Stone reached over and placed his hand gently on my neck. He took my chin between his thumb and his index finger and gently move my head so that he could see me.

"Stop crying, Medusa baby." He growled softly "I can't stand it. Your tears drive me insane."

I rolled my eyes while wiping them.

"Baby better a term of endearment and not because I'm crying." I joked to him "If it is then I will castrate you."

He chuckled and I joined in laughing while trying to keep my sniffling to a minimum.

A question popped into my mind, and I suddenly remembered to ask "Why did you come here?"

"I came to apologise."

I frowned while questioning "For what?"

"For losing it back at the pier. I should not have acted like that." His gruff voice delivered strongly yet lowly "I was not mad at you."

I nodded and managed to send him a shaky smile "Apology accepted."

The bed covers moved under his grip as he moved them, so they were covering me fully.

Turning back on my side to hide my smile into my pillow, I quietly voiced "Goodnight, Lurch."

"Night, Medusa." He said back, making it known that he was near to my ear.

I let my eyes shut but my body was very much awake. I felt a lone finger wipe a tear from my cheek. I also could have sworn that I felt a gentle kiss being bestowed on my shoulder.

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Eighteen

Nature and animal documentaries were never really my thing but the one time I did decide to watch one, it was about Koala Bears. The little creatures slept with their legs and arms wrapped around a large tree.

That was also exactly how I woke up. Except the tree was not a tree and instead was a giant.

It took me at least forty-five seconds to wake up and be fully aware of my surroundings.

When I realised, I was on top of Stone, I hoped that I had just moved on to him and that I had not been there all night.

Carefully, I tried to pull away and lift my leg away from him. It felt all very like a sequence from Mission Impossible.

A chuckle interrupted my movement and proved my ninja skills were not that good.

I slowly looked up at the guy under me and he did not appear as if he had just woken up. He looked wide awake as his lip twitched upwards at the sight of my widened eyes.

I jumped away to the other end of the bed and pointed at his amused face before accusing "You are not sleeping."

He chuckled as he watched me rub at my eyes.

"Do you ever actually sleep?" I asked, remembering that it was the second time I had woken up on top of him "Why did you not push me off?"