I already posted this one-shot on the Klaus and Hayley Wikia page. I wish for a Klayley dance so badly and I know that you guys do too so this is for all my friends. I wish to let you guys know that I need a break from my two fanfictions "Always & Forever After" and "Kings & Queens of NOLA" for some personal reasons but rest assured that I am not giving up on them. In the meantime, if I have time I will start posting these kinds of one-shots if you would like. All my love to you Klayley lovers, 225Starburst! Kisses!
Hayley had just entered the ballroom. Everything looked incredible! The theme of the dance was called The Starry Night. A few werewolf girls had followed closely behind her. "Do you think it's a good idea that we are here? This place is full of vampires." she whispered. Hayley just scoffed and flipped her hair over her shoulder. "Just relax. The Mikaelsons are with me. They are not going to hurt you or anyone else." she told the werewolf girl. The other two quivered near them. Despite their fright, all four werewolves looked ravishing in beautiful dresses with Hayley in the lead, wearing a navy blue satin dress. "I don't have a problem with the noble one." The werewolf whispered pointing at Elijah who was standing at the top of the staircase and looking down at the party. Hayley waved at him and he smiled, waving back, descending the stairs to come towards her. The werewolf continued, "I have a problem with the hybrid one." She pointed her finger towards the direction where Klaus was standing, a glass of scotch in his hand and he seemed to be talking to some redhead. "Who is that?" Hayley asked. "That's Genevieve, the new witch leader of some sort." Hayley clucked her tongue as she watched the two share a perfectly normal conversation, something that she and Klaus hadn't been able to share for a long time, something she missed sharing with him. Klaus put his hands on Genevieve's arms and Hayley growled a little but stopped as Elijah stood right in front of her at that moment. "You look beautiful." he commented and she smiled. Hayley have always adored his gentle-like ways and admired his nobility. It was what had made her clung to him the most all this time. "Thank you." "Shall we?" He took her hand and he took her onto the dance floor. A beautiful melody started and for some reason, Hayley couldn't keep her eyes off the two people talking, the red haired witch leader and Klaus. Elijah kept dancing and looked like he didn't notice the obvious stares of jealousy Hayley was giving the two.
"Hayley, are you alright?" Elijah asked. "Yes, of course." she replied quickly and stopped staring. "I hope you had found everything you had hoped to find in the bayou. Your family. Have you cured them?" Hayley nodded, smiling. "Yes, as you can see, they're right here." Before Elijah could turn around and look, Klaus stood right in front of them, making them stop dancing at once. Elijah furrowed his eyebrows confused while Hayley looked uncomfortable. Klaus smirked as he stared at the confusion between the two. "Dear, brother. Would you allow this dance between me and the mother of my child?" he asked, holding up his hand to Hayley. Elijah stood there for a moment looking at the hand before nodding and stepping back. Hayley gave him a small smile before Elijah disappeared and went to talk to some brunette he obviously knew. "Little wolf?" Klaus murmured, still holding out his hand to Hayley as the melody Once Upon A Dream by Lana Del Rey began singing. Hayley took Klaus' hand and Klaus placed his hand firmly around her waist as she placed her own hand on his shoulder.
The melody continued playing and this couldn't have been more awkward for Hayley. Klaus was the last person she thought she would dance with that night, and yet, it was happening. The song went deeper into rhythm and it was so beautiful that you could actually feel Lana Del Rey's lyrics. "I want to know where you've been." Klaus whispered, snapping Hayley out of her thoughts. She looked up and deep into his eyes as she whispered back, "I wanted to be with my family. They needed me. I made Celeste give me the cure for the curse Marcel had put on them." They shared meaningful eye contact before Klaus nodded. "I met up with your little friend, Jackson a few minutes ago. Quite the lad. He knows you and you know him." Hayley gulped and she broke eye contact with him immediately. She had no way of knowing but she had a feeling that Klaus knew everything. "Something tells me that you two were planning on being more than just friends." Klaus spat and tightened the grip on my waist, pulling her closer that she could feel his breath on her face and her breasts pressed up against his chest as the melody kept going and they kept twirling slowly but no longer gently. "I don't know what you mean." Hayley finally decided to lie. Klaus growled and Hayley felt herself pressed even closer to him as he searched for her eyes. "Please, don't lie to me. I have been betrayed by every dear person in my life except you until now. I don't want to add you to my betrayal list, little wolf." "Klaus, I have been nothing but honest to you ever since the day we first met and you know that!" "Then why are you lying to me now. If you want to fix it, tell me the truth." "You know the truth already." "I want to hear it from you." "You are asking for too much." "Are you sure I am the one asking for too much?" Hayley should have known how much this would affect Klaus. She didn't know what else to say but as she stared into his eyes, she saw some sort of pain.
"Jackson and I were supposed to get married and unite our royal werewolf clans. That is what our parents would have wanted." she whispered. Klaus spin Hayley around before pulling her back into his chest. "I want to know more than that. Why did your parents want this alliance?" "Because New Orleans originally belonged to the werewolves. Our clans were supposed to rule." Hayley finally admitted. Klaus' expression didn't change. The music stopped and couples departed from the dance floor as others came. Hayley was waiting for him to let go of her but he didn't. "One more dance." he murmured. Hayley nodded, understanding that he needed more information but that was all she could possibly offer him. "Do you intend to go through with this marriage?" he asked as Raise The Dead by Rachel Rabin started playing. "No." "Are you sure?" "Yes." Klaus sighed before whispering in her face, "I am not keeping you captive here. You should live your life and you will have that right once this child is born. You will do whatever you want. You can choose to be with whoever you want. My brother..." "Stop." Hayley whispered, shocked by what he was offering and what he was saying. "What are you doing?" she asked. Klaus looked confused. "Why are you telling me all of this? What are you trying to do." "I am not trying to do anything, love." "A few days ago you would have wanted me killed the second I would have this child." "I never said that, love. You must be mistaken." "You insinuated it." "I did not. You just assumed. I have never thought about killing you, Hayley." She didn't know what to do, but she did believe him.
Deciding to change the subject, Hayley nodded her head towards Genevieve. "How do you to know each other?" she asked and Klaus smirked. "Not throwing a jealousy fit, are we love?" "Oh please! You're so full of yourself. All I want to know is how you two know each other. You seemed close enough a few minutes ago." There was a hint of jealousy in her voice indeed and one she didn't want Klaus to acknowledge. "Let's just say the witches and I go way back. Some found me attractive in the past..." Hayley looked away with a small frown on her face, feeling like he was teasing her. "...some I had as enemies...some I had as sex partners...some as lovers..." "Okay, you don't need to be this specific. I get it. She is a crazy ex-lover or something like that." Klaus chuckled and the first time since Rebekah left that he seemed to actually enjoy himself. For a moment, they had even forgotten about Elijah, Genevieve and Hayley's supposed arranged marriage to Jackson. It was just the two of them and they didn't want to stop dancing. More melodies followed and some people even stopped to watch them as they launched themselves into conversation as they danced, melody through melody, talking and laughing.
As they kept going, Klaus finally stopped and Hayley looked a bit confused. This new melody hadn't even finished yet and she realized that they had been dancing for quite a while but for some unknown reason, she didn't want it to stop. Klaus reached inside his suit and pulled out what looked like a small but very valuable ring. She gasped at its glimmer and looked even more shocked as Klaus put it in her hands. "What is this?" she asked. "My mother's ring. It was found among the werewolves in the bayou. They say it had been passed on for generations, starting from my biological father..." Hayley stared into his gorgeous brown eyes as he continued speaking, "...He was a chief of theirs, a leader." Hayley smiled and nodded as she held the ring in her hands. "I understand you will now be your clan's leader. This ring belongs to you." Hayley shook her head. "Klaus, this was your mother's ring. I can't possibly accept it." "It's not negotiable, Hayley. You are keeping this ring." he stated as he pushed it on her finger. Hayley bit her lip at the small gesture and felt something more as she felt his fingers trace hers. She was happy. She was happy she was dancing with him, speaking to him and laughing with him. She was happy that he would allow her freedom after the birth of their child. She was happy to accept his gift. She was happy to have her family. And most importantly, she was happy to be with him at that moment. She forced herself to keep the tears from spilling onto her cheeks. The melody ended and Klaus took Hayley's hand, kissing it softly like all the other men have done to their women partners. Hayley couldn't make her smile disappear from her face. She had no idea what was with the sudden explosion of emotions inside herself. She had never felt this when she was with Elijah and she sure as hell never had this kind of thing in Jackson's adorable presence. She was lost for words as Klaus pulled her to his chest and grazed the finger which had his mother's ring on. "If you think I don't care about you, you cannot possibly imagine how wrong you are, love. You may think I don't care but I was absolutely terrified to find you and the baby gone. I have admitted this to you, despite my pride. Please, don't ever do this to me again." "I won't."
Another song began playing but they couldn't move from the dance floor. They couldn't shake off the feeling that rushed through them whenever they were so near each other. Hayley had bit her lip more than five times as her face as inches away from Klaus'. "Rebekah came to talk to me before she left." Hayley whispered and Klaus' face showed curiosity to find out what happened. "She has faith. She knows you can be saved. She believes you can be redeemed...and I believe it too." Klaus bent forward slowly and grazed his lips against her forehead for a moment. "Thank you, little wolf. For everything." He pulled back and left the dance floor with a genuine smile on his face. Hayley stood there, looking at the ground and smiled to herself as she listened to DNA by Little Mix, the new melody playing. She caught Davina's eye who was standing not far away from her. Davina smiled and came forward. "You are having fun. I am glad." she said. "How are you feeling?" Hayley asked. "Better. The witches are taking care of me. I will be able to control my new powers in no time." She followed Hayley's gaze to where Klaus was now standing and talking to some followers with a brand new glass of red wine his hands. "Hayley, I know that you are trying to do what is best for your people and the werewolves do need a King and a Queen but that does not mean that Jackson is indeed the only living werewolf leader alive. What I saw that first day I met you changed everything. It was not a misunderstanding. It was vision. I thought you should know." Davina told her and left Hayley open-mouthed. She remembered it as if it were yesterday; "You're Hayley, Klaus' wife.", then came her response, "Ew, no, never". The baby moved gently inside of her as Hayley touched her stomach slowly. She bit her lip and smiled as she finally left the dance floor.