"Where is she?" Enzo asks after a moment of hesitation.

Charles smiles, "I don't know, but she's coming back to town on Friday. My granddaughter, her fiancé, and their children are moving into my house while they attend college, so she's getting the place ready because I'm getting to old."

Two days. Two days until Enzo gets to see her again. Some how that seems longer than all the decades he's waited in his cell to thank her.

Charles smiles at Enzo, "I'm giving her my house for a few hours while I take my granddaughter and her children to lunch, why don't you stop by around noon."

"Thank you, Charles." Enzo says, feeling immense gratitude for the man before him. He is once again reminded that humanity is worth saving, something the Forbes seem excellent at.

Charles chuckles, "Please, call me Charley."

~Line Break~

Enzo parks in front of Charley's plantation style home that's on 10 acres; Enzo can see Charley and Caroline growing up here, knowing this place is older than himself. He's thankful for Charley letting him in, he only had to promise he wouldn't eat anyone. Enzo sighs as he shifts the car into park, remembering what it was like to think she was dead. Enzo steps out of his car and gently shuts the door, not wanting to alert Caroline to his presence. The way the gravel cracks under his boots sounds deafening as he walks up to the door.

Enzo knocks lightly on the door, knowing her vampire hearing will pick up on it. He puts his hands in his pocket as he waits, listening to Caroline walk through the house. He smiles, noticing her gait hasn't changed, as she rushes to the door.

"I'm so-" Caroline starts as she opens the door, but then stops as her sky blue eyes take in Enzo's warm brown ones.

Enzo take her in, notices her golden waves are up in a messy bun, her youthful face is free of makeup, her sky eyes still hold the same light but now with more wisdom, and her endless legs are hidden behind a pair of yoga pants. She's barefoot, making her slightly shorter than what he's use to, but she is still gorgeous.

"Hello Caroline." Enzo utters, at awe with her appearance even though he knew she only aged a handful of years since he last saw her, and then time was stolen from her.

Caroline looks at him like he's a ghost, and tears cause her sky eyes to shine, but none fall, "Enzo," Her voice is barely above a whisper as her eyes scan him to see if he's real, "I thought you were dead." Hearing his name come form her mouth makes him want lay his sins down at her feet; she says it as if he's worthy of life.

Enzo gives her a genuine smile, one that hasn't graced his face in a long time, and when her blue eyes connect with his brown eyes she gifts him with one of her amazing smiles. Caroline steps out of the house and wraps her arms around him and breaths him in.

Enzo is shocked, and it takes him a moment to wrap her in his arms. He hasn't had contact in so many decades, save for the experiments, and it feels like electricity is buzzing through him. Enzo breaths Caroline in, she doesn't smell the same, he can still smell the sent he always associated with sunshine, but now he also detects a hint of something darker.

Hugging Caroline feels like returning home, but it also feels like a breath of fresh air. Caroline pulls away, and Enzo immediately misses her contact; craving it.

Caroline begins to pace on the porch, hands playing with her sunlight ring, before she settles on a bench. Enzo wants to sit next to her and comfort her, but he still feels as if there is this barrier preventing him from doing so. Caroline has her face in her hands, and he sees her shoulders rise and fall with a few deep breaths before she looks at him with blood shot eyes. "I am so sorry for leaving you there." She starts.

Enzo interrupts as he sits next to her, leaving space between them, "No gorgeous-"

"I know where the lab is, I know how to get in and out, I knew that Robert would be asleep, I could have saved you from decades of torture." Caroline says.

Enzo shakes his head, "Or you could have been captured, and tortured right there beside me."

Her sky eyes bore into his, and he is instantly reminded of summer even though it is fall. Caroline stands and grabs his hand, "Come with me."

Enzo would follow her anywhere, but he stops her by gently tugging on her hand, "Gorgeous, would you like shoes?"

Caroline blushes to her roots, and Enzo smirks, somethings never change. "I'll be right back."

Enzo watches as she uses her vampire speed to leave him and be back with shoes in less than a heartbeat, the door clicking shut behind her. Enzo takes a deep breath, as her wind ruffles his hair. Caroline grabs his hand again, and gives him a gentle squeeze as she leads him down the porch. Enzo falls instep next to her, deciding he's never going to let her go.

Caroline doesn't seem to notice that she still holds his hand as she starts talking about the past, "You made me break my promise," she says as she gives him a dirty look out of the corner of her eye, "but when I got my memories back, I was-" she pauses for a moment before continuing, "I was hurt that you didn't want me to remember you. Then I was mad at you, for taking away my choice. It took me months to look at things through a different perspective, you were trying to help me. I grieved for you, but I wasn't about to forget you."

Caroline leads him to a river on the edge of the property, thick with trees, and under one is a tombstone. It simply says Lorenzo, but it brings a smile to his face, grateful that she remembered her simple promise to him. Caroline lets go of him and lays down, with the crown of her head resting against the tombstone, "I come here every so often, it brings me peace."

Enzo freezes, he never once thought that he could bring anyone peace. Caroline notices and tugs on his hand, he lays next to her, and takes in the branches that stretch across the sky.

They lay there for hours as Caroline catches him up with the happenings of the world. Suddenly she sits up, "Charley should be back by now."

Enzo lifts his head, "So?"

Caroline turns to look at him like he's crazy, "So, I'm suppose to be cleaning his house, not watching clouds."

Enzo gently touches her back, still unused to physical contact, "Sunshine, I thought you were dead."

He feels Caroline tense, "I came looking for you once I was free, expecting to find a beautiful woman in her 80s surrounded by people she loved."

Caroline gives him a sad smile at the thought.

Enzo traces invisible patterns on her back with the tip of his fingers, and toys with the few strands of golden locks that have escaped the bun. "I went to the Mystic Falls Sheriff's department when I discovered you fell of the face of the Earth. They informed me that Caroline Elizabeth Forbes was found dead with her head severed."

Enzo breaks the contact and looks to the sky, not wanting to see her face as he says, "I heard of a vampire who severed his victims heads, I thought it was him. So I tracked him down only to find it was his brother, a man I once thought of as family. I killed his girlfriend and left."

Caroline opens her mouth to offer comfort, and he is pleased to see no judgement. Enzo doesn't let her speak, "I went you your grave, ready to say my peace and end my eternity," a flash of pain moves thought her eyes, "but then I met your cousin, and he informed me of your status as a vampire, and here we are."

Caroline smiles.

"So I don't think he will mind if you are late. So tell me about the first time you felt happiness." Enzo asks, remembering a time where she asked about the heightened emotions.

Caroline quickly gets lost in the memory as she explains it to him. He watches her excitement and listens intently as the sun paints intricate patterns on her face as it filters through the leaves.

A/N I hope this doesn't seem all over the place, but I was unsure on how to write their reunion. I hope everyone enjoyed it!

A la prochaine!

Loveklaroline: I'm so sorry for the extremely late update, unfortunately life has been hectic as of late. Thank you for your kind reviews and concern, everything is fine just busy. I hope all is well in your life, and if you have an idea for a one shot please let me know!