"Carter, stop treating me like I am an idiot. You threw the cauldron, it did not try and hit Salander on it's own, and what he said was prompted by another student, because he was testing her potion. Besides that, you do not seem to understand that Miss Shepard can very well take care of herself." She said and then looked at Kimber. "And from what you said in my office," She looked back at the boy, "She is no longer yours to protect."

... He did say he didn't have a girlfriend anymore.