His eyebrows furrowed slightly, and his mouth dropped into a small scowl.

"Apart from that." He said through clenched teeth.

The answer to his question came to mind straight away. I looked out to the horizon where the sun was meeting the sea and I had my answer.

I doubted he was interested in hearing about my trauma or the tragedy in my life, so I decided to lie.

"Heights. I hate even looking at the Ferris wheel." I replied and then added to my answer, so it seemed more legit "But I guess some good came from it. If I went on the wheel with Lana that night, then she would never have met Brennan."

"You would not have met me." Stone uttered so lowly that I almost missed it.

I let out a laugh before I stuck my tongue out at him "On second thought, maybe it is all bad."

Stone did not laugh. He searched my face like he was looking for something.

"You are lying." The deep voice concluded after a minute of silence.

I did not know if he meant lying about my biggest fear or about meeting him.

My eyes wandered all of him. I did not want to compliment his appearance or his muscles, so I looked for something else.

"Your shorts are nice." I finally squeaked out as my eyes landed on the plain black material.

The obsidian eyes widened infinitesimally as the mouth usually set in a frown twitched once.

It was my turn to ask a question, so I thought long and hard about what I wanted to ask.

I asked up to him "What is your last name?"

"Stone."

I blinked twice and then I bit my lip to stop myself from laughing.

"Your name is Stone Stone?" I concluded.

"No." He grunted with a hint of amusement "Stone is my last name."

"Oh." I said in surprise "So what is your first name?"

He cocked his head to the side before informing me "It is my turn."

"Fine." I huffed, curiosity to know his name eating at me "Ask away."

"What is your favourite book?"

"I can't choose. There is so many good books out there and there is still so many I haven't read." I exclaimed before finally giving somewhat of an answer "If I had to pick then it would be my collection of Edgar Allan Poe poems. He is my favourite writer."

A few more questions were exchanged as we walked back along the sidewalk of the beachfront.

Stone managed to answer every question vaguely.

My questions were more fun than deep. His questions for me were the complete opposite as he tried to squeeze all the information out of me that he could.

"What do you want for your future?" I asked him "Does Lurch want to get married and have kids?"