After the students left the room Gwen looked over at her brother who was gathering his things.

"Well that was fun, now what?"

Letting out a loud sigh Stein stood from his desk and said, "Now we go home."

"Home? And where might that be?" Gwen teased with a crooked grin on her face

Choosing to ignore his sister's teasing tone, Stein simply stated, "A laboratory by a cemetery."

The grin across Gwen's face slowly grew wider, "Cemetery? Sounds fun."

The two left the classrooms and began their way down the hall to the front of the school. Neither of them said anything. They were both quiet people and were accustomed to a comfortable silence when they were together. They continued down the hall until they came across Sid. The moment Gwen saw Sid her eyes grew wide ad her posture stiffened. Gwen's change in demeanor was very minor and anyone who didn't know her wouldn't even have noticed. Stein noticed. Sid, having finally seen the siblings, quickened his pace and continued in the opposite direction, ignoring them.

"That was strange," Stein thought. "Why would Gwen react that way to Sid and why would Sid try to avoid us like that? Does he know why Gwen is at the DWMA?"

"Gwen, I asked you and you never answered, why are you here?"

Gwen's eyes grew wider and she shoved her hands into her coat pockets. She turned to her brother but before she could reply…

"Stein!"

A blond woman in a black and yellow zig-zag dress came streaking down the hallway.

"Stein, I heard your sister was here! I didn't even know you had a sister! Is this her? Of course it's her you two look so much alike! Hi, I'm Marie Mjonir, Stein's weapon partner and roommate", Marie ended, out of breath, as she extended her hand towards Gwen.

Gwen, looking relieved, took her hand and shook it.

"Hello, I'm Gwen Stein. It's very nice to meet you. So you're Frankie's new weapon partner?"

"Yes, but let's not talk about me let's talk about you! I assume you'll be staying with us at the laboratory? It will be such a relief to have another girl around."

Marie dragged Gwen down the steps of the DWMA and continued chattering as Stein stayed a few yards behind them lost in thought.

"Gwen seems afraid, but she is never afraid and what could she be afraid of? It has to have something to do with why she is here, but how am I going to get her to tell me? She's stubborn and she doesn't seem to want me to know. I'll have to wait till the right moment and force it out of her. Worst case scenario I tick her off and she sinks one of those kamas of hers into my brain. If all else fails I could question Sid. His reaction to Gwen indicates that he might know what's going on. It might actually be easier to…"

A splash a red in the bush to Stein's left caught his attention.

"Spirit, what are you doing?"

Spirit all but fell out of the bush in surprise.

'Oh, hi Stein. Uh, you know, nothing."

"Where you hiding in that bush so you could see Gwen?"

"No, of course not! Why would you…"

Stein glared at Spirit.

"If you try and do with Gwen what you do with every girl you come into contact with…"
"No! It's not like that. I mean I think I might really like Gwen, but not like those other girls. She's different from all of them. She's so much stronger and smarter and beautiful. I don't want a relationship with Gwen like I do with most girls. I want a relationship with Gwen that is actually SOMETHING."

When Spirit finished he looked up at Stein expecting him to kill him then and there.

Stein looked down at Spirit and said, "Fine. But if you might very well find yourself with a dog's heart in place of yours."

Spirit, now back to his confident self, sighed in relief over the knowledge that Stein wasn't going to kill him and that he was going to allow him to go after his sister.

"Thanks Stein, you have no idea how much this means to me."

Stein looked at Spirit again and a glare passed over his glasses. "Just remember, Gwen might decide to cut you up long before I ever get a chance to."

Spirit didn't look so confident anymore.