"I think he is ashamed." Brennan confessed, "He probably did not want to risk losing you or for you to see him losing control on his anger like that. He tries really hard to be better for you."

"Never once did I think Stone was Mother Theresa." I used humour to push my feelings down "It does not matter anyway. We just are not meant to be."

"What?" Brennan blabbered like he was in shock.

Twirling my hair on my finger, I explained "I have only seen him fight once but he is good. That much is obvious from what I have seen and from the talk around school. This Litora Bello can be something big and he can go far. I know he can."

"Then what is the problem?"

"He can't go far while I am in the picture." I stated before I elaborated "I am a distraction. I could see the underlying message when Reed said about how he missed fights for me. He does not need me holding him back. He deserves better."

Brennan's mouth parted in shock then he closed it in contemplation before he explained his view.

"I have to go to school until graduation. A year ago, I applied to this course to get a qualification so I could teach surfing. They told me that I needed to have graduated." Brennan told me before he added "Stone has no reason to be at Leavendale. He is twenty-one. He has no reason to be at school except from his own agenda."

I cocked my head and listened intently.

"I liked Lana the night I met her, but I did not see it going anywhere." He admitted before telling me "It was Stone that kept insisting for me to get to know her better even though he had never been the slightest bit interested in my love life beforehand."

I stammered over my words "Are you trying to say that...?"

"That he attends school only to see you? That he connived and convinced me to date Lana so he could get closer to you? That he loved you the moment he saw you?" Brennan spoke before he said "Yes."

All I wanted to do was erase the last few minutes and the precious conversation. All my mind was doing was repeating his words over and over again. I wanted to go to Stone.

After a few minutes of silence, I finally spoke up and changed the subject "Do you love Lana?"

Brennan shook his head "I wish that I did."

"If I was able then I would kick your ass for leading her on." I threatened while glaring at him.

"I did want to love her." He sighed before he confessed, "The truth is that I never really got over my first love."

"Your first love?" I uttered quietly.

He nodded, the veins in his neck bulging.

"What happened?" I questioned.