A/N: guests thanks for reading and reviewing. You will get your answers in this chapter. We are almost to the end of this story. I hope you will continue to read it. It is longer then the rest of the chapter and I hope you enjoy it too :)
Synopsis: KLaus finds out about his baby mama but before he could figure out what to do with this information an enemy from the past makes a move on him. Hayley makes a life changing decision that will affect Klaus in ways he didnt realize before.
That night Klaus slept very late thinking about Hayley's reaction. For some reason he knew she meant Caroline when he had overheard her saying "I hate her". He remembered what Amanda had told him about how she would feel if he starts to have an affair with someone while she is pregnant. He wondered if she has started to care about him… may be more then care but isn't that good if she is falling from him because he is developing feelings for her too. He tossed and turned wondering is that because he is too. What if things don't work out? There is a lot to lose here. Is he ready for this type of relationship or the commitment? After a few unrested and confusing moments followed by frustration he told himself to think about something else and with some effort he started to wonder what Cami wanted to talk to Elijah about and how can he repair his relationship with Cami?
Next morning when he woke up he quickly changed his clothes after taking a quick shower. He went down to the living room only to find her already sitting there reading a magazine. He went to sit opposite her after hesitating for a second. As he sat down she looked at him and said "morning".
Klaus smiled and said "my brother is rubbing off on you".
Hayley smiled and said "no harm in showing some manners. Any way have you found out what Cami wanted from Elijah?"
Klaus looked at her face and eyes and even though she was smiling but the smile was not reaching her eyes and they looked unrested. He wondered if she cried herself to sleep from the slight swelling around her eyes.
He cleared his throat and said "No" and then after a second he asked her "are you okay?"
Hayley's expressions softened and she said "yes, I am fine thank you".
He stared at her demeanor and knew in his heart that something was bothering her and he had a suspicion what was it but how could he ask her without making it awkward for both of them so he sighed and took out his cell to call Marcel but saw an unread email from her. He clicked on it and read it with a slight pang of jealousy which was immediately replaced by confusion and he felt something for her which he could only define as sympathy as he realized that her roommate loves someone else. He pressed the reply button and started typing "I don't know what to say to you. How is it possible? You never mentioned any other girl in his life".
After sending the email he got up and picked up a book from the shelf and went to sit behind Elijah's desk. He put the cell on the desk staring at it thinking about Amanda and occasionally looking at Hayley who was engrossed in her magazine apparently looking calm but being a vampire he could hear her rapid heartbeat which was confusing him more and more. He wanted to believe that that heartbeat was for some other reason but his heart was telling him that it was because of his presence.
Suddenly she looked up and caught him looking at her. She smiled but Klaus noticed the smile not reaching her eyes. She then got up and said "I am going to get some coffee, do you want any?"
When Klaus shook his head she left the room. He tried to lose himself in the book and succeeded after a couple of minutes and got so absorbed that he didnt notice her latest email on his cell. When he saw it, he opened it and read it "yes there was none. She is his old friend but now their relationship apparently is changing and it bothers me. I dont know what to do. And the thing is that I want him to be happy too. If she keeps him happy then well and good but … my heart is just breaking at the thought of them being together.
Any way forget about me. Tell me about your baby mama. How far have you come along with her. Have you told her how you feel about her or about your changing feelings for her?"
Klaus smiled and said "I hope things work out between both of you. If he is not interesting in you then he does not deserve you. Always love those who love you. Don't run after people who don't reciprocate your feelings.
I dont know about my baby mama. I think she is developing something for me but I am not sure". He looked at the sofa where she was sitting a couple of minutes ago and realized that even though she was not in the room, he could still feel her presence. He pressed the send tab in frustration and picked up the book again.
Hayley smiled as she read his email on her phone while putting the coffee cup in the percolator and started typing "if you suspect then why don't you tell her that you are falling for her too. May be that will encourage her to tell you about how she feels about you".
Klaus smiled and said ":) that will be putting her in the spot. Wouldn't it? A princess should be wooed so that she wants to leave the castle on her two feet".
Hayley smiled and typed as she waited for the coffee to brew ":) that is a nice saying. whose?"
Klaus smiled and typed "mine :)"
Hayley typed "lol ahhh a philosophical and intelligent person! If you know this then why don't you woo her? Don't you want your baby and your baby mama to spend their rest of lives with you".
KLaus thought for a moment about that and realized that he does want that but how and what about the consequences if things don't work out. He was staring at the phone when a cup with steam coming out of it appeared in front of him and she said with a smile "I thought may be you will change you mind".
He said "thanks" and stared at her back as she walked towards the sofa. At that moment he felt so sure that he want her in his life but when he pressed the reply button the surety flew out of window only to be replaced by doubts. He typed in frustration "I don't know what to do. If I pursue her and we end up together, what will happen if we break up. How will our relationship be then? Friendly or unfriendly? Ugly or amicable? We have this child together who will be stuck in that ugly situation. I don't want my child to go through that. Btw What is the emotion for frustration?"
Hayley picked up her cell while reading the magazine and rolled her eyes as she read his reply and started typing "I don't know about frustration emotion but you can always right it down I guess :). I understand your apprehensions but if you don't try you will never find out. Do you want to spend the rest of your life wondering what if".
After sending the email she picked up the magazine again.
Klaus read her email realizing that she was right. He looked up and saw her lost in the magazine, wondered and then he typed "No definitely not. Do you think that I should woo her?"
Hayley smiled at his email and typed "lol of course you should. What wouldn't I give to see my roommate wooing for me right now… sigh".
Klaus at once typed "I will say it again if he does not care about you at all then you shouldn't be upset but if you think he is worth it then why don't you woo her".
Hayley stared at those words and looked up and saw him reading the book and wondered can she woo him. She controlled a laughter trying to burst from her throat at the image of her trying to woo Klaus, the hybrid. She typed "lol. woo the bounty hunter! I will try lol. On a serious note yes I think he is worth it, I think I will give your suggestion a go if you promise to give my suggestion a go too".
He looked at Hayley who was reading the magazine and thought 'if he tells her he would woo her even if he is not intending to then may be she will try it with her roommate and may be she will succeed'.
He took a deep breath and started typing "lol that is manipulation you know! but sure why not. I think she is worth it too".
After sending the email he leaned back and swirled his chair so that he back was towards Hayley now and wondered 'a little lie to help her settle down, not a biggie. After all the purpose of all of this was his redemption and part of redemption was to make sure that she is happily settle down'.
A smile appeared on his lips as he read her last email saying "now I am nervous. Knowing that you and I are in same boat is very helpful. Thanks :)"
He typed "any time and best of luck".
He got up from the chair and left the study. As he left Hayley looked at his back wondering if she will be able to do that. Will she be able to win his heart or not?
Later that day Klaus was reading a book in the living room when Rebekah entered the room and said "what is your baby mama up to?"
Klaus said without looking up from the book "what do you mean?"
Hayley was going upstarts to his her room when she heard Klaus and Rebekah talking about her gathering from Rebekah's typical "baby mama".
She felt irritated for some reason so she turned and went towards the living room. As she entered she said sarcastically "why don't you ask the said baby mama yourself? I like this baby mama reference Rebekah, not at all rude. Why bother saying my name when you have such a nice name for me. That is what I am to you and Klaus right - the baby mama or an incubator that carries a baby?"
Without waiting for a reply she turned and left them. Rebekah laughed as Hayley stormed out of the room and said to Klaus "your baby mama has quite a temper you know. I pity your child getting temper from both sides"
But she realized that Klaus was not listening to her but rather staring at the spot where Hayley was standing a couple of seconds ago.
Klaus felt as if his world was turning upside down as his mind started to absorb what he had just overheard. All he could think was as he remembered a vague sentence of hers "I am not an incubator carrying your child that you cannot even give me a minute of your precious time". He stood up slowly as pieces started to fall into their places and he started to see similarities in their situation and Amanda and her roommate's but he shook his head and said to himself "that is not possible. How is that possible?"
He looked towards the voice and realized Rebekah was asking him something. He stared at her and said still confused "what?"
Hayley picked up the magazine from the table and said "I asked how is what not possible?"
Klaus stared at her and then without saying anything left the room leaving her confused. He went to his room and recalled all of their email exchanges and the more he thought about it the more he was getting convinced Hayley is Amanda. The realization that Amanda could be Hayley was very shocking to him and his mind was not ready to accept it and kept on giving him logic that how can her name be Hayley then. He started pacing in his room when his thought process was interrupted by Elijah entering his room and asking "so what happened in Mystic Falls?"
Klaus stared at him for a moment trying to clear his head from his new discovery and thens said "she was alive when I left but in bad condition so I am thinking that she is dead by now. Btw why didn't you go?"
Elijah didn't say anything for a minute and then said "she betrayed my trust and lied to me".
Klaus said in annoyance "Oh come on Elijah I think you could have made an exception, couldn't you?"
Elijah looked at him with amusement and said "coming from you that is surprising. Didn't you want to kill her for the curse".
Klaus said indifferently "that was before she turned vampire and you very well know know that I could have found her if I wanted to" and left the room.
As he left his room he saw her coming out of her room and felt weird. Realizing that it could be Amanda was making it hard for him to look at her.
She said to him "sorry about the earlier outburst. Any way I was thinking of having a party for my pack in the plantation house when they turn human on full moon and I was thinking do I have to be afraid of any of your enemies from your past" finishing the sentence with a smile making him realize that she was not being angry sarcastic but just cautious.
Klaus looked at that smile and felt his stomach tightened and said "no but take Rebekah with you" and then started to go down when she asked him "are you okay?"
It took all of his will power not to look back and clear his doubt.
Later that night after deliberating for ten minutes he opened his account on his cell and saw an email from her. He took a deep breath and started reading it "In a couple of days I will get to meet my family. I have been out of touch fro them for a while and I will get to meet them now".
He stared at those words and thought of Hayley asking him about throwing a party for her pack and he slapped his forehead and thought whether he should reply to her or not and then he decided to confirm his suspicion so he typed choosing his words very carefully now "that is interesting. So when are you meeting them?"
Hayley had just settled down in her bed ready to sleep when out of habit she opened her laptop and saw his email. She smiled and after reading his email she typed "tomorrow".
Klaus looked at the word tomorrow thinking of full moon and his heart sank. He thought for a moment and typed "why have you not met your pack " he suddenly realized what he was writing so he erased it and wrote "family for so long?" and send the email.
Hayley looked at those words and then decided at that very moment to tell him some truth about herself and started typing "so the thing is my parents gave me up for adoption when I was born. I was raised in a foster family and then a family adopted me - the Bentons whom you claim to have killed (lol yes I still don't believe it) but I was having a rough time when I was with them so I ran way from the home before they were murdered by some lunatic and changed my name etc. Later I was adopted by another family who also kicked me out after some time and then after a few years I met my roommate by some weird chance and he has been the constant factor for a while now. But now my birth parents family whom I have located wants to meet me so I am going to meet them tomorrow and just between us this couldn't have happened at a much better time. I needed this in my life right now". She stared at those words before sending the email making sure that she was not saying anything about Klaus or about her pack or her being a wolf and then send the email.
Klaus who had been thinking about Hayley and wondering about his feelings for her didn't see the email at once and then he noticed it and started reading it. As his gaze went on the words the pit in his stomach started to grow bigger and bigger.
He turned his phone off in anger and started to pace in his room in agitation. But then he opened it again and typed carefully "wow that is interesting, tragic but interesting. So the big question is what is you real name?"
He said to himself "please dont say Hayley, please don't say Hayley" as he waited anxiously for her email but ten minutes went by and there was no email so he took a sigh of relief and was about to shut his cell phone down when he saw the email from her and opened it with trepidation and read "my name is Hayley, Hayley Marshall. I have to say with everything going on with my roommate this will be a good distraction for me".
Klaus stared at those words and slowly shut the phone and stood there in shock and then yelled in anger and threw the phone across the room.
Hayley was looking at the laptop when she heard the bang from his room followed by a yell. She got up and darted towards the sound and entered without knocking and saw him sitting on the bed with his head in his hands. She went to him and asked "what happened?" and followed the source of distraction and saw his phone on the ground broken into pieces. She went to pick it up and walked to him and said "Klaus what happened?"
Klaus removed his hands from his face and glared at her with still confused expressions and then without saying anything he got up and left his room.
Hayley looked at him in confusion and at the phone in her hand and went after him but he was gone. She stood there feeling confused looking at Elijah and Rebekah who were also looking confused.
Hayley went to her room and snapped the laptop shut without checking for his email. She laid in her bed wondering about him and where he has gone at this time of the night.
Klaus went straight to the bar after leaving the compound. Seeing Cami there didnt help his mood especially when she came to him and said "what are you doing here?"
Klaus said angrily "I am not in a mood Cami. I just need something to drink. If you cannot give me then I can always ask someone else".
Cami looked at his angry face and said "fine, what do you need?"
Klaus smirked "Two bottles of bourbon will be fine love".
Cami stared at his face and then gave a sigh of frustration and snapped "okay I am biting. what happened?"
Klaus said "nothing, now those drinks".
He drowned himself in those bottles thinking about what had happened and how he had fallen for Hayley and how he had opened up to her. His mind was still refusing to believe that it was the same Hayley as it kept telling him 'there are thousands of people with same name int he world" but his heart was sure that it was the same Hayley. Then a sudden image of her snapping the laptop on her bed came to his mind. More and more things were making him convince that Amanda was Hayley Marshall for whom he had fallen for and apparently who had fallen for him as he recalled her admitting to him about her feelings for the "roommate" of hers.
After a couple of hours he got up as he realized that the bar was getting empty and he couldn't very well spend rest of his life in this bar. As he entered the compound the quiet told him that everyone was sleeping so he went to his room and saw his broken phone on this bedside table. He went to it and picked it up and said "bloody hell, now I have to get another phone".
He fell on his bed and went to sleep. Next morning when he woke up, it was already noon. He took a long shower and after changing his clothes he went down with trepidation at the prospect of seeing her and groaned inwards as he saw her sitting in the living room with Elijah and Rebekah.
As he entered Elijah looked up and asked "where have you been? We have a situation".
Klaus avoided looking at her and asked Elijah "what happened?"
Elijah said "Bastiana, the witch who came back from dead has hexed Kieran. It is started to affect him".
Hayley who was looking at his face saw surprise and shock on his face. She felt sorry for him for some reason as she recalled how much he liked the priest.
Klaus said in annoyance "then kill the damn witch the spell will be broken".
Elijah said "yes that has been taken care of. Marcel killed her but that has not broken the spell. I talked to Sophie about it and she said that these type of curses start to affect the brain and there is no way of breaking them once that start to happen".
Klaus said "bloody hell. He is a nice guy. He didnt deserve this".
Hayley opened her email account with excitement thinking about the full moon and the prospect of meeting her pack, wanting to share with him but there was no email from him which kind of disappointed her. She thought about her last email and wondered if she has upset him in any way but as she reread her sent email she realized that there was nothing in it except for the part of her telling him her real name and her telling him that her roommate had fallen for someone else. She wondered if he was getting bored of her roommate story and after thinking she started to compose a new email.
After making sure that it was friendly yet conveying her what she want to say she send it and then she closed the laptop with a smile and walked out of her room when she saw Klaus leaving too. Their eyes met for a second before he went in a different way leaving her confused as to why he was behaving that way since morning.
Klaus went down the stairs and said to Marcel "what is it Marcel? Are you here to tell me about Kieran?"
Hayley started going down slowly as she heard Marcel say "yes I came here to talk to you about that".
Klaus snapped "sure you did. Like you were going to tell me about Genevieve too right?".
Marcel said after some quiet "have you met her?"
Klaus said "not yet. but I will find her. How did she come back? the way I remember it she died with pneumonia".
Marcel took a deep breath and said "I think Genevieve, Papa Tunde and Bastiana came back the day the Davina died so that means harvest worked but not the way we had intended it to work".
Klaus said sarcastically "yes Marcellus I have gathered that now but thanks for sharing your theory with me at last".
He then said "what did you talk to me about Kieran?"
Marcel hesitated and said "I was thinking may be your blood can help him".
KLaus said "yes I have already thought about it. I was on my way to help her".
He looked at Hayley who had approached her and said "you are not going alone!"
Hayley sighed in frustration at his style and said "where is Rebekah then? She was supposed to go with me".
Klaus said after a while "I have no idea but you are not going without her" and left the house leaving her fuming in anger.
She said to herself "damn you Klaus. If you don't care enough about me to talk to me then why should I listen to you" and left the compound too.
A hour later when Klaus came home he could sense that she had gone. He went to the living room thinking about the blade that Cami had given him; the blade that witches had given her to kill Klaus in-exchange for curing her uncle. The fact that she had refused to kill him and given him the blade had touched his heart. He had given Kieran his blood but apparently it had not worked. Although he was thinking about the new development with Cami and staring at the blade but his mind went to Hayley's email and he turned on his cell phone and read her last email "what? you don't like my new name? lol or the fact that I am starting to sound pathetic about my roommate or that I am boring you with my stories. If it is the last one then tell me so that I stop whining about my failed life and my roommate.
Any way yours are better and interesting. Your baby mama and baby. I cannot wait to hear how you feel when you hold her in your arms or when she holds your finger or how you feel about your baby mama when she has given birth to the most precious thing in your life".
He stared at those words and turned the phone off. He poured himself a glass of bourbon trying to think of anything other then Hayley or her email but he couldn't so at last he said "bloody hell" and turned the phone on again and hit the reply button and started typing "no, I am not bored with your stories or your name. I just fell asleep. Hayley is a prettier name then Amanda". He looked at the last sentence and then said "bloody hell" again and erased it and send the email. He wondered why was he having such a hard time writing this email that and realized that as long as he knew it was Amanda, someone he didnt know, he had no trouble expressing herself but now that he knows that it was Hayley, he was having trouble choosing the words.
He was lost in his thoughts when he sensed Rebekah causing him to turn towards her. He asked her "what are you doing here? I thought you were supposed to be with Hayley to that damn party she is throwing for her pack".
They both looked at Elijah who just entered the room and said "Sophie called Monique Deveraux is back from dead".
Rebekah said in surprise "what the hell is going on?"
Klaus snapped the glass down on the table and said angrily "I will find out and you go to Hayley. She must have gone to plantation house".
Rebekah nodded and left whereas Klaus stormed out in anger too. He stopped as he saw Diego and Marcel standing in the court yard with a young girl.
Marcel said to him "Klaus meet Monique Deveraux".
Klaus looked at the girl who for some reason was looking at him with insolence and said "what is going on here?"
When Monique didn't say anything Klaus's anger at what has been going on with Amanda and Hayley and harvest and Caroline go the better of him and he grabbed her arm and said angrily "I will find out today". Before Marcel could say anything he whooshed out of there with the blade still in his hand.
While Klaus was dealing with Monique in the courtyard Elijah was pacing the living room thinking about Sabine and how weird she was acting earlier when he had seen her with Sophie while Sophie told her about Monique coming back. The mysterious smile on Sabine's face was reminding him of someone, the too familiar smell was telling him something which his heart was not willing to believe. And then he remembered when he had come to New Orleans the first day she knew his name even before interacting with him. He decided to check her out again and stepped out and saw Klaus whooshing out of their closely followed by Marcel.
Elijah looked at Sabine and said "but how is it possible? I buried you myself Celeste".
She smirked and said "O poor Elijah, you thought I wouldn't take precautions incase of my early demise".
Elijah said "but why?"
Celeste moved towards him and said "Elijah I saw you mourn on my death and you promising that you will avenge my death".
She looked into his eyes and then planted a kiss on his mouth which Elijah couldn't resist but return. Suddenly he felt dizzy. He stepped back and said incredulously "what have you done Celeste?"
Celeste smiled and said "He took my life so I am taking his now. I have him, Hayley and your dear sister Rebekah and you can only save one of them. I wonder who would that be. Your family or the girl whom you have secret crush on".
Before Elijah lost consciousness and fell down the last thing he saw was Sabine walking away from him.
When he woke up he stood up at once as he remembered what Sabine had said when his cell rang. He picked it up as he saw Hayley's name. He heard her panicked voice saying "there is fire in the plantation house. I cannot reach Klaus. Rebekah is nowhere to be found either".
An hour later Hayley and Elijah entered the compound. He said to her "I have to go look for them, you stay here" and without waiting for a response he left for the only place he could think where he could find his answers - the cemetery.
Hayley was pacing up and down her room waiting anxiously for any update from Elijah and somehow getting really really anxious about him. She took out her cell to call Elijah when she saw an unread email from him. She opened it and smiled after reading it and then dialed Elijah's number but before the call got through she heard Elijah's voice "Hayley!".
She dashed toward the sound and stopped as she saw Elijah standing with his shirt off and scribbles all over his body at the same time Marcel entered the room. He walked to Elijah and said "I have not found anything".
Elijah said "do you know what this is? Monique Deveraux did this to me". He turned to Hayley and said "can you please write down these names?"
He saw something flicker in Marcel's eyes and said "what is it Marcel?"
Marcel said with hesitation "I think Genevieve has him. This is a particular magic that Genevieve learned from someone whose name I see on your body".
Hayley looked at the Elijah in shock as dozens of name vanished when Marcel pointed out the name on Elijah's forearm.
Elijah looked at Marcel and said "tell me everything".
Marcel said "this is a special type of magic used to trace people connected to each other. As you keep on guessing it right, the names start to disappear".
Elijah said "and how do you know that".
Marcel said "if you want to save Klaus then you need to know from the beginning".
By the time Marcel was done telling them the participation of Rebekah and him and Genevieve in the event of 1919 that caused Klaus, Elijah and Rebekah to flee the city, Elijah was steaming in anger whereas Hayley was looking at him in shock.
Elijah grabbed Marcel by this throat and said "it was you who did that. For a time I blamed myself for it and if Niklaus finds out about your involvement … I will not let my sister suffer for what you have done".
Marcel said "then we have to find her before Klaus does. If it is Genevieve then I have an idea where she is keeping them".
Elijah said "where?" while putting on his shirt.
Marcel said "the old sanitarium".
After they left Hayley sat on Elijah desk lost in thoughts about Klaus and hoping that for Rebekah's sake that Klaus never finds out about her betrayal. She took out her cell and started typing "good to know that you are not getting bored from my stories about my roommate because there is no one with whom I can talk to about him.
Now I can tell you the latest development with my roommate :). I don't know what happened but he has been ignoring me since yesterday. He is totally unapproachable. I don't know what to do. And now he has gotten himself in trouble and I am home worrying about him. You are a man tell me why would he be doing it. We have been making such a nice progress".
Hayley stared at the email and then continued typing "Five months ago if someone would have said to me that I would fall for him in a few months I would have laughed but look at me now! lol"
She send the email and then sighed wondering about Klaus and what is going on with him. She shook her head after telling herself that Elijah will save him and started to go through the list of the names she had taken down from Elijah's body and stopped at a name ending with Deveraux and remembered what Eve had told her a long time ago about a Deveraux witch putting a curse on the pack. She picked up her cell and called Elijah and asked him "can you find out about a witch named Emily Deveraux while you are checking other names. I think she is the one who has put the curse on my pack".
It was almost evening and they had not still returned so she decided to check it out on her own when she got Elijah call telling him that the name had been checked out and she was one of the witches who had died unexpectedly.
Hayley sat there for a moment and then recalled her talk with Elijah on the way back from plantation house about Celeste's return and her being the one capturing her, Klaus and Rebekah and then as if bulb switched on her brain as she connected the dots when she thought about Genevieve and the magic done on Elijah and said to herself "Sabine was Emily who was Celeste".
She picked up her coat and went to the sanitarium figuring that she will be there. As she sat there in the car in silence thinking about her next step she saw Sabine coming down the stairs. she got out of car and looked around and saw a broken branch and hit it hard on Sabine's head.
Hayley sat down outside the cabin smiling looking at her pack. In the last few hours she had managed to persuade Celeste to make the potion to break the curse she put on her pack and now they were all human. Elijah had just left after telling her that Klaus and Rebekah were okay and that he had killed Celeste for sure this time. She had told him that she wanted to move into the bayou for a few days which Elijah had accepted reluctantly.
Hayley turned on her phone and ignoring the pang of annoyance at not seeing any email from him she started composing another one saying "I am so happy and wanted to share with you the biggest event of my life. I have met my family and they are so nice. I am going to be spending a couple of days with them. It is so great. I cannot even tell you :). This way I will get some time to sort out my feelings for my roommate too". She looked at Jackson, Oliver and others dancing and singing happily and pressed the send tab.