A/N – Thanks for the comments! So, I picture Enzo as KJ Apa who plays Archie on Riverdale, but with brown hair. Marco will be played by Michael Trevino (Roswell, Vampire Diaries). For me, Johnny is the model Jason Morgan with hazel eyes (28), and Francis, I'm still seeing him as Raoul Bova (Under the Tuscan Sun) probably around 35. Jason is 26 and Sonny is 32. I have a picture of all them on my site at the bottom of this chapter.

Chapter 11

Liz stretched and then rolled onto her side. Unfortunately, her pillow had escaped, and she wonders where he is but then the smell of bacon assaults her nostril. "Yum," she said before jumping off the bed and running to the bathroom. Quickly, she went and then washed up and ran downstairs.

"Hey," he said as he flipped a pancake. "Are you hungry?"

"Is the pope catholic?"

He smirked. 'Yeah."

"I am starving."

She observes as he continues to flip pancakes and can't help but let her eyes wander to his hips where his shorts sat low, revealing a little bit of skin. Biting her lip, she wonders how much gravity it would take to pull them down. What she has seen of Jason Morgan's body is magnificent.

When he starts to turn, her head jerks up and she smiled as she eyed a stack of pancakes.

"My mouth is watering."

"Dig in."

She takes a few and puts them on her plate while Jason retrieves the bacon and pours her some orange juice.

After slathering the pancakes with syrup, she takes a bite and moans making him smile.

"So freaking good…"

He sits across from her and grabs a stack and happily ate as he watched her enjoy every bite. While her display is killing him, he's happy about the view.

"So, what can we do today?"

"That's up to you. We can go into town if you want."

"Okay. When we come back, we can go to the beach."

He nods before drinking.

"Have you ever been to Nepal?"

He grimaces.

"What was that look for?"

"The mountains are beautiful but there were too many monkeys." He shuddered. "I hate them."

She giggled. "But they are so cute."

"Not those monkeys. I got attacked because I had food in my hand. Some monks had to rescue me."

She laughs loudly.

"It was horrible."

She sticks out her lip. "Aww, poor Jason. I'll protect you."

His eyes narrow. "And just how are you going to do that? Do you have a torch blower or heavy firearms?"

He is cracking her up. "I'll use my bitchface."

"Your what?"

The look on his face sends her into a fit of giggles. "You have your glare and I have my bitchface."

His eyes blink a few times as he tries to digest the information. He has seen her angry but doesn't recall a special facial expression.

"You want to see it?"

"I'm not sure I want to be on the receiving end of that."

"Well, just don't do anything to piss me off."

He shook his head and then his eyes widened when her brow rose and her bitchface emerged. "That is scary, but I think my enforcer stare is better."

"Do you practice it in the mirror?"

"Maybe…"

A giggle escapes her lips as she visualizes it.

Once they were finished eating, he cleaned up while she took a shower and then he washed up and they headed to an outdoor market in town.

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Liz's eyes were bigger than saucers when she saw all the vendors. He grinned as she grabbed his hand and led him to the first cart which is full of knickknacks.

As they traveled down the row, he would eye the three guards that were shadowing them, and they'd nod to let him know that everything looked good. Most people didn't pay him much attention, but there were several who are aware of his identity.

When Liz spotted some fruit a few carts down, Jason stayed where he was and told the vendor he wanted what she had been looking at but didn't buy. He could tell she wanted it because she had gnawed on her bottom lip.

As he turned, there is a loud explosion and smoke billowed as everyone around him dropped to the ground to protect themselves from flying debris.

"Elizabeth!" he handed the vendor the bag he had just been given and then sprinted towards the chaos. "Elizabeth!" His heart is beating a mile a minute. Did someone try to take her out? It doesn't make sense and he feels like he's not moving fast enough.

"Over here…"

He runs towards her voice, dodging debris as he goes, and when the smoke clears, he spots her standing next to Enzo. She takes off and hurled herself against him as she trembled.

"What happened?"

"A propane tank blew on the food cart. I pulled her against the wall and shielded her," Enzo said.

"Thank you." He partially pushes her away to look at her. "Are you okay?"

"I'm good."

He's so glad she was far enough away. A few people weren't as lucky and are now being helped by others.

Noticing that she's trembling, he walked her back towards the wall, so they were out of the way. "Look at me."

Her head jerked up and she can tell he had been scared.

"Are you okay, Elizabeth?"

"I'm fine, Jason. It just rattled me." It had scared the crap out of her, but she's trying not to upset him further.

His eyes squeezed shut and she wonders what he is thinking. "Talk to me."

He gazes at her longingly. "I thought I lost you without telling you—" He curses under his breath, thinking that it's too much—too fast.

"Go on…" Her stomach is doing flip-flops being so near to him. His grip on her hadn't lessened.

"I—you mean a lot to me—screw this." His lips crushed against hers in a passionate kiss. She is stunned, but unlike her brain, her tongue didn't freeze and eagerly dueled with his until Jason pulled back and leaned his forehead against hers. "There aren't words for how I feel for you."

"Well, that kiss just about said it all."

He grins, loving that she is out of breath and just as taken with the kiss as he was. "Do you want to stay or go?"

"Just hold me for a while longer and I'll shop some more." Her heart is still pounding from the explosion and the kiss, but she still needs to get a few gifts.

"Okay." He isn't in any hurry to let her go.

The vendor handed Enzo the bag and after a few minutes, they continued their excursion.

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Paulie frowns as he spots Dillon moving towards Kelly's and calls Johnny who had asked him to shadow her with Sonny's permission. Georgie has no idea, but Johnny doesn't trust her nemeses.

Georgie put a plate down for a customer and then looked up, choosing to continue to the kitchen and ignore him.

Tammy sighed. "I'll take his table."

"Thank you."

"I might have to poison his food though."

Georgie giggled. "I didn't hear that."

"You didn't ask me not to either." Laughter followed her as she made her way to Dillon's table and just stared at him.

"Where's Georgie? This is her section."

"It's mine now."

His eyes darted nervously. "I'll have the number five and a Coke."

She wrote it down and glared before turning around.

Georgie cleared another table under his watchful gaze.

"You can't avoid me forever."

She muttered under her breath, wanting to shove the dirty rag in his mouth to shut him up.

The doorbell rang and she smiled when she spotted Johnny, something Dillon noticed and is infuriated by.

"Hey."

He moved closer, loving that she lit up when she saw him. "Hey. You okay?"

"Yeah. We were just about to poison his food."

One of the regular customers sitting nearby laughed.

"Just make sure it can't be traced."

"You need something?"

"A cup of coffee would be nice."

Tammy smirked. You could cut their sexual tension with a knife. George had already landed one of the hottest guys in town without even trying, and she needs details.

Dillon stood.

"I think you should sit back down because you are no match for him," Tammy said putting down his Coke. "They are hot together though." Leaning closer, she held his stare. "Too bad your little dick couldn't please her, but from what I hear, Johnny is all man." No one had ever accused her of being a lady, thank God. She shuddered with a big grin on her face.

Dillon almost swallowed his tongue as she sauntered away, and then his gaze locked on Georgie. Johnny's hand is skimming up her arm and when she shivered, he lost it and stood abruptly, shoving his chair away. "Get away from her!"

"Johnny…" Georgie said.

"I'll handle it. Trust me?" When she nodded, he slowly turned and eyed Dillon. "You must have a death wish."

The regular customer turned so he had a better view. "From what I can gather, he hurt Miss Georgie, so he deserves whatever you dish out. If asked later, I didn't see anything."

Dillon's eyes widened just as the door opened.

"What's going on here?" Tracy asked as she took in the scene.

"Nothing, mom," Dillon muttered.

Georgie stepped around Johnny. "Your son slept with Lulu, so I left his sorry ass, and he won't leave me alone."

Tracy is surprised. She had never minded Georgie, but Lulu… What the hell had Dillon been thinking, and how is the mob playing into this?

"She likes him," Dillon said as his mom eyed Johnny.

Her brow rose. "Really?" Johnny is a lot of man to handle. The kind of man that won't let a good woman go. Her son is going to have to nurse his wounds and get over it. "Why don't we go eat somewhere else?"

"I already ordered."

"It's not made yet," Tammy called out, hoping that he'll have the good sense to leave.

"Fine…"

He stormed out and Tracy focused on Johnny. "Take care of her."

"I will."

She left and Johnny got out his wallet and paid Tammy for Dillon's drink and added a big tip.

Tammy smiled. "Well, I think you definitely traded up."

Georgie blushed and then buried her head against Johnny's chest making him chuckle.

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Jason watched as Elizabeth jumped into the pool clad in a tankini. He's wearing navy blue swim shorts that Elizabeth produced before asking to go in. She had purchased them the first day on her shopping spree without telling him.

"Are you getting in?" She doesn't mind the view, considering that he looks just as sexy wet.

Not wasting another second, he jumped into the deep end and then surfaced near her, swiping his hair back.

Moving in closer, she wrapped her arms around his neck, and they stared as they floated for a while.

"What are you thinking about?"

"Nothing, I'm just appreciating the view."

She smiled. "You're good for my ego." He makes her feel so beautiful and alive.

"Ditto."

Her hands played in his hair as they floated. "You make me feel butterflies in my stomach."

"Is that good or bad?"

"Good—very good." She is so tired of being melancholy. Jason has made her come alive again.

"We can take it as slow as you want."

"I don't think about what happened before when I'm with you. I'm okay. Nor do I think about him." Just being so close to him is making her dizzy.

It's not that he doesn't believe her, but it's also possible that he could do something to trigger a memory. He's just not used to being gentle. While he was to a degree with Robin, it was more about her being scared about being intimate because of HIV not because someone had hurt her physically.

She eyed him curiously. "Spill…"

"I just don't want to scare you."

"Why would you?"

He slightly turned red further intriguing her. "I'm a little on the wild side."

When she grinned, he groaned.

"You don't think I already know that?"

"Elizabeth…"

She laughed. "Jason, I trust you." She had heard the rumors that he is good in bed. Lucky treated her like porcelain while Jason is so raw and intense that it's almost overwhelming.

"Maybe I don't trust myself. You drive me crazy."

She quieted. "Seriously?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

"When you bite your lip, I want to free it and suck on it." His finger gently brushed across her bottom lip making her tremble, but his eyes never lost their intensity. "When you push your curls back, I want to do be the one touching them." His hand swept through her hair as his sultry stare made her stomach flip. "I watch you and sometimes you do things that make me want to—" He cut himself off and then tried to separate them. It's too much, and he's fighting the urge to rip off her bathing suit and take her.

"No."

He froze. "What?"

"Please don't push me away. I can handle whatever you say. At least I think I can control myself, but you do make it hard. Jesus, Jason you're just so hot." The words slipped through her lips before she could censor them.

He smirked and returned her to her rightful place; pressed against him. This time, she lifted her legs around his hips. "Do you ever feel something so big inside of you that it's hard to contain?"

She nodded.

"That's how I feel about you, Elizabeth. I shoved it down because it was overwhelming, and I was scared you didn't feel the same way; that it was too soon."

She squeezed him tight, pressing their cheeks together. "The way you look at me blows my mind. When I realized that I was feeling things for you beyond friends, I shoved it down because I was scared, and leaving Lucky behind made me felt guilty. It confused me because I just thought you were being nice and didn't see me as a woman. My need to have you in my life overshadowed my need to run."

"I'm glad you didn't." He slightly pulled her away so he could look into her beautiful eyes. "When you look at me like I'm pure when I'm far from it, it makes me wish for something I don't think I deserve. I used any excuse to create distance because if anyone hurt you because of me, I'd lose my mind."

"I know you think that I'm your light, but what you don't realize is that you're mine."

He frowned. "How?"

"You and that bike of yours drove me out of the darkness. Your eyes were like a beacon that I would follow anywhere. The minute I would see you, I'd light up. You did that for me, Jason. I was so devastated over losing Lucky that I couldn't see past it. You believed in me and listened. I thought that Lucky was the love of my life, but you know what? I don't think that anymore." Her fingertips glanced against his face, sending a jolt through him.

His heart is thumping so fast, he swears it's going to implode. The confession is overwhelming her, he can tell because tears are running down her face and she doesn't even realize it. "No?"

She shook her head. "What we're building seems more powerful and right. I know I'm young, but I can't imagine giving anyone else my heart."

His lips crash against hers and they kiss frantically, pouring out their feelings as they cling to one another. A groan leaves Jason's lips as her legs draw him closer and he starts to harden, making Liz moans when his cock presses against her, and then she yanks his hair, making him breathe harshly as she sucks on his bottom lip. He is stiff as an arrow and that didn't get any better when she started rubbing against him making her body tingle. He sat on the steps, never parting their lips, and pulled her closer as she rubbed against him harder, her hips unable to still their movements. Deep down she knows that at the end of the tunnel will be something amazing. As her head lopped backward, he kissed the exposed top of her breast and then took a chance and sucked on her nipple through her suit as she mewled.

She had never felt so exposed and she is clothed, feeling wanton and free as she continued to rock against his hardness. "Jason!" Freedom is what he has always given her and it's the greatest gift in the world.

He knows he should slow down but he wants to see her come. "Let go, Elizabeth."

He reached in between them and when he rubbed her clit through her bathing suit and her body started to spasm, he didn't realize he was coming at first because he was so enthralled by her crying out his name as her body jolted and shook.

She collapsed against him and he almost chuckled because he had come in his pants. They aren't naked and it was one of the most erotic experiences of his life. The little sound that catches in her throat when her tongue is dueling with his and her long moans when he touches her in the right spot drove him crazy. And when she came undone, it was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen.

"So much for taking it slow."

She giggled. "That was—I've never felt like that before."

"Have you orgasmed before?"

"Yes, but it was by accident." She grew red and he put her out of her misery by letting the subject go. She and Lucky were inexperienced, so it makes sense, but she had never felt so frantic before.

He peered deep into her eyes. "I'm going to make you feel so good, Elizabeth. I just—I want us to get used to each other and wait before making love. There are plenty of ways to be intimate. Let me show you."

She gnawed on her lip and he smiled and then freed it with his tongue before kissing her. "Let's go get cleaned up. I need to feed you."

"Okay. Did you—I mean—"

"Yes, I did—a first for me."

She sucked in a breath, already feeling her body awakening under his intense stare.

"While your inhibition is cute, I want you to get to a place where you don't care about anything but taking and giving pleasure. I want you to express whatever you're feeling knowing you won't get any resistance from me. I will do whatever you want." Underneath her shyness, he can tell she is very expressive.

When she whimpered, he kissed his way down her throat.

"Jason…"

"Tell me how that feels, Elizabeth." She is making him so horny. His tongue lashed against her neck and then he lightly sucked.

"So good…"

He moaned as he tasted her creamy skin and then nipped her chin before kissing her passionately.

"Jason?"

"Yeah?" Her face is flushed, and her eyes are drunk with passion.

"Are you driving me crazy on purpose?"

He chuckled. "I'm just enjoying you." He stood and walked them toward the towels where he let her slide down his body. He grabbed one and slowly dried her off, taking his time to kiss her dewy skin until she trembled.

She is not sure is going to survive him. He makes her combust with one look. His semi-erection, jutting up in his trunks, caught her eye and he groaned when she reached out to touch it. When he twitched, she jumped and then giggled before pulling her hand back. "Was that okay?"

His eyes darkened. "You're going to be the end of me."

She grinned wickedly and then grabbed a towel and then slowly edged it up his legs and then jumped when he growled and then tugged her and threw her over his shoulder.

"Hey! No fair!"

"I never said I played fair," he said before spanking her on the butt.

She laughed all the way into the house.