Chapter4

Hayley woke up in the morning with a splitting headache. How much did she drink the night before? She looked down to see she was still wearing her clothes from last night and her eyeliner was smudged. Her lips tasted like strong bourbon and her vision was blurry. She pushed herself up from bed and went to take a shower and got into some comfy clothes. When she went downstairs she saw Molly making breakfast.

"I see you're feeling better," Molly said without turning around from cooking. Hayley smiled uneasily. "I guess your face tells me 'not really.'" "Yeah, tells you correctly." Molly placed a plate of French toast in front of her and Hayley happily started eating. "Listen–"

"–Please don't… ask, because I have no idea what happened after my third glass of alcohol." Her aunt was worried but didn't ask. She sighed, "Well you should know, you're friend called. Asked me to tell you to meet her at her house," Molly said. "Which friend?" she asked, with her mouth full. "Rebekah Mikaelson. Isn't she you're childhood best friend?" Hayley nodded while chewing. She finished eating and left to Rebekah's house. She rang the doorbell and waited. She had to admit, their house, their mansion, was amazing. She'd forgotten how it looked inside. Just then the door opened and behind it she saw Klaus standing there with his hand on the door and the other on the wall. His shirt was unbuttoned till his chest and she could see his necklaces hanging low. She realized she was staring and looked him in the eyes and smiled. "Hi," she said lamely.

Klaus remained frozen for a while before he shook his head and smiled back. He was surprised yet happy to see her and her beautiful face. "Hi," he said back. She waited there awkwardly for two seconds before she spoke. "So… Rebekah told me to meet her here. Something she needed to tell me," he got out of his semi-trance and invited her in.

"Right. Please, come on in," he said gesturing to the inside of his house. He vaguely remembered the events of the previous night, drinking and the kiss. He didn't know if she remembered anything so he didn't ask her. Rebekah had also told him that she needed to talk to him. He don't know why but he was in no mood to have a conversation with her because of his hangover.

Hayley was so blank from the night before. She wanted to know if he remembered anything but was too afraid to ask. She didn't even know how she got home! She heard him close the door and walk towards her. He guided her to the sitting room, which was huge! "Nice house," she said looking around and up to the ceiling, where there were painted murals. She was starting to remember this house, a little bit from when they were little. "Thanks. Do you remember the place?" he asked just as she was thinking about it. "Sort of, it's coming back to me, the memories," she smiled and sat down on the sofa. He nodded slowly and sat down opposite her. She didn't want there to be that awkward silence so she started the conversation. She didn't want to ask but she did anyway. "So hey, I need to ask you something. Do you… remember anything that happened yesterday? It's just that I have this killer headache and I have no clue what happened."

Klaus froze for a second and gulped. "What do you remember from yesterday?" he asked slowly, taking caution about what he was going to say to her. She shrugged her shoulders high. "Not much really. The last person I was with was you and we were drinking at the bar, and the last thing I remember was drinking my fourth glass of whisky. And the next thing I know, I'm waking up in bed with the worst hangover and the same outfit I was wearing yesterday," she said. He was a bit disappointed that she didn't remember more but he was planning on how to tell her. For now he didn't talk about it.

"Me too, I remember drinking a lot. A LOT. And then I remember Elijah taking every drunk person to cabs he had called." He chose his words carefully and looked at her face for her reaction. "Anything else?" Hayley asked. Klaus was about to say no when they heard Rebekah's voice. The turned to the door to see her leaning on it with her hands crossed.

"I'll tell you what else," Bekah said with her arms crossed. She searched her phone for something and walked towards them. "Hi, Rebekah," Hayley said. "Hi Hayley," she said back in the same tone. Hayley was a bit confused. Klaus gulped. He hoped Bekah didn't know about his and Hayley's kiss. She showed them a picture on her smartphone. Hayley took the phone and looked at it wide eyed. Klaus saw it too and stayed very still with his eyes locked on the picture. It was a blurry photo of Klaus and Hayley dancing. Really, really, close to each other. She had her back to his chest and he had on hand on her stomach and one on her waist, and he had his head buried in her neck. Hayley looked at Rebekah embarrassed.

"Where… did you… um… where did you get these?" Hayley asked softly and slowly. Klaus still hadn't moved. "Marcel sent me these pictures, you're lucky Katherine came home early. If she'd seen these, she would be interrogating you right now!" Klaus still hadn't moved a bit. Neither Klaus nor Hayley spoke so Rebekah asked, "So is there something you two want to tell me? Hmm?" she looked at them both. "Niklaus?" he looked up and stuttered.

"I-I well I umm, I d-don't know exact–" he couldn't register all this happening and thankfully Hayley answered. "Rebekah I don't think the both of us knew what we were doing because I for sure as hell do not remember a single thing from last night." She looked at Klaus and he nodded frantically. She looked back and forth at them and sighed. "Well that picture isn't the only one." Hayley and Klaus widened their eyes. "What?!" they asked simultaneously.

Rebekah signalled to her phone with her eyes and said, "Keep scrolling there are like six other pictures," Hayley scrolled through them and saw some more intimate pics of herself and Klaus. When they scrolled to the final two pictures, they saw something that traumatized both of them for completely different reasons. The photo was taken of the two of them lip locked and in a tight embrace on the dance floor. Klaus snatched the phone from Hayley's hand to see if this was really happening. Hayley was traumatized because she couldn't believe she had kissed Klaus, and not known about it! Klaus was traumatized because he couldn't believe that their kiss in the cab was not the only time they kissed. The next picture was of them slightly pulling away from their embrace. Hayley and Klaus looked at each other and then looked up at Rebekah who had her eyebrows raised.

"Sister, we did NOT know this happened, I swear," Klaus said and Rebekah believed him. She nodded and took her phone from his hand. "I'll leave you two to sort it out, and don't worry, no one else saw these pictures," she said and left. Klaus looked at Hayley who was looking at the floor. He felt guilty about not telling her, so he did. "Hayley, there's something else I remember, vaguely though," she looked at him questioningly asking him to tell her with her eyes. He swallowed and said, "When it was time to leave the party, Elijah told me to accompany you home, so we took the same cab and… when we reached your house, we kind of… you umm, kissed me, before you left," Hayley had her mouth hanging low.

"So basically I assaulted you last night and I don't even remember. Great!" she said and smacked her forehead. He chuckled and pulled her hands into his. "It's fine. You didn't know what you were doing and to be fair, I think I kissed back," he said with a smirk and Hayley turned a bright shade of red, while she tried to avoid eye contact. But when she looked up she couldn't look away from his eyes. She realized they were still holding hands and pulled away. She cleared her throat.

"So I'm going to go, I think that's what Rebekah wanted to tell me. I'll see you in school?" she asked. He nodded and walked her to her car. She looked back waved and left. He smiled to himself after she left. That girl was turning him into a shy goose. He was happy that at least she didn't stop talking to him after she found out about the kiss. He walked in the house and shut the door.

When Hayley reached home, she ran up the stair and to her room. She thought about those photos and what they would mean to her and Klaus. She didn't think he would want anything but she felt like she did. She had these weird feeling around him. She was never the nervous girly type girl. She was strong and confident, but whenever she was around him, she was different. Suddenly she remembered Jackson. She had broken things off with him because she couldn't think about relationships. She had to focus on herself and lead her life. She hadn't told Klaus or anyone about her parents, and she was going to keep it that way. She promised herself that she was only going to be friends with Klaus.

*On Monday, at school*

Hayley walked the corridors and to her locker. She put her books in and started organizing her stuff for the day. Klaus was at his locker on the other side of the wall just watching her. He felt a nudge and saw Marcel wink. "So you two a thing now?" Marcel asked and Klaus widened his eyes. "I'm guessing Rebekah didn't tell you, those pictures that you took, shame on you by the way, those pictures were taken when we were drunk and we didn't know that even happened until Rebekah showed us the photos. So, NO, we are NOT a thing," Marcel nodded and pursed his lips but then smirked. "But you want it to be, don't you?" He said. He saw the way Klaus looked at her, like he wished she could be with him.

Klaus didn't know what he wanted from Hayley. Did he want to ask her out? He didn't know but he sure as hell wasn't going to tell Marcel or Hayley or anyone to know that until he was sure for himself, otherwise, they would tease him forever. He saw her take her books and leave for English. He turned to see Marcel had gone. He got his bag and went to class. He met her eyes, smiled "Hello, love." She smiled back, "Hey Klaus." He sat behind the seat on her left. He never sat anywhere other than the last row in any class. He felt that's where he could concentrate.

She turned behind to look at him and asked him in a whisper hesitantly. "Klaus, no one but Marcel and Rebekah have seen those pictures right? That's what Rebekah said?" Klaus nodded and wondered what she was thinking. "But those are just the pictures. What if people saw us in the club? You don't have any grudges against anyone do you?" he understood what she was saying. "Don't worry Hayley, no one's going to use those. Marcel and Rebekah told me they deleted their pics. I saw her do it myself. Even Marcel." She nodded and said, "Okay, so let's pretend that didn't happen and forget about it okay?" he felt unhappy about what she said but he didn't say anything.

Hayley turned around to look at the front when the teacher came to class. "Good morning class!" "Good Morning!" everyone shouted. "Before we start class, we have a new student!" Everyone including Hayley looked confused. She thought she was the only one that year. It would be great to have someone else who's new though. "So class, please welcome Kaleb Walters to our class," Hayley's eyes widened at that name and just then, Kaleb, her best friend Kaleb walked into the class and stood next to the teacher. "Welcome Kaleb, please write your name here and introduce yourself to the class," he did as he was told and caught Hayley's eye. He smiled widely and she smiled back.

Klaus noticed how Hayley was smiling at the new guy, like she was really happy to see him. He instantly felt his stomach tightening. Not even two minutes in class and he already disliked the guy. Kaleb introduced himself and said he was from New Orleans. Elena, hearing this looked at Hayley and nudged her with her elbow. "Is this the Kaleb you were talking about?" Elena whispered and Hayley nodded. Klaus heard their conversation. So, Hayley knew him from New Orleans, interesting. He watched Kaleb walk to the empty desk that was in front of him and next to Hayley's.

Hayley raised her eyebrows questioningly at Kaleb. What was he doing in Mystic Falls? "Hello, sweet potato," Kaleb said. He hadn't seen her in months even when they were in New Orleans because she closed off on everyone after the tragedy with her parents. He had a slight understanding about how he felt because his mom had passed away when he was only six but he couldn't imagine losing both parents at the same time.

"Hi Kay! What are you doing here?" Hayley asked. She hadn't talked him in a while. "Dad's starting a business here. He thought moving to a quiet town would be peaceful for him and me," Hayley nodded and smiled. "It's so great to see you, Kay. I know we've not talked in a while but I came here to start fresh, also because of my aunt," Kaleb nodded. He looked to a brown haired girl waving at him. "Hi! I'm Elena, Hayley's friend. She told us about you!" "Kaleb. Nice to meet you," he said sweetly. "Elena where's Stefan?" "I don't know, I think he's going to be late." Hayley nodded and looked back to Kaleb. "So how are you holding up with… everything?" she smiled and said. "I'm better now."

Klaus had heard what they were saying. What did Kaleb mean when he said 'everything?' was Hayley not well? Had she gone through some troubles before she came here? He didn't know what it was but he was certain it was something. The class began and ended quickly. He was gathering his things when he saw Hayley leave with Kaleb. Elena walked to him and asked, "Hey where's Stefan today?" Klaus shrugged. He didn't know why Stefan wasn't in school. He gathered his things and left class with Elena. The boys had P.E. and he would get to talk to Kaleb Walters.


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