His hands went white as he gripped the wheel "After you have found out that he is the leader of an illegal fighting organisations and after you have found out that he has been lying to you from the start, you still love him."

I did not answer. I looked out the window and let my head move once.

"That night when we were on the pier, I wish that I would have stayed with you instead of leaving to go see the fight. If I could rewind time, then I would." He spoke.

A breath later, I replied honestly "It would not have made a difference."

"How come?"

The answer was clear. If I had not met Stone that night in the ice cream parlour on the pier, then I believed we would have met somewhere else. Maybe at Litora Bello. Maybe at the beach. Maybe at school or at a bookstore where he would be trying to hide as he still could not admit that he was a nerd.

I spoke the easiest way to put the answer "I would still want him."

The fight club was not the main issue I had. If he had told me from the start, then I could have come around to the idea. It was the lying I had a problem with. He had so many opportunities to come clean, but he continued to lie to my face and go behind my back.

When I arrived at the beach, I would warn him about the cops and then I would go. That would be the end of it. The end of us.

"I am such an idiot." I said aloud "I can’t believe I became so naive around him."

Chase smiled as he spoke, and it almost looked genuine "You are not an idiot. On the first day of school, he warned everyone not to tell you about it. He also threatened every guy in the school to stay away from you."

"On the first day?" I asked in disbelief.

He chuckled "Why did you think every single person was so scared of him?"

"I don't know. Maybe because he is built like a house." I deadpanned before tilting my head in the direction of the driver's seat

"He is not that big." Chase scoffed.

"You do not shy away from provoking him." I pointed out

"I just can't help myself."

When he stopped the car, it was at the part of the beach with all the commotion.

In the centre of the sand between the ocean and the sidewalk was a significantly sized circle of wooden sticks set on fire. Gathered around the alight planks of wood alight was around about two hundred people, give or take. It looked like a scene from a disaster movie. One where the main characters were stranded on a deserted island and gathered around a bonfire.