As Klaus and Lucy stepped into his house and Klaus shut the door behind them, Lucy said, "Thanks for getting me out of there, Daddy. It was getting to be a bit much for me." She sighed. "I know you must think I'm being ridiculous because that place was full of well-adjusted werewolves living their lives, yet they did nothing to help me. It should have been the most helpful place in the world. But it wasn't."

"Well, why don't you sit down and we can talk?" Klaus said. "I think we're long overdue for a chat, especially about things like this."

Lucy took a deep breath and nodded. "Okay," she said. "Do you want to go first or should I?"

"You should start," Klaus said. "How are you feeling right now?"

"Well," Lucy swallowed. "The truth is that I'm terrified of all of this. I don't know what it's gonna feel like, or how my life will change, if it will at all, and I just...I wasn't ready. I have no idea what the hell I've gotten myself into."

"I'm sorry," Klaus said. "But do you know who's responsible for that? Who's responsible for you not knowing?"

Lucy gave him a look. "Are you seriously gonna turn this into a tirade against Mom? Look, I know she took me away from you, but she had good reasons! She didn't want Sam and me to be separated and thought it would be awkward having a kid who wasn't yours in your house. Mom assumed you wouldn't like it. Was she wrong?"

"Well, no," Klaus admitted. "She wasn't. Not about that. But you and Sam didn't grow up together! He grew up with Damon and your mother took you to live with your Uncle Elijah where they insulated you and coddled you so that you grew up knowing nothing about your heritage. Or, as I like to think of it, The Amelia Lockwood Warren Method of child-rearing."

"What are you talking about?" Lucy asked, her eyebrows knitted.

"It's how your mother's mother raised her," Klaus said. It was obvious that he was frustrated. "Your grandmother spent her whole life being in denial of her werewolf heritage and teaching your mother nothing, which was one of the reasons why when your mother and I had your brother and sister, we made sure they knew everything there was to know about being a werewolf so there were no surprises."

"You had both Adrian and Roxie turn when they were five years old!" Lucy pointed out. "Maybe Mom didn't want that for me. You have to admit, it's not the smartest thing to do to a kid."

"Better they turn at five and have the rest of their lives to get used to their abilities than turn later in life like you and be terrified of the prospect," Klaus said. "I stand by what I did. It doesn't seem to have done Adrian or Roxanne any harm and it wouldn't have to you, either, if your mother had given me a chance to show you what you needed to know!" He paused and looked at her. "Don't you wish she'd done that?"

Lucy looked at his hopeful expression and sighed. "It would have been interesting to grow up with my actual family instead of being sent around from person to person with no real single place I called home," she said. "Not that I had a bad childhood or anything, but some consistency, at least, would have been nice. It also would have been nice to say the word 'Daddy' more often. I would have liked it. 'Uncle Elijah' just doesn't have the same ring to it." Suddenly, she sniffled. "And maybe, if I'd grown up with you, I'd be stronger than I am, you know? Rather than just being the girl who sits in the library and reads about stuff. I know I grew up to be smarter than a lot of people, but honestly, what good has that done me? What purpose does that serve?"

"There's nothing wrong with being smart, Lucy Elizabeth," Klaus said quietly."Your brother and sister used their powers for everything when they were in school. I don't think your brother picked up a book unless Helene made him cause he knew he could always compel himself the best grade. He didn't even try. But you did, and that's good. You should be proud of that. And you can learn how to cope with the werewolf life. I'm not saying it will be the easiest process, but I'll help you, all right?"

"Okay," Lucy nodded. "Where do we start?"

"You need to come to bed," Elijah said to Selina. She'd been sitting in front of the television for five straight hours, since after they'd eaten dinner, and it was just after midnight.

"Sorry," Selina said. "I can't. I can't close my eyes. Every time I do, I see...I see your father, all right? And I think he's gonna come for me and end my life or whatever. I know it's stupid, I know it's irrational, but I'm scared."

"Not going to sleep won't help anything," Elijah said. "Besides, I'll be right next to you. I'll keep you safe." He held out his hand. "Will you come with me? Please?"

Selina stared at him for a few seconds and then took his hand and let him lead her to the bedroom. He tucked her in and crawled in beside her. She tried to relax, but it was hard. Suddenly, the room began to quiver around her and shift. "Oh, my god," she whispered. Then the door opened a shadow came toward her. She shut her eyes and then opened them again when she heard the voice. "What's the matter, love? Can't you sleep?"

"Oh, my god," Selina said as she felt his lips on her neck. "Nicky, what are you doing in my bed?" She then felt a hand go down her back. "He's here to help me," Elijah's voice said. "With Father wanting your blood, we wanted to make sure you were protected." It was then that Klaus' hand moved downward and began stroking her. "Oh, my god," Selina whispered. "Someone get the lights right now!" The lights flipped on and Selina realized that she was in bed with Klaus and Elijah and that none of the three of them were wearing anything.

"What the fuck?" Selina whispered under her breath.

Klaus grinned. "Glad you're up," he said. He looked at his brother. "I told you she still had energy left in her after round one." Elijah nodded and, with a grin, stroked her breasts. "Believe me, I know, brother. There's no need to remind me."

Selina grinned. "Okay," she said. "I forget. Whose turn is it now? Who was playing with me before we took the break?"

"It's my turn," Klaus said, turning her over to face him. "Come here!"

Selina giggled. "Yes, Naughty Nicky!" She kissed him enthusiastically, then let out a shriek as they rolled around on the bed. "This is just like it used to be!" She enthused. "I really missed it!" Then they paused for a moment and Selina lifted up her head and carefully leaned forward to kiss Elijah. "I love you," she said. He grinned and replied, "I know you do. And don't worry. I'm more than happy to wait my turn."

She and Klaus rolled around for a while longer and then Selina and Elijah took their turn. By the time they they'd finished, they were all hot, tired and panting. Selina rolled onto the middle of the bed with Klaus and Elijah on either side of her. She took one of their hands in each of hers and grinned. "This is nice," she said. "I feel so safe right now. Thank you, guys. You're the best." Then, she giggled as Klaus hugged her from the front and Elijah hugged her from the back. She shut her eyes and relaxed into the mattress, feeling like she didn't have a worry in the world.

When Selina opened her eyes several hours later and saw only Elijah beside her, she shoved the covers aside and put a robe on. She fed Colin, then brought Gregory and Laura to the kitchen and fed them breakfast, then sent them to their rooms. She then began making a feast for Elijah. Hopefully, it would relax him so that he wouldn't overreact when she told him about the dream she'd had. He insisted on her telling him about stuff like that, but she didn't know why, cause it made him grumpy more often then not. She would have preferred not to tell him at all, but then she figured that he'd find out anyway and accuse her of keeping something from him, and that was a mess she'd rather avoid. When dealing with Elijah, honesty was in fact the best policy, no matter what his reaction was.

He didn't come down until after she'd made the coffee and was in the process of frying the bacon.

"Good morning," he said, putting his arms around her waist and kissing her neck. He only wore his boxers.

"Nice outfit," she said. "Lucky I gave the kids breakfast early this morning, or I think you might have some explaining to do."

Elijah grinned , his hand moving to cup her bottom. "I think they'd be all right," he said. "Considering how skimpily you dress when it's warm out. They never say a thing."

"Well, that's because with the exception of Gregory, they can hardly talk," Selina replied. "Well, I guess Laura is beginning to have a more extensive vocabulary. Want coffee?"

Elijah nodded. "Definitely. But I'll get it. You don't need to bother."

Selina watched Elijah pour a cup and as he sipped it, she decided it would be best for her to just tell him about the dream now, instead of waiting and telling him later.

"I had a dream last night," she said. "It was a good dream. I was in a threesome with you and Klaus."

Immediately, Elijah's eyes widened and he choked on his coffee, spitting a good deal of it out. As he began to cough, Selina hurried over and began whacking him repeatedly on the back.

"All right, all right, I'm better!" He said when he could talk. "Stop hitting me this minute!"

"Sorry," she said. "Are you okay?"

Elijah turned to look at her. "Don't," he said. "Just don't."

"Don't what?" Selina asked. "What am I doing?"

"Whenever you know you're in trouble, you put on this face," he said. "You hunch into yourself and your eyes get big and your lip juts out. If it's an attempt to get me to soften, it won't work."

"Will breakfast work?" She asked. "I made bacon and omelets and toast and I could even get you cereal if you wanted."

Elijah rolled his eyes. "I should have known you were trying to soften me up for something. You never put this much work into breakfast. I mean, you work hard to make it of course, always, but never without the children. What did you do with them, anyway?"

"I fed them all earlier," Selina said quietly. "I thought it would be best if it was just the two of us this morning, in light of what I had to tell you."

Elijah nodded. "And now you told me. Let's eat now, before all the food you made gets cold."

As Selina and Elijah settled uneasily at the table for breakfast, they heard a knock at the front door. As Selina got up to answer it, Elijah said, "Sit and eat. If they need to talk to us, they can come back later."

Selina shook her head. "Let's just get the door now."

She went to open the door and gave the person on the other side a little smile, then cleared her throat and tried to stay serious. "Good morning, Klaus," she said to him. "You're just in time for breakfast. Would you like some?"

Klaus grinned. "Why yes, thank you. I would love some!"

He followed Selina into the dining room and when Elijah saw him, he shot up from his chair. "What's he doing here?" He asked, his voice shaking.

"What's wrong with you?" Klaus asked. "Can't a person come and visit his brother without being questioned about his motives?"

"Oh, don't mind him," Selina said. "He's just a little sensitive because I had a very provocative dream last night and made the mistake of telling him about it."

Klaus' eyebrow went up and he grinned at his brother for a few seconds before putting his arms around Selina's waist. "Provocative, you say? Was I in it? How was I?"

"You were good," Selina said. "In fact, both of you were good. I didn't wake up unhappy."

Klaus burst out laughing. "What? Are you saying both of us were in your dream?"

Selina nodded and set down some food in front of him, which Elijah immediately snatched away. "It's alarming how easily you just give things out to whomever comes along. You don't have any standards or anything."

Selina rolled her eyes. "Well, it's an omelette, not my virginity for crying out loud! And even if it was my virginity, may I remind you that neither of you got that. It had already been gone for a long time before either of you met me. So just think about that before you go on being ridiculous and why don't we just stop and eat breakfast like civilized people?"

"Actually, when I first met you, you were still a virgin," Elijah said. "Remember that?"

"Yes, I do," Selina nodded. "But the fact of the matter is, you left, so shut up." Elijah's jaw dropped a little. "And just let me remind you," Selina continued before he could say another word, "That it's your own stupid policy for me to tell you about anything that happens to me that involves other guys I've been with. I wasn't sure if a sexy dream counted, but I told you just to cover my butt. I figured if I didn't, then you'd find out later and yell at me about keeping stuff from you. Now, if you're gonna throw a hissy fit every time I do what you asked me to do, no matter how unreasonable I think it is, then I'm not gonna tell you anything, okay? Cause honestly, what I do with my life is my business, not yours, and as long as I'm not sleeping around, which I'm not because I love you, you silly man, then you should just trust me and not treat me like I'm a person under the watchful eye of Big Brother all the time! Next thing I know, you'll buy me a chastity belt and hide the freaking key!" She sighed in exasperation. "Do you need me to reheat your food? It's probably getting cold by now."

"Well, I, well-" Elijah held up his plate.

"Oh, just give me that!" Selina snapped, snatching the plate away. "I'll be back in a minute." She left for the kitchen and once she was gone, Klaus smirked at Elijah. "Spirited girl, isn't she? In the bedroom and everywhere else." He winked.

Elijah growled and made a lunge for his brother just as Selina came back into the dining room. She grabbed the paper and began hitting him on the shoulder with it. "Hey, hey, hey!" She said. "Use your words! There's no excuse for violence!"

"He was saying things about you!" Elijah nodded in Klaus' direction.

Selina looked at Klaus. "And just what were you saying?"

Klaus shrugged. "I was merely pointing out that you're a passionate woman and somehow my brother took that the wrong way."

Selina put her hands on her hips. "Seriously? Oh, my god. I can't deal with this anymore. Can we just eat already? And I don't want to have to ask that everyone be quiet, but I will if you two can't be civil with each other." She then turned to Klaus, who was trying to sneak a gaze down the front of her lowcut nightgown. "Stop," she said. "I know what you're doing."

Klaus looked away. "Okay," he said. "Sorry."

Sighing, Selina took a seat in between the two brothers and they spent the rest of breakfast eating in tense silence.

Once Klaus left and Elijah retreated to his office in a huff, Selina decided that she had to tell someone about her dream, and knew there was only one person she could tell: Anna. She dressed, put the kids in the car and dropped them off at their babysitter before checking things at the bakery and then finally heading over to Anna and Stefan's. She parked in the driveway, then strode to the door, pouding on it. Anna opened it so suddenly that Selina fell face first onto the carpet. She scrambled to her feet and faced her friend, and when Anna opened her mouth, undoubtedly to ask why Selina had come, it all came out in a rush before Anna could say a word.

"Last night, I had this dream and once I tell you what happened, you'll probably think it was too much information, but I had a threesome with Klaus and Elijah in the dream and it was so good! Not in a slutty kind of way, but good because I was with two guys that I love and we were all getting along and for the first time in my life, I felt...I don't know...whole. That sound crazy, doesn't it? But I told them and now Elijah's in a funk and I don't know what I should do."

"How about take a breath?" Anna grinned. "Could you have talked any faster?"

Selina took a breath. "Okay," she said more slowly. "I had a dream last night where Nicky, Elijah and I were all in bed together at the same time and we were naked and it was good. I liked it. I told Elijah at breakfast and then Nicky showed up and now Elijah's upset with me. What should I do?"

"Why did you tell him about it?" Anna asked. "It's none of his business what you dream or don't dream! Now, if you actually cheated on Elijah, you'd have him and me to answer to, but I don't see what's so bad about a dream. And it's not like you're gonna actually ask Nik and Elijah to have a threesome with you. You're not that foolish."

"Exactly," Selina nodded. "I wouldn't ask them to make the dream come true, even though it would really improve my quality of existence cause then I'd have everything I ever wanted in a man, you know?"

"Really?" Anna asked. "It takes both Elijah and Nik to give you everything you ever wanted in a man?"

Selina nodded.

"But why?" Anna asked. "Elijah is so solid! And dependable! And good-looking! What could possibly be missing?"

"Well think about it!" Selina told her. "Think about why you and I first became friends. Why was that?"

"Because you were a delightfully twisted person," Anna said fondly. "We had so much fun together."

"Exactly!" Selina said. "And part of me is still the same person I was when we became friends! It's not as obvious as it once was, but...I need adventure, okay? I need to just...wake up and do whatever comes to my mind. Have freedom. And as much as I love Elijah, being with him can be constricting at times. He makes me conform to the traditional ideal of a wife and a mother and usually I'm okay with that cause I have the bakery to balance it all out, but sometimes, Elijah has to work late, or we're too tired to be with each other, and...that's when I miss Nicky and the life I had with him. I know it's selfish, but...I'm a very sexual person and occcasionally I feel like I don't get enough from Elijah. The rules, and having to wait...it drives me crazy and makes me wonder if it's really worth it. And I was so happy in the dream..." She sighed, staring happily off into space.

"Hey!" Anna snapped her fingers, causing Selina to start.

"What?" Selina asked.

"You really want me to tell you what you should do?" Anna asked.

"Yeah," Selina nodded. "That's what I came over here for."

"Okay," Anna said. "Go tell Elijah you're sorry. Even if you don't think he deserves to hear it. It will make him happy and peace will be restored. And for the moment, that should be enough for you. I know it's hard living with him. I'm his sister, I've done it. But there are good things too, right?"

"Yeah," Selina nodded.

"Think about those," Anna said. "And forget about the dream. Hopefully, it will never come back, so you won't have to be troubled by it and end up doing something really stupid that could wreck things between you and Elijah permanently. I mean, if he wasn't in your life, what would you do?"

"I'd go be with Nicky," Selina said immediately.

"Stop talking like that!" Anna said. "How many times do I have to say it? If you let yourself think like that, all you're gonna do is drive yourself insane. Things are perfect now. You and Elijah are getting along, you and Nik are on good terms, everything is perfect and it would take something pretty big to get you and Nik back together the way you want. I'm just saying."