Chapter 16: Just Give Me A Reason

Right from the start
You were a thief
You stole my heart
And I your willing victim
I let you see the parts of me
That weren't all that pretty
And with every touch you fixed them

Now you've been talking in your sleep, oh, oh
Things you never say to me, oh, oh
Tell me that you've had enough
Of our love, our love

Just give me a reason
Just a little bit's enough
Just a second we're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again
It's in the stars
It's been written in the scars on our hearts
We're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again

- P!nk

Enzo

Bonnie was asleep in my arms, exhausted after the events of earlier. She was an amazing woman and had me turned inside out. Sleep eluded me, my brain refused to shut down and settle and so did my body.

I inched my body slightly away from Bonnie so I could look at her. I reached behind me and switched the lamp on so I could see her more clearly.

My breath caught in my throat. She was beautiful, which I knew already, but as I watched her sleep, she left me breathless. I didn't want to wake her, but I couldn't control my impulse to touch her. I reached out and gently smoothed my hand down her arms to her delicate hands and back up again.

Without waking her, I rearranged her on the bed so that she was lying on her back.

Her breasts hadn't been sampled yet. I touched them and I still wanted to taste them, but that would have to wait until she was awake.

I knelt to the side of her and just took my fill. She aroused me like no one else and unfortunately it always happened at the most inappropriate of times.

My hands skimmed over her ribs and down to her pubic bone. I carried on down her thighs to her ankles. I kissed her feet and moved back up her body, coming to a stop when I reached the juncture of her thighs. She was completely naked there and her clit peeped out from her pussy.

My breathing started to pick up. My cock was rock hard and weeping. I desperately needed to be inside her, but I wanted her to sleep so that she was rested when morning rolled around.

I took a deep breath and after I placed a kiss on her peeping clit, I forced myself to move up to her navel. I licked up from her navel to the underside of her breasts.

She had perfect breasts, not too big and not too small. They were firm. Just one touch, that's all I would do.

I leaned over her and kissed first one nipple then moved over to the other one. I sat back up and both nipples were rock hard.

Hell.

"Enzo?"

I looked up to her face. Her eyes were open and she was looking at me like I was the only man she'd ever seen.

"I didn't mean to wake you. I couldn't sleep and needed to look at you."

She held her hand out to me and stroked along my thigh, then rubbed the bead of moisture on the tip of my cock.

"Make love to me." She wrapped her hand around my shaft and started to move it up and down. On the upwards motion, she rubbed her thumb over the head which made me shudder. It felt so damn good.

Her hand fell away as I moved my hips out of range and stretched out alongside her.

"I need to taste your breasts. I've touched them, but I haven't tasted them yet. I can't believe I've neglected these beauties." I reached out and caressed them with my hand, leaning forward to put my mouth on the nearest one.

"Enzo," she groaned, arching off the bed as soon as my mouth and tongue made contact with her flesh. I reached up with my hand and used it to massage her other breast. Her nipple was rock hard as I rubbed it between my fingers.

She was panting and moaning, her legs had fallen open, so I rolled on top of her and wedged my cock between her thighs. I started to rub between her legs while I changed breasts with my mouth.

"Enzo…. please."

She was close. I wanted her to come while I sucked her breasts, without any stimulation inside her.

Her hips started to move under me as she ground her pussy against my balls. My cock was rock hard and ready to release.

"Enzo," she screamed and started to come. I released her breast from my mouth and thrust inside her, slamming my mouth down onto hers. As our tongues fused together, I came and came and came in the longest orgasm I'd ever had. I could still feel the aftershocks going on inside of Bonnie. The little spasms milked me, draining me of the very last drop.

I rolled us both onto our sides and stayed connected to her. My heart was beating like a freight train. Gradually, I slipped out of her and pulled her tight into my arms, until she fell asleep.

I was still awake with my face buried in Bonnie's hair, excited that she'd agreed to move in with me. I would just be glad when she'd moved out of her apartment into my house. I couldn't wait to make my home our home.

Our home. As soon as I had that thought it dawned on me that we may have to redecorate. My home was decorated for a single guy and at the time I had no intention of allowing a woman to take up residence, but of course that all changed.

Bonnie was going to be treated so well that she'd never want to leave me, no matter what. One day I would have to tell her about my past. Unless Mason took it upon himself to tell her. I trusted him not to, but he had become fond of Bonnie.

Bonnie

I really didn't want to wake up. I was having the most marvelous dream about being naked in Enzo's arms while he did some naughty things to me. I turned over and came into contact with a hard body. My eyes opened.

"Good morning," Enzo said to me. He leaned in and kissed me. He tasted like coffee and oh god, I had morning breath.

"Don't kiss me until I've brushed my teeth," I told him as I pushed him away.

"You taste delicious," he grinned at my embarrassment. "I brought you breakfast in bed."

"You have?"

He sat up in bed and pulled me forward, then fluffed my pillows. He helped me sit up, passed me one of his t-shirts and tucked the sheets around my legs, then reached for the tray and placed it between us on the bed.

"This is a feast." He'd made me a toasted bagel, a bowl of fresh strawberries, melon and grapes, a small plate with cheese and crackers with a glass of fresh orange juice and coffee.

He just grinned at me and took a bite of his bagel. I reached for the coffee first, I was so in need of a caffeine fix. It was delicious.

I choked back my tears. He was so thoughtful. "No one has ever done anything like this for me before. Thank you, Enzo. It means everything to me."

Enzo watched me and looked angry. "You better get used to it, because this is going to be a regular weekend occurrence. Now eat up. We have a busy day."

"We do?" God, I sounded like an idiot this morning.

"We're going to visit Alaric in the hospital, then get you moved out of the apartment and into here. Sometime during the day, I'll give you a tour of the house so you know where everything is."

The fruit was going down rather well as I sat back and listened to Enzo. I could listen to him all day with his husky and deep come-to-bed voice. I took in his bedroom, painted in a deep green color with dark mahogany furniture and a green and gold sofa set in the window with a coffee table. I couldn't help but wonder who he'd already entertained in his bedroom.

He started to laugh. "You're broadcasting rather loud," he said.

I glared at him and shoved a piece of melon into my mouth.

"The only woman who has ever been inside this house is my mother. And not even my mother has stepped foot in my bedroom, no one has, except you. Ever."

The smile on my face couldn't be helped. It felt good knowing that I was the only one. My heart fluttered when I finally realized that he wanted me for more than just a few weeks. He was playing for keeps. Thank god.

When I finished my breakfast I stretched and looked across to Enzo. His eyes were fixed a bit lower than my face.

He licked his lips and met my eyes. "Okay, we're not having sex until tonight. I want you moved in here this morning," he stated then jumped out of bed. He moved the tray and pointed to the bathroom. "You shower in there, I've found some old sweats of Stefan's, which shouldn't be too bad a fit and one of my clean t-shirts. They're on the shelf with the towels. I'll shower in the next room."

I couldn't believe my ears. "You're not going to shower with me?"

"Bonnie, if I climb into a shower with you we won't be going anywhere anytime soon. Mason and Tyler will be here in about twenty minutes to help us. So get to it."

"Yes sir," I said with a salute.

"Cheeky…. Now Bonnie."

"Okay." I threw the covers off and heard Enzo groan when he got a look at my naked butt as I climbed out of the bed.

"I'm going." He turned and walked out of the room and closed the door behind him.

I laughed and headed into the spacious bathroom. It had a large glass shower to one side, with the biggest bath tub I'd ever seen. It was more like a Jacuzzi that you would find at a gym.

With the shower turned on and the t-shirt I was wearing tossed into what appeared to be a washing hamper, I stepped into the shower and pressed the button to set the water going. The hot water felt so good.

After about ten minutes of letting the jets hit my body, I shut the shower off and stepped out. I wrapped a fluffy towel around me and hunted for the clothes Enzo had said he'd left for me.

When I found the clothes, I placed them on the towel rail while I dried myself and then quickly pulled them on. The jogging pants were a bit big, but I rolled them a few times at the waist. Enzo's t-shirt was too big, but that didn't surprise me because he had broad shoulders. The only problem was that I had left my bra in the bedroom. My breasts were on the large side, so there was no way I could go without a bra. Unless I was wearing a dress which had a fitted bodice.

I opened the bathroom door and stepped out. Enzo was lounging on the bed.

"What took you so long?" he asked and watched me walk towards him. "You need something on under there."

I climbed astride him then leaned in to kiss him. "I know, I left my bra in here."

"Good, because I don't want Mason seeing you without it," he grumbled.

I sealed our mouths together before he could say something else. I groaned and wiggled on top of him. He felt and tasted delicious.

He broke the kiss. "Mason and Tyler are downstairs," he said rather breathless.

"Why are they here again?"

"To help move you in. I think Mason just wanted to see you again."

He looked worried. "Enzo, you do realize I'm nothing like Maggie, right? It will only piss me off if you keep comparing me to her." I pulled away from him and stood up. He followed me.

With my face between his hands he looked straight into my eyes. "I know you're nothing like Maggie, you wouldn't be here if you were. She screwed me up big time and in honesty, I've never known Mason to be so…. possessive. He's acting like your big brother and not mine."

I laughed at him. "Then that's good right? If he thinks of me more like a sister than a love interest. Why aren't you happy about that?"

"I am, I guess."

I kissed him again on the lips. "Come on. Let's get this morning over with, so we can have the rest of the day to ourselves."

Enzo

We pulled up outside of the apartment Bonnie used to live in and waited for Mason and Tyler to arrive. They should only be about five minutes behind, due to the traffic lights we hit after we'd left the hospital. Alaric was feeling better and did nothing but complain. He wanted us to break him out of there, but Bonnie soothed his ruffled feathers. He'd settled back down and Bonnie had made him promise to behave himself or she wouldn't sneak some chocolate in when she visited again.

Bonnie was happy, which in turn made me happy. In fact, I couldn't remember the last time I was so happy. After breakfast in bed and a shower away from her, that nearly killed me, I held her hand and walked her downstairs to meet up with my brothers.

She's kissed my hand and then released me to hug them. I noticed the hug she gave Mason lasted longer than the one she gave Tyler. Bonnie and Mason caught my frown. Mason laughed, then Bonnie walked back over to me and pulled my head down for a kiss. As she lifted up she'd nearly lost her joggers, which had Tyler's eyes bulging out of his head.

"Hey, what are you smiling at?" Bonnie asked me.

"I was thinking about you nearly losing the joggers and Tyler's reaction."

"Oh my god! I was just glad your t-shirt covered my butt."

"I think I would have hit my brothers for looking at your butt."

She started giggling and had trouble stopping until Mason opened her door and caused her to tumble out. Luckily he caught her.

I shot out of the car and ran around to her. "Are you alright?" I grabbed her and pulled her into my arms.

"Of course I'm alright. Mason caught me so I didn't land on the sidewalk. But I think I've hurt your brother."

"He'll be okay. Come on, let's get this over with."

"Enzo." She hit me on the arm, not hard, but enough to get my attention. "I can't believe you'd walk off and not bother to make sure your brother is okay."

I looked across to Mason and he did actually look in pain. He was white around the mouth and looked to be protecting his side. "Mason, is Bonnie right? Did she hurt you when she fell on you?"

"I'm fine," he replied in a tight voice.

"Okay Mason. You're not fine. Come with me." She left Tyler and I on the sidewalk as she took hold of Mason's arm and pulled him to the entrance of the apartments.

"I think they've adopted each other," Tyler stated. "I meant as brother and sister. He won't try and poach her from you. If he tried she wouldn't go anyway. So you have nothing to worry about, brother."

"Thanks Tyler. Are you okay? You've been acting kinda odd lately?"

"I'm fine," he said, following our brother and my lover into the building with me trailing behind.

I knew he was right. I'd just never been possessive about a woman before, or anything for that matter. The depth of my feelings for Bonnie were really intense. I didn't want to smother her, but I needed her with me and no one else.

I shook my head and tried to get rid of my possessive tendency then walked into the apartment, which wasn't anything like what I expected. With how neat as a pin Bonnie had always been, I expected something along the modern line, but this was more Victorian. It was nice.

"Enzo, would you mind grabbing the two pictures on the table next to you?" Bonnie asked as she walked out of another room towards my brother on the sofa.

The pictures were obviously of her parents, and it looked like maybe grandparents as well. With them in hand, I walked further into the lounge so I could hear what was going on.

"Bonnie, please stop fussing. Enzo will you tell your woman I'm fine and that I don't like being mollycoddled," Mason grumbled.

"Oh Mason, be quiet. You're in pain. You are going to take these painkillers. Just sit there and let them start to work, then you can move."

Both Tyler and I tried not to laugh at the image of Bonnie standing in front of Mason with her hands on her hips while Mason decided whether she was serious or not.

"Mason, you're hurting because I landed on you. Please take the painkillers and sit for a bit, otherwise I'm going to be stressed all day worrying about you. Please."

"Fuck," he said under his breath. "Give me the painkillers and go bug someone else."

She watched him take the tablets like a prison guard, then smirked. "Good boy." She quickly walked off into what looked like the bedroom while Mason scowled at her back.

"Do not say a word…. to anyone," he warned.

Of course we just laughed.

"Enzo, Tyler, can you come and carry these into the front room?" she shouted.

"Have fun, brothers." Mason put his feet up on the coffee table and got comfortable in the chair.

I walked into the bedroom she'd shared with Matt and tried not to imagine them in the bed. At least I didn't have to see Matt. Bonnie had rang and told him we were on our way over, so he'd told Bonnie he would take Rebekah out for breakfast so their paths wouldn't cross.

Truth be told, Bonnie didn't seem too bothered that Matt was with someone else, which made me feel relieved. I was slightly worried that she'd buried her feelings to keep them from me, because he'd been seeing Rebekah for a lot longer than what Bonnie initially thought.

"Enzo, get moving," Tyler shoved me from behind and I bent down to pick up a stack of shoe boxes. I walked into the lounge and placed them on top of the sideboard, just as I felt someone pinch my ass. I jumped and turned around to find Bonnie in my arms. She wrapped her arms around my waist.

"Thank you for this, Enzo," she mumbled into my chest.

I ran my fingers through her hair and cupped the back of her head. "I'd do anything for you." Our mouths met in a soft caress of lips and tongue. I tasted her.

"Get a room," Tyler grouched from not too far away.

"I have lots of rooms, which I want to get back to soon, so let's get this lot loaded."

I reluctantly put Bonnie to one side and watched her walk over to sit beside Mason.

"I'll give you a hand in a minute. I just want to check on your brother." She gave me a huge grin and winked.

Tyler grabbed two of the suitcases and I picked up the same stack of shoe boxes as before. I trudged down the flight of stairs behind my brother while I left my girlfriend upstairs to bother Mason.

Tyler turned to look at me and did a double take. "Why are you looking at me with that grin on your face?"

"I'm thinking about Mason and how Bonnie's fussing over him."

"And you're laughing about it?"

We loaded the back of the car with some of Bonnie's things. "Yeah I am. Oh come on Tyler, you know how much he hates having anyone fuss over him. Bonnie will drive him mad."

"Yeah, he usually puts up with mom for five minutes before giving her orders to get out."

"Exactly, except something tells me Bonnie won't be as easy to get rid of, more so because she feels responsible for him hurting right now."

I opened the door for Tyler on our way back inside, only to be greeted by Bonnie on her way down with a suitcase and a rather large rolling pin.

"Give me that," I said and jokingly took the rolling pin from her. I laughed at the look on her face.

"Okay, if you insist."

I took hold of the suitcase while she burst out laughing with Tyler.

"Why are you carrying a rolling pin?" I asked.

"I thought I would bring it out now so I'm not tempted to use it on your brother."

"He can be stubborn. You'll be lucky if he hasn't made a getaway while you're down here."

"He wouldn't dare," she looked from me to Tyler, "would he?"

"You better go check."

She turned tail and ran back up the stairs with us trailing her.

We came to a stop on the landing because she was standing in front of Mason with her hands on her hips.

"You're a pain in the ass, you know that?" she told him.

"So everyone tells me. Bonnie I'm okay, I promise. I really appreciate your concern, but I need to go."

She let out a whoosh of air. "Oh alright. But don't you dare forget coffee next week."

"I won't." He leaned forward and kissed her on the cheek while he hugged her. "Thank you, Bonnie."

He walked over to me and Tyler. "Catch you later. I'm going to walk some and catch a taxi back to the hotel."

Author's Note: Major Spoilers below. Skip if You don't wanna see.

I saw the finale spoilers, can't say I'm pleased. Enzo isn't coming back. Yes I know this is awful. Stefan, Bonnie and Damon might be dying or leaving MF. Bonnie's dimension will have Tyler, Jenna, Vicki, and others with Enzo on the other side. Looks like the ending will be similar to season 5. Caroline's endgame is with Alaric regardless of the Steroline wedding. Damon will not be human so Delena endgame is looking bleak. Bonnie's future might be similar to either the Sirens or Psychic Cade. Matt seems like he might be getting the Happy Ever After. I'm sad about Bonenzo, everything pointed to them getting the HEA, but sadly they won't.