Picks up almost immediately after the last chapter. Though, much of the conversation actually takes place during the time Hayley was with Elijah at the art show. Josh, Caroline, Marcel, and the Mikaelsons are discussing Hayley being in Manosque. But, what will Hayley's reaction be when she finds out that everyone is talking about her?
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~You Can't Fight Destiny~
Hayley wasn't sure how to feel when she found her way back to her hotel room. On the one hand, she had had an amazing night. Seeing Elijah again had been wonderful. And to be held in his arms while they danced… The only thing that would have made it better was if he had kissed her.
He wanted to. She could see it in his eyes. Something had made him pull away. But for one minute, he was definitely thinking about it. She honestly wondered what had made him pull away, and if she had done something wrong. She sighed and pulled out her cell phone, intending to call Caroline so she could talk to Hope.
Instead, she discovered that while she had been talking to Elijah, her entire family had been having a grand old time discussing the two of them. Looking at the sheer number of messages, she was glad that she had turned the phone off while she was with Elijah. It would have been going off constantly.
JR: Of all the gin joints in all the world, guess who just walked into mine.
MG: Man, what is it with you and quoting movies?
RM: Leave him be, Marcel. I'm guessing that Hayley is there?
JR: Yes, Hayley is here. Question is why?
CF: Umm… because she's in love with Elijah and misses him? This is not hard.
JR: I get that. But, why is she here? Why risk things? Especially since there's no way for this to go anywhere until Freya and Hope figure out something to do with the Hollow.
RM: I don't know. I think that "because she loves him and misses him" is a perfectly reasonable explanation.
NM: Joshua, just ignore the ladies. They are hopeless romantics, the lot of them. Seems to be a side-effect of that extra X chromosome.
NM: Now then. What did my brother do when she walked in? Tell us everything.
FM: Now who's being a hopeless romantic?
NM: Just because I want news of our brother, doesn't mean anything.
KM: Keep telling yourself that, brother.
NM: It's about time you chimed in.
RM: Honestly, everyone just hush. I have seen it pop up that Josh is typing and then he stops three times, already. Let him get a word in edgewise, will you?
JR: Thank you, Rebekah.
JR: He was playing the piano when she walked in.
NM: Which doesn't actually tell us much. Don't tell me that they didn't even talk to each other.
FM: But you're not a romantic, Klaus. Keep telling yourself that.
JR: Do you guys want to hear this or not?
RM: I don't know about them, but I do. Just ignore them. Great thing about doing this by text message instead of an actual phone call or video chat is that it doesn't really matter what other conversations are going on. You can just say what you need to say.
CF: Yes! Ignore Klaus and tell me and Rebekah what happened! I need something to tell Hope when she asks me if I've heard from Hayley.
JR: Anyway… When he was done, he walked over to her and made some comment about her being either broke or a bad drunk, since she had been nursing a glass of wine for over an hour.
CF: Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God! Rebekah! Do you know what this means?!
RM: He watched her for over an hour before he got up the nerve to go talk to her!
MG: I fail to see how you get that. I mean, he may have noticed her when she came in, and had an idea how long she was there, but…
CF: But how did he know it was the same glass of wine if he hadn't been watching her and known that she hadn't been drinking it?
CF: She could have downed any number of glasses in an hour. But he knew that she hadn't.
CF: Hello! There's only one way he could have known that!
Hayley had been laughing at her family's antics up until that point. Yes, they were talking about her, but it was all in good fun. And all because they loved her and Elijah. But, that exchange sobered her up. This was what Josh had been talking about. She hadn't caught that, but Josh had. Elijah had been watching her. For over an hour. If it had been anyone else, it would have been creepy. But, from Elijah? It was a weird mix of feeling giddy and sad. He had noticed her. Not only noticed her, but needed to get up courage to talk to her. And now she had to walk away from him, make him think that, for her, he was just some random guy she met in a bar and had a perfectly innocent chat with because he was better company than Otto.
NM: She actually does have a point.
KM: Davina is reading over my shoulder, pretending not to care, shaking her head, and muttering about how clueless men are.
KM: I kind of resent being lumped into that, actually.
KM: I have been told to shut up and let Josh finish telling his story.
JR: Are you all finished?
JR: They chatted for a bit. She introduced herself as Andrea. Made up some story about closing her eyes and throwing darts at a map.
JR: When he found out that this was just the first stop, he asked where else she was going.
CF: Considering taking a vacation and going with her, perhaps?
MG: I highly doubt that making him forget us changed his personality enough that he would just follow some random girl around Europe for a few weeks.
JR: ANYWAY. She mentioned having just landed a few hours ago and that he's the first person she's talked to besides the concierge at her hotel.
JR: Turns out our boy knows said concierge and commented on him being a notorious flirt - and then commented that in her case, he doesn't blame him.
RM: Was Elijah FLIRTING? Rather blatantly, no less?
JR: Oh, he was. She even called him out on it, and he ADMITTED IT.
KM: Holy shit!
FM: Geez. I have to put my phone down for a bit to go deal with something and I come back to having missed all the gossip.
NM: I thought you were awfully quiet over there.
FM: Shut up and let me catch up.
FM: Okay. So, he admitted to flirting with her. Then what?
JR: Then he had to go because he had promised to go to some art show at a nearby cafe. He told her that he hoped he'd see her again before her tour left for its next destination. And then I talked to her for a bit.
JR: Ended up telling her where he was going and giving her my ticket. So… they're together right now.
CF: Well Hell! What's the over-under on what time he's actually going to come home?
RM: Are we talking about the odds of him actually spending the night in his own bed, rather than hers? Honestly, I don't know that I want to bet against you on that.
NM: Ladies, please! That's my brother you're taking bets on!
RM: And who was the one who teased Hayley about it the first time they slept together? Oh, right. That was you. So, don't you dare try to get all high and mighty with me, now.
NM: There is a world of difference between teasing Hayley and running a betting pool.
MG: Don't let him fool you. He's just upset that you guys are all coming down on the same side, so he has nobody to bet against.
JR: Hey Freya! Glad you're back. I wanted to ask you if that Daylight Ring she was sporting would actually work if she needed it, and who made it.
NM: She has a Daylight Ring? Why does she have a Daylight Ring? She doesn't bloody well need one.
FM: This is news to me. So, my guess as to who made it would be Hope. And considering where she goes to school…
CF: Yeah, pretty sure that if Hope made it, it would work. Not that she needs it.
NM: Which brings us back to my question of why she has one. She doesn't need it. The only reason Hope would make her one is if…
RM: If she's preparing them for Hayley to move there to be with him, one day.
JR: Which is exactly what Hayley said when I questioned her about it. That Hope thought she should have one so that if she ever sees Elijah again she can be honest about being a vampire without having to bring the whole hybrid thing into it.
FM: Well, don't I just feel the love, there? Hope knows how hard I'm working on making it so that we can get our family back, again. So, this feels like she doesn't trust me to actually be able to do it.
NM: Or maybe she's just preparing for Elijah not coming back to us, even if we do get rid of the Hollow. And honestly, that might actually be the best thing for him.
RM: Don't say that, Nik. Don't you want Elijah back?
NM: Of course I do. But, he's happy where he is. I'm more concerned with getting him and Hayley back together. We can get him "back" as our brother-in-law, but without him feeling this insatiable need to take care of us. The best of both worlds, really. He can be truly happy.
FM: We can decide exactly what Elijah gets told when, not if, I get this fixed so that we can all be together.
JR: Well, he just got home. So, I'm putting my phone on mute. If Elijah is home, that means that Hayley should be around to interrogate soon. I can't wait to read that conversation.
Hayley was crying, now. But, she had to jump in.
HM: Niklaus Mikaelson! How can you possibly say that it would actually be better if Elijah never gets his memories back?
NM: I stand by everything I said to Rebekah about it. I won't repeat myself. The important thing is the two of you figuring something out. The rest of us can make do just fine with him being around because of you.
NM: Now then. There's plenty of time for us to argue about this another time. What happened after the two of you left the bar?
Hayley rolled her eyes.
HM: I agree with your sisters. You are as much of a hopeless romantic as Caroline. Speaking of which…
CF: No! You do not get to dodge this by talking about me and Klaus! We are discussing you traveling halfway around the world to see Elijah! Now, spill, girl! What happened when you got to the art show?
HM: There's not really a whole lot to tell. He seemed happy to see me when I got there. I teased him about his taste in art. We flirted a bit. He asked me if I would like to sit somewhere and just talk, so we did. Then he asked me to dance.
RM: Dance? At an art show?
HM: The show was in a cafe, and they had musicians there. There were other couples dancing, already. It wasn't as weird as you're making it out to be.
RM: So, you danced. And then what?
CF: Did he kiss you? Oh, tell us he kissed you!
Hayley laughed.
HM: He didn't kiss me. Though… I think he wanted to. Actually, I am almost positive that he wanted to. But, something held him back. And then he told me that he knew that I had to go, and that he guessed he would see me in the next life.
NM: What in the world does THAT mean?
HM: How should I know? He's your brother, you tell me. So, I told him that if we were destined to meet in another life, to know that I would be waiting for another dance. Then I kissed his cheek and left.
NM: So, now we wait until young Joshua can jump in and tell us Elijah's side of this.
RM: The suspense is killing me! I want to know why he didn't kiss her!
HM: If I'm being honest, so do I. I can't help wondering if I did something wrong.
RM: I highly doubt it. My guess is that Elijah is still Elijah, and he was being noble.
CF: And he knew that if he kissed you, he'd end up in your hotel room.
HM: Caroline Elizabeth Forbes!
MG: Cut her some slack, Hayley. If you've read our whole conversation then you know that all of the ladies - and Klaus - were speculating the exact same thing.
KM: My wife says that if we weren't all such a bunch of gossipy old hens who made Josh put his phone on mute so that Elijah wouldn't get curious, she could probably find out for us.
KM: One, I resent being lumped into that, since I haven't been gossiping. Two, why is she calling us gossipy old hens when she's the one that wants to CALL Josh to get the scoop?
DC: And three, my husband has just had his phone privileges revoked for the rest of the night. He'll talk to you all tomorrow. Good night, everyone.
MG: Dayum! I never thought I would see the day that Kol Mikaelson was whipped.
RM: Right! Like you wouldn't put your phone down for the night if I wanted to go to bed.
MG: Which is entirely different than him allowing his wife to revoke his phone privileges.
RM: If you think that isn't a euphemism, then you're hopeless. He hasn't actually had his phone taken away. I'm guessing that what REALLY happened is that she told him that she's going to bed with or without him.
MG: Isn't it awfully early to be going to bed, over there?
RM: All the more reason for him to put his phone down when she says that, then.
NM: Why do all of you insist on discussing each other's sex lives? I really don't need to hear this.
RM: You're just jealous because you don't have one. Honestly, Caroline can you please take care of that, already?
CF: REBEKAH! Leave me out of this!
HM: We would leave you out of it, but you are so very much a part of it. Klaus is head over heels for you, you know.
NM: Wait a second! How did this become about me and Caroline, anyway?
RM: You'll notice that he isn't denying it.
HM: And, turn about is fair play. You're sitting here discussing the odds of Elijah and I ending up in bed together - when from his perspective, we just met today. Only fair for me to turn the tables on you.
RM: As for me… I am fully embracing the accusation made about me. I AM a hopeless romantic. Marcel and I are happy. Freya has Keelin. Kol is with Davina. Elijah and Hayley are obviously going to find their way back to each other, one way or another. That just leaves Nik.
HM: And Josh.
RM: Yes. We really need to find that boy a boyfriend.
FM: Which is, unfortunately, a little hard for us to do from here. Then again, he owns a bar. It would not surprise me at all if he's doing much better in the romance department than he's telling us about.
RM: You would think that if he had someone serious in his life, he would have at least have told Davina. Who would have told Kol. Who would have told us.
NM: Just because he may not have anyone serious in his life, doesn't automatically mean he's been celibate.
HM: Now who's discussing other people's sex lives?
NM: The difference is that Joshua isn't my sibling.
RM: Plus, contemplating Josh's sex life is deflecting the conversation from him and Caroline - who has been awfully quiet, lately.
CF: I notice that Hayley has also neatly side-stepped the bit about her and Elijah. And, after all, isn't this conversation supposed to be about them?
NM: Yes. Yes, it is supposed to be about them. And I notice that Rebekah seems to be getting on board the same train of thought that I am on.
RM: I never said that I agree with the idea of us never getting him back. Just that, it is quite obvious that even without his memories, he is quite taken with "Andrea". Soulmates will always find each other, one way or another.
HM: Well, guys. It's been fun. But, it is several hours later here than over there. And I have jetlag.
RM: I would say "sweet dreams", but I think we all know what you're going to be dreaming about. And that your dreams will be very sweet, indeed.
NM: Enough with the sex talk, already! Good night, Hayley.
HM: Good night, everyone.
Hayley turned her phone off with a laugh. She had to admit that Rebekah wasn't exactly wrong. Her sleep was probably not going to be the most restful, but she was certainly going to have very good dreams.