Stone moved a piece of hair from my face and behind my ear before he dropped his thumb, so it brushed my lip "For a little nerd, I am unsure you know what the word hate means."

My gaze flicked over the mountain of a man before I sighed.

He was right.

Brennan spoke up "You two just need to hatef—"

The glare from Stone shut him up and made him not continue his sentence.

Lana choked on her juice and almost spat it out.

I had nothing left to say so I sat and ate my peanut butter and jelly sandwich in silence.

Chapter Twenty-Five

The boys were unloading their surfboards from the back of the black truck. After school, I drove back home to change into shorts and a bikini. I also ditched Kermit on my street before Stone picked me up.

We had not spoken since our conversation at lunch. It hung in the air between us. It was only a matter of time before the elephant in the room had to be addressed.

As the two boys continued to mess around at the truck, Lana and I started walking ahead onto the sand.

She nudged me with a smile "So what was that at lunch? Have you been keeping something from me?"

"I don't know what you are talking about." I claimed.

Lana laughed again at how blatant my lie was before she mentioned "He was totally hinting that something had happened between the two of you."

"He is deranged." I pointed out before trying to get away from answering the question "Did you see him with Chase? He looked like a pure psycho. He was definitely lying about whatever he was trying to hint at."

"The only liar here is you. You are lying to yourself." She replied, "Everyone could see how jealous Stone was when you were speaking to Chase and Biology Boy."

Looking out to the waves, I pretended to feign confusion "That is ridiculous—"

She did not stop her accusation there "I think you were jealous too."

"Jealous of what?" I blurted out.

"You should have seen your face when you saw Lacey talk to him."

I muttered, "I could not care less who Stone speaks with."

"She tried to speak with him." Lana spoke again "He didn’t even say anything to her. He was watching you the whole time. She was extremely flirty, but he never once strayed from you. His eyes were on you as soon as you came into the cafeteria. Just like it was at Chase's party."

A small smile made its way onto my face, and I could not fight it.

Lana noticed it and pointed to my face "See. You are happy about it."

"No. I am not!"

"It is safe to say that the green eye monster came out today." She joked.

My jaw unhinged at her choice of words "Did you just quote Shakespeare and use it in the right context?"