I am SO, SO VERY SORRY for the extra long wait for this chapter. The final season of The Originals didn't give me any inspiration at all and also real life has been crazy. I'm hoping that the next update won't take this long. Time will tell.

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Chapter 6 - Revelations

"Ughhhhh!"

"This is what you get for drinking so much last night."

"I was anger drinking."

"Like that is a good excuse for getting this drunk." Keelin rolled her eyes, walking over to the bathroom sink. "Next time go to the gym and punch on the punching bag."

"I'll have to remember that for next time."

"You better because I refuse to have to hold your hair back again during this entire trip," she said, looking at Hayley through the mirror. "So either drink lighter or drink the drinks you know don't make you sick."

Hayley stuck her tongue out at her. "Yes, mother."

"So take it from the top if you are in an okay enough mood to do so."

"There's not much to tell, I saw jackass and his bitch last night, came to the room to find you but you weren't there."

"Alright," Keelin said, nodding her head gently. "But that doesn't explain how you ended up with Elijah."

Hayley shrugged her shoulders. "He asked if I wanted some company, I said sure. That's that," she told her from her spot sitting next to the toilet, leaning back against the wall.

"Are you sure that's it?"

Hayley scoffed, rolling her eyes. "I was there. I think I'd know if it went another way."

"Not always." Keelin smirked.

Hayley fake glared at her. "Bite me."

"Be careful with what you say, you know I will bite you."

"What if I want you to?" Hayley asked jokingly.

Keelin rolled her eyes. "That was one time, and we both agreed never to mention it again."

Hayley shrugged. "You started it."

"Whatever. Shut up." Keelin walked back over to her. "Here."

"Thank you." Hayley smiled, taking the wet washcloth from her and dabbing her face with it. "Is that Freya?" Hayley asked as she looked up after hearing Keelin's phone go off.

Keelin looked up from her phone, "Um... yes."

"Does she want to hang out today?"

Keelin hesitated for a second before nodding her head.

"Go have fun."

"What? No. I'm here for you today."

"I said go," Hayley repeated. "Maybe I'll feel better later and we can meet up for dinner."

"Are you sure?"

Hayley shook her head. "I wouldn't have said it if I wasn't sure about it."

"Yes, you would have," Keelin said, knowing her best friend well.

Rolling her eyes," Hayley warned, "Go now before I change my mind."

A grin came across Keelin's lips. "You don't have to tell me twice."

"You wouldn't think."

"Haha. Text me if you need me for anything," she yelled behind her as she left the bathroom.

"You can count on it!" Hayley replied, leaning her head back against the wall again and closing her eyes.

~AllAtSea~

Apparently she'd dosed off for a bit because the next thing Hayley knew she was being awoken by the sound of a knock on the bathroom door. She was still a little out of it so she made no effort to move to open it.

"Who is it?"

"It's Elijah."

Hayley's eyes widened. What was he doing here? He couldn't see her like this. How embarrassing would that be?

"Why are you here?" she wondered, hoping that she didn't come off as sounding rude.

"I wanted to come check up on you after last night."

Hayley smiled. How sweet of him to do for her.

"I've been better," she admitted. "I drank way too much."

"I'm aware. I was there."

Hayley could practically hear the small amusement in his voice.

"Why didn't you stop me?"

"I tried to," Elijah told her. "But you smacked my hand away and threatened to throw the drink on me if I tried again."

Slapping her hand into her forehead, she practically begged, "Tell me you're joking."

"Afraid not."

Hayley was mortified. "I'm sorry," she apologized sincerely. "I'm usually a happy drunk."

"Don't worry about it. Considering the circumstances, I didn't take it too seriously."

Breathing a sigh of relief, Hayley smiled.

"Is there anything I can get you?"

"No, thank you. I'm fine."

"Just call if you need anything then.

Upon hearing the cabin door open, Hayley found that him seeing her like she was actually wasn't as bad as him leaving.

"Actually, some mouthwash and a glass of water would be appreciated," she called, leaning away from the wall.

She heard the door close and then moments later, the bathroom door knob was turning. The door opened and in walked Elijah, looking as impeccable as always.

"Hi," Hayley said in greeting.

"How are you feeling?"

Hayley grinned up at him. "Better now that you are here," she blurted out without thinking.

Before she could think to hide her face in shame, Elijah replied with a grin of his own, "I'm thrilled that my presence can help."

His grin was enough to wash away all of the embarrassment she had felt in that moment.

Elijah handed her the bottle of mouthwash from the counter and a glass of water. "Here you go."

Hayley sighed, taking them from him. "I can only imagine what you're thinking of me right about now."

"I've had to take care of my siblings quite a few times in this predicament." Elijah chuckled. "I don't think any differently of you," he assured her."

"Siblings? As in plural?" Hayley raised an eyebrow curious. "Freya's not your only one?"

"Other than Freya and myself, there are four more..." There was a pause before he added as an afterthought. "Well, there was five."

"Was?" she asked before she could think it over. "Sorry! I didn't mean to ask that. It's none of my business," Hayley apologized, uncapping the mouthwash bottle and taking a swig of it.

Elijah shook his head. "No need to be sorry. It's been many years... the youngest of us...there was an accident a few years back..."

Hayley's eyes widened. Turning her head to spit the mouthwash into the toilet, she wiped her mouth with the back of her hand. "Oh wow. I am so sorry to hear that."

Elijah offered her a brief smile, taking a seat down on the floor next to her. "Thank you. It hasn't been the easiest, but it has gotten easier to live with every day that goes by."

Nodding her head in understanding, Hayley leaned her head back against the wall. Capping the mouthwash bottle, she laid it down by her side.

"What about you?" Elijah asked her. "Any siblings?"

After a delayed answer time, Hayley shook her head and stated, "Oh, no. Um, no...not that I'm aware of."

"What do you mean?" Elijah asked curiously.

Once again, without even thinking it through, Hayley blurted out, "I'm adopted." She immediately turned her head to look away from him. "My bad," Hayley said apologetically. "I tend to become very open when I'm hungover."

Elijah chucked, and then instead of prying more, he joked, "Isn't that backwards?"

Rolling her eyes, Hayley replied, going along with the joke. "I never said anything to you about me being a forward person."

"Indeed you didn't."

Hayley laughed, enjoying Elijah's company more than she'd ever have expected to.

~AllAtSea~

The two of them spent the next however long talking and enjoying each others company. Hayley didn't want to ask him to leave, but she really wanted to get the smell of vomit and alcohol off of her. She was surprised Elijah hadn't mentioned anything about it. He really was a gentlemen.

After helping Hayley up from the floor, Elijah politely excused himself from the bathroom so Hayley could have her privacy. He assured her that he'd wait for her out in the room.

Hayley went about getting the water ready and all that. But it wasn't until she was already in the shower that she realized she'd left her shampoo out in the bedroom area.

"Damn!" Hayley muttered under her breath. "Umm... Elijah!"

From the other side of the door, she heard him reply, "Yes?"

"I forgot my shampoo out there. Could you grab my shampoo from my bag please! It's the one on the right dresser," she called out to him.

She could here the hesitance in Elijah's voice when he replied, "Yes, sure."

A few moments later, she heard Elijah quietly say, "Should I..."

A small laugh escaped Hayley's throat. "You can come in, I am concealed by the shower curtain."

The sound of the door opening followed seconds later.

"Even so, I'm not looking."

Hayley peaked her head out from behind the curtain and she full on laughed upon seeing him covering his eyes with one hand and holding the bottle out with the other.

"A true gentlemen," Hayley teased.

Hayley guided him to the shower and on where to go to hand her the shampoo bottle. But neither of them ever expected what happened next.

When Elijah reached into the shower to give her the bottle, he lifted it up a bit too high since he couldn't see. Hayley grabbed the bottle, causing it to get wet and slippery. Working as a domino effect, Elijah's hand slipped down the bottle just enough to unintentionally brush against Hayley's breast.

Hayley involuntarily gasped at the light touch.

Elijah groaned. "Was that... Did I..."

Hayley nodded, not that he could see her do it. "Yeah, mm-hmm."

She'd never seen anyone move as fast as he did in the next moment.

"I'm going to..." Elijah started, but was already out the door before he finished his thought.

The next thing Hayley heard was the door slamming closed.

Hayley closed the shower curtain, backing up until her back hit the shower wall. She bit down on her lip as she stood there, trying to figure out why she liked the brush of his hand against her as much as she did.

~AllAtSea~

While Elijah was out of the room, Keelin returned. Hayley had finished her shower and everything and was laying in bed, trying to get rid of the pounding headache she now had.

"Are you up for going onto land for a while?" Keelin asked, walking into the room, making her way over to Hayley.

"Huh?" Hayley, not paying attention to what Keelin was saying, asked from her position curled up under the covers.

"The ship is docked for the day," Keelin informed her, sitting down beside her.

Hayley rolled over to lay on her back. "Ohh." Hayley groaned. "My head is killing me right now."

Keelin sighed. "So that's a no then."

"I think I'll pass on this one," she said, hoping that Keelin wouldn't be mad or bummed. "Next time we dock, I'll definitely go explore with you."

Even though the tone of her voice clearly revealed that she wanted to get off the ship, Keelin asked, "Do you want me to stay here with you?"

Hayley shook her head. "No, you go have fun," she insisted. "I'm sure Freya would love your company."

Keelin grinned. "Do you think Elijah will stay here with you?"

Hayley looked away before answering, "Even if he does, there's nothing to grin about."

"What was that?"

"What was what?"

"You just gave me a guilty expression and then looked away from me," Keelin told her, a curious expression on her face.

"No, I didn't," Hayley argued.

"Something happened," Keelin correctly guessed. "What happened?"

"Nothing."

"Hayley, don't lie to me."

Hayley sighed, her head hurt too much to get into a silly back and forth thing with Keelin right now.

"Fine." Looking at Keelin again, Hayley confessed, "When I showered earlier, I forgot my shampoo and asked him to get it for me..." She paused for a moment before finishing. "...when he gave it to me, his hand slipped and ended up brushing against my boob."

Jumping up from the bed, Keelin squealed in excitement. "And you liked it!"

"What?!"

"The fact that you didn't instantly deny it and instead just asked "what" just proved to me that I am right." Keelin smirked. "You liked it!"

Hayley opened her mouth to say something, but someone clearing their throat caught their attention.

Both Keelin and Hayley looked towards the door to see Elijah standing there.

"I hope you don't mind," Elijah started, holding up a key card. "I grabbed your key instead of mine by mistake on my way out."

Keelin smiled at him. "That's perfectly fine."

"How long have you been in here?" Hayley wondered.

"Only a few seconds."

"So you didn't hear anything?"

Elijah shook his head. "I walked in just as Keelin said you liked it, whatever that's referring to."

Hayley let out a breath of relief. Good. So he didn't hear anything before that. That was good. At least he said he hadn't heard anything.

"Are you staying here with Hayley while Freya and I go on land?" Keelin asked, turning towards Elijah.

Nodding his head, he responded, "Yes, I already informed Freya.

"Okay, then. I can feel safe leaving her here." She walked over to Hayley and kissed her on her forehead. "You take care of my girl while I'm gone," Keelin directed her words towards Elijah.

"Of course."

"See you both later. Love you, Hales," Keelin called behind her as she left the room.

"Back at ya, Keels!"

Once it is just H and E in the room, Hayley asked, "So where did you run off to?"

Elijah held out a cup to her. "To get you this."

Sitting up in the bed and leaning back against the headboard, Hayley reached out to take it. "What's this?" She eyed the cup suspiciously.

"A banana smoothie with a few drops of honey."

"For what?" she asked, taking a sip of it.

"They're good for curing hangovers."

"Are they? I never knew that."

"When you're hungover it means your body has lost a lot of potassium. Bananas are high in it so they're good at replenishing the potassium your body needs."

Putting the smoothie down on the bed side table, Hayley grinned. "Well then. I learned something new today," Hayley said, settling back down in bed. "I can call it a day and go to sleep. Thank you, Professor."

Elijah chuckled. "Then you'll be awake when everyone else is sleeping.

Thinking for a moment, Hayley responded, "Yeah, you've got me there. It would get quite boring then, wouldn't it?"

"I would presume so."

"Would you keep me company?"

"Anytime."

~AllAtSea~

Keelin could be very persuasive when she wanted to be. Which is exactly why, just hours shy of getting rid of her hangover, Hayley found herself at another one of the ships many bars. She insisted on taking it slow this time. Yet, there she was at 8:00 pm drinking her third vodka tonic. She'd pay for it tomorrow. Another day wasted due to a hangover. Or maybe not. Maybe two nights drinking in a row would mean she'd be speared another hangover the next day. She could hope. Mind over matter and all that stuff.

"I'm going to go get another drink! Do you want one?" Keelin yelled over the loud music.

Maybe they were at a club, not a bar? Hayley didn't recall bars being this loud. Damn. Were the vodkas already getting to her?

Hayley shook her head, waving her half full glass in Keelin's face, yelling back, "Sure!"

"Are you sure another is a smart choice?" Elijah suddenly asked from beside her.

"I forgot you were even here." Hayley laughed, looking over at him.

An amused expression took over Elijah's facial features before he set his face into a serious look, tight lipped and not at all humorous.

"Again, are you sure another drink is a smart choice?" he reiterated, raising an eyebrow. "Keep drinking like this and you might do something you'll regret later."

Hayley smiled at him. "You're so sweet. Being so caring of me."

"I'm being a gentlemen."

"You're very good at it."

"I try," Elijah teased.

"I appreciate the gentlemanliness, but I'll be fine with another drink," she told him, looking back at Keelin long enough to signal for another drink.

"If you think so. Who am I to argue?"

"I like you."

Elijah grinned. "I like you, too."

"I'm really glad that I met you on this vacation," Hayley mused. "It's gonna suck when we go our separate ways once it is over."

Elijah didn't respond right away. After a few moments, he shook his head in agreeance, bringing his glass up to his mouth. "Yes, yes it will."

Feeling an emotion she hadn't felt in a while, Hayley's fight or flight instinct was activated.

"Um... I'm going to go see where Keelin got off to,' Hayley said, standing up quickly. A little too quickly.

The alcohol running through her caused her to sway in place. Lucky for her, Elijah was there to keep her steady.

Hayley chuckled. "Thanks."

"Don't mention it."

"So, yeah. I'm going to... yeah..." Hayley turned and hurried off to find where Keelin got off to.

~AllAtSea~

"Where the hell is she?" Hayley asked herself out loud.

Having made her way to the bar, she had not seen Keelin there. She was looking through the crowd off moving and sweaty bodies, searching for her. Keelin couldn't have gotten that far. Unless she'd left the bar. But she wouldn't have left without telling Hayley first.

Not finding her in the crowd, Hayley continued her search. Imagine her surprise when she finally found Keelin in a secluded corner of the bar. And not alone at that.

Hayley's eyes widened and she slapped a hand over her mouth to keep herself from being heard.

There in a far off and secluded corner was none other than Keelin and Freya. In the midst of a heated make out session. Even thought Hayley had made a bet with Elijah that it'd happen sooner rather than late, even this soon was rather unexpected. But she wasn't going to question it.

Reaching into her pocket, she pulled out her phone. Hayley grinned as she brought up the camera feature and positioned it in the best position she could to get a good picture. She would need the proof to assure Elijah that she was telling the truth when she gloated to him about winning the bet later.

After making sure the flash was off, Hayley clicked the red button and took a few pics. Then she went into her texts to text Elijah that she had something to tell and show him. While in her texts a certain person's name popped up. Hayley grinned mischievously. If she sent this pic to said person she would finally get everything she'd wanted. At least that's what her drunken mind told her.

Due to the alcohol running through her system, Hayley didn't think twice as she pressed the send button.