After stopping in the bathroom to clean up after his display of emotion with Toni, Lucifer left and bumped into someone. "Oh, sorry!" He said automatically, and then looked down to see Eleanor staring back at him. She was wearing platform heels, but even then he still towered over her. "You came!" He cried. He started to try and embrace her, but then restrained himself.

"Sorry," he said. "It was nice you were able to make it!"

"I wouldn't have missed it," Ellie told him. "And just so you know, your dad came. He's out and about and having the time of his life, so be nice!"

"Oh, have you ever known me to be anything but?" Lucifer grinned, his eyes sweeping over his wife's body. She was wearing tight leather pants and a sparkly black shirt that showed off her belly. Her hair was sprayed and moussed high and poofy and she wore purple nail polish and lipstick.

"You look so hot," Lucifer whispered.

"Thank you," Ellie replied, then started to turn on her heel before grabbing his hand. "I don't want you to face your father alone cause I don't know if you can behave yourself," she said, pulling him along. "You're coming with me."

"Yes, ma'am," Lucifer replied, a grin tugging at his lips. "And if it happens that I'm very naughty boy, would you punish me? You're certainly dressed for it."

"No," Ellie said firmly. "Not gonna happen now."

"Oh, come on!" Lucifer said. "It won't take very long!"

"We have guests," Ellie reminded him. "We can't just leave them."

"Yes we can!" Lucifer replied. "People don't need us to party!"

"True, but it's still not polite!" Ellie insisted.

"How long has it been since you've had a tumble?" Lucifer asked her. "Had a little fun in bed?"

"I've done all right," Ellie replied. "Have you? I'm sure you have plenty of options at the club!"

"You don't seriously believe I would do what you're suggesting," Lucifer said, feeling offended.

"Well, I know you wouldn't in normal circumstances, but you've been celibate for a bit so that makes you do things you wouldn't normally do," Ellie shrugged.

"Now I think I deserve an apology for that!" Lucifer demanded. "You're just looking for excuse after excuse to pull away and keep me the dark instead of talking to me. Stop making up lies and just...let it all out."

"Please don't make me," Ellie begged. "Not now. I'm sorry I made that stuff up about you and I don't think you're cheating, but...can we just...not talk about it now? Go to the party? Get a drink?"

"Well, all right," Lucifer sighed. "I suppose that would be best if we want to keep the peace. And we're here together, so we might as well make the most of it." He kept his arm around her waist, even though he could feel his hand wanting to move downward and squeeze her butt.

"Now," Ellie said in a quiet voice as they made their way to the party room, "This doesn't mean I'm moving back in for good, but if you're reasonably well behaved and the house is still in one piece by the end of the night, I'll stay for the evening."

"Are you serious?" Lucifer asked in surprise, his dark eyes widening, "You're not just giving me false hope, are you?"

"No," Ellie shook her head. "For one night, you'll have me here, I swear. I won't try and back out of it when it comes time."

"Why can't you just stay for good then if you can get through one night?" Lucifer questioned.

"Hey, take the offer as it as or leave it," Ellie said. "Your choice."

"Make it two nights, the duration of the weekend, and we'll consider it one more favor used," Lucifer countered.

"How many more of those do I have left to owe you?" Ellie asked. "Shouldn't I be done by now?"

"No, but on the bright side, if you take me up on this one, you'll only have two more left," Lucifer told her. "And that's a fact." They were talking about the deal Ellie had made so that Lucifer would let her name their daughter Angelica Eve without complaint: seven favors owed to him from her, three for the first name, four for the second. The favors usually consisted of her giving up some of the control to him that she held dear so that he could make decisions for both of them on his own. It drove Ellie nuts, but she knew that was the price she was paying.

"Okay, two," Ellie agreed. "That'll be easy enough since this is a weekend."

"Exactly," Lucifer nodded as they reached the ballroom. "You can leave on Monday. And you look fabulous, by the way. Have I told you that?"

"No, but...thanks," Ellie said. "I thought I would go all out. You don't think it's too much?"

"No," Lucifer replied. "It most certainly is not."

They made their way into the party room and Lucifer groaned as Ellie pulled him toward his father. "Why are we doing this?" He groaned.

"You have to at least say 'Hello'," Ellie got out. "I'm not asking you to spend the whole night with him. Just exchange a pleasantry or two and then continue circulating. It's not hard. You can do it."

"Why didn't your parents come again?" Lucifer asked. "Did you even talk to them?"

"I did, but they took the twins to see Grandma Mary and Grandpa Liam this weekend," Ellie explained. "They promised they would come visit later, though."

She then pushed her very resistant husband in front of his father. "Look who's here, Steve!" She announced. "I just found him!"

"Wonderful!" Steve smiled and put down his drink. "Hello, Samael. Wonderful party. When are we gonna start singing? And have you seen Angelica?"

"I don't know when we're gonna start the singing, but I hope you'll be able to enjoy yourself until then," Lucifer got out. "And you too, Gwen. You look wonderful."

"Thank you," Gwen told him.

"Now, if you'll excuse me, I have other people I need to see. But please keep enjoying yourselves," Lucifer finished and then made his getaway as Ellie followed.

"Good job," she said. "I'm proud of you." She paused. "Have you seen Angelica? It's not like her to be late."

"Oh, I'm sure she's around here somewhere," Lucifer shrugged. "She and Sammy are as horny as we are."

As soon as Angelica and Sammy got to the party, he headed to the dance floor and she, needing some time to recover from his crazy behavior, hid out in a nearby bathroom and got a few seconds of peace and quiet before her phone began to ring and she groaned with dismay at who it was: Steve. He had somehow gotten a hold of her phone and made the wallpaper a picture of himself so it was like he was staring at her every time she turned it on, and if that wasn't bad enough, "One of Us," was the ringtone that accompanied his calls. It made her want to kill him. She ignored it and let the call go to voicemail.

"Angelica, are you here?" He asked. "Where are you? I hope you came!" His voice was loud as if he had no idea how to leave a message at all. "All right," he finished at last. "Bye!"

Angelica groaned. "Why me?" She asked. "I'm surrounded by crazy men!"

She put the lid to the toilet seat down and sat until Valerie knocked and yelled, "Who's in there? I've had some margaritas and now I gotta pee!"

"Go use another bathroom!" Angelica cried. "I'm avoiding people in here!"

The door opened and she expected her sister to come and drag her out, but Valerie said, "Okay, I won't tell anyone. If it's Grandpa you're avoiding, I'll make an excuse for you. Not that that'll actually work for long, but...and can I get you a snack?"

"Thanks," Angelica replied. "I can handle Grandpa, but will you watch out for Sammy? I think he's gone insane. He's consorting with the Dragon Lady! I saw them!"

"Well, that's not good," Valerie replied. "All right, you go keep Grandpa busy and Dexter and I will look after Sammy and make sure he doesn't cause any trouble and stays away from you."

"Thank you," Angelica replied and gave her sister a hug after hopping off the toilet. "I appreciate it."

"No problem," Valerie replied as they walked to the party. "And you look like you could use a drink."

"Let me guess, you recommend the margaritas?" Angelica said.

"Yes," Valerie said. "Wait, stay right there. I completely forgot that I came here to use the bathroom."

So Angelica waited until her sister was done and they walked into the party together. Angelica went to meet Steve while Valerie warned Dexter about Sammy.

"Thanks for telling me," Dexter told her. "I'll get a team on it."

He did, but both of them kept an eye on Sammy, even as they did fun things like dancing.

"Okay, can you see him?" Dexter asked as Valerie looked over his shoulder.

"I can," Valerie replied. "He seems to be behaving himself. Not going much of anything. "Spin me and you can have a look."

Dexter did just that and saw she was right. Sammy was just standing against one of the walls with a drink in his hand and watching everyone, not really joining in just yet. He and Valerie alternated this way until the song was over and then Valerie went to talk to him.

"So..." she said easily. "Having a good night? Why aren't you dancing with my sister?"

"I've tried but she won't let me," Sammy replied. "Says I'm too dangerous. Will you talk to her about that?"

"Well, if she says you're too dangerous, I'm not gonna make her do something that'll put her in an uncomfortable situation," Valerie replied. "So you just stay here and drink, and if we're lucky, you'll pass out and we can discreetly remove you before you cause any real trouble."

"You know, I think I'd rather dance instead," Sammy replied, putting his bottle down and trying to go toward Angelica, but Valerie cold-cocked him and he fell to the floor. "Yeah, you stay right there," she said, giving his still body a swift kick. "That's a good spot for you."

Then she felt a hand on her shoulder. "What did you just do to Sammy?" Vincent asked. Sometimes, he really worried about his sister.

"I beat him up," Valerie shrugged. "He's siding with the Dragon, did you know that? Her spirit! Angelica saw them! And she has marks on her neck that she was trying to hide. I think he's hurting her."

"Well, keep on doing what you're doing then," Vincent replied. "Don't let me stop you."

Valerie nodded and her eyes traveled to her pregnant sister in law who was standing nearby. "How are you doing?" She asked. "Are you okay? Enjoying yourself?"

"Oh, yeah," Lauren nodded and held up her glass. Her long hair, which she normally wore up, was flowing down her back in curls now and Vincent couldn't keep his fingers out of it. "Vincent found some sparkling cider for me, so I'm good. I can't wait to sing later tonight."

"Me either," Valerie said.

"Would you mind staying with Lauren while I take Sammy to another room?" Vincent asked. "Doesn't really do much for the party atmosphere to have an unconscious man lying on the floor." He kissed Lauren's head and said, "Oh, and if Mom sends out song requests, you know what ours is. And I also want to sing 'Hair" at some point and dedicate it to you, sweetie."

Lauren giggled.

"Okay," Valerie agreed about Sammy.. "And if he wakes up along the way, whack him on the head again."

"You don't have to tell me that," Vincent told her as he picked Sammy up and carried him out of the ballroom, nearly bumping into Lexie and Emma, who had just arrived.

"Sorry," he apologized. "Nice to see you two here. Didn't really expect you to come."

"Well, we weren't going to at first, but then who are we to turn down a good night of dancing?" Emma asked and did a little twirl.

"And we'll probably be free of our minders too," Lexie added. "I think they're too scared to show their faces at Uncle Lucifer's house." Then she asked, "Vincent, who's that unconscious person you have over your shoulder?"

"No one, don't worry about it," Vincent told them. "Just have fun."

"We will," Emma assured him. "With no angels hounding us, how could we not?"

"I really don't think we should be here," Gabriel told Michael as they made their way to the front of Lucifer's house. "We weren't invited to this party." They'd followed the twins and watched as they went inside.

"I'm sure our dear brother meant to invite us, and even if he didn't, I'm sure he wouldn't mind if we came," Michael replied. "If you didn't want to come to this party, you shouldn't have told me about it."

"Oh, yeah," Gabriel nodded. "Now I just wish I would have kept my big fat mouth shut!"

They made their way inside, and Michael just wanted to go party, but Gabriel thought it would be best to warn Lucifer first.

As they made their way into the party room, Lucifer looked up and inadvertently spat bourbon all over Ellie's pants.

"Hey!" She cried, jumping up. "What did you do that for?"

"My brothers just came into the room," Lucifer told her. "Would you care to meet Michael and Gabriel before I throw them out cause they weren't invited?"

"Oh, you're not throwing them out," Ellie said as they approached her with grins on their faces and Michael kissed Ellie's hand as Lucifer simmered with jealousy. "They can just stay and party with everyone else."

"Oh, no they cannot!" Lucifer replied and pulled Michael away from Ellie. "Just what in the world are you two doing here?"

"We're supposed to be watching Emma and Lexie," Michael said. "Dad's orders. And since they're here, we have to be too, invited or not."

Lucifer's eyes went red as he found his father dancing with Gwen. "We'll see about that," he said.

"Be careful," Ellie warned.

Lucifer took a deep breath and approached his father with a more measured pace. "Hello, Dad," he said. "Michael and Gabriel just arrived. When were you planning on telling me that they were here?"

Steve sighed and looked at Gwen. "Sorry about spoiling our good time, but apparently, I'm in trouble again."

"You do what you need to do," Gwen said. "I'll stay here and watch your drink."

"I don't see what the problem is with seeing your brothers again," Steve told him.

"Well, it would have been nice to know ahead of time," Lucifer said through his teeth. "You know I don't like surprises."

"I don't know why Angelica didn't tell you," Steve shrugged. "She's known ever since they first arrived."

"Oh, has she?" Lucifer asked, stomping away from him and toward Angelica. "You have some explaining to do, young lady."

"Why?" Angelica asked.

"When were you going to tell me about your uncles arriving on earth?" He demanded. "Or were you just gonna keep it a secret?"

"I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to throw a fit just like you're doing now!" Angelica said. "I didn't even know you would see them!"

"Anyone else coming that I should know about?" Lucifer demanded. "Will I be seeing my mum out of Hell and wandering the halls cause she came to join the party?"

"If that happens, I don't know anything about it," Angelica replied. "Are you done? I'd like to go back to having fun now."

"Fine," Lucifer huffed. "But I am not happy!"

Ellie noticed Lucifer's unhappiness and decided there was only one thing to do to lighten the mood. She made her way to the front of the room by the karaoke equipment and grabbed the microphone. "Okay!" She said. "Who's ready for the singing? We can pretty much get any song you want, so write them down on the slips of paper in this bowl up here and we'll get started. We'll just keep singing until everyone is tired and then you can either spend the night or go home, whatever feels right to you. Everyone good with that?"

A cheer rose up and then Ellie passed the bowl of pieces of paper and pens around and soon, the bowl was full of songs, which she brought back to Lucifer, who was getting the playlist set up.

"Here it is," Ellie said. "Some good choices. And don't forget that we're doing one. It seems like we're doing a round of duets first."

Lucifer looked them over. "I can't believe you let Dad and Gwen sing. Do you know how embarrassing that's gonna be? Wouldn't you be embarrassed if your parents sang?"

"No, not really," Ellie shook her head. "Maybe we should have them go first. That way, you won't have to dread the embarrassment for hours because it'll be over with!"

"I see your point, but I want us to go first because it's our party," Lucifer replied.

"Fine, whatever you want," Ellie shrugged. "No skin off my nose."

So she and Lucifer went first, and they didn't end up singing 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart,' but 'Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now' by Starship. They ended the song with a flourish and bows to momentous applause. Then Ellie worked her magic and announced that Steve and Gwen, who were singing 'You're The Inspiration' by Chicago. Even though it had been put forward as a duet, Gwen backed out at the last moment, her cheeks pink.

Steve decided to make it a solo effort, taking the microphone in his hand as he approached the table and sang it right to Gwen as Lucifer groaned, turned pink, and buried his head in Ellie's shoulder.

"I'm so embarrassed," he said. "Tell me when the horror is over!"

"It's not a horror!" Ellie replied and ruffled his hair. "I think it's sweet!"

To Steve's surprise, after he sang for a bit, Gwen smiled, stood, and joined him, turning it into a duet, even though she was still blushing the entire time. They kissed briefly once the song had ended and Ellie let Lucifer go to give them a standing ovation.

"My gosh, Eleanor, don't encourage them," he said irritably.

"I thought it was good so why shouldn't I applaud?" Ellie questioned. "If you're so crabby, maybe you should go to our room!"

"I won't let him run me out!" Lucifer insisted stubbornly. I won't!"

But when the next singers came to do their performance, he almost did leave. Lauren and Vincent were singing 'Almost Paradise,' and it truly did seem like they were singing only to each other, their voices powerful and grins on their faces the entire time, especially when they had both of their hands on Lauren's belly so that, in a way, the three of them were connected, and when the song ended, they looked at the applauding crowd in surprise as if they'd forgotten they were there.

"I totally forgot people were watching us," Lauren whispered in Vincent's ear as they made their way off the stage.

"Yeah, me too," Vincent replied. "All I could think about was you."

Lauren giggled and kissed him. "Same here. Aren't you sweet!"

He helped her sit down and then noticed her glass was empty. "Want some more cider?" he asked. "I'm going to get more wine anyway."

"Yes, please," Lauren nodded. "And thank you."

"And if you need to rest, don't be afraid to say something," Vincent added before he left. "That's fine with me."

"I'm good now, but if I need to go, I won't hesitate to say something," she promised and then turned back to the stage just in time to see Dexter and Valerie sing 'You Spin Me Round' by Dead Or Alive, definitely the most upbeat of the first round of songs. Lauren really was surprised how much of a duet it really was. She hadn't thought Dexter would be into it. But he and Valerie alternated verses and he really was enthusiastic. He even looked comfortable in his torn jeans and leather jacket.

"What do you say you take the shirt off and just wear the jeans and the jacket before we go to bed tonight?" Valerie requested after the number as they headed back to the table. "And maybe you could sing me another song? I think I'd like that."

"I would too," Dexter agreed, his eyes roaming over the skin that was exposed by the tiny leopard print mini dress she wore. "You look really...hot by the way."

"Thank you!" Valerie grinned, kissing him without realizing they were doing it by Lucifer and Ellie's table.

"Stop!" Lucifer cried, breaking them apart. "Will the embarrassment not cease this evening?"

"Sorry," Valerie said, even though she really wasn't.

The singing continued until the wee hours of the morning (including Gabriel reluctantly doing a duet with Michael when Lexie and Emma refused to sing with them (or let them sit at the same table), and then, everyone retired to bed instead of leaving to go home.

Angie had just tucked herself into bed when she heard a knock on her bedroom door. "Angelica, it's mom," Ellie said. "You asleep?"

"No, come in," Angelica replied.

Ellie let herself in and came to sit down on the bed and put an arm around her daughter, who then lay a head on her shoulder. "Are you okay?" Ellie asked. "I notice you didn't sing much tonight. Did you have a good time anyway?"

"It was okay," Angelica sighed. "Not the most fun night I've ever had, but it's not your fault. Sammy's in league with the Dragon Lady's ghost."

"I'm sorry, sweetie," Ellie replied. "You want me to tell your father so we can work on fixing it? I'll do it."

"Sure," Angelica sighed. "That would be nice." Her eyes closed and then Ellie tucked her in and kissed her forehead. "Goodnight, sweetie. I hope you can sleep well."

"Me too," Angelica agreed, her voice a whisper as she pulled the covers over her head. "Goodnight, Mommy."

"Goodnight," Ellie smiled, turning off the light and then quietly slipping out of the room and heading back to Lucifer.

"How is Angelica?" Lucifer questioned. "Is she all right? My father didn't trouble her too much?"

"No, it seems like Sammy is more the trouble," Ellie said. "It appears our friend the Dragon Lady is in league with him or something and poor Angelica is at her wits' end about it. We need to do something!"

"I agree," Lucifer replied with narrowed eyes. "I don't like that woman messing with my family." He smiled and took her in his arms. "Thank you for keeping your word and staying."

Ellie sighed. "I suppose I needed this, in a booty call kind of way. I've been taking care of myself and it works well enough, but it's not the same."

"No, it certainly is not," Lucifer agreed. "When you're alone in your room at your parents' house, I hope you remember that."

"Oh, don't start trouble," Ellie said and put a finger on his lips before kissing him. "Am I gonna have to kiss you to keep you quiet?"

"Yes," Lucifer replied before getting her underneath him and kissing her all over her body. "I think you are." Afterward, he asked, "What game do you want to play tonight?"

"I think Hot and Cold would be fun," Ellie smiled. "You got a candle?"

Hot and Cold was simple enough: It started with them covering each other's naked bodies in candle wax and then get it off with ice. It hurt, but it was a nice pain, and the lotion and massages afterward were nice too.

Then he kissed her soundly as her hands threaded through his curly hair as he entered her over and over again. It felt good, she had to admit. She wasn't giving in because of this. She wasn't returning home for good yet. But she'd have to think about stopping by every once in a while to have a little fun.

She giggled as he kissed her inner thighs and tasted her slowly. Yeah, maybe she'd been too stubborn cause this, she had to admit, wasn't bad at all.

But Lexie and Emma were not so eager to give in. They continued to avoid Michael and Gabriel until they were finally discovered camping out in the yard under a tent one of the girls had zapped up.

"What in the world do you think you're doing?" Gabriel asked as he poked his head in. "It's cold and you're going to freeze out here!"

"Yeah," Michael added. "Come in the house, please?" He reached for Emma but she slapped his hand away. "No thank you," she replied. "As long as you're in the house, we're not gonna be."

"Go away," Lexie added. "We're not gonna do what you want, so you might as well give up!"

"That is not in our vocabulary," Michael replied, ripping the tent open, grabbing a screaming Emma, and putting her over his shoulder before staring at his brother. "You gonna grab Lexie or what?"

"No, I would like to keep all my limbs, thank you," Gabriel told him as Lexie growled in a very feral way. "Come in," he begged her. "Please? If you don't come, you'll have to be out here all alone."

"Fine," Lexie said. "But I still don't like you." Or rather, she thought, she didn't like the tingly, pleasant things she felt when she was around him. No way would he know this, though. She let him pull her up out of the tent and then they made their way toward the house.

"About time," Michael said and gave Emma a light hit on her bottom cause she was biting him and scratching him and trying to escape. "I was just about to lose this one."

"Stop hitting my sister, would you?" Lexie said. "Ask nicely!"

"Would you stop squirming, please?" Michael asked with a roll of his eyes. "It will only lead you to hurt yourself. I know you don't like being handled this way, but I'm not gonna have you freeze out here because you're being stubborn!"

"Oh, fuck off!" Emma replied. But she stopped struggling and let him take her into the house without much more resistance.

"Please tell us you're gonna leave us in our rooms," Emma said. "I don't think it'll happen, but..."

"You don't really want to stay alone when we're here, do you?" Michael asked.

"Yes," Emma said immediately. "Yes, I do." She was glad Michael had worn a shirt to come and retrieve her. If he hadn't...she wouldn't have been able to protest at all.

"Well, I don't think we're comfortable with that," Michael said to Gabriel. "Are we?"

"Nope," Gabriel agreed. So the twins were taken to their guardian angel's rooms to spend the night, the door locking with a certain sound of finality behind them