A/N: Thanks for reading and leaving very nice reviews. I hope you like this chapter because I am not too sure about it :(. Sorry for late update for two reasons !) i was working on lost in the midst of time. 2) having a little writer's block :( in my efforts to write long chapter with interesting story and development. Hopefully will upload the next chapter sooner.

Synopsis: While Hayley and Klaus are trying hard to come to term with their new life, Tyler is having problem accepting the change. A surprising visit from someone leaves them confused and at loss.

Hayley left for college with Rebekah with a very heavy heart unable to get his words out of her mind, how to handle Tyler if she has to face him and how to handle nosey people questions. Luckily no one asked her about Tyler which she assumed was because they had been having problem before she took off on her trip and very few knew that they had gotten back together but people did show surprise at her getting married to Klaus as the circle of her friends knew about their friendship. She tried to keep her mind off of what Klaus had said throughout the day while trying to catch up with her missed classes, lectures, receiving congrats but soon realized that she was unable to keep her mind distracted as his words about not trusting her kept on haunting her mind and her anger was building for him thinking 'how could he even think that she will cheat on her wedding vows.'

Throughout the day she felt nervous about seeing Tyler. Part of her heart wanted to meet him tell him how sorry she was for breaking his heart but her mind was telling her that probably Klaus was right. After seeing that display of anger she should keep her distance from him considering he has just triggered his gene too. But there was only so much she could do to avoid him. They did have a class together after all.

Rebekah was hurrying towards the class thinking that she will get to go home after that when she spotted Hayley with Tyler just outside their class and talking. Even from the distance she could see Tyler furious face and from Hayley's stance that she was trying to calm him down. As she saw he grabbed Hayley and pulled her towards him and tried to kiss her. She rushed towards them when stopped as she saw Hayley kicking Tyler in the shin causing him to let her go. She continued towards them and hissed "Tyler, what the hell! if Klaus finds out he will …"

Tyler cut her off by shouting "shut up Rebekah. He ruined our lives."

Hayley snapped "Tyler stop it. He didnt ruin our lives. He saved everyone. We tried to save…"

He shouted "if you say, pack, I am going to…" he was so angry that he was unable to finish his sentence.

Rebekah stepped over saying "Tyler, stop that. I am telling you one last time. Get the hell out of here."

She grabbed Hayley's hand and dragged her to one direction saying "you will not tell Klaus about this. Do you get it?"

Hayley came out of shock and said "you want me to lie to him?"

She turned towards her and said "Klaus will kill Tyler if he finds out what he tired to do."

Hayley suddenly remembered his anger in the morning and shook her head and headed towards the car. Rebekah ran after her saying "hey where are you going? We have a class."

Hayley said stopping "oh yeah" feeling lost and broken at seeing Tyler so heart. She wiped her eyes and realized that she was crying. Rebekah said "Hayley, everything will be okay. Come on."

She let her to the class.

After reaching home, she had a light snack with Rebekah and then went towards her room. After she entered the room, she fell on the bed feeling very depressed. After half an hour she got up, freshen herself and took out her books but was unable to concentrate so she snapped the book shut and started pacing the room and then stopped looking at his unfinished painting on the easel. She felt like tearing it up and it took all her will power not to do so.

While Hayley was having a rough day, he too was having a rough day. Her words "marrying Klaus was a punishment" had been ringing in his ears since last night making the dread in stomach deepen. He realized that even though he understood what she meant but to his annoyance and confusion it still hurt him. He racked his brains to think of a reason why would it bother him. She was right. Doesn't he feel the same way too? To stop himself from thinking that, he tried to keep himself busy and after sometime he succeeded, seeing that he had missed a lot of work. He realized that even though Elijah had been on top of things but it will take him a long time to get things in order again with his clients. By the time he got home, it was late and she was already in bed but awake. He changed his clothes and was getting in the bed when she asked "have you eaten anything?"

He said "I am not hungry" and turned away from her.

Hayley kept looking towards him, recognizing how different from yesterday morning he was right now; when he had kissed her. She wondered is it because of Tyler or about what he had overheard her telling Mikael about their marriage. For some reason she suspected that it was the later one and she felt miserable but then suddenly she got angry as she recalled the incidence involving Tyler; between her and Tyler, between Klaus and him, between her and Klaus about Tyler . She said "I want to talk to you about what you said in the morning!"

Hearing the coldness in her voice, he turned to her and then seeing the anger on her face he sat up but didnt say anything.

She continued now getting angrier by the minute "you came up with this brilliant idea bout this marriage! You and every one in these two freaking families forced me into this marriage. You wanted to consummate this marriage. You still love Heather so much so that you cannot even bear to talk about her and you have the nerve to say to me that I will cheat on you. I should be the one who should be worried about you cheating on me but I am not because I know you will never cheat on me even if you will always love her so dont you dare question my loyalties to our vows ever again."

By the end of the sentence her voice had become so aloof that took Klaus by surprise. She turned away from him, turned the light off and got under the covers and let her tears falls down hoping that he will not say anything to her and this time to her relief he didnt. He at once knew that she was crying but had lost the nerve to talk to her or to comfort her realizing that she has made good points. While Hayley cried herself to sleep he was unable to sleep thinking about what she had said to him. He at last got out of his bed and got lost in his painting. It was near dawn when he finally got tired and went back towards bed. He gently removed her hand from his pillow and laid there after covering her body with the duvet.

Next morning when he woke up she was not next to him. He looked towards the bathroom door and seeing it closed, he knew she was in there. He stayed there waiting fro her to come out.

When Hayley stepped out feeling frustrated and depressed, she saw him up. She said "I will be late. I want to go spend some time with mom so I will go there after my classes."

When she started towards the door, he said "Hayley!" making her stop in track.

When she turned towards him, he continued to look towards her sad face and then got out of the bed. He walked to her and held her hand saying "I am sorry Hayley. For everything I have done and said to you in the past two weeks. I dont know why I said that but I do trust you. You know I trust you. More then anything."

She looked into his eyes and said "it is already very difficult for me Klaus. Don't make it harder."

She slipped her hands from his but he pulled her towards him in a hug and kissed her head in such an affectionate way that her heart skipped a beat. He said "I am sorry. I know and I will be careful in future."

She nodded and then stepped back from him. She turned away and left saying "I will be late."

Before they both knew it a week went by. During this week, she caught up with her studies and spend a great deal of time with Rebekah, Anna, Esther and Elijah. It felt like old times when she would fall on Rebekah's bed and they would study and discuss their graduation and after that plans. She felt really amused when Rebekah asked about her honeymoon but she, remembering Klaus's warning, would just smile and keep quiet. She got a few calls from Heather but she never attended them suddenly feeling guilty for getting married to the love of her life. Even though she was avoiding her but she never stopped thinking about her and couldn't stop listening to the voice- messages she left for her. Her heart broke when she heard her saying "Hayley talk to mom and dad. They will forgive me if you talk to them. Please talk to dad. He is not talking to me. If he would talk to me I can explain."

"Hayley please ask them to let me come home. I am sorry. Please dont punish me like this."

"Hayley please talk to Mikael. He loves you, he will listen to you."

"Hayley please talk to Klaus. I realize that he is angry with me but he will listen to you. He is your best friend."

"Hayley…. I want to come home. Please talk to me. Some one please talk to me."

The desperation in Heather's voice just broke her heart. Her feeling of guilt increased tremendously at the trust she was showing towards her, the trust that Klaus is just her friend and he will listen to her, for being not aware of what has been happening. To her surprise her anger at Heather for putting her in this spot was replaced by extreme feeling of guilt. She started to think in anguish "what should she do? She has already talked to Mikael. Should she talk to him again? Should she talk to Klaus? That will not be effective. He is not even willing to listen to hear her name."

Even though she had an idea that her coming back home will cause problems between her and Klaus, between both of them but she thought 'maybe if they forgive her and she comes back she herself will some how make up for marrying the love of her life' so she started convince her father to forgive her but she soon realized that it was harder than she had expected. She had lost courage to talk to Mikael again but she talked to Esther a few times to talk to Mikael. She was very surprised when Esther didnt say anything to discourage her and just promised that she will do everything to make matters right. Every day she waited for that call from her or her mom telling her that she has been forgiven but it never came. Tyler tried to talk to her a few times but she didnt encourage it which she noticed really annoyed him and he would jump at her throat even at the slightest of the chance he would get. She couldnt help but sympathize with him considering she had been feeling the same way too with the only difference that she had accepted this change in her life and was trying to make it work whereas Tyler she clearly could see was having problem accepting it. Everytime she met him her heart would skip a beat and she would feel like crying but she knew her limitations as a married woman. She realized that it was because of this new change in his life - the gene trigger.

Klaus noticed that she settled down in his house very quickly as if she had been living there forever. He could see that she was really busy in her studies but she still took out time to enjoy his family's company just like she used to do before they got married. He couldnt help but notice that when he would enter the room, her smile would slip from her face and she would get quieter. Often he would overhear her talking to Elijah and Esther and Rebekah and she sounded like herself but the moment he would enter the room, she would become cautious and conscious which he was starting to hate so he started avoiding interrupting those gathering but it was only so much he could do. Each time that happened it increased his feeling of guilt at the realization that he was the one making her uncomfortable. He desperately wished that he could turn back the clock and make everything the way it was especially after finding out how upset aunt Carol was with Mikael and his family for allowing his marriage so much so that as per Rebekah she had not visited them since the marriage. He often wondered 'wasnt the reason for this marriage to prevent breaking of the pack?' but what he was noticing was that in his efforts to save the pack he had caused a major rift between his own family and Tyler's family. He cursed himself every day for not thinking every thing through before taking that step but then thinking about the bigger picture he hoped that things will get better with time. A surprising discovery fro him was that he was starting to accept her in his life but but he also knew that deep down he still loved Heather and he often wondered what will happen if she comes back. Often in the quiet environment of his office he would think of what she had said to him about his and her trust issue and wonder if she was right. Will he not cheat on her with Heather if given the opportunity? And it would scare him at the realization that he might. In those moments he would desperately hope that she never comes back.

Many a times he felt like telling his father to never forgive her and allow her back home but then he would think that he was being selfish, depriving Henry and Veronica of their daughter and Hayley of her sister as he recalled her request to Mikael, he had overheard and that would make him stop from doing something rash. Thinking of that incidence would remind him of how she felt about all of this and that would just sink his heart. With conscious effort he managed to put that hurtful sentence in that part of his brain where he was trying to keep all the memories about Heather and his friendship with Hayley prior to this marriage. He realized that even though he never had desire to make love to her but there was this sense of obligation during the honeymoon but ever since he had come back from their honeymoon he had been ignoring that obligation. He knew that they should be getting closer to each other in every sense but something was hindering that development and he realized it was mostly his fault but he was unable to overcome that inhibition that had taken over ever since they had returned or muster up the courage to be intimate with her again. To distract his mind from this issue, he started spending more and more time at office and when he would be home, he would lock himself in the room and spend hours painting. The upside of spending too much time in the office he realized was that he noticed his brother embracing his love life again; the possibility of someone who would love him again and that just warmed his heart. He realized if he had to chose anyone for Elijah, Hannah was a perfect choice and that made him wonder why didnt he never think about her and Elijah before and that led him to remember what he had suggested to Elijah about Hayley and he smiled a the irony of that suggestion.

Two days later

Elijah was going through the information his secretary had gathered for him about his client when he looked up and through the glass panels he saw Hannah at her desk and a smile appeared on his lips. Ever since Niklaus had returned from his honeymoon, their interactions had reduced which was not surprising considering she was his brother's secretary. He wondered should he ask her on another date considering it had been more than a month they had been on a date. He decided to make this one special without kids as he recalled the chaos at the last one with Jake and Anna, chatting non-stop and in the end ended up fighting. He smiled as he recalled the frustration on her face but then the wedding happened and everything else stalled. Him busy with Niklaus and his cases, trying to figure out why was the pack acting up, trying to understand why would Heather leave Niklaus one day before the wedding day. With everything going on he had not asked Hannah again but now that things were finally settling down and there had not been a single incidence in the pack about Hayley and Klaus's marriage except for the rumors he had been hearing, Klaus and Hayley were back and apparently seemed to have started their married life, he thought it was time to take the next step. He looked down and shifted his focus to the case thinking about talking to her before leaving for home. He looked up after some time when he heard a knock at the door. Seeing Cary there, he felt a drop in his stomach. He motioned him to enter and close the door.

As Cary sat down he leaned back in his chair and asked "what is it?"

Cary said "what is going on with Hayley and Klaus?"

Elijah asked "what have you heard?"

Cary said "They both cheated on Tyler and Heather and hence she was not at the wedding."

Elijah said "yes I have been hearing about it but that is not what happened."

When he kept quiet, Cary said "that is it?! Are you not going to tell me what happened?"

Elijah said "no. You have to trust me that that is not what happened and I would appreciate if you would stop this rumor."

Cary said "I cannot do anything until Tyler stops talking about it and man, it is so believable that no one is doubting it. Another problem that I am foreseeing is that if the pack believes that they got away with cheating to their respective partners then be ready to see more cases."

Elijah said sitting up "what do you mean?"

Cary said "what do you expect Elijah? If Niklaus and Hayley can get away with it so why not other?"

Elijah said with frustration "but they didnt cheat!"

Cary said with frustration "man I dont know what to believe but you have to do some damage control because I can see the start of the storm."

He got up and left whereas Elijah was left wondering 'did they divert a storm by this wedding to jumped into another one?'

He got up and after wrapping up his work left the office. Thirty minutes later he was in his parents room, telling them about what Cary had told him. Mikael said angrily "what is the problem? We can tell them what really happened!"

Elijah opened his mouth to say something when they both spun towards the door as they heard Hayley say "no Mikael. please don't do that. She will never be able to come back."

Mikael said angrily "and she is not coming back Hayley."

Hayley looked towards Elijah and said "please reconsider. Tell them anything but not this. Tell them …. she changed her mind. Klaus changed his mind. But dont tell them that she ran away. Please I beg you."

Elijah said "Hayley the pack thinks that you and Niklaus have cheated on Tyler and Heather."

Hayley asked in a shocked voice "what?!"

Elijah groaned as he realized that Niklaus had not told her that but continued "they are angry that you guys were not punished for it."

Hayley said "you have no idea how much punished we feel with this wedding Elijah but we are both willing to give this a try and I beg of you Mikael please say anything but that."

She said "tell them that …" she desperately looked for words when Elijah walked to her and said "Hayley…" but she cut him off saying "no Elijah please" and then she thought of it "tell them Esther had a vision or…. okay tell them that I fell for Klaus and tried to kill myself if you didnt let us get married or …." she thought desperately and said "tell them we did cheat on Tyler and Heather… Anything. I am okay with it if it means that Heather can come back home. Just let her come home."

Mikael said "that is ridiculous!" now starting to get angry.

Hayley said desperately "Mikael please dont tell anyone she ran away. Please make any excuse. Just forgive her."

She turned around and left the room with tears in her eyes.

Esther said "actually Hayley is right. We can come up with a vision story. That way this secret will remain safe."

Elijah said "no. I know what we should do. Father."

He turned towards Mikael and continued "let Heather come home." Mikael was about to say something when he continued "please listen. If you let Heather come home, no one will suspect about the cheating. Common sense says that if Niklaus cheated on Heather she would never live in the town where her beloved cheated her and with her sister. As for the marriage we can say that Heather realized that she didnt want to get married so when she refused to get married, no one could force her but to keep the pack from breaking up Niklaus and Hayley decided to get married. Heather decided to take a break so to avoid the awkwardness at the wedding. So we are not diverting much from the truth."

Esther asked "what about Tyler?"

Elijah rubbed her head "I forgot him. He is one who is creating problem otherwise we could have said that he backed out."

Mikael said angrily "why do we have to give justification? It was my decision and that is it. No one dare question my decision. I will allow her back but because of Hayley. That girl gave up everything for the honor of her family and I will honor that but I am not covering for her sister at all. She played with the reputation of my family and I will make it sure to anyone who wants to find out the reason for this marriage."

Elijah said "that is a good decision father. This would be enough punishment for her to see the love of her life married to her sister."

Mikael barked "love of her life! if he was that she wouldnt have left. Why did she leave in the first place? "

Elijah said "does it matter anymore father?"

Mikeal said "no but we are sending a message that it is okay to deceive your family and all will be well with you."

Elijah said "no. You are sending a message that even though she deceived her and our family, you still consider her part of the pack and you will never abandon anyone from this pack. Yes punish them but not abandon them."

Mikael stared at his son's face and then a smile appeared on his face and he said "always the wise one Elijah."

Elijah said smiling "I learned from the best."

Mikael said "then it is settled I will talk to Henry and tell him that she can come home."

Elijah nodded and left the room.

Later that night Hayley said "Klaus" as she saw him painting.

He said "hmmm" without looking towards her.

She took a deep breath before continuing "mom called today."

He turned towards her this time and asked "and?"

Hayley continued "she said that Mikael had given permission for Heather to come home."

She saw him getting still and then he turned away from her saying "hmm. Good then. Henry and Veronica must be happy."

She looked towards his back and the sentence was just on the tip of her tongue "and you?" but thought better of and said "I don't know. I hope so. Dad is pretty mad at her and mom is too depressed at what she did."

When he continued to be quiet she asked "how was your office?"

He turned towards her, smiled and said "busy. Got a new case today."

She asked "will you never meet her Klaus?"

The smile slipped from his face and he turned away from her. She continued saying when he kept quiet "she is my sister Klaus."

He put the paint palette down and went to the bathroom without saying anything. Hayley sighed, got up from the bed and went towards the chest of the drawer to take her night clothes out. As her hands touched her night dresses, they stopped when she saw the skin color nightie she had bought for Tyler. Out of blue a question rose in her mind 'will she ever wear that in front of Klaus?' and even the thought made her blush making him wonder 'why is she thinking like that? klaus and her will never be in that kind of relationship where she would dress up for him in something like this.' Suddenly it hit her that ever since their argument and sort of patch up he had not shown any indication to have sex with her or kissed her, which for some reason she found very depressing.

She looked back and hurriedly closed the drawer when she heard the bathroom door close and him saying "I will leave early tomorrow. I have a case to take care of. I will come late. Don't wait up for me."

She turned to him and nodded as she walked toward the bathroom.

When she came out, he was reading a book in the bed. He turned the light off after she got under the covers and turned away from her. She felt a drop in her stomach for unknown reasons. The last thing that was in her mind was she should thank MIkael for allowing Heather come back.

When he woke up next morning she was already up. It hit him for the first time that she was an early riser. He got out of his bed and was fixing it when the bathroom door opened and she came out. He looked towards her dressed in a shorts and a sleeveless white shirt and then continued doing what he was doing soon joined by her.

Hayley thought for a moment and then asked "did you know the rumors about our wedding?"

Shen noticed his hands getting still for just a moment confirming her suspicion and then he said "yes I know."

Hayley asked controlling the sudden surge of anger that he knew and never told her "and?"

Klaus looked towards her and said "does it bother you?"

Hayley said "no but why didnt you tell me?"

Klaus asked "what was the point of telling you?"

Hayley asked "do you have any idea what would give them this idea?"

Klaus looked at her for a moment and then said "well under the circumstances we got married, they can think anything. She ran away and you stepped in, We cheated on them and she left so we got married. I can make a list if you are interesting."

Hayley looked at him angrily and said "go to hell Klaus" and left the room leaving him angry too.

For the next two days they only saw each other when they got up, at the breakfast table and before going to sleep. She didnt know what was happening to them but it was causing her depression. She felt relieved that Rebekah was there to distract her mimd and her exams were just around the corner.

One evening while she was going to her room, Rebekah said pleading now "oh come on. Tell me what happened there?"

Hayley laughed while running towards his side of the house and said "I am getting late. I need to get on with with my studies if I want to finish them before sleeping" turning towards Rebekah while continued to jog backwards. Rebekah said "oh come on Hayley…"

She said laughing as she continued saying "when you get married, you can find all what happens in a honeymoon. Until then what happen in Cancun is sealed by my lips."

She turned around and bumped into someone's solid chest. She looked up and at once knew that he was not in a good mood. The smile slipped form her face as she said "oh sorry. I didn't see you there."

Klaus said coldly "if you look where you are going you might."

He stepped aside and walked towards the main door leaving her and Rebekah looking bewildered.

Later that night he looked towards her sleeping and continued to paint thinking about why he had gotten angry towards her in the evening. He wondered why was she so depressed these days. Heather is coming back so she should be. Is it because of this marriage? and then he realized that it was full moon tomorrow. He wondered 'when will she stop getting depressed because of what happened?' He turned his attention back to his painting. While painting his mind starting playing the events of the past one week and he could help but notice that ever since they had returned things have been different, more tensed up especially since she had told him that Mikael had given Henry permission to let Heather come home. He realized that Heather was not even there and already she was between them. He wondered 'what will happen when she will come back?' Suddenly the door opened with a loud bang interrupting his thoughts. He startled and looked around when he saw Heather standing there and Hayley sitting on the bed waking up from the noise.

His heart skipped a beat seeing her in their room but before he could say anything she hissed "so that is why you never returned my calls. You bitch. My own sister and…"

She advanced towards Hayley angrily when he came out of shock and said coldly said "Heather!"

He saw shock on her face as she turned towards him. He felt his heart skip a beat seeing her after this long but he at once hardened his heart towards her. She said "Klaus, I…"

Hayley looked towards Klaus who was looking so cold that she wondered why is Heather not scared of him; except for the paleness of her complexion nothing showed that she was scared of him. As she got out of the bed slowly he said in an icy tone "this is our bedroom. Please knock next time if you want to come in."

Heather walked towards him but stopped seeing anger on his face. She said "Klaus listen I …"

He said "I dont want to hear anything Heather. You should't be here in our bedroom at this time of the night. Please leave."

Heather looked back towards Hayley and left the room angrily.

Klaus's eyes darted to Hayley who looked on the verge of tears. Their eyes met and he looked away. He went to the bathroom and turned the tap on. He splashed water on his face to calm himself down and the buried his face in the towel trying to wash the desires and the anger that had woken in him after seeing her.

He walked out ten minutes later, after calming down and saw her sitting on the bed looking at her hands resting in her lap. He looked towards her bent head thoughtful and then rubbing the back of his neck he walked to her, sat down. After being quiet for a moment he grabbed her hands and said "listen, nothing has changed. You are still my wife" as he gently squeezed him to comfort her.

She asked "and Heather?"

He said trying to make the light of the situation "not my wife."

She said desperately "you know what I mean Klaus."

He said after a moment of silence "I dont know."

She said with a sad smile "at least you are honest."

He said squeezing her hands "our relationship has always been based on honesty Hayley. I have and will not lie to you about my love for Heather. Her and I are in same situation as you and I. All of us had relationships which changed because of her actions and it will take some time for all of us to come to terms with these new relationship. As much work it is and has taken for you and me to accept this new relationship of ours, the same amount of work will it take for her and me to accept the new relationship of ours and…." he paused for a moment and then continued "I guess you and Tyler too."

After a few moments he said "lets go out."

She said feeling very depressed "it is nine Klaus and you have office in the morning and I have college. "

He said "it is fine. Lets go have some ice-cream."

She said still depressed about what had happened "no Klaus. I don't want to."

He said firmly "guess what? neither am I. But we are going."

He then said "go, change your clothes" as he let go of her hand.

Klaus walked to the walking closet, took out his jean and went towards the bathroom. As he was pulling his jeans on he said impulsively "if you have not changed by the time I get out, I can always help you do that."

Hayley suddenly laughed at his comment and felt glad that he couldnt see her blushing to her annoyance. She grabbed her jeans from the walking closet saying "no need. I am quite capable of doing that."

They left the house from entrance to west wing of the house. Klaus said as they left "I just realized that you dont have keys to this door. I will get one set for you in a few days but I rarely use this door" as he sat behind the wheel.

The drive to coffee shop was a quiet one. He knew she was thinking about Heather's incidence so he said "tomorrow is full moon. I will go to the dungeons directly after the office."

She turned to him and asked gingerly "will Tyler be with you?"

He looked towards her and said "probably."

She said hesitantly "let Elijah handle him this time."

He said "hmm" but didnt say anything else.

He looked toward her after a few minutes while they were drinking coffee and noticed her looking towards someone. He slightly turned and following her gaze found a couple cozied up in a booth two rows behind him on the opposite side. They were quiet old, which really amused him, for rarely seeing an old couple at this time of night. As he watched, the man leaned in and kissed the woman gently. He turned back and noticed that she had a smile on her lips and then she looked away, still smiling.

He looked down at his coffee wondering 'if they will be able to get there? IS she thinking about that too?' He looked towards her and asked "how is your college going?"

She said "good. Rebekah had been helping me a lot. I have missed a lot."

Klaus said "good. When is your graduation?"

Hayley smiled and said "May 20th."

Klaus said "hmm. Must be exciting."

She said with a sigh suddenly sounding tired "yes, if I get though the exams."

He said sipping his coffee "you have never been nervous about the exam."

Hayley said as her eyes went to the old couple, seeing them getting up and leaving the coffee shop, not knowing that his eyes were following hers "I missed a lot this year."

He said "yes that you have but I am sure you will catch up."

She said "hmmm" as she sipped her coffee and then after a moment she said "lets go back. I have to get up early tomorrow."

That night both of them stayed awake for a long time staring towards the ceiling thinking about that old couple not knowing that the other was thinking the same thing, not knowing that his left hand and her right hand were inches away from each other with their fingers slightly touching, not knowing that both were thinking about the impact of Heather's return on their relationship. At last they both drifted off to sleep.

Next morning both of them tried to act normal and after changing their clothes, headed to the main house. They were at the door when they heard Elijah say "good morning."

Klaus said "morning. When will you be coming to the office? I have a feeling with Daniel about his client."

Elijah said "Anna has her annual checkup. Will come after that. Around 12. I wanted to say that I will take Tyler tonight. You just take care of yourself."

Klaus said "why? You think I will kill him?" his tone turning sarcastic towards the end of the sentence, making goose bumps rise on Hayley's arms.

Her eyes met Elijah's and he shook his head.

Klaus smiled seeing that exchange and said "yes do that. Hayley is worried about him too" and walked away from her leaving Hayley shocked and furious.

He felt really annoyed throughout the day not only because of what happened with Heather but also about what she had said about Tyler. In order to not think about Heather he made conscious effort about concentrating on his thought towards Tyler and her. Part of his mind knew what she said made logical sense but the other part was making him mad. He kept on trying to come up with answer for being angry but failed. He knew she loves him just like she knew he loves Heather. Why is she not making a big deal of Heather and him? Does she trust him that much? That thought just frustrated him making him realize that he cannot in any circumstances break her trust.

Hayley was feeling thoroughly depressed after having a long day with conflicting thoughts about Klaus, Heather, Tyler and her. She had tried to call her many times but then lost the nerves and disconnected it. From the last night encounter with Heather she has come to realize that it was just a recap of her deteriorating relationship with Heather. She tried to keep her mind occupied by getting lost in studies and she succeeded but when she got home late at night all those thoughts came back to haunt her. She looked towards his side of the bed thinking about him and Tyler knowing well that Elijah was with Tyler but still got worried about both of them. Suddenly all those thoughts took a toll on her and she started crying. After some time, to her dismay she realized that she was not crying for Klaus's safety but for the first time since her marriage it really hit her that she has lost Tyler and that she still loved him and still wanted him even though their relationship had been rocky in the past few months. She scolded herself for even entertaining thoughts about him while trying to move on with Klaus. She said to herself "she should be putting Tyler behind her not drag him with her in her efforts of moving forwards." She realized that she was crying because of the damage this marriage had done to her relationship with Heather. Thinking about what should she do and what she shouldnt, feeling guilty of her feelings, her situation with Heather, her situation with Klaus she drifted off to sleep. She startled in her sleep when she felt someone near her. She almost yelped but then she heard him say "hey it is just me."

She took a sigh of relief and said sleepily "oh" and continued to sleep to Klaus's amusement.

Klaus continued to look towards her face as he drifted off to sleep feeling extremely tired.

Next day she got up and looking towards him sleeping peacefully quietly. She remembered her thoughts about Tyler and cleared her mind making a resolution of starting a new day with new determinations and hope, conscious effort of putting Tyler behind her, conscious effort of making things right with Heather. She was getting up when he stirred and his hand moved on her pillow just grazing her hand sending a shriver through her body. She looked towards him again and out of blue she felt like touching his hair. As soon as the desire came in her heart she turned away from him and hurried to the bathroom. She stood under the cold shower to wash off the heat in her cheeks at that desire. he got ready and left for college with Rebekah. She thanked her luck that Tyler was not there. After college Rebekah and she went to the coffee shop near the college where Rebekah asked her "what is going on? You have been depressed since yesterday."

Hayley said softly "Heather is back and she is very upset with me."

Rebekah said "why with you? She is the one who ran away."

Hayley said "she loves him Rebekah and I got married to the love of her life."

Rebekah said "Hayley, Nik is your husband not hers. They loved each other but they are not together anymore. Stop thinking that it is your fault. It is not your fault. She is the one who ruined things for herself."

When Hayley didnt say anything Rebekah said "listen lets go out for dancing today. That will distract your mind too. Also will give us some time to relax before the exams."

Hayley thought for a moment and then "sure" as she ordered her coffee.

During the coffee she startled when she heard a deep voice saying "hello again."

She looked up and saw a vaguely familiar face.
Rebekah nudged her in the ribs and said "hello."

Hayley said confused "oh hi… have we met before?"

He said "I met you in the parking lot a month ago asking for…"

Hayley cut him off by saying as the images flashed through her mind "oh yes now I remember. I am sorry I dont remember your name."

He said "Jack and you …."

She smiled and said "Hayley and this is Rebekah."

She said to Rebekah "I met Jack a month ago outside Klaus's office. He was looking for him."

It hit her how much her life had changed during this month.

Rebekah said "why dont you sit down?"

Jack said looking around "sure" and scooted the chair back.

Hayley fluffed her hair and made a resolution that she will not think about anything and will just have fun. No Heather, her marriage, Tyler, Klaus…. As soon as his name came in her mind she thought for a moment and then picked up an old lipstick and wrote on the vanity mirror "going out with Rebekah. Will be late."

She smiled and then emptied her vanity bag and murmured with frustration "damn it where is it?"

And then she found it. She picked it up and was putting it on her lips when her gaze fell on something that literally stopped her heart beat. She hastily picked it up and said "damn it."

She put her hand on her head trying to remember when was the last time she had cycles but couldnt recall. Her two times with Klaus on their honeymoon flashed through her mind and she cursed again. The thought that she might be pregnant was too shocking to even entertain but she couldnt just ignore it. She thought of popping a pill but then she read the warning label and put the pills back in the vanity kit with heavy heart. After some thought she decided to give herself a time of at most five weeks from the day she had sex with Klaus for the first time and see if she is pregnant or not before starting to take the pills again. She went back to her room with this pit in her stomach as she put her hand on her stomach. She calculated and realized that she will have to wait two more weeks to see if there is a chance of her getting pregnant. She was lost in the thoughts when Rebekah barged in saying "hey I am waiting for you down there. Come on. We will be late."

Hayley shook her head to clear her mind and then said "Rebekah I…" but Rebekah cut her off by saying "come on. I have been waiting for this night for like forever.' She paused and then asked mischievously "are you waiting for Nik?"

Haley turned red but before she could answer the door opened and Klaus entered the room.

Klaus stopped as he saw Rebekah in their room and for some reason Hayley turning red. He noticed her wearing a short thigh length skirt with a sleeveless black lacy top and for some reason felt annoyed. He asked "what is going on?"

Rebekah said "we are going to the club but it seems that Hayley would rather spend her time with you or want to take you with us."

Klaus asked putting his bag down "really?!" looking towards Hayley knowing well Rebekah was teasing him.

She hastily said "no…" causing Rebekah to laugh and Klaus to smile and her to turn red.

But then the smile slipped from her lips when he said coldly "no take her. Just dont drink and drive."

Hayley exchanged looks with Rebekah who was looking confused.

Klaus went toward the bathroom thinking why he was annoyed about her going to dancing. She loved to dance and then during the shower he realized that he had unconsciously started hating dancing ever since Heather left him for a dance. The very name of dancing was starting to rise his temperature. He came out of the shower, stood in front of the mirror and looked up. Suddenly he smiled at seeing the message on the mirror. It was not too late but still he changed into his night pajamas to relax. When he came out to his disappointment she was gone.

He fell on the bed and suddenly felt angry at why had he let her go. He kept picturing her dress and he suddenly remembered their last club incidence and his heart started to race. He got up after a while and went to paint and then he threw the brush aside as he couldnt concentrate. He turned on the tv but couldnt concentrate. Out of blue her accident flashed through his mind and he started to get worried. At last around 11 when she was still not back, he started to get angry to his annoyance. He scolded himself "what is wrong with him? She is not a child. She is gone to dancing. Maybe they went somewhere else afterwards."

When the door opened he snapped "where were you?"

The smile slipped from her face and she snapped angrily "with my boyfriend!" and went to the bathroom. Klaus stared at the closed door and cursed himself.

When she came out in her night dress she didn't glance at her and continued to the bed. He said "Hayley… I didnt mean that. I just … it was full moon and you were in that car accident near last full month and you thought it was a wolf."

An image of her meeting with Jack flashed through her mind and her heart skipped a beat as she realized that it was one day after the full moon when she had met him last time too but then she shook her head. She turned towards him and said "oh. I am sorry I snapped. It is just that I hate that you have suddenly started to mistrust me. You used to trust me but then again we were not married so doesn't matter what I did."

She turned away form him and close her eyes thinking about her meeting with Jack in the coffee shop earlier that day wondering who he was and why does he keep on popping up around full moon. She thought if she should tell Klaus about him or not and then she decided not to tell him to worry unnecessary. He seemed like a good and decent guy. And Rebekah seemed to be having fun with him. With the paranoid mood on top of this relatively new werewolf temper Klaus has been these day she was quite certain that Klaus will definitely kill him. For some reason she smiled at the very thought and closed her eyes and then opened them as she remembered her scare in the evening. She put her hand on her stomach thinking how weird it will be if she gets pregnant with his child. She turn towards him and saw him reading a book but he still looked annoyed. He asked without looking towards her "what is it?"

Hayley said "nothing' and turned away from him.