A/N story based on characters of "the one who got away" and "getting to know you" and "Hope and jake" short stories from Mikaleson's short story fanfcition.
this is a continuation of "Hope and Jake in marital bliss". if you are confused by the story i recommend you read that one first
When Jake woke up, she was not next to him. He laid there for a couple of second in daze and then got up. He quickly went out and then he heard her laughter and stopped. He realized that she was with Elijah so he smiled and went back in. he thought 'it was nice to hear her laughter again' while taking shower.
When he walked to the living room, he stopped when he saw her snuggled against Elijah on the sofa and talking softly.
Elijah sensed him and looked at him but he gestured him to keep siting and went to the kitchen. After pouring a cup of coffee for himself he came out and sat opposite them. Hope smiled at him and said "you ready?"
He smiled and said "yes, are you ready or planning to stay home today?"
She said "no, I have this test today and then daddy and I can go somewhere together. Have you been here before? Dad has."
Elijah shook his head and said "Paris was Niklaus's place not mine. He loved art. I see you are reading his memoire"
When she nodded he asked her "you must think I am a terrible brother"
Hope at once said "No"
He smiled and said "now that is the love of a daughter talking not a rational person"
Hope said with a smile "I felt bad for both of you. No one should ask their child to do that to their other child. I would never…" she stopped as she realized what she was going to say and then she got up and before Jake or Elijah could say anything she walked out of the room with difficulty.
Brad looked at her from his seat and wondered 'what happened?'
After the class was over, she got up and started walking out slowly. He picked up his books and followed her outside. He caught up with her and said "Hope!"
She turned around and said with a relief "oh Brad, where were you? Haven't seen you for the past two weeks."
He said with concern "forget about me. What happened to you?"
She said casually "oh I was in a car accident. I am fine. Just a couple of bruises and these fractures."
He didn't know what to say and then hope said "I have to go. Will talk some other time"
As he turned he realized that there was no usual cheeriness on her face. He walked with her and said "let me walk you out" and then he saw her face broke into a wide smile. He followed her gaze and saw a very handsome man walking towards them. She walked to him with him walking next to her and hugged the man to his surprise. She asked him "what are you doing here?" and then kissed him.
He said "I thought I pick you up and then we can go for lunch together".
His eyes went to the young man standing there. He looked at Hope who said "Brad, this is my father and daddy this is Brad, my class fellow and Jake is doing internship with his brother"
Brad looked at Elijah in shock and said "your father!"
She smiled and nodded. She was used to this kind of reaction and then she shifted.
Elijah extended his hand to Brad and said "my name is Elijah Mikaelsons"
Brad stared at his hand and said "Oh, it is nice to meet you Mr. Mikaelsons"
Elijah thought for a moment and then said "call me Elijah" and then added "I am taking Hope for lunch, you want to join us?"
Hope looked at him in surprise but didn't say anything.
He said after a moment "sure"
Elijah opened the door of the car for Hope to Brad's astonishment. She smiled at him and sat down with difficulty.
He sat in the back seat listening to them. He asked her "have you talked to Jake?"
The smile slipped from her face to Brad astonishment. When she didn't say anything Elijah said "Hope, love he is worried about you"
She said softly "I know daddy. I know."
He was about to say something when his eye caught Brad's and he saw concern in his eyes. Elijah said "Brad, tell me about yourself. I have gathered that you have a brother who works with Jake so a lawyer and you are becoming a doctor and what else"
Hope turned around to see Brad who nodded and said "daddy Brad is an untriggered wolf"
Elijah's head snapped to her and then his eyes met Brad again who said "yes I am but my brother is a triggered wolf. My parents have died and we are the Kirn family. We are pretty popular here and own the school we go to"
Elijah asked "does your brother know about Jake and Hope?"
Brad said "no, I promised Hope that I will not tell anyone. I think Jake should tell William. There are a few packs here who don't take kindly to the werewolves who don't belong to a pack"
He looked at Hope who was again lost in her thought with that lost expressions on her face. Elijah gently held her and squeezed it. She looked at him, smiled and hastily wiped her eyes. Brad looked at that exchange with curiosity. Elijah turned to Brad and said "so what is the nice place to eat here?"
Brad smiled and guided him to his favorite restaurant. During the lunch he noticed that Hope was not eating anything but Elijah was not fussing over her either. There was something about their relationship that seemed above father/daughter relationship. There was unconditional love, undying respect, and infinite care in that. She said suddenly "daddy let's go"
Elijah looked at her and then followed her gaze and saw a woman sitting with a young child and was laughing at something he said. He said to Brad "nice meeting you Brad. I am here for a few days. I hope we get to meet again"
Brad said "sure" and then he turned to Hope and realized that she was looking at that child again. He said "Hope see you at school tomorrow"
She nodded and then left the restaurant holding Elijah's arm.
Later that afternoon Elijah looked up and saw Jake looking at Hope who was staring into the empty space with her books in front of her. Jake caught his eyes and smiled and then asked him "so Elijah what do you think of Brad Kirn?"
Elijah said "how do you know I met him?"
Jake said with a smile "Oh he is smitten by our Hope" that made her look up and stare at him angrily. She got up with difficulty and let the room.
Jake looked at Elijah and with a sigh he got up too. He said to Elijah "see what I mean" and followed her. He caught up with her in their bedroom. He closed the door and turned her towards him and said "Hope, I was joking"
She said angrily "I don't like these type of jokes. You know nothing is going on between us so why would you…"
He cut her off by a kiss on her mouth and continued deepening his kiss until her body felt limber in his arms and she slumped against him and said "I am sorry. I don't know when I will get back to normal"
Jake said "you are normal and I know Brad is your friend. Actually I really liked him the only time I met him and I think it will be good for you to be his friend. He is just like us and I am starting to like his brother too."
Hope asked him still hugging him "are you going to tell him about us? And daddy know about Brad and William"
Jake said "good. I have been meaning to tell him about them and your new teacher."
Hope separated herself from him and said "Jake shouldn't we find more about her first and then we can tell him"
Jake led her out of the room saying "Elijah is here right now. He needs to know. She knows him and your father that means that she knows them for a long time because it has been 19 years since Klaus died right? So this is an old animosity and we need to figure that out"
She listened to him thinking 'makes sense' and then nodded.
As they entered the living room Elijah was standing near the window looking out. He sensed them and turned. He walked to Hope, held her hand and said "I wish you would let me heal you. If Niklaus were here, he would cram that blood in your mouth".
Somehow hearing that made her laugh and she said "yes, I can see him doing that. Thanks to Cami I know him quite well now. Listen we need to tell you something".
She led him to the couch. Jake sat on the coffee table opposite them and listened to as she told him about his teacher and Jake's theory. He saw surprise, shock and alarm on Elijah's face and with sinking heart realized that he had a right hunch.
Elijah said to her "I want to meet her"
Hope was surprised to hear that and said "are you sure? I thought you might see her and realize who she is but meeting her?! She does not seem to like you, you know"
Elijah looked at her and then with a fake hurt he said "thank you love" making her laugh and hug him and said with a smile "she does wear glasses so there is that too."
Jake smiled and said "I was also thinking that you should meet William and get to know him. Hope told me that as per Brad there are packs in Paris that are not friendly to outsiders and if we are living here, we need to find out about them"
Elijah said "yes I think it is a good idea"
Later that night she was taking off her cast off of her neck when he pulled her towards her in an embrace and asked her "how are you doing?"
She said with a smile "I am okay Jake" she put her hand on his cheek and said "don't worry too much about me"
He said "how can I not worry, I love you, and you are my wife. I worry about you"
He then leaned in and kissed her gently when she didn't say anything and said "Hope you know you can talk to me about anything"
She looked into his eyes with blurry eyes and nodded and said "I love you Jake and I am sorry".
He asked her in surprise "sorry about what?"
She said in teary voice "I know how much you love kids and now I cannot have any" and then she couldn't help it and started crying.
Elijah was going to his room when he heard her say that through the slightly opened door and his heart broke at that and then he heard Jake say "Hope, look at me"
Jake held her chin and made her look at him and said "don't ever say that again. I love you. I love kids but I love you more. We are in this together and who said that we cannot have more kids. They said there is a chance that you might not be able to conceive again but not must. I have a feeling that we will have kids and even if we don't which I highly doubt I wouldn't love you any less" he was quiet for a second and then asked her "I am not sure about you though. Will you love me any less?"
Hope looked at his face and then saw the smile and said "you are a jerk you know."
He laughed and pulled her in a hug and said "see you think I am jerk when I said that to you and you think I would stop loving you. No I will never ever stop loving you. I have loved you since I understood what love is and will continue to do that whether we have kids or not."
Jake looked up as the door opened and said "Brad, what are you doing here?"
Brad said "I got off early today. Class got cancelled"
Jake looked at his wrist and said "Hope?"
Brad said "Elijah came to pick her up. They left before I came here"
He then said to Jake "he is really young". Jake looked up and said "who?"
Brad said "Elijah?"
Jake said "oh yeah, he had her when she was really young you know"
The door opened and William came in. he stopped when he saw Brad standing there. He asked him "brad what you are doing here?"
He said rolling his eyes "my class got cancelled. I was just telling Jake that"
William who was in process of putting his papers on the desk turned and asked him "so you have met?"
Brad was quiet for a moment and then said "yes, I know Jake. His wife is my class fellow"
William looked at Jake with surprise and said "really! That is interesting. You never mentioned that"
Jake got up and said "actually I came here to talk to you about that. Hope and I would like you and Brad to join us for dinner tonight at our place"
William looked at Brad with curiosity and then at Jake wondering 'why is he being so friendly?'
Before he could say anything Brad said "sure we will come."
Jake said "thanks" and then went to his desk and put the file on it saying "they have come up with another counter offer. You want to take a look at it. I personally don't like it"
William looked at Brad and said "okay Brad, I have work to do. Will be home by 7ish"
Hope zipped up her skirt and was picking up her shirt to put on when the bathroom door opened and he came out.
Jake stopped when he saw her standing there in peach skirt that reached her ankles and a pink bra and walked to him and pulled her into a hug and said "you look really ravishing"
She laughed and said "really in this cast and that cut?"
Jake smiled wondering 'how easily she had started laughing ever since Elijah has come' and said "yep" and then he took the shirt form her hand and helped her in it and started button it up while keeping his eyes locked with hers. He said "when can I make love to you again?"
She said in a soft voice "a couple of more weeks" and leaned in and kissed him. He kissed her back and picked up her cast support and put it around her neck and said "let's go".
Elijah was sitting in the living room when Jake entered. He said "they will be here on time. William is normally on time".
He stopped and asked him "Elijah are you going to tell them everything about Hope"
Elijah put the book down and said "just the necessary. I am interested in finding out about their pack"
Elijah asked him "where is she?"
He said "in the kitchen. You know your being here has made her happy and relax. Thanks for doing that for her"
Elijah said "she is my daughter Jake. I might not be her biological father but she is mine and I will do anything for her"
The both turned towards the door when the heard the bell. Jake got up and opened the door and brought William and Brad in.
Elijah stood up to exchange hands with Elijah and said "hi, I am William Kirn, my brother Brad Kirn"
Elijah said "Elijah Mikaelsons, I am Hope's father"
William's eyes narrowed and he said "Mikaelsons"
Elijah smiled and let go of his hand and said "why don't you sit down?"
Brad and William sat down and then William said "I know of one Mikaelsons but that cannot be it. you cannot be them" and then he looked at the entrance when he saw a young pretty girl walking carrying a plate of appetizers with one hand and foot in cast. He stood up before Jake got up and said "let me"
She smiled and said "thanks. I am Hope Mikaelsons".
She then looked at Brad and said "thanks for coming".
Brad asked her "how are you doing now?"
She said "fine. Daddy is here so things are good"
She then went and sat next to Elijah with Jake's help- Her back was still not 100%. William smiled at the way Jake was with Hope and asked "if you don't mind my asking what happened?"
Jake said "we were in a car accident two weeks ago"
William said with surprise "when? When you didn't come to office for two days?"
Hope shifted and said holding Jake's hand "that was because of me. I was in comma and he had to stay with me"
William said "Oh wow, I am glad you are fine now and Jake it is good that you were not injured"
Jake looked at Elijah who nodded and said "actually I was"
Brad looked up sharply at Hope who was looking at William too.
William said "but you…"
Jake said slowly "I healed".
William at once stood up and looked at Brad who was sitting there silently and asked him "what does that mean?"
Jake stood up and said "I think you know what it means"
Elijah cleared his throat and said "William, you and Jake are werewolves"
He turned to his brother and asked him angrily "you knew?"
"Yes for a while now" he said calmly "Hope is untriggered just like me"
And then it clicked him "you are the Mikealsons?"
Brad looked at his brother in confusion and then at Elijah who said "why don't we all sit down and talk calmly and as for your question, yes I am the Mikaelsons"
"But how?" he looked at Hope while sitting down
"If you know Mikaelsons then you know about my brother Niklaus Mikaelsons"
William stood up again and said "the hybrid?!"
"Yes, Hope is his daughter but I have raised her since he died before her birth" Elijah said.
William was looking at hope with awe now. Brad asked him "what is going on?"
William looked at Brad in daze and said "these are The Originals"
Brad looked at Hope in shock and said "what?!"
"Yes and how long have you known that Jake is a werewolf" William snapped at him.
He said "a couple of weeks ago but you were so busy that I didn't have time.
Elijah suddenly said "any way the thing is, Jake and Hope are in Paris for the next year and I would like to know the packs in Paris before I leave for US in a few days"
William took a deep breath and said "this internship suddenly got a little complicated!"
When Jake smiled he continued "we are part of Apex pack. Our father was the alpha of the pack but he died a couple of years ago so my uncle is alpha right now. There are few other packs in the region. We don't get along with another pack in the vicinity and that is Appalachian pack" he then asked Jake "which pack are you from?"
Jake said "Crescent pack"
William said "hmm never heard of them. Anyway you have to choose your alliance with some pack if you want to stay out of war zone. I can introduce you to our pack and you can get to know them or you can just stay under radar and not show anyone that you are a werewolf but that will be difficult wondering the full moon is coming and all that"
Jake looked at Elijah who was lost in thoughts too. Hope saw the thoughtful looks on everyone's face and said "why don't you talk about it and I will set the dinner" and with Jake's help she got up.
Brad said "I can help her if you want to talk about this thing. It does not concern me as I am untirggered"
Jake looked at Hope who nodded reluctantly. As they were walking down the kitchen Brad said "you have a beautiful apartment".
She smiled and said "thanks"
As Brad was pouting water in the glasses he asked her "so Elijah is not your real father?"
She at once looked at him and said "No. He is my real father but yes not my biological father. He is the only father I have known Brad" which made Brad smile and he nodded.
"You love him" he said.
"Yes, my family, daddy, Jake are everything to me" She said with a smile and then she said "thanks for helping me Brad"
The dinner was nice and casual. Elijah engaged William with his light conversation. Jake looked at Hope who was not eating anything but was looking at Elijah and he gently held her hand under the table startling her a bit. She looked at him and smiled.
Brad bent his head down to hide the smile that had appeared on his face and after clearing his throat he asked Jake "Do you have any siblings Jake?"
Jake caressed her hand with his thumb and said "yes, I have one. Mandy. Actually she is Hope's best friend."
Hope smiled and said "we should bring her back with us after Christmas break"
Brad asked her "going back home?"
She smiled and noticed that Elijah was looking at her and said "yes".
After dinner Jake made coffee for everyone when Elijah's cell rang. He excused himself and left the room.
It was Rebekah asking about Hope. Elijah filled her with everything what has been going on with them.
After the Kirns left, they retired into their rooms. Jake was helping Hope with her shirt when his cell rang, he put the phone on his ear and continued to help her with the arm of the shirt and then he stopped doing what he was doing after listening to the other side and said "thanks" and put the phone down.
She asked him "what happened?"
He shook his head and said "I am going out for a while, will be back in an hour. it is something about my case"
She nodded. He buttoned her shirt, kissed her and put on his shoes to leave.
Hope took out her assignment and started to proof read it again.
Jake stood at the door for a second looking at her and then turned and left the room. He went to Elijah's room and motioned him to be quiet and follow him. Elijah looked at him curiously and followed him. Once they were outside the apartment he said "Elijah, that was officer who was working on our accident case I forgot to tell you and he said that our car brakes were sabotaged"
Elijah said "what?!"
Jake ran his fingers through his hair and said "now her teacher is the only one I can think of who would want to harm her because I don't have any enemies"
Elijah thought for a moment and then said "what about your case?"
Jake said thinking "yes that is there too but then William should have been target too right?"
Elijah nodded and said "I need to see her teacher"
When he went back to his room, Hope had gone to sleep. He put the duvet on her and stood there for a moment and removed the lock of hair from her face and went to change his clothes.
As he settled down she turned her face towards him in her sleep and held him from his back. He smiled and closed his eyes thinking 'this is the first time she had taken a first step towards him after the accident'.
Next morning Hope walked to Elijah as he put the cell down and asked him "what is going on?"
He said "nothing"
Hope held his hand and said "daddy thank you for coming but you need to go back now. They need you there too. You have gotten two calls since the yesterday. I need you too but I also have Jake here and we can handle this. I promise if I need you again, I will call you."
Elijah pulled her in his arms and said "I cannot believe how big you have become. I love you so much. I don't want to leave you. Kol and Rebekah can handle US and remember that is not as important as you are to me but I understand what you are saying. You know you can call me at any time".
Hope said "yes I know"
After breakfast Jake said to Hope "I have to reach my office early today, Elijah can drop you. Are you okay with it?"
Hope nodded. After Jake left Elijah said to Hope "let us go."
While walking to the campus Elijah said "I will walk to your class with you"
Hope said with a smile "both of you think that I am stupid right?"
Elijah smiled and said with a laugh "no, not stupid but clueless may be".
She playfully nudged him and then the smile slipped from her face as she saw Brad walking towards them.
Elijah noticed that and said in a whisper "Hope there is a potential for a good friend so use that".
Hope said "but daddy…" and then stopped as he approached them with a smile and said "hello Elijah, Hope"
He then said to Elijah "William is going to tell Jake too but we would like you all to come to our house tomorrow. William wants to introduce Jake and Hope to our pack but honestly he thinks that it wouldn't be wise for the pack to make a connection of Hope with an Original"
Hope said angrily "well technically I am an Original too".
Brad said with a smile "I knew you would get upset but I can see from Elijah's expressions that he knows what I am talking about"
Hope looked towards Elijah's face and said "you understand that?!"
Elijah said "yes honey, I do so I will not go to that dinner".
Brad said hastily "I will definitely want you to visit".
Elijah said "yes we should visit before I leave."
Brad saw disappointment on her face and said "you are leaving!"
Hope shifted on her other foot and said "yes, daddy has to go".
Brad said "hmm"
Elijah said to Brad "I have come to meet her teacher"
"She is not in today" Brad said "I heard from some students that she has gone on an emergency family business"
"Oh really!" Hope said and looked at Elijah who said "I will get some information on her before I leave".
Hope said "so no class today".
Brad smiled and said "apparently. I am going home to sleep". He then left them.
After reaching home, hope changed her clothes and went towards his room. She knocked and then entered when Elijah said "come in".
As she settled down next to him, he put his arm around her, his cell rang. Elijah picked up the phone still keeping Hope in his arm and after a couple of seconds, his body became tense and he pulled his arm away from her and said "what?!"
Hope looked at Elijah who had gone white and asked him "what happened?" and then took the phone from his hand and said "hello"
She said after a few seconds "uncle Kol, what happened?"
She could sense hesitation in his voice and said "please tell me everyone is okay".
Kol asked her "Hope honey, how are you?"
She said again "I am fine, please tell me everyone is okay. Aunt Bekah, Cami…" she looked at Elijah's ash white face and gasped and asked again "Cami! What happened to her"?
Kol said "she is fine now. She was attacked and … I had to give her my blood.. "
Hope said with a gasp "no… "
And then she said "I will talk later" and put the cell down. She walked to Elijah and cupped his face and said "you need to go back"
Jake entered the house and called her "Hope?!"
He entered Elijah's room and stopped when he saw Hope standing next to Elijah with his face in her hands and saying "you need to go now right now. She needs you".
Elijah came out of trance at that and said with distraction "I cannot leave you".
She kissed him on his cheeks and said "I will be fine, go".
He stepped back and looked at Jake who was standing there looking at them with stunned expressions. He started taking out his clothes from the closet and putting them in his bag.
Hope walked out of the room with Jake following him. When she reached her room, she closed the door and went to sit on the bed and started crying. Jake looked at her in shock and darted to her and sat next to her and asked anxiously "Hope, what happened love?"
She looked at him with teary eyes and said "Cami… she was attacked and uncle Kol saved her and now she is a …."
Jake immediately understood what she was saying and hugged her and said "listen, everything will be okay. Elijah needs to go back".
"I know" Hope said with a weepy smile.
She just stayed her in his arms for a few minutes and then she got up with difficulty and said "let me go and check him out. What were you going to say?"
Jake wiped her tears and said "not important".
Later that evening with a heavy heart, Jake and Hope dropped Elijah at the airport and while driving back home Jake said "I know you are not up to it but I have to go as William has invited me to meet his pack".
Hope massaged her arm and said "I will go if I am invited too".
Jake looked at her sideways and asked "are you sure?"
She said "yes" and then looked down at her clothes and said "I hope it is not something formal".
Jake held her hand, squeezed it and brought it to his lips and said "you look perfect".
Forty five minutes later during which she called Cami and talked to her. When she put the cell down Jake asked her "how is she doing?"
Hope said in a depressed sound "I think she will be okay once daddy gets there".
He stopped the car in front of a big mansion and looked at her and said "hmm yes she will be. She is strong, she will pull it through" he then added after a short pause "ready?"
Brad greeted them and led them to the big room that was apparently a formal sitting area. William was already talking to someone when they entered. He looked up at them and smiled and walked to them and shook their hands and led them to his guest. He introduced them by saying "Jake meet Peter Kirn, he is my cousin and this is Alex Kirn my uncle, alpha of our pack".
Jake shook Alex's hand and said "this is my wife Hope Labanoir".
Alex shook their hand then Brad said to Hope "Hope, we can go into the other room and maybe work on that assignment together".
Hope smiled at Alex and Peter and said "nice meeting you. I think I will go with Brad". And they both left the room.
Later that night when they were driving home, she asked him "why did you tell them my last name was Labanoir?"
Jake was lost in his thought so she shook him gently and asked him "what is it? Is there something the matter?"
Jake shook his head and said "William and I think that his pack should not know who you really are".
Hope said "but Jake, you know pack's mentality. They demand loyalty and this is not loyalty".
Jake looked at her without saying anything. He then said "we have bigger issues?"
She asked him with apprehension "what?"
"Full moon is next week and William and Alex want me to be with their pack next week and apparently their pack is not getting along with another pack over here which attacked them last month too".
Hope looked at him in shock and asked "Jake will it be safe for you to go with them then?"
He looked at her with a smile and said "Hope, I am a werewolf and you know this is our life. You have been grown up in this life. This is what we are and sooner we accept this sooner we can find out ways to protect ourselves from our enemies".
She nodded and was then quiet during the ride to home. By the time they got to their apartment, she had gone to sleep. He picked up her up and carried her inside. He put her on the bed gently and was turning away when she held his arm and pulled him towards her and said "thanks for being there for me".
He kissed her on her forehead and after changing his clothes, he went to bed next to her. Next morning when Jake woke up Hope was snuggled against him. She looked so peaceful while sleeping, he brushed strands of hair away from her face and gently brushed his lips against hers stirring her. She opened her eyes and said "hi" with a smile.
Hope could see passion in his eye so she reached up and kiss his lips and pulled him down with him. Her uncast hand went under his shirt and started to tease him. He held her hand and said with a smile on his face "I will not be able to stop remember that". Hope said "I don't want you to stop but …"
Jake said "I know that is why we should stop".
He then fell on her with his lips on her neck and was kissing her with passion and with aggression that he had never shown before. He wanted to devour her, his lips moved down to her heaving small breast making her moan and want him more and then he heard her gasp. He looked up and realized that he was holding her fractured arm. He immediately said "oh Hope, I am so sorry".
She touched his cheek gently and said "Jake I love you so much. Please don't stop".
Jake looked into her eyes and said "are you sure?"
Hope said impatiently "yes, yes please, I want you" and then before she knew it she was his. Even in his love making he was conscious of his being aware of her fractured arm and leg reminding her how much she loves him.