I phoned her back before greeting her "Hello."

"Guess what I have bought for our girl's day tomorrow!" She squealed excitedly.

"It better not be what I think it is." I groaned into the phone.

"Barbie movies!" She confirmed, "The DVDs were only a dollar at the dollar store."

"No wonder." I taunted "Nobody would pay more than that."

"I would."

I let out a laugh "I know you would, you weirdo."

"Come to mine at nine tomorrow." She insisted "We have five movies to get through."

"Nine in the morning?" I let out a whine "That is way too early for a Saturday morning—"

"If you are not there by nine then I will eat all the gummy bears I had bought for you."

I laughed at her before agreeing "Fine. I will be there."

We said our goodbyes before she hung up.

Stone made a deep noise that sounded a mix between a cough and a gnarl, making me draw my attention away from my phone to him.

He started to wipe something in the car with a cloth as he questioned "What are you laughing at?"

A lightbulb went off in my head and a great plan had formed in my mind.

I lied "I was just phoning my ride to ask them when they are coming to get me."

Stone did not look convinced.

"You are not going to give me the keys, so I had to find another way to get home."

He still did not seem convinced.

I added innocence to my tone when I told him "I will tell Chase you said hi when he picks me up."

His reaction was instant. He slammed the boot of the car with brute force before he stormed out of the room and came back seconds later with a familiar set of keys.

I beamed in response that my plan had worked. My victorious state dropped when he came marching up to me with a sense of determination.

The keys hung from his hand at a height that was far too high for me to grab.

"You take them, and you drive home." He spoke with a tone that held no room for argument "You do not go with him."

"Okay." I agreed, reaching up to get the keys.

He remained to keep them out of reaching distance "You better be going home."

"I promise." I said as he set the metal chain in my hand.

Jumping off the counter, I skipped away towards the exit of the garage to taunt him about me winning.

As I reached the door, a deep voice stopped me "Medusa."

I turned around "Yes, Lurch?"

His expression was full of visible boastfulness as he revealed "I finished fixing your car a few days ago."

"What?" I bit out, remembering how he told me it was not ready two days ago.

He did not answer with words. It was just a big tantalising smirk that taunted me.