Hades: kissed her back, glad everything was all good. It took a huge load off his chest. Smiling at her, he said softly "Thank you, Cleo. That means a lot to me." Glancing down at their sleeping child, he pulled her out of the room and shut the door quietly behind them. Pinning her against the door, he kissed her again before asking "So, Mrs. Olympe, what is it you want most right now?"

Hades: listened intently. So she already knew? And she wasn't mad? That was a huge relief. Letting out the breath he hadn't realized he'd been holding, he stood up with her, walking next to her and standing behind her with his arms wrapped around her waist as they looked down at their son. Kissing her cheek, he said "You're not? Why? I mean, I'm not complaining, I'm just curious. But yes, love, I'm sorry, but you're absolutely horrible at being mean. It's rather sweet, actually."

Hades: chuckled as she blew a raspberry, grinning down at his son. His son. He still couldn't get over that. Reaching a hand out to softly brush his son's head, he said "Then let me take him so that you can go get some sleep." He grimaced when she asked if everything was alright. Shaking his head, he said "I'm afraid not, Cleo. I went over to Marie's dorm cause she wasn't feeling great, wanted some company, and she had...well, she had A LOT to drink. And she kissed me. I didn't kiss her back, I pulled away as soon as it happened, but I felt you should know. And then I was heading home and she called me, she'd fallen out of her window or something, I'm still not sure how it happened, but I went back and got her to a hospital. I'm sorry, you know I love you, and if I could have stopped her before she kissed me, I would have, but I didn't realize that was what she was doing until her lips touched mine. Sorry Cleo..."

Hades: was relieved when he heard her voice calling back. Good, she was still awake. Following the voice into Nathan's room, he smiled softly as he saw that she was holding Nathan. Walking over to her, he knelt down beside her and kissed her cheek, asking softly "How's he doing? Was it the cough again?"

Hades: needed to tell Cleo about what happened. He hoped she wouldn't be too mad about it, he had pulled back as soon as Marie had kissed her, but he still felt that he needed to tell Cleo. He wanted this marriage to work out, he wanted it desperately. Walking into the apartment, he called out softly "Cleo?" He didn't know if she'd still be awake, and he didn't want to wake Nathan up, but he really needed to tell her.

Marie: felt utter defeat wash over her. She couldn't win. She couldn't be the biting, tough, Marie that was her armor because she loved Cleo and didn't want to fight with her. She couldn't be soft, vulnerable, Marie because it just got her hurt. She couldn't win. "FINE CLEO!" she said between a choked out sob. "You don't want me as your son's godmother then so be it! Then I don't want you as my friend!" She didn't mean that. She knew she didn't mean that so she just let herself shake and sob and feel drenched in self pity as she felt herself lose the final thing that she could say she loved.

Marie: felt her eyes narrow at Cleo's tone. In truth her logical side knew she was being helpful or at least trying to be but Marie was never logical. She was impulsive and emotional and manic by nature. "The list of people who are can reprimand me is extremely short and let me tell you, I don't see your name written on it." Marie felt herself seethe with anger and hate. Maybe it was the pounding headache. Maybe it was the vulnerability. Either way Marie found herself growing more and more angry. "You need him? Fine! Take him, Cleo! I'm not stopping you! You already won! You already beat me! Perfect Cleopatra got her fairy-tale ending! Fucking, fine, Cleo! OKAY!?" She hadn't noticed how shrill her voice had gotten until she was done talking. Her chest rose and fell heavily at the effort of yelling.