/N continuation of Chapter 20 Sixth month part 1
He went to his room and when to the walking closet saying "I am going to the bayou. You want to go?"
Hayley nodded. She went to the bathroom to freshen herself up. When she came out he was sitting on the bed bend over tying the laces on his shoes. Hayley said "I will move my stuff today".
Klaus's hand just paused for a second and then he said without looking at her "you don't have to move. You can stay here as long as you want. You said yourself that you sleep better here".
When she didn't answer, he looked up at her and she nodded. He asked her "ready?"
The drive to the bayou was quiet one. As they approached the huts, a girl ran towards them and hugged Klaus and kissed him smack on his lips making Hayley's heart sink. She stepped back and to her annoyance it was Eve. She said to Klaus "where have you been? Haven't seen you in two days".
Hayley thought with sinking heart 'so he has been coming to the bayou' and then she spotted Jackson and went to him.
She saw Klaus and Eve sitting close to each other on a log laughing and smiling and she couldn't help it and started listening to them.
Eve said to him "so how long before …?"
Klaus said "until the baby is born".
And then he suddenly looked up and saw her looking at them. He stared at her for a moment making her feel flustered. She looked away, got up and walked towards the swamp. She was staring into the dirty water when she felt weight of a jacket on her shoulder. She turned around and saw him going back towards the trees. She smiled and snuggled the jacket around her tightly.
At the sound of laughter she turned around and saw that they had lit the fire and were roasting marshmallows on it. She walked slowly towards the fire and sat down on the log and then rubbed her back.
Klaus looked at her walking towards them. He saw tiredness on her face. He said to Eve "I think we should be going. Hayley is getting tired".
Eve looked at her and said "sure, see you on full moon".
Hayley was rubbing her back when a voice made her jump "let's go".
The drive to the home was quiet one and she was so tired and exhausted by this emotional turmoil going on in her that she went to sleep. Next time when her eyes opened, she was in the bed and he was gone. She brushed her hand on his discarded jacket that he had given her in the bayou with a smile and got up to change her clothes and have something to eat.
The house was empty when she got down. She sighed and after making a cup of coffee for herself she went to the study and got lost in books.
As she was coming out from the study in the afternoon she saw Elijah dressed up and leaving the house. She asked him "where is Klaus?"
"I have seen him since morning, he said he was going to the bayou" Elijah said and then he said "I am going out to meet Sophie. Will you be okay alone?"
Hayley ignored the twinge of jealousy she felt at the name of bayou and pushed the image of him kissing Eve from her mind and said "yes I will be fine" and then she smiled mischievously and said "you are spending a lot of time with that witch. Are you falling for her?"
Elijah said "may be" thinking of what Klaus had said to her one day before and then he kissed her on her forehead and said "it is good to have you as part of our family Hayley".
When she smiled, he smiled back and left the house.
She went to bed trying not to think too much about Klaus and Eve but she couldn't help it. Their making out images kept on coming in her mind and at last she snatched his pillow angry and hugged it and closed her eyes and then in no time she went to sleep.
Next day again she didn't see him. She cursed her hybrid powers thinking 'what is the point of having these powers if she cannot even feel him entering or leaving the room' and then a thought came across her mind 'maybe he is not coming home' making her very depressed.
She went to the bed feeling very depressed. When she woke up the bed in the morning and saw to her dismay that his side of the bed was not slept in, she got up angrily and threw the pillow on the bed with frustration and said "one damn week, sharing the room and still she had not seen him".
She wondered when he came home and when he left. It was full moon today so she knew that he would be home before going to the bayou but that didn't stop her from feeling more agitated.
Most of her irritation was on herself as she wondered 'why she wants to talk to him?' and then she got up angrily and thought 'he missed the appointment too".
She was lost in her thoughts when the bathroom door opened and he came out with wet hair. She looked at him in surprise and realized that he was looking really tired. She asked him "you are home?"
Klaus looked at her curiously and said "of course I am home" and then asked her "how are you feeling?"
Hayley said "I am fine" and then she said as soft as she could "you missed the appointment yesterday!"
Klaus turned to her and said "what?"
She repeated in a little louder voice "you missed the appointment yesterday!"
Klaus gaped at her for a moment and then he cursed something that made Hayley raise her eyebrows in amusement. He went to her and sat next to her and said "I am so sorry Hayley. I got lost track of time"
She was about to say something when his cell rang. He looked at her with frustration and then picked up the cell. He then stood up and said "he did what…" and before Hayley could ask him what happened he left the room.
She went to the study and ideally started looking at the shelves and when she couldn't find anything there.
Hayley sat in his chair and started reading the book and fell asleep. When she woke up it was getting dark so she went to kitchen to eat something. As she reached up for a glass, it slipped from her hand and fell on the ground with a loud clang.
Klaus came barging into the kitchen and asked "Hayley what is going on here?"
Hayley turned around, looked at him dressed up and said "going to the bayou to turn with your friends? Isn't that nice?"
When he didn't say anything she sighed and said and said "And as for your question. I was getting that glass from the top and it fell. Don't worry I will clean everything up"
"Okay then, I am going to the bayou then" Klaus said and turned
"Yes go. See if I care" Hayley said it in undertone.
Klaus turned and looked at her and smiled. He had obviously heard her but she was not looking at him. She sat down and started picking up the broken pieces of glass. Klaus stood there for a second looking at her bending over on her six month old pregnant stomach but then he left.
He put an extra change of clothes in a bag as usual and called her "Hayley, I will be back in the morning"
When he didn't hear her he checked her in the house. She was nowhere to be found. He said "bloody hell" and left the house.
His cell rang as he stood in the grounds. He picked it up and said "Eve I will be late" and then he said grinding his teeth "I have to go look for the mother of my child"
"Oh come on she can take care of herself. She is a full grown woman after all" Eve said with frustration.
"I know that" Klaus said with annoyance
And cut off the phone.
Klaus looked around and tried to smell her or the baby. He couldn't sense her but he had checked everywhere and she was not around. He went to the French Quarter, to Rousseau's but she was not there. He went to the bayou to see if she was there but she was not there too. He then thought 'why don't I call her?" and then cursed himself for his stupidity that he should have called her before. He dialed her number.
After a couple of rings he heard her voice "Can't I have an evening in peace?"
"Where…." Klaus asked in anger but then he felt the moon. He was starting to turn. He said to her in between the agony he was feeling while turning "Come back home right now"
Hayley looked into the cell with annoyance and cut him off without telling him that she did go out for a short walk for about 20 minutes but now she was home. She looked into the pool water where she has been sitting for the past 10 minutes. After hearing his command about her getting home she got really annoyed and got up. Now she didn't want to stay home. She left the house and went to the French quarter. She wanted to go to the bayou to meet Jackson but she thought it might not be a good idea on the full moon and all. She went to Rousseau's and asked Cami for a non-alcoholic beverage. She was sipping her drink when two men came to her and sat on her either side. She ignored them and continued to drink.
One of them said sweetly "hello sweetheart, what are you doing here? Don't you know it is full moon tonight? It is not safe to leave your house today"
The other one laughed when Cami said "Gentlemen please don't cause a scene here"
Hayley continued to sip her drink when the other one said "we just want to talk to this lovely lady. She shouldn't be out in a condition like this and on a night like this too"
"You are out, aren't you?" Hayley said without looking at them
"Yes but we are …. Vampires" the man said laying emphasis on vampires as if it was supposed to mean something to her
"Vampires hun… that is interesting. Isn't werewolves bite lethal to vampires?" Hayley asked still not looking at them.
"Yes it is but only if a werewolf can catch them but why aren't you turning, you are wolf too. I can smell it on you" The first one said with a sneer
"Then you are wrong. If I were a werewolf I would have turned, wouldn't i?" Hayley said with a smirk.
"Oh really" The other one laughed too and then his eyes went to her stomach and he raised his eyebrows.
Cami looked around and then she thought about Klaus and Kaleb talking together so she dialed his number and said "can you come please to the bar?"
Kaleb asked her "what is it?"
Cami said walking towards the back room to get some glasses "There are two vampires here and they are harassing that pregnant werewolf girl"
Hayley realized that he knew about the baby and before she knew it she turned. Her fangs were out, the veins under her eyes had popped out and her eyes had turned yellow and she was sinking her teeth into the neck of the person sitting on her right. She then turned and looked at the other one with a smile on her face and said "see I can turn but not like you thought I would"
The vampire got up in confusion but Hayley grabbed him by the neck and said "you will forget about me. Now go"
She then grabbed the other one and compelled him too.
She turned back as she sensed Cami coming back. Cami asked her "what happened? Where did those two go?"
"Must have left" Hayley smiled and said and then she saw Kaleb entering the bar.
Kaleb walked to her and asked her "what happened?"
"What are you doing here?" Hayley asked picking up her jacket.
"Cami called" Kaleb said. Hayley looked at cami and said "that is sweet of you but I can take care of myself".
Kaleb asked her as she was leaving the bar "who were they?"
"Some vampires" and then she whispered "don't worry they don't know anything about me" she smiled at his expressions and left the bar.
She reached the house when she heart a twig. She turned just in time to see someone attack her. She tried to dodge her but it was a bit late and she fell on the ground. Her first instinct was to put her hand on her stomach to protect the baby. She looked into the eyes of the vampire who had attacked her and recognized him from the bar. She got up slowly on her feet absorbing the fact that he had brought two of his friends with him. He said with a laugh
"Marcel would be please to meet the pregnant werewolf. Wouldn't it be great right?"
He then lunged at Hayley who whooshed out of the way taking them by surprise. She was attacked by two men who threw her on the ground. One of them put his hands on her neck and the other on her stomach.
Hayley felt his hand on her stomach and she felt a wave of nausea shoot through her. She felt the fury and she turned. She felt the power rush through her and then she pushed the man off her by using all the strength she could muster up from her. She got up slowly holding her stomach. She twisted on her spot and kicked the man who had just touched her stomach in the stomach. He flew through the air and fell on the ground. Hayley turned just in time when the other one – the one from the bar- held her from the back of her neck and was about to sink his teeth into her neck when he was attacked by an animal. She massaged her neck and coughed and without looking at the man and who or what had pulled her away from her, she jabbed her hand in the air and pulled the heart of the third guy who was about to attack her. She turned in time to see a wolf mauling the man on the ground. She turned around and saw the third man fleeing. She whooshed to him even though she felt all the energy draining from her and grabbed him by his throat. She looked into his eyes and said "That is for putting my child in danger". She then pulled his heart out.
She stood there for a second and then she turned to the wolf howling behind her. She stared into those yellow eyes and then she looked up at the moon which was just receding behind the clouds and the last thing she remember was the wolf walking towards her and her losing all strength in her legs.
She opened her eyes and saw that she was lying in her bed under the covers. The sun light was peeking through the curtains. She got up remembering the last night's adventure and instinctively put her hand on her stomach. She could hear the baby's heart beat with her super hybrid listening powers.
"So you do careabout the child!" she spun around when she heard his voice
He was sitting on the chair looking at her angrily. She sat up and instinctively pulled the covers on her.
"Don't be too modest. I have seen you before remember" He said sarcastically
"Go to hell Klaus and what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be with Eve?" Hayley asked him leaning back against the head board of the bed.
Klaus smirked and said "someone sounds jealous" then he became serious and asked her "have you lost your mind? Going out last night"
"I have not lost my mind and if you thought that you can keep me locked here anymore and you can have fun then you were at fault" Hayley said with annoyance.
Klaus suddenly got up angrily and walked to her bed and said "If i had not taken that vampire down last night he could have harmed you or worse the baby. Just because you are a hybrid does not mean that…"
Hayley got out of bed with her hybrid speed and stood nose to nose to him and asked in an angry tone "does not mean what? That I can take care of myself. If you have not noticed let me tell you I have been taking care of myself for the past 800 years. I don't need you. Just because you are the father of this" she put her hand on her stomach "baby does not give you the right to…"
She was cut off when he yelled "yes it does give me the right to protect you alright"
"You cannot just protect me when you feel like" before she could stop herself she was shouting at him "where are you when I am having back pains? Where are you when I am throwing up all day" she didn't realize that she had turned as she continued "where are you when I cannot sleep because of my growing stomach or where are you when I am alone all day and no one is there to talk to me?"
Klaus listened to everything she was saying without saying anything noticing the change in her emotions and her physical form but didn't say anything. Hayley continued in the same angry tone which was leaning towards disappointment and desperation now and said "where were you when the baby kicked for the first time and there was no one to share that moment with? And where were you at the ultra sound appointment?So don't lecture me about protecting me when you feel like doing it"
She stopped and took a breath. They were standing so close to each other that he could feel her breath on his face.
Hayley gaze suddenly fell on the mirror from above his shoulder and she realized that she had turned. She looked at him again and then gently jerked her neck and changed back to normal form and then she felt her knees buckle. She suddenly felt drained. Klaus looked at her exhausted form and saw her buckling down. He at once held her from her back and help her sit down. He knelt down next to her and said "I didn't know you felt that ignored. I just felt that you might want to have some space for yourself"
"I have more than enough space for myself. I just thought that I will have someone to share this pregnancy with but apparently I was wrong" Hayley said with bitterness
"Hayley…" Klaus said
But she cut him off and said "I am fine. Just three more months left right. Major part is gone"
He was about to get up when she put a hand on her stomach and winced. He looked at her but she was not looking at him. He said "I am here right now. Tell me what happened at the ultra sound appointment. I am sorry I missed it. I couldn't get out of that meeting"
Hayley looked at him without removing her hand from her stomach. She quietly and gently took his hand and put it on her stomach and took a deep breath. She looked into his eyes and said "I hope she does not take our tempers".
"She?" Klaus said in a surprised tone "we are having a girl?"
Hayley looked at him and nodded with a smile.
Klaus looked into her eyes, nodded and said with a smile "I agree with you, I hope she does not take our tempers. Definitely not mine" and then he felt it - that kick which send a wave of happiness that he had never felt through his heart. He looked into her sad face and said "She is lucky to have a mother, who is brave, strong, unique, smart and beautiful and who loves her very much"
Hayley looked at him for a while still holding his hand on her stomach and said "I think her father also loves her. He just needs to show it more often"
They both looked at each other for a few seconds both feeling butterflies in their stomach. She then removed her hand from his hand.
Klaus looked at her and then removed his hand from her stomach.
He got up and was about to leave when he turned on the door way and said "May be next full moon we can turn together and have some fun together"
Hayley laughed at that when she didn't even feel like it.
Klaus saw her laughing and realized that she had laughed for the first time ever since she had moved in with him.
As he turned to leave she thought for a second and then she suppressed her smile and said "can I have some ice creams please"
"At this time?" Klaus asked in surprise "you do realize that I just spend all night sitting by your bed side to make sure that you don't leave the house again"
"Do I need to make you go?" Hayley said with annoyance
Klaus glared at her for a moment and seeing her fangs come out he said "Okay okay I am going"
He left without seeing the smile that had come on her face
Hayley laid back thinking 'whether she should tell him about the vampires who attacked her in the bar or not?"
Klaus entered the room after an hour and then went to the bathroom and after changing his clothes he got under the cover and said "can you wake me up in three hours?"
Hayley looked at his request in surprise and nodded. Klaus closed his eyes and went to sleep.
She stared at him for a few seconds and then suddenly she felt butterflies in her stomach as a sudden desire came in her heart to touch his hair. She looked at him and then she felt the kick. She smiled and put her hand on her stomach.
Finn entered the sitting room and asked Kaleb angrily "why didn't you tell me Mikael was visiting his kids?"
Kaleb said "I came to tell you but you were busy with Hayley and then it slipped my mind and by the time I remembered he had gone back"
Finn said after a while "Alright, in any case I had promised her that I will not pick up a fight with Wood pack at least for a month".
Kaleb looked impressed and said "really! You made a promise to Hayley?"
Finn said "sod off Kaleb" and then left the room.
Elijah dressed up and left the house. He went to pick up Sophie first and both of them wen to Father Kieran's church. As they entered the church they saw father Kieran coming out of confessional.
Father Kieran smiled at Sophie and said "what is it Sophie?"
Sophie said "Kieran do you know about the harvest?" and then she said "this is Elijah Mikaelsons. His brother and he are lawyers and they are helping me stop this harvest".
Kieran said lighting the candle "Sophie you are an elder now, why don't you put your foot down?"
"I have talked to those idiots, Jane-Ann, my own sister, is willing to sacrifice Monique and I am not the only elder, Jane-Ann is also there and Bastiana has come back to town too" She said with frustration "you talk to them".
"When did she come back?" Father Kieran asked.
Sophie said "yesterday and of course now that she is here, she will be the elder"
They all turned towards the main door of the church when they heard a female voice "Sophie you have involved father Kieran, an outsider in our inner matters".
"Bastiana you are murdering kids" Sophie said with frustration.
"They will come back Sophie" she said eyeing Elijah and said "you are the werewolf trying to persuade us not to go through the harvest".
When Elijah nodded she said "what would you do for your believes?"
Elijah snapped "not slaughter kids!"
Bastian replied "you don't have a say so in our matter. We have a contract signed with the authorities here including Slaters that any witch rituals, they will not interfere in them. Sophie you know that so why involve them?"
Elijah looked at Sophie who said "Authorities of New Orleans but you are from somewhere else".
A slow smile appeared on his face and he said "I would like to see that contract".
Bastiana said "sure, I can show you that".
She then left and said "Come meet me in the cemetery tomorrow and I will show it to you".
As she left Sophie turned to Elijah and said "I am sorry, I should have told you but I thought that maybe we will not have to get that in the middle".
"That is fine. It is best this way. I can see if I can find a loop hole in the so called contract".
Hayley looked up from the book she was reading and saw that it was almost noon so she gently shook his shoulder and whispered "Klaus it is 12 and you told me to wake you up".
Klaus turned towards her and said in a groggy voice "a couple of more minutes" and then he grabbed her hand in sleep and went to sleep again. Hayley smiled and opened the book again with her other hand.
After thirty minutes she shook him again gently and said "this is the last time I am waking you up. If you don't get up don't be mad at me later".
Klaus heard her voice and opened his eyes and realized that he was holding her hand. He released it saying "sorry" and then got up and went to the bathroom to freshen up.
He came back after some time and said while putting on his coat and not making an eye contact with her "I have to go to office now. You will be okay right?"
When she nodded he left.