Klaus Mikaelsons opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling of his room. He looked at his side and saw blond hair on his pillow. He groaned and muttered "not again". He then got out of his bed and went to the bathroom. He stood under the cold shower for a couple of minutes and then after putting on his change of clothes he came out. As he entered the room and saw that she was up too. He tried to smile at her and said "so again. We promised that it will never happen again"
"Well it did" she said with a smile "and for the record again I don't mind it"
"I know you don't mind" he said sarcastically and then he threw her clothes at her and said "I think it is time for you to leave"
She sat up exposing herself completely in front of him.
Klaus looked at her one time and then said rather harshly "Caroline please get dressed up"
Caroline said "You know you are a jerk. One minute you are so sweet and the next you are a …"
She got up and starting putting on her clothes. She got up, picked her purse, put on her shoes and walked to him and leaned in to kiss him. Klaus didn't want to return the kiss but who could resist that tempting smile so he kissed her and then held her by her arm and said "this can never happen again"
"Sure it will not" Caroline smiled and then left his room.
Klaus put on his shoes and then went down to the kitchen.
The kitchen was as usual empty and from the quiet in the house he realized that everyone was still sleeping.
He made himself breakfast and sat down and opened the newspaper to read the stock market updates.
"You are up early today" Klaus turned towards his brother who was walking towards the fridge. Kol opened the fridge and took out juice carton and put it against his mouth. Klaus looked at him and said "manners Kol if father sees you doing that"
"O he will not say anything to me. You on the other hand…" Kol said playfully and then left laughing at Klaus expressions.
Klaus put his plate in the dishwasher and left the house. He drove to Tyler's house and then got out of his car. He knew it was still early as he rang the bell but he wanted to discuss some important matters with him. He knocked on the main door and waited impatiently for the door to open. A maid opened the door after a couple of minutes.
She recognized Klaus and made way for him to enter. She said "Mr. Lockwood is still sleeping. Do you want me to wake him up?"
"Yes" Klaus said curtly and then went to the living room.
He stopped when he saw a girl standing there in shorts and a shirt. As if on cue she turned towards him.
Klaus stared at the flawless skin, the wavy black hair and those big brown eyes. He smiled and said "I have never seen you before. Friend of Tyler's"
She smiled back and nodded.
Klaus walked to her and presented his hand to her and said "I am Klaus Mikaelsons, Tyler's cousin"
"Hmm. I didn't know Tyler had family in Mystic fall" She said
Klaus looked at her with narrowed eyes not letting go of her hand and said "we have a big family here"
She smiled and looked down at their hands and then said "Hayley Marshall"
Klaus smiled and let go of her hand.
"But you are a Mikaelsons and Tyler is a Lockwood" Hayley said sitting down on the sofa chair.
Klaus strolled towards the sofa chair opposite her and sat down and said "well my parents are Lockwoods" he looked at her expressions and said with a smirk "not related of course unless you want to call getting married being related. But after my younger brother came into his world my father decided that he wanted us siblings to be called Mikealsons instead of Lockwood but technically we still are Lockwood"
"Right" Hayley said leaning against the sofa back.
She picked up a magazine from the table and started to read it.
Klaus smiled and asked her "so how do you know Tyler"
Hayley looked at him and then said "Tyler met me through a pack he was spending some time in summer"
Klaus smiled and said "so you are a werewolf too?"
"Yes" Hayley said returning his smile.
"Klaus what are you doing here so early in the morning?" They both turned towards the door as they heard Tyler's groggy voice.
"Good you are dressed. I need to ask you when you will be coming to the office." Klaus suddenly got all business like and asked him.
"Why do you even bother man? You are a multi-millionaire not to mention a werewolf" Tyler said walking towards the sofa and falling down on it.
"Tyler I needed those deposition papers yesterday" Klaus said firmly
"Night before yesterday was full moon and you know how that goes. I will finish them up today and come to drop at your office later today" Tyler said and then closed his eyes.
Hayley looked at Klaus and saw anger on his face and thought 'how come Tyler is so relaxed?'
Klaus stared at Tyler for a couple of seconds and then said "I will be expecting you by 1 pm Tyler" and then he turned to Hayley and said "it was nice meeting you"
As he was leaving Tyler called him "Stefan called last night and said someone killed a werewolf in his backyard last night. You might want to check that out"
"What happened? What were they doing in the city" Klaus burst in anger
"I don't know man. They know the rule. I just hope uncle Mikael does not hear about it" Tyler said now sitting up and holding his head in his hands.
"Okay I will take care of it. Don't tell anyone about it" he said then gave Hayley a smile and left.
He looked at his wrist watch and saw that it was only 10 am and he knew that Stefan usually wakes up late so he decided to go to his office. He entered the building and went to his elegantly decorated office and sat down behind the desk. After looking at the files for a few minutes he snapped them shut in frustration and swirled his chair and faced the window looking out at the beautiful sun shine.
Flashback
Ten year old Klaus Mikaelson sneaked out of his bedroom to go to the kitchen to eat something. He knew how mad Mikael would be if he sees him sneaking out at midnight.
He opened the fridge trying to make no noise and took out carton of juice. He opened it and put it against his lips and then he put it back and went to the pantry and took out a packet of chips and started to go up his room when he heard voices.
He followed the sounds and stopped outside his parents' bedroom door. He could hear his mother weeping and saying "Mikael I have apologized to you so many times. Why wouldn't you let that go? It was a mistake. I am sorry for that. What do you want me to do?"
Klaus stayed there holding his breath when he heard his father's angry voice "Esther you cheated on me while you were carrying my child and you want me to forget that"
Esther said pleadingly "It is not NIklaus's fault. It is all mine so why do you take out what you feel for me on him?"
"Because every time I see him it reminds me that you were with that man when you had him in your stomach" Mikael said angrily.
Klaus looked at the door in shock and then he heard his mother's sob and he couldn't bear to hear it anymore. He retreated his steps and went to his room.
He sat on the bed with his packet of chips untouched. He was not hungry anymore. He now knew why his father hated him so much. The question he had been asking him for the past two years ever since he had started noticing the difference in his treatment towards him and his siblings
End Flashback
Sixteen years later Klaus Mikaelsons was still trying to earn his father's approval. To the world's eye he was the junior partner to his father and his older brother, Elijah Mikaelsons, of their own law firm "Lockwood and Mikaelsons" but not a single day has gone passed when his father had not shown displeasure at seeing him or disapproved of him. All his efforts to please him had gone in vain.
He startled out of his thoughts when he heard his brother voice. He whirled his seat around to face his eldest brother.
"Good morning brother" He said to his brother, Elijah, who was only two years older than him but demanded a respect that one would give to someone who is ten years older than you.
"What is this I am hearing Niklaus?" Elijah asked him
One look at his brother's face told him what he was referring to so he sighed and asked him "How do you know? And does father know?"
"No he does not know and I know it from Katherine" Elijah said
"And how does she know" he smirked and then said "no wait don't tell me. I know. She was with Stefan when he called Tyler"
"Yes" Elijah said
"I don't know what you see in her brother" Klaus asked
"The same thing you see in Caroline" Elijah snapped at him and then asked "what are we going to do about that body?"
"Keep it under a tight lid and brother tell your muse not to tell anyone especially father" he said to his brother and then picked up his phone to call Tyler.
