Zhenya felt her face go either red or white. She felt like she was being judged by BOTH people. Really, why did she have to walk around outside today? Why couldn't she have just stayed inside? She just wanted to turn around and head back upstairs, but she knew she had to stand her ground and make sure nobody got hurt. Not today.

She listened as Erin said he insulted her. Well... she could see that happening. Gary was quite an.. Iron faced man sometimes. And then Gary said it was a misunderstanding? She nodded along with that. He wasn't denying it. But was he admitting fault? Perhaps she had done something to start it off. Maybe not enough that deserved an insult, but enough for Gary to be... annoyed? angry? Who knows. Zhenya let out a small sigh of relief as Erin dropped her wand. She gave a small smile to both of them.

And then... oh dear. She felt like Erin was interrogating her. WHAT DID SHE DO? She only went outside and stumbled across a dangerous scene. Why was she now being questioned? She looked up at Gary and then at Erin again, with a confused frown on her face. What did it matter how she knew? Why did she have to explain? Why? Her mother was at home, and she was the only one Zhenya needed to answer to... but... she liked Erin and didn't want to be rude, so she explained. "Gary is my boyfriend," she said confidently. Whether or not Gary was rude to people wasn't Zhenya's problem, unless it was in front of her. What he did when she wasn't around wasn't an immediate concern to her. She wasn't going to tell Gary what to do, or how to act. But, now she was starting to feel guilty that Gary was rude to Erin. But why did she feel guilty? And why was Zhenya so confused?