A/N: Hey everyone, firstly thank you for the support and love! I have a question though if you're reading through the FanFiction app, could you tell me if you see the horizontal line that I included at the end of this A/N? I've noticed that at least through my app I no longer see the line which can make stories a bit confusing which is why I haven't included any in this fic but just let me know if you can or not, thanks!


Stefan watched her face as she slept. Her mouth slightly agape, a little drool on her pillow, her hair tied in a high ponytail with some hairs on her forehead. He smiled, softly chuckling and moved his hand to the side of her face. She stirred and her mouth closed completely before opening slightly again. He smiled more and reached back for his phone and started recording.

"She'd probably kill me," he whispered, "if I show her face right now but this is what I get to wake up to every day. I'm a lucky guy." He recorded her for a few seconds longer then ended the video. He opened Instagram and posted it to his story with the heart eyes emoji covering her face and tagged her. He put his phone away after hearing hers ding and watched her some more.

Stefan moves his hand to her face again. "Baby," he spoke just above a whisper. "Baaaby,"

"Hm?"

He chuckled. "I'm bored,"

"If I had the strength to give you my middle finger I would." She said with her eyes still shut making him laugh. "What time is it?"

"Seven-thirty."

"Babe. That's way too early. Go back to sleep."

"I can't."

She exhaled through her nose and opened her right eye before her left seeing him smiling. "You're a crazy person."

"Come,"

She moved to rest her head on his chest. "I don't like you."

"I know. You love me."

"Touché."

"Let me get those lips,"

She smiled and lifted her head and leaned in to meet their lips, kissing him several times. He moved his hands down her body then up it as he kissed along her neck then turned her on her back. Bonnie closed her eyes as he disappeared underneath the sheets.

...

Bonnie smiled watching his Instagram story and was glad that he decided to block out her face because even she doesn't want to know what she looks like when she's deep in it.

"Hey, babe,"

She looked up from her phone. "What up?"

"I need to head out for a couple of hours but I'll be home for dinner,"

"Oh okay, where are you going?"

"Just running a few errands." He kissed her. "I love you." He started towards the door.

"I love you-" the door closed. "too." She sighed seeing some of that old Stefan come out but chose to ignore it. She did cheat, after all, a little old behavior is expected.

...

She smiled hearing knocking on the door ready for some Chinese but couldn't stop the utter shock on her face opening the door to see Stefan's mother. "Mrs. Salvatore—"

"Is Stefan here?"

"No actually, he's out running errands,"

She sighed and it's then Bonnie noticed the horrified look on her face. "Can I come in?"

"Of course," it's then she noticed the suitcases. "Is everything okay?"

"Do you know when he'll be back?"

"He said before dinner. Is everything okay?"

Lily ignored her question for the second time and took out her phone to call her son. Bonnie went over and decided to use both locks on the door.

"He's not answering, could you call him?"

"What's going on?"

"Bonnie, please."

"Okay," she pulled her phone out of her back pocket and found his contact before clicking on it. She held the phone up to her ear then decided to put it on speakerphone.

"Babe, I'm kind of busy,"

"Stefan your mom's here,"

"What?"

"Stefan?" Lily talked.

"Mom, what are you—"

"I left him. He- he didn't take it well. I'm- I'm scared."

"Fuck," he said under his breath. "Okay, uh, I'll be there as soon as I can. Don't answer the door for anyone, I have my key. I'll text you, babe, when I'm in the building."

"Okay,"

"In case anything happens, I have a gun on the top shelf of the closet under some clothes in a locked case, I'll text you the code."

Her heart sped. "Okay,"

"Okay, I have to go,"

"Stef—" she sighed as he hung up on her.

"I'm sorry to drag you into this, Bonnie."

"Please, the last thing you need to do is apologize. Did you drive here?"

"I took an Uber,"

"Okay great. If he shows up we can always pretend that you're not here." She looked down as her phone vibrated seeing a text from Stefan that had four numbers. "I'm going to get the gun. I think it'll make both of us feel safer with it close by."

Lily nodded and Bonnie quickly headed back to their room and looked blindly for the gun since she could barely see over the top of the closet. She exhaled in relief feeling the case and pulled having some clothes fall but she ignored it for now and headed back into the living room. "Okay, here's the—" she gasped hearing knocks. "Go back in the room and lock the door,"

"Bonnie-"

"Go." She watched until the door was closed then looked out the peephole. She relaxed seeing it was the food delivery man and quickly unlocked the door.

"Ms. Bennett?"

"Yeah, thanks," she took the bag and closed the door, rushing to lock it again. She exhaled then jumped hearing banging on the door.

"Lily! Lily!"

"You have the wrong apartment!" She hollered back.

"Bonnie? Open up, it's Frank, Stefan's stepdad."

She thought. "I just mopped the floors, could you come back?"

"Is Lily here?"

"No, why do you ask?"

"We got into a fight and I want to apologize. She's not picking up her phone."

"I'm sorry to hear that but she's not here. Stefan's out, maybe they met up somewhere? He told me he was running errands so maybe he's at the grocery store or something. He does all the food shopping."

"Okay, thanks,"

"No problem, I hope you find her."

She waited a little longer and when she didn't get a response back, she allowed herself to breathe. She shifted slightly to look out the peephole then covered her mouth still seeing him stand out there. She looked down as her phone vibrated and saw it was Stefan letting her know that he was here. She texted him back immediately telling him to wait in many texts to higher the chances of him actually checking his phone.

Wait!

He's outside the door

I'll let you know when he leaves

I don't want confrontation

Please just wait I told him she was possibly with you at the store

She exhaled seeing that he read her texts but didn't know how to feel when he didn't respond. She looked back out the peephole and relaxed seeing no one there. She waited a few minutes before letting Stefan know that it's safe to come up. Bonnie stayed by the door then stepped back seeing Stefan unlocking the door and she wrapped her arms around him as he stepped in and closed the door with her foot as they hugged.

"It's okay," he rubbed her back several times then moved back to meet their lips. "Where's my mom?"

"Back in the room,"

He nodded then kissed her again before walking back there. Bonnie locked the door then followed him.

Stefan knocked. "Mom, it's me," he twisted the knob and slowly opened the door.

Lily hugged him tight and let out her tears as he hugged her tightly back. "I'll protect you, I promise. We're going to get a restraining order against him and the second he shows up we're calling the police and he's getting arrested. We'll move after that, you can stay with us."

"I don't want to intrude,"

"You're not, I swear." He kissed her cheek. "We'll get through this."

...

Bonnie smiled down at the dinner she made and carried their plates to the table and placed it in front of them before going back to get her own.

"Thanks, babe, this looks great,"

"Yes, thank you," Lily placed her hand on top of hers.

She smiled. "No problem,"

They started eating.

"So how did your errands go today, babe? I know you didn't get to finish,"

"Nothing really got done, I may have to go back out tomorrow,"

"Oh, you think that's a good idea?"

He watched her eyes. "We can talk later, okay,"

She didn't respond. Stefan cleared his throat then reached for his glass, taking a sip of soda. "Mom, I'll talk to my lawyer tomorrow about the restraining order and get the papers in. Did you take screenshots of the texts he sent?"

"Yeah, I think I did it as you said."

"Okay,"

"I'm sorry about all this. I never thought it would happen like this."

"It's no one's fault but his. Don't apologize, mom, seriously." He kissed the back of her hand. "I'm just glad you're here."

She smiled.

...

Bonnie got in bed and slid the covers up her body then turned to her side, getting comfortable. Stefan exhaled through his nose getting in bed as well. "So you don't want to talk about it?"

"About how you're going to leave us alone tomorrow with an abusive man around so you can run errands, whatever the hell that means."

"I know you're scared, you have every right to be but I'll handle it. I'll have Mason come over tomorrow to be with you guys,"

She was glad that her back was still towards him so he couldn't question her on her facial expression.

"Hey," he placed his hand on her shoulder and she turned towards him. "Everything is gonna be okay. If he comes just don't respond, he'd think we're out and leave."

She sighed. "Fine."

"You know I love you."

"I know,"

He kissed her then got into bed with her, hugging her close as their eyes closed.

...

They smiled at each other as their eyes locked then he shortly walked over to hug her for a few seconds. She watched as he hugged Lily then jumped slightly as Stefan suddenly touched her arm. He frowned.

"Babe,"

"I'm sorry you just kind of scared me,"

He took her into the kitchen. "You feel good with Mason here, right?"

"Kind of, I don't know."

He watched her eyes. "Okay, I'll just push things off until—"

"No, just go, get it over with. I'll be fine, we'll be fine. Masons here, we could go over lines or something."

He offered a smile and kissed her forehead. "I'll be back as soon as I possibly can. I'll text you again, okay?"

She nodded against his chest and took a few deep breaths before moving away. "I love you."

"I love you more." He kissed her then walked out to say goodbye to his mother and Mason before leaving.

Lily walked back into her room leaving the two alone.

"Has this happened before? Stefan doesn't seem to care that much."

"Not that I know of," he shrugged. "But I think Stefan is just as scared or worried, he's just blocking it out with work."

"Do you know what he's doing, he never told me,"

"I know a couple of things were on his calendar,"

"Okay so he's not like- never mind,"

"What? Cheating?"

"I don't really have the right to be upset if he is,"

"Bonnie, of course, you do. He's still your boyfriend."

She sighed, sitting down. "Thank you for coming,"

"No worries. How are you doing besides this whole ordeal,"

"Um... Is it bad that I don't remember?" They chuckled. "My mind is clogged with the sound of Franklin banging on the door screaming Lily's name."

He frowned. "Does Stefan know about that?"

"I don't think so, I didn't tell him. I told him he came over but I didn't really go into detail."

"Hm. Well, what can I do to keep your mind off it?"

"Well, you could cook breakfast…"

He smiled. "You got it."

...

After breakfast and small talk, Bonnie decided to lay down. She closed the door but not completely and laid flatly on the bed. She closed her eyes and waited for her dreams to take over but they wouldn't. She sighed and took out her phone to call Caroline but she didn't answer so she left a quick message telling her to not worry about calling her back since she was just going to use her to fall asleep. She scrolled through her contact list a little more and paused seeing Enzo's name. She knows she shouldn't but maybe he wouldn't answer either. She called him and held the phone up to her ear as it rang over and over until she assumes the very last one.

"Bonnie?"

"...Hi,"

"I tried calling you like crazy to make sure you were okay after the restaurant."

"Yeah, I think when he asked to see my phone he blocked you so I didn't get any of it."

"I figured."

There was a pause.

"Is everything okay?"

"Yeah, sorry, I just- I just needed to hear a familiar voice. Caroline didn't pick up."

"What's wrong, babe?"

She sighed. "I feel like I'm on a TV show or something. Stefan's mom left her abusive second husband and of course, he didn't take it well so she came over here without him knowing yesterday and he comes banging on the door screaming her name and I had to basically talk him down and convince him that she wasn't here."

"Where the hell was Stefan?"

"He had a busy schedule so he wasn't here but I called him and he had to basically drop everything and come."

"Where is he now?"

"Out trying to get everything done on top of getting a restraining order,"

"So he left you both there by yourselves?"

"Not really, his publicist Mason is here. Even though I know Mason I just feel like I'm in a house or apartment filled with strangers in which one I'm supposed to protect and the other I'm supposed to trust to protect me."

"I never would've left you there."

She looked down. "I know,"

"Enzo, who's on the phone?" Bonnie heard a female voice asked.

"Sorry I didn't know you had someone over,"

"Bonnie–"

"I'll let you go. Thank you for talking to me."

He sighed. "Of course. Call me if you need me again."

"I will. I still have to keep your number blocked still,"

"I understand."

She smiled. "Okay, bye,"

"Bye,"

She ended the call then exhaled then walked out and smiled some seeing Mason lying down on the couch. She walked over to him and laid the opposite way so her feet were to his face and her face to his feet.

"Your feet reek."

She laughed. "No they don't, shut up."

He chuckled. "Couldn't sleep?"

"No. I feel like Stefan would have a heart attack if I snuggled your chest, so I'll snuggle for your feet."

He smiled.

"Mason?"

"Yeah?"

"I think. I think my ex moved on to my best friend."

He narrowed his eyes. "What? What makes you think so?"

"Promise not to tell Stefan?"

"Of course."

"I um, I couldn't sleep so I called my best friend Caroline just to hear a familiar voice and she's excellent at talking so I knew she could talk me to sleep but she didn't pick up and then I saw his—my ex's contact and I just called him just knowing he wouldn't answer but he did and we talked, I told him about everything in small detail and told him I just needed to hear a familiar voice and later I hear a woman ask him who was on the phone and it sounded too familiar for me to not know who it was."

"That doesn't mean that they're sleeping together, Bon."

"They never hang out separately."

"But now that you're not there, maybe they have and formed a friendship."

"I feel like Caroline would've told me that. It's not like I just left. This all stems from when Enzo came. Maybe he confined in her and one thing led to another."

"Let's say you're right; how are you feeling about that?"

"A little betrayed, honestly. Not by Enzo because of what I did but by Caroline."

"I wouldn't jump to conclusions."

"I know I just- Stefan is keeping distracted by work and this here will definitely distract me."

"Just try to take a nap, alright and we'll try to figure this out together later if you haven't come to your senses yet."

She chuckled. "Fine."

...

Stefan walked through the door with flowers in his hand but he almost dropped them coming faced to Mason and Bonnie lying together on the couch with her knee bent on his waist and his head rested on her calf muscle and his hand on her upper thigh. He set the flowers down then nudged Mason on the forehead having him wake. "What the fuck is going on?"

"What?" He lifted his head then noticed how they were. "Shit," he quickly moved his hand. "We um- we fell asleep."

"No shit, why are you feeling up on my girl?"

"I wasn't- not on purpose I move when I sleep."

He sighed then went to wake Bonnie. He smiled as her head turned towards him with one eye open and the other tightly shut. "You're back,"

He chuckled. "I'm back, babe," he kissed her a few times. "I missed you,"

"I missed you too." She kissed him once then moved to sit up as she wiped her eyes. "How did everything go?"

"Good. Great, actually."

"Tell me about it?"

"Tonight." He kissed her then stood. "I got you some flowers," he grabbed them. "Where's my mom?"

"In the room I guess,"

Stefan walked back there then knocked on the door before opening it. He breathed out through his nose seeing her lying down then closed the door softly. He walked back and paused seeing Mason comb a lock of hair behind his girl's ear. Stefan's nostrils flared and he balled his hand in a fist then walked up to them. "Thanks, Mase, but I got it from here,"

"Sure," he stood. "I'll see you guys later,"

"Bye, thanks for staying,"

"Anytime," he smiled then walked out the door.

Bonnie stood from the barstool then looked in the refrigerator for a quick snack and grabbed the grapes.

"What's up with you and Mason, Bon? Something happened at that dinner,"

"What are you talking about, nothing happened."

"Can I trust you?"

"Yes, Stefan. I told you about Enzo, you didn't just figure that out." She sighed at the look on his face then stood in front of him to hold his face. "I love you." She watched his eyes deeply. "Never again will I cheat on you. I swear. I only want you and your love, that's it."

He watched her eyes. "Okay,"

"Tell me you love me," she smiled when he did.

"I love you."

"I love you more." She let go of his face then hugged him tightly.

He hugged her back and snuggled his head into the crook of her neck. "I love you."

"I love you too." She kissed the side of his neck continuing their hug.

Stefan shortly lifted her on the kitchen island and kissed her lips several times. He stepped between her legs and held her face. "I got you something,"

"Yeah?"

He nodded. "Close your eyes,"

She smiles and closes her eyes and opens them when he tells her so. Her mouth drops and she frowns looking into his eyes. "Babe,"

"You like it?"

"I love it," she kissed him. She gathered her hair up so he could clasp the charmed 'S' 'B' necklace around her neck. "Take a photo," she let her hair down.

He smiled then took out his phone to take several photos of her neck. They looked over hearing knocks on the door then looked back at one another before Stefan walked over to it and looked out the peephole. "Go into the room with my mom. Lock it and don't come out, okay?"

Bonnie nodded then hurried back. Stefan put the chain lock on then opened the door as far as it would open with the chain. "Go away."

"Where's your mom?"

"I put her in a hotel. Keep your eye out for a restraining order."

"Restraining order?"

"You heard me. Now leave." He pushed the door closed but Franklin stopped it.

"I know she's here,"

"She's not but I guess you'll never know for sure," he kicked him back then closed and locked the door.

Stefan let out a breath then walked back to the room and knocked lightly. He waited until it opened then stepped in, frowning seeing his mother in tears. He walked up to her and hugged her close. "It's okay,"

"Maybe I should talk to him-"

"No, mom. He needs to grow up and move on. We stick to the plan. Everything will be fine, I promise," he kissed the side of her head.

"I don't want to stay locked up in here, Stefan, I can feel myself going insane,"

"Once the restraining order gets served to him you won't have to stay in here all the time. I'll hire someone- a guard to protect you when you go out just until he goes to jail."

"Okay,"

He squeezed her once then stood. "You want anything specific for dinner?"

"No, anything is great."

He nodded then walked towards the door, taking Bonnie's hand. He leads them into their room and on their bed. Bonnie laid on his chest and watched him edit one photo that he took of her necklace then send it to her. She posted it, tagging him and captioned it with "S&B". She smiled seeing that Caroline had commented with three big smile emojis then it bought her back to the possibility of her and Enzo now sleeping together. She mentally shook her head then scrolled down her timeline, liking photos and watching videos.

"Babe,"

She looked up and smiled seeing that Stefan was recording her then turned her head to kiss his chest. "Take your shirt off."

He chuckled and ended the video.

"I'm serious,"

"Move your head,"

Bonnie sat up and he followed suit to quickly remove his shirt then laid back down. She rested her head on his heart but moved her head to kiss his chest several times then moved an arm around his waist and closed her eyes.

"Her wish is my command." She heard him say and smiled slightly.

...

Bonnie turned on the ring light and held up his phone. She gave him a nod to signal that she started recording.

"Hey everyone, it's Stefan here. I'm sure you've seen by now the news circulating about my mom but just in case you haven't and for those of you who have, here is the whole factual truth. My mom was married to this man for about ten years or so, he was abusive to her physically and mentally and I've never liked him, the thought of him actually being my stepdad pissed me off and I didn't hide my feelings about that to anyone who is close to me. Recently my mom left him and came to my girlfriend Bonnie and me for refuge. We kept him away from her and the very next day, I had filed a restraining order against him in my mother's favor. Thankfully the papers were approved and severed and now he cannot come within five hundred feet of my mom or the police will be called and he will be going to jail. I just wanted to come on here, with my mother's permission, of course, to tell you all the truth before this gets spun in the wrong direction. Thank you guys for listening, please keep my mother in your prayers and thoughts and I'll see you guys later. Bye."

Bonnie stopped the video. "That was great, babe,"

"I hate that this shit got out. I should've known, but still."

"We're doing the right thing by getting on top of it first."

He nodded then she handed him his phone and after watching it, he decided to post it on his Instagram and Twitter. Bonnie finished with making breakfast, which consisted of pancakes, eggs, bacon, and grits. Stefan got his mom and they all sat down to eat.

"Mom, Bonnie and I have to go into Mason's office this afternoon. I hired a bodyguard for you all you have to do is call him and he'll come if you want to go for a walk or something. Even if it's inside the building please call him and wait for him to come before you leave."

"Stefan,"

"Mom. Please."

She sighed. "Okay,"

"He knows of the situation. You don't have to say a single word to him if you don't want to but he's there to protect you."

She nodded.

"Ms. Salvatore, if you want to go for a walk or something later, I can happily go with if you don't feel like being alone."

"Thank you, Bonnie. And you can call me Lily,"

Bonnie smiled and they continued their breakfast in silence. Once they were done, Stefan and Bonnie went into their room to change and get ready for the day.

"Any suggestions on what I should wear today, babe?"

"Uh, long sleeves, long pants, boots, gloves,"

Bonnie rolled her eyes and he smiled. "Seriously,"

"Wear whatever you want, babe, I don't care." He walked into the bathroom.

Bonnie sighed looking through her clothes and decided to wear a plain black short sleeve shirt which she tucked into high waisted jean shorts. She added a black belt around her waist and tossed her hair up in a ponytail. She walked into the bathroom joining Stefan to wash her face, brush her teeth, and apply some makeup. Stefan stepped behind her and kissed the side of her neck several times.

"You're so short,"

"Leave me alone,"

He chuckled then turned her head to meet their lips once. Stefan walked out to change into jeans and a black shirt and his plain white Nike's. Bonnie stepped out of the bathroom and smiled at his attire before grabbing her white converse. Once they were done, they said goodbye to Lily then left. Stefan called he bodyguard to come and watch the apartment building's door just in case she doesn't listen to him. Afterward, he grabbed Bonnie's hand and they walk together to Mason's office.

"I should've worn heels,"

He chuckled. "Why, you look great,"

"You're like three feet taller than me, I can barely hear you up there,"

He shook his head. "I happen to like you at this height."

"Yeah?" She looked up at him.

"Yeah," he looked down at her. "I can easily just grab your ass." He does so.

"Aww, what a romantic,"

He chuckled and stopped walking as she got in front of him. "Kiss me," she stood on her toes.

Stefan leaned in, kissing her several times as his hands felt her up. "Mm," he pulled away only to kiss her again.

"I love you,"

"I love you more."

"Piggyback ride?"

"You're lucky we're almost there,"

Bonnie smiled widely and hopped on his back and stayed there until they entered the building.

Mason looked up from his computer and smiled seeing them walk in and stood to hug Bonnie and bro-hug Stefan. "How's everything going, I saw the video,"

"Going as well as it can go. I hired that guard you recommended and called him to watch the door so,"

Mason nodded. "Okay so I'll get right to it, Stefan there's a cover shoot for you next Wednesday at eight AM, it's planned to be about four hours. That night, I would actually like to start filming my short, if that's alright. Just one scene, I want to see how it goes and see if I can actually do this."

"Sure, that sounds fine,"

"Here are your scripts." He handed the stapled pieces of paper over.

"Which scene did you have in mind so I can study it the most?"

"Scene eight. It builds the most tension, has so much emotion. I figure with everything going on, it would be relieving for you both to scream at each other. A little stress relief."

Stefan chuckled. "Yeah, man, sounds great."

"Bonnie, is that okay?"

"Of course," she smiled.

"Great," he smiled back. "Other than that, you guys are free to go,"

"Let me use the bathroom really quick," Bonnie stood.

Mason watched her leave then turned to his friend. "Hey, man, that shoot Wednesday is with Elena. Given your past, I wasn't sure if I should mention it or not so I'm just going to leave that up to you."

"Fuck, okay,"

"Did you tell Bonnie about your side project yet?"

"No, I'm keeping it a secret until it's done. I'm gonna have her look over the jewelry and lastly the rings and then I'm going to propose."

Mason's eyes widened. "Wow,"

"I'm finally happy, man. I mean love-life wise. I honestly want her to have my babies."

"Wow, congratulations, man."

"Look, I know you have a crush-"

"No, man, I—"

"Hey, it's fine. I get it. I would too. But I- I really love her,"

"Okay,"

Bonnie walked in a few seconds later and stood behind her chair to grab her purse.

"Ready, babe?" Stefan stood.

"Yeah,"

"Alright, bye guys, see you Wednesday,"

They waved before holding hands, walking out. "Stefan?" She waited until she had his eyes. "Could you help me,"

"With what, babe?"

"My lines. I have like a monologue and I don't want to mess up and prolong everyone's day and-"

"Babe," he held her face, "of course I will help you, okay?"

She nodded.

"Don't worry about it, you'll be great," he hugged her and she held him back.

...

They arrived home and saw a note on the coffee table from Lily saying that she went out for a walk. Stefan called Tim. "Hey, you with my mom?"

"Yeah, she called and said she wanted to go out. We're at the park."

"Okay great man, just making sure,"

"No problem."

He ended the call. "Alright, so since my mom is out, we can go over some lines,"

Bonnie nodded and took her shoes off, joining Stefan on the couch.

"Alright, so what I like to do is read the lines out loud, like a table read. I don't really put emotion into them quite yet, I speak just as I'm speaking to you."

"Okay,"

"If the script is good you'll start speaking with emotion anyway and if that happens just let it happen but if not, it's completely fine,"

"Okay,"

Stefan opened the script and Bonnie followed suite. "I'll start," Stefan cleared his throat. "I don't understand what the big deal is here. We talked about this,"

"No, you talked about it. I just sat there as you rambled on and on as you always do. You don't care about my feelings."

"That's ridiculous,"

"Is it? Do you really not care that much to see how much you're hurting me? Every day I sit here and wait for you but you never come home. The man that I fell in love with never comes home, and I try, I try so hard to love who you are now, but I can't take it anymore. You don't love me, you don't care. Maybe it's my fault, maybe I let it get too far without saying anything but I'm saying something now. I think we need some time apart, Chester. Maybe with me gone, you'll realize how much you love me or need me or maybe it won't have an effect on you at all, but whatever the case may be, I'm leaving. And it's only up to you to bring me back." Bonnie looked up and wiped away the tear that left her right eye.

Stefan smiled and held her face. "You're amazing,"

"Stop,"

"I'm serious. You're gonna give me a run for my money."

She chuckled then closed her eyes as he kissed her gently. Her eyes opened slowly and she shivered at the way he was looking at her. She wanted to speak but found it impossible under his gaze. He kissed her again, opening his mouth to her as he works on the buttons of her shorts then the zipper. Bonnie lifted her hips as he slid them down her legs then once more for her panties. She pulled the shirt up his body and he did the same to her before she worked on his jeans. She lifted her leg around his waist as he entered her and they both moaned feeling connected. Their lips met again as his thrusting increased and Bonnie pulled away to breathe. "Look at me," she held his face and their eyes met before hers closed, grabbing his hair. He kissed along her neck and her moans grew louder. He cursed listening to her, moving faster within her and watched her face as she came, triggering his own release.

A loud gasp erupts in the direction of the door and Stefan knows it's his mom but he can't stop his load. Lily rushes back to her room and Bonnie holds in most of her laugh as he stays stiff for a few seconds longer.

"You done?"

He breathes deeply. "You were so loud, fuck." He rests on top of her.

"I never have the chance to be anymore with your mom here,"

"Fuck, my mom." He sighed "I don't want to have that talk."

"I'm sure she doesn't want to either."

"I feel like a parent whose kid walked in on us,"

She chuckled. "I'm just glad she's not my mamma,"

"Thanks for the support, babe."

She smiled and combed his hair with her fingers.

"Stop it, you're turning me on,"

"Would it be bad if we go again so I can bounce on your di—"

"Stop it. Stop."

"Please?"

"Okay,"

She chuckled and he grabbed her sitting up and held her close as her bouncing started. "Fuck," he tilted his head back. She moaned in his ear, breathing deeply and smiled as his hands held and squeezed her ass. He slapped her there, making her bounce faster and he grabbed her breasts, sucking causing her to rock her hips into him so he could continue. She massaged his scalp watching him move to the other and sucked in a breath as he bit. She drove her hips into him faster and they came again with her fingers clawing the leather and his head thrown back.

"Damn," he stretched his neck to kiss along hers then met their lips twice.

"Damn indeed," they kissed again but three times this time.

He sighed as she moved off him but stood up himself and looked down. "Fuck, we stained the leather. Damn, you were wet."

Bonnie laughed causing him to do so as well. "Shut up," she tore some paper towels.

"No, no, no, let me do it."

"Stefan,"

"Come on,"

"Babe, you need to clean your own self off and go talk to your mom."

He sighed. "Fine," he did as he was told and took a deep breath knocking on his mother's door. "Mom, I uh- I want to apologize for earlier, I know it was something you never wanted to see. I wasn't sure if I should say something but thinking it over I realized that—"

"Stefan, it's," she let out a breath. "It's okay. You're in love and are in a relationship and it's natural. I just- I just don't think I can live with you both."

"What?"

"Not because of what I saw, but because of what I saw. You two deserve space and privacy and you can't really have that if I'm always around,"

"Mom,"

"Stefan, thank you for everything but I can get my own place and lay low. If it makes you feel any better Tim can still walk a few paces behind me just in case but I don't want to intrude on your life."

He watched her eyes. "Okay. But only after he's in jail."

"Stefan, we don't know if he'll break the restraining order and even if he does how long would that be?"

"Just give it a month. If after that he still hasn't come then I'll get you a place, okay?"

"Okay,"

"I love you,"

"I love you too," she kissed his head then he stood to walk out, closing her door behind him.

He walked into his room, smiling seeing Bonnie there and joined her on their bed. "How'd it go?"

"My mom wants to move out next month so we can have space and privacy,"

"How do you feel about that?"

"Okay, I guess. I mean I just want her here so I could see her but I realize that it's going to be hard for her to move on if she stays here. I'll worry like hell but I know she'll be fine. She said she'd keep Tim around."

"That's good,"

"Yeah," he held her. "I'm gonna take a nap, you wore me out."

She chuckled. "I'll be here."

He smiled then closed his eyes.