She Is
She walked out of the Café, with a steaming cup of coffee in her hand as she headed to her car.
She rested the cup on top of the car and reached into her bag for her keys, which she dropped on the floor but as she went to reach for them someone else did.
'I think you dropped these'.
'Thank you'.
She said as she stood up straight and smiled, she looked at the man in front of her, he looked familiar like she had seen him before but she wasn't sure where.
'It wasn't a problem'.
He replied with a smile.
'This is going to sound ridiculous, have we met before because I feel like I know you'.
'You seem familiar too'.
He commented, she was the spitting image of Jeanette, her eyes the same warm shade of brown, the exact same mole just under her lip on the right side, she looked the same but Haley seemed to be stronger than Jeanette was and from what he had learned about her over the last few days, she had followed her dreams and gone on tour at the age of 17 but love brought her back which proved she was like Jeanette in that way.
'Well, thank you for picking up my keys'.
'Your welcome'.
She smiled, a smile he had never seen before Jeanette had never smiled before not a real smile that made her whole face light up.
Stefan was sitting at the bar, when she walked through the door, she walked right past him and towards a door on the other-side of the room marked Red Bedroom Records & Studio.
He had no idea why who this girl was so important to Klaus as for all the time he been with Klaus, he had never mentioned any women from his past but then something about the way Klaus looked at her was more like the way he looked at Elena the first time he saw her.
Peyton was sitting on her desk, tossing CD's into the trash, when she heard footsteps and smiled at Haley
'What are you doing here?'.
'I was hoping you would let me put down a couple of tracks'.
'Of course, what's brought on this sudden recording strike your on'.
She asked as she walked round to the studio with Haley.
'I'm not sure, all I know is I want to record'.
'Well, the studio is all yours, record away foxy'.
Peyton slid the recording booth door, she waited for Haley to get ready before pressing record and leaving her to it.
'Excuse me, Klaus'.
He turned and looked at the brunette that appeared beside him, holding a file in her hands.
'Here is everything you asked for on Haley James Scott'.
'Thank you,Chloe, you've been very helpful'.
Stefan looked at the file that rested on the bar and then at Klaus as he took a sip of his drink.
'Are you going to tell me why this girl is so damn important, I mean I thought you wanted to create your perfect hybrid army'.
'I will tell you what is so important about her in due time but for now we are going to be spending a little time in Tree Hill'.
Stefan stood up and turned to leave.
'Where are you going?'.
'I need to eat'.
'Have a bite for me'.
She followed the path of candles until she came to a room filled with candles,she felt him coming up behind her, one of his arms came to her waist pulling her body to him as he slipped a blindfold over her eyes.
'Don't be afraid'.
He purred into her ear, as he moved his lips down the nape of her neck, before he slowly moved the strap of her top down her arm and kissed her shoulder,still holding her body.
'Who are you?'.
'You know who I am'.
He replied as he came to stand in front of her, she could feel his breath on her lips, she didn't want to be standing in front of this stranger but something about this whole situation was alluring to her.
His hands came to the hem of her top, she lifted her arms above her head so that he could remove it.
He stepped closer to her and she touched the buttons of his shirt and started to slip each button through it's button hole.
'I shouldn't be doing this'.
He didn't respond but instead kissed her, his kiss was different, it was different because it woke something inside of her, something dark that she couldn't resist but instead fell victim to it as his strong arms picked her up and she wrapped her legs around his waist.
He watched her through the open window,he listened to her gasps of pleasure as he invade her dream.
He didn't need to manipulate her dreams to his will, he was already inside her head, even if she didn't know it yet, behind her softness was a darkness that she only lived out in her dreams.
'You've reached Nathan leave a message'.
She sighed and threw the phone on to the bed, life with Nathan wasn't exactly easy, he had spent more and more time away.
It was like he was trying to avoid what happened all those years ago, he acted like it was hard on him but it killed her every day to think about what she lost because of him.
They had worked on there relationship and it did get better until it started to get worse and then he got offered the position of his dreams and she was left remembering what exactly she lost the first time his dreams came first.
All she wanted was for someone to understand that she had hopes and dreams like he used to before all his dreams came true, she remember how they used to talk about there dreams together but lately together didn't exist he was always away and she was always alone.
She had Peyton and Brooke but they where both busy with successful careers in fashion and music and while they both encouraged her to chase her dreams, she told them that she had already had her time in the spotlight and now it was his turn but she did want to chase her dreams but instead she stayed in their big empty house, figuring out what she did next.
She wasn't sure if it was the mystery man that seduced her in her dreams or the feeling that overtook her body when they kissed but something else behind, she felt like she wasn't alone in her dreams.
The thing about her dreams was that they felt more real than dreamlike, it was almost like the man in her dreams was really out there waiting to seduce her.
'Pull yourself together,Haley'.
She muttered to herself as she heard the door bell ring and she went to open the door and a huge smile appeared on her face.
'Quinn'.
'Hi little sister, I thought you might want some company'.
'I do, nice flowers'.
'Oh these where on your doorstep when I arrived'.
Quinn handed her a large bouquet which was a mix of red and pink roses but in the middle was one single black Dahlia.
'There beautiful'.
Haley said admiring the bouquet and then looked at Quinn.
'Come in, let me get these in water'.
Quinn followed Haley into the house with her bags which she left at the bottom of the stairs as she followed her sister in the kitchen.
Who would be sending her such a extravagant bouquet of flower,she wondered if it was Nathan but then he had never sent given her flowers before expect for those purple wild flowers that grew on there first wedding spot but things had changed since then and Nathan was no longer that guy, he was back when they where teenagers.
She took the small white envelope that was tucked in between the flowers and opened it taking out the small note.
You deserve the world
She looked at the writing and then back at the flowers, while Quinn stared at the note.
'Looks like someone has an admire, maybe your not so lonely after all'.
'Admirer me, there most probably from Brooke,Peyton or Lucas, they know I've been having a hard time lately'.
'Hales, I doubt your friends would send you such a elaborate bouquet,beside that note is from a guy, do you know what a black flower means?'.
'No'.
'Fine it's time for a flower lesson, a black flower is special it's powerful romantic gesture but it also symbolises elegance, which you have and mystery'.
'Well there not from Nathan then he doesn't do mystery not any-more'.
She said with a weak smile, Quinn put her arm around Haley.
'Hey, we have a lot to catch up on, go get dressed and we'll go out my treat'.
'Okay'.
Stefan was walking the unknown streets of Tree Hill, he had just helped himself to a drink from a med student.
He had looked through the information Klaus had got on Haley and found nothing out of the ordinary about her.
So he couldn't figure out why Klaus was still sticking around sending her flowers and watching her every movement and he was starting to think he never would but at that moment he spotted her.
Standing there leaning seductively against a wall, with a smirk on her lips.
'Katherine'.
'Stefan, I see you've been having fun with Klaus'.
'He wants you dead'.
'Stefan, I always make sure I'm 10 steps ahead of Klaus'.
'Then what are you doing here?'.
'The same thing you are trying to work out why Klaus is infatuated with a human'.
'Well have you figured it out?'.
Her dark eyes seemed to darken at his question as she opened her bag and handed him a photo.
'Like I said I always stay 10 steps ahead'.
Stefan was still looking down at the photo in his hands, it wasn't possible but he couldn't deny what he saw in hands.
'Who is this?'.
'Jeanette Lola Willis, she and Klaus had a 10 month affair in the 20's'.
'What happened to her?'.
'She killed her husband and then I guess the guilt was to much because she killed herself, Klaus couldn't save her he was never invited in'.
'Who is Haley?'.
'Haley is her great grand-daughter but you know what she is you can see if for yourself'.
Sorry for the sudden ending but I hope you all enjoyed this chapter.
Katherine will be making appearances throughout the story as will other Mystic Falls characters but for now the story will be set in Tree Hill for the next few chapters and Klaus will pursue Haley openly during a dance in New York.
