Paparazzi

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**Lucifer POV**

Blitz and Loona are waiting for us. "Limo or portal?" Alastor said.

"Portal. I'll get the stroller," I said, loading up the kids and putting the diaper bag in the bottom.

He opens the portal. The hotel lobby is full of reporters, Charlie sending them out.

"Bedroom," I said.

"No, we're no longer hiding," Alastor said.

"Those are reporters," I said.

"One interview. The last one was you telling Hell that Charlie was born. And before that, a few portraits in the papers. I did my homework on you before joining Charlie's hotel," Alastor said.

"Social anxiety, even," I said.

"The fire of 1478. I know. I didn't tell Charlie," he said.

"Good. One of my low moments," I said.

"What did you do to talk with the press?" he asked.

"Get stoned," I said. He teleported and came back with a joint.

"You're no longer feeding them; you can," he said.

I grabbed it. "I'll be on the roof," I said. I teleported to the rooftop.

**Alastor POV**

He teleported. The babies are playing with their hanging toys. Lucifer came back with a bag of something.

"Better," I said.

"Almost. This will fully kick in," he said, taking all the gummies.

"Now let's go. I have one hour before I'm couch-bound or Scrufles shows up," he said.

"Scrufles?" Blitz said.

"When I get high enough, I see a cat or I'm on the couch eating food," he said.

"Suit to see the news," I said.

"One is in the closet there," he said.

"And the babies?" I asked.

"No, they will stay out of the media. If they ask, with your permission, I will say they are born and we're married. I'm divorced," he said.

We finally get to my hotel room. He went into the closet.

"Okay, now I'm ready. Scrufles is already starting to appear," he said.

"Tell them if it comes up," I said.

"Actually," he said, calling someone using the phone in my room.

"Come up here. Watch the kids. Alastor and I are going to be doing an interview. Get them away from the hotel," he said. The door opened, and Nifty came running in.

"Sir, you're finally back," she said, climbing onto my shoulder.

"I am. How are the murder plots?" I asked.

"Amazing! I captured a family of bugs and brutally murdered them," she said.

"Go clean. I have something, then we can hang out," I said.

"Okay," she jumped off and then laughed crazily.

"I will be there, but I will not speak. I'll be in the background," I said.

"Okay," he said, looking at the floor, his eyes following something.

"Scrufles multiplied," he said.

"Focus for a few minutes. That's it," I said.

"King of Hell, divorced Lilith, got married, pregnant, the radio demon is my baby daddy," he said, pacing, then stopped. "Baby daddy," he said, laughing.

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