Why was Ethan looking at her as if she grown two extra heads?, Anna thought to herself. She knew she must look like road kill and she felt like it too but was she that bad he eyed her strangely? At first she wanted to ask him what was up but it was too rude to call him out in front of James. Though she cared for them both like brothers, Anna did not want to belittle them in front of the other. It was not her thing nor would it ever be. Her mother had done that too much to her father while she was in the room and learned from her family's mistake. No arguing in front of people, wait until the person is alone and always talk to them in a calm voice. Not a high pitch banshee scream while throwing items at the other person's head but in a calm and safe environment. Oh how she learned well from the family.<br/><br/>"You could eat James and I under the table and still be hungry," she teased, shaking her head at him. This man could swallow the hospital food bulk and still keep going. The man could stuff it down and look good while doing it. Heck, he even looked good afterwards. She was jealous of his metabolism and once in a while she even asked him if he made a pact with the devil to be able to eat as much as he wanted and never gain a pound. For her, she was a soft plushie. Not too fat but not the skinny stick aliens who roamed the city the three of them inhabited. At least her men were pushing her to be herself and always managed to sabotage any time she tried to go on a diet. One whiff of them even smelling her trying to starve herself and bam! There they were at her side holding up bags of cookies, cheeseburgers, boxes of pizza and gallons of water to wash it all down with. Even the three of them knew water helped to make them feel less guilty about the food each consumed.<br/><br/>As if James could eat all of the food by himself. Though if Ethan had been the one to go, they would not see him until the fast food joint kicked him out under threat of jail time. "Make that two apple pies and if  they have anymore brownies, bring half a dozen. I am starving." She was really starving after Jace managed to eat her out of her food for the last two weeks. Anna managed to pack herself a small lunch before she arrived back from work to the steroid crazy Jace who went off on her when she asked him to leave along with his dirty needles. She knew people used drugs, she was not a simpleton in that. It was merely how people could want to ruin their bodies by ingesting, smoking, snorting or any other way to take a certain drug into their bodies. With James, at least his drug was legal but it nevertheless bothered her.<br/><br/>Frowning though at Ethan words brought her attention over to him. Anna knew she made a mistake. She made many mistakes when it came to men. Once in a while she lost a television maybe a few bucks when the guy hit the road. Still, this was the only time one of her ex-boyfriends had gone whacko on her. It frightened her of course but she knew to pick herself up and head on her way. Well, she would if she was not stuck here in the hospital bed. From what she noticed and felt, her eye was shut closed. No doubt from the punch to the eye Jace gave to her when she spat in his face. Her left wrist ached and her right ankle as well as her knee cap. Lips of course, she knew were cut up and busted and bruises plus a few cuts were placed around her body. She put up a good fight though if she remembered correctly.<br/><br/>Right now, she felt more like strangling a cow for food more than anything. Distraction, however, took her as Ethan took her hand in his and kissed her knuckles. A thoughtful gesture but it made her feel as if he was trying to send a silent message to her. Could have been the medication pumped into her system and she soon pushed it out of her head. Ethan was her best friend, her only good friend, other than James who she trusted with her life. No reason to think more than that and mess up a good thing.