As always, I want to thank you all so very much for your reviews last chapter! It means alot to me!
Haylijah Shipper, I have added your requests to my list. I actually have an idea for one of them which may end up being it's own one-shot. We'll have to wait and see what my muse wants.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything associated with The Originals...I just like to play around with the characters at times. I only own the plot...mostly.
"Put me down!"
"Put me down!" Hayley hissed, hitting and kicking as she struggled to get out of Elijah's grasp.
"No, not until you calm yourself down and start thinking rationally," Elijah told her, tightening his grip on her as he walked them into the study.
"I am thinking rationally," she argued. "Now seriously, put me down!"
Elijah sighed in exasperation. "Fine," he said, doing as she told him to and depositing her onto the couch. "But you will not leave this room until you calm down."
Hayley rolled her eyes and crossed her arms as she stared up at him defiantly. "What, are you going to make me stay here?"
Elijah gave her a pointed look as he replied, "Are you going to give me a reason to?"
Hayley didn't answer. Instead she just huffed and turned her head away from him. She was well aware that if he said she wasn't leaving until she calmed down that she really wasn't going to. be going anywhere until then.
"You are aware that he said all of those things in hopes that you would react this way, right?" Elijah asked, breaking the silence.
No reply.
Elijah shook his head. He wasn't surprised that he didn't get a response. Hayley could be very stubborn at times like these. And this was definitely one of those stubborn times. She wouldn't admit that easily to having a weak moment and falling right into the trap that had been set.
"If I hadn't stepped in when I did, who knows what would have gone down," Elijah told her. "It's highly likely that you would've gotten yourself killed today."
Hayley huffed and abruptly stood up. "Don't you think I know that, Elijah?!" she asked in exasperation. "I let my impulse be my guide. I was such an idiot."
Elijah took a few long strides towards her so that he was standing right in front of her. "You're not an idiot," he assured her. "No one would've been able to not get angry at the things he said for too long."
Hayley looked up at him. "You did," she pointed out.
"If I'm to be honest, if you hadn't made a move when you did, I probably would have," Elijah admitted to her, hoping it'd make her take some of the pressure off herself; it succeeded instantly.
A sly grin found its way onto Hayley's face as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "So then, not only did you save me today, I probably unintentionally saved you as well?"
Elijah chuckled, nodding his head. "More or less."
"Well don't we just make the greatest team ever." Hayley smiled.
"Even when we are not trying to." Elijah smiled back.
Hayley nodded in agreement. "Great, well I've calmed down so we can go," she said, unwrapping her arms from around his neck.
Elijah raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure that's a good idea?"
"Of course, it is," she said, making her way over to the door. "Hey, maybe this time, I'll even be able to save you intentionally."
"Let's hope it doesn't come down to that," he called after her.
"Well now that I know you would've made a move if I didn't..." Hayley trailed off as she left the room.
"No, Hayley," Elijah insisted, quickly taking off after her. "I am not going along with this."
"We'll see," she called back, her laughter filling the hallway.
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