Synopsis: Elijah and Klaus discover another enemy from their past. Hayley confronts Klaus about her feelings for him.


Rebekah looked at Hayley sideways thinking on the way back from the bayou 'what does her brother like in her? She looks like her but her personality is so different. She is not polished, sophisticated like her so why?' The memory of Liz brought on a wave of hatred in her and then she remember how her brother had broken down after her death and her expressions soften up.

Hayley was looking out of the window and then she turned towards her and said "what is going on with you are Marcel? I trust that you are not trying to take your brother down any more".

Rebekah looked at her and said "that is something between my brother and me. You don't have any right to interfere in it".

Hayley stared at her wondering 'what has happened? she was friendly a few days ago so what changed'. She said "it is my business seeing that I am carrying his child. I care about him".

Rebekah looked at her and then her gaze went to her stomach and said "care about him? really? I didnt realize that. Have you told him about this baby?" hoping that this will change the direction of conversation.

Hayley looked away from her and said "not yet but I will tell him".

She looked at her again and said "don't do it Rebekah. Whatever has happened between you and Klaus, he is still your brother. He is your blood".

When she didnt answer Hayley turned her attention to looking outside the window.

When the reached home Hayley got out of the car and went to her room and Rebekah went to the parlor.

Elijah was sitting in the parlor when Rebekah entered and sat opposite him. He looked at her and said "did you and Hayley just came back from bayou?"

Rebekah said feeling irritated "yes. Elijah, how long I have to baby sit her?"

Elijah looked at her in surprise and said "what do you mean?"

Rebekah said with annoyance "listen I don't understand why do we have to help and protect her. Just because Nik had a thing with Liz and she looks like her why are we obliged to help her?"

Elijah was so taken back at her outburst that he didnt know what to say. He then took a deep breath and said "Hayley is not Liz, she looks like her but not her. And what's wrong if he wants to include her in his life. She reminds him of the love of his life and he wants to honor her memory and now she is carrying his child too, our niece".

He couldn't believe it what he was seeing on Rebekah's face. It was hatred. Before he could say anything Rebekah said with contempt "love of his life" and then she got up and left the parlor.

Elijah stared at her and then he followed her and caught up with her in the court yard and said "Rebekah!"

She stopped and looked at him.

Elijah looked at Rebekah and said in surprise "I cannot believe that Niklaus was right all along. You didnt like Liz but why Rebekah?"

Rebekah said carelessly "do I have to have a reason not to like anyone Elijah?"

Elijah said "Usually yes and especially Liz, she was everything that could be nice and Niklaus loved her and you love Niklaus so why…." and then he stopped as he saw her face flinch.

HE took one step towards her and said "was it because Niklaus loved her Rebekah?"

Before she knew it words were coming out of her mouth "He loved her! He loved her and suddenly that girl became the most important thing in our lives. I loved Marcel and he wouldn't let me be with him. But as soon as Liz came to his life everything was okay for him but not for me".

Elijah said sternly "you know why he didnt approved of you and Marcel".

Rebekah looked into his face and said adamantly "No i don't" and looked away to avoid the piercing stare the Elijah was giving him right now.

Elijah said firmly "you knew it and you know it now too but if you don't want to believe it then it is on you, not on Niklaus" he stopped for a second and then said "so that is why your behavior with Hayley has changed too"

When Rebekah didnt say anything Elijah continued "now that Niklaus is falling for this girl you don't like her anymore. You liked her as long as she was just another girl who was carrying his child but not now because he is emotionally getting involved with her!"

There was so much disappointment in his voice that Rebekah didnt know what to say. She knew in her heart what Elijah was hitting the bulls eye but she didnt have courage to refute it just because of the expressions on his face.

Elijah stared at her for a few moments and then his eyes went to Hayley who was standing at the foot of the stairs staring at them in shock.

Their eyes met each other across the courtyard and then she turned and went upstairs confirming Elijah's suspicion that she had heard everything.

Elijah gave one last disappointing glare to Rebekah and then left the compound after contemplating whether he should talk to Hayley now or later.

Later that afternoon Elijah was sitting in the parlor when Hayley entered. She went and sat next to him.

Elijah looked at her and then cleared his throat and said "Hayely about this morning…"

Hayley cut him off and asked "who was Liz Elijah?"

Elijah looked at her and said "she was Niklaus's love".

Hayley asked him "the very good friend?!"

Elijah nodded. Hayley looked at his expressions which had gone really sad and asked him "what really happened to her?"

Elijah look a deep breath and said "she died because of me".

flashback

year 1915

"Elijah I will take away everything you hold dear in you life. You just wait. You cannot reject me" she said.

Elijah said "Mary-Ann, this is unacceptable. I told you that I dont love you".

Mary-Ann laughed and said "you don't love me! Let me guess, you love that werewolf Labanoir girl".

He said sternly "no and dont you dare go near her".

Mary-Ann smiled menacingly and said "dont worry, I will not take her away from you that easily".

end flashback

Elijah looked at Hayley and said "Mary-Ann didnt take rejection well. She thought I loved Elizabeth and she killed her. Niklaus lost his mind for a while. He just lost the will to live. Even though he never blamed me but I knew it was my fault. Mary-Ann took her anger on me on Elizabeth. I couldn't forgive myself. Because of whatever Mary-Ann had for me, because of what I couldn't give her what she wanted, she took my brother's life from him thinking that she was taking mine".

He looked at Hayley and sadness in her eyes. She asked him "what happened to Mary-Ann?"

Elijah looked at Hayley without saying anything. Hayley nodded and wiped her face and said "I would have done the same thing and what happened to Klaus?"

"Niklaus was lost without her. She was the first girl he had opened up to after about 900 years and they were happy. They were happy for the first time in his life Hayley. I could see him wanting to settle down and have a life for himself and that life was taken away from her. Three days after Liz died, I walked onto him trying to dagger himself but it didn't help as you must know that daggers don't affect him but that didn't stop him from trying. You cannot even imagine the number of times I intercepted his plans of killing himself in the next month. I couldn't leave him alone for a minute then he suddenly became the old Niklaus, the Niklaus that shut himself off from any kind of emotional or real attachment, the Niklaus that loved to kill people just because he thought that was the only way to resolve his disputes and I lost my brother again"

Hayley stared at him and then shook her head and said "but he is not that anymore the way I am seeing him".

Elijah looked at her for a few second and then said "yes for some reason he is changing. He is putting his guards down around you".

He smiled as he saw red creep into her cheeks and said "your involvement in his life, in our lives is having that affect and I am really grateful for that and nothing will make me more happy to see you become more then just friends".

He stared at her reddening face and the shy smile that had appeared on her lips and said with a smile "or may be you already are becoming more then just friends?!"

Hayley was now really blushing and feeling flustered. She said "I don't know. I don't know how he feels about me but I am developing these complicated feelings for him but I cannot tell him until he tells me how he fells about me".

Elijah leaned forwards and held her hands in his hand and said "Hayley don't wait for him, I know my brother he will never tell you how he feels unless he gets an indication from you but even then he will not. He will never want to put you in harms way. What happened with Liz was a traumatic experience for all of us and we all guard our loves from meeting that end. We have been around for 1000 years and we have made many enemies during this time. And what best way to get to you then target your loved ones. and as for telling him how you feel about him, just show him".

Hayley looked in his eyes and said "what if he doesn't reciprocate?"

Elijah said with a smile "give him a chance Hayley. You still have not told him about the baby".

She shook her head and said "he told me that he wouldn't want to have a child so how can I dump this on him".

Elijah said in shock "what?!"

Hayley said desperately "yes, he told me that because he thinks he will not be a good father".

She felt Elijah's hand squeezing hers and then he said firmly "well he cannot run away from this. This child deserves to know who is her father and Niklaus has to step up to it".

Hayley looked into his face wondering 'how much Elijah cares about his brother?' She could see from his expressions that he was bothered about all of this too.

They both startled when they heard him ask "we have a situation".

Klaus entered the compound and went to the parlor and stopped as he saw Elijah and Hayley holding each other's hands and staring at each other. His heart sank but then he said to himself "she is not Liz" and after clearing his throat he said "we have a situation".

Hayley and Elijah let go of each other's hands and Elijah said "what?

Klaus said "all the vampires in Marcel's garden are killed by Papa Tunde".

Elijah asked "what?! How do you know it was Papa Tunde?"

Klaus said "he had his signature mark on the wall and Thierry survived by some miracle and guess who?"

Hayley realized that he was looking at her by the end of the sentence so she said "Tyler".

Klaus smiled and said "yes".

Hayley asked him "you let him go?"

Klaus stared at her for a few moments and then nodded and said "I compelled him to forget about everything here and go to mystic falls".

All of them turned around as they heard Rebekah's sarcastic voice "I thought you would want to deliver him yourself to impress lovely Caroline".

Hayley's heart skipped a beat as she remembered the pretty blond young vampire in Mystic Falls and she looked at Elijah who was glaring at Rebekah and then at Klaus who said "well I was thinking of it then this Papa Tunde, Monique and Mary-Ann business needs to be resolved".

Rebekah said in the same tone "Elijah can take care of Mary-Ann. Can't you Elijah?"

Something in her tone told Hayley that she was up to something and all of this was some how about her. She looked at Rebekah and got a strong feeling that she wanted Klaus to leave New Orleans. She wondered is this have anything to do with the conversation she had overheard between her and Rebekah a couple of days ago and may be Rebekah has changed her mind and want him to leave to protect him after their conversation in the morning.

Elijah said "yes, I will take care of it. Actually I was just leaving for that, Rebekah come with me".

Klaus went the bar and poured himself a drink as Elijah and Rebekah left. He sat on the couch opposite her and said "those two are up to something".

Hayley looked at him and suddenly she remembered what Elijah had told her about Liz and her heart broke for him.

When she didnt say anything Klaus looked at her and realized that she was lost in thoughts. He wondered may be she was getting upset about Elijah suddenly leaving. He buried the jealousy that was starting to come up and said "what happened?"

Hayley startled and said "nothing. I was just… what did you say?"

Klaus smirked and said "nothing. So how is your day been going? Mine was perfect". His tone had become sarcastic by the end of sentence which made Hayley smile. Looking at him suddenly made her realize that she really cares about him. That thought just flustered her so she took a deep breath to calm down her nerves and sat down opposite him and said in a light tone "great, fill me in then" while picking up a magazine trying to make the conversation causal.

Klaus laughed at her style taking himself by surprise as he realized that he had not laughed like this for a long time. He said "well lets see, in the morning Cami and I made a break through. She is not angry at me that much at least…" he stopped as he saw her eyes narrowing and asked her "what happened?"

She realized that she must have reacted at her name so she hastily said "nothing, just remembered something… Any way you were saying you had a break through with Cami. That is good. By the way does she know you care about her?"

Klaus suddenly realized that he was staring at her and that his stomach muscles were tightening so he got up and walked to the window and said while looking outside into the street "yes she does. Any way after that Marcel and I discovered the garden and found Tyler and Thierry. They were lucky they survived".

Hayley asked him "you gave them your blood?"

When he didnt say anything she smiled.

Hayley asked him looking at the magazine "why do you think she is not angry at you anymore?"

Klaus smiled at her question and turned towards her and said casually "well may be because she didnt go ahead with the plan of killing me".

He continued to smile as he saw her head slowly lift up and her eyes fixed on him. He put his hand in the jacket pocket and took out the blade while keeping his eyes fixed on Hayley. There was something in her eyes that was making his heart beat faster.

She couldn't believe what she had just heard. She said "you mean to say that she tried to kill you?"

Klaus smirked and said "no love, she was asked to kill me but she didnt go through it".

Hayley got up now and said "who asked her?"

Klaus looked at the blade and said casually "another resurrected harvest witch, Bastiana. Marcel told me that he had killed her when he saved Davina".

Hayley said "how are you so calm?" without realizing that her voice had reached a panic level.

Klaus now looked at her closely and walked to her and said "I cannot be killed Hayley so why worry!"

She looked into his eyes and said "how do you know you cannot be killed?" not realizing that her voice had been reduced to a whisper but him standing so close to her was doing something to her.

He couldn't help but keep looking into those hazel brown eyes which were filled with concern right now prompting him to question 'why is she worried about him?' He was so close to her that he felt like touching her but then an image crossed his mind; an image of Elijah and her sitting on that couch just a few minutes ago with hands in each others hand and he stepped back and said "because I have tried that".

As she heard these words Elijah's words rang through her mind 'You cannot even imagine the number of times I intercepted his plans of killing himself in the next month'.
When she didn't say anything he said "aren't you curious?"

Hayley snapped at him "no I am not" and was about to leave when he stopped by whooshing in front of her and said with a smile on his lips "I am tired after the day we just had so going to bed. You stay in the compound. No sneaking out"

Hayley looked at him with annoyance when he said with a bit annoyance "Hayley if you don't answer me I will find a nice comfy dungeon and throw you in it."

She nodded and said "fine".

Next day she didnt see Klaus all day. In the afternoon she was sitting in the parlor with Rebekah both of them reading their own magazine when Klaus entered the parlor. She at once smelled the blood on him and one look on his shirt told him that he had blood on him. Hayley asked him looking at the hole in his shirt "what happened?"

Klaus barked "Marcel happened, he got hold of these daggers and …."

He was pacing like an angry caged animal with the dagger in his hand making Hayley's heart beat faster in fear and said "I don't get how he got hold of these daggers".

It took all of Hayley's will power not to look at Rebekah. Klaus stopped and suddenly looked at Rebekah and said "it is you isn't it?"

Rebekah's eyes darted to Hayley and she said with contempt "you couldn't stop yourself from telling him" before she saw her shaking her head.

Hayley jumped up and said "what? me? no, don't be an idiot. Why would I tell him…" she stopped as she saw Klaus turning towards her and asking "what is going on here?"

Rebekah saw the signs of anger appearing on his face and at once fear started to come in her heart as she saw the dagger in his heart.

Klaus yelled at Hayley "answer me" who didn't flinch or anything but didnt answer either so he whooshed to Rebekah and was inches from her when Hayley said "Klaus!"

Elijah entered the compound and went towards the parlor but as he entered the parlor when he saw Klaus with dagger in his hand and standing inches from Rebekah who was pinned against the wall by his other hand on her throat. As he saw Hayley said "Klaus!"

Elijah came out of trance and said "Niklaus!"

KLaus didn't move back and said to Rebekah with tear swimming in his eyes "you betrayed me. You, my sister! You betrayed me and for whom? Marcel. How many times he has to prove it to that he does not love you enough to leave this city for you".

Rebekah said with contempt to Elijah's disbelief "he and I will live in this city. He showed me the house that he was building for me before you daggered me you bastard".
Hayley looked at Elijah who was now walking towards them.

Klaus stared into her face and with a roar punched the wall against which she was pinned making Rebekah flinch and at the same time he stepped back from her letting go of her neck and pointed at Elijah with that hand without looking at him and said "stop right there Elijah".

He took another step back and said in a voice that broke Hayley's heart "go, go with him then if you want to. I will not stop you this time". He handed her over the dagger saying "and take this too. Maybe you can use it again in future but you know it does not work on me Rebeakh". HE stared at her face, her regretful eyes for a few seconds and then turned around to leave.

Hayley said "Klaus" but he didnt stop and left.

Rebekah looked up at Elijah and then at Hayley and then left the room too. .

Hayley said Elijah who looked confused about everything and said "I will go check him".

Elijah asked "what happened?"

Hayley said "I will tell you later".

As she came out of the parlor she heard a loud crash. She rushed upstair and went to his room and entered without knocking.

Klaus entered the room and looked around and then yelled in fury and threw his aisle across the room. He then started throwing his paintings around the room.

Hayley said "Klaus stop". She went to him and pulled him by his arm. He turned towards her angrily and pushed her and yelled "Hayley leave".

Hayley stared at him and then said calmly "no".

He whooshed to her and said "how could you?What did I do to you to deserve this? I thought we were getting close, trusting each other and you stood by Rebekah and let her help Marcel take me down".

Hayley said "Klaus listen…" but he cut her off by saying "what Hayley? You…"

Suddenly she lost it and she said in a loud voice cutting him off "No, you listen to me" holding him by his upper arm forcing him to look at her. She said as he looked at her in surprise "What Rebekah did was wrong but I had nothing to do in that. I knew what she was planning and I told her not to do it. Tell me what should i have done, tattle tailed on her to her brothers, a brother who she told me daggers people if they cross him. Is it wrong of me to not want to cause a rift between you two. I thought she listened to me and will not do it but I should have guessed that she will go through her plan after all she is your sister right?"

Klaus was staring at her angrily but then he stepped back and said "Hayley I want to be alone".

Hayley looked at the desperation that had come on his face all of a sudden and said "Klaus no, listen we are friends right?"

Klaus suddenly smiled but Hayley noticed that the smile didnt reach his eyes. He said "when did we become friends?"

Hayley said with a smile "when you started caring about me and this baby".

She put her hand on her stomach and wondered 'is it a good time to tell him' but before she opened her mouth he said "Hayley I am tired, I want to sleep. Can we please talk tomorrow?"

Hayley stared at him for a few seconds and then nodded thinking 'may be some other time then' and left the room.

Hayley couldn't sleep that night wondering about what had happened and about her and Klaus's relationship. The last thought in her mind before dozing off to sleep was 'does he love me?'

Klaus was having real trouble sleeping that night too. He couldn't believe that his sister and the girl who was making place in his heart would do something like this. A voice told him 'she said she was not involved' but he shook his head and said "she knew, she could have told me". He desperately wanted to believe her but something was nagging him.

And then he realized what was it. Just the inkling that she would hide something so important from him while he was developing feelings for him was heart breaking for him. He punched at his pillow in anger and tried to think of Liz but to his shock she kept on invading his memories of Liz and him by her interactions with him. At last he managed to get a shut eye near morning.

Next day all they didnt see Elijah. Rebekah was also no where to be found. Klaus wanted to do something constructive but as Rekekah and Elijah both weren't there so he had no choice but to stay at home with Hayley. Hayley came to his room around mid-afternoon while he was painting and expressed her desire to talk and Klaus could sense that she wanted to say something but then she didnt so he thought may be it had something to do with Rebekah so he kind of felt relieved that she didnt. He was already too broken up about what Rebekah tried to do with Marcel that it was a relief for him that she didnt talk about them. The very thought that the man whom he raised like a son and the sister who he loved more then anything in his life would conspire to take him down was too much for him. He had been unable to stop thinking about it and when he forcefully stopped himself from thinking about them thought about Hayley took their spot to his frustration.

The whole time Hayley stood in his room looking at him while he just had his back towards him uninterested, she couldn't muster up the courage to tell him. His whole demeanor was so unwelcoming at that moment that everything about him was discouraging her to tell him such an important and happiest news of their lives in this mood. So she just went to the couch in the studio and sat on it watching him paint and reading a book that she had picked up from the shelf.

Klaus's eyes fell on her many times while painting and his heart would flutter. He cursed himself for the thousandth time for putting himself in this situation. He just wanted to scoop her in his arms and hold her forever. The desire to touch her was getting so strong that he felt that he was losing control of his emotions. He looked at his painting and remembered telling her "painting is a metaphor for control" and wondered 'is he getting control?' and then shook his head as he realized that recently everything has been getting out of his control and even if he wanted he was not able to get that control of his life. He had been noticing the change in her attitude towards him over a period of some time; trying to talk to him, coming to his room without any reason like right now, consoling him, defending him against Rebekah if what she says is right, the look in her eyes, the flustered look that often came on her face in his presence, the intensity in them. He had one thousand years of experience to know what those signs meant but he also knew that his brother was falling for her too. He thought in frustration 'he cannot indulge his feelings with her. She is not Liz. He does not own her. Elijah deserves to get a shot at winning her over'. Taking a deep breath he put the paint brush down and went to the bathroom to take a long shower thinking that might help him clear his mind. When he came back she was there. He could sense her in the house so he didnt go looking for her. Instead he went in the studio and picked up the book she was reading and started to read.

In the afternoon Elijah entered the compound still reeling with this new information he has found about Sabine and after thinking for a minute he went towards Rebekah's room.

Elijah walked into Rebekah's room after knocking and said "I need to talk to you about something"

Rebekah said "Elijah I am not in a mood. I know what I did was wrong but I cannot take this anymore. I am leaving".

Elijah said "well you cannot leave. We have a problem".

When Rebekah looked at him giving him an exasperated look he said "Celeste Dubois is back from dead. Actually she never died come to think of it".

Elijah looked at her face s her expressions changed to confusion and she said "Elijah, how is it possible?"

Elijah looked at her and said "I don't know. I saw her die Rebekah. I buried her myself".

Rebekah said "I cannot believe it Elijah. How?"

Elijah said "she has been body jumping and Rebekah, Mary-Ann… he stopped speaking as he saw her expressions changed. He spun around and saw him standing at the door with confused expressions.
Rebekah moved to Elijah in fear but Klaus was staring at Elijah and he said "Celeste?! Mary-Ann?!"

Elijah looked at Klaus and said "Niklaus… "

His anger at everything that had happened since yesterday got better of him and he yelled "Elijah?!"

Elijah said "Niklaus I found out who Mary-Ann was and why she killed her?"

Klaus stared at him and then it clicked him and as the information started absorbing in him he started to laugh humorlessly and said "it was Celeste, it was Celeste all along. She was Mary-Ann. She killed Liz because I got her killed".

Elijah took a few steps towards him and said "no, brother. Liz died because of me. Because she thought…"

Klaus took a deep breath and said "There is no point in discussing how she died. The important thing is that she will come for Hayley. You and I need to find her before she can harm Hayley".

Rebekah who had been quiet throughout said "I can…" but was cut off by Klaus who said firmly "not you. I don't trust you" and then without waiting for a reply he left them both standing in shocked silence.

Klaus was walking towards his room lost in thoughts not exactly seeing where he was going when he bumped into her.

Hayley left her room thinking 'she will tell him today' and bumped into him. She said "listen I need to tell you something".

Klaus said "not now Hayley. We have gotten a situation. Can we talk later tonight?"

He stopped for a second and then said "I think you should go to bayou".

Hayley said in alarm "why? what is going on?"

When he didn't answer and kept going towards his room she followed him to his room and turned him towards her with force and said "what is going on? Tell me right now Klaus".

Klaus looked into those hazel brown eyes and said "Sabine is not Mary-Ann. She is someone much more powerful then Mary-Ann".

Hayley stepped closer to him and asked "who?"

Klaus said "Celeste Dubois. She was Elijah's love in 1832 and I got her killed and now she is taking revenge from Elijah because well I am his brother".

Hayley said "why does she want to harm me?"

Klaus said "because you are important part of Elijah's life Hayley".

Hayley suddenly got angry as she remembered what Elijah had told her about Liz and said "but this is stupidity. I am not"

Hayley looked at his face and realized that he was not listening.

Klaus was looking at her but the image of Liz lying dead on Elijah's bed was flashing right before his eyes and he could bear to comprehend that it can be Hayley too. He could see her lips moving but couldn't understand the words coming out of them. He came out of trance when he noticed her hand on his cheek.

Klaus took a step back in an impulse when she held his arm and stopped him. He said in a barely audible voice "Hayley what are you doing?"

She looked into his eyes and realized that he had not heard a single word she had said so she took a deep breath and said "what do you think?" and then she leaned in and kissed him gently on his lips. Klaus felt all the energy drained from his body and before he knew it he had his hands on her face and was pulling her into him and was kissing him, kissing him like the night they spend together and then suddenly an image of Elijah and her kissing each other flashed right before his eye and he stepped back and said "i shouldn't have".

Hayley suddenly felt like crying and said "why not?"

Klaus looked at her now angrily and said "because you know why not. You and Elijah".

Hayley just stared at him and said "there is nothing going on… "

klaus cut her off by saying harshly "no Hayley, I know my brother, he cares about you a lot".

He looked at her and saw that she was on the verge of crying for a second. He wanted to hold her, kiss her but he couldn't so he stepped back and left the room leaving her standing there feeling lost.