Selina went into her room and found Laura taking shirts and pants out of her dresser drawers and carrying them out the door. "Where are you going?" She asked. "You have to ask Mommy before you can play dress up with her clothes!"

Laura just looked at her and burst into giggles. She continued walking toward Klaus' bedroom with the bundle of clothes and when she reached it, he was standing by the door. He took the pile from her and said, "Okay, darling. Now keep bringing me your mother's clothes until there aren't any left in her dresser."

"Okay!" Laura nodded and scampered off. Then, Klaus noticed Selina standing there in the hallway with her arms crossed. "Hello, love," he said without a hint of shame. "What brings you by my room?"

"I saw that Laura had some of my clothes and I wanted to see where she was taking them," Selina told him. "Nicky, what are you doing?"

"Well," he answered, "With Laura's help, I'm moving your things into my room. I figured that since you kissed me and let me touch you that it was about time."

"But I didn't agree to this!" Selina protested. "You might have at least asked me first."

"Why?" Klaus asked. "You would have said 'no'."

"I might not have!" She replied. "If you discussed it with me. Look, I know I'm not exactly in the position to play the grieving widow anymore, but..." She trailed off, not knowing what else to say.

"Don't you think it's time you moved in with me?" He asked her. "Come on. In your heart of hearts, you know it is." He grinned.

Selina shrugged. "Yeah, okay. What the hell. I'll move in with you. But I will not be sleeping with you. Just let me make that clear right now. We will be in the same bed, but we will not be having sex."

"Of course," Klaus inclined his head slightly. "Whatever you say, love."

Selina nodded. "And don't you forget it!"

Selina let Laura help her make brownies that day, including working the mixer. That was a mistake. Laura was delighted with how the mixers twirled and at one point she pulled them out to watch them spin, causing batter to go all over the kitchen and all over Laura and Selina.

"Oh, god!" Selina's mouth twisted as she looked down at herself.

"Sorry, Mommy," Laura said quietly. She then scampered out of the kitchen before Selina could say anything. Then, Selina went out of the kitchen herself and found Alistair, who'd taken possession of Elijah's office.

"What happened to you?" He asked when he saw her.

"Accident with the mixer while I was making brownies," Selina explained. "I'm gonna go clean myself off. Could you listen in case anyone needs anything?"

"Sure," Alistair nodded. "You go and wash up. You're a mess!"

Selina nodded and ran to the bathroom in her and Klaus' room, turning the shower on and stripping off her clothes.

Shortly after that, Klaus got back from the library. He'd gotten some books on tape for Lissy. He brought them into her room and checked his watch. It was time to feed her. He picked her up from her crib and gave her a bottle, but as he was burping her, she threw up all over his shirt. With a groan, he resolutely finished burping her and then put her back in her crib, before going to his and Selina's room to explain to her what had happened. He heard the shower running and grinned to himself. He stripped off his clothes and then took them into the bathroom, where he stood outside the shower until the water turned off. Then, he dropped his clothes to the floor so that all of him was visible. When Selina opened the shower door, she started. "Oh, my god!" She said, covering up her eyes before moving them a bit and looking at his naked form through a crack between her fingers. Finally, she put her hands down. "What brings you here?" She asked. "Did you want to surprise me when I got out of the shower, you sexy man?"

He grinned. "Maybe," he said and kissed her. "You could think that. It would be much more romantic than the truth, which is that Lissy threw up all over me and I wonder if you'd be kind enough to wash my clothes?"

"You poor guy," Selina said. "I bet that was unpleasant, but anything that gets you out of your clothes is all right with me." She kissed him again and he pulled her closer. The kiss deepened until Selina finally had the sense to pull away. "I think it's about time we stop that since we're both naked," she said. "Let me get my robe on and you can give me your clothes so I can throw them in the washing machine."

"Okay," Klaus replied, giving her a puppy dog face.

"Oh, come on!" Selina said. "What's that face for? I've moved in with you, remember? You'll see me tonight!"

"Will you be naked?" Klaus asked.

"Not the whole time, but for a little while I will," Selina replied. She headed into the bedroom and put on a robe. Klaus followed her. Selina felt him behind her and she turned. "Can I help you?" She asked.

"No," Klaus shook his head. "But this is my bedroom too, remember? And you're standing in front of the dresser."

Selina looked down. "Oh, sorry!" She said and moved away.

Just then they heard a voice call out, "Mom! Are you here?"

Klaus and Selina looked at each other.

"Oh, my god," Selina said.

"Roxanne," they whispered at the same time.

"What are we gonna do?" Selina asked. "It's too early for her to find out about us!"

"I don't think so," Klaus said. He dressed quickly and left while Selina gathered up Klaus' laundry and slapped a hand to her forehead. This was gonna be interesting.

"Roxanne!" Klaus said jovially as he approached the front door where Roxie stood carrying Joey with one arm and holding onto Addie's hand with her other.

"Daddy?" Roxie frowned. "What are you doing here? I wasn't expecting to see you?"

"Why not?" Klaus asked. "Of course your mother and I are gonna plan your birthday party together." He looked at Joey. "Well, hello, there," he said with a grin. Joey just gazed at him for a second and then turned his head to bury his face in Roxie's shoulder.

"Was it something I said?" Klaus asked.

"He's shy," Addie explained. "And quiet."

"Oh," Klaus nodded and picked her up. "Just like you, right?"

"No," Addie shook her head. "I'm not quiet! I'm loud!"

Klaus grinned. "You certainly are, my dear.

Addie lifted her arms and Klaus picked her up. They went into the living room and sat down.

"So," Roxie asked Klaus, "What are you doing at Mom's?"

"I might as well tell you the truth," he said. "I've had to move in temporarily."

"Why?" Roxie asked. "You doing something to your house that makes it uninhabitable temporarily?"

"No, not exactly," Klaus shook his head. "Your brother and Helene have been sparring verbally over how to raise Felicity and Helene. He wanted them to know more about their vampire and werewolf sides and Helene nixed that cause she thought it would scar them for life or some nonsense like that. Anyway, One night a short time ago, he brought me Felicity and asked me to raise her because he thought that was the only way she'd have a balanced upbringing."

"Wait," Roxie said, blinking repeatedly. "Adrian asked you to raise Felicity? Is she here right now?"

"Yes," Klaus nodded. "And I thought that it wouldn't hurt to have your mother's childcare expertise, so that's why I brought Felicity here. It's a lot easier to move myself into her house than to have her move all the kids to my house."

"I can't believe Adrian did that to Helene," Roxie said. "First he left her and now this? I bet she was pissed."

"Indeed," Klaus nodded. "Mad enough to turn him into a bunny rabbit. Naturally, that made him unable to care for her. Helene tried to come here and take Felicity back, but when she did, we all discovered that Felicity wasn't receiving the best care under Helene's watch, so we took her back and now Alistair and Astrid are figuring out how to deal with their daughter."

"Wow," Roxie sucked in her breath. "Bad time for everyone. Is Mom here?"

"Yeah," Selina said, coming into the living room. She was now fully dressed. She sat down and looked at her daughter. "So," she said, "What is it you want to do for your birthday? It's almost that time. Can we get you anything for a present?"

Roxie looked back and forth between Klaus and Selina. "Are you two together?"

"No!" Selina shook her head. "We're just two people sharing a house and raising our kids together."

Roxie cocked her head. "Really? Mom, you can tell me the truth. I'm not stupid."

"Fine," Selina said. "Your father was sneaky and moved my stuff into his room today. But that doesn't mean anything's gonna happen."

Roxie's eyes widened and she looked at her father. "The two of you are sleeping together? That's the best birthday present ever!"

"You know," Selina said, "I have to say, Roxanne, that I'm a little concerned about how you're so invested in your father's and my relationship."

"Why?" Roxie looked offended. "Is it wrong for me to want my parents back together? I never thought you should have gotten divorced."

"Yes, we should have!" Selina said. "We were totally dysfunctional when we divorced. It was the right thing to do at the time. So, to change the subject: Roxanne, what would you like for your birthday?"

Roxie shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe dinner and a cake and for you two to come together."

Selina nodded. "That's doable. I can whip up something for you easily."

Roxie grinned. "Thanks!"

Just then, Laura came into the living room. "Okay, Uncle Klaus!" She said brightly. "I got all of Mommy's clothes into your bedroom!"

Selina stood up. "Just a minute," she said and ran to her room to see what Laura had done with the stuff from her closet and hang it up so it wouldn't wrinkle more than it probably had.

When she got back, she walked straight into a fight between Addie and Laura. Roxie was trying to pull Addie off Laura, who was pushing, pinching and scratching with ferocity.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Selina said, pulling her daughter off. "That's enough, Laura Christina. Go sit in your time out chair!"

"But Mommy-" Laura began.

"No buts!" Selina said sharply. "I don't care what you think Addie did to you. We don't hurt people, especially if they're our family members. We talk to them like reasonable people."

Laura watched as Klaus pulled a sobbing, wounded Addie into his lap. Then, big tears fell from Laura's eyes and she turned and ran off toward her room.

The living room lapsed into silence for a few minutes and then Selina and Klaus looked over Addie.

"She'll be all right," Klaus told Roxie afterward. "Just some scratches and bumps is all."

"What does that girl have against Addie anyway?" Roxie asked, cuddling a sobbing Joey to her and trying to calm him. He seemed to have been frightened by the fight. "Every time they're in the same room, she's always picking a fight!"

"I'm sure there's a reason for it," Selina assured Roxie. "Laura doesn't act out most of the time."

Roxie sighed. "I think we'll go home. If I think of anything else I want for my birthday, I'll give you a call."

"All right," Selina nodded. She got up and followed Roxie to the door. "I'll see you on your birthday, if not before. And I'm very sorry about Laura. I don't know what's gotten into her."

"It's okay, I guess," Roxie said. "It's not like Addie won't heal. I just don't like watching her get hurt."

"Well, no mother does," Selina assured her. "Your worrying just proves you love her."

Roxie nodded and she led her twins out of the house and to her car. Selina waited about five minutes more, then she said to Klaus, "I think I'll go talk to Laura."

"No," Klaus said. "How about I talk to Laura? Because it was clearly something I did that set her off and I want to make it right."

Selina nodded. "Okay," she said. "You talk to her. I'll stand outside the door and listen."

With the plan in place, they walked down the hall to Laura's bedroom door, which was just slightly ajar.

"Laura," he said. "Can I come in?"

"Is my time out over?" Laura called. Her nose sounded stuffy. She must've been crying.

"I want to talk to you about what happened between you and Addison," Klaus said.

"Okay," Laura said. "Come in."

He went inside, still leaving the door open for Selina to hear, and sat down next to Laura, whose nose was red and face was wet. "So," he said. "What happened? Why did you hurt Addie?"

"Cause she was hugging you," Laura said. "She was sitting on your lap. I do that!"

"You could have asked to sit on my lap and I would have let you," Klaus said. "Then nobody would have had to get hurt."

"It's not fair!" Laura burst out, starting to sob again. "She has her own daddy at home. Why does she have to take mine?!"

"But I'm not your daddy, pet," Klaus said. "Your daddy is somewhere else."

Laura nodded. "I know. But I miss my daddy a lot and when it's just you and me, I can make you be my pretend daddy. But when Addie is here and you're paying attention to her, I can't. I don't like having to share."

"But you had to share your father with your brothers," Klaus reminded her. "How is sharing me with Addie any different?"

"Because Colin and Gregory are boys," Laura explained. "Since I was the only girl, I was special. When you're with Addie, I don't feel special."

"Come here," Klaus said. He took her in his lap and put his arms around her. "You're very special to me," he said. "You're my partner in crime. I wouldn't have gotten your mother's things into my room if you hadn't helped me."

At that, Laura grinned. "When Mommy saw, her face was funny!"

Just then, the door opened and they saw Selina with tears threatening to fall out of her eyes. "Oh, Laura, I am so sorry!" She said, hugging her. "You've been doing so well, it never occurred to me that you missed your daddy that much. It's my fault. I should have talked to you about it before you got worked up enough to hurt Addie."

"Do you miss Daddy too?" Laura asked her.

She nodded. "Of course I miss him too. Every day."

"When is he gonna come back?" Laura asked.

Selina shrugged. "I don't know, sweetie. I don't know."

That night, after putting on her pajamas and brushing her teeth in one of the other bathrooms just so she had time to mentally prepare herself, Selina took a deep breath and went into Klaus' bedroom.

"Good evening," he said from the bed. He was wearing his boxers, but Selina could tell he was just itching to remove them.

"Good evening," Selina said, climbing in bed next to him. "Crazy day, wasn't it?"

"Yes," Klaus nodded. He looked down at her attire, which was a pair of pink pajamas with white bunnies on them. "Look," he grinned. "You have little Adrians all over your nightclothes."

Selina and Klaus looked at one another for a moment and then simultaneously burst out laughing.

"What are we laughing for?" Selina asked, trying to become sober after a few seconds. "That's a horrible thing to joke about!" But she couldn't stay serious and ended up cracking a smile almost immediately.

"Come on," Klaus said, leaning forward so that they were almost nose to nose. "It's a little funny."

"Well, okay," Selina agreed. "But just a little."

Klaus tilted his face so his and Selina's lips were touching and soon they were kissing deeply. He lay her back against the bed, his lips blazing a trail down her neck. Suddenly, she felt his fingers slip under the waistband of her pajama pants.

"Wait!" Selina said, abruptly pulling out of the kiss. "What are you doing?"

"I was just checking to see if you were wearing panties," he said. "Are you? Please say 'no'."

"Yes," She nodded. "I can't believe you still have it in you to do something like that! I'm wearing pink pajamas with bunnies on them for crying out loud. How is that a turn on for you?"

"Truthfully," Klaus said, kissing her again. "I've completely stopped paying attention to them. I've just been pretending you're wearing nothing at all."

Selina sighed as his fingers crept deftly under her pajama top. "Of course you are," she said, her arms going around his neck as she kissed him again. "Oh, Nicky, I missed this!"

He whispered in her ear. "I could show you what you've missed even more if you let me take your pants off at least."

"No," Selina shook her head. "Not now, at least. Be patient. The time will come."

Klaus let her go and grinned down at her. "You are a wicked tease, you know that?"

Selina grinned back. "It's the thrill of the chase, Nicky. I'm just trying to keep things interesting for you."