Eva and Sean both woke up around the same time and she snuggled against him. "Was your first time as good as mine was last night?" She asked. "I mean, I'm not stupid enough to think that I'm your first the way you are for me."
"Oh, my god," Sean cried. "I'm so sorry! I had no idea that last night was your first time. If I had known, I would have been much gentler!"
"Relax, would you?" Eva asked, reaching up to push some hair out of his eyes. "Did you hear me complaining at all?"
"Well, no," Sean replied. "But I just want to make it clear that I'm not usually so…violent and stuff when I take a woman to bed."
"What a shame," Eva replied and hugged him. "Cause I really enjoyed myself."
"How upset will your parents be when they find out about this?" He asked her. "Do they already suspect something?"
"Oh, please," Eva said. "I'm the same age they were when they had me. It would be hypocritical of them to be mad, wouldn't it?" She paused. "And besides, they have much bigger things to worry about besides me. That's why they pretty much let me roam around how I want and keep my own hours."
"What's going on?" Sean asked. "If it's not too personal."
"Oh, it's just typical stuff," Eva said with a shrug. "My parents have been together for a real long time. They were my age when I was born, and I think, after so many years, things start to change, you know? Mom's always worked and now she has a job as a French teacher at my school. Between that and the tutoring she does, she's not home much, which is making Daddy feel neglected." She sighed. "He's even started drinking."
"Oh, Eva, I'm so sorry," Sean apologized and took her in his arms. "I had no idea."
"Yeah, well, it's nice to know someone cares," she said. She looked at the clock and got out of bed. "I better get dressed and go home. Mom and Dad are probably wondering where I am, cause when I left last night, I didn't exactly leave a note."
"Well, if you ever need to come back here, for any reason," Sean told her, "my door is open for you."
"Aren't you sweet?" Eva smiled. "I'll probably take you up on that offer more frequently than you think, so be prepared." She zapped her clothes on, smiled at him, and then ran to smooch him one more time.
"Goodbye," she said after. "See you later."
"Goodbye," Sean replied. "You take care of yourself, all right?"
"Okay," Eva promised. "I will." She then zapped herself home, hoping that it would be one of those rare times when her parents weren't fighting and they could all just get along.
"Can you and I talk?" Vivi asked Eva as her daughter walked through the door.
"What?" Eva asked, starting cause her mother had seemed to appear out of nowhere. "What's wrong? Is it Dad? Do you have to leave him? What's he done?"
"It's not that," Vivi said. "It's about you. Now, I won't ask this question with judgment, but…have you ever had sex? I trust you to make intelligent and informed decisions about your body, and we both know about my own sexual history, but…I need to ask. It will ease my mind so much."
"Yeah, Sean I did," Eva nodded. "Last night, in fact. That's why I just got home. And I take my pills every morning, so I was covered."
Vivi had to smile at that. "So you finally wore him down, huh?"
"He invited me," Eva replied. "I sneaked into his pool last night, he caught me, and then he invited me inside to warm up, which led to, well…you know."
"Well, good," Vivi replied. "He's a pretty good choice, as far as men go."
"Will Dad be as easy-going about this as you are?" Eva wanted to know.
"I have no idea," Vivi replied. "Which is why I'll tell him."
"No, I will," Eva replied quickly. "He's already mad enough at you over nothing. Let's not give him more ammunition."
"Well, all right," Vivi sighed. "If you insist."
Just then, King appeared and strode purposefully toward his wife and daughter, his face pinched and his eyes dark. "Well, look who finally decided to come home!" He barked at Vivi. "It's a miracle you still know you live here!"
"Of course I know I live here, you ass!" Vivi yelled back. "I was spending the night at my sister's. I told you that! It's not my fault you don't listen!"
"Well, you keep pulling shit like this and I'll give you a reason not to come back for real!" King cried. "I don't have to put up with this, you know."
"Fine, then don't!" Vivi shouted back. "Go ahead and leave! Stay with your parents! The knowledge that you and I split up will probably make your father's day!"
"Why?" King cried. "So you can invite that guy you're cheating on me with to take my place in our bed?!"
"I have no such person, although I'm damn close to finding one!" Vivi told him. "And I already know you did. Roxie told me. You got past the bouncers at the cause of me and then you took another woman up to one of the rooms with you."
"Damn her!" King cried. "I knew she wouldn't be able to keep her damn mouth shut. I knew I shouldn't have gone there. What was I thinking?"
"Oh, my god!" Eva cried, stepping in between them. "Now I'm reminded of why I never come home! Because the two of you are fucking impossible and you can't go one damn day without yelling at each other. Sean offered me a place to stay at his house when we woke up this morning and after experiencing the two of you again, I'm damn close to taking him up on it."
The impact of her words changed her parents' demeanor immediately. King's expression shifted from anger to shock, and Vivi took the chance to run out of the house and take a bat to King's car, beating it to pieces and breaking windows. King swore, then led Eva over to a sofa and asked, "What do you mean you woke up at Sean's this morning?"
"Please don't take this the wrong way," Eva replied. "But Daddy…Sean and I had sex last night." She then grabbed a pillow and shielded her face cause she feared his response (although he'd never actually hit her before). But to her surprise, nothing happened, and when she lowered the pillow, she was surprised to see that her father just looked sad. He took her in his arms and brushed her hair out of her eyes before placing a gentle kiss on her forehead. She was relieved that for the first time in a while, she didn't smell any alcohol on his breath.
"I don't blame you for not coming home very often," he told her. "With what your mother and I are going through right now, things aren't exactly pleasant around here."
"Well, that's something you can decide," Eva pointed out. "Daddy, why the hell did you cheat on Mom?"
"Why not?" King replied. "She's probably got a whole army of lovers at school. Why else would she work so much? If I had any value to her, she'd actually spend time with me, wouldn't she?"
"You know, maybe if you told her how you felt instead of cheating on her, things wouldn't be so unpleasant between the two of you," Eva pointed out. "Do you understand?"
"In theory, yes," King nodded. "But in practice, not so much." He sighed. "We've basically turned into our fathers now."
"I hope it won't be forever," Eva sniffed. "I hope the two of you will make up."
"We'll see," King said. "I want that too, but with the way we butt heads, who knows?" He paused. "Now, about you waking up in bed with Sean this morning…"
"Don't be mad, Daddy!" Eva said quickly. "We used protection and I love him and he loves me, and he's a really, really good guy. And just because I have a guy I like, it doesn't mean I love you any less."
"Thank you," King told her. "I needed to hear that. Things are just being changed right and left, aren't they? Your mom and I are having problems, you're getting to have a life of your own and don't need me to mind you for hours on end while your mother works…I need to find myself a hobby."
"Other than women who aren't Mom, please," Eva requested. "What about golf? A lot of men like golf."
"All right," he promised her. "I'll try."
"Thank you," Eva nodded.
"You wanna come outside with me and see the damage your mother did to my car?" King asked.
"Sure," Eva nodded and took his hand as they headed outside. "I'll even fix it if you want."
"What did King do to you?" Klaus asked as he embraced a crying Vivi. "I'll smash that bastard's skull in!"
"No, you won't!" Amy said firmly. "You already gave Rosalie terrible advice about how to deal with Aaron and she took it."
"Well, good for her," Klaus nodded. "It's nice to know at least one person is listening to me in this house."
"It's not so bad," Vivi said and sat up. "He hasn't hit me or anything, but…Roxie told me he cheated cause he thinks I did."
"Why would he think that?" Amy asked.
"Cause I've been having to work a lot," Vivi replied. "I just started my job as French teacher at Eva's school and it's taken time to get stuff set up."
"And when you explained that to King, what did he do?" Amy asked.
"He...he didn't believe me," Vivi replied. "I've never given him a reason not to trust me the whole time we've been together and he still does." She paused and looked at Amy. "You think I should run away to Europe for a few years like you did when I was a baby?"
"Do you honestly think that would help?" Amy asked.
"No," Vivi shook her head. "It will probably just make things worse."
"And we don't like worse," Amy said and locked eyes with Klaus. "Worse is bad."
"Yeah, so why don't you just stay here tonight, and then you and King can sort things out in the morning?" Klaus added.
"I don't know willing he'll be to fix things," Vivi replied. "I sorta got mad and took a baseball bat to his car. Uncle Kol would be so proud of me."
"Oh, I'm sure he would be," Klaus said with a smirk. "Need some help getting settled into your room?"
"Sure," Vivi nodded as she took Klaus' hand and led him to her old room. "I would love that."