Stone noticed my reaction. His nearly black eyes shifted to me, and they softened immediately.

Lana cleared her throat to gain my attention before she mouthed to me "Do something."

With Stone looking a little less furious, I seized the opportunity and get up to grab Chase's arm.

Another guttural noise left the giant which made me second guess my action.

"Right, Sherlock." I spoke to Chase while motioning for him to leave "That is enough interrogation for one day."

I escorted the quarterback back to his lunch table and left him there without saying another word.

My walk back to the table was watched by the eyes of the large, tattooed man. His furious gaze trailed me as I made my way back to him.

It was only when I sat back down that Stone relaxed completely. It was only when I sat back down that an oddly satisfied look crossed his harsh facial features.

Before I could forget, I grabbed my bag and brought out a five-dollar bill to repay him for the noodles.

I placed the five-dollar note on the table and slid it over to him.

Stone never said a word as he glanced at the note. He slammed his large hand onto the money and moved it back towards me.

Glaring at him, I pushed it back in his direction.

He moved it again back towards me. He also pushed a plate of noodles and chicken from his lunch tray over to my side of the table so that it was in front of me.

"I had a sandwich." My glare disappeared when I quietly argued "I don't need any more food."

His glower left no room for argument. The stern scowl he sent my way meant he was not going to take no for an answer.

"I don't need it." I assured him softly.

"Medusa." His was rough and came out commandingly.

I deepened my voice and exaggerated a grumble "Lurch."

He remained silent. He only moved to hold out a fork for me.

I gave up ten minutes later and took the fork from him before dipping it into the noodles.

"Thank you." I delivered with genuine gratitude before I added more argumentatively "I will find a way to pay you back."

Brennan interrupted our conversation by asking "So, are we still going to the beach after school?"

I nodded my head once before I felt the thick muscular leg against mine relax.

Lana replied to Brennan about how excited she was to spend time with him. They both spoke for a few minutes more before falling into silence.

I was not the best at interpreting social signals. I watched people closely for reactions but I could never understand what exactly they meant.

I was able to pick up on the awkward silence that had fallen between Lana and Brennan.

I randomly blurted out an icebreaker question "If you were a planet then which one would you be?"