Almost Two months have passed since Rebekah has left them and the last time Cami and Klaus has seen each other. He has given the control of French Quarter to Elijah which has helped him a lot. He has decided that he does not want to deal with anything. Instead of being worried about ruling French Quarter issues he is doing stuff that he liked to do – painting, relaxing and reading. He is slowly very slowly getting back on his feet. Klaus has stopped going to Cami's bar and found another bar just outside French Quarter.
One day when he goes to the bar, he changes his mind and start to ideally walk on the streets. He does not know what made him stop but when he looks up he notices that he is standing in front of a coffee shop. On impulse he walks in. It has been ages since he has had a coffee in a shop. He walks in and orders himself a latte. While waiting for his coffee he scans the shop and his eyes caught sight of a girl sitting near the window reading a book. He smiles because it is the same girl who collided with him when he was walking with Elijah couple of weeks ago. He walks towards her table after taking his coffee and says "Hi, can I sit down" The girl looks up with those hazel brown eyes and after a couple of seconds of hesitation she smiles and motions him to sit. Klaus presents her with his hand saying "My name is Klaus"
"I am Hayley" she says smiling.
He notices that she is reading a classics "you like reading books?" he asks her
"How did you guess?" Hayley laughs
"No one reads classics these days" Klaus smiles back. Klaus has not found anyone for a long time who loves classics so he is fascinated by her. He asks her on an impulse "I have a huge collection of books do you want to see?"
When she looks doubtful he laughs- he does not know why he laughed but he does.
"I am not a total psycho killer believe me". At that she smiles too not realizing that there is a half-truth in what he has just said. She has a really soft smile. They get out and walk towards his car. She sits in his car and Klaus takes out the car on the road. She is quietly looking out. Klaus feels very relaxed in her company, he does not know why but he does. They reached plantation house, he sees the admiration for his house in her eyes. Klaus is proud of his house. He smiles and invites her inside. He takes her to his library. He was not ready for it - the look on her face was just amazing. He has not seen anyone, well apart from himself, who would look at books with that kind of love in his eyes.
She moves from books to books on the book shelf and stops in front of "Tales of two cities". She looks back at Klaus, who is standing in the door way, with an open smile and says "I love this book" and then turns back
Klaus does not know what this feeling in his stomach is and says "do you want to read it?"
Hayley looks up and laughs unexpectedly "yes of course I want to read it".
Hayley takes out the book and turn towards him. She has her eyes on the book and opens it. When she looks up he is not there. She is surprised that she hasn't noticed him leave. She walks out and looks around. She feels lost because the house is so big that it is overwhelming for her. She thinks for a second and then says "Klaus"
Klaus calls from the kitchen "In the kitchen. Come straight and then left"
She goes in there and sees he is making coffee. She laughs and says "You just had a coffee"
Klaus "I have recently developed a taste for it" he looks up and seeing her astonished expressions he says exasperatedly "Don't ask. So now when I am not drinking I drink coffee and I thought you might want to drink it while reading that book"
He gives her the cup and stands leaning against the kitchen island. She is sipping the coffee and reading the book. She looks up unexpectedly and see him watching her. He quickly looks away. She says "you make really good coffee why do you go to the coffee shop to drink it?"
Klaus jokes "To meet interesting people like you who like to read books". He is surprised how easily jokes are coming to him.
Suddenly Hayley realizes that she is alone with this stranger in his house. She does not do that normally so how come she is doing it now? She gets scared of what might happen if she stay there too long. She looks at her watch "O no I have to go, I didn't realize that it was so late"
Klaus is so surprised at this sudden announcement "Are you sure? You don't want to finish the book. You have not even finished the coffee yet"
He walks towards her. Hayley was not scared of him, she was scared of what she was feeling at that moment. She never has had these kind of feelings before. She cannot make herself move. So when he comes close to her, she looks up and there is something on her face that just makes Klaus want to …
He does not know why but he holds her hands and pulls her towards him. On an impulse he bends and lightly kisses her on her lips. They were so soft. She just stands there. He releases her. "Hayley do you want to stay?"
She says softly "yes"
He carries her to his room. She cannot look anywhere except for his beautiful blue green eyes. He lays her down on the bed and kisses her. She kisses him back. He unbuttons her shirt and see how perfect she is beneath it. She lifts his shirt off him and after that everything is a blur to Klaus and Hayley. Klaus is lying on his bed looking at the ceiling. He cannot believe it. He is shocked and suddenly a thought comes in his mind "Hayley you were a virgin! Are you underage?"
Hayley is feeling self-conscious but when he said that she is offended "I was a virgin not an underage" She gets up, puts on her shirt and long skirt. She looks at him and says gently "I was virgin because that was my choice and I am not now because that is my choice too. If I am intelligent enough to not indulge in sexual activity till this time than I am intelligent enough to realize that an underage cannot have sex with an adult. Don't worry I am not underage, I am 19 going on 20". To make the matters light she asked him "how old are you?"
Klaus lifts himself on his elbows. "What if I tell you that I am 1000 years old".
Hayley laughs thinking that he is joking "Okay good so we have some good age difference after all" She bends down and kisses him on his cheek.
"I had a lovely time" she says and is walking out when he says "where are you going at this time of the night?"
"Going home" she said.
"No you are not. Not at this time. You stay at my house. You can sleep in the other room if you want to. I promise I will not come inside if that is what would make you comfortable" he is out of bed, putting on his pants and was standing next to her in a second.
Hayley smile "Klaus I trust you". Thinking it through. What he was saying was logical. "Okay I will stay in the other room"
He has noticed the birth mark on her shoulder when she was putting on her shirt so he tells her
"And Hayley that crescent moon mark on your shoulder. It means something. I get the feeling that you don't know that it is family birth mark and I think you can find the remnants of your family in the bayou"
"You know that I am a…" Hayley looks at him
Klaus smiles at her "No, I didn't know until I saw that birthmark on your shoulder. Have you..." he does not complete his sentence
Hayley smiles "If you want to ask whether I have triggered my gene or not then no I have not. How did you know that I am a werewolf?"
Klaus looks into her eyes and says "because I knew a werewolf way back that has the same birth mark. It is a very unique birth mark you know that right?"
Hayley is taken back by that "way back! What do you mean?" then as if she realizes something "wait! are you a vampire?"
He looks at her thinking whether he should tell her or not and decides not to go into details. He says "Yes"
Hayley is scared of what he has just told her but she tries to regain her composure after all she is a werewolf too. She needs to come to terms with the supernatural life now "so you know about my family?"
"I just knew someone way back who used to live in the bayou and she had the same mark so I am assuming that it is a family mark" Klaus tells her and then without saying anything Klaus leads her to the other room and leaves her there. She lays down on the bed after removing the covers and spends half the night thinking about who Klaus is and questioning her decision to sleep with him.
Klaus comes back into his room. He still cannot believe. In these 1000 years he has not encountered a 19 year old virgin and he has slept with many. How can someone who is as beautiful as Hayley be a virgin at age 19? He lays down in the bed. He is having difficulty sleeping. He feels as if he has stolen something from someone. He keeps on turning all night and does not know when he falls asleep.
The next morning he wakes up. He changes and walks out to Hayley's room but the room door is open. He looks inside and calls for her but she is gone. There is a note on the table
"Klaus thank you for the last night. I always imagined that I will lose my virginity at the hands of someone who is… well you are the closest to my ideal guy. Ideally I wanted it to be my husband but I am happy that I found you yesterday in the coffee shop. I am an early riser and I didn't want to disturb you while you were sleeping so am leaving this note. Thanks for the wonderful library tour and telling me about my family. If I ever feel like reading some good classics I know where to find them. Have a good day. Hayley"
Klaus reads the letter twice with a smile on his lips. He will never be able to forget this girl… Hayley.
