End chapter! You may have guessed who is behind the madness, but if you haven't... Also I have a new story, The Sanctuary Dictionary. Warning: It's short, and I don't resolve the Teslenness...

In Love and War

"Uh, Magnus, I really need to talk to you." Will's voice was outside of the door.

"He's ignoring me!" Kate pleaded with Will. "Kiss me and we'll make Hank jealous!"

"Maybe another time..." Will quickly pushed inside.

"You sent her a love note?" Tesla asked angrily.

"And one to Kate?" Henry asked.

"Twotimer!" Tesla announced.

"That was me," said a gruff voice. "But it was his idea."

"Bigfoot?" Henry asked in surprise.

"Okay, well guys... you're probably really mad right now... but I never thought it would end up quite the way it did, so..."

"What did you do, Will?" Helen asked.

"First let me say Tesla gave me the idea." Will pointed, as if to shirk the blame.

"What did I do now?"

"It's just the sort of thing you would do," the psychologist answered evasively.

"Well?" Magnus asked.

"Well... happy April Fool's Day and late Valentine's Day." Will said.

Helen's eyes went wide as she realized today was April second. "You did this for April Fool's day?"

"I thought you needed to get in touch with your emotions..."

Will trailed off in a long, rambling talk about the dangers of bottling up feelings with terms that only he could understand while Helen and Nikola slipped quietly away, leaving Henry running from Kate and Will chasing Henry to finish his lecture.

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"Did you really think I did it?" Nikola asked.

They were close together. He was holding her hands up near him. She was resting her forehead on his.

"I didn't think it was Will." she said.

"I knew you did." he said sadly.

"I didn't know better then," she tried to make it up.

"Don't make any decisions about what I would and wouldn't do to get you, Miss Magnus," he grinned with a sparkle in his eyes.

"Oh, really?" She laughed, and pulled him closer to him, kissing him.

His gaze was serious when they parted. "I wouldn't want you if you didn't feel what I felt, Helen. That's the real reason I would never do something like that."

She was silent, taken aback, so he continued. "So tell me the answer. Tell me if you want me to stay. Tell me... tell me if you love me."

She kissed him softly, and then pulled away.

Her eyes were shining.

"Well, you'll have to stay to find that out, Nikola..." she sprinted away.

He stayed for a while, looking after.

"April Fool's, huh? I wonder... Well, I guess..." he stopped. "All's fair when it comes to love and war."

Awww! I liked that ending, what did you think? Thank you all, my reviewers!