A/N: continuation of "a contract". It starts immediately after the end of the "A contract". Klaus and Hayley have decided to stay away from NOLA as long as she is pregnant.
Hayley looked at him after a couple of minutes and asked him "so what are we going to do now?"
"Right now, I just want to make out with my wife but after that we need to move to some other place". Klaus said with a smile and bend to pick her up when she said with exasperation "not in my brother's house".
Klaus stared at her and said with a smile "you had no issue while my brother was sharing the house with me".
She smiled, kissed him and said "that was all of our house but this is Kevin's house. I cannot make out on his bed".
KLaus said with a mischevious grin "we can make out on this sofa".
Hayley laughed and said "no Klaus".
He leaned in resting his forehead against hers and said "ours house!"
Hayley touched his cheek and said "yes many things changed during our farce marriage. I don't know when I started thinking of that house as ours, when I started thinking of your siblings as mine and I don't know when I fell for you".
Klaus kissed her gently on her lips sending a nice wave through her body saying "hmmm good to know little wolf".
Hearing "little wolf" from his mouth made Hayley realized how much she had missed him. She said "let's go somewhere where we can…"
She couldn't finish her sentence when she saw a mischievous smile on his mouth. He stood up holding her hand.
She looked around at the apartment and then her gaze fell on the envelope at the table. She picked it up and opened it and as her eyes ran on the writing the smile started to slip from her face. Klaus saw the change in her expression and stepped forward and took the letter from her hand. His eyes hardened when he read it and he pulled her in her arms and said "you have me, Elijah and Rebekah. We will have out daughter in a couple of months. So you are not alone. Alright? I just have to say that I am happy that because of them I got to meet you and found love".
She rubbed her eyes against his shirt and said "let's go".
She took the letter from his hand and put it back on the table and walked out of the apartment with him his arm around her.
She settled down cozily in their car and felt at home again even though her heart was still breaking at the words written by her brother in his farewell letter. She asked him "where are we going?"
Klaus held her hand and kissed it and said "I have not decided yet. Right now just driving out of town and will find a hotel and then we can plan where we are going"
After a couple of hours he checked into a hotel and carried sleeping Hayley inside. After putting her on the bed and closing the door behind them, he went to change his clothes and stretched next to her. He looked at her sleeping peacefully and couldn't help it and kissed her making her stir in her sleep. She opened her eyes and gave him a sleepy smile. He cupped her face and kissed her again and before he knew it she was unbuttoning his shirt and saying "Klaus, I want you right now. I have missed you so much in just one day".
He said nuzzling his lips against her neck "you have no idea what I went through after reading that letter. Don't ever do that to me again".
Hayley said "I am sorry I hurt you but you have to understand…"
Klaus cut her off and said "yes, love I understand".
He rolled over her taking care not to put too much pressure on her and held her arms over her head and while looking into her eyes he started unbuttoning her dress front and pulling the dress up. His hand travelled up from her knee to her thigh and stopped when he saw her eyes go dark with passion and smiled and kissed her on impulse. Hayley couldn't take it anymore and busied her hands with taking off his clothes and soon Klaus was making her loose herself in him.
She slept in his arm after that. When she woke up, he was already up. She looked at him with a smile and said "when did you get up?"
Klaus said "a couple of minute ago".
He then added "I am thinking of moving towards California. It is far from New Orleans"
She stayed quiet and then said "my father left me something maybe we can get access to that".
Klaus brushed his fingers against her upper shoulder and said "I don't think it is a good idea to contact any of our past".
Hayley asked him thinking about their future "so what are we going to do?"
Klaus knew what she meant and said "don't worry, I have lived 1000 years and I have seen everything. I will find out a way".
She looked at him and smiled at his arrogance and said "without compulsion?!"
Klaus looked at her with curiosity and asked "are you challenging me Hayley Mikaelsons?"
She moved her fingers idly on his bare chest and said with a hint of smile "yes. I challenge you that you cannot land a decent job without compulsion".
Klaus sighed and said with exasperation "what has my life come to?!"
Hayley laughed and said "so you will try it without compulsion?!"
Klaus removed her hair away from her face and turned her towards him and said "yes".
He then pushed himself up in the sitting position and said "we have to leave and find a place to settle down".
Hayley nodded and got up too when he pulled her toward him again and kissed her while keeping his hand on her stomach.
He then asked "what if I have to use compulsion?"
Hayley thought for a moment and said "well if it is a life or death situation then of course or…." She stopped and said mischievously at his curious expression "I am having some sort of craving at three in the morning".
Klaus said "craving?!" as she was walking away from him
Hayley took an exasperated sigh and said "pregnant ladies often want to eat something unusual at odd times and good husbands, boyfriends get those things for them".
He said with a smirk "at three in the morning?! In your dreams" and then ducked as she threw the pillow at him with a smile on her face. He started to grab her but she dashed to bathroom.
After driving for two days straight Klaus has at last selected a small town in California. They had spent a few days in hotel and shopped for the basic necessities of their lives and then one day Klaus left the hotel in the morning. When he came back, he said to her "okay let's pack"
Hayley asked him "where are we going?"
Klaus said while putting his jeans in the bag "surprise".
An hour later he stopped the car in front of a house. He stopped her at the door and said "now, that I didn't carry you across the threshold after our wedding so I think I should do that right now".
Hayley laughed and before she could say anything he scooped her in his arms and took her inside. Hayley looked around after he put her down and said "this is nice. Are you thinking of getting this?"
Klaus said with a smile "it is ours".
Hayley looked at him in shock and asked him "how?"
Klaus said with a smile "not with compulsion. If that is what you are asking" making her laugh.
She said with a smile "no, that is not what I meant. I just thought that…"
Klaus said pulling her into his arms "the university gave me this accommodation"
Hayley asked him with surprise "what university?"
Klaus brushed her hair out of her cheek and said "I got a job at the local university here".
Hayley was lost for words for a few seconds during which he enjoyed the up and down of her facial expressions and said "you got a job at university! As what? An executioner?!"
Klaus laughed and said "no, as an art professor"
She looked at him in surprise and said "you are joking right?"
Klaus said to her with amusement "why would you think I be joking about something so serious?"
Hayley looked at him for a while and then said "well I don't know. I cannot see you as a teacher".
Klaus said with a smile "well I have done it before. Last century".
Their lives got into a routine. Klaus would leave for university in the morning and she would stay home keeping herself busy with household stuff and sometime would go out and spend the time in parks as the weather was pretty good these days. Their evenings were filled with discussions, talking, plans for future, plans for the baby and their nights were filled with love making with passion that Hayley would never have suspected Klaus to ever have. Before they knew it, a month went by.
He was reading the book while she was laying with her head resting on his lap. She said "Klaus?!"
He said "hmm".
She said with hesitation "I was thinking what will happen when I have this baby".
Klaus said without putting the book down "well, I imagine that we will take care of her or him".
Hayley smiled and said "no, I mean on full moons".
Klaus stopped reading the book and said "then I will take care of the baby on those nights".
Hayley touched her stomach under which she knew their baby lay and said "I don't know, I am very anxious about my turning after the baby comes into this world".
Klaus said "don't worry, everything will be okay and if worse comes to worse I will turn you a hybrid".
Hayley stared at his face which was really serious and then he started to laugh making her more annoyed. She said "don't you dare me a hybrid".
Klaus said putting his hand on his chest "oh honey, now you are hurting my feelings".
She laughed and said "I love you with all my heart but under no circumstances you will turn me into a hybrid okay?!"
Klaus stared at her serious face for a few seconds and then said "I am not promising anything" in a tone that told Hayley that there was no point in discussing it further. She looked at him angrily as he had started to resume reading the book.
Elijah and Rebekah in New Orleans
Rebekah was going towards her room when she passed Klaus's room and stopped. After a pause she went inside and then stopped when she saw Elijah standing there. She walked to him and held his hand and said "they will be back".
Elijah smiled and said "I know but when?"
Rebekah didn't know what to say so she kept quiet.
Elijah ran his fingers through his head and said "I thought we have found our home and now everything is gone. Our hope for future is gone with Hayley and Klaus. That baby would have been our hope and now it is gone" he stopped for a moment and then said with determination "I will make this city safe for Klaus and Hayley to come back and you will help me in doing that". And then without waiting for Rebekah's reply he left his room. Rebekah sighed looked around and then gently closed the door and left the room too.
Two days later
Hayley walked to him and said "I am thinking of getting admission in the university too".
Klaus said "really?! In what subject?"
Hayley thought for a moment and then said "literature".
Klaus said "hmm okay fine".
The first time when she got out of the car with him she noticed many girls looking at them with smiles and all eyes. She looked at him and saw that he had a smile on his face too. She hissed "is that why you don't come home early?!"
Klaus put his arm around her shoulder and said "now, now love don't be jealous. You know that I only love you".
He then kissed her and said "I have to go. I will see you after the classes".
She saw him walking away from her with a smile on her face and then he looked back at her with a big smile on his face and turned back again. Hayley smiled and went to her class.
Days went by like that. She was feeling really relaxed these days. Her pregnancy was going really great. She was happy with her life. Sometimes looking at Klaus, she would be really surprised and wonder 'is he the same man you wanted to kill his sister and wanted to kill witches'. Their past looked like a dream to her. She missed Elijah and Rebekah terribly but she was happy with him.
Klaus was over all happy even though he missed his siblings but often he would get lost in thoughts about how He had never thought after moving to New Orleans that they will part. First Rebekah and then when she came back they had to leave. He didn't mind leaving. Hayley and their child needed him to make that move and he knew that. He had every intention to going back to New Orleans once the threat to Hayley and the baby was gone. He had faith in Elijah and Rebekah. It was just a matter of time. On those sleepless nights he would look at sleeping Hayley next to him listening to the baby's heart beat which had become a sleeping routine for him.
He couldn't believe it that the marriage that had started as a contract had become so important and everything for him. He had never imagined that he could find love like this. All other interests looked nothing to him as compared to what he had found with Hayley. Every time he made love to her, it felt that he was making love to her for the first time. She had brought a lightness in his life; a lightness that he had never experienced before.
And before they knew it another month went by.
Hayley snapped and said "the big deal is I don't want to, it is so weird".
Klaus said with exasperation "Hayley!"
Hayley now gave him a smile and said "I said no so please don't…" and then she shrieked when he grabbed her and said in a calming mature rational voice "it will be just me and no one else".
She looked into his eyes, the pleading in his eyes and shook her head slowly with a smile on her face and then she playfully nudged her and ran away from him. Klaus smiled and went after her and grabbed her from her behind holding her from her waist and pulled her towards him so that her back was touching his chest and whispered in her ear while nibbling at it "you don't want to see yourself the way I see you?!"
She shook her head at the same time feeling his fingers moving up her shirt buttons and opening them. She whispered "what are you doing? And no, I don't want to".
Klaus said while kissing the side of her neck "hmmm".
Hayley moaned and stuttered "Klaus"
Klaus ran his hands on her naked torso and said "hmmm" without breaking the lip contact on her neck.
Hayley pushed her body against his and gasped as his hands found her breast and then turned towards him, cupped his face and said "I want you right now".
Klaus looked at the passion on her face and lifted her and took them to their room and dropped her gently on the bed.
Later they were lying in each other's arm, he kissed her naked shoulder and said "you will not pose for me naked but that was okay?!"
Hayley smiled with her eyes closed and said "yes. You can see me whenever you want to but I will not pose for your painting!"
Klaus said "okay then I will use my imagination" making her snap her head in his direction which made him laugh.
She said "you will not make my naked portrait and that is final!"
Klaus said in an innocent voice "I will not!" while his fingers played with the locks of her hair.
Hayley said with annoyance "not if you want to make love to me ever again".
Klaus said "hmm then you will have to walk naked around the house all time because I thought that picture would suffice but if there…."
He couldn't help it and started laughing at the horrified expressions on her face. He leaned in and kissed her hard on her face and said "I was just joking. Don't be too shock".
He then pulled her back on the bed and held her arm over her head and then stared at her for a while. Hayley asked him with a smiled on her face "what is it?"
"I want to tie you in this position and just capture this moment" Klaus said softly while his gaze travelled on her face.
She said to him "you will never!"
When he didn't answer and continued to look at her inviting lips she said again looking at his deep in thought expressions "really! When?"
Klaus thought about concocting a story but then said "No, I have never. I have never needed to tie any women to get laid and there have been countess" and then he leaned in to kiss her when she said "mentioning your countless girlfriend! that is romantic!" Klaus laughed at her outburst making her blush. He looked at her reddening cheeks and said "jealous of my past love?"
Hayley looked into his eyes and said "as long as there is no new one, I am okay" and then she cupped his face and kissed him on his lips and rolled over on the bed with him under her now. Before she knew it he and Klaus were kissing each other resulting him making love to her second time that night.
She slept in his arms peacefully while Klaus stayed up thinking about Elijah and Rebekah and the situation in New Orleans.
Klaus was walking towards her class after his lecture finished. He got off early so he wanted to take off. Sleepless nights of previous some days was starting to take a toll on him and he just wanted to go home and sleep for two straight days. He entered her class and stopped.
Hayley smiled at Jacob and said "thanks. You have been great help. I had to do a lot of catching up with this joining late and all".
Jacob said "no problem. If you need any help you can ask me".
Hayley stepped forward and gave him a hug on impulse and then to her shock she saw him pinned against the wall. She shouted "Klaus let him go. He was not doing anything".
Klaus looked at her angrily and turned to Jacob squeezing the hold on his neck "I don't want to see you touching her ever again".
Hayley tried to pull him away from gagging Jacob but he just let him go. He looked at Hayley, grabbed her arm and pulled her outside.
Hayley hissed "let go of my arm otherwise I will start screaming".
Klaus hissed back "and tell them what? Your husband is being abusive?!"
Hayley angrily said "yes. Now let me go".
Klaus looked at her angrily and then let her arm go and said "let's go".
Hayley said "I have a class".
Klaus stood there for a moment in anger and then left saying "I am tired, I am going home. You can come on you own!
Then without waiting for her response he left leaving her standing there with confused feelings; a combination of anger, confusion, frustration and miserable".
After the classes when she reached home, it was very quiet. She went into her room and saw that he was sleeping face down in the same clothes he was wearing. He had not even bothered to take off his shoes.
She took off her shoes and put the things at the right places without making a noise when he said "who was he?"
She froze while going to the bathroom and turned towards him. She walked to him and sat down next to him still in that same position and said "a classmate"
He opened his eyes and looked at her with such murderous expressions that it scared her and for a moment she saw the Klaus whose reputation she has been hearing but not seen yet. She at once said "Jacob. He is just a class fellow Klaus. What is going on here? You don't trust me"/
Klaus sat up at once and said "I trust you Hayley but I don't trust those boys and you never know. One day you will find someone charming who will sweep you off your feet…"
He couldn't finish his sentence as Hayley was kissing him. He couldn't help but wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her in his lap and was kissing him too and before he could control himself he was tearing off her clothes and was making love with her in aggression that took Hayley off guard but she let him do it as she realized that he needed reassurance from her.
As he stopped moving Hayley said cupping his face "Klaus, I love you. I will never ever leave you".
Klaus said "you left me once!"
She said with a sigh "I told you that I am not leaving you. I am taking our child to safety. That was all for her… him. I told you. Didn't you read that?"
Klaus traced her lips with her finger and said "hmmm" and then added "I love you Hayley". She smiled and he fell on the bed. They both stayed there looking at the ceiling holding each other's hands.
After some minutes Hayley said in a tired voice "I am feeling hungry now. Have you eaten anything or just spend time making up stories about me and Jacob?"
Klaus smiled and said "stories" and then he got up throwing his shirt at her which she wore. He wore his pants and pulled her to her feet and they went to the kitchen. She was feeling too lazy to cook anything so they took out some leftovers and ate on the island table him in just pants and her in just his shirt that reached her thighs. After having dinner they went to bed. Hayley felt his arms go around her and pushing her towards him during her sleep which made her smile and she snuggled against him as he pulled the duvet over her body and went to sleep.
Next morning when Hayley woke up he was gone. She took a shower and was making breakfast thinking about how relaxed she was feeling with no classes today when he held her from the back in his embrace and kissed her on her cheek and said "I am glad you are up. I didn't want to leave without saying byes".
She said "I have an ultrasound appointment later today. Can you come?"
He nuzzled his lips in her neck and said "yes, when?"
She said with a smile "2 pm at Generals".
Klaus looked around in the class as he roamed looking at every student working on their own picture. He stopped at one student's portrait and guided him on something when his eyes fell on a girl. She turned and looked at him with a smile. He walked to her and said "you are new".
She shook his hand and said "yes, I joined today. Lenore Garland".
Klaus nodded and then looked at her work and said "this is nice for a new student. Keep it up".
He then walked away feeling a tension in the neck. He went to the end of the room and stood there observing everyone from the back of the room. His eyes were especially fixed on the new girl. His mind was warning him 'that girl is trouble with capital T and not the normal kind of trouble. It was supernatural kind of trouble".
He stood there for a moment and then a smile appeared on his face and he walked towards her and while passing near her easel he accidently knocked over her color pallet which fell down but then it got suspended in the air for a second and then landed softly on the ground. It all happened within a few seconds but the eyes of a 1000 year old vampire captured it. Lenore looked at Klaus but his back was towards him so she picked up the pallet from the floor.
The rest of the class Klaus stayed away from Lenore wondering 'does she know about him?' after a lot of thinking he came to this conclusion that she in fact knew about him because of that smile. It cannot be a coincidence that a witch has ended up taking Klaus Mikaelsons class.
By the time the class ended, he had made a decision. He looked at his wrist watch and saw that it was 1:30. He said "bloody hell" and headed out thinking 'he is going to be late for the appointment'.
When Klaus entered the room she was lying on the table. She looked at him with some annoyance and said "I thought you have forgotten it!"
Klaus walked to her and kissed her hand and said "I am sorry I was late but of course I had not forgotten it. So what have I missed?"
The nurse turned to him and said "you have not missed anything, you are just in time".
The door opened and a young doctor came in. Klaus looked at her with weird expressions and then at Hayley who rolled her eyes wondering 'what is the issue now?' but didn't say anything.
Klaus didn't let go of her hand and said "I have never seen an ultra sound before. What are we expecting?"
Hayley smiled but said sarcastically "and to think I have hundreds of them to know what to expect right!".
As he stood next to her the doctor came in and after the initial introduction, she put some gel on her bare stomach and put the transducer on her stomach and the room filled with the sound of heart beat, Klaus squeezed her hand and smiled at her saying "that is what it sounded like".
The doctor pointed out at a baby on the screen and said "that is your baby right there".
Klaus looked at the image a little bigger peanut size figure with annoyance and wondered 'that is too small' but didn't say anything.
Hayley asked the doctor with a smile "can you tell if it is a boy or a girl?"
The doctor said with a smile "no, it is too early" and then she added "I will give you two a moment" and she left the room.
Klaus leaned into the screen and said "that is ridiculous size".
Hayley said with a sigh "yes they start very small and then they become you" making Klaus laugh. He turned towards her and kissed her saying "sorry, it that sounded inconsiderate but why were you asking about sex of the baby. We already know that it is a girl".
Hayley said "no harm in confirming it".
She could see worry on his face so she asked him "what happened?"
Klaus opened his mouth to say something but then closed it as there was a knock on the door and the doctor came in. she smiled at both of them and said "she is fine, the baby seems fine. I want you to come after two months for another ultrasound and then maybe you can find out what you are having".
Klaus and Hayley nodded and then Hayley said "I lost a baby a while back, actually three months ago".
She felt Klaus's hand squeezing her and put her other hand on his in comfort and looked at doctor for her response. She was looking at the documents and said "oh I had no idea. That does complicates things a bit".
Hayley and Klaus looked at the doctor with concern. Klaus asked her "what do you mean?"
She said with a smile "generally we don't want a woman to get pregnant for some time if she has lost her child because her body is still not ready but there is no harm if she does get pregnant but you just have to take care of yourself and the child a lot. One miscarriage increases the chances of miscarriage next time by 50%".
Klaus could feel her hands shaking now. He squeezed him gently and asked the doctor "when you said take care what you mean?"
She smiled again and said "oh general, no stress, worry, take it easy, no vigorous exercise".
She looked at Klaus who was thinking the same thing 'how can they stay away from stress on this run?'
The doctor looked at the concern on their faces and said "don't worry, you are young and healthy. Everything will be okay, but I want to see you in one month now".
Klaus nodded without saying anything. The doctor left them after that. He turned towards her and saw her lost in her thoughts with one hand on her stomach looking at her. He walked to her and said "don't worry, everything will be okay".
Somehow hearing the same words that the doctors said from his mouth brought a lot more comfort to her and then he pulled her in an embrace and said in her hair "I will not let anyone hurt her".
On the drive home, Hayley asked Klaus "why were you late?"
He looked at her but didn't answer for a minute and then said "I lost my job in the university so I am thinking of moving from this place".
Hayley looked at him in surprise and said "lost your job! That is not possible. You are the art expert. How can it be?"
He looked at her face and said hastily "hey hey don't panic. I can get some other job"
Hayley was quiet for a moment and then she said "you are lying. It is something else and you are not telling me".
He took a deep breath and said "yes. But the underlying fact is that we have to leave this place".
He looked at the tension on her face when she didn't answer and held her hand and said "that is why I was not telling you".
Hayley took a deep breath, put her hand on her stomach and said "so where are we going?"
Klaus said "I don't know. I want to talk to Elijah before we leave for some place. Want to know what is the situation in New Orleans and why this is new threat arising".
Hayley looked at him and said "then talk to him".
Elijah was pacing the parlor when Rebekah entered and said "so what will be our first move? Davina is just too angry right now at everyone for letting her die and Cami told me that she is afraid of ancestors".
Elijah said "first we need to find out who tried to kill Hayley?"
Rebekah said "I see the hands of witches in it" she paused for one moment and said "do you think Davina was involved somehow?"
Elijah looked at her thoughtfully and said "I don't know who to trust anymore. I am just glad Niklaus and Hayley have gone away from here. But I will find out who tried to do that".
He resumed his pacing when his cell rang. He picked it up and said "hello"
He stopped pacing as he heard a voice that he could recognize in a crowd of million people saying "Elijah, sometime is following us. Find out who?"
Elijah looked at Rebekah who got alarmed too at Klaus's sentence. He said "but no one knows where you two are, not even us".
KLaus hissed "those damn witches. I see their hand in it"
A small smile appeared on his lips when he heard the impatience in his brother's voice. He had not realized how much he had missed Klaus' outbursts but the concern was still there so he rubbed his eyes and said "I will find out. How is Hayley?"
Klaus looked sideways towards the passenger's seat at sleeping Hayley and then shifted his eyes on the road and said "she is fine" and then added bitterly "She had a checkup and the doctor wants her to have a tension free pregnancy but you know nothing in our life is tension free".
Elijah looked at Rebekah who had stood up hearing that and said "why does she need a tension free pregnancy. I mean is there any specific reason?"
Klaus took a deep breath and said "she said that after one miscarriage, the chance of having another increases by many folds".
Elijah looked at Rebekah with concern and said "don't worry, we will not let that happen. You guys just keep on moving forward".
Klaus said after some quiet "don't you want to know where we are?"
Elijah looked at Rebekah who shook her head and said "no Niklaus, it is better that no one knows where you guys are. But keep in touch".
Klaus looked towards Hayley and saw that she was awake. She said to him "where will we go?"
Klaus said "I am thinking Hawaii" brining a smile on her face. He then added "just pack your personal items. We will leave by tomorrow morning".
He was quiet for a moment and then said "aren't you proud of me for not using compulsion in the last two months".
Hayley laughed and said "very honey. Tonight I will show you how proud I am of you"
Klaus said to her with a grin "really! Can't wait"
When he laid in the bed late night when she pulled apart her night gown it revealed a black sheer transparent lacy night gown that reached her thigh showing her black under garment. She then tortured him with her tongue and her fingers and her hands until Klaus couldn't take it anymore and flipped her over and held her hand above and returned the favor with interest making her go limber under him and when he finished with her Hayley thought she could die happily now.
Much later she looked sideways at him sleeping peacefully face down with one arm across her naked torso. The last thought in her mind before going to sleep was how warm and safe she felt right now.