I was scared of him. I was so scared of him but not in the way everyone else was. He could hurt me. If I did not have strong feelings for him then I would not have been terrified of getting hurt.

Stone spoke but it was in a much softer tone "Are you ignoring me now?"

"I am not ignoring you." I answered honestly "I am simply evaluating. Sometimes I don't think I know you."

He cupped my face and gently moved my head upwards, so I was looking at him.

"Ella, you know me better than anyone."

"Lana is upset about the whole disappearing act that Brennan does and I don't know how I feel about it either."

The body against mine stilled and the wide shoulders tensed.

I interpreted his tenseness as the cause of the earlier topic, so I made sure he knew "I don't not like Chase. He is my friend-ish and I don't have any romantic feelings for him."

The lip that was set in a frown twitched once.

"Although," I lingered on the words.

"Although what?" He replied in his deep commanding voice.

I smiled up at him "I am really starting to second guess wanting a guy that pulls me into smelly closets and does not bother to kiss me."

His smile turned to a full one and I could not help but mirror his expression.

I leant on my toes and noticed that I only managed to reach the top half of his chest, so I said, "Get down here, Lurch."

A chuckle left him, and his mouth twitched into a smile as he stared down at me.

"Get down here." I ordered, motioning for him to bend down closer to me "Or I will have to climb up there."

His laugh became closer as he leaned down and brushed a piece of hair out my face.

Just when our lips brushed, the door to the closet gets slammed open and we pulled apart.

Mr Dankworth stood in the doorway with an expression that should not be on a teacher that had caught two students kissing in a cleaning closet. He looked full of glee.

The English teacher sounded apologetic as he rambled on "I am so sorry. This is usually where I go to get some peace and quiet to read. Some loud birds sit on the window of the classroom, and I cannot enjoy Dickens there. However, I will find somewhere else to read today. See you crazy kids around."

I was standing there gaping at him as he started walking out of the small room.

The old teacher was about to shut the door but then felt the need to add “I knew you two were getting together. You two are just like something out of Pride and Prejudice."

The door closed and I let out a groan as I let my head fall onto the well-built stomach.