We both grabbed our bags and made our way through the crowded parking lot. We passed the other students who all looked like zombies as they headed towards the old fashioned two-storey building.

Lana began waving like a lunatic when she noticed a certain someone near the entrance of the school.

Only one person stood out to me, and he was leaning his large self on the wall of the school's main entrance watching as I approached.

The tall and scary-looking man appeared way older than eighteen. He was all man, and he did not appear like he belonged.

Stone was large looking while sitting down but now that I had seen him standing up, he had brought a whole new meaning to the word huge.

I had never seen someone as tall as he was before. With his broad shoulders and his overall well-built body, he appeared more like a bouncer than a boy.

I did not want to stand next to him. It would only make my shortness more visible. I was pretty sure I did not even reach his chest.

Brennan bounced off the wall and walked towards us while greeting "Hey there, Lovely Lana."

While she greeted him with a hug, I held back a few meters and watched them. I looked at them to stop myself from looking at the other person standing there.

"Hi, Ella." Brennan nodded his head in my direction as he acknowledged me.

He looked like he was going to the beach. He was wearing denim jeans and a white coloured shirt that was well fitted across his torso. An outline of a six-pack was visible under the blue material which my eyes could not help but admire for a split second.

Both Lana and Brennan made small talk. It was something about the school, but I was not fully listening to them.

Something else had caught my eye and I knew it was only so long I could go without meeting his eye.

Stone was studying me and he did not look in any hurry to stop.

The brutally handsome face was focused down on me. The nearly black eyes moved, looking from one of my eyes to the other and back again.

Our gazes deadlocked. We were caught in an intense stare-off where neither opponent wanted to back down.

The only thing that could have added to the intensity was if some cowboy showdown music was playing.

He remained silent. He did not break his concentration.

Something told me that he was not going to start the conversation, so I chose to be the bigger person and act somewhat civil.

I made my mouth set in a straight line to mirror his expression while I spoke up “Hello, Lurch."

The corner of the giant's lip turned up.

"Medusa." The deep voice uttered, the hint of a smirk remaining on his face.

The name caught me off guard. My stomach dropped at the single word that left his mouth and the gruff way he said it.