I dropped my arm to my side, my phone still firm in my grip, and took a deep breath. This had to be some sort of sick joke, it just had to be.
"What did he say?" Rebekah asked
"He said he's not coming" I said with a small voice
"What? Why the hell not?"
I looked at the ground
"He said we're through"
"What? Was he joking?"
"There was a girl with him, this girl called Gene…oh my god it's the girl he was flirting with on the phone before, the one who helped Elijah"
"Genevieve the witch? What about her?"
I covered my mouth with my hand and began pacing around
"Hayley talk to me" Rebekah insisted
"She asked him if he loved her or not"
"And?"
"He said he loved her and he hung up on me because he asked her to" my voice got louder and angrier
"Hayley no way Klaus said that about a girl he had no prior connection to before that phone call, you must have misunderstood"
I began walking around angrily. With my anger reaching the roof, I grabbed Rebekah's wine glass and smashed it against a wall. When I turned back to her I saw worry in her eyes.
"Your eyes, they're yellow Hayley, you must calm down" She warned me "The full moon is tomorrow, the calmer you are…"
"How am I supposed to be calm?" I snapped and gripped a chair to control my senses
"It's going to be fine. I'm sure it was just a joke. I'm going to call him now and tell him this isn't funny"
I nodded, letting her know she should do that. She dialled his number and looked at me with a reassuring smile.
"Niklaus? What is up with you? What do you mean…you must be joking, but it is not funny at all. Nik listen why are you…why is she with you? Since when? Nik listen to me. Nik…"
She looked up at me, her hand slowly dragging her phone away from her ear.
"He played with me, again" I said and left in a hurry
"Hayley don't go please! Hayley!"
I began running, using my new athletic superiority over ordinary humans to do so. I was swift and emotional.
After a certain period I just couldn't anymore. My emotions were all over the place. I couldn't stay behind and I couldn't allow Klaus Mikaelson to destroy my life once again.
I stopped and found myself ended up at one of the less populated and glamourous streets of New York. Among all the different signs I managed to find a hotel and throw myself in.
"I need somewhere to stay" I whispered
This place was small, uncared for and absolutely empty
"For how long?"
I shrugged
"Very well then. Room 13, go up the stairs and to the left"
I nodded thankfully and followed the directions. The room was small as well and there only was a bed in the centre.
I walked up to it and threw myself on the bed. I had no energy to fight with Klaus or find out if this was all an unfunny prank. I just shut my eyes and fell asleep.
Next Day: Rebekah's POV
"You said you were going to find a way to help her" I yelled at Klaus through the phone "She is nowhere to be found and there are mere hours till she turns"
"I understand" he said emotionlessly
"Klaus please, if we don't find her god knows what can happen"
"She'll be fine. People have been managing to turn into werewolves for millenniums now. I'm sure she'll manage"
It seemed as if not only Klaus had fallen for a different woman all of a sudden, but he lost all his empathy and love for Hayley as well.
"You are not normal" I pointed out
"If you don't have anything else to say I'll be leaving"
"Sure" I said and hung up
"What did he say?" Marcel, who was with me, asked
"He's acting as if he never felt anything for Hayley ever"
"We don't have time to deal with that, we need to look for Hayley"
"I'm going to ask Elijah to help out as well"
"I don't think that is a great idea"
"We don't really have a choice. We need to find her before its too late"
"Fine. But make sure there is no funny business"
"Of course"
Marcel left to initiate the search as I dialled Elijah's number
"Elijah, I need your help. Klaus has lost his mind and Hayley is supposed to turn into a wolf tonight at full moon. We can't have her on the lose"
"Niklaus isn't helping you find his girlfriend?"
"That's the deal. He's in love with Genevieve now. The girl who helped save you"
"In love? Since when does brother fall in and out of love so easily?"
"I have no idea what's going on, but I'm sure the witch has a hand in it somehow"
"Very well then, I shall look for her until I find her"
Elijah's POV
After hours of searching and the full moon only six hours away, I found myself in an isolated street of the grandiose city that is New York.
Something about this place seemed familiar. It seemed like scent. Upon further thought I began realizing that her scent was still hanging in the unpopulated street. I led it to the open window above me. She had to be there.
I ran into the lobby
"A girl called Hayley Marshall is residing in your lodging service?" I asked
"We don't keep records or names. If we did we probably wouldn't have any customers. We hardly do anyway"
I grabbed him by the collar and pulled him closer, looking into his eyes compellingly
"Give me the key of the room you booked to a tall, brunette, bright eyed girl within the last twenty four hours"
He nodded and handed over the keys to room thirteen.
"Thank you, good sir" I said and hurried up the stairs
When I opened the door there was no one inside. When I paid closer attention I heard water running and hurried into the bathroom.
She was sitting in the bathtub, water running over her nude, non-reacting body.
I shut my eyes immediately due to her nudity and grabbed the closest towel I could find.
"What are you doing here?" she asked
I walked up to her with closed eyes, shut the water and covered her with a towel.
"Hayley Marshall what is wrong with you" I said "Come on"
"Let me go. I'm going to lock myself up in here until I turn back to normal next morning"
"Do you honestly think this place can keep you in? You'll escape in wolf mode and kill everyone you see"
"Let go of me" she snapped and shoved me aside "What makes you think I'd ever trust you with something like this?"
"Rebekah sent me to find you. She and Marcel are looking all over for you. Hayley please, just let us help you to prevent damage to anyone"
She began drying herself.
"My emotions are all over the place, and the only person I wanted by my side was him"
"Hayley you do realise that he has mysteriously fallen in love with a witch, right?"
"Yeah the one who helped you?"
"A witch Hayley" he seemed to be emphasizing on the witch bit
"Are you suggesting something?"
"We can't be sure, but she may have done a spell of some sort"
She looked at me with the slightest bit of hope in her eyes
"If he'd only agree to meet up, we could know for sure"
"Get dressed, I will get you two to meet up"
I called Klaus and waited patiently for him to pick up.
"Yes brother" he said angrily
"Niklaus have I bothered you during something important?"
"As a matter of fact yes, I was about to take my lover to the next level of joy in between the sheets but I realised I need my mouth to talk to you"
I shut my eyes at his indiscretion and sighed
"Niklaus I need your girlfriend to do us another favour"
"Genevieve?"
"Yes Genevieve. She needs to enchant the basement of my mansion so Hayley cannot escape it as a wolf"
"I don't think that's a great idea"
"NIklaus above all you are a man of your word. Respect that and help a girl who you turned into this state and promised to take care of"
"I will get back to you" he said and hung up
Hayley looked up at me and I threw her a hopeful smile
Moments later he texted me "Genevieve agreed to it. Meet me in an hour at the mansion"
Hayley's POV
I followed Elijah into the same mansion he had led me into a while ago to murder me. We came eye to eye and he knew that's exactly what I was thinking of.
"I am not that man anymore"
"I know. That was Mr. Cooper"
"Oh god, don't mention that name. It is so unoriginal"
"Especially for someone whose real last name is 'Mikaelson' it's a big leap to normality"
He smiled and so did I.
"I understand why Klaus didn't give up on you. I can see that light in you. You're a good man abused and forced to be a terrible monster. I can relate to that"
"You are not a monster. A werewolf is a noble being, and you are the most noble of them all"
"Why would you say that?"
"Klaus told me you are of the royal werewolf bloodline"
"I am?"
Before the conversation could go on we were interrupted by a loud and rude Niklaus Mikaelson.
"Alright Elijah, let's get this over with" he announced "Tell Genevieve what exactly you want"
"I must say Genevieve, I am highly grateful for your help. I didn't expect you to though"
"I have no negativity towards Hayley. She is just another girl from Klaus' past"
I shut my eyes and took a seat.
"Anyway, what I thought you could do is…" Elijah began describing what he exactly needed
I looked at Klaus. He was simply waiting impatiently for the ginger girl to finish. The man who had made me this, the man I loved and needed, was merely inches away yet so far. Next thing I knew I was whispering his name, hoping he would hear me.
He looked towards me and sighed, taking a step closer and crouching before me.
"Hayley? How are you doing?" he asked coldly
"I feel like I am on an emotional rollercoaster" I whispered "Why are you so distant Klaus?"
"Hayley we drifted apart, we just didn't work out"
"I wish I could have my mother here with me now. I really need someone to help me feel safe"
"Hayley you've lived for almost two decades now. Grow up"
I cupped his cheeks and looked into his eyes
"I love you and I really need you" I said softly
He pushed my hands aside
"If you are mature enough perhaps we can be amicable. Otherwise it's best if we stay away"
My sadness turned into fury
"You are going to beg me to be with you ever again Niklaus Mikaelson, and I still won't say yes"
He rolled his eyes and went back up to his girlfriend
"It should be easy" Genevieve announced "I'll go do the spell. I just need some wolfs bane"
"I can get you that. We have some stacked in the kitchen. What else?"
"Something valuable that belongs to the wolf in question"
They all turned to me. I knew exactly what I'd give. I removed my necklace from around my neck and handed it over.
"Klaus gave it to me. It has no value anymore but it belongs to me" I said, looking into his eyes as I did
"Very well, it should be ready in ten minutes or so" she said and went to the basement. Klaus followed her.
I sat back down and covered my face with my hands. Life was too tiring.
"The sun's going down" Elijah announced a while later
"Done" Genevieve said and came back upstairs "We'll get going now. Good luck Hayley" she said with a smirk
"She'll manage" Klaus said "This is a downside its true, but being a werewolf is a gift, not a curse. You'll be thankful once your understand"
"I can't even understand my own anatomy right now, I doubt that I can understand how to be a proper wolf"
He simply rolled his eyes and led Genevieve out.
"Come on Hayley" Elijah said and I followed him into the basement.
He locked the doors on me and promised me it would be alright.
I didn't know when or how, but eventually I felt pain all over my body. My bones seemed to be breaking and changing shape. My body was fighting it but losing too. I screamed in pain and soon enough blacked out.
The next time I woke up I was naked on the ground. The torn pieces of clothing were lying not far from me. I crawled a bit and found my watch also lying on the ground. I checked the time and found out it was morning already.
I heard the door unlock just as I began crying.
"Hayley you can find clothes in the top left shelf" Elijah said
I stood up quickly and threw on the clothes. Once I did he opened the door and stepped in
"I didn't want to have another naked encounter with you" he said with a smile "You seem fine"
I didn't know why, but at that moment I needed someone to make me feel safe, so I ran into him and pulled him into a hug, crying onto his chest. He shushed me and stroked my hair.
"I don't know what I am anymore" I whispered
"If it helps, I'm here for you" he replied and cupped my cheeks
I looked into his eyes which seemed to get closer as our faces did so too
"It does" I replied and put my head on his neck
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