To avoid him going on a murdering spree, I kept my explanation brief "It was nothing serious. He was just showing off in front of his friends."

"At your expense."

"I handled it." I replied with a sigh.

The animalistic noise of disapproval that shook his chest and reverberated through me indicated that he was not happy.

We arrived at his truck parked a few minutes away from the large beach house. Stone took all my weight on one arm as he opened the car door and carefully placed me inside the passenger seat.

His large vein-struck hand reached over my body, and he fastened my seatbelt for me. He then removed his leather jacket from his shoulders and placed it over my chest.

I rested my head back against the car seat as I watched him round the car and sit in the driver's seat.

"I could walk home." I suggested to him before pointing out "You should go back and enjoy the party."

He turned his head quickly to the side so he could send me a frown.

"I only came for you." He uttered lowly, staring straight ahead as he turned the engine on.

"You are dragging me away from a perfectly good party." I told him with a small laugh "You are such a party pooper, Ponyboy."

"Ponyboy?"

"From The Outsiders." I explained as I snuggled into his leather jacket "You look like you should be in some sort of gang like The Greasers. A motorbike gang specifically."

Stone chuckled again "Only you would make book references while you are drunk."

"Where is your motorbike?" I sighed "When am I going to get to ride it?"

"When you are sober."

My attention dropped down to the veins in his arms as he moved the gearstick. Then my gaze dropped even lower, and my eyes widened.

"Woah!" I said while pointing at what had caught my attention.

His eyes flicked to the side, and he looked concerned as he queried "What?"

"Look at your feet! They are humongous!" I exclaimed before I voiced "What size are they?"

Stone glanced my way again before answering "Size fourteen."

I giggled "You know what large feet mean."

A deep strangling noise left the bottom of his chest.

"It means large socks." I replied before covering my mouth and trying to control my belly laugh.

"Ella." He said in a dark tone of warning.

The car turned the corner as I sat curled into the seat with a grin like the Cheshire Cat.

His gaze dropped to my lips before he questioned "What has you smiling?"

My smile grew and I leaned closer to the driver's seat as I drawled out "Your voice sounds so sexy when you say my name."

Stone's black eyes widen until they appeared like two large obsidian crystals.

"Have you always had such black eyes?" My voice came out quieter than I had intended