Her

Chapter 40

Enzo

"Thanks man, this really means a lot to me." Riley said.

"Hey, don't mention it...ever." I hand him the money that he owes, and walk out the door. It took me a while to decide what to do in this dilemma, but I figured out a way that would turn out great for both problems.

When I get home, I notice that Ella still hasn't returned from her day with Adam. I wonder how that's going. I should text her and ask, but I decide against it because she wanted this day for herself to think. Walking into our bedroom, I decide to continue the writing that I have been working on, so I throw my shirt off, lay down, plug in my headphones, and write away.

Hours pass and I hear footsteps coming in from the front door.

"Yeah, come in, please!" I hear Ella as she walks into the apartment. 

As I get up and walk out of our room, Adam Lambert is standing in my kitchen with a water bottle in hand, and Ella right next to him.

"Hello love." I say to her, and her head turns in my direction as if she forgot someone else lived here.

"Oh...hey" Upset by her greeting, a frown forms on my face and she notices it. I walk over to her and plant a soft kiss on her forehead.

"I missed you..." I whisper in her ear.

As if ignoring what I just said, she walks over to Adam and introduces him.

"Enzo, you remember Adam right? Well here he is. IN OUR APARTMENT!" shes squeezing his arm, and she looks so adorable latched onto him.

"Yes, I can't forget the amazing and always talented Adam Lambert." I went over to him and shook his hand.

"Not to be rude, but would you mind putting a shirt on? It's very distracting..." Adam says as we release hands. I forgot he was gay...

"Oh, yeah man...sorry I uh-"

"It's okay, really. Don't apologize." Him and Ella laugh and I walk into my room, feeling kinda awkward. Realizing I left my papers out, I decide to put them away. As I'm walking over to my binder I keep them in, Ella walks in and I quickly try to hide the papers but she notices me scrambling.

"What is that?" she asks smiling.

"Nothing, just some homework..." she walks over to me and tries to get it out of my hands. Playfully, I throw my hands back and she reaches for them, laughing. I start to smile and finally throw them above my head so she can't reach them. After she gives up, she starts to walk away and I set the papers on the desk, run up behind her before she can leave, grab her and turn her around so I can kiss her right there. I pull her in and everything that I have felt today, rage, loneliness, regret, it all goes away with the one touch of her lips on mine. She drops her bags and wraps her hands around my neck, jumping onto me so that her legs wrap around my waist. Walking her back to the bed, I set her down and continue to kiss her.

"Wait..." she interrupts me as I'm about to run my hand under her shirt, "I'm still upset with you."

I kiss her neck and whisper in her ear, "Be upset later..." I nibble at it now and I'm rewarded a faint moan from her mouth. She pushes me off and sits up on the bed. I throw myself back, laying down with my hands folded under my head.

"I've been thinking about earlier, and Adam gave me some advice." I sat up confused wondering if he is still here or not.

"Speaking of him, did he leave?"

"Yeah, that's why I came in here. Anyway, he gave me some great advice and I thought long and hard on it. Enzo..." She's staring right into my eyes and grabs my hand, "I thought that maybe I acted a little to harsh and overreacted to the situation. You're helping a friend and I understand that. I'm sorry for lashing out on you." Wow, Adam's advice worked in my favor, did not see that coming.

"Really? Wow, I love that guy." She turns around and notices the papers on the desk. Slowly, she looks at me then quickly jump over to the desk and reaches for the papers. Luckily, I noticed her and was able to reach her and grab her back before she can read anything clearly or grab them. I wrap my hands around her waist and roll her around on the bed. She's laughing and it's the most beautiful noise on this Earth.

"Enzo, let go!" She laughs. she ends up fighting back and we end up with her pinning me to the bed, her on top and her arms holding mine above my head. She's sitting on my waist and I wonder if she feels my erection under my shorts. My question is answered when she looks down and the look on her face goes serious. Lowering her face to mine, she kisses my neck, still holding onto my hands so I can't touch her.

"I want to show you something." She whispered, making my body shiver as her breath tickles right underneath my ear. She rolls off of my lap and reaches for the hem of her shirt. "After Adam and I went shopping, he said he wanted to add to his sleeve and he offered to buy me a tattoo." Lifting her shirt above her head, I'm mesmerized my the sight of a tattoo on her side, right underneath her bra strap. I sit up and lean in towards her, running my fingers over her fairly new ink.

"A phoenix..." I say tracing my fingers over the wings. It's not very big, but you can tell what it is. She got a tattoo of a phoenix. A phoenix in the exact shape and form as mine on my back. "Ella..." I whisper and lean down and kiss it. I kiss up her side, in between her chest, her neck. Her head cocks back and her eyes close from the pleasure of my lips on her body. I grab the back of her head and pull it forward to rest my forehead on hers and close my eyes. "It's beautiful...". She bites her lip and I decide it's a good time to tell her how my day went.

"Ella about today..." she presses her lips against mine in an attempt to quiet me.

"Not right now, don't ruin this moment."

"But I need to tell you. It's not going to ruin it...I bought the drugs. I gave Riley the money he needed. So I just flushed it down the toilet..." her gaze meets mine and a small smirk appears on her face for a quick second and she kisses me again. She grabs my cheeks and pulls me forward. I love when she does this, like she has complete control. We kiss one last time and she rolls over on the bed, as I wrap my arms around her, holding her tight, never letting her go.