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This chapter is just a fun chapter for Hayley and Elijah to get to know each other better. The next chapter will start picking up with more of the stories plot.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything associated with The Originals...I just like to play around with the characters at times. I only own the plot...mostly.

Chapter 4 - Acting Like A Couple

"Keelin get the door."

Hayley groaned as she was awoken by the sound of someone knocking at the door. When she didn't get a reply, she rolled over and lifted her head to look and find that Keelin's bed was empty and made. Where the heck was Keelin? Huffing, she slammed her head back down onto the pillow. Hayley squinted her eyes at the clock; 10:00 stared back at her in bright red numbers.

The knock came again.

Throwing off her covers, Hayley forced herself out of bed and made her way over to the door. She was prepared to give whoever it was a piece of her mind. Because damn it. 10am was way too early for her to be waking up on a vacation day. It should be illegal.

She unlocked the door and threw it open. Her mood instantly switched from annoyed to not so annoyed. Standing there in the doorway was Elijah. After last night, she already considered him a friend and she really liked being in his presence. He didn't deserve to be on the receiving end of one of her "how dare you wake me up this early" rants.

"Good morning, Hayley," he greeted her. "I hope I did not wake you," he said upon taking in her appearance.

Hayley smiled, shaking her head. "Good morning to you, too. And no worries," she assured him, leaning her head against the side of the door. "What do I owe to this pleasure?"

"It appears that my sister has gone to breakfast with your friend," he told her.

Sso that's where she got off to," Hayley thought to herself.

Elijah caught her attention back when he joked, "So much for using this cruise as a sibling bonding trip."

Hayley laughed and replied, "And so much for this cruise being a best friend bonding trip as well."

Elijah grinned. "I came to see if you would like to accompany me to breakfast."

Hayley thought for a moment before deciding why not. If Keelin went off to have breakfast with Freya, then why couldn't she go have breakfast with Elijah. "Um, yeah, sure. That would be nice," Hayley said, turning to go get some clothes to change into. "Just let me get dressed. You can come in and wait for me."

"Thank you," Elijah said politely as he entered the room, closing the door behind him.

After grabbing herself a change of clothes, Hayley turned to head to the bathroom. "Do you ever wear anything other than suits?" she asked as she noted he was wearing another suit.

"On occasion."

Hayley raised an eyebrow. "Shouldn't being on vacation be an occasion where you don't where them?"

Elijah shrugged his shoulders.

"Did you even bring any other clothes aside from suits?"

He shook his head. "I prefer suits."

Hayley sighed. That may be. But since this is vacation, as of right this instant, I am making it my mission to get you out of your suits."

Elijah cocked an eyebrow at her and chuckled.

Upon realizing how what she said sounded, she quickly corrected herself," Not like that. I meant out of your suits and into normal clothes."

Elijah nodded and replied with a hint of humor in his tone, "Of course you did."

Hayley ignored him and continued with what she was going to say before. "The first chance we get today, we're going to go to the shops and see if there is anything other than suits for you."

Elijah shoo his head. "I don't think that will be necessary. I'm perfectly okay with wearing my suits."

Okay. Suit yourself." Hayley sighed as she walked by him to go into the bathroom. "But it could be fun. And it's always good to have a variety of clothes just in case."

After a short silence, Elijah sighed and gave in. "You're right," he agreed. "It is always good to have choices."

Hayley turned back around to him and smiled. "Are you sure?" she wondered. "I don't want you to feel like you have to do this."

Elijah nodded. "I am sure."

Hayley's smile grew. "Great! It's a date!" Her eyes widened and she immediately corrected herself again. "Not like a date date," she said. "I mean, we've only known each other for almost two days."

Elijah cut her off and assured her, "It's fine. I know what you meant."

Hayley felt her cheeks heat up as she turned back and went into the bathroom, closing the door behind her.

See, this is why 10 am was too early for her to be up.

~AllAtSea~

"There are actual stores here," Elijah said, surprised as they walked off the elevator and into the area that looked similar to a mall.

"Did you even research the ship when you booked it?" Hayley laughed. "There are stores on board as you can tell. Actually they're designer stores where you can get the same things you get on land, but for better more vacation like prices."

Elijah smiled. "You can't go wrong there."

"I can't," Hayley agreed, nodding her head. "But judging by your probably $4,000 suits, I think you can afford it either way."

Elijah corrected her and then teased her like she did with him the night before. "$8,000. What do you take me for exactly? A barbarian?"

Hayley rolled her eyes. "Thank you for confirming my suspicions, but still whatever." She shook her head and sighed as she noted, "Must be nice being rich."

"It depends on who you're talking to."

"You don't like being rich?"

"I didn't say that," Elijah quickly told her. "But, how much money I have does not define me."

Hayley smiled. "That's a nice way of looking at it."

"There is more to life than how much money a person has."

Hayley nodded her head, agreeing with him. "Of course there is," she replied. "But it would be nice to have some."

"I don't mind sharing."

"Noted."

"So where to first?"

"Somewhere to get you some vacation clothes," Hayley told him, looking around for a store that would do just that. "Ah, there," she said as she was already heading over towards it, pulling him with her.

Passing the jewelry store, she stopped short. "That necklace is stunning," she said, walking up to it and picking it up. She turned it over and checked the price tag, eyes going wide. "Oh my god! What happened to better prices on the ship compared the land?!"

"If you want the necklace I will gladly get it for you," Elijah offered, walking up next to her.

Hayley offered him a smile, but shook her head no. "Thank you, Elijah. But no thank you."

"Are you sure?" he asked. "I honestly do not mind getting it for you."

Nodding her head, Hayley replied, "I am sure." Hayley placed it back down on the table. If it was meant to be mine, then I'd be able to afford it myself."

Turning to continue on her way to the other store, out of the corner of her eye, Hayley noticed Elijah looking at the necklace for a bit longer before he followed after her. Hayley almost questioned him on it, but decided it was probably nothing and let it go.

~AllAtSea~

"I'm not sure about this," Elijah called from inside the changing room.

Hayley rolled her eyes. "Oh, come on, Elijah. I'm sure you look fine," she called back to him. "You said that same thing about the last ten outfits and they all looked fine on you."

"Fine," Elijah said dully, throwing open the changing room door and walking out.

Hayley looked up from her phone and her breath immediately caught in her throat. She wasn't sure, but she thought she may have actually made an "unf" sound upon catching sight of him. He looked great in suits, but damn if he didn't look drop dead hot in those jeans, too.

"Hmm...maybe you should..." Hayley trailed off momentarily. "... maybe you should stick to the suit," she told him, eyeing him up and down.

"Did I not tell you that time and time again?" Elijah asked already heading back into the changing room.

"Yep, you did," Hayley said, nodding her head. "Just not for the reason you think I'm agreeing with you," she thought, fanning herself. "Just lose the jacket. The suit pants and your suit shirts can sort of pass as vacation clothes."

"Oh, wait," Elijah said, coming back out.

Hayley dropped her hand quickly and looked up at him. "Yeah?"

"Picture?"

Hayley nodded. "Oh, right."

After at least three outfits of trying to convince him to take pictures with her so she could put them on Facebook... anything to shove it in her exes face that she was moving on... Elijah had finally agreed.

Hayley stood up and got into position for the photo. After snapping the picture and immediately uploading it to Facebook, she had to force herself to not watch Elijah walk back into the changing room again. She was acting very unlady like right now. But in her defense, he really looked good in those jeans. Plus thinking didn't hurt anybody, right? Well except maybe herself.

Deciding to change the subject, Hayley asked, ""Do you want to get some ice cream? It's a ritual type thing."

Elijah chuckled. "And by ritual you mean shopping always make you hungry for ice cream?"

"Yeah, pretty much."

"Sure, why not?"

"Great!" she exclaimed. "I'm thinking a trio mixture with everything on top."

Opening the changing room door, Elijah came out. "I hope you're not one to go crazy upon consuming so much sugar."

"Would it be so bad if I am?"

"Not necessarily."

"There's a rock wall and a place to surf upstairs," she pointed out and laughed as they exited the store, heading for the ice cream shop. "If I get too out of hand just drag me there."

Elijah stared at her curiously. "Climbing a rock wall while on a sugar high is not recommended."

Rolling her eyes, Hayley shook her head and then said. "The surf place then."

"You might fall off the board and bump your head."

Both Hayley and Elijah cracked up at that.

"Now you're just being plain silly," she said, walking into the shop and up to the counter. "What do you want?"

"A vanilla cone will suffice."

Hayley turned to him, putting her hands on her hips. "Come on now, Elijah. Stop being so... vanilla."

Elijah looked past her at the girl behind the counter. "Dip it in the chocolate."

Hayley raised her hands, wiggling her fingers. "Ooo, scandalous," she teased before giving her own order.

~AllAtSea~

Taking a bite of her ice cream, Hayley frowned. Ever since they'd sat down, Elijah had been constantly pulling out his cell phone and looking at it.

"You got a hot date or something?" Hayley asked, dipping her spoon back into her cup.

"What?" Elijah asked, looking up from his phone.

Hayley sighed. "What is so important that you can't put your phone down for more than a second or two at a time?"

He stared back at her, but said nothing.

"Are you working on vacation?"

Elijah shook his head no, but his guilty facial expression gave him away.

Putting her ice cream down on the table, Hayley reached forward and grabbed his phone from his hand, Looking at the screen, Hayley's jaw dropped slightly as she gasped. "You are!" she exclaimed. "You are working on vacation!"

"And your point is?" he questioned as he reached for his phone, but she pulled it farther away.

"My point is that this is a vacation not a workcation," she told him. Then she reminded him, "And also, my friend bailed on me for your sister so I need someone to hang out with." She gave him a pointed look that dared him to challenge her. "Otherwise I will just be in my room, eating all day and getting fat which I can assure you will not be fun for anybody," she added as an afterthought.

"Okay, fine." Elijah sighed. "I will stay off my phone for the rest of the day."

Hayley smiled, handing it back to him. "Thank you."

As he said he would, he made a show of turning his phone off and placing it back into his pocket.

"You know, you two make a great couple," someone commented from the table beside them.

Both Hayley and Elijah turned to the person who made the comment.

"Who us?" Hayley asked, her eyes wide.

The woman nodded her head.

"Yeah, no," Elijah corrected her. "We're not a couple."

"You could have fooled me."

Hayley chuckled and fidgeted in her seat somewhat uncomfortably. "We only just met a few days ago," she pointed out.

The woman smiled and said, "Again. You could've fooled me."

Hayley shook her head. "I highly doubt that. We've only known each other a few days," Hayley reminded the woman.

"A lot can happen in just a few days," the woman replied, standing up.

"Not in this case," Elijah chimed in.

"Yeah, what he said," Hayley immediately agreed.

"You may not know each other well right now, but you're already acting like a couple," the woman said as she gathered all of her things so she could leave. "It's just a matter of time before you make it official."

With that the woman walked away, leaving both Hayley and Elijah feeling completely confused.

Needless to say, neither Hayley nor Elijah said anything else to each other as they finished their ice cream.

~AllAtSea~

After their run in with that woman, the rest of the day was awkward. Not because of anything either she or Elijah did. Quite frankly, Hayley wasn't sure why it was awkward on Elijah's part. But she could tell it was based on how he acted from that point on. However, on her on part she knew it was because of how what the woman said felt like it could actually be true. There was some truth to what was said. Hayley did feel strangely comfortable with Elijah already. And she was definitely attracted to him.

They managed to stick it out together after that for a few more hours before deciding to call it a day. They had both agreed that they should give each other the rest of the night to process what had happened. And hopefully the awkwardness between them would have dissipated by the next day.

"I programmed my cell number in your phone," Hayley said as they walked down the hall to their rooms. "That way if Keelin and Freya bail on us again, and we can not find each other anywhere, we can get in touch."

"That is a good idea." Elijah nodded his approval. "Wait a second. When did you do that?"

"While you were in the changing room," she answered. "Go ahead and text me so that I can have yours as well."

"Of course," he said, proceeding to do just that.

"So I will see you tomorrow sometime?" Hayley proposed as more of a statement than a question.

"I'm sure we will. Say lunch maybe," he suggested.

Hayley smiled. "That sounds good to me."

"Well I had fun today."

"So did I," Hayley agreed.

Up until what happened with that woman. But that didn't need to be said. They both knew it was hanging there in the air between them.

"Okay, so lunch tomorrow," Hayley said, feeling the need to get into her room before the awkwardness crept up on them again.

"I will see you then," Elijah said, nodding his head.

"See you then," Hayley called back to him as she'd already quickened her pace and all but ran to her room.

~AllAtSea~

Hayley spent at least half an hour pacing the room back and forth before Keelin returned. She needed to talk to someone about what had happened. Keelin was that someone.

"Could you have taken any longer to get back here?!" Hayley practically shrieked the exact second Keelin walked through the door.

Keelin immediately stopped in her tracks, looking like a dear in the headlights.

"Well?!"

"Um... I literally just walked in the door, Hayley," Keelin said, closing the door. "Mind if I come in and have a few seconds to prepare?"

Hayley sighed, running a hand gently through her hair. "Sorry. It's just... I had a pretty eventful day today."

Keelin smirked, raising an eyebrow. "Oh, yeah?"

"Elijah and I got mistaken for a couple," Hayley said, biting her lower lip out of nervousness.

Keelin's reply was to burst out laughing.

Hayley squinted her eyes, confused. "What the hell, Keelin? What is so funny about that happening to me?"

"I'm sorry, Hales," Keelin said through bouts of intense laughter. "It's just that I would honestly probably think you two were together, too."

"Wait, what?"

Keelin's laughter died down before she began explaining herself. "It's just that from what interaction I have seen between the two of you... you two definitely seem like you're a new couple."

"I... we... what?" Hayley couldn't form a proper sentence because what Keelin was implying was just so crazy. "I mean, do I find him attractive? Yes. But..."

"Ah-ha!" Keelin exclaimed, pointing at her.

"What the..."

"You just admitted you find him attractive." Keelin grinned.

"So what? I had a but after saying that, but you interrupted me."

"Go on then."

"I can't remember what I was going to say now."

Keelin chuckled. "Stop kidding yourself, Hayley."

"We've literally only known each other a few days," Hayley said, sitting down on her bed.

"A lot can happen in a few days," Keelin pointed out, sitting down next to her.

Hayley turned to Keelin. "That is literally what the woman said."

"Yeah? What else did she say to you?"

"That we may not know each other well, but we're already acting like a couple."

Keelin nodded. "And?"

"And?"

"I can see the look in your eyes," Keelin told her. "There's more."

Hayley sighed, turning her head away to look at the floor. "She said that it's just a matter of time until we make it official."

"So what are your thoughts on that?"

Hayley shrugged. "I honestly do not know," she admitted. "It's too soon to tell."

"Well, you have 11 more days to figure things out," Keelin said as she stood up and made her way over to her side of the room. "Don't rush with doing so."

"Yeah, thanks for the advice," Hayley said sincerely.

Keelin turned her head to smile at Hayley. "Anytime, Hales. Anytime."

Hayley may not have known how she felt about anything right now, but she did know one thing for sure. This was going to be a long and eventful eleven days.

There's chapter 4! I hope you all enjoyed it! Let me know what you thought of it in a review!