"I still don't see what that has to do with you." I pointed to his phone while I tilted my head at him "Are you going to fight? Have you turned into The Undertaker?"

His eyes rolled at my remark, and he replied once his phone rang again "I am going to watch the fight. It is the first one ever and I don't want to miss it. That is why I am heading there early. I need a good front row view."

"Okay." I added a load of fake disappointment to my voice as I responded to his news.

"You could come with me?" Chase suggested.

"No. It is fine." I assured him "I need to go meet Lana anyway."

He kissed me on the cheek before he ran off down the pier. He almost knocked down a cart of candy floss on his frenzied way.

I would have said farewell and hasta la vista but then I noticed the large panda in his arms that was moving further and further away from me.

Pete the Panda was with him.

He was a stuffed toy stealing little shit.

For him to ask me out and make me leave my little sanctuary that was my room with all of my books was fine. Even for him to ditch me was fine but stealing the panda was an unforgivable crime.

I did not think the night could get worse.

With one buzz of my phone, I knew I had jinxed it.

I brought the phone to my ear and greeted Lana "Hello."

"How was your date?" She quickly blurted out and she did not wait for my reply before speaking again "I have met this amazing hot guy at the ice cream place."

It was good that one of us was getting a romantic night at the pier or at least a date that had stayed until the end.

"That is great." I told her before explaining "Chase had ditched me to go to some beach fight. Don't ask."

Lana hardly ever pursued the guys she liked. She had never introduced herself or tried to start a conversation, so I knew this ice cream parlour guy had to have made an impression.

"That is awful of him." She commented.

"Tell me about it. He is away with my stuffed panda." I said to the girl on the other end of the phone call "I might just go home and mourn my loss. The loss of the panda, not Chase."

The phone went quiet for a second or two.

I looked around and wondered if I appeared as stupid as I felt. I was standing alone in one of the most romantic spots in the city. I felt like I should have been filmed for a heart-breaking angsty music video.

"There is no way you are going home. Get your little butt here now." She ordered of me before adding "I want to know what you think of this guy. I think he is my soulmate."