Klaus shouted, keeping his hand on the speaker of the cell "Camille, get him quiet. I am on phone."

He climbed down the stairs, grumbling at the constant crying that had been going on for the past two weeks, his cell on his ear. He said, a bit short tempered "Terry, let me call you back. It is chaotic here."

He kept the cell in his hand and opened the door. Seeing the back of a woman he asked impatiently "how can I help you?"

She was unsure what to say but she knew that she was here so she had to say something. She took a deep breath and turned towards him and her skipped a beat at seeing a very handsome man with blond hair and blue eyes with annoyed expressions on his face at the moment. She said "good morning. I am here for the position of nanny for a Kaleb Mikaelson."

Klaus scrutinized her olive complexion, brunette hair tumbling down her shoulder, dressed in jeans and a full sleeves shirt that reached her thigh. The first thought that crossed his mind was, she is too young for this job immediately followed by "who send her? Agency? Hopefully she turns out better than the last one."

He opened his mouth to say something, when he heard Camille ask impatiently "Klaus, is it the lady from the agency?"
At Klaus questioning glance she nodded her head saying "yes."

Klaus scratched his head and then he turned around as the crying sounds started getting closer and a moment later, Camille opened the door further and asked excitedly "Are you here for the position of a live-in nanny?"

Hayley's heart skipped a beat at the sight of the baby for whom she was here but at the same time she registered what Mrs. Mikaelson, she assumed, had said and she said hesitantly "live-in? but I thought it was supposed to.…"

But Mrs. Mikaelson cut her off by saying, a bit annoyed as the baby continued to cry "no. no. no. I need a live-in nanny. Damn it Kaleb please be quiet" sounding desperate now, as she shifted the baby from one arm to another.

Hayley opened her mouth to say something when Klaus said angrily "Camille, please. He is your son. Why cannot you get him quiet?"

Camille said angrily "Klaus, I have just known him for the past two weeks …" and then her gaze went to Hayley who was trying to look anywhere but them.

Klaus followed her gaze and noticed Hayley's expression and then said with a sigh "I am sorry Ms…." Hayley at once said "Hayley Marshall…"

Klaus continued "I am sorry Ms Marshall… There must have been a mix up. I …."

Hayley cleared her throat, not wanting the conversation to go where she thought was going, looked towards the baby still crying and asked "can I please try something with him?"

Klaus and Camille at once said "no" as Camille hastily stepped back with still wailing Kaleb.

Hayley was starting to lose patience not to mention the way Kaleb was crying was getting to her heart. She slightly nudged Klaus aside, taking him by surprise and snatched the baby from Camille's arm ignoring her protest "hey what are you doing?"

Klaus stared at her and then coming out of shock, he stepped forwards to take Kaleb away from her but then stopped when Kaleb suddenly got quieter as she gently swayed him, holding him near her body.

His eyes went to Camille who was gaping at Hayley and Kaleb too and then his cell rang again and he groaned but said at once "you are hired Ms Marshall but you have to be live-in nanny."

Hayley looked down at Kaleb who had gotten quieter but was still sobbing and then he started crying again, turning red now. She asked, suddenly feeling in her element, suddenly feeling too overwhelmed to talk as he was clutching at her shirt front "is his bottle ready?"

Klaus had his ear on the phone, eyes on her and he said with irritation "Terry not now. I will call you in ten minutes" and put the the cell down again whereas Camille came out of trance and headed towards the kitchen after saying "yes. Let me get it."

Klaus continued to look towards her as she was swaying him gently in her arms. He looked around when a moment later Camille returned with his milk bottle. Hayley took the bottle and suddenly felt strange. She looked down at Kaleb, groaned inward and said "can I sit somewhere?"

Klaus said, feeling flustered "oh. Pardon us. Come, please."

He led her to the living room. Hayley sat on the sofa adjusted Kaleb so that no one notices and put the bottle in his mouth. He protested but she continued to try and eventually managed it probably because he was hungry. From the corner of her eye she could see their shoes. She asked softly, without looking up "can I have some…. um… paper towels and a burping cloth?"

Klaus said "oh. yes sure. Camille?"

Camille said "I will get it."

Klaus said "you are good with him. We have been trying to get him quiet since morning. How did you do that?"

"practice" she said.

He was about to say something when Camille came back with both things. She handed Hayley both things and said "Klaus, I have a call from the office. I will be back in a minute."

Klaus said groaning inwards "alright you can go."

After Camille left, Klaus said "the nanny we had originally hired for Kaleb was exceptional with lots of experience but she only stayed with us for a week. Then she had to leave because of some last minute family emergency. Agency send one but we were not satisfied. We have been out of nanny for a week and it has just started to take toll on our lives."

Hayley was starting to feel really uncomfortable by the minute so she said "if you dont mind, can I be alone with him?

Klaus suddenly felt hesitant but when Hayley said "I assure you I will not steal him" he smiled causing the muscles of her stomach tightened and then retreated after saying "Camille will show you where you are staying after you are done. Just call for her when you need her. We are just down the hall."

Hayley nodded and wished him to go. The moment he stepped out, she hastily shifted Kaleb who protested but she said "shhh. I am here" and folded the paper towel and stuffed it in her bra. She winced with pain and thought 'she needs to empty it. It has been hours' but then she looked down at Kaleb and for the first time really saw who she was holding and her heart jumped into her throat. She adjusted the bottle in his mouth, smiled and whispered "hey baby. Remember me?"

Kaleb continued to struggle with the bottle. As she continued to watch him, it hit her that they have hired her! She couldnt believe it that she had landed the job. She had gotten it so easily and then she realized that she might not have gotten it if they had not been too desperate and then she started wondering what will happen when they will discover her lies? After a few minutes, she shook her head not wanting to think about it too much. With each passing second, his body was relaxing and as she watched his eyes drooped and his jaws stopped moving. Hayley slightly pulled the bottle out when he started moving his mouth again. She smiled and relaxed back on the sofa and let him suck on the bottle even if his eyes were drooping and then the milk started to leak from the side of his mouth so she removed it, wiped his mouth and slowly stood up, ignoring the slight discomfort she was still feeling. She put the bottle down, put him against her shoulder and gently started to rub his back and a few moments later she heard a burp and smiled. She startled when she heard Camille say "you are really good with him."

Hayley said softly "I have some experience."

Camille walked to her and asked "oh, you have been nanny before."

Hayley wondered 'if she was a nanny to Harry?' and then nodded controlling her tears.

She said "where can I put him?"

Camille nodded and led her through the elegant house saying "I think introduction should be done. You must know about us through the agency but lets do it a bit more. I am Camille Mikaelson. You can called me Cami. My husband, you just met. Niklaus Mikaelson but he is called by Klaus and this is Kaleb. He is two weeks old today. I am a psychologist. He is a very successful dentist"

Hayley nodded, absorbing the information, looked around at the painting and said "these are wonderful paintings."

Camille said, smiling "they are Klaus's. He loves to paint whenever he gets time."

Hayley said "oh wow, that is great. I have not seen many doctors who can paint."

Camille said "we met in one of his art shows" admiring one of the paintings.

She then started walking again and stopped outside a room just on the right of the stairs.

She opened the door and said "this is Kaleb's room. Yours is attached to his through that connecting door. When we decided to have a baby, Niklaus made arrangement so that when we get the nanny we have a room."

Hayley's heart skipped a beat and she asked, as she put Kaleb down in his elegant crib with a beautiful crib bedding of footballs theme "you always wanted to have an nanny for your son?"

Camille picked up a blue blanket, started to fold it and said "yes. Niklaus and I have a very busy schedule. We cannot leave our jobs for our baby. Our careers are really important to us."

Before she could comment on it, Camille said "lets talk about your wages."

Hayley said "I…"

but Camille said, interrupting her "the agency said they charge six hundred weekly with maximum of forty hours but I will need for you to work overtime, almost full time, because of our schedule so we have come up with an arrangement with them and it is fixed salary, five thousand per month and then there will be yearly bonus off five percent your annual salary if you stay with us that year."

Hayley stared at Camille's face not knowing what to say, thinking what she used to earn and what she is getting now but she desperately needed to be close to Kaleb right now so she said "thank you. That sounds perfect."

Her eyes scanned the room with pastel blue color walls and the foot ball theme wall trimming and a few landscapes hanging on the wall that she immediately assumed were done by Mr. Mikaelson.

Through the adjoining room, she walked to the room which was going to be hers for some time in near future, looked around and then said "this is beautiful" as her gaze went to a full size bed with an elegant red and fawn bed spread, a walking closet and some paintings on the wall. She wondered what was the second door in the room for so she asked "what is that Mrs. Mikaelson?"

Camille said "Call me Cami. That is the attached bathroom. All the rooms in this house have attached bathrooms. This is a custom build house and Klaus was very particular about certain things."

Hayley smiled and said "but this is great. I love it."

She walked back into the nursery and walked to the baby monitor and smiled.

She then turned to Camille and said "I have not gotten my things. I should go and get them."

Camille said "oh…" at once looking worried for some reason. Hayley asked "is everything alright Mrs… Camille?"

She said "I would prefer if you go and be back before he gets up."

Hayley stared at her in confusion not knowing what to say and then at last she said "as you wish. I want to tell you that I want Saturday afternoons off for three to four hours."

Camille said "Saturday. That will be hard as it is a weekend."

Hayley said "I am sorry but I need a few hours on Saturday for some personal reason."

Camille said reluctantly "alright. Come. Let me show you the house."

For the next ten minutes Camille gave her the tour of the house showing her the five bedroom house, the study slash Mr. Mikaelson office, her office, the library, kitchen, laundry room, the conservatory and the pool at the back, the covered patio as she continued to tell her "Niklaus and I have a very busy schedule. Often we come back very late at house. Because of the past one week, having no nanny I have been taking time off but I will not be able to do it any longer. We both have our very busy private practices. New research is coming every day and if we want to be on top of our fields, we have to keep on top of things. I dont have any family. He has a sister and two brother and parents. They have not yet met Kaleb but they might want to because at the end of the day, they are family. I am telling you all this so that you know who will be part of Kaleb's life. Anyway you are not to leave him with anyone. We both leave at seven in the morning and come back at 7 in the evening. Then dinner and then go to sleep."

She wondered 'when do they spend time with Kaleb?' but she knew her place so she kept her mouth shut.

They both looked up when they heard Klaus say "Camille, Elijah called. He wants to visit tonight."

Hayley felt strange with him standing there, ideally leaning against the door frame, looking towards Camille, his eyes flickering towards her in the process. She noticed a change in Camille's expressions which she suddenly felt uncomfortable with so she walked to the book shelf and started looking through the books but her ears were towards them.

Camille said "oh, okay. He can come. Sure he can come. What time?"

Klaus said "I was thinking seven. Tomorrow is Sunday. I can ask Rebekah if she wants to join." Hayley turned the page of a book and startled when she heard Camille say "Hayley, can you get your things before that."

Hayley asked "when?"

Camille said "7 tonight."

Hayley looked at her wrist watch and saw it was twelve in the afternoon. She said "yes I can."

Camille said "okay good. If you need help Niklaus can help you with it."

She at once said "no, that is fine. I can manage it. I don't have a lot of things."

She then said "I will go and check on Kaleb and then after changing him and settling him down I will leave."

Camille said "yes do that. His bottles and diapers are all in that changing table. His clothes in the walking closet."

Hayley nodded and left the room.

The moment she left, Camille walked to Klaus and said "what do you think?"

Klaus said "yes, she seems competent. At least he has stopped crying?"

Camille laughed and said "yes. It is calm after so many days."

She paused for a moment and then asked "are you okay with Elijah visiting?"

Klaus took a deep breath and said "I cannot break my ties with him. I don't want him to be out of Kaleb's life. He is his uncle."

Saying that he turned and left.

She looked down at Kaleb as he slept peacefully. She looked down at her breast, feeling too uncomfortable by now so she headed to the bathroom. She relieved herself in the next few minutes and then came out and checked where his belongings were kept and then sat on the rocking chair wondering if she had done the right thing or not. Seeing Kaleb had filled up the empty space she had been feeling for the past two weeks, in fact past six months but now the doubts have woken up in her. She said to herself again and again "dont get too much attached to him. He is not Harry."

She looked towards him as she saw him stir. She got up, made a bottle for him, gently picked him up, quickly changed his diaper, feeling too overwhelm, her eyelids stinging with tears, memories flowing through her mind, hands shaking and then gave him the bottle. He started drinking it almost at once. As expected he fell asleep while feeding. She put him down, headed out after picking up her purse. The moment she stepped out of the room, she got confused where to find Mrs Mikaelson so she said "Mrs. Mikaelson."

She startled when she heard Klaus say "do you need anything?"

Hayley said "I was going to go and get my stuff. Kaleb is changed, fed and is sleeping. I will be back in two hours" looking at him doubtfully.

Klaus said "alright. Be on time."

She nodded and left.

Half an hour later, she looked around at her one bedroom almost empty, tiny apartment. She walked to the closet, took out her clothes and then took out a luggage bag and started putting them in it wondering 'what should she do about about the apartment. Should she keep it or rent it out?'

After some thought she decided to keep the apartment thinking that rent was only 1000 per month. She can manage that rent in that pay if she ever manages to cash it. The checks will be made to the agency. She picked up her beloved family picture, put it in the bag with heavy heart and some other necessary things and headed out. She stopped when Mrs. Thomson, an elderly next door neighbor, asked "Hayley dear, going on a trip?"

She said, smiling "no Mrs. Thomson. I got a a job as a live in nanny."

Mrs. Thomson said "oh that is wonderful. It is good you are keeping yourself busy after what happened dear. I pray for you every Sunday. May God give you strength to go through what you are going through."

Her throat chocked but she knew that Mrs. Thomson meant well so she said squeezing her hand "thank you. I must leave now. Will you keep an eye on the apartment?"

Mrs. Thomson said "oh you are closing it?"

Hayley said "yes."

"my daughter and her husband are visiting next week. They are looking for a place…" She said.

Hayley said "Alison is coming. Oh but that is great. They can live in my place Mrs. Thomson. You dont have much place in your apartment."

She said "oh dear that is just wonderful. I will make sure that keep it clean."

Hayley laughed and gave her the keys saying "do that. I will see you around Mrs. Thomson."

Drive to Mikaelson residence was a long one during which she was having mixed feelings wondering again and again if she should do it. What if she gets caught in her own lies? What if someone contacts the agency? What if she gets more hurt in the process? At last she parked the car in the long drive-in outside Mikaelson huge house. She sat in the car and for the first time admired the big two story house cum mansion, which was as elegant from the outside as it was from the inside. She sighed and got out.

She stood at the door waiting patiently for someone to open the door.


Klaus said "Camille, check who it is. I am on the phone" when he heard the bell.

Camille groaned, swayed Kaleb in her arms and headed towards the door. She opened it and said "oh Hayley I am so happy you are back. Kaleb just woke up. He needs to be fed but I have to put dinner in the oven. Can you take care of him?"

She said "yes sure" took Kaleb from her, put the bag on the floor. When Camille tried to take her bag she said "thank you. It is not heavy. I can manage it" ignoring the voice in her head "you shouldnt be carrying such heavy weight."

She was almost at the stairs when she heard Camille say "Klaus, help Hayley carry her bag up" causing her to groan.

Klaus cursed and said "Camille, I am busy…" causing her to flush but then a moment later she heard him say "Ms Marshall put it at the steps of the stairs. I will bring it up after I am done with this phone call."

Hayley felt so annoyed at this response that she wanted to not follow it but her back had started to hurt so she put it down and headed upstairs whispering to Kaleb "I will get you your milk in a minute. You have been such a good boy."

She walked to the changing table, put him there and starting changing his diaper.

Klaus put the cell down and said "Ben Miller said that he will be here tomorrow for the final paper work."

Camille said excitedly "oh that is great news."

She walked to him and kissed him saying "finally. We got it."

She started to step back when Klaus pulled her towards him again and kissed her deeper as his hands slipped down to her slender waist and then to her hips and his tongue swirled in her mouth causing her to moan. He then broke the kiss and said "we will celebrate tonight."

And headed towards the stairs, lifted her bag and went towards the nursery.

The moment he stepped in Kaleb's room, he saw her sitting in the rocking chair feeding Kaleb. He knocked at the door and said "I must thank you for bringing the peace back in the house."

Hayley felt her heart sink and the sudden surge of anger that started from the bottom of her heart but she didnt say anything. She looked down at Kaleb and said "thank you for bringing my bag up."

Klaus continued to look towards her noticing the intensity with which she was looking at Kaleb and then turned and left.

Hayley looked up just in time to see him disappear.


A/N: so what do you think? Reviews will be appreciated. I have realized that they are a great inspiration. Suggestions are welcome, although not much of the story has progressed yet :)