"You can go away on your trip," Eva told Sean as she watched him pack to go be with his family and help them deal with the news of his cousin Kai's permanent incarceration. "I don't know why you're so worried. Don't you trust me?"

"I want to," Sean said firmly. "Can I trust you?"

"Of course!" Eva nodded.

"What will you be doing while I'm gone?" Sean asked. "I want exact details."

"Well I don't know if I can give you those," Eva said and gave a bounce on the mattress. "You know I'm not a planner. That's your job!"

"So you have no idea what you're doing," Sean sighed. "Any guests? No having wild parties while I'm gone."

"I agreed to watch Victoria again, so she's gonna come and stay, but that's it!" Eva assured him. "And really, how much trouble can a twelve-year-old get into?"

"With you egging her on? A lot," Sean replied dryly, even though he ruffled her hair and kissed her anyway.

"How long will you be gone?" Eva wanted to know. "A long time? If it's a long time, could you come back at some point and bring me with you?"

"You still want to meet my family after your encounter with my aunt?" Sean asked in surprise. "Now may not be the best time, but if you're still feeling brave enough later, I'll be sure to bring you to meet them."

"Well, Mary's your family too, and she's not all bad," Eva reminded him. "Give them some credit. And besides, think about my family. After them, I can pretty much handle anything."

"You have a point," Sean agreed. "Now, I'll probably be gone when you wake up tomorrow, so I'm going to be saying goodbye tonight. And I promise to call you every so often so you'll know I'm not dead."

"Do you remember how to use your phone?" Eva asked. "Do you need me to tell you how it works again?"

"No," Sean replied and held up a folded piece of paper he took from his pocket. "I still have your list of instructions and I promise not to lose them."

"All right, good," Eva nodded. "I hope…I hope you enjoy yourself while you're gone. Or whatever you usually feel like when you spend time with your family."

"Thank you," Sean replied. "It's gonna be a giant soap opera like usual, which means I'll try and get back as fast as I can, but I just don't know how long that will be."

"Well, however long it takes, I can wait," Eva replied. "But be warned that I'll probably be very excited to see you when I get back."

"That's duly noted," Sean smiled. "And you have a good time with Victoria, all right? Just keep the house in one piece and I'll be happy."

"All right," Eva promised and gave him one more long squeeze. "I will."

The rest of the next day saw Eva in a perpetual state of lonely boredom. She was one of those people who didn't really know what to do with themselves when they were alone, so when at last, she heard the ring of the doorbell, she responded to it eagerly, and Victoria was very surprised to be hugged by her.

"What's going on with you?" Eva's dark-haired, dark eyed cousin asked her as she and her father Declan entered the house. "I mean, not that I'm not glad to see you too, but you never hug me that way."

"Sean left to go on a trip today, so I've been bored," Eva explained. "You're a break in the monotony of my day and I'm very grateful for that."

"Oh," Victoria nodded and shrugged. "Okay."

Then Eva turned to Declan. "And how are you, sir? Everything going all right?"

"Well, enough," Victoria's father nodded and gave her a smile, a lock of his curly dark hair in his eyes. "Regina, Kol, Margot, and I are going off to this new hunting ground that her father found. It's supposed to be very free range."

"How come I couldn't go?" Victoria asked. "I need to learn how to hunt too."

"Yes, but you don't have enough experience yet to come with us," Declan said reasonably. "Every time you've tried to hunt people without help, you haven't been able to hold on to one long enough to be successful and we can't have a whole campground of people running for the authorities just because you let one person get away. You'll have your time to hunt with us. I promise. Now's just not the right time. Besides, you'll have much more fun here with Eva. Just don't cause any trouble and keep the house in one piece, okay?"

"Fine," Victoria replied with narrowed eyes. For a moment, Declan thought she wasn't going to let him hug her goodbye because she wasn't usually even grudgingly affectionate when angry, but she let him give her a brief hug and a kiss on the head before he told her goodbye and left her and Eva to their own devices.

Until nightfall, Eva and Victoria found relatively harmless ways to entertain themselves. Victoria showed Eva some magic, they did each other's nails, and played Truth or Dare. But as midnight rolled around, Victoria felt compelled to make a bolder suggestion for an activity.

"I know I promised my dad that I wouldn't cause any trouble but…I wanna play a game that's kind of naughty," she told Eva. "Would you do it with me even though I'm not supposed to?"

"It depends," Eva replied, remembering her promise to Sean to not make a big mess of things in his absence. "What is it?"

"You get in front of a mirror, say a spell, and you get to talk to the most dangerous criminal that's locked up," Victoria replied. She took out a folded slip of paper. "I know the spell. It's right here."

"I don't want you to do anything too scary and not be able to sleep," Eva told her.

"It won't bother me," Victoria assured her. So, with a sigh, Eva followed her into the bathroom where she turned off the lights, shut the door, and did the spell, which showed them Kai in his prison.

"Well, well, well," he said and smiled. "Someone else to help me wile away my lonely hours. What are your names, lovely ladies?"

Victoria saw him and crinkled her nose. "Well, this is a ripoff!" She cried. "I wanna talk to someone scary! You just look boring!"

"Excuse me?" Kai asked, feeling affronted. He was so used to people fearing him that this brat's attitude was annoying him. "I'm plenty evil. I wouldn't be here if I wasn't."

"Yeah, right," Victoria replied while Kai fumed. "I'll believe that when I see it."

Eva gripped Victoria's arm and said, "Maybe we should end this now, don't you think?"

"Why?" Victoria asked. "I'm not done with him yet!"

"It's not good to stir up a dangerous criminal," Eva said. "Not that I don't think you can handle yourself, but…I promised Sean I wouldn't make a mess of things."

"Listen to your pretty friend, little girl," Kai told Victoria. Then he turned his attention over to Eva. "And what's your name?"

"Eva," Eva replied. "You'll have to excuse Victoria. She does things that aren't smart sometimes, but she's young."

"She does things that aren't smart sometimes?" Kai repeated. "I would say she does them every moment of her life."

"How would you know?" Victoria shouted. "You don't know anything about me! This sucks, I'm going to get a snack." She got up and walked away, coming back a few minutes later with a full bag of chips. She began eating them at a fast pace, shoveling them into her mouth in a very unladylike fashion, but then she noticed a change in Kai's expression, a look of desire as she ate. She swallowed her mouthful and then took out a particularly big chip, holding onto it and telling him, "Do you like these? It's a shame they don't give them to you in the prison world. They're so tasty!" She finished the chip in a couple of bites then picked out another one and ate it at a more leisurely pace, enjoying Kai's squirming immensely.

"You are an evil little girl," he got out, his teeth bared as he wished he could do some sort of magic with violent results through the mirror. "I should tell someone about you and have you locked up."

"Would you really want to be stuck in the same room with me?" Victoria asked. "I don't think that's something either of us would want."

"I think we should end this now," Eva said before Kai could respond and Victoria angered him further. "Sorry we bothered you Mr…"

"Kai," Kai supplied with an easy smile. "You know I hate your mouthy friend there, but I wouldn't mind talking with you. As you can tell, my supply of female companions has been reduced to nothing."

"Sorry to tell you this," Eva said to him. "But I'm already with someone. Good luck on your search, though." She then said the spell again and the mirror was back to normal.

"Why'd you stop it?" Victoria asked her. "I wasn't done yet!"

"If we would have waited until you were done, we would have had a disaster on our hands," Eva said firmly. I'm very sure of that. And we won't be playing that game again if all you're gonna do is taunt the guy."

"But taunting him is so fun!" Victoria said. "Did you see that pathetic look on his face when I was eating the chips?"

"Even if it's fun, it's wrong," Eva said, trying to be patient and wondering if Sean felt like this every time he had to keep her in check. If he did, he had her sympathy. She looked at the clock, saw how late it was, and told Victoria that she had to brush her teeth and go to bed.

"Do I really have to?" Victoria asked.

"Yes," Eva replied firmly. "And you can go on your own, or I will get you there myself. It's your choice."

"Fine, I'll go," Victoria said and got her pajamas out of her suitcase along with her toothbrush. "Goodnight, Eva."

"Goodnight, Victoria," Eva said. "Have good dreams."

Victoria didn't reply to that and after a few more minutes, Eva decided to go to her and Sean's room, pull Sean the teddy bear out from under the bed, and go to sleep herself.

The next morning while Victoria still slept, Eva was very happy to get a phone call from Sean. "How did things go last night?" He asked. "The house still in one piece?"

"Yeah, it's fine," Eva nodded. "And I'm glad you called. You know how you said that the whole reason why you were leaving was that you wanted to talk to your family about your cousin Kai who was in a prison world?"

"Yes," Sean replied. "What about it? Eva, did you do something bad?"

"No," Eva replied. "Victoria and I just played this game last night where you say a spell and it lets you talk to the most dangerous criminal in the prison worlds. So I've met Kai now and he thinks I'm pretty. You're not worried, are you?"

"Well, of course you're lovely, but I'm not worried cause he flirts with everyone," Sean replied. "I wouldn't be surprised if he has a whole list of prison pen pals."

"Okay, good," Eva replied. "And he's still right where he's supposed to be. We didn't let him out or anything."

"Good," Sean said firmly. "Cause that would get you in a lot of trouble and we certainly don't want that."

"No," Eva shook her head. "We really don't."

"Well, I have to go now," Sean told her. "My grandfather is flagging me down. I'm glad the house is still in one piece and keep taking care of yourself. I love you."

"I love you too," Eva replied. "See you when you get back." The call ended then just as Victoria came out asking for breakfast. And since talking to Sean had made her miss him even more, Eva was very glad for the distraction.

Meanwhile, her parents were savoring having a notable absence in their lives. "I'm so glad your parents haven't found reason to bother us," Vivi told King as she ran her hands up his naked torso and leaned down to kiss him. "It really makes it much easier for us to spend time together, don't you think?"

"Oh, yes," King nodded, chuckling as she began nibbling on his ear and her red hair brushed his chest. "I really like this." She then straddled him, feeling him slip inside her as she let out a sharp breath. "Are you okay?" He asked, and then took her face in his hands to kiss her.

"Yeah," she assured him, letting out a moan as her hips moved. "I'm fine. Don't worry about me."

Then, there was a knock on the bedroom door. "I wonder who that could be?" Vivi asked as she gently got off King and put a bathrobe on.

"Who do you think?" King asked dryly as he covered himself up with the red comforter. "Who else would come at such an inopportune time?"

Vivi opened the door and, as King had predicted, there was Mikael standing on the other side. "Yes?" She asked. "What can I do for you? Is it important? Cause we're kind of busy."

"Gwendolyn and I just came to see King," Mikael told her. "He hasn't been around to our house whining about his lack of a love life, so naturally we were concerned."

"Well, we're back together and we're fine," Vivi replied and then slammed the door on him without warning. He was standing close enough that it slammed into his face and sent him toppling to the floor, making Gwen, who was standing off to the side of the door, burst into laughter. "I told you this wasn't a good idea and we should have just left them alone. Although I do so like to see you knocked down. It's good for you." She came and stood over him, looking down with laughter in her eyes. He gazed up at her for a few seconds, sat up, reached up for her hand, and then, pulled her down next to him as she let out a cry and her head hit the floor.

"What was that for, damn it?" She swore at him.

Mikael smirked and ran his fingers through Gwen's blonde hair. "I do so love it when you're laid out on your back, Gwendolyn," he replied. "I just couldn't resist." He then grinned as he ran his hands over her body.

"I hope you're enjoying yourself," she said quietly, her blue eyes dark. "But if you think I'm gonna let you have your way with me in the middle of a hallway, you're sorely mistaken. At least have the decency to take me on a mattress."

"All right," Mikael replied, chuckling to himself as her up, put her over his shoulder, and patted her on the bottom. "Whatever you say, Gwendolyn. But remember that you asked for this."

He picked a room that he thought was far away from his son's and then he and Gwen undressed and began having passionate sex that was very audible to the people in the room below them, who were unfortunately, Vivi and King.

"What in the world do you think is going on up there?" Vivi wanted to know as she stared up at the ceiling while she removed her robe.

"I don't even want to think about it," King replied even as the squeak of the mattress paused and shouting began. "My parents are the only other people in this house at the moment and I think you and I both know what it sounds like they're doing."

"And they didn't even seem drunk," Vivi mused. "Interesting." She looked at King who now had his face against the mattress and a pillow over his head to try and block out the noise. "Can I assume the mood has been broken?" She asked dryly and zapped on her clothes. She removed the pillow and suggested to King, "What do you say we get out of here, huh?"

"Yes, please," King nodded, even though he wasn't sure he wanted to leave his parents alone in the house, especially since the mattress squeaks had begun again. "Anywhere is better than here. I don't care where we go. I just want to get out."

"I thought you'd say that," Vivi replied, and after he was dressed, zapped the pair of them to Roxie's so he could have a stiff drink. Or two. Or three.