A/N in the A/U of "the one who got away". It happens after Klaus and Hayley have gotten married and Klaus has recently found out that Hayley loved him from the get go and he was also falling for her gradually. The time period is 5 weeks before Hope's DOB which is in January if you remember from my fanfiction J. Their parents are back but Hayley does not know about them yet.
Hayley opened her eyes and smiled when she felt his hands on her stomach. She looked at him and saw that he was still sleeping. She ran her fingers through his hair and then very slowly turned and picked up the book from the bedside table. She started to read the book as it was still early and she didn't feel like getting up. It was the first day off from her library so she wanted to stay in the bed for a couple of hours longer. She ideally touched her stomach and accidently brushed his hand. It still made her skin jump when she would touch him and the feeling she got was like when you get when someone touches you first time. She kept her hand over there when she heard a voice in her ear "Have I told you how much I like waking up next to you?"
Hayley smiled without looking at him and then she closed the book and turned to him and said "No never"
"how inconsiderate of me then" He said with twinkle in his eyes and then propped himself on his elbow and looked into her eyes and said "Hayley I love waking up next to you"
Hayley laughed and then kissed him on impulse and said "the feeling is mutual"
She then laid back and asked him "what is your plan for today?"
"Nothing much. I have this thing with Elijah so I will go there after I manage to steer myself away from you" he said with a lazy smile.
"You have been going there a lot lately" she said and when he narrowed his eyes she said hastily "Not that I mind. I just feel that you are hiding something from me"
Klaus looked at her for a few seconds and then he leaned in and held a wild wavy strand of her hair and curled it around his finger ideally and said "Yes I am" and smiled at her eyes widening "I don't want you to get involved in the quarter business"
Hayley looked into his eyes trying to figure out if he was being honest with her or not but she couldn't gauge anything so she smiled and nodded. She then asked him "what are you thinking about tomorrow?"
Klaus said with confusion still twirling her hair locks "Tomorrow nothing. No plans yet. Do you want to do something?"
Hayley looked at him for a while and then said "yes I want to do something"
When he looked at her questioningly she said "I want to have thanksgiving dinner at our place tomorrow"
Klaus was looking at her pink lips without realizing what he was doing. He wanted to lean in and kiss them when he heard her say that. He was totally shocked by that. He slowly sat up and said "we have not celebrated thanksgiving since forever"
Hayley scooted herself up too and smiled at him and said "well it is time we start to make our new traditions. What do you think?"
Klaus looked at her and then said shrugging his shoulders "okay why not? If you can convince Elijah and Kol to join. I am sure Rebekah will not mind that"
Hayley laughed and then got out of bed and went to the bathroom to change. When she came out after 10 minutes he was still sitting there lost in his thoughts. She stood there for a while noting the worry on his face. She sighed and tried to tell her 'everything will be okay'.
Klaus was thinking about his plan and how to go about it when he realized that she was straightening the bed cover. He smiled at her and said "so you want to cater or …"
She looked at him and cut him off by saying "no I will do myself. Till my parents were alive we used to have thanksgiving every year so I know what to do"
"But you are …." Klaus said getting off the bed and holding the edge of cover from his end to help her make the bed.
"I am pregnant not invalid Klaus" she said with a smile and then said "you change and I will get breakfast ready"
Hayley was in the kitchen when he heard him coming down the stairs. She turned and smiled at him holding a cup of coffee for him. Klaus smiled and took it from her hand and after taking a sip he said "Call Rebekah, Elijah and Kol and no one else. I just want our family to be here"
He then said "I have to go now so see you in the afternoon".
He left while taking the coffee cup with him.
Klaus was pacing the room while Sophie was saying "Do you think it will work?"
"Yes I think so" Klaus said a bit harshly "there is no other way of going about it"
He opened his mouth to say something when his cell rang. He picked it up and before he could say anything he heard Kol's annoyed voice "what is this with thanksgiving dinner? I had plans with Davina"
Klaus looked at Sophie and then said "Hayley want to have a thanksgiving dinner at our home and we are going to give it to her. Now I am busy with something so I will talk later. You be on time tomorrow"
He put the phone and looked at Sophie who said "You need to tell your family what you are going to do"
"No" Klaus said "if Elijah knew he would never let me do it"
He then left. After that he went to Elijah's.
Hayley was in the kitchen sorting out things for the next day when she heard him come in. She turned as he entered the kitchen and smiled at him even though she immediately sensed worry and tension in him.
"So they are all very excited about tomorrow" Klaus said walking towards the island table
Hayley turned and smiled at him and said "You are not a good liar did you know that?"
Klaus nodded his head smiling and then went to her and held her by wrapping his arm around her and said "let's go and sleep. We have some entertainment to do tomorrow"
She wiped her hands and put the turkey which she was marinating in the fridge, washed her hands and went up with him.
After changing her clothes as she lay on her bed she looked at Klaus who was looking at her. She raised her eyebrows but he just shook his head smiling at her.
Klaus could see that she is tired so he pulled her towards him and soon they both drifted off to sleep.
Next morning Hayley looked at the bed side clock and realized that it was 11 am so she gently detangled herself from his grasp which woke him up. She whispered to him kissing him gently on his cheek "go back to sleep"
He was so tired that he didn't even argue and went back to sleep after kissing her back.
Klaus's eyes opened and he saw that it was 3 pm so he got up and after taking a quick shower and changing his clothes he went down.
He called her "Hayley"
Hayley smiled while putting the plate on the table and said "I am in the dining room"
He stopped when he entered the dining room. She had dug out some fine china from somewhere and crystal glasses and cutlery and laid the table beautifully.
He said "wow this is impressive. And it makes me realize that I have not entertained anyone for a while now"
"Well it is about time" Hayley smiled putting the glass down.
She then rubbed her back unconsciously. Klaus walked to her and said "why don't you sleep for a while and when they come I will wake you up"
She looked at him and said "Okay. I have put turkey in the oven. It will be done in a couple of hours. Can you wake me up in 1 hour please?"
"Yes go now and sleep" Klaus said to her with a smile. She left.
Klaus looked up from the spell Sophie had given him. He rubbed the back of his neck and then looked at his wrist watch and realized that it was 4 pm so he got up and went upstairs to wake her up.
Hayley felt a gentle hand on her shoulder and opened her eyes. She looked into his eyes and smiled.
Klaus looked at her for a second and then bend down to kiss her. Hayley kissed him back and then she felt his hands reaching under the covers and pulling her shirt up. She whispered "do you think we have time?"
Klaus murmured still kissing her "yes we have"
He then took of her shirt and continued to kiss her. Hayley put her arms around him and let him kiss her neck. She kissed his neck, his cheek and pulled off his shirt.
Klaus sat up and then scooted her on her bed and laid next to her and then gently made love to her. After when they were done Hayley said "I love you"
Klaus said with a smile "I think I am in love with you too"
She gently nudged him and said "I have to get ready now"
"Okay if you say so" Klaus said with obvious fake annoyance.
As she came out dressed in one of her tea pink dress, she heard sounds from downstairs. She smoothed her dress over her stomach and then went down.
Klaus was talking to Elijah about Mikael and his mother when he saw her entering the library. He smiled at her and said to Elijah "No more talk about them"
Rebekah got up and greeted Hayley and after meeting Elijah and Kol Hayley went to the kitchen.
After checking on the turkey Hayley got out the boiled potatoes and put it in front of Rebekah and said "do you want to help me?"
Rebekah nodded her head and followed her instruction. She said after a while "Do you know I have never done this before?"
"What? These! Are you kidding me?" Hayley asked in surprised tone
"No. You know with all that running around from our father we never got a chance to settle down and do all of this" Rebekah said mashing the potatoes.
She then looked up and said "thanks"
Hayley smiled and said "Rebekah this is our new tradition from now onwards okay"
After they were done Hayley poured juice for herself and some drinks for others and they took them to the living room where Klaus had put the fireplace on. They sat there, talked and laughed.
Hayley looked up while laughing at something Kol was saying and saw him staring at her. As their eyes met Klaus smiled and looked away.
Elijah looked at his brother and realized that he was worried. He didn't know what to do so he got up and went to the fireplace.
Hayley looked at her wrist watch and said "okay now I will take out the turkey and we can eat"
Kol and Rebekah got up to help her. After putting things on the table she called them.
Elijah was saying to Klaus "she will sense something is wrong …" when they heard her voice.
Elijah saw the table and smiled. Klaus walked to Hayley and said in a undertone "this is wonderful"
Elijah smiled at he saw his brother and sister-in-law talking to each other. He liked the way they acted in front of everyone. He sat on the table and looked up just in time to see Hayley gave Klaus the knife. He smiled at the bewildered expressions on Klaus's face but the next sentence made him laugh "what! you have never carved a turkey?"
Klaus looked at Elijah in annoyance and then said to Hayley "No. I told you this is my first thanksgiving"
"So there is always a first time" Hayley said with a smile and then she held his hand and took it to the turkey.
Kol looked at Rebekah with an amused look. They all knew how conservative and shy Hayley was about their relationship.
Klaus let her guide him in carving the turkey. With every inch of the pressure of her hand on his he felt his heart beat getting faster and faster. He looked at her and realized that she was saying something so he shook his head and looked up and saw that Elijah was smiling at him. he felt annoyed and flustered.
After carving it he sat next to her and they sat down when Hayley said "So I will like to say this first seeing that it is your first thanksgiving" she smiled and got up with a glass of juice and said "I have been really lucky in my life. I am grateful for my parents who loved me very much even though I was not theirs. I am grateful for the family who took me in and loved me. I am grateful for that coffee shop where I met you" she looked at Klaus and said which made everyone laugh "and I am grateful for finding a family that love me, whom I love to no bounds and finally I am grateful for finding a man whom… " She stopped for a moment and felt her cheeks getting warm and said while looking into his eyes "I love very much"
She sat down and drank her juice without looking at anyone. Kol said with a laugh "yayy I have been waiting to hear that Hayley. Thank you and that is all I am thankful right now" making everyone laugh and Hayley blushed very badly.
Klaus looked at Kol and then at Hayley. Seeing her blush made the muscles of his stomach go tight. He was touched by what she has said about him. He looked around at the table. Everyone was laughing and smiling at what Kol had said. He felt his heart warm and light first time in the whole day. At that precise moment Hayley looked up and caught his eye and smiled at him.
Elijah got up and said "well said Hayley. I am grateful for having you in our lives bringing some normalcy to our lives and thank you for arranging this beautiful meal for us"
He sat down with a smile and looked at Rebekah who was looking very emotional right now. Rebekah said in a cracked voice "I cannot say anything right now. Can I have a rain check?"
Klaus got up and walked towards her seat and stood behind her and raised his glass and said "I am grateful for my family who have stood by me for 1000 years through rough times and happy times. I am grateful for that coffee shop too" making Elijah smile "I am grateful for each day of past 3 months ever since I have met Hayley" He put his hand on her shoulder making he shiver.
Hayley looked around the table and thought 'hope no one saw that'.
He continued "I am grateful that I have found someone with whom I want to share my life with and found love". He then bent down and to every one's surprise he kissed her on her cheek for the first time in front of everyone making her blush.
He laughed seeing her go red and went to sit on his seat.
"Now let's not make the poor girl more embarrassed and pay attention to the food she has made for all of us" Elijah said after a moment of silence and shock that had prevailed the table seeing Klaus kiss Hayley.
They all laughed and started eating their food. After dinner Rebekah and Kol helped clean up where as Elijah and Klaus went to the library. Hayley made coffee for everyone.
They drank coffee, talked and laughed. At around 11 pm Elijah saw that Hayley was starting to look tired so he said while getting up "Okay we will be off. This was wonderful Hayley and Niklaus. Thank you"
"But I want to sit" Rebekah said
"I think Hayley needs to lie down" Elijah said with a smile which made everyone look at Hayley.
"Oh okay" Rebekah said before Hayley could say anything and then they left.
After closing the door he turned to her and walked to her and put his hand at the small of her back and pressed and whispered in her ear "Thank you"
He then picked her up and carried her upstairs. He laid her on the bed and said "I know you are hurting so rest now"
Hayley got up and smiled "how do you know I am hurting?"
Klaus just looked at her and said nothing. And then seeing her get out of bed he asked "where are you going?"
"I cannot sleep in these clothes" she said looking at her clothes.
Klaus sat next to her and fixed his eyes on hers and moved his hand to the back of her dress and found the zipper and pulled it down. He brushed his hand on her naked skin making her shiver. He said with a twinkle in his eyes "I can help you with that"
Hayley smiled shyly and as she nodded his cell rang. He groaned and took it out. Seeing the name of the caller ID he said "I am sorry I have to take this"
He then left the room leaving her looking at him with thoughtful eyes.
He asked her while closing the door "so what have you come up Sophie?"
"Yes I have found that linking spell in your mother grimoire. The problem is how we will convince them to drink anything we give them"
"You think about it" Klaus said savagely "we don't have much time. I want this to be done before the baby is born. I don't want my daughter to lay eyes on that man or him to lay eyes on my daughter"
"Okay I will do it" Sophie said with a sigh.
He put the cell down and then went to the library. He sat down behind his desk and took out the spell Sophie had given him. He had been thinking of how to go about his plan. He wanted to keep a tight lid on his plan until the right time. He leaned back in frustration because there was no other way of going out it. He got up and started pacing the room. At last he stopped and put the spell in the drawer again and went upstairs. He walked towards their bed and saw that she had gone to sleep. He fixed the duvet and then went to change his clothes too. He then laid next to her and while holding her he kissed her hair and closed his eyes.