"Why?" I curiously remarked before putting a faux expression of horror on my face "Are you planning to clone me with that piece of hair? Have you built a cloning machine?"

"One of you is more than enough." He chuckled.

"Hey!" I exclaimed while pulling my hand back from his embrace "What is that supposed to mean?"

Stone stayed silent but continued to watch me with a raised lip.

I had grown tired of his selective mutism, and I decided to stop looking at him.

I was still waiting for the day he would smile.

My gaze travelled around the lunch hall before it landed on the jock's table. My look at Chase was brief because a calloused hand touched my chin and made me lose all concentration.

His touch was warm as the hand belonging to the large man grabbed a hold of my chin. His gentle caress of my neck and face continued as he made me look up at him.

He made me meet his hardened unfaltering stare.

The obsidian irises flicked between my mouth and my widened eyes.

He leant closer and whispered huskily "Keep your eyes on me, Medusa."

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Eleven

The dark green trees swayed in the night wind and cast shadows across the projected screen. It ruined the quality of the movie and I started to get annoyed that I was missing the rain scene where Ryan Gosling confessed his undying love.

Shadows were not the only reason that I was struggling to concentrate on the film. One reason was the kissing noises Lana and Brennan were making next to me. Another reason was Stone's heated gaze on the side of my face.

Old tires had been removed from the back of Stone's truck so the four of us could sit inside the little compartment and watch the movie.

The cargo bed was a tight squeeze for the four of us. Especially when a giant was taking up all the space.

"Can you see okay?" Stone asked from beside me.

I turned my head so he could get a clear view of my death stare "One more height joke and I will destroy you, Lurch."

He chuckled but he did not go back to watching the movie. I did not think he was watching it in the first place.

Lana was sitting beside Brennan at the front of the cargo space and closer to the movie screen. They were not talking but they were watching the movie while occasional making sloppy noises with their mouths.

"This is your fault, Lurch. I know we are acqenemies, but we must join teams, so we don't have to watch the love birds play tonsil-tennis." I huffed, "We can think of an excuse to get out of going to the beach tomorrow."

His expression went serious as he told me a stern "No."

"Why not?"

Stone grumbled, "I only see you three hours at school—"