Anna walked in to the Diner, Kelly's that Carly had taken her to and sat down at an open table, rolling her eyes as she saw the guard, Nick take a seat in the back as the waitress walked over to her.

"Hey, can I grab you something to drink?"

"Just coffee with some cream please." Anna replied.

The waitress nodded. "I'll have it ready in a minute, I just put on a fresh pot." She said before turning toward the counter.

"Love, what is this, you don't even want to sit with you're, Mate." Anna jumped in her chair as she head Ethan before she saw him.

"You tying to give me a heart attack and I was focused on coffee more then who was here." She told him as he settled in across from her.

Ethan gave her a roguish grin. "Just teasing, Love."

"What are you doing here?" She asked as two steaming cups of coffee were placed in front of them and Anna thanked her.

"Same as you, needed some java."

Anna nodded and began to mix the cream and a sugar pack in to her cup. "Well great minds and all."

Ethan chuckled. "So how was the dinner?" He asked with a knowing twinkle in his eyes.

Anna rolled her eyes at him. "Assuming you heard some of it from Johnny and the actual dinner was….interesting to say the least."

"Oh yeah, I heard about it alright, Johnny came to the bar in a piss poor mood , ranting about incompetent idiots." The last few words were said loudly.

Anna looked to the guard to see him scowling. "He's a little crazy isn't he?"

Ethan shook his head. "He's not crazy or well he is but in this case just protective." Way over protective of a girl he claimed was just a friend but it wasn't something he would voice to her.

The bell over the door chimed and Anna glanced up to see Claudia, how flipping small was this town?

Claudia spotted the pair as she walked in and made her way over, Johnny's friend looked pretty cozy with the girl. "Little Morgan, Ethan."

"Hey, Claudia." Anna smiled at the older woman.

"Claudia." Ethan nodded.

"Hope I'm not interrupting, your coffee date." She looked pointedly to Ethan.

Anna swallowed her mouthful of coffee and shook her head. "It's just coffee."

He grinned. "Now Love, no need to lie it's just Claudia." He said taking her hand in his across the table.

What? Anna froze, what the hell, this wasn't a date so why the hell was he saying that. A shadow fell over her and she glanced over to see, Nick. "Hey, what happened to being invisible?"

"Mr. Lovett, mind removing your hand." It sounded like a request but everyone knew it wasn't.

"Heard Daddy put a guard on you." The dark haired woman quipped.

Anna didn't let go of Ethan, she purposely laced their fingers together and stared down the guard. "You are here to protect me not tell me what I can and can't do, so go back to the shadows."

Ethan was pretty sure he was fucked but then he was 100 % sure as sure when Johnny walked through the doors and zeroed in on the group and his and Anna's hands.

"Miss Lenux."

The guard started but was cut off by Anna. "Protecting me and making sure I can't date or…fuck someone are not the same thing."

A clearing throat had Anna look over and see Johnny now stood beside his sister and by the look on his face he had heard what she just said. "Dating and fucking?" His gaze was not directed at her but Ethan.

Anna blinked when the hell did he get here, she turned and looked to the guard. "Go back to your table or I'll make sure you don't have a job by the end of the day."

The guard looked between the four before nodded and trudging back to his table as he left Anna extracted her hand from Ethan's.

"That was not what it sounded like." She said turning back to the Zacchara's, Johnny looking pissed and Claudia looked like she wanted to laugh.

Johnny's eyes stayed on the spot their hands had been clasped and tried not to reach out and strangle Ethan. "Then what is it like." It came out harsh but fuck if seeing that didn't make him feel like someone kicked him in the gut.

"It was a joke, Mate, I was just fucking around with Claudia." Ethan tried to back pedal.

Johnny ignored him and looked at Anna.

Anna sighed. "It's true and then the guard came over and I just kinda wanted to send a message so I." She paused she had to force herself to imply she was going to fuck anyone. "Said what I said."

Claudia did laugh now. "You can barely even say fuck, let alone fuck someone."

She flushed and looked between Johnny, Ethan and Claudia not speaking.

Oh fuck, Claudia hit the nail on the head Johnny thought as he looked at Anna's now crimson face, was she a virgin? She was 19 but most people weren't virgins at 19 but thinking back to that first night and the flinching, she probably didn't get to go out much if ever to socialize, holy hell.

"I should really get going." Ethan decided he should get out of the way of the possible very uncomfortable topic.

"Will talk later." Johnny said like a promise.

"I'll grab my coffee to go." Claudia said with a laugh.

Johnny moved taking the seat that Ethan had just vacated, looking down at the full cup before bringing it to his lips. "So, was that all the truth?"

"I'm not lying."

He stared her for a few seconds before he nodded. "Good."

Anna rolled her eyes. "And if it wasn't a stupid joke it would be bad?"

He leaned forward over the table and looked directly in to her eyes. "It would be bad for Ethan."

"He's your friend, so why would it be bad for him?" She asked confused.

Johnny paused at the question, what could he say, that he didn't want any man to touch her, even of he couldn't.