This chapter will continue on from the previous one. It's assuming Klaus and Rebekah have left NOLA for Mystic Falls. Elijah and Hayley are left alone and not exactly on the best of terms.
Btw, I rewatched Lord Of the Rings the other day so apologies for the little mention.
It will address the almost miscarriage she had a few chapters earlier, will she tell Elijah about it?
He had sat mesmerised by her steady breathing for hours, all other sounds around him ceased to exist. It was quiet in the house and Elijah assumed they were alone. His siblings had left for Mystic Falls and Marcel was out drinking his sorrows.
Hayley was a restless sleeper, and as the sleeping tablets began to wear off, she became more and more agitated. He had considered waking her, but the dark shadows underneath her closed lids deterred him. Even though he was supposed to hate her, he couldn't.
She began to mumble something in her sleep. Klaus, please. The baby, the baby. Klaus! Her mumbling soon became a scream and Elijah could sit there no more. He gently shook Hayley's shoulders, "Hayley, wake up!" He whispered.
She fought against his light grip for a few seconds before her eyelids shot open. Her eyes flashed amber as she fought to regain her breath, until she saw Elijah. She calmed almost immediately.
"The child. Is she alright?" Elijah asked her softly, aware that he was suppose to be angry with her.
Hayley frantically grasped at her stomach before visibly relaxing. "She's fine." She said, breathing out a sigh of relief.
They sat for a few moments in silence before Elijah spoke, "Klaus and Rebekah have gone on a trip, they should be back within the next few days."
Hayley looked at him wide eyed. "He left us, again?"
It was so unlike her to say something like that, it puzzled Elijah. He knew Hayley had never depended on Niklaus that much. " And what do you mean by that?", he questioned her.
The wolf shivered as she remembered that a few weeks ago, she thought she had lost the baby. Klaus had left her alone, and that had nearly cost her the only happiness in her life. Instead of telling Elijah this, she chose a more 'Hayley like' response. "I just mean he's a dick, I could die and he wouldn't even notice."
Elijah looked at her horrified. "Hayley, please. Don't even joke about it."
She held her hands up in apology. "Hey, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you." Hayley shivered.
He took off his jacket and handed it to her. "Here, take this, you look freezing."
Hayley stood and let Elijah hold out the jacket, which she slipped her arms into. "You do know I could just walk upstairs and get a jumper?" She joked.
Elijah smiled kindly. "I know, but I was going to make you some breakfast, and I can't do that if you're upstairs. I don't know how you like your eggs."
Hayley laughed and Elijah gave her a strange look. "May I ask what's so amusing."
Hayley stopped laughing. "The answer to your egg question, is that I don't have my eggs any way. I'm allergic to them, on their own I mean."
The original did a double take, before holding out his hand. "Come to the kitchen, I'll make you something else. Pancakes?" Hayley nodded.
They walked through to the kitchen together and once there, Elijah held out a chair for Hayley to sit in. She smiled at him. He went to the fridge and pulled out the ingredients he needed and started to mix up a batter, which then went into the pan. Within a few minutes, he presented the pile of steaming pancakes to Hayley, who accepted them.
"Thanks"
Elijah's phone rang and he left the room to answer it, leaving Hayley to enjoy her pancakes. Halfway through eating them, she realised Elijah had forgotten to make her a drink, so she went over to the tap and poured a glass of water.
She stood frozen with it in her grasp until a voice from behind called her name. "Hayley?" Elijah questioned, and for the second time in the space of a fortnight, she found herself surrounded by shards of glass as the glass of water became a huge mess on the floor.
"Shit." She whispered.
Elijah gently pulled her out of the mess. "My apologies, I forgot that you startle easily. Go and finish your breakfast, I'll clean it up."
"No, it's my mess, I need to sort it myself." Hayley suddenly snapped. In that moment, she wasn't only talking about smashed glass, but rather about her betrayal. She bent down and reached for the glass, which she promptly cut herself on. "Ow!"
Elijah yanked her from the ground, "Hayley stop it, I already said I would clean it up." He took her hand and gently pulled out the glass, before taking off his tie and wrapping it round the wound. It was like deja vu, just a little more romantic.
He steered her towards her seat again and she ate thoughtfully for a few minutes, whilst he watched concerned. She could feel silent tears escape her eyes as she thought about what could have happened.
Elijah mistook her tears." Hayley, I don't hate you for what you did, it'll just take time to sort it out, give me time, I-"
She interrupted him, "No Elijah! It isn't that. Last week before you got here, Klaus left in a mood when I dropped glass and cut myself cleaning it up, I felt so ill that day and then something bad happened when I was on my own.."
Elijah gently prompted her, "Just tell me what's the matter Hayley."
"I went to my room and began to feel nauseous and threw up everywhere. But it was just blood, pure blood. Then I looked, and I was bleeding. I went all horror movie and left blood smeared down the wall then collapsed. Klaus came back later and I thought..I thought..she was gone." She felt the tears form and fall freely.
"Niklaus told me your room was repainted because you didn't like the colour. I didn't know. Why didn't you tell me?" He looked hurt.
"I didn't want you to worry and Klaus didn't want you to be angry with him for leaving me alone all night. He called a doctor though and she was fine."
Elijah gave her his usual line, "And her mother? Is she fine?"
Hayley smiled, "I can't sleep. It took me almost three weeks to sleep after the whole pool incident. Now its just worse. Everytime I close my eyes..I just see blood."
"Are you tired Hayley?" He prompted.
"Im exhausted, I need sleep."
He just held his hand out in silent response and led her up the stairs, to his room. He gestured towards the bathroom. "Please, take a shower or have a bath. You're welcome to sleep in here instead, I know it must be terrifying to sleep in that room. I have noticed you spending each night on the couch, it's most certainly not good for your back."
Hayley took up his offer and went to enjoy a shower. She unwound the tie before getitng in and noticed it was completely healed.
Outside the bathroom, Elijah sat on the chair that occupied the corner of his room. He entered a number into his phone, but it went to voicemail. "Brother, I know you have been gone all of 4 hours but I wish to express my urge that you return as swiftly as you can. Hayley needs you here, she needs Rebekah. She needs all of us." He pressed the end call button and sat waiting for Hayley to finish her shower.
After 10 minutes she peered around the door. "Hey, Elijah. I forgot to bring some clothes in here. Will you...go and fetch me some from my bedroom. Please?" He nodded and she closed the door.
He went over the hall to her room and tried to locate what Hayley needed. He eventually found some clean pyjamas, then took a deep breath before inching open her underwear draw. "Forgive me" he whispered to someone that wasn't there. Even though Hayley had asked him to get her underwear, he still felt very un gentlemanly routing through it. Once he managed to grab the few items he needed, he sped back to his own room and knocked at the bathroom door.
A few seconds later Hayley peered round again, before taking the clothes. "Thank you" she said.
He sat down again in his chair and waited for Hayley to emerge. When she did, he stood up. "I have some books on the shelf over there if you'd like to read one." She nodded and looked through the books.
She pulled one out. "I didnt take you for a lord of the rings kind of guy?"
He smiled, "I find the concept of the ring in that story...Ironic. It's poison to those who take its power, yet they cannot stop themselves, the draw of it is just too much to deny, and soon enough, they are lost to the ring, unable to see what is really going on around them, ignorant to the pain it causes." He twisted his own ring curiously and Hayley realised that he was no longer talking about a book.
She tried to lighten the mood. "Do you have the movie?
"Certainly, do you wish to watch it?" Elijah stood and opened the nearest cupboard, before pulling out the first movie.
Hayley sat on the edge of his bed. "Sure?"
He pulled down the TV from the ceiling that Hayley didnt even know was there and slotted the disk into the player.
"Please, make yourself comfortable, I'll sit in the chair."
Hayley lay down on the bed and propped her head up on the pillow. As Elijah walked past to reposition the chair she grabbed his arm. "Just sit on the bed with me, it's not a crime to watch a movie together. There's no need to get a chair."
He sighed but gave in to her demand. He kicked off his shoes and sat next to her on the bed, then pressed play.
For the next 3 hours, they sat in silence, enjoying the movie as it went on. A few times, Hayley swore she saw Elijah's mouth twitching, as he mouthed the words of the movie. She could feel herself relaxing and for the first time in a while, she felt like she could sleep peacefully.
Elijah was too engrossed in the movie to feel Hayley move closer to him, but inhaled sharply when he felt the weight of her fall across his chest. She was asleep.
For a moment, he wanted to protest, he was of course suppose to be angry at her. But she hadn't slept in days, so instead he just reached for the bed throw and draped it around her shoulders.
The movie had ended, but he just replayed it, unable to move from where he lay.
After all, who doesn't love fucking Lord of The Rings?
-the end-