Part 43
Complicated
New Orleans, 8 months later
"So…" Kol started. "Let's see if I got this right. You knocked up some werewolf chick?"
"Her name is Hayley," Elijah stated before Klaus managed to reply. "I trust that you will remember your manners when you meet her, brother."
"Of course," Kol replied innocently.
"Just try not to be an ass," Rebekah snorted. "Nik has already taken care of that."
"Watch it, sister," Klaus stated coolly.
Rebekah rolled her eyes, earning a smirk from Kol. They were all in the living room of the compound, catching up. Kol took a sip out of his glass and glanced at Katla. She looked at Klaus with a warm smile on her face; she was holding her plushie pig.
"Brother…"
No more than a second later, she was in front of Klaus, hugging him tightly.
"You will be a father…"
"Yes," Klaus murmured.
She hugged him for a while before gently kissing his cheek.
"I'm so happy for you."
"Thank you, sister."
There was something different about her; Klaus had noticed that immediately when Kol and Katla had arrived an hour ago. Klaus just wasn't sure what that something was.
"So, where have you two been?" Rebekah asked. "Somewhere with no phones or other communication devices? Would it have killed you to text me or something? Even Finn called me for heaven's sake."
Kol raised an eyebrow.
"Where is Finn anyway?"
"He wanted to travel," Rebekah replied. "He wasn't sure when he's coming back. But back to my question, where have you two been?"
If Klaus wouldn't have known better he would have thought that Kol looked slightly nervous for a second before replying.
"Around. Katla wanted a beach house, so we got a beach house."
"The ocean was beautiful," Katla hummed. "We swam together in the moonlight."
"That sounds nice," Elijah said smiling. "Did your little friend swim too?"
"No," Katla giggled. "Mr. Piggy doesn't like swimming, he enjoys sunbathing."
"Ah."
Elijah walked over to Katla and kissed her forehead.
"We are happy to have you here, sister." He paused and glanced at Kol. "You too."
Kol rolled his eyes.
"Right, sure."
Elijah didn't have time to continue when Benjamin entered the room. Obviously the young warlock had owed the Mikaelsons a lot and he had been very useful when they had claimed New Orleans back from Marcel.
"Listen, I need to…" the boy started before he noticed Kol and Katla. "Oh… Hey."
Kol's eyes darkened and his body tensed as he stared at Benjamin. Katla moved silently next to Kol and took his hand.
"It's alright, my darling."
Kol didn't say anything, he gritted his teeth.
"I'm just going to…" Benjamin murmured. "Bye."
Katla hummed quietly and stroked Kol's wrist with her thumb after the boy had left.
"It's alright…"
"Come on, Kol," Rebekah huffed. "Just calm down…"
"What is he doing here?" Kol snarled.
"He's working for me," Klaus replied.
"Working for you? Have you lost your mind! After what he did to my Katla…"
"It's alright," Katla hummed and kissed his hand. "Please let him be."
Kol was still tense, but his eyes softened as he looked at her.
"Alright, princess, if that's what you want. But…"
"I will make sure that he won't come here as long as you are here," Elijah cut in.
"Hmm," Kol murmured, his eyes were on Katla.
Now when Klaus thought about it, there was something different about Kol as well. The way he observed Katla's every movement… No, that was ridiculous; Kol was simply looking after Katla, just like he always did. She was a special girl; she needed someone to look after her. Klaus couldn't really blame Kol for being more protective than usually after everything Katla had been through. There was no doubt that Kol took good care of her. Katla would be safe with him.
Few hours later
Hayley hated living in this house. First of all, she felt like a prisoner here and second of all, the place was crowded with vampires. Now there were two vampires more when the rest of the Mikaelsons had arrived. The strange little sister and the psychopath brother. Hayley had learned more than enough about them when Elijah had showed her the history of his family.
She had met them very briefly, the brother hadn't been in a very chatty mood and the sister had concentrated mostly on pampering him. That hadn't been creepy at all… Yet their siblings hadn't seemed to found it strange. Not that Hayley really cared; she had more than enough problems to deal with. Instinctively she touched her stomach. She didn't want her child to grow up in this kind of environment. Not to mention being raised by someone like Klaus. Then there was of course Elijah… Why did everything had to be so complicated…
Her thoughts were cut off by a soft giggle. Hayley had wandered aimlessly around the compound; she noticed that she had ended up in the hallway where all the guestrooms were. One of the doors was slightly open, she saw Kol and Katla. He was standing with his back against the wall and she was in front of him, her fingers were caressing his cheek. He let out a groan as she parted his lips with her thumb.
"My pretty darling," she hummed.
"Princess," he murmured tensely. "We haven't told them yet."
"Oh."
She bowed her head and tried to take a step back, but he grabbed her arms and turned them around, carefully pushing her back against the wall.
"On second thought, who cares about them"
She giggled and playfully nibbled his earlobe.
"I promise to be as quiet as a mouse," she hummed, sounding like an innocent child.
She gasped as he lifted her leg up and slid his hand under that hem of her dress.
"No, you won't be…"
Hayley turned around and walked away as quickly as she could. She felt sick to her stomach. Just when she had thought that nothing about Klaus' family could surprise her anymore… Yuck, yuck, yuck. She needed a moment before she was able to go to the living room. Klaus, Elijah and Rebekah were all there, they were talking about the witch boy.
"Hayley, what's wrong?" Elijah asked as soon as she entered the room. "You seem nauseous."
"Yeah, I am," she murmured. "Thanks a lot for the heads up."
"What are you talking about?" Klaus asked.
Hayley rolled her eyes.
"Your brother and sister."
All three Mikaelsons stared at her.
"What about them?" Rebekah asked.
"Oh come on, I just saw them and it was nasty. I don't know if…that was normal back in your day, but seriously, they could at least close the door before "playing doctor"…"
"What?!"
"Fine," Hayley snorted. "Before "expressing their love" or whatever the hell you want to call it…"
"No, no," Elijah said quickly. "You must have misunderstood what you saw. Kol and Katla have always been very close, but there certainly isn't anything…physical between them."
Hayley stared at him disbelievingly. Oh crap… They didn't know.
"Hate to break this to you, but there most certainly is something physical between them, I saw it with my own eyes. They're sleeping together."
