Selina brought Laura in and set her down in front of Gregory. Then, she and Elijah watched to see what would happen. Gregory and Laura stared at one another for a second or two, then Laura's mouth split into a wide grin and she reached out for her brother. "Hug, Greggy!" she said.

Gregory shook his head, and then backed away looking a little frightened as she advanced on him. "No!" he said, gently pushing her away. "Don't touch me!" He then ran off in the direction of his room and then Laura put her arms down and turned, pouting at Selina and Elijah. She walked over and tugged on Elijah's pants and held up her arms. "Hug?" She asked.

"Of course!" Elijah said, grinning and picking her up. Then he looked at Selina. "You have taught her other words besides that one, haven't you?" He asked.

Selina nodded. "Well of course I have. That one is just her favorite."

Laura put her head on Elijah's shoulder. "Nice Daddy," she said.

Selina watched them for a second and then said, "Maybe I should go check on Gregory." Elijah nodded and Selina walked to Gregory's half open door, knocking softly. "Gregory, it's Mommy. May I come in?"

"Okay," Gregory said. "Come in, Mommy."

Selina went inside and Gregory looked at her. "Laura hugs too much."

Selina smiled. "Well, if that's the worst problem you have with her, it's not so bad. Maybe you'll like her better once you've been around her longer. Cause she's really not much different than me, and you like me, don't you?"

Gregory nodded. "Yes, you're my mommy!" He came over, hugged her and kissed her cheek. "I love you, Mommy."

Selina grinned. "I love you too. What's different between when I hug you and when Laura wants to hug you?"

Gregory shrugged. "I don't know."

There was another knock at the door and Elijah came in with Laura. "Is everything all right in here?" He asked.

Selina nodded. "Yes, I think we're fine." Then, she lightly nudged Gregory toward his sister. He walked toward Laura, swallowed, and then hesitantly put his arms around her in a brief hug.

"Look!" Selina said to Elijah. "They're like mini versions of us!"

Elijah nodded. "It seems like it." They sighed and stared at one another for a moment before Gregory walked over to Elijah, took his hand and the two of them walked away, presumably to the library.

"Well, how do you like that?" Selina asked Laura as she crawled into her lap. "Our first sober, civil conversation in I don't know how long. This is progress."

The next morning, Selina woke up before everyone else and decided to surprise them by making pancakes, bacon and eggs. Just as she was finishing up, she heard Elijah's voice behind her. "Good morning," he said. "Did you sleep well?"

She turned around and gasped. He wasn't wearing a shirt! Or pants for that matter. Just his boxers. She knew she was staring, but she couldn't help herself.

"See anything you like?" Elijah asked, his eyebrow raised.

Selina grabbed a handful of bacon, stuffed it in her mouth and shook her head. "No," she said.

"Don't talk with your mouth full," Elijah reminded her. "It's not attractive." He went to stand near the counter, pouring himself a cup of coffee, his back to her. She watched his butt and let out a little whimper. He then took a few sips of coffee and looked at the plates of breakfast she'd prepared. "Are those for us?" He asked her. "They smell wonderful." He reached out for one, but Selina snatched it up and took it away, along with the other three, which she put on a trolley and wheeled away.

"Hey!" Elijah called after her. "I think you have our breakfast!"

"No," Selina called. "This is my breakfast. If you and the kids want something other than blood, you'll have to make it yourselves."

By the time she reached her spare room with the trolley, she was breathing hard. She sat down and finished off her first plate of breakfast, then the second, third, and fourth. By the time the dishes were bare, she had to hoist herself up using the bed as a support. She wheeled the trolley back into the kitchen, trying to be as conspicuous as possible. But as she was picking up the pile of plates to put on the counter, she felt a violent thump from her stomach that sent the dishes and silverware clattering to the floor.

"Oh, my god!" Elijah said, running over to put a supporting hand on her arm. "What happened? Are you all right?"

Selina nodded. "Yes, thank you. I'm fine. It was just the baby kicking. It's gonna be a strong one, I think."

"Here, come sit down," Elijah said, helping her to a chair. "I'll clean up the dishes."

"Oh, well thanks," Selina said. She stayed sitting as Elijah went to pick the dishes up off the floor. "All four plates are empty!" He said. "Did you eat everything?"

"Well, yeah!" Selina said. "I mean, waste not, want not, right?"

Elijah came over and put a hand on her shoulder. "Are you all right? If something's wrong, it's okay to tell me."

Selina shook her head. "No, no problem. I'm fine. I was just hungry this morning. That's all." She cleared her throat and headed back to her room to shower and dress.

When she got back downstairs, Elijah and the kids were dressed as well. Elijah sat with his arms folded on the table and Gregory and Laura were on either side of him drinking blood from sippy cups.

"What happened here?" Selina asked, watching Gregory especially. He was having trouble meeting her eyes. He also had cupcake frosting all over his face.

"You may not believe this," Elijah told her, "But a skirmish broke out. Laura got hold of one of your cupcakes and wanted to give Gregory a bite, but her aim was off and she ended up just smashing it into his face instead."

Selina looked at Gregory again, his sour expression making her smile. She tried her hardest not to laugh, but finally she had no choice but to burst into giggles. A few seconds later, Laura joined in.

"It's not funny, Mommy!" Gregory stood up, his expression dark, his hands on his hips. But this just made her laugh harder. Finally, he let out a sigh and stomped off.

"Oh, my god," Selina said when she could finally get her breath. "I know I shouldn't have laughed, but he had frosting in his hair and all over his face and I think some went up his nose too!" She wiped her eyes and shook her head. "I'll go help him get cleaned up."

"No," Elijah said. "I'll do that. You stay here with Laura."

Selina nodded and Elijah ran some water over a washcloth and headed off to Gregory's room. He knocked and after a minute or two, Gregory let him inside.

"Why did Mommy laugh at me?" he asked Elijah. "Why didn't she say that Laura was in trouble?"

"Come here," Elijah said, and slowly began wiping the frosting off Gregory's face. Once he was clean, Elijah continued. "Gregory, Laura is just a little girl, not even two years old yet. Even if your mother did say Laura was in trouble, I doubt she'd understand that what she did was a bad thing. She thought she was trying to do something nice for you."

"Making somebody messy is not nice!" Gregory said. "It's a very bad thing to do! Laura is bad!"

Elijah shook his head. "Laura isn't bad. She's just like your mother. They might drive us crazy sometimes, but they mean well, and maybe if we relaxed just a little bit..."

Fortunately, the phone rang at that point, sparing him from having to delve into this revelation any further. He went to answer it, freezing when he heard who was on the other end of the line. "Antonia!" He said. "What? Of course you can come over for dinner. I'm sure Selina wouldn't mind at all." He looked over and saw Selina glowering at him. "Yes," Elijah said. "It will be no trouble. All right. See you next week." He hung up the phone as Selina pulled a bag of cookies out from the cupboard and began eating them.

"Did you hear that?" Elijah asked. "Antonia's coming to dinner next week. She said she wants to get to know you better."

Selina swallowed. "Well, all right," she said. "Would you mind if I brought a friend too?" Elijah shrugged. "Of course. Why not?"

"Well, this just sucks!" Selina said the second Stefan opened the door. He looked at her and said, "I can't believe you're pregnant again. There are other hobbies out there besides just having sex, you know."

"And I can't believe you've said that every time I've stopped by for the last four months," Selina said. "It happened. Deal with it."

"Oh, is Selina here?" Anna asked as she came into the room. "Excellent."

"It's good we're friends again," Selina told her. "Because I don't think I'd be able to handle what is about to befall me by myself. Would you help me?"

"Sure," Anna nodded and sat down next to her. "What is it?"

"Elijah invited this stupid friend of his to dinner next week," Selina said. "He'll expect me to be nice to her and I don't know if I'll be able to do it. She's some big fancy doctor whose father cured the plague or something."

Anna's face automatically twisted. "Oh, god. Not Antonia!"

"Yes!" Selina said. "Antonia! Do you hate her too?"

Anna scoffed. "Do I ever! She is such a snob, you know that? You would think we'd like a woman whose battle cry was something other than 'Why aren't you married?' But really, Antonia's just as bad. She's all 'look at me. My father cured the plague. I'm so much better than you!' Why Elijah turned her, I have no idea!"

"Wait, what?" Selina asked. "He turned her? Why would he want to do that?"

Anna shrugged. "I don't know, but he's obviously realized his mistake, which is why he's with you now. You're much more fun than Antonia ever was."

Selina nodded. "Well, I don't doubt that. Anyway, Elijah invited her to come to dinner next week and he said I could bring a friend too. Will you come with me? Please? It will make it easier to behave myself if you're there. Stefan can even come too." She gave Stefan a look. "Would you be up for that?"

"Well, gee," Stefan told her. "As exciting as a dinner with the most boring woman in the world sounds, I think I'll have to pass. Nik and I have a project going that will not be done by next week."

"And what is that exactly?" Anna asked. "You and he are always skulking around and being secretive. What's going on?"

"I will tell you when the time is right," Stefan said. "And now is not the time. There are still some things that need to happen before either of us tell you. And don't try to ask him because he won't tell you either."

Anna and Selina looked at one another and rolled their eyes as Stefan left the house. "So," Anna said once he was gone. "What do you suppose they're up to?"

Selina shrugged. "I don't know, but I bet they're having more fun than we are. So will you come next week? Please?"

"Fine," Anna said. "But you are gonna owe me big time later. Just remember that."

The night of the dinner with Antonia, Selina was putting chicken in the oven and eating ice cream straight from the carton when Elijah came into the kitchen, back from dropping Laura and Gregory off at their grandparents. "How can you be eating ice cream?" He asked her. "We're about to have dinner!"

"I know!" Selina said. "I'm just hungry and the chicken's not done yet."

Elijah sighed. "I've barely seen you without food in your mouth since we got back last week and I want to know why. Don't just keep telling me you're hungry because that's not the reason."

"Fine," Selina said. "I'll tell you the reason, but you aren't gonna like it."

"I don't care," Elijah said, crossing his arms. "Please just tell me."

"Well, it's your fault!" Selina burst out. "Ever since I came back here, I have been doing my darnedest not to push you about the two of us having sex because I know how you like to be the one to initiate that stuff, but the fact is, I am at the part of my pregnancy where I am just really horny all the time and since I can't get rid of the feeling by having sex with you, eating us out of house and home is the only other option!"

"So let me get this straight," Elijah said. "If we have sex, you'll stop eating?"

Selina nodded. "Yep. But I wouldn't want to force you to do anything you'd find unpleasant."

"Did I say I would find it unpleasant?" Elijah asked. "Do not put words in my mouth, please."

"Well how else would you feel about it? Since I'm so fat and everything. And a bad person." She eyed him reproachfully. Just then, the doorbell rang. "I'll get it," Elijah said. "Although I don't know who could be arriving so early. We'll continue this discussion after dinner."

Selina nodded and Elijah left to get the door. "Anna!" He said when he opened it. "What brings you here?"

"Selina said you told her she could bring a friend and she invited me," Anna replied, handing Elijah a bottle of wine. "Wasn't that thoughtful of her?"

"Yes," Elijah said. "I suppose." He left Anna in the hallway and went back to Selina. "You invited Anna as your guest? Why did you do that?"

"Well, why not?" Selina asked. "I didn't think you would mind. After all, she is your sister."

"I suppose since she's already here, it would be impolite for me to send her away, but like you, she was never really fond of Antonia. In spite of that, Antonia is a friend of mine, and I expect the two of you to behave yourselves."

"What's going on in here?" Anna asked.

"Oh, Elijah was just saying that we need to behave ourselves around Antonia," Selina said.

"That's right," Elijah nodded.

"So you mean, if she says something that is downright horrible, we're supposed to just sit there and take it?" Anna asked. "That's not exactly fair to us, is it?"

"Yeah," Selina nodded. "I refuse to be insulted in my own house, even if it is by a friend of yours."

"If she says something that you find distasteful, prove her wrong," Elijah said. "I know the two of you are intelligent young women and can do that. Be part of the solution, not the problem."

Anna and Selina exchanged a long look and went to the kitchen, where, when it was time, they took the chicken out of the oven and arranged the side dishes on the table. As Selina put the last fork in place, the doorbell rang again.

"I'll get it," Elijah said. "You two sit down and don't say a word."

Anna and Selina looked at one another, rolled their eyes, and sat on opposite sides of the table.

Elijah opened the door and Antonia started a little when she saw him. "Oh, it's you," she said. "I was kind of hoping someone else would answer the door."

"Who?" Elijah asked.

Antonia held a copy of Selina's book up. "I feel so stupid for not noticing before, but did you know that you're married to Serena Novak?"

"No." Elijah said immediately. Then "Who? What?"

"Can I come in or what?" Antonia asked.

"Of course," Elijah said. "I'm sorry. Come in. Now, who is this person you're talking about? Because there's no one by that name here." Antonia strode into the dining room and when she saw Selina, her eyes widened. "Oh, my god. It is you! I'm sorry if I made a bad first impression, but that's why I wanted to have this dinner. I wanted to make it up to you."

"What do you mean?" Selina asked. "I mean, it's nice that you want to have a fresh start. I suppose that last time we met, I said and did some things that didn't put me in the best light either, so I forgive you."

"Really?" Antonia asked. "Because honestly, you are my heroine. You have helped me live a very fulfilling life."

"I did?" Selina asked. "How exactly did I do that?"

"Your book!" Antonia said, holding up her battered copy of How To Be Sexy, Successful and Single. "It's like my bible. I haven't gone a single day without reading it since it was published."

"Oh, my god," Selina said, taking it gently. "I can't believe you still have your copy. Frankly, I've gotten rid of all of mine. And I wish I could get rid of the memory of writing this, too."

"Why?" Antonia asked.

"Stand up," Anna said to Selina. Selina did so and Anna said, "Antonia, look at her. She's pregnant. Not to mention married to my brother. Not exactly following the rules of the book anymore, is she?"

"I don't understand," Antonia said, looking confused. "What changed? Why would you relegate yourself to the role of housewife when you could be so much more?"

"I'll explain it to you after dinner, I promise," Selina said. "It is a discussion that will take some time. All I will say now is that through the years, I've done a lot of soul-searching and discovered, after making a lot of mistakes that this is how I'm happiest."

Antonia sighed, looking disappointed. "Well, all right. I can't wait to hear the rest of your explanation after dinner."

A few minutes later, Elijah came into the dining room and they ate in silence, except for a couple fruitless attempts at banal chitchat. After the dishes were cleared away, Selina stood up first. "Elijah, Antonia and I will be in the library. Are you going to go to your office?"

"I suppose so if you and Antonia will be otherwise occupied," Elijah said and left. "I'll go and watch some television," Anna said. "Unless of course, you need me for backup."

"No," Selina shook her head. "I think we'll be fine."

Elijah watched Selina's earnest face for a moment and said, "All right. But I might check up on you two later."

As Elijah was walking down the hall to his office from the bathroom an hour or so later, he heard the faint sound of a voice coming from the library. The door to it was slightly ajar. He stood next to it and listened.

"...I suggest you burn that book," Selina said. "It's not a way to live your life! I wrote it when I was miserable and lonely and thought I could make myself feel better if every other woman on the planet was miserable and lonely too. But that didn't help. I learned it quick enough. What helps is sucking it up and letting yourself love someone, trusting that they'll love you back. Like I do with Elijah. I love him with all my heart, and I didn't realize it until I had to be away from him for so long. Yes, I know I might not have a degree in medicine or math or whatever, but you know what? I have a great husband, great kids, a great business, and even though I've had to compromise to get those things, I'm happier than I've ever been. And I hope that at some point, you'll realize what I did, Antonia, and then, trust me on this, you will be happier. I promise."

Elijah was holding onto the doorknob tightly and grinning to himself. As Selina left the library, she bumped into him. "Oh, sorry," she said. She watched him grin at her. "Are you okay?" She asked.

"Yes," he nodded, pulling her into his arms and kissing her.

"Wow!" She said. "What was that for?"

"I love you," he said. "But really, I don't think I should need a reason to kiss you. Do you?"

She laughed. "No, I guess not." Just then, the library door opened and Antonia stumbled out looking shell-shocked.

"Are you all right?" Elijah asked her, stepping away from Selina to put a hand on Antonia's arm. "Did Selina do something to you?"

"No," Antonia said dazedly. "I just need to go home now and re-evaluate my entire life. Excuse me, Elijah. Good night, and thank you for a lovely evening."

Once she was gone, Elijah looked at Selina again. "What are you looking at me like that for?" Selina asked. "I swear I didn't do anything to her. And you were standing outside the door so you know I didn't say anything bad."

He pulled her to him and kissed her again. "Well, admittedly I didn't hear the first hour of your conversation," he said. "But what I did hear was very nice. Thank you."

She smiled. "You're welcome. I meant every word I said, you know. It wasn't like I knew you were standing outside the door and wanted to impress you."

"Oh, I know," Elijah said. "You would have sounded completely different if that was the case, and I would definitely have known the difference."

"So, remember before dinner when you said we would have some time alone afterwards?" Selina asked. "Are you still up for that?"

Elijah grinned. "Have you ever known me to decline time alone?"

"Well, no," Selina shook her head, leading him to his office, which was closer to the library than their bedroom. "And if you ever do start declining time alone, I will be very worried about you. Just so you know." She shut the door behind them and said, "Would you help me unzip my dress, please?"

"You want to start this now?" Elijah asked. "May I remind you that Anna is still here somewhere?"

"So what?" Selina asked. "She's one of our biggest fans. It's not like she's never walked in on us before. And she probably won't anyway. She said she was gonna watch TV." She began kissing his neck. Then, Elijah reached around her and unzipped her dress, then eased her out of the sleeves and let it fall to a blue puddle at her feet. Then he watched with a grin on his face as she kicked off her shoes, unhooked her bra and began to slip off her panties.

"Wait just a minute," he said. "Stay here. I have to go to do something in our room. Where do you keep the Miss Stinson things?"

Selina grinned. "They're not in our room. They're in here." She pointed. "Under the bed."

Elijah reached under the bed and pulled out a wide cardboard box with no lid. Inside it was a pair of glasses, a pencil, and one of his shirts, on a hanger and neatly laid out so that it wouldn't wrinkle. He handed her the box and she went into the closet, emerging a few minutes later, dressed in shirt, tie, glasses, and a messy bun held in place by a rubber band and the pencil, a grin on her face and shaking her bottom.

"You seem cheerful," Elijah observed as she danced around him.

"Well, why wouldn't I be?" She asked. "We like each other again and we're about to have sex," she took the tie and slid it over him. "Where's the bad part in that?" When he just stood still, watching her, she stopped and said, "Are you gonna take your clothes off and join me, or would you like me to do it for you?"

Elijah grinned and looked her in the eye. "I would like you to do it for me, Miss Stinson."

Selina backed him up against the wall, then stood on tiptoe to whisper in his ear in a breathy voice, "Yes, Mr. Richmond, sir." Then she reached down and unbuckled and unzipped his pants, then he kicked them away and turned her around so that she was the one against the wall as he unbuttoned her shirt and kissed her feverishly. When they were both in their underwear, he picked her up and carried her over to the bed, laying her down on it before gently lowering himself onto her. But just as they were getting out of their underwear, they heard a knock on the office door. "I won't come in!" Anna said. "Don't worry about that. I bet you're probably busy. But I just wanted to say that I'm on my way home, so you won't be alarmed when you look for me after you're done and see that I'm not here."

"All right," Elijah called. "Thank you. Goodbye!" They heard Anna's footsteps fade away and then Elijah turned back to Selina. "Now where were we?" They began kissing again and after several loud shrieks from Selina that she was sure had aroused the neighbors as much as the two of them, Elijah finally rolled off her. They were both breathing hard.

"Good golly," Selina said when she could finally speak. "I can't believe I thought ice cream and cookies would compensate for what we just did! I must have been delusional."

"Well, possibly," Elijah said, moving her damp hair out of her eyes. "But you're still adorable."

Selina felt herself flush, which was an accomplishment considering how warm and tingly she already felt. "Awww! Well, aren't you sweet?! We need to do this as much as possible before we have our third kid because after it's born, we'll have three kids under five, and thus not a moment's peace."

"Well, then I guess that means I have no choice but to make love to you as much as possible until then," Elijah said.

Selina nodded. "Exactly." She put her head on his shoulder. "No other choice whatsoever."

While Selina, Elijah and the kids were eating lunch the next day, Anna came in unannounced and strode into the dining room. "Hey," she said, picking up a sandwich from the plate Selina had put at the center of the table. "What's going on?"

"Well, we're eating at the moment," Elijah said. "Why did you come here without calling? Are you hurt? Is there some sort of emergency?"

"Well, yes, actually," Anna said. "Selina, I think I've finally figured out what Nik and Stefan are up to. I am planning to investigate and wondered if you wanted to come along."

Selina nodded and quickly swallowed her sandwich. "Of course I do. Whatever they've got going on, I wouldn't want to miss it for the world!"

"Are you two meddling?" Elijah asked, getting up from the table. "Should I be concerned about this?"

"No!" Both women shook their heads. "Of course not," Anna said. "It's just that Stefan and Nik have been out a lot for awhile now and they won't tell me what they're doing. All I want is to be informed."

"And why does Selina have to come if it's your husband that you're worried about?" Elijah asked. "Why can't you just go alone?"

"Because I'm already involved in this!" Selina said. "She's told me about it and if I don't see how it ends, I'm just gonna die! And I owe her for when she came to dinner with Antonia."

"I have to say I don't really like the idea of you getting involved in other people's affairs," Elijah said.

"We're not getting involved," Selina replied. "We're just spying from a safe distance. Once we get the info we need, we'll leave and come right back. They won't even know we were there."

Elijah looked from Selina to Anna, ran his hands through his hair, and sighed. "Nothing I say will dissuade you from this, am I right?"

"Yes," Selina and Anna said at once. "That's right."

"Well, all right," Elijah said. "I will give you an hour to run whatever ridiculous errand you need to, but if you're not back by the time the hour is up, I am going to find you and bring you back myself. Do you understand me?"

"Yes, yes, we understand," Anna said. They left the house and as they pulled away, Selina said, "Do you honestly think we'll be able to find them and get the goods in an hour?"

Anna nodded. "If we speed and then compel all the cops to let us out of tickets, it shouldn't be a problem."

"So, what did you want to bring me here for?" Kevin asked as he and Stefan and Klaus got out of Stefan's car and walked into a restaurant, taking a seat at a table.

"It's been a year since you've come under our instruction and frankly we think it's time to see payoff," Klaus said. "Today, we're going to find you a nice, pretty girl to bite."

"Do we have to?" Kevin asked nervously. "Why can't we just get bags from the hospital and have that count?"

"Because it's not the same thing!" Klaus said. "You can't honestly tell me you spent all those years at the circus happy with whatever it was they were giving you."

"I admit that what they gave me was awful, but at least I wasn't killing anyone!" Kevin said. "It was good enough for me."

"'Good enough'?" Stefan asked. "All you want is 'good enough'? Don't you want to become the powerful person that you are?"

"No!" Kevin said, feeling uneasy now. "I just...I just want to survive. That's all I want. I don't want power or glory or anything like that. Not if it comes at the expense of innocent people's lives."

Klaus looked at Stefan and rolled his eyes. "I keep forgetting that he's Elijah's boy," he said.

"What does that have to do with anything?" Kevin asked. "What do you have against my father?"

"I personally have nothing against your father," Klaus said. "After all, he is my brother. But let's just say your father has a tendency to get noble about killing even though that's what we as vampires are supposed to do."

"Well, if my father is against killing people for sport, shouldn't he be the one teaching me this stuff and not the two of you?" Kevin asked.

"Ideally, yes," Stefan nodded. "But the problem is, your father doesn't know you exist."

"So why can't we go to his house and tell him?" Kevin asked. "You do know where he lives, don't you?"

Klaus nodded. "I do, but have you forgotten everything we've told you about his wife who will most likely kill you if she finds out who you are?"

"Yeah," Stefan added. "Especially now that she's pregnant again. Getting her mad in that condition is not something you want to do..."

"Oh, my god!" Selina whispered to Anna from their hiding place. "Can you believe what they're telling him about me? They're making me out to be some sort of lunatic!"

"Well, can you blame them?" Anna asked. "When it comes to the guys you date or marry, you don't handle surprises well."

"I could have made an exception for this, since Elijah had no idea about Kevin being his kid until now, so it's not like he was hiding him from me. I mean, he hid Elizabeth from me, sure, but we worked that out." Selina replied. "I'm gonna go over to their table and say something."

Anna grabbed her arm. "Don't you dare!" Selina looked at the clock on the wall near them. "We should probably get going. We've already gone over our allotted hour. Elijah will probably be storming the restaurant any minute now."

As if in answer to her comment, the restaurant door opened and Elijah strode in. He stopped next to Stefan and Klaus' table. "I'm looking for Anna and Selina. Have the two of you seen them?"

Klaus shook his head. "No. No, we haven't."

"Wait a minute!" Kevin said. "Didn't you say Selina was the name of-Ow! What the hell did you do that for?" Kevin asked as Stefan stomped down hard on his foot. "Not now!" Stefan hissed.

"Am I interrupting something?" Elijah asked.

"No," Klaus shook his head. "Not really. Anyway, to answer your question, we haven't seen Selina or Anna at all. What makes you think that we would have?"

"They were looking for you," Elijah said. "Anna is concerned that the two of you are doing something nefarious."

"No," Stefan shook his head. "We aren't. Kevin here is a bit of a newbie and we're just showing him the ropes, you know. Helping him adjust."

"They want me to kill someone but I don't want to," Kevin said. "I swear."

"Well, that's good to hear," Elijah said. He pulled up a chair and sat on the opposite side of Kevin. "Listen, if you're looking for help from someone who adheres to the type of lifestyle you'd like to have, I'd be more than happy to advise you."

"I would like that," Kevin said. "I really would."

"I'd advise against that," Klaus said.

"Why is that, Niklaus?" Elijah asked him. "Give me one good reason."

"This is Kevin," Klaus said. "Your son with Elizabeth. Kevin, this is Elijah, your father. Now, Elijah, tell me how well you think Selina will take having your illegitimate son in her house."

Elijah looked back and forth between Klaus, Stefan, and the boy, Kevin. There were so many things he wanted to say, but couldn't make any of them come out of his mouth. Finally, he reached out a shaky hand to take Kevin's. He grasped it and just held on.