Here's the next chap! I hope you enjoy! -JasZ
Hayley noticed something off the next morning… the first thing that set this off was the fact that her husband was silent. A feat that has never happened when his siblings are about the house. He seems to be glaring at them when she enters the dining room. Kol greets her with a smile and a wink; that makes Rebekah scoff. Freya greets her with a hello and sips on her tea. Elijah the only one with manners gets up when she approaches the table.
Once seated Hayley blinks a few times as she steals a glance at her husband who is stabbing the piece of pork on his plate. She can hear Kol chuckling and whispering something to Freya. Who in turn replies in a low tone. Snorting Kol drinks the rest of his coffee and gets up. He wiggles his fingers at Klaus as he waits for Freya to gather her bearings. The two siblings say their goodbyes as they give Klaus wide smiles as he chases after them.
"Is something amiss?" Hayley questions as she watches after her husband and his siblings.
"Nothing beyond the normal, I'm afraid." Elijah replies as he glances at the paper before him.
"Hayley, why don't you and I start to pick out some patterns for the nursery? That would keep us entertained until Freya reappears." Rebekah inquires as she smothers a piece of toast with jam. Hayley just bops her head as she spears her fork into the eggs before her.
The morning and afternoon were just Rebekah and herself, roaming about the room that is across her bedroom and beside Freya's. Rebekah fills the silent room with chatter of childhood memories that regarded the room. The contrast between her childhood and theirs was so drastic. The blond seemed to be holding back something as she glances down at a wooden toy that seemed to be discarded. Her blue orbs shine with unshed tears as she takes hold of the toy.
"Your child will have it all, Hayley. Love, protection and most of all family." Rebekah mumbles as she turns to face Hayley.
"You may think of us as spoiled and cold, but we are not. We have lost so much, seen just about everything that would drive many insane. Yet we remain some what sane, You have nothing to fear when it comes to us. We are your family and we will do whatever is within out power to keep the pair of you safe."
"You shouldn't promise such things, sister." Freya's voice causes the two to whirl Freya who stands at the door way with Kol.
Kol seems to have a frown gracing his handsome face as his orbs take in the toy he had enchanted for Freya's unborn child. He knows of the pain his sister faced when the death of her husband and child nearly drove her over the brink. How the waves of despair and sorrow nearly swallowed her. How she nearly cursed all those involved their deaths… How she nearly killed her own family for failing… for breaking their promise. Kol had been out of the country, traveling about enhancing his abilities. When it all happened, he without a doubt blames himself and damns is siblings for not noticing anything that doesn't regard to their little pact within the three.
"Freya," Rebekah starts.
"You shouldn't really vow on things that may or may not be within your control sister." Freya snatches the toy out of her sister's hand and storms out.
"It wasn't wise to bring her here, Rebekah." Kol mumbles as he shakes his head.
"It's some time."
"No one likes to be replaced Rebekah. Would you like it if we allowed another to enter a room that once belonged to you or someone you held dear?"
"I-"
"You often state I'm heartless, sister, but I do know the feeling of such and refuse to bestow that to another. Now excuse me… I have to stop or aid my older sister." Kol turns on his heel and walks out.
Hayley feels something deep in her heart that Freya has suffered far much more than she leads on. Something that Kol seems to hold over the heads of his siblings and knocks them down when it seems they have crossed the line. But what could it be that they are hiding? How are the others involved? Is that why Freya often keeps her distances and the gleam of envy and sadness that flash in her eyes. How Kol is often at her side, when it bubbles?
"Rebekah," Hayley turns to the blond.
"I'm sorry, Hayley. It seems that I have wronged my sister by bringing you to this room… I-I just assumed she'd gotten over it."
"What-"
"Let's depart from this room and search of another." Rebekah ushers Hayley out and shuts the room once again.
"What occurred?"
"I'm afraid that is not my story to tell… but I'm as much to blame as my older brothers with the exemption of Kol and Finn."
Hayley frowns another bubble of mystery envelopes the family. A bubble she's not sure would come back to harm herself or her child. but one thing is for sure, the two outcast in the family seem to depend on one another. As for the other brother…. She's not sure what to make of him. as they pass Freya's bedroom they can hear muffled sobs as Kol comforts his sister by whispering some words they could not hear.
There you have it! I hope you enjoyed. i wanted to go in a little bit deeper in Freya's story and why she's so close to Kol in a way without reveling so much. so this came about. Hope you enjoyed.
I'm sorry for not updating so often, with school, putting in hours for school projects, work and other things... I'll try to update. I often pre-write chaps but i seem to have lost most of the material for this story. So it takes me a bit. Also i haven't caught up watching this season or last season of OT.