"That is because you called my hair puke- coloured. Which I still have not forgiven you for." I replied as I twirled a strand of hair on my finger but then noticed its colour "I actually regret removing the green."

He did not reply. He only continued to watch as I frowned at my brown pieces of hair.

Noticing below me, I motioned to Lana and Brennan "I hope they pull away before the end of the ride. Imagine the kid's and parent's faces if they were still heavily making out."

"Do you not want that?"

"Brennan's tongue down my throat?" I asked amusedly "No, I don't want that that."

Stone's eyes darkened when he growled "No. You are not having anybody else's tongue down your throat."

"And what will you do if someone tries to?" I challenged "Cut it off and store it in a jar?"

He leaned closer and gnarled "Damn right, I will."

I tilted my head before referencing his question earlier "What did you mean then?"

"Do you want romance?" He asked, his gravelly voice growing slightly lower in volume.

I almost let out a laugh because I never imagined Stone wanting to speak about such a thing as romance. I never knew it was in his vocabulary.

My arms crossed over my chest when I rebutted "Why do you want to know that?"

"Curiosity."

"I don't see anyone willing to stick around." I answered him with a sigh "But it is okay. I am cool on my own."

The grumbling under his breath started again as I stared out at the horizon. I tried to act non-perplexed and uninterested in what he was darkly mumbling about.

My plan backfired because in the next thirty seconds I surrendered to my curious side and asked, "What are you grumbling at?"

He challenged with a half-smirk "Why do you want to know that?"

I held eye contact with his obsidian pair of eyes and gave him the same vague response he did me "Curiosity."

For the rest of the ride, I only broke from our staring contest if it was to glance at the smirk on his mouth.

I really should have looked away, but I could not. It was like a magnetic pull. Being trapped in a small pod on a Ferris wheel made us impossibly close.

There was nowhere to escape from his intense stare and I was entirely not sure if I wanted to escape or not.

The ride stopped and I took Stone's hand as he helped me down onto the ground.

We were greeted by the new happy couple who told us all about their romantic venture.

Brennan lowered his head towards me and whispered "Ella, why is Stone glaring at me?"

Stone was glaring at him with a scowl worn on his mouth. His black eyes were narrowed while he started at the lack of space between me and Brennan.