As the sun poured through Lee's open window, he opened his eyes, pulled Lisa closer to him, and kissed her forehead, making her open her eyes.

"Good morning," she told him with a smile and pulled the blankets over both of them. "How'd you sleep?"

"Very well after all we did last night," Lee grinned. "I'm glad this bed is so big or with all the rolling around we did, one or both of us could have fallen off!" He paused, looking her body over as well as he could. "What do you say we do more of that today?"

"Yes, but first," Lisa sat up and inhaled deeply as the smell of freshly made coffee wafted into the bedroom. "But first we have to eat so we have energy, you know! It smells like everything's ready in the dining room. Let's get dressed, grab Leona, and go eat!"

"You can, I think I'll stay right here," Lee sighed deeply. "If you're feeling generous, you can bring me a cup of coffee and a muffin if you want."

"Oh, don't be silly!" Lisa said and threw some clothes at him. "You deserve to be down there eating breakfast with the family because you're family too, even if some people don't like it! I will find some way to get you up off your feet and carry you down if I have to! Either we all go or no one goes and Steve help you if you keep me away from breakfast!"

Lee chuckled as he looked at her. "You know, that's the same face Leona makes when you tell her she can't have dessert before dinner."

"Really?" Lisa blushed. "I...I don't really think of us looking much alike in any way, but...thank you. Thank you for that." She paused. "So are you coming?"

"Well, since I'm going to have the woman I love by my side through all this craziness, how could I refuse?" Lee asked with a smile, dressing and coming to put his arms around her.

Lisa giggled as he began nuzzling and kissing her neck. "This woman you love...who is she? Is she nice? Is she pretty?"

"Oh, like you don't know," Lee chuckled, twirling her and then pulling her into a hug. "And even if sometimes she can be a bit...forceful...I...I still love her very much."

Lisa grinned widely and got on her tiptoes to kiss him. "I still love you too, Lee. Very, very much!"

"And the divorce papers?" Lee questioned. "Do you still want me to sign those?"

"I did, but...now things have changed," Lisa said. "Let's forget about the stupid divorce papers."

"Fine by me!" Lee agreed. "I'll go chuck them in the fire right now!"

"Here," Lisa ran to get them. "Let me help! I'd be more than glad to!"

They grabbed the papers and began ripping them up in a frenzy, and then when there wasn't a single readable piece left and all the scraps were in the fireplace, they got clothes on, as decided, grabbed their daughter, and made their way to the dining room.

Meanwhile, Lee was all the rest of the family could talk about, and the effect the revelations about him were having on their family.

"Where's Mom's chair?" Angelica snapped at Lucifer. "You can't just take Mom's chair away from the breakfast table!"

"Of course I can!" Lucifer shot back. "She chose to move out! She's probably having a breakfast of store-bought bagels and stupid, nasty goat-cheese as we speak! How she can eat that garbage, I'll never know!"

"You should have invited her in here," Angelica snapped. "You're only proving her point that you love Lee more than her by excluding her."

"Since when did he say that he loved Lee more than her?" Valerie snapped. "He's just bringing more people into the family. I can't believe Mom is so selfish that she doesn't get that!"

"If you ask me, he's been so concerned about bringing Lee into the family that he hasn't taken time to see this whole situation is unsettling for Mom and that she needs a little assurance," Angelica returned. "How could she not be upset by some new person coming in and just ruining everything-"

Her next words were cut off by the clearing of a throat and the whole table went silent as everyone turned to look at Lee and Lisa, and little Leona, whose hand was clutched in her mother's. The little girl didn't seem to notice the tension in the room, and ran for Lucifer, yelling "Pancakes!"

"Oh, yes, there are pancakes, you adorable little glutton," Lucifer chuckled and pulled her onto his lap. "Let's have some, shall we?"

As his daughter cuddled up to her grandfather and grabbed a pancake in each fist, Lee came to stand behind an empty chair at the table, making sure everyone's eyes were on him before he spoke next. Then, clearing his throat, he began, happy to feel Lisa's supportive hand on his back.

"I realize that...that the revelation of who I am is a shock to everyone, even to me. I know it's caused difficulties, made a lot of people upset, and for a while, I even considered leaving here so your lives wouldn't be disrupted by my presence anymore and you could go back to how things were. But with encouragement from Lisa, I realized that I deserve to be here. That I like it here, and it's the first place where I've ever felt appreciated and like I belonged. So I'm not leaving, and I'd like people to respect that. And...though it might be too much to ask right now, I've spent a lot of my life without much of a family, so if you could be okay with me thinking of you as my brothers and sisters and start thinking of me as your brother, it...it would mean a lot to me."

Then he sat down and prepared for a fight to break out, but instead, everyone either had tears running down their cheeks or eyes shining with tears that had yet to fall.

"What a lovely speech, son," Lucifer told him at last. "I'm so glad you're staying. You're correct when you say you have a right to. You deserve to be here as much as anyone else."

"Thank you," Lee told him flatly. "But while I'm grateful you're putting a roof over my head, that doesn't make up for keeping all this from me for so long and making me...making me have to grow up with a horrible mother who made me feel like I was a big inconvenience in addition to you making me feel like I didn't matter. It's going to take you a lot longer to make up for that."

"Oh, but you do matter!" Lucifer protested. "How could you think that I believed other-"

"Stop!" Lisa snapped. "If he says you hurt him and he needs time to deal with it, then he does! Give him that time and don't force your relationship to be more than it is before he's ready! We thought we could just come down here and be part of the family breakfast, but since clearly Leona is the only one whose presence does not cause a problem, we'll leave her down here, eat upstairs on our own, and come back for her when the meal is over!"

They turned to leave, and to everyone's surprise, it was Angie's voice that stopped them.

"Wait!" she cried. "You don't have to go. Please stay."

They both turned and stared. "Are you serious?" Lisa finally got out, peering at one of Lee's biggest critics. "This better not be some trick to make Lee feel worse! None of this is his fault!"

It was then that Angelica got up from her chair, strode over to them and took Lee's hands in hers as she locked eyes with him. "I'm sorry to have treated my brother so badly," she said. "This is a difficult situation because I've kind of felt ignored since you came too, what with Daddy letting you and Lisa be together instead of choosing to break you up so that Sammy could have the potion that would make all the bad effects of your mother's possession go away. But...but Sammy and I...we've adjusted. And while I don't like how things are going for my mother, I shouldn't blame you. I'm sorry again. And...and welcome to the family."

At that moment, everything seemed peaceful. The rest of his children followed Angelica's lead and Lucifer grinned as he watched them either hug Lee and Lisa or shake Lee's hand and then fight (good-naturedly) over who would get to sit next to Lee at the breakfast table. It was all perfect, except for one thing.

And that one thing came striding in not long after. As Elle entered, the room suddenly went silent and everyone stared at her as both Vincent and Noah clutched their brother's arms protectively.

"What?" Ellie asked. "I didn't come here to start trouble! I just ran out of milk, that's all."

"We've all made our peace with Lee now," Vincent told her as she headed over to the table and began snatching pieces from the bacon plate and then decided to sit down uninvited and have some French toast. "And I know you have your issues with him and his mother and you're entitled to those, but...they aren't his fault, so could you be nice to him now? Please?"

As her kids looked at her expectantly, a chipmunk-cheeked Ellie stared back. Then she swallowed, rose gracefully to her feet and took Lee's hand. "I apologize for how I've acted," she said. "You didn't deserve my hate. And I...I hope we can turn over a new leaf from now on."

"Yes, I would like that," Lee smiled and gave her a brief kiss. "I forgive you."

"Thank you," Ellie told him. "It means a lot to me."

Lee then asked if she would stay for the rest of breakfast. Ellie agreed, but as she headed out, an unwelcome guest was on her heels.

"What a delightful little surprise, Eleanor," Lucifer grinned as he followed her out of the house, her holding the milk she'd taken tightly. "So nice to see that you've finally changed your tune and become forgiving."

"To Lee, yes," Ellie nodded, looking Lucifer in the eye. "I've been in enough messed up family situations that I can't blame him." She paused. "However, I can still blame you for this whole mess and I will continue to do so until you realize all the problems you caused!" She scoffed. "I can't believe you thought I was forgiving you too. That is just laughable!"

"But...Oh, come on, Eleanor!" Lucifer sighed. "Do you really want to be like this forever?" He reached out and stroked her cheek and stroked her hair. "Don't you get tired of it?"

Ellie almost gave in, but stopped herself, pushed his hand away, and headed back to the guest house, throwing the door open, running inside, and trying to shut it before Lucifer could get in, but failing.

"No!" She told him, even though he was right. "I...I will go on like this! I won't let you get the best of me when you made me lose so much! When you ruined a little girl's life!" She then grinned her 'Queen of Hell' grin and pulled a wad of receipts out of her pocket. "Oh, and here's all the money I've had to spend on groceries and other stuff lately. I'd like to be paid back promptly."

"You can't have been fool enough to spend all this!" Lucifer cried in outrage as he looked at the amounts. "Why would you do that?"

"Well, maybe it's because I'm some unworldly little girl who needs a big strong immortal being to run her life for her because she doesn't have enough experience and would end up doing something stupid if she were to handle money," Ellie got out with a smirk. "Maybe I did get taken for a ride. It's a shame ignorant little me doesn't know any better."

That smirk. That know it all smirk and the endless musical laughter that followed was what drove Lucifer over the edge again. It wasn't about the money. He could always get plenty of that. But if Eleanor thought she could play games with the Devil and win...she was sorely mistaken. His eyes flashed red and he pulled her close against him, having the satisfaction of seeing her eyes widen and hearing her heart pump a little faster.

"Oh, come on, Eleanor," he breathed. "You can't be afraid of me. Not when you seemed so sure of yourself a minute ago." He grinned. "But you're not laughing now, are you? I wiped that grin off your precious little face!"

"I'm not scared of you!" Ellie shouted. "Do what you want! I don't care! This time, I won't even cry!"

He then crashed his mouth against hers, his hands roaming all over her body as he kissed her soundly. Then, as they pulled apart, she hissed at him, teeth bared. Devil was staring at Vampire, and they weren't sure whether they were angry or aroused or both.

Then Lucifer reached out to touch her and she hissed and snapped at him. "I can't believe you thought my forgiveness was for you. I don't even think you realize how much you've hurt me and until you do...nothing's gonna change!"

"What do you want from me?" Lucifer asked, actually getting down on one knee as his face turned back to human. "What can I do? What did I do to deserve all this?"

"It's all about you, isn't it?" She asked. "Even now, when actually thinking of me would help, you only think about yourself! You should be ashamed!"

"Tell me what you desire and I'll give it to you," Lucifer said. "Anything, just so we can put this whole mess behind us."

"What I want, I don't think you'll be able to give me!" Ellie spat. "I wish I had never met you!"

"Oh well, now," Lucifer cried, rising to his feet and towering over her. "You sure know how to stab a man in the back, don't you?"

"Well, I learned from the best teacher a young girl could have!" Ellie returned. As much as she was trying to stay tough and not cry in front of him, she could feel hot tears starting to roll down her face, and she looked down at the floor, hoping he wouldn't see them. "Good things, and some things I bet you wish I never learned. That I would have been better without knowing."

"All this about wishing you never met me...is that a way of saying you want a divorce?" Lucifer wanted to know. "Because that isn't going to happen."

Ellie's eyes widened as his words hit her like a slap in the face. She was mad, sure, but she never intended to take it so far as divorcing him, especially since, as he said, since it was a futile thing.

To give herself time to think, she turned to the refrigerator to put the milk away, then as she faced him again, he urged, "answer me, Eleanor. Please."

"What I want is to know what it's like to have a full life," she said. "The sort of life I would have had if your father had picked someone else to bear all your children and be the person of your dreams! I want to know what it's like to date and go to the mall with my friends and go to school! Yes, I am even desperate enough to know that part."

"I know this," Lucifer told her. "You've always made it plain that you didn't approve of my and my father's methods to get you where you were, and I wouldn't consider myself a fan of free will if I didn't admit we could have done better. But I can't change the past. What's done is done. But maybe you could ask my father to erase your memory; that might do the trick."

"It would, but you know if I asked, he'd refuse me," Ellie scoffed. "He's probably so convinced you and I are good together that he's gonna make us fight this out or hug this out or whatever. Anyway, we're not gonna get any help from Him. Just like you always say. And besides that, if he did erase my memory, I'd forget our children too. And I don't want that. They're just like Lee; innocent parts of all this. They don't deserve to lose their mother. This whole situation was no picnic, but they made it worthwhile."

Lucifer scowled. "It hasn't always been a picnic for me, either!" He told her. "Sometimes it's like living with a toddler!"

"Oh, that's rich coming from you," Ellie spat. "Takes a toddler to know a toddler!" She stuck out her tongue.

"Yes, you're just proving my point," Lucifer continued. "Sure we had some laughs, but really, I wish Father would have picked someone for me who wasn't a child in a woman's body. If it wasn't for your very fertile uterus, I would have chucked you a long time ago."

"Asshole!" Ellie shouted and slapped him so hard his head snapped back.

That just made him laugh and when she went to try it again, he grabbed her wrists and held them over her head. "Go on, try," he urged with a wild grin. "Just try and hit me again. Now I'm ready. It's a fair fight."

"You know that's not true, you liar," She hissed.

"You're right," Lucifer agreed then backed her up against the refrigerator before taking her in his arms. "Lucky for you that I'm more of a lover than a fighter anyway." He captured her lips with his before she even had time to think of pulling away, and even when she was aware that she could, she let it go on for a bit. It had been awhile. She needed this.

But just when she'd let him run his hands over her body long enough that he'd started to pull at her clothes, she pushed him away.

"Okay," she snapped. "I've had enough. You can leave now. We're done."

"Well, I wasn't," Lucifer snapped. "You little witch!"

With a wave of her hand, Ellie sent him flying out of the open door. "Well, you're not wrong about that!" She called before it slammed in his face and he found himself face to face with Amy, who was trying not to smirk.

"You know, back there..." Lucifer muttered..."What I said about witches, it wasn't meant to be an insult or anything, just...just will you do something about her? Eleanor's clearly in a mood to be impossible and I'm at my wits' end! I wish you the best of luck dealing with the impossible!"

"Thanks a lot for the warning," Amy called as he stomped off. "But there's little I haven't seen before. I think I'll manage."

But what she saw when she walked into the house was something she should have been expecting, but wasn't: Ellie, sprawled out her stomach on the sofa, her head buried in one of the pillows as she cried her eyes out.

As Amy put a hand on her back, she sat up and accepted the tissue that was offered.

"Is he gone?" Ellie asked and then sniffled loudly before blowing her nose.

"Yeah," Amy nodded. "He's gone. I would ask if everything is okay, but I think that's a stupid question. Would you like to talk about it? I didn't expect you to be crying over a man who doesn't deserve your tears. But you go ahead and cry, poor thing."

She took Ellie in her arms and the smaller woman nodded. "You...you want a coffee or something?" Ellie asked when she could finally speak. "Sorry I didn't say anything earlier."

"I think we could both use it, but you sit. I'll take care of everything," Amy assured her. "How do you like it?"

"A splash of vanilla creamer, please," Ellie told her. "I found a really good kind."

Eventually Amy found the creamer wedged behind all the goat cheese. "Are you really gonna eat all this?" She questioned. "Or did you just get it to make Lucifer mad?"

"Oh, no," Ellie shook her head. "Drunken Goat is the most awesome cheese ever. The fact that the mere mention of it ticks Lucifer off is just an added bonus!"

Amy came back with two coffees and then they sat and talked.

"I really don't like fighting with Lucifer," Ellie confessed. "It wears me out and it makes me sad. I'd rather just crawl into our bed and stay there for days with nothing on, but...I have a point to make. I feel like I'm being taken for granted and if I make things easy on him by cooperating and doing whatever he asks, nothing will change."

"Wow," Amy got out. "I was gonna start this conversation with 'Don't be afraid to tell Lucifer you want to divorce and start over if you don't love him anymore', but that's not what you need to hear, is it?"

"No," Ellie shook her head. "I don't think I'd be so sad and crying so hard if it was."

"Then please explain it to me," Amy told her. "Please explain to me how you can still love a man who you have said on more than one occasion takes you for granted and basically ruined your life for his own gain."

"I know it's stupid..I know it doesn't make any sense," Ellie conceded. "But it's not always bad. A lot of it has been good. You can't always explain these things, can you? Sometimes you just fall in love with someone and it's against all good judgment and good sense. Like with you and Klaus."

"Excuse me?" Amy asked, just barely managing to swallow her coffee in time. "I don't know what you're talking about!"

"Klaus has swept you off your feet again," Ellie smiled. "You can admit it. I won't tell anyone!"

"Assuming that this ridiculous thing you're saying is true, how in the world would you know about it?" Amy asked. "Again, this is all hypothetical."

"Sure it is," Ellie nodded. "But I saw him trying to tiptoe sneakily from the house early one morning. From all the times Angelica's done it, I've become really attuned to those sorts of noises."

Amy put her head in her hands and groaned. "Oh, this is so embarrassing! I'm such a bad person! Please don't tell Stevie. I don't want to hurt him."

"I know you don't," Ellie sighed and took her hand. "I'll leave you two to work that out between yourselves. But I also want to tell you that...if you need someone to talk to about this...I'm here. I obviously know what it feels like to be in love with a man who any person with an ounce of good sense would sense would run away from. I'm in love with the Devil himself."

Amy held up her coffee cup and clinked against Ellie's. "To knowing how to pick 'em."

"Yeah," Ellie nodded and clinked back. "Hear, hear."