A/N: Thanks for reviewing and reading. td you will find out in the next chapter why Rebekah is the next few chapter why Rebekah is not happy with Hayley or Tyler or Heather or Klaus relationship. You have made an excellent observation even though I have not laid that much emphasis on it yet. I have not decided on whether to introduce Cami in this one or not but Klayley will keep on happening in all chapter but if you are asking about romantic Klayely they sorry you will have to wait for a few chapters sorry. I must say that either I am too predictable in my story writing or you are a very good reader of situation. yes she will be feeling guilty of what happened and that will be covered in this and next chapter.

Synopsis: Hayley and KLaus both handle his triggering of gene differently. Klaus has his first werewolf transformation.

Elijah hurried after them as he picked up his cell phone and dialed Rebekah's number. As soon as the call connected he said "Rebekah, drop Anna to school. I have to go. Will tell you when I get back."

He hastily dialed Henry's number after disconnecting her.

Upon hearing his voice he said "Henry Niklaus had a fight with someone at the bar last night. That man died later. Police was here and they are booking him."

Henry said in an alert voice "I will see what I can do. Does Mikael know?"

Elijah said "not right now. I am going to the station."

He disconnected the call and wondered 'should he call father or not?' He picked up his cell and dialed Mikael's number. Hearing his sleepy voice he said "good morning father."

At once he heard an alertness in his voice when he asked "what happened?"

Elijah took a deep breath and said "Niklaus had an accident in the club last night and a man died. Police arrested him in the morning. I am going to the station. I have told Henry too."

Mikael said "I am coming. Does he know to keep his mouth shut?"

Elijah said "I am going to be represent him myself."

Mikael said firmly "you cannot. Ask Johnson to do it. You will be emotionally compromised."

Elijah said "alright."

After getting disconnected he dialed Johnson's number and after telling him everything, he told him to come to the station.

When he entered the station, they had taken him to the interrogation room. He wanted to barge in and tell him to stop talking but he knew that he had to wait for Johnson. Twenty minutes later, Johnson entered the station in a sprint fixing his tie. Elijah said "make sure he is home by the afternoon."

Johnson nodded and went toward the interrogation room. Elijah sighed when he heard "Mr. Mikealson don't say another word."

he then called his accountant to arrange for the bail money even though he had no idea how much it was going to cost.

Hayley opened her eyes still feeling depressed and feeling extremely tired at not being able to sleep properly. She picked up her cell and after some thought dialed Klaus's number. The bell kept on ringing so she at last disconnected feeling depressed thinking that he was still mad at her. She curled up in a ball and closed her eyes again and didnt know when she fell asleep. She startled from her sleep when she someone shook her violently. When she opened her eyes she saw Heather standing next to her looking worried but that didnt stop her from asking in annoyance "hey what are you…"

But Heather cut her off by saying "that man, Klaus fought with last night, he died Hayley and police have arrested Klaus. They suspect he killed him."

Hayley looked at her face thinking that she had not heard her properly. She asked "what?"

Heather started again pacing in the room in agitation "dad is dealing with it right now. Do you know what it means? He has triggered his gene."

Hayley came out of shock and said "no Heather. He cannot kill anyone. He will not. You are wrong."

Heather said confused "I dont know what is happening. I dont think he killed him but then why has the police arrested him."

She looked at her wrist watch and cursed "damn it, I have a flight to catch. Well that has to be cancelled now."

Hayley dashed o the bathroom, changed her clothes, washed her face and headed out.

As she entered the kitchen she heard Veronica say "okay, good. We will be there in twenty minutes."

She said after putting the cell down "Elijah has hired someone and they are trying to get him out on bail. I am going to see Esther. She sounded worried."

Hayley said "I will come."

When they reached Mikaelson mansion, Rebekah was pacing in the living room looking extremely worried. She hugged Hayley and said "oh God, tell me what happened."

Hayley looked nervous and started telling what happened. When she was done there was silence in the room. She added hastily "but he wouldn't kill someone for that. He wouldn't. I refuse to believe that he will kill someone."

She noticed Rebekah's expressions changing from worry to confusion to surprise but before she could form any opinion about it Heather was asking about Klaus and what was happening so her attention got diverted.

The rest of the morning was restless for everyone. Eventually around 2 pm when they heard the front door opening followed by Elijah saying "why dont you keep your mouth shut Niklaus! Johnson is handling it. He will get back tome about what they have against you in the afternoon."

Heather ran to him and hugged him saying "oh God, thank you, You are home."

His eyes went to Hayley who was just standing near Rebekah looking really concerned. He walked to his mother and hugged her.

After he told them what happened, he said "I am going to change. I will be back in a few minutes."

His eyes met Hayley's who he noticed was really quiet throughout all of this. Suddenly for some reason he started to get angry at her. He shook his head and headed towards the west wing of the house.

Hayley cleared her throat and asked "who is going to get Anna from school?" thinking that she needed to get out of there.

Elijah said "Hayley can you get her? I need to talk to Johnson" with his cell at his ear.

Hayley nodded and said "carseat?"

He gave her the keys to his car saying "take my car."

Hayley sat on the driving seat and was trying to find energy to start the car when the passenger door opened startling her. She hastily wiped her eyes realizing for the first time that she was crying when she saw Klaus looking towards her. Before she could say anything he asked "why are you avoiding me?"

She said hesitantly "I … has he really died?"

When he nodded, she continued desperately "Klaus if you have triggered your gene because of me I will never be able to forgive myself."

He looked into her sad face and said "if I have triggered my gene because of what happened last night then I will do it again."

She hastily said "dont say that!"

When he didnt say anything she asked "are you not afraid?"

He asked "of what?"

She said "about becoming a wolf."

He kept quiet and then he asked "are you going to get Anna?"

when she nodded he got out of the car saying "drive safe."

When Klaus approached his room, his nostrils picked up a peculiar smell. He walked up the stair case wondering what was it and entered the room. At once he was engulfed in the warmest of the hugs by Heather and it hit him that it was her he was smelling and his heart sank with the realization that was the strong aspect of being a werewolf; sense of smell. For the first time it really hit him that he had killed a man and that just dropped a ball in his stomach. He separated himself from Heather and asked "did you miss your flight?"

She asked "do you honestly believe that I will leave you at this time? I am not going unless I know you are okay."

He said kissing her "I am fine Heather. If I killed him then it was an accident. You were there. He was harassing Hayley. It was self defense."

She hugged him again saying "I know but I am scared."

He wrapped his arms around her saying "everything will be okay."

He kissed her hair and then something snapped and he was kissing her, taking off her clothes and making love to her not giving her a chance to catch up. When he was done, her clothes were torn and she was panting on the carpet with him on top of her. He slid off of her saying "I dont know what happened. Have I hurt you?" when deep down a voice kept telling him "your werewolf abilities are acting up."

She smiled and said "no, you have not. You will never hurt me" as she got up from the carpet, kissed him and went to the walking closet and took out one of her extra clothes she kept there. She changed into them and turned out to see him standing at the door looking at her changing. She walked to him and said "hey I might have to leave tonight. It is my final semester. I will be back for thanksgiving in a week and then will be home permanently in two months and will be all yours. Well except for that dance competition in June."

He kissed her saying "I know you have to go. You have worked really hard and I am proud of you. Don't worry about me. I am fine."

Heather said putting on her heals "and keep an eye on Hayley. She seems to be pretty shaken up about all of this."

Klaus said "hmm."

He pulled her towards him one last time and then after going her a long passionate kiss, he let her go.

Later that evening, Hayley was sitting on her bed on the verge of crying when the door opened and Tyler came in. He dashed to her and hugged her saying "oh God I am so glad you are okay. What happened?"

Hayley asked "who told you?"

He said "aunt Esther called mom and told her what happened but I want to find out from you."

When she was done telling Tyler, she was crying and he was holding her tight saying "I am glad you are okay. I am glad Klaus killed him otherwise I would have killed him."

She separated herself from him and said firmly "I dont want anyone to trigger their gene because of me. Hopefully he has not. We shall have to wait and see what happens."

Tyler said "yes. I bet uncle Mikael must be happy."

She got up angrily saying "it is not a matter of being happy."

They both turned towards the door when they heard Heather say "I agree with Hayley. Hopefully he has not but if he has then it was destined to happen. Hayley you have to drop me at the airport. My flight is in two hours."

Hayley asked in surprise "you are leaving?"

She said "yes, Klaus and I have discussed it and he is fine. I have to go. I cannot miss my classes but I will be back in two weeks. Hopefully things will not be that bad."

Hayley asked gingerly "how is he?"

She said "he is taking in stride as of now. Lets hope that stay this way. Klaus is very strong. He can handle anything and then he has all of us for him. I am going to tell mom that I am leaving." She paused for a moment and then said "now you two behave."

Hayley said "shut up Heather" marched to the door and banged it on her face.

She was still reeling with what happened when a pair of hands turned her towards her and kissed, his hands moving down to her breast and fondling her. He picked her up and took her to the bed and came down with her. Hayley tried to reciprocate but soon she realized that her heart was not into it so she panted "Tyler, please not today. I …." when he kissed her neck and she closed her eyes as his hands grabbed her mound and then started unbuttoning her pants.

She felt she was drowning. Her mind was telling her she shouldnt, because of her, her best friend triggered his gene. She shouldn't be having this right now but her heart was telling her to lose herself. She lost the battle and relaxed down and unzipped Tyler's jeans and let him make love to her. He fell on the bed for a moment and then turned to her saying "will you come to college tomorrow?"

She looked towards him with this pit in her stomach and nodded after a few silent moments.

He said "I am glad you are okay. I love you. I have to go now."

He kissed her and left after putting on his jeans.

She pulled her jeans up and then went to take shower to wash of the fatigue, depression and helplessness she had been feeling since morning.

When she came out, she went downstairs and saw Heather and her mother lost in conversation about wedding.

As she walked in Heather asked "hey how are you?"

She said "I don't know" as she slumbered down next to her.

Heather said "lets go. If we don't leave now then I will be late."

later that night after dropping off Heather at the airport she was lying on the bed trying to get some sleep but couldn't so she picked up her cell and dialed his number but then put it down before letting the bell rang. At last she managed to get a shut eye before sun dawn.

Next morning at the breakfast table everyone was so quiet that it felt to him as if someone has died. He laughed and then "okay lets talk about it."

Esther asked "what?"

Klaus said "what everyone is thinking."

Elijah said "I think Niklaus is right. What are you thinking Niklaus?"

Klaus asked "what are we going to do if I have in fact triggered my gene?"

Elijah said "I have asked Mason to come. Full moon is next weekend. Thankfully it is his day off so he can come. We are not sure if you have triggered your gene or not but we shouldn't take chances. I some how am hopeful that it was not you. They could never prove which injury caused his death, the one in the club or later in the street."

Even though Elijah doubted that he had triggered his gene but Klaus's sixth sense was telling him that he had seeing the changes he had been noticing in him for the past one week; sense of smell, the agility and not to mention the healing of the marks of injury he had had for the past one month.

He looked towards his father who was listening to both of them without saying anything.

He said "okay so dungeons I suppose."

Before she knew it one week went by and the full moon was upon them. During this week he called her almost every day. Sometimes she would attend his call while other times she wouldn't not knowing why and then it hit her that every time she would talk to him, her guilt and apprehension on whether he has triggered his been or not was increasing and by avoiding his calls she was able to find some peace in her life and not think about him.

It was full moon and she was feeling very anxious since morning not only because of the full moon but also because his case was being presented in front of grand jury.

She almost jumped to the cell when it rang. Seeing his name on the caller Id, her heart started to beat very fast. She gingerly said "hello Klaus."

Klaus could hear tremble in her voice so he cut to the chase and said "they didnt indite me."

Hayley stood up at once and laughed with relief "what? oh wow that is great. Have you told Heather?"

He said "she called me an hour ago. I thought you would want to know."

She said excitedly "you have no idea how happy I am. That means you didn't kill him. You have not triggered you gene."

Hearing silence on the other end she said scared now "Klaus…"

Klaus said "well there was not enough proof to indite me but it is possible that the injury caused by me was the source of the death. That man had apparently gotten into another fight after leaving the club and ME has been unable to prove which hit caused the death."

He could hear her panic breathing. He said "don't worry. Everything will be okay. We will find out today. Mason is here to help me with it, if I change."

She asked gingerly "will you call and tell me if you transformed."

He said after a silent moment "yes I will."

After putting the cell down, she fell on the bed and started crying praying that he does not transform.

A few hours later Mason was chaining him up saying "it will be painful. I will not lie to you but I will be right here to make sure that you dont break out of these. Not that you will, they are pretty strong."

Klaus said "thanks for coming" as he pulled at the chain.

Mason asked taking off his clothes "what do you think? Do you think you have triggered it?"

He looked into his eyes and said without hesitation "yes I have."

Mason asked "why do you think that?"

Klaus said "during the last week I have been noticing my sense of smell has improved tremendously, become more agile, I am hardly tired anymore. And dont forget the biggest clue, I cut my finger to test my theory and it started to heal."

Mason said "hmm, have you told anyone? I got the impression from Elijah that he thinks that you have not triggered it."

Klaus said "no I have not told anyone. I didnt want them to worry about it was necess…" he was unable to complete his sentence as he yelled when he felt the full moon.

he felt as if someone is crushing him with a bulldozer. After what felt like countless hours everything became blank.

The first thing he realized when his eyes opened was that he was naked. A pair of clothes was thrown to him. He looked towards Mason who walked to him and started unchaining him. He asked "so what happened?"

Mason said smiling "well you changed into a wolf. As expected you are black and beautiful."

Seeing the smile on Mason's face, he snapped "shut up Mason. Do you think I can control myself?"

Mason said "for the first few transformation you will have to come here unfortunately. When you get a hand of your temper, which let me tell you, you have. The way you were fighting tooth and nail to get out of those chains was very impressive. Anyway once you get a hang of it, you can change without them. Mikael will love to have your company."

Klaus buttoned up his jeans and said with annoyance "you think it is all funny."

Mason said "well this is who we are Niklaus and what happened to your humor? I thought Hayley was having a good influence on you."

He snatched his jacket from his hand and headed out with mason following him laughing.

During the ride towards home, he realized Mason was right. This is who he is. He will have to accept what is happening to him.

As he entered the house in the morning, he stopped seeing his family members standing in the foyer. He pursed his lips and said "I knew it but I wanted to confirm before telling anyone. I dont know what to say. Apparently I killed him."

His mother spoke first and said "it is okay Niklaus. Lets go have something to eat, you must be hungry."

Klaus said "thank you mother but if you dont mind, I would like to go and sleep. It was quiet hectic."

He looked towards his father who nodded.

When he reached his room, he fell on the bed and closed his eyes. When his cell rang he groaned and let it ring for a few rings. At last he got up and picked up the cell but it stopped ringing. He looked at her name on the caller Id and put the cell down.

Hayley waited anxiously with teary eyes for him to pick up the phone but when it kept on ringing she put it down and broke down.

flashback

1 hour ago

Hayley was standing under the shower, crying. The lack of phone call from him confirmed her suspicion that he had transformed otherwise he would have called earlier. Moon came out hours ago. If he were still human he would have called.

She hastily stepped out of the shower and grabbed her cell when it rang.

Seeing Rebekah's name on the caller Id her heart sank.

She picked up the cell and said "hello Rebekah."

Rebekah said "he turned Hayley."
She said "thank you" and put the phone down ignoring her "listen…"

end flashback.

She looked at the phone for a moment and then dialed Heather's number. As soon as the call connected she said "Heather?"

Heather said "I know he called me."

She said in a teary voice "it is all my fault."

Heather at once said "no. it was not her fault. This is who we ware Hayley. There was a huge chance that one of us was going to trigger it. It is not your fault."

Next morning Klaus picked up his cell and called her but her cell kept on ringing and she never picked up so he thought she must be in classes. He changed and went to the office and luckily got lost in the cases.

For the next few days, while Hayley was reeling with guilt, Klaus had no idea what was going on with her. He called her many times but she never returned his calls. He couldn't figure out why she was not attending his calls. He was so busy that he couldnt find time to visit her or call her again after that first call. During this time Heather and his family were a great support to him. She called him often everyday and they talked about how he was dealing with this change in his life. Apart of being feeling energetic all time and a few improved sense of smell and taste he didnt feel any change in him. He was looking forward to thanksgiving, wanting to see Heather again and catching up with Kol.

At last on the morning of thanksgiving, Heather arrived. He picked her up from the airport and brought her home with him whereas Elijah picked Kol two hours later. He and Rebekah caught up with Kol while Heather chatted with Esther in the kitchen as Esther gave final touches to the thanksgiving dinner she was hosting. He looked around at a child laughing and saw Elijah tickling her. Suddenly among the laughter he realized that Hayley was not there. He turned to Rebekah and asked "where is she? I have not talked to her for a few days and she is avoiding me too."

Rebekah said "she had a class so she said she will come later with Tyler."

Klaus noticed her eyes narrowing and asked "what?"

Rebekah said "nothing, you suddenly seemed annoyed."

He said "I am not."

They all turned towards the door when they heard Anna's excited voice "Hayley! you are here."

He looked towards Hayley holding Tyler's hand. She walked to Esther, kissed her saying "this is wonderful Esther."

For some reason seeing Hayley made him angry. He wondered why was he angry when he had been looking forwards to seeing her and talking to her about about why was she avoiding him. Even in this anger he coulnt help but notice that she was distracted and was avoiding him and then later she disappeared, he noticed, with Tyler. It annoyed and confused him why is she avoiding him but luckily Heather was there to give him company. When later that night she danced for him nude he forgot all about Hayley and his annoyance at her.

Heather left on Saturday and he got busy with his case again. When one day Esther chided him for spending too less time at home, he realized that he had been spending at lot of time at the office. But he just didnt feel like spending time at home so he continued to work on the case of James Edward suing a snowmobile making company. He felt so bad for the man for losing his wife in that snowmobile accident that he was spending day and night on that case to get him a good settlement.

With each passing day, the tension over the case was making him lose his temper a lot at everyone including his family members and Hannah who to his surprise took everything in stride. He was getting confused why he was angry all the time. He was unable to keep the image of that man kissing Hayley out of his head whenever he would lie in the bed late into the night and stare towards the ceiling.

He felt relieved that snowmobile case was there to distract his mind at least during the day time. At last after having one session with the judge, his client and the snowmobile company came to an agreement. After he had done with the case he realized that he had not talked to her for a week and she had not called too.

Elijah was working at his desk when he heard a knock. He looked up and saw Hannah standing there. He asked "what is it Hannah?"

She closed the door and said "I …" she closed the door and walked to him.

Elijah leaned back in his chair and asked again "what is it Hannah? Do you need to take a day off?"

When she shook her head, he asked in confusion "everything alright at home?"

Hannah said "it is Mr. Mikaelson."

Elijah asked now more concerned "Niklaus. What about him?"

She asked after slight hesitation "has he triggered his gene?"

Elijah thought he had not heard it right. He asked "what?"

She said "I was wondering has he triggered his gene."

Elijah asked shocked and confused "how do you …."

She said "I have been working here for a long time Mr. Mikaelson and I know this family's secret."

Elijah asked "how long?"

She said "five years ago."

Elijah nodded realizing that it was before their mother had put the cloaking spell on the pack. He asked "I hope you have not told anyone."

She said smiling "of course not. And who will believe me?"

He smiled at that and then said "yes Niklaus triggered his gene last month. By how do you know?"

Hannah said "he cut his hand yesterday but today it was healed and I just knew. And he has been very agitated latterly and from what I have read about well… your kind, they are short of temper but then again he never was that way before he triggered his gene."

Elijah said "because we are taught to control our anger since we are children."

Hannah asked hesitantly "did he trigger his gene when he was accused of that murder?"

Elijah looked up with jerk and said "yes Hannah but it was an accident. Niklaus will never kill anyone."

Hannah hastily added "no of course not. I am sorry if I gave that impression."

Later that day when they were going home Elijah told Klaus about his conversation with Hannah making him realize that he needs to deal with the root of the problem.

For the next few days he thought a lot about why he was angry and after a lot of thought he realized that his anger was combination of anger on himself at not doing anything before that man put his lips on her and anger on Hayley. He wondered why was he angry at Hayley?

He wondered if she had not dressed… but as soon as the thought crossed his mind, he contradicted it by saying "no she was appropriately dressed up."

He wondered if she was not dancing in that close proximity with that man but then again he contradicted himself by saying "it was not her fault."

All of his logic was screaming at him that it was not his or her fault but his anger at both him and Hayley was not getting better and before he knew it two more weeks went by and he realized that he had pushed her away. He cursed himself for doing that but every time he would pick up his cell to talk to her, he would start getting angry.

He called Mason and asked him "what is happening to me? Why am I unable to control my anger? I was able to do that before I triggered my gene."

Mason said "you need to get in control Niklaus. It will cause you problem in your next transmission. Get to the root of it and solve it."

But with all his efforts, his agitation was no where in control. The only time when he would feel relief and calm was when he would talk to Heather and talk about what has been going on with their lives and just catch up. To distract his mind he went to see Stefan. At first he was hesitant thinking that he was a werewolf now and how his father didnt not like to mingle with vampires after triggering genes but then he chose to ignore everything and went. When he left Stefan's house, he felt a bit calm and with a smile on his lips. After many days he had such a nice evening of just catching up, the look of shock on Caroline and Stefan's faces when they sensed that he had triggered his gene was priceless and them not believing that he could have killed someone really lifted his spirit and for the first time ever since he had triggered his gene he found the situation amusing.

While he was having problem dealing with the situation she too was unable to find peace in her life. Even though she knew they were werewolves and it was something that could have happened to anyone but her guilt was increasing with each passing day. Rebekah visited her often and tried to talk sense to her but it was not helping her guilt that he triggered his gene because of her. She had started avoiding him more and more and then the fact that he was not making any effort to meet her was not helping her depression. Something was lost that night when that man invaded her personal space. She tried everything but nothing was working. She tried to get lost in Tyler. the only time she would feel herself was when she was dancing with music turned up to the loudest volume or when she was making out with Tyler. She loved it when she would manage to shock Tyler during those session so much so that he would comment on them. She realized that if it were not for Tyler, she would have gone into deep depression not knowing that she was going into depression, not knowing that her loved ones were worried about her, by her careless attitude, skipping classes, coming home late, clubbing. Night time were hardest, she was unable to sleep thinking about Klaus and how his life has changed because of her. At last she realized that she will not be able to find peace as long as she is near him so one night three weeks after his first transformation she walked to her father's room and knocked.

On hearing "come in" she entered the room.

She said "dad, I want to talk to you about something."

When she came back from her father's room, she felt a bit calmed and at peace.

She fell on the bed and went to sleep first time in weeks.

She was dancing with eyes closed on an instrumental music when there was a knock on the door. She continued to dance hoping whoever it is will leave but she groaned when the door opened and Rebekah came in.

He picked up the cell with a smile on his lips and said "what a surprise. You beat her this year."

Heather laughed and said "I dont believe it. Is she sick or something?"

Klaus said "unfortunately I have not talked to her for a few days."

Heather said "you have not talked to her! Now that is a surprise."

Klaus said "yes, I have been busy."

Heather said with exasperation "Klaus, you know how guilty she is about this incidence."

Klaus asked confused "what do you mean?" but suddenly out of blue he recalled what she had once told him that she will never forgive herself if he triggered his gene because of her.

Heather said "she blames herself for triggering your gene. I have told her so many time she that it was not her fault but she is not listening. Mom is worried about her."

Klaus looked towards the painting on the easel and asked "why wouldn't you tell me this before?"

Heather said "I thought you two would talk. You talk all the time. Anyway Happy birthday."

He said distractedly "thank you. I love you."

She said "I love you too. Unfortunately I have to run. I am so bummed that I wouldn't be able to see you in winter break but will see you on new year eve. You are coming right?"

he said "yes. wouldn't miss it for the world."

She said "okay good. I have to go now. Have a class. Have a nice day. Love you."

Klaus said "love you too. See you in a few days."

He put the cell down wondering about what Heather had just told him about Hayley and suddenly started feeling guilty that he was unconsciously blaming her too and distancing himself from her when it was not her fault that he had triggered his gene.

He sighed, picked up a book and started reading it but his heart was not into it. He put he book down and was getting up thinking about painting when the door burst open and Anna ran in saying "Happy birthday Uncle Nik. Look what I made for you?"

Klaus looked towards Anna absentmindedly and then his brows furrowed when he noticed the white dress with colorful pastel colored ribbons decorated at the edge of the dress.

He asked "hey where did you get this dress from?"

She said handing him the birthday card she had made for him "Hayley gave it to me. She said she was giving away her old stuff to Salation army.." Klaus automatically corrected "Salvation army." She continued "yes but she loved this dress and didnt want to give it to anyone. So she gave it to me."

Klaus asked "when?"

She said "she came yesterday."

He asked wondering 'why didnt she come to visit him?' "what time?"

She said carelessly "I don't know" and kissed him before running out.

Flashback

10th, June, 2000

Eleven year old Klaus looked around the people gathered in the backyard of his mansion celebrating the party thrown by his father in honor of Henry Marshall, on becoming the second in command of the Wood pack.

Suddenly his gaze fell on a girl with brunette hair reaching till her waist, with olive color complexion, green eyes, dressed in a blue dress looking around smiling but looking lost. He smiled, walked to her and asked "what is your name?"

She tucked her hair behind saying "Heather, what is yours?"

He said "that is a pretty name. My name is Niklaus Miakelson."

Heather asked "hi Niklaus, you are Mr. Mikealson's son?"

Klaus said "yes and you are Henry Marshall's daughter."

Heather said "yes."

Klaus opened his mouth to say something when they heard a voice calling "Heather, come look."

She smiled and walked towards the voice with Klaus.

When they reached near the pool, he saw a young girl around the age of five or six with hazel colored eyes, brunette hair flying loosely, dressed in white dress with ribbons decorated at the skirt of the dress. He smiled as he noticed the excited smile on her face as she clumsily tried to circle the hola hoop around her waist. She said "look I did it…" but at the same time, the hola hoop fell on the ground.

Heather turned to Klaus sand said "Niklaus this is my sister Hayley. Hayley this is Niklaus. Mr. Mikaelson's son."

Hayley looked towards him and said "hello Ni….kaus"

He smiled and said "call me Klaus."

She smiled and picked up the hola hoop saying "hello Klaus!"

end flashback.

Coming to present he stood up. He walked to his easel and picked up his brush but he was unable to focus on that too and wondered how lonely she must have felt. His thought were interrupted by a knock at the door. He said "enter."

he continued to do the paint but his newly developed sense of smell told him that it was Rebekah.

He could hear her foot steps as she walked to him. He smiled when she said "Happy birthday" as she hugged him and kissed him on his cheek.

He said "thanks"and continued to paint.

She said "wow this is very pretty. I love it."

Klaus stepped back and said "thanks" as he examined the white full moon, the refection in the water and tall skyline in the back."

He turned to her and asked "what is it?" as he noticed stress on her face.

Rebekah said "it is Hayley."

Klaus asked with trepidation"what about her?"

Rebekah said "she has stopped coming to college."

Klaus asked shocked "why?"

Rebekah said "I went to see her yesterday…" and stopped talking.

Klaus asked impatiently "and?"

Rebekah said desperately "she is dropping out."

He thought that he had not heard her right and then he barked "what?"

Rebekah said "she wants to take a break. She is going for a trip after Christmas to… where are you going?"

Klaus snapped "putting some sense into her."

When he left the room, Rebekah continued to look at the painting and then walked to the picture of Klaus and Hayley at the table, picked up and smiled. She put it down and then left the room too.

Hayley was sitting on the bed, when she heard a knock at the door. She said "come in" and walked to the walking closet. She said as she took off her shirt from the hanger "Maria, I am not hungry."

She walked out and stopped as she saw him standing in his room. Without warning her eyes blurred and she turned away from her.

He asked as he rubbed the back of her head "what is it that Rebekah is telling me?"

She said "I am going to Paris for a few days."

Klaus said firmly "no you are not. You have college."

She said without looking towards him "I am taking a break for…"

But he cut her off again "no you are are finishing college and then you are joining Stanford. For the past two years I have heard nothing but about Stanford. You are not going to leave it in the middle."

She suddenly started yelling "let me go. I dont want to …"

He cut her off by saying loudly "shut up Hayley."

She stopped talking but her eyes were stinging and the tears started to fall. He ran his fingers through his hair and said softly "Hayley, it was not your fault."

She snapped "then why are you avoiding me?"

He said not looking toward her "I dont know Hayley. I just feel angry at myself. I should have controlled my anger. If …"

Hayley finished his sentence saying "if it were not me. You wouldn't have triggered your gene."

She started to turn away when he grabbed her arm and said "listen, sit we need to talk."

She yanked her arm free saying "Klaus please let me go."

He said "not unless you listen to me."

She turned to him, he said "yes I was angry at you but my anger was not directed at the right person. I told you once that it was never your fault. I dont know how I forgot that but I am saying it again that it was not your fault. He assaulted you and I was right in defending you. I will do it any day if I have to. It was an accident."

When she kept quiet, he continued "everything will be okay."

he instinctively pulled her towards him in a hug and she started to cry saying "I am so sorry Klaus."

After a few minutes, he said sternly "okay now enough."

During the next few days he noticed how much she had changed. She rarely visited him. As per Rebekah she was missing classes. Henry and Veronica were worried about her. Now he was too starting to get worried about her. One night when he was thinking about how to snap her out he got a call from Heather who said "Klaus do something about her. She is getting too depressed and I dont want her to go on that damn trip in this state of hers."

Klaus asked "Heather, neither do I. I have been trying to change her mind but you know how stubborn she can become. I have a few more days. I am still hopeful. the thing is that short of throwing her in a comfy dungeon and locking her up, there is nothing we can do. She is an adult."

She said "I cannot wait to come and beat her to pulp until common sense start seeing into her head. I dont have energy to deal with this. I am counting on her. Wedding is so close and she chose now to have this nervous breakdown."

Klaus asked "Heather, do you still want to marry me when I am a…"

She cut him off by saying "I love you Klaus. This is what we are. There was always a chance that we will trigger our gene. Uncle Richard didn't but you did. We cannot stop our lives because of this."

He said "we have found him."

She asked excitedly "where?"

He said "Mystic Falls."

She said firmly "then go."