Hayley and Klaus
Klaus changed his clothes and got out of bathroom. Hayley was bend over her shoes and was trying to buckle the straps of her sandals but her very pregnant stomach was hindering the process. Klaus looked at her for a second and then bent down. He put his hands on her hand which startled her.
She looked up into his smiling eyes and said with a bit of annoyance" I can manage it you know"
"Yes I can see that love" Klaus said with a tinge of smile in his voice
Hayley glared at him angrily and then straighten herself and let him buckle her sandal.
"Wow I never thought that I will such a sight" Rebekah called from the door "my brother – the invincible Klaus Mikaelsons kneeling in front of someone"
Klaus got up from the floor with a smile and looked at Rebekah and then at Hayley who had gone red in her cheeks. Rebekah laughed at Hayley. She had not met anyone who was so shy. She had been married to her brother for the past 4 weeks and she was carrying his baby and still she acted like a blushing bride.
She said "Okay let us go. You guys are making it late. You know how Elijah can get if his party is not going as he has planned"
"I am coming. I am coming" Klaus said in fake annoyance and then he gave his hand to Hayley for her to hold it. Hayley looked at his outstretched hand and then she peeked at Rebekah and held it with a shy smile.
Rebekah laughed again and left them alone. Klaus pulled her towards him and kissed her gently on her lips and touched her stomach. She smiled at him and then they walked out of the room.
Rebekah sat quietly in the back seat looking outside the window. She turned her head to the front and smiled when she saw her brother holding her hand with one of his hands while the other on the steering wheel.
They reached the party. Klaus parked the car. Rebekah looked at her wrist watch and said "we are late. Now you two will have to deal with Elijah"
"Why us?" Hayley asked in surprise while opening her seat belt.
"Because my brother was tending to you which caused us to get late" Rebekah said mischievously.
"Rebekah shut up" Klaus said while getting out of the car. Hayley laughed and got out of the car too.
"You guys are late" Kol came towards them and said to them "Elijah is fuming Nik. Jackson and Oliver are here. They want to discuss some treaty issue before the party"
Kol gave one hand to Hayley for her to hold it to take a step up on the side walk.
Hayley held his hand and smiled at him.
Klaus looked at Hayley and said "sorry love, I have to go. You can entertain yourself right"
"Don't worry Nik. I will give her company" Rebekah said to him
Klaus and Kol disappeared behind the closed doors of the study while Rebekah and Hayley entered the court yard. Elijah's parties as usual were extravagant and elaborate. There were Champagnes and odourves and what not. Hayley walked around the court yard. It has been a couple of weeks she had been here. The last time she was here she couldn't see the compound so Rebekah told her "Let me show you Nik's old room" she then looked at her and said "will you be able to climb the stairs?"
Hayley laughed and said "Rebekah I am pregnant not invalid. Of course I can climb the stairs"
They both went upstairs and Rebekah opened his room door. Hayley entered the room. Even though the room had been closed for a couple of months now but she could sense him. She moved through the things in the room sliding her hand over everything while Rebekah stood at the door looking at her. She sat down on his bed and picked up the book from his side table. It had some dust on it. She cleaned it with her hand and smiled after reading the title "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"
"So here are you two" She looked up when she heard his voice. Rebekah patted his shoulder and turned to leave.
Klaus walked in and looked around his old room. He walked towards her and sat with her.
"You two come down as soon as possible okay. Don't start anything here" Rebekah peeked from the door and said mischievously.
Hayley blushed and Klaus laughed. He took the book from her hand and leaned in to kiss her. They got up and went down.
Rebekah looked up and saw her brother coming down with Hayley in front of him. She had one hand on the railing and was sliding it down while she climbed down and Klaus's eyes were on her hand. Rebekah smiled and looked up at Marcel who was walking towards her.
Marcel leaned in and kissed Rebekah. "You look lovely Rebekah" He said to her. He followed her gaze and saw what she was looking at
"He looks happy with her" Marcel said and then he handed her a champagne glass which he had lifted from the tray that the help was carrying.
He pulled her on the floor and started dancing with her.
"So what do you think?" Klaus asked her
"About what?" Hayley asked him in surprise
"About the compound!" Klaus said to her looking around
"I have been here remember" Hayley laughed and said.
"Hey Klaus, Hayley" They both turned when they heard Cami. Klaus and Hayley smiled at Cami. Klaus held Cami's hand and let her kiss him on the cheek. Cami turned towards Hayley and said "you look lovely Hayley. Pregnancy suits you". Cami looked down at her stomach and said.
She then said "Okay I will go and mingle and you guys continue your chat"
Klaus smiled at Cami and then turned to her and said "You want to dance"
She laughed and said "Me in this condition! No you go and dance with some smart girls"
"Hey I will dance with you and none other" Klaus said "if you don't want to dance with me that is a different situation" He added in a fake annoyance and started to walk away but Hayley pulled him back. Klaus turned and held her from her waist and leaned in until there forehead touched each other.
Hayley smiled and then lifted her hand and wiped the lipstick mark on his cheek. "What?" he asked
"Nothing" she smiled back and said "let us dance"
"What are you smiling at?" Marcel asked Rebekah which brought her back to earth and she realized that she had been looking at her brother and her sister in law.
"Nothing" she said and turned towards Marcel.
Klaus looked into her eyes while his hands were around her neck and they were dancing to a slow music and asked "Do you ever guess jealous of girls fawning over me?"
Hayley looked into his eyes and realized that he is making fun of her so she asked "should I be?"
Klaus laughed and said "No love you don't have to" he then kissed her on her lips
Elijah turned at the sound of his brother's laughter and smiled. It was good to see him laugh so openly. He turned back to Sophie and continue their discussion.
Hayley looked up when she heard a voice "Can I cut in?"
"Hello Jackson how are you?" Hayley smiled at her
"Can I steal her Klaus for one dance?" Jackson turned to Klaus and asked him
Hayley looked at Klaus and smiled. She slightly shook her head at which Klaus smiled and said "sure why not?"
He stepped aside and picked up a glass of champagne and watched his wife dance with her old friend. He could see that Hayley is feeling uncomfortable. Hayley glanced him an angry look while dancing with Jackson at which he just laughed.
Rebekah smiled into Marcel's shoulder while looking at them.
"You look beautiful Hayley and happy. I am so happy to see you happy. I am glad that you have found your true love" Jackson said to her
"Yes Jackson. Thank you. I love him so much" she said and looked at him leaning against the pillar looking around at the guest. As she was looking at him he turned his head to her and smiled. She smiled back.
When the dance ended Jackson stepped back and held her hand and kissed her hand and left. Hayley saw him leaving and said to Klaus who had walked to her "you did that on purpose. You knew that I didn't want to dance with him"
"what? How could I have known" Klaus said innocently
Hayley turned to him in anger and said "You knew. I shook my head too. You know how uncomfortable it makes me to be so close to anyone except…" she trailed off and blushed
Klaus suddenly pulled her towards him suddenly by holding her from waist and asked "except whom?"
"Except you" she ended her sentence with a blush on her face.
Klaus laughed and said "that is what I wanted to hear"
Hayley looked at him and reminded herself that he had made her feel uncomfortable and said in fake anger "Don't you ever get jealous when Jackson fawn over me?"
Klaus laughed again and said "No love I don't". He then leaned in and whispered in her ear "because I know how much you love me" which made her blush even harder.
She put her head on his shoulder and they danced to the music
"Do you remember what happened after the last time we were in one of these parties?" Klaus whispered against her hair.
"Yes I remember" Hayley said into his shoulder "Cami's party"
"I remember that was the first time I realized that you have been in love with me. You have never told me since when" Klaus asked her
Hayley stepped on his foot accidently which made him laugh.
"I love it when I make you nervous. When are you ever going to stop being nervous around me" Klaus asked her and then asked her "so tell me"
"When we met in the park after you discovered that I was pregnant" Hayley said.
"What?" Klaus was so shocked that he stopped dancing and stepped back. A couple of people looked at them and among them was a face of his sister.
"Well I was foolish and inexperienced then remember" Hayely said jokingly
"And now?" Klaus looked into her eyes and said
"Now I am quiet mature and I know that…." She trailed off and turned to leave but Klaus stopped her by holding her hand. She turned back, smiled at him and said "Now I know that I cannot ever love anyone other than you. Now let go of my hand I am going to ask Elijah to dance with me. He looks so lost standing there"
Klaus laughed and let her hand go.
Klaus saw her move to Elijah.
Hayley said to Elijah "will you dance with me?"
Elijah looked at her and then at Klaus who was smiling at her and said "why not?"
He held her by her waist and said "has my brother done anything wrong?"
"No! Why?" Hayley asked him in surprise
"Why are you dancing with me then?" Elijah asked her
"Why can't I dance with you?" Hayley smiled at him
Rebekah looked at her brother and saw him watching her dance with Elijah with a smile on his face.
Rebekah smiled when Marcel twirled her. Marcel said to her "You are happy seeing your brother happy right?"
Rebekah said "Yes I am very. I have not seen Nik this happy for a very very long time"
She looked over Hayley who was dancing with her bigger brother who was saying to her
"Hmm. Thanks. It is an honor" Elijah said to her.
They both were gently swaying and when the song was ending, he gently twirled her which send her laughing spinning into Klaus's arm who was walking towards them.
Elijah kissed her on her cheek and left for his study.
"That was a sight to watch. I have not seen Elijah enjoy anything like this for a while" Klaus told her.
"You know what they say 'it is the company that matter'" Hayley laughed
"Yes it does" Klaus said
"Hey did you guys settle the treaty issue?" Hayley asked him in serious tone
"Yes love that is done" Klaus said. Then he looked into her eyes and saw something. He pulled her closer and put his hand on her back and said into her ear "It is your back right? I know you are hurting now so lets go home"
"But we cannot leave the party now" Hayley said in surprise
"Why not? Kol and Rebekah are here. We can go home. You need to rest" Klaus said
"Why don't I lie down in your old room upstairs and when the party is over we can go then" Hayley said
As if on cue Elijah came over and said "Niklaus if you want to leave you can leave. I think Hayley should rest. She has been standing for a couple of hours now"
He then kissed her hand and left them.
Klaus smiled at her and give her his arm to hold. She linked her arm in his arm and smiled.
Rebekah looked over at them and said "You guys leaving?"
"Yes, I am feeling a bit tired" Hayley said and then she turned to Marcel and said "Marcel nice to meet you again"
"Lovely seeing you Hayley. You look lovely may I add" Marcel said
"Thanks. Good night. You guys enjoy the party" Hayely said and left with Klaus.
Rebekah smiled seeing them leave with her head on his shoulder.
She ran her fingers from her hair and said "I told you I will tell you about them when you are older. Didn't I?"
Hope looked at her aunt's face which was showing a lot of sadness.
"Aunt Bekah this is the best birthday present anyone has ever give me you know. Thank you. So mommy and dad loved each other very much"
"Yes sweetie they loved each other very much" Rebekah said brushing the brown waving hair away from her forehead
"How did they meet?" she asked eagerly
"That is for some other day" Rebekah laughed and said "it is time for you to sleep. It is already way past your bed time but I wanted to tell you this when you turn 12. It is now 1 am and you need to sleep. You have a school tomorrow remember. Now get up from here"
Hope lifted her head from her aunt's lap and said with a pout "then you have to tell me as soon as possible"
"You know what? Your daddy can tell you that story better than me" Rebekah smiled at her while fixing her blanket
"Really! Was he there when they first met?" Hope asked her eagerly
"You should ask him that. Now go to sleep. Good night honey" Rebekah smiled and kissed her again. Hope suddenly asked her "Bekah aunty did dad used to call mommy "love"?"
Rebekah looked into her niece's curious eyes and nodded "yes he did". Hope looked into her face and then said with a smile on her lips "Good night aunt Rebekah"
Rebekah then switched off the lamp and left her room closing the door behind slightly
A/N
This story has some hints from my other fanfiction "The one who got away"
