stained cheeks. Her glassy eyes flitted up to him. "I hate him." It was all she could think to say as she leaned up against him and kept herself tight there, her left side pressed into him while the right angled out, keeping the pup from getting smooshed. "How.. how can you be so different from him?" She asked seriously, her fingers wrapping around his waist and lingering there as her cheek lay lazily on his chest. She didn't like to think of things like this.. of what might happen.. or of what Darius had assumed would happen. Maybe his absence would make for a more relaxed time with them where he could teach her.. without that overbearing, meanspirited son of a bitch there.<br/><br/>She revelled in his warmth, his strong body. He made her feel incredibly safe, like nobody else ever had. Perhaps that was naive, or a way to rationalize the attraction and spark they shared, but it was something she could take comfort in, and she did. "Are you sure he... he won't get mad at you giving this one to me?" She finally said after a few moments, her eyes on the pup in her arm, who looked so sweet and innocent. She didn't let her eyes go behind Gavin, to the fat suitcase pulled out into the room, she was sure he'd seen it, but she wasn't going to give up.. not if Gavin was here. She'd wanted this most of her life.. why let one little nasty comment ruin it for her?