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So this one completely got away from me and turned more into a short one-shot than a drabble. But I don't think you all will mind.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything associated with The Originals...I just like to play around with the characters. I only own the plot.
"My clothes look really good on you."
"This should be the start to every day," Hayley said out of breath as she rolled off of Elijah and laid down next to him.
Elijah chuckled. "I sure would not object."
"Oh, yes. I'm sure that you wouldn't," she teased, turning onto her side and propping herself up on her arm so she could look at him.
Elijah grinned. He opened his mouth to respond to her, but didn't get a chance to get a word out.
A loud banging noise from the other side of the door interrupted their "basking in the aftermath" moment.
"Elijah, we need to go. Hurry up!" Moments later, followed by, "Now!"
Hayley rolled her eyes, sighing in frustration as she turned back over and practically threw herself backwards onto the bed. "We can't have any time to ourselves in this place, can we?!"
Shaking his head, Elijah answered, "It doesn't seem so."
"Does he even know that I am in here with you?" Hayley wondered, staring up at the ceiling.
"It would seem not."
"Maybe if he knew I was in here, he wouldn't have so rudely interrupted us just now," Hayley suggested as she forced herself out of bed and began to search for her clothes that were strewed all over the room.
It didn't take her long to find all of her clothes. She picked them up and laughter suddenly escaped from her throat. Turning back to where Elijah was still laying back in the bed, she feigned unhappiness as she held up the torn clothes in her hand and said, "I liked this outfit."
"I will buy you another outfit just like it if you liked it that much," Elijah replied with a laugh of his own.
"I will definitely be holding you to that," she told him in a matter of fact tone as she bent down to pick up Elijah's discarded shirt and pants, which surprisingly didn't get torn up the night before. "In the meantime, I will have to borrow these to get back to my room."
Hayley walked over to the full length mirror after putting Elijah's clothes on. In the mirror, she watched as Elijah eyed her up and down. If the sudden lusty expression that appeared on his face was any indication, he very much approved of her wearing his clothes.
"My clothes look really good on you," he spoke huskily, which confirmed her suspicions.
Giving her own self a look over in the mirror, she grinned back at him. "Which is exactly why you shouldn't expect to get them back any time soon."
"I have ways of getting them back if I want them back." Elijah gave her a grin of his own in return.
Hayley turned around with the intent to say something but never got the chance to even process any words in her head. In the second or so that it took her to turn around, Elijah had quickly gotten out of bed. He was now standing only a few feet away from her with just enough space between them that Hayley got a good look at all he had to offer.
Swallowing hard, Hayley bit her lower lip as she tried to regain her composure. "That's not the way to get your clothes back," she managed to get out. "However, that is the way to make sure that the floor gets them back."
"Maybe that is what I am aiming for," Elijah teased as he slowly closed the gap between them.
"Well then, you are certainly aiming to hit the bulls eye," Hayley informed him, her breathing getting heavier with each movement closer he got to her. "I thought you had something to go do."
Shrugging, Elijah replied nonchalantly, "I think it can wait."
Ducking out of the way before he could close the gap completely, Hayley rushed to the opposite side of the room and turned towards him. "You have to go do something and it wouldn't be smart to start another round right now," Hayley told him, shaking her finger at him. "If we were to get interrupted during, I would be daggering someone in the very near future."
Elijah laughed at the thought. "He would deserve nothing less."
"How about you go do what you need to do and when you get back, I will make it up to you," Hayley suggested as she sauntered over to him, moving to stand on her tip toes so that her mouth was next to his ear. "I will keep your clothes on until you return and then you can take them off of me."
A worded reply was not necessary in that moment as she could feel it against her.
"I will take that as a yes." Hayley grinned. "But we can't have you walking out of here like that now, can we?"
Shaking his head, Elijah answered, "No we can not."
"I think I can help fix that," Hayley said with a smirk, licking her lips.
It was Elijah's turn to be speechless.
"We should make this quick," she told him, a mischievous sparkle evident in her eyes. "Don't want to keep him waiting any longer."
All Elijah could do was shake his head in agreement as he watched Hayley sink to her knees in front of him.
~MCLRGOY~
Straightening her hair and her...well, his clothes...Hayley followed Elijah out of the bedroom.
"It's about..." Kol trailed off from his train of thought when he noticed Hayley and what she was wearing. "Nice clothes you have there." He laughed.
Glaring at him, Hayley crossed her arms over her chest and snapped, "Why don't you shut up and mind your own damn business!"
"You make it so hard," he replied, knowing exactly what buttons to push to get a rise out of Hayley. "Especially when you come out of my dear brother's room wearing his clothes." Kol smirked. "It doesn't take a genius to figure out what happened in there."
"I wasn't aware that you were so curious about what goes on in your brother's personal life," Hayley shot back, smirking herself when she momentarily rendered Kol speechless.
Before either of them could say anything else, Elijah spoke up.
"I think I've come up with a solution to our current problem," Elijah said as a way to change the subject (he would much rather prefer his intimate life not be discussed outside of him and Hayley), stepping forward next to Hayley and placing a hand on her shoulder.
"What would that be?" Hayley questioned curiously, turning her head to look at him.
"As you mentioned before, this wouldn't be happening if he had known you were in the room with me," Elijah paused before getting to the part where he mentioned the solution he had come up with.
Raising an eyebrow, Hayley asked, "Are you going to tell me the solution you came up with?"
Elijah smiled and answered, "If we shared a room, then everyone would always know."
Those were the last words that Hayley expected to hear come out of Elijah's mouth in that moment. Her eyes widened in surprise. Had he really just said what she thought he said? Her ears weren't playing tricks on her, were they? For her sake, she sure hoped not. The expression on Elijah's face was confirmation for her that her ears weren't playing tricks on her. She had heard him correctly.
"Oh, thank god," Hayley thought to herself.
The sudden thought of living, not just living (since they'd basically been living together now for years) but actually living with Elijah as in sharing the same bed every night instead of going back and forth between rooms sent shockwaves through Hayley. Those said shockwaves coursed straight through her body to her core.
For as long as she could remember, Hayley could not recall a single time that she was truly excited about living with a guy. Elijah was the exception, which caused a realization so strong to hit Hayley. She was always aware that she loved Elijah, but know she realized that she didn't just love him...she was actually very much in love with him.
"Hayley..." Elijah said after a minute or two of Hayley just staring at him with her jaw dropped.
"Elijah, let's go." Kol was getting impatient.
Hayley shook her head, having finally managed to come back to reality. She grabbed Elijah's arm, turning and dragging him back to his...their bedroom. "You'll have to do whatever you two had to do alone!" Hayley called back to Kol. "Elijah is going to be preoccupied for most of the day."
After dragging Elijah into the bedroom behind her, Hayley kicked the door closed and locked it behind them.
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