Elijah sat up. "What do you mean Roxie has my briefcase?" He growled at her. "She can't have my briefcase! I need what's in there!"

Selina turned to face him, resting her chin on her hand. "Why? It's just full of articles about some psycho who killed a whole bunch of people years and years and years ago. Why should any of that matter now? And may I remind you that you're the one who gave Anna the briefcase in the first place?"

He frowned, ignoring the last part of what she said. "It matters because I remember what you did on the boat. I saw how you hurt those people. Why would you do that?"

"Because I was hungry," she said. "I should have eaten before, but I forgot. I'm sorry. What does this have to do with the articles in the briefcase?"

"I told you," he said. "You killed those people in the same manner that Lonely Heart killed her victims. Why? Did you know her? Did she force you to follow her?"

Selina scoffed. "I can honestly say no," she said and began kissing his neck. "Look, I think you're getting yourself all worked up over nothing. The briefcase will still be at Roxie's in the morning and we can get it then, okay? But until then, why don't you just relax, okay?" She reached under the covers and began stroking him. He gave her a look, then relaxed into it and kissed her again.

"All right," he said as she ran her fingers through his hair. "I'll worry about the briefcase tomorrow."

She grinned. "Good. Until tomorrow."

Selina was the first one to open her eyes the next morning. "Hey," she said, gently pushing Elijah off her a little so she could get out of bed.

He sat up, still somewhat groggy. "Where are you going?" He asked her. She put a robe on and turned back to face him. "Well, I could either check on Lucy while you shower, or you could check on Lucy while I shower. How do you want to go?"

He ran his fingers through her hair. "I'll go check on Lucy while you shower."

Selina sighed. "I just wish she was big enough that we could shower together and then go check on her, but now that would take too long and who knows what she'd be into by the time we got out and dressed properly?" She put her head on his shoulder and stayed that way for a few minutes before standing up straight, letting her robe drop to the floor, and heading for the bathroom. Elijah stayed in the room until he heard the shower turn on and then went to get Lucy.

When he got to her room, she was already awake and standing up in her crib, watching him expectantly. When he reached her, she reached out for him and he picked her up and took her into the kitchen, carrying her by the kitchen table to her high chair. As they passed the table, she reached out toward the teddy bear-shaped cookie jar that sat in the middle of it. Elijah shook his head. "No, no. Cookies aren't for breakfast."

Lucy pouted but let him put her in her chair without further complaint. He got a sippy cup out of the cupboard and filled it half with apple juice and half with blood and then sat it and a bowl of dry cereal in front of Lucy. She watched him for a moment as he sat down and then picked up her cup and began slurping noisily. When her cereal was almost gone, Selina came into the kitchen.

"Would you like me to get coffee for you?" Elijah asked, standing up as she entered the room. She looked at him, surprised. "Sure," she said. "And just milk with it, please." She noticed Lucy was reaching out for her, she picked her up and took her into the living room.

"Let me tell you a secret," she said, putting Lucy on her lap, "I don't really need Uncle Elijah to get me my coffee, but I let him because it makes him feel important. It's a small thing to ask of me, really, and sometimes if you want to keep harmony in a relationship, you have to give up things and compromise. Remember that."

Just then, Elijah came into the living room with their coffees. He put Selina's down on the coaster next to her and then took Lucy to sit with him.

"So, are you going to go to Roxie's and try to get the briefcase back today?" She asked after she took a sip of coffee.

Elijah nodded. "I have to have it in order to do a project today, so I think I will. What are you going to do today?"

Selina shrugged. "Oh, I don't know. Maybe Lucy and I will go see Sam and go to the park. It looks like it'll be a nice day for that."

As they drank their coffee and eventually ate breakfast, Selina heard a noise outside. "The mail truck is early today," she remarked. "I'll go out and get the mail since you got me my coffee."

Elijah nodded, still keeping a grip on Lucy. "We'll be waiting for you."

Selina went out to the mailbox and came back with a stack of letters and catalogues. She went through the pile, not seeing anything particularly remarkable until she came across a letter for Elijah from someone she'd never heard of. She handed it to him.

"Who's Mary Porter?" She asked him.

"A woman I was in a relationship with many years ago," he said. "But it's over and done with now and you have nothing to worry about."

Selina nodded. "I knew that. I just wondered because you never mentioned her before. And I'm secure enough in our relationship that I'm not going to press the issue. If you say that it's over and nothing else will come of it, then I'll believe you."

"Thank you," he said. He opened Mary's letter and read it over. "She says she wants to come by and see me," he said. "I'll tell her I can't if the idea makes you uncomfortable."

Selina shook her head. "Oh, of course not! It's completely okay with me! She can come and bring ten or eleven friends for all I care!"

Elijah nodded. "Good. I'll give her our address and tell her that she's more than welcome here. And thank you, by the way. You're handling this in a very mature manner."

Selina grinned. "That's me, Miss Mature. Now you better head to Roxie's now if you want to get the briefcase back before your meeting. It might take awhile for her to surrender it."

Elijah nodded and stood up, kissing Selina and planting another kiss on Lucy's head. "Goodbye, you two. I should be back some time later today."

"Bye!" Selina called back. Once he was gone, Selina looked at Lucy. "We have to go see Daddy," she said to her. "I want to find out more about Uncle Elijah's old girlfriend, and I know your daddy will tell me everything there is to know."

"Selina!" Klaus said in surprise. "What are you doing here?"

"I came to see you, actually," Selina said. "Can I come in?"

"Of course," he said and gestured for her to come in. Selina handed him Lucy and stepped inside, following Klaus to the living room. "So," he said once they were all seated, "what brings you here? If it's what I think, you know I won't do that anymore."

Selina shook her head. "I didn't come because I wanted to do anything sexy with you. We're both moving on, so you better be kidding me."

He nodded. "I am. So why did you come? I've spoken to Roxanne and she says that Anna got a briefcase full of articles about Lonely Heart from Elijah. Does he know about that? Do you need me to come up with an excuse for you?"

"No!" Selina said quickly. "At least not yet, anyway. I came because Elijah got a letter today from a woman named Mary Porter. He told me that she was an old girlfriend when I asked, but I didn't press the issue further. I don't want him to think I'm insecure."

Klaus grinned. "Oh, but you are, aren't you? This is just killing you, isn't it?"

"Yes!" She burst out. "And it totally shouldn't. It's completely illogical."

Klaus shook his head. "No, it isn't. Werewolf gene, natural jealousy, remember?"

"But that's not right," Selina said. "That only happens when a woman is jealous of their mate, which is you. You're in a relationship with someone else and I'm okay with that. But I mean, this thing with Elijah...I can't stand it. It's like, I work so hard to find a relationship that works out for me, and then lo and behold, when things are just perfect, here comes the one thing that could ruin it."

"Well, you don't have to worry," Klaus said. "Mary was off her nut. Crazy. Unstable. There's no possible way Elijah would be attracted to her now. He was the one that broke it off."

Selina's eyes widened. "That doesn't make me feel better! She's coming to see him! What if she sees how happy we are and then decides that I should be dead so she can have him instead?"

Klaus sighed. "Then she'll try to kill you and you'll kill her first and Elijah won't care because you acted in self-defense. There's nothing wrong with that."

"I can't just kill someone!" Selina said. "If I did, I bet Elijah would find some way to yell at me and possibly break up with me for it."

Klaus put his hands over Lucy's ears so she wouldn't hear him swear and gave Selina a look. "You used to not give a damn about things like that," he said. "If a woman got in the way of a relationship of yours, you just got rid of them. What's stopping you now?"

"I didn't have anything to lose before," Selina said. "I never liked any of the men besides you that I went out with back then. They were for company only. But I really like your brother and he has this image of me in his head and besides that, it might give me away as Lonely Heart if I kill his girlfriend."

"It would only give you away if you killed Elijah too," Klaus said. "So again, I'm confused as to why this worries you so much. I'm sure that if you told Elijah how worried this made you, he'd drop the idea. You shouldn't have to pretend you're comfortable with something if you aren't."

Selina sighed. "I know, but-"

"I'll tell him, then," Klaus said. "I'll tell him that if he's going to see Mary, he'll have to do it somewhere that Lucy won't be because I don't want her craziness affecting Lucy in a negative way."

Selina's eyes widened. "Why didn't I think of that? God, little kids are useful sometimes!" She said, snapping her fingers. Then she smirked.

"What?" he asked.

She shook her head. "Ordinarily I would make some remark about how hypocritical it is for you to lecture other people about craziness and being a bad influence, but since you're helping me, I won't."

Klaus moved Lucy to the next cushion over on the sofa and stood up. "We just had a civilized, grown up conversation. I think that merits a toast, don't you?"

Selina nodded. "I guess. What have you got to toast with?"

"I'll go see," he said. He returned a few minutes later with two cans of soda and handed one to her and kept one for himself. "To civilized conversations," Selina said.

Klaus nodded. "Hear, hear," he said. They clinked cans and took drinks, then Klaus had to put his can down because Lucy was trying to climb into his lap.

"So where's Caroline?" Selina asked.

Klaus shrugged. "She said your mother wanted to do something today, so I assume they're doing that."

Selina nodded. "So glad Mom doesn't make me do that stuff anymore. I think Caroline is the kind of daughter she always wanted but got stuck with me instead."

"Personally, I think she should have learned to appreciate what she had instead of wishing for something she didn't. She might have learned something," Klaus said.

"Speaking of parents with whom relationships have been difficult or non-existent, have you been to Enid's and seen your father lately?" Selina asked.

"Actually, yes," Klaus nodded. "He's moved in with my mother if you can believe that."

"What's so hard to believe?" Selina asked. "That your parents want to be together, or...?"

"That Mother allowed him in her house when he's more the outdoorsy type, if you get my drift," Klaus said. "You know how territorial she is about her belongings."

"Oh, yes," Selina nodded. "I remember when she got that Ming vase at that auction and when I went to look at it, she was all, 'Step away from the vahse! This isn't a supermarket or your bedroom where you can just touch anything you want'. I hope your father can get your mother to lighten up. I think it would do her some good." She paused. "I'm not looking forward to meeting Elijah's father," she said thoughtfully. "I mean, it took Elijah long enough to get used to me. His father probably never will."

Klaus shook his head. "Probably not. But I bet Elijah will stick up for you if push comes to shove. Men tend to do that for the women they sleep with."

Selina grinned. "You think?"

He nodded. After a moment, she said, "Where's Alistair?"

"He's with Astrid today," Klaus said. "Trying to figure out how to deal with the whole 'Helene not being able to do big magic' thing."

Selina nodded. "Oh, yeah. I wonder how Adrian and Helene are dealing with that? Pretty well, probably. After what happened with Lucy, I bet she won't try to do any big spells, no matter how much she'll want to."

Helene was trying to make a rabbit turn purple when Adrian came into the kitchen. "How's the rehearsal for that kid at the daycare's birthday party going?" He asked her.

"How could it go bad?" Helene asked, sighing sadly. "This is the easiest sort of thing. I can't believe it's what I've been reduced to. Dad never had this happen to him and he killed a guy!"

Adrian sat next to her and hugged her to him. "Well, yes, but he got his later, remember? When he got sent to that weird netherworld and we could only talk to him through the mirror?"

"Well, yeah, but that's not the same as getting your magic monitored by the powers that be so you can barely do anything!" Helene complained. "I don't think I can handle any more disappointment today."

Then they heard an insistent rapping on the front door. "I think I'll go see who that is," Adrian said. "Do you mind?"

Helene shook her head. "No, go ahead. I'll go find another rabbit. I'll have all the colors of the rainbow pretty soon."

Adrian looked at her sadly and went to answer the door, gasping when he saw who was on the other side.

"Hello, Adrian." Vince's sister Tessa stood on the other side of the door. "We need to talk. May I come in?"

He shook his head. "I don't think so. Why don't I just come out instead?"

"Oh, come on!" Tessa said. "Is this because of Helene? I gave you up! I'm seeing someone else? How can she possibly be jealous?"

Adrian sighed. "I suppose. Come on in." Tessa came inside and followed Adrian to the living room. When they were sitting down, Helene looked up. "Well, look who it is," she said, abandoning her rainbow of bunnies to join them. "I didn't think you'd ever have a reason to show up here again, Tessa."

"Well, ordinarily I wouldn't," Tessa said to her. She pushed her blonde hair out of her blue eyes and gave Helene a sugary smile. "But as you know, my brother is dating his sister. I have some concerns about that."

"What sort of concerns?" Adrian asked. "What's going on?"

"Well, I just think your sister is taking advantage of my brother," Tessa said. "I think we should suggest they separate."

Adrian looked at her in surprise. "Are you serious? They're each other's mates!"

Tessa shrugged. "What does that have to do with anything? You and I are mates and are we together? No! And we're all right with that! I don't see how Vince and Roxie would be any different."

"They are!" Helene said. "Roxie needs your brother. He is the reason she clings to the small bit of humanity she's got in her! If they separated-"

"Excuse me," Tessa said. "I don't think you have anything to do with this. I think this is between Adrian and me." She looked in the kitchen. "And I'd go check on your bunnies if I were you. They're looking like they want to run amok."

Helene looked at Adrian. "I don't have to go, do I?" She asked.

Adrian sighed. "Maybe you should for a little while," He said. "We can talk more later."

Narrowing her eyes, Helene went back into the kitchen and glared at Tessa and Adrian as she rounded up her rabbits. Then she sat down. "Werewolves are so stupid!" She said and brought her hand down on the table. Sparks shot from her fingers and bounced from wall to wall until they hit both Tessa and Adrian, and went out an open window. Tessa and Adrian collapsed next to each other on the floor and then sat up slowly and gazed into each other's eyes. Then they put their arms around one another and kissed deeply.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Helene said, trying to pull them apart. "Stop doing that! Stop doing that right now!"

"Why?" Adrian asked when he finally managed to bring his head up.

"What do you mean 'why'?" Helene asked incredulously. "You're married to me. You shouldn't be kissing anyone else! Or doing anything in addition to kissing!"

Adrian smirked. "Really possessive, aren't you?" He asked. "I don't think I can be with anyone who nags that much." He looked at Tessa. "Can you believe her? She thinks I'd actually be interested in someone besides you."

Tessa looked Helene over. "You better not be," she said. "He's mine and if you want to still be alive tomorrow, I suggest you get as far away from us as you possibly can."

"Or what?" Helene asked. "You'll kill me?"

Tessa nodded. "Slowly and painfully."

Helene looked at Adrian. "She's not serious, is she?"

"I don't know," he said. "But do you really want to try your luck? You ended up in the hospital both times I bit you. And I did that on accident. Imagine how much it would hurt to be the victim of a werewolf who targeted you on purpose?"

Helene looked at them for a moment, then lit out of the house and headed for Klaus' so that both of their fathers would know what happened.

Helene drove up to the house and saw Adrian's aunt Anna's car in the driveway. She was just coming down the stairs carrying Lucy when Helene met her at the door. "I need to talk to either my father or Adrian's. Are they home?" She asked.

"Well, yeah," Anna said. "I mean, your father's not. I think he's out of town with your mom or something. But Nick and Selina are busy right now. They can't talk to anyone."

"Well, this is an emergency," Helene said. "I'm sure that they'll stop whatever they're doing when they find out that Adrian's completely lost his mind."

Anna smirked. "Yeah, good luck with that. I'm taking Lucy over to Damon's because Stefan and I have a thing and can't watch her ourselves. I'm sure that it'll be okay as long as Elijah doesn't find out. Goodbye, Helene."

"Goodbye," Helene said and then opened the door to the house and stepped inside.

"Hello?" She called. "Klaus? Dad? Anybody home?" Then she heard a crash followed by a scream and then more crashing. Thinking that the house was being robbed, she ran in the direction of the crashes and pulled open the bedroom door behind from which the sounds were coming.

"All right," she said. "You take one thing from this room and I'll-" Then she realized what she was looking at and let out a shriek of her own. Klaus and Selina were in bed together and didn't rush to cover themselves up with blankets.

"Hi, Helene," said Selina as Klaus kissed down her neck. "How are you? If seeing us like this troubles you, you really should remember to knock." Then she shifted her attention back to Klaus, kissing him deeply and running her hands over his abs before he moved her underneath him and drove into her, causing her to scream again. Helene shut her eyes tight along with the bedroom door. "Oh, my god," she whispered to herself. "What the hell is going on? First Adrian and Tessa and now Klaus and Selina? They don't sleep together anymore! They're divorced, they've broken up! What-"

"Been doing big magic again?" Helene turned around and saw Hazel looking at her inquisitively.

Helene shrugged. "I don't know. If I have, it certainly wasn't intentional. Not since I accidently turned Adrian's baby sister into a teenager. What's going on with Adrian and everybody?"

"Have you made any sudden hand motions recently?" Hazel asked. "Sometimes a spell doesn't have to be intentional to be cast. Sometimes, one wrong handmotion and some strong emotions is enough."

Helene sighed. "Well, Adrian's ex-girlfriend/mate Tessa came over because her brother is dating Adrian's sister but Tessa doesn't like it and wants them to break up. And Tessa and Adrian were talking and making the stupidest plan known to man because they wouldn't let me help and I sorta got mad and hit the table a little too hard."

"What did you say when you got mad?" Hazel asked. "What did you think? Anything specific?"

"Just that werewolves were stupid," Helene said. "Next thing I know, Adrian is halfway to ripping off Tessa's clothes, I don't exist for him, and when I get here, Adrian's parents, who have divorced and are involved with other people, are as demonstrative as they were when they were together."

"It's because you made them stupid," Hazel told her. "The spell you unintentionally cast made all their reasoning ability go away. That's why Adrian and Selina are with people they feel only instinctive animal passion for but otherwise have no real connection to, instead of being with the people who they know are better for them, who just happen to be you and Adrian's uncle."

"Are they gonna be like this forever?" Helene asked.

Hazel shook her head. "No, like all the other times, it'll wear off. They'll come back to their senses sooner or later. Just don't do any more crazy hand motions in the mean time."

She disappeared and Helene groaned and shouted after her, "Well, that was real helpful!" She got out her phone. "I think I'll get this fixed sooner rather than later. I can't just sit and wait this out. Selina would kill me."

She dialed Elijah's number and it took him awhile to answer. "Hello?"

Helene cleared her throat. "Elijah, it's Helene. We have a bit of a situation here. Get to Klaus' house as fast as you can."

"What's the problem?" Elijah asked.

"You know how I'm having problems with my magic?" She asked. "Well, a spell I accidently did made Klaus and Selina get back together. Like all the way back together, at least physically. Do you want to come and snap her out of it?"

"I'll be there as soon as I can," Elijah said. "Wait for me." He shut his phone and opened the door to Roxie's apartment. He was barely inside when he finally realized why Roxie hadn't answered the door: She and Vince were tangled in each other's arms and both were almost completely naked. Elijah sighed. It was like Selina and Niklaus all over again.

Taking a deep breath, he walked into the apartment and began looking around for the briefcase. He found it under Roxie's bed and opened it, going through all the articles and making sure everything was there. He gave a sigh of relief when nothing seemed to be missing. Then he shut the case and made his way to the front door with it, but when he passed the sofa, Roxie grabbed his arm.

"Where are you going with that?" She asked. "I haven't finished.

He gave her a frown. "Well, Roxanne, this was mine in the first place. Your Aunt Anna had no right to give it to you without asking me first. Besides, seeing as how you're occupied at the moment, I don't see what's so wrong about my taking it back for the day, at least."

"Will you bring it back here?" She asked him.

Elijah shook his head. "No, I won't. I'm going to take it back home where it belongs. If you want to know more about what's in here, I'm sure you'll be able to find someone you can ask."

Roxie glared at him for a moment, then Vince put a hand under her chin. "Hey," he said. "Focus, will you?"

Roxie turned back to him and they resumed their amorous activities while Elijah, grateful for the distraction, slipped out the apartment door, briefcase in hand, and went to see what Helene had gotten herself into now.

"Anna?" Damon asked when he responded to her knock. "What's going on?" She handed him Lucy. "Something weird," she said. "Nick and Selina are back together. And not only that, I think she's lost her mind. I thought it would be best to get Lucy out of the way until things got better and Elijah's busy, so the only place left to bring her was here."

Damon looked down at Lucy who was grinning at him. "Well, I don't think Lucy minds," he said. He went and sat on the sofa with Lucy in his lap. "What happened with Selina? Why would she and Klaus get back together when she made it very clear that wasn't gonna happen?"

Anna shrugged. "I don't know what's going on, but Helene stopped by the house as I was leaving. She asked me if Nick or Alistair were at the house. I wonder why she was so eager to talk to them."

"What would make you think Selina's lost her mind?" Damon asked.

"Well, she called me to come pick up Lucy," Anna said. "And when I got to the house, Lucy was in the living room crying her eyes out and Klaus and Selina were in their bedroom having sex like they couldn't hear a thing, which given the yelling and the crashing, they probably couldn't."

Damon took another look at Lucy and saw that her face was red and that she had the beginnings of tears in her eyes. "Oh, poor kid," he said and hugged her. "Let's go and get you some cookies and then we'll go blow some bubbles in the yard, okay?"

"Bubbles?" Lucy asked.

Damon grinned at her and nodded. "Yeah!" He told Anna goodbye and then followed Lucy to the kitchen where he put her on a chair and she reached into the cookie jar on the table with both hands and began stuffing her face.

A few minutes later, Joshua appeared with Sam. "Something is wrong with Mother, isn't it?"

Damon nodded. "Apparently. And it's a good thing that Sam's not living with her. He could have been left all alone while she was off being irresponsible."

Joshua frowned. "That seems unlike her."

"She's back with her ex-husband," Damon added. "This could be a good thing. Well, not the leaving Lucy alone and making her cry, but the whole ex-boyfriend thing. That might mean I still have a chance."

Joshua shook his head. "I don't think so," he said.

Just then, Sam came in clutching a blue throw pillow from the sofa and hit Lucy with it. Damon was just about to yell at him when instead of crying like he thought she would, she just got off her chair and went to get a pillow of her own and hit him too. They alternated hits until they came within inches of hitting a lamp that had belonged to Damon's mother. "All right," he said, separating them. "If we're going to keep doing this, we'll have to go downstairs so we don't break anything." He picked Sam up in one arm and Lucy in the other and carried them down to one of the downstairs rooms that was large and didn't have any breakables in it. Then, he put them on either side of the room and handed them new pillows. "All right," he said. "Hit away."

They resumed hitting each other and the fight went on for a litle while longer until the two of them decided to turn on Damon. Then he stopped it. "All right, all right," he said. "Enough! Let's do something quiet now. Like read a book."

He brought them upstairs, and then sent Sam with Joshua and he and Lucy chased each other around the yard and blew bubbles.

"I'm so glad you got here as fast as you did," Helene said, then started when she heard another crash. "Any longer and I don't think Klaus would have any more breakables left."

Elijah took a deep breath. "So where are they?" He asked.

Helene tilted her head in the direction of the main hallway. "In their room," she said. "Follow me." Helene led Elijah to Selina and Klaus' bedroom. "You might want to knock before you go in there," she said. "I already made the mistake of forgetting and boy am I sorry."

"Honestly, I don't think it would matter either way," Elijah said. He walked back to the edge of the hallway and strode toward the door, knocking it in. Selina gasped and sat up. "Most people don't knock like that," she said.

"Just what do you think you're doing?" He asked her.

"I'm having a good time," she said. "But of course you're such a killjoy, you probably don't know what a good time is!"

Elijah looked around the room, at the things that were strewn all over the floor or broken. He pulled the sheet off the bed and covered Selina up with it.

"What are you doing?" She asked. "Why did you come here? Did you want to play too?"

"Of course not," he said. "Helene's worried sick about you. You're going to get dressed and come home with me!"

"And why the hell would I want to do that?" She asked.

"It doesn't matter whether you want to or not," Elijah replied. "You don't have a choice."

Selina smirked. "Oh, don't be silly. Of course I have a choice! I am an emancipated woman, and if you think you can order me about just because you're a man, then you're sorely mistaken."

"Oh, really?" Elijah said to her. "So just jumping into bed with the first man you see is what you decided to do with your emancipation, how you prove that women should be seen as equals to men. Personally, I would have used your intelligence or your spunk because any woman can use her body to get ahead, but that's just me."

Selina burst out laughing. "Well, aren't you smart?" She asked. "Complimenting me in hopes that that'll get you somewhere? But just because I consider myself sexually free and morally emancipated, I am still a responsible, discriminating woman who does not intend to jump into bed with the first wavy-haired, muscle-bound, egocentric male who thinks he can seduce me by agreeing with some of the things I believe in."

"You mean like my brother?" Elijah asked. "How'd you wind up with him?"

"Hey!" Klaus cried. "I'm right here, you know!"

"He's helping me prove a point," Selina said. "He's helping me show myself that women can have sexual relationships with men that involve no emotional attachment whatsoever, just like men do."

Helene opened the door a crack. "How are we doing in here?" She whispered to Elijah.

Elijah leaned closer to the door. "I'm confused now," he said. "She's changed. Now Selina's sounding like she did when I first met her in the twenties rather than like how she is when she's given over to her werewolf self."

Helene shrugged. "Well, she wasn't really thinking logically then, either, was she?" She asked. "I mean, she was so consumed with hurt and rage and the need to destroy men and feel superior that that's how she lived her life. I'd say she's still under the spell. Keep her talking."

Elijah grinned and shook his head. "I have an even better idea." Making sure the blanket was still around her, he picked Selina up off the floor and put her up against the wall, kissing her hard. When he pulled away, she slapped him.

"What did you do that for?" He asked.

Selina was breathing hard. "Well, what did you have to go and kiss me for?"

"Because I think you're beautiful," he said. "And witty, and smart. My life would be so boring without you."

Selina blinked and her face changed from narrowed eyes and a suspicious scowl to a grin before she put her arms around Elijah and hugged him. "Turn around," he said.

She turned around and saw Klaus naked on the floor. "Nicky, for the love of god!" She said, pulling the sheet tighter around herself. "What the hell is going on? We swore we weren't going to do this anymore! We toasted to civilized conversations! Were you lying to me?"

Klaus seemed to have come back to himself and seemed as confused as her. "No, I wasn't!" He said. "You started this. You came on to me!"

Selina looked at Elijah. "I didn't, I swear. At least not consciously."

Elijah nodded. "I know." He threw Selina and Klaus their clothes, and when they were both dressed, he opened the door again and called for Helene to come in. She entered the room blushing and looking sheepish.

"Everything seems back to normal here," she said. "That's good. I'll be on my way now. Maybe if I kiss Adrian, I can pry him off of Tessa."

"Adrian's back with Tessa?" Selina asked.

"No, not really. It's because of the spell, like the two of you," Helene replied. "She came over to talk to Adrian about Roxie and Vince. She thinks the two of them should be pulled apart. And when I told her that that would be unwise, she told me it was none of my business and sent me on my way. That's when I got jealous and one ill-timed hand motion later, all werewolves in town lost their rational thought temporarily."

"Well, that explains why the two of them were all over each other when I tried to get the briefcase back from Roxie," Elijah said.

"Did you get it?" Selina asked.

He nodded. "I did. Vince managed to distract her long enough for me to get the case and get out with practically no trouble at all."

Selina sighed. "Maybe I should call Roxie and see if she's all right."

Klaus shook his head. "I don't think that's necessary," he said. "I think she's fine."

Vince and Roxie pulled apart from one another, breathing hard. "How long do you want to rest before we do that again?" He asked.

Roxie shrugged. "I don't need a lot of break time. What about you?"

"I think I need to get up and move around a bit," he said.

"Are you all right?" She asked. "You seem kind of upset. How can you be upset? We're back together again!"

He turned. "In a way, that's what I'm upset about!"

"Why?" Roxie asked.

He sighed. "I wanted us to wait so I could show you that some things in life were worth waiting for, you know? And now because of this, everything is wrecked."

Roxie put her head on his shoulder. "Oh, no it's not," she said. "I know how to wait for things that I want. I don't like to, but I can."

He smirked and stroked her cheek. "Oh, really? When did you wait for something?"

"A few months ago, I was shopping on the internet and I found these really adorable shoes, but the color I wanted them in, blue, was backordered," Roxie said. "I could have ordered a different color because they had like a gazillion, but the blue went with everything that I own, so I waited an extra two weeks and when they finally came, I was happy because I got exactly what I wanted, even though I had to wait. Isn't that kind of the same thing?"

Vince grinned and nodded, hugging her to him. "Not exactly, but it's a start." Then he kissed her again and moved her underneath him and they did another round on the living room sofa.

That night, after he put Lucy to bed, Elijah came back to his room and found Selina changing into her pajamas.

"Oh, don't bother with those," he said. "You're not going to need them." She turned around and grinned. "Oh, all right," she said and took them off, running to their bed and getting in. "Today was a crazy day, wasn't it?"

Elijah nodded and got in beside her. "I'm just glad you're better," he said.

Selina sighed. "Well, maybe not entirely. I mean, I'll try and be on my best behavior when your ex shows up, but I can't promise anything. Werewolf females are notoriously jealous of other women in the lives of the men they like. Although I might be all right because the jealousy thing could only apply to Nicky, I don't know. Be prepared either way and know that I am not purposely trying to misbehave. It's all due to my genetics."

He kissed her once and said, "Okay, I'll make a note of that." Then they rolled around under the covers until they were almost too tired to move anymore. Then Selina turned off the lights and they fell into a sound sleep until Elijah was abruptly awakened in the early hours of the morning by the sound of the squeaky lock on the bedroom window. Someone was trying to get in.

"Selina," he whispered, "Someone's trying to get in through the window, but I'll take care of it."

Selina sat up. "How could someone be trying to get in the window? We're on the second floor!"

"I don't know," he said. He went and stood next to window and when it opened and a dark shape tumbled into the room, he grabbed hold of it and slammed it against the wall. They heard a moan and as the shape sank to the floor, Selina managed to get a light on. They saw a pale woman with dark circles under her eyes and stringy dark hair. She gave Elijah a grin and began cackling wildly. "You never were one for subtlety, were you?" She asked. "But really, is that the way to greet your first love?"

"Oh, my god," Selina said. "Elijah, is that-?"

"Yes," Elijah sighed. "Selina, meet Mary Porter."