Instead of the truth, I remembered what he said earlier, and I told him "One of the reasons you moved here was for your fight club. You will be here, or you will be in Vegas making it big. I never had any intention of staying here after graduation. I might not get into a big fancy college, but I want to try."

"The practical thing about fighting is that you can do it anywhere." He raises a brow, not looking any less maddened "Also did you know that I qualify for a mechanic in every corner of America?"

"Please Stone."

His eyes and stance were full of determination "You are going to have to do better than that, Drizella."

Saying the first thing that comes to mind, I blabbered "We are young. You do not need to be held back and tied down by me. You might be fighting and becoming massive in Vegas in the near future. You should be able to do things without looking back."

The giant arm muscle and his jaw ticked in a rhythm as heard what I had to say.

"I don't want to be your setback." I said to him "Without me, you can bar crawl and hook up with beautiful girls hanging around casinos and—"

Murderous. That was the only way to describe his expression. I stopped talking because of his obvious fury.

He gently held under my chin, so I had no choice but to meet his intense gaze.

The words of his were more of a statement as he spoke gravelly and strictly "I am not capable of looking at someone else. Not that I would ever fucking want to. My eyes never leave you and that will never change. It is you. Nobody else. Nothing else."

I continued shaking my head.

"I will never stop loving you and whatever wild theory you have about the afterlife then I will love you there." He grumbled out determinedly.

His face was not so clear anymore. He looked fazed out and blurry. Splashes of colour danced around him.

I closed my eyes and pleaded through the form of more sobs "Please do not make this any harder than it already is."

Stone did not move an inch.

"I will not leave, and I will not give up. I am never going anywhere, Medusa." He declared resolutely "I will be here every second and there is nothing you can do about it. You can push me away all you like but I will not move. You can make up millions of excuses why I should go but that will not matter. I only need one reason to stay and that is you. I need you."

Then he told me the same he used to whisper to me every night before I went to sleep. The three words that always made me feel better.

I whispered it back because it may have been the last time, I said it aloud.