Sean dropped Eva off at school and as she was getting out of the car, a handsome man approached them. "Excuse me," he said. "Do you know the way to the office? It's my first day of work."

"Are you a new teacher or something?" Eva asked.

"Yeah," he nodded. "British literature and Shakespeare. I'm Eric Stevens. Are you my students?"

"I am," Eva replied. "Sean's just here to drop me off. My name's Eva, by the way."

"Well, hello, Eva," Eric greeted her and shook her hand. He had green eyes, brown hair that was wavy and longish, and he spoke with an Australian accent. "Will I be seeing you in my class?"

"Not this year," Eva shook her head. "Sorry." She said goodbye to Sean and took Eric into the school building and left him at the office before heading to class. Eric signed in and headed to his classroom, but lost his way and poked his head into the first room he saw, which happened to be Vivi's. "Hello?" He said.

"Hi!" Vivi replied. "You're new. What can I do for you?"

"I lost my way to my room," Eric replied. "I feel like such an idiot, but would you mind helping me find it?"

"Sure," Vivi replied. "And I'm Vivian, by the way. Vivian Burke."

Well, nice to meet you, Vivian Burke," Eric smiled as he kissed her hand. "I'm Eric Stevens. Shakespeare and British literature."

"A man of culture!" Vivi smiled. "How nice. Now, what's your room number?"

He gave it to her and she led him to a room that was some distance away from where he'd been in the foreign language wing. "Thanks for your help," he said when she dropped him off. "I'm sorry if this is a bit forward, but…can I thank you by getting you a drink later?"

Vivi smiled. "Only if you tell me your honest opinion of Romeo and Juliet as we do it."

Eric smiled. "That shouldn't be a problem. I have a definite opinion on that."

"Good," Vivi smiled. "See you after school then."

"Yeah," Eric nodded and waved. "See you then."

"Did you help the new guy?" Eva asked when she came back after school to wash her clothes. "He seems nice."

"Yeah, I know!" Vivi nodded enthusiastically as she put a pair of earrings on to finish out her date outfit, which consisted of white kitten heels, a purple blouse, and a black skirt. "I'm meeting him for drinks in a few minutes. We're going to talk about Shakespeare!"

"Oh, I bet you'll enjoy that," Eva replied, using her powers to sort out her laundry and then putting the first load in the washer.

"Why'd you come here to do your laundry?" Vivi asked. "Can't you do it at Sean's?"

"He doesn't have a machine," Eva replied. "He just uses his magic."

Vivi was silent for a moment and then, came over to refold some of Eva's clothes that hadn't quite folded correctly. "You know, if you have concerns about me dating, you can say so," she told her daughter."

"Thanks, but…I'm fine," Eva replied. "I understand that you need to see other people for a little bit before you can go back to Dad. It doesn't bother me."

"I hope you don't think this means I hate your dad or something," Vivi continued. "Cause it doesn't."

"I know," Eva nodded. "I'm not worried about you and Dad at all. But if you and Eric decide to get married or something, would you let me know ahead of time? Please?"

"I don't think we're gonna get married," Vivi reassured her. "But if that ever comes up, I promise I'll let you know."

Keeping what Eva had requested in mind, Vivi went to meet Eric with a plan to tell him that their relationship would only be something casual, and that it couldn't go any farther. But to her surprise and relief, he beat her to it.

"Before we go any farther," he told her after the server brought their drinks. "Can I just request that whatever happens between us, it stays casual? I just got through a bad divorce and I have a habit of jumping into things too quickly.

"Oh, that is definitely not a problem," Vivi assured him. "I was just going to tell you that I wanted to keep things casual too, seeing as I'm married and all. My husband and I are just having some issues."

"I won't have to worry about him hunting me down, will I?"

"No," Vivi shook her head. "But could you just humor me and answer a really weird question?"

"Sure," Eric nodded. "Okay."

"You're an actual person, right?" Vivi asked. "You know, with your own thoughts and memories and stuff? You're not just my husband masquerading as someone else? Cause that's what happened last time I thought I had a boyfriend."

"I promise I know nothing of your husband," Eric assured her. He then let her do some magic that would show her any spells that were on him and he came out clean.

"Well, that's a relief," Vivi said and let out a breath before having some of her drink. "I can finally enjoy myself."

"I'm glad," Eric told her. "Now, regarding that conversation about Romeo and Juliet…where did you want to start?"

"Does your father know your mother is on a date tonight?" Sean asked Eva as they cuddled in front of the TV.

"Not specifically, no," Eva shook her head. "And I didn't see a reason to tell him. He's a grown man after all, and he's well aware of the whole reason why Mom separated from him, so I bet he knows she's gonna date at some point. No use rubbing it in his face and making him worry. I think after what Mom did to him when he revealed himself as Tom is gonna make him stay out of her business from now on."

"Well, I should hope so," Sean replied. "What he did was wrong."

"I know," Eva nodded. "But I can sort of see where he's coming from. Mom's the only woman he's ever been with. It could be scary thinking about her leaving."

"Are you scared about her leaving?" Sean asked as he gave her a hug.

"Not really," Eva shook her head. Then she said, "Okay, maybe I am just a little bit. Cause if Mom does leave, I wouldn't blame her. But can you honestly see me calling any other guy 'Daddy'?"

"It's a little disconcerting at first, but you get used to it after a while," Sean assured her. "But I honestly think you have nothing to worry about."

"I don't think I do either," Eva admitted. "But I want to mentally prepare myself, just in case."

Sean hugged her. "I know you do," he said. "And I'll be here for you, whatever happens."

A few days later, they were brought out of their cocoon of togetherness when Liam and Mary decided to pay them a visit.

"I know we haven't seen a lot of each other since I got back, but…I wanted to make sure you knew I was okay," Mary said as she hugged her brother.

"That's very considerate of you," Sean replied. "You don't know how glad I am that you're home safe."

"Are we interrupting anything?" Liam wanted to know. "I know we just came over without calling or anything."

"No, come right on in," Sean said. "It's probably good for Eva and me to have a visitor every once in a while so we don't get too wrapped up in ourselves. What do you want to do?"

"Sean let me put a pool in the back if you wanna go swimming!" Eva called.

"No, thanks!" Mary called back. "Maybe some time later, though."

"All right," Eva yelled. "Whatever you say!" She then zipped in to hug her cousin. "What's going on with you?" She asked.

"Actually, we're going to see Astrid soon to ask her to give me my powers back now that the curse is gone," Mary replied. She looked at her brother. "I've asked everyone else. What do you think?"

"I think you should do it!" Eva replied before Sean had a chance to speak. "Then we can all have powers together and it will be fun! You'll be just like the rest of the family!"

"If it's something you want to do, I think you should do it," Sean told her. "Even though you'll need training to learn how to control your powers, of course."

"Yeah," Mary replied. "Mom, Dad, and I have talked about that and Dad says he'll teach me when he's not at school."

"Good," Sean nodded. "If you need anything from me, you just let me know."

"I will," Mary replied and took his hand. "Don't worry." She then put her arms around him and gave him a hug. "Thanks."

"You're welcome," Sean told her.

"What do you say we lighten up the mood a bit?" Eva said in her usual blunt manner. "Too much emotion going on here."

"Well, what would you rather do instead?" Liam asked her.

"I don't know," Eva shook her head. "Maybe we can go outside."

"Looks like your little puppy needs to run around," Liam smiled at Sean.

"Yeah…" Sean ruffled Eva's hair. "She has been cooped up inside all day. Wanna come for a walk with us?"

"Sure," Liam and Mary replied, grabbing each other's hands. "Let's go."

"What do you think your family thinks of me?" Sean asked Eva a few days later. Liam and Mary's visit made him realize that they socialized with his family more than hers and he wanted to change that. "I mean, I know your parents put up with me, but what about the others?"

Eva shrugged. "I don't know. You haven't met very many of them, have you? Do you want to?"

"I think that would be a good idea," Sean nodded. "Don't you?"

"Yeah, I guess," Eva agreed. "So…where do you want to start?"

"I've already met your mother's father once," Sean pointed out. "And from what I remember, it went reasonably well. Let's start with him."

"That's a good idea," Eva said. "And Grandma Amy's a witch, so you'll have an ally there." She called Amy and asked if she and Sean could come visit.

"You know, it's funny that you called right now," Amy told her. "Your dad has an old friend of his over, and he was just saying that he wanted you to meet him. So yeah, you and Sean come right over."

"All right," Eva replied, a bit nervous about Sean's reaction to this unknown friend of her grandfather's. But she warned Sean ahead of time and then they got in the car and headed over to Klaus and Amy's where they found Klaus in the living room talking to a man and a woman Eva had never seen before.

"Hi," she said, sitting down next to the woman who had the same features as herself. "I'm Eva. What's your name?"

"I'm Felicity," she replied. "I'm here to visit my grandfather. What about you?"

"Hey, me too!" Eva smiled, and then gestured at Sean who was standing in the corner before she got up and pulled him over to join them. "This is Sean. He's my boyfriend."

"This is Stefan," Felicity said, gesturing at the handsome brown-haired guy who was deep in conversation with Klaus. "He's the guy I've been with for the last million years. But I wouldn't call him my boyfriend."

Finally, Klaus and Stefan stopped talking. "Well, look who's here!" Klaus announced.

"Grandma Amy said we could come over," Eva told him. "You remember Sean, right?"

"You're a warlock, aren't you?" Klaus asked him.

"Yes," Sean nodded. "I am. And don't worry. I really love your granddaughter."

"I remember," Klaus nodded and gave him a smile. "Don't worry." He then looked at Eva and said, "Felicity here is one of my grandchildren from when I was married to your aunt Selina. And Stefan and I met in the 1920s when he and my sister were a couple. He was quite the dark soul back then."

"I still am," Stefan replied.

"Ah," Eva nodded. "Okay. So he's the friend Grandma talked about. Good."

"My parents really screwed me up," Felicity added. "I mean, things are good now, but for a bit, it was…bad. Like, really, really bad. But that's all I'm gonna say, cause it's not something I like to think about."

"My mom just went on a date with another guy the other day," Eva said. "I was born when she and Dad were sixteen, so they didn't really date all that much, and now she wants to."

"Are you sure this is one of your grandkids?" Stefan asked Klaus while looking at Eva. "She seems a bit...calm."

"Her parents are my daughter and Mikael's son," Klaus got out. "You're just lucky enough to see her on a calm day."

"I resent this conversation!" Eva cried. "You're acting like I'm some big scary monster!"

"You've had your moments," Klaus reminded her and then turned back to Stefan with a smile. "When she was little, Mikael made her angry cause he wouldn't play tea party with her, so she used her magic to force a bunch of the tea into his throat and he choked…for a very long time." He sighed wistfully. "She would have been so useful when you and I first met, Stefan."

"Are you serious about her being capable of actually harming Mikael?" Stefan wanted to know. He was looking at Eva with interest now.

"Oh, yes," Klaus nodded. "Granted, she doesn't do it anymore cause she's matured, but you would have gotten a kick out of seeing her as a child."

"If she was anything like Lissy here, I don't know," Stefan said dryly.

"I wasn't so bad, considering the circumstances!" Felicity countered. "If you're talking about the time when I was a kid and I had that spell put on me to make me older, you need to let that go."

"It's kind of hard to," Stefan shot back. "One minute, I'm kissing a teenager, the next, you're seven years old! Who the hell does that to a person?"

"I do," Felicity smiled. "And that's why you like me. Cause I do stuff like that."

"Do you hunt?" Stefan asked Eva.

"I haven't had a lot of experience cause Mom is kind of against it, but I've done it with Dad sometimes," Eva told him. "Why? You wanna go? As long as we don't eat animals, I'm good with that."

"Oh, we won't," Stefan assured her. "Don't worry."

"Good," Eva nodded. "Let's go." The four of them headed out and they were nearly to the door before Amy said, "Are you all going hunting?"

"Yeah, we are," Stefan nodded. "Are you going to give us a lecture before we go about how we shouldn't?"

"No," Amy replied patiently. "I just want to remind Eva to be careful about covering her tracks. The rest of you…I know saying stuff like that is pointless."

She then looked at Sean, who was still sitting alone on the sofa. "Are you staying here?"

"Yeah, I think I will," he nodded. "You wouldn't happen to have some coffee around, would you?"

"Sure," Amy nodded as she watched the gang head out. "I'll make up a fresh pot."

"Thank you," Sean nodded. "It's nice to know I have someone to talk to while Eva's off doing what she does."

"I completely understand," Amy replied. "You worry, but you know you just have to let them go and hope they'll come back without having made any really big mistakes."

Eventually, the coffee got done and Amy brought out a try. "I'll let you put in it what you want," she told him.

"Thanks," Sean said and picked up the cream. "Eva and I came here, cause I wanted to get to know her family more. You're a good person to start with."

"I'm glad Eva's got you," Amy smiled at him. "She needs a calming influence and you seem to have a good head on your shoulders."

"I just hope it can do some good," Sean told her. "Have you been able to influence Klaus? I want to know what my chances are."

"I haven't made any big progress," Amy admitted. "But at least he's willing to act in a somewhat decent way cause he knows it makes me happy."

"That's all I'm hoping for with Eva too," Sean admitted. "Cause around me, she's not really dangerous. She's just goofy."

"Well, lucky for us, she seems to have inherited the ability to be very loving," Amy told him. "Very loving and very loyal just like Klaus. And even though it can be trying sometimes, knowing that we're so loved makes it worth it, doesn't it?"

"Yeah," Sean nodded after taking another sip of coffee. "It does."