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For almost a month, Klaus and Elijah had been searching every inch of New Orleans trying to find Marcel or any of his men, however every search they went on, they came back with nothing.
Hayley had been panicking so much that she refused to allow Talia to leave the house with out her, she wouldn't even let Klaus take her into the forest anymore which caused Klaus to demand that Elijah and Rebekah take her out for the night and leave Klaus alone with Talia so he could spend some time with his daughter without Hayley peering over his shoulder.
Eventually after much persuading (a.k.a Klaus threatening her) she agreed but made Klaus promise to phone her if anything happened.
Klaus paced the nursery for what seemed like the hundredth time that night. He rocked a wailing Talia in his arms.
He'd been trying to put her down for the past two hours but nothing he used before had worked, they just seemed to make her more impatient.
He'd phoned Elijah an hour ago to ask for some of his advise on how to soothe her but warned him not to tell Hayley.
He almost sighed in relief as he heard the front door close and voices coming up the stairs.
Rebekah and Hayley walked in followed by Elijah.
''I warned you not to tell her'' He snapped glaring towards Elijah.
''She grabbed my phone whilst I was at the restroom'' Elijah said holding his hands up in defense.
''I don't know what's wrong, she just won't stop crying'' Klaus said handing Talia to Hayley who began rocking her. He moved to stand next to Elijah who could see for once in his life, his brother looked utterly exhausted.
''I tried everything you suggest on the phone but nothing...'' Klaus stopped instantly as he noticed the room had fell silent, Talia was no longer crying but instead smiling up towards Hayley.
''Don't worry about it Niklaus, sometimes all babies need is their mother'' Elijah said placing a hand upon his brother's shoulder. ''God I know you and Kol used to be terrible when we were trying to get you to sleep if it wasn't mother holding you, you'd scream so loud the whole village would wake up''
Rebekah sniggered behind her hand at the shocked look upon Klaus' face.
''Don't you laugh missy, you were just as bad. I remember father holding you and your face turning purple from screaming'' Klaus chuckled
He watched with a smile as Talia slowly began to drift off to sleep in Hayley's arms.
''I think that would be our cue Bekah'' Elijah said heading for the door. He and Klaus had changed rooms like Klaus had suggested which made it much easier for Klaus to be more involved with Talia during the night.
''I was going to head out for someone to eat anyway'' Rebekah smirked.
Rebekah rushed over and placed a gentle kiss upon Talia's forehead. Klaus smiled widely before he turned to see his siblings close the door behind them.
''I'm sorry if she was pain tonight, she's been like that most nights'' Hayley sighed. Klaus looked at her in concern.
''How long has she been refusing to go to sleep for?'' Klaus asked
''About five maybe six nights but it's getting worse, why?'' Hayley asked in a panicked tone.
''Don't worry love, but I'm pretty sure she has colic'' He saw Hayley's eyes widen in slight fear. ''Don't panic colic's nothing, just a bit of a sore tummy for the baby and a night of no sleep for the parents but if it gets worse then let me know and I'll try out some home made remedies I remember, I think''
Hayley smiled brightly towards him ''You know, it's a shame you don't let people see this side of you''
''What side?'' Klaus asked looking at her in confusion.
''The big fluffy puppy with bad teeth side'' Hayley sniggered which caused Klaus to narrow his eyes towards her.
''Your gonna get bit by those bad teeth any second love'' Klaus narrowed his eyes towards her in a playful threat which caused her to giggle quietly. Klaus' lips pulled up into a slight smile.
He moved his eyes to stare down towards a now sleeping Talia whilst Hayley began to clear away some of the things in the room. The awkward silence surrounding them made Klaus cringe. This wasn't the way he was hoping things would be between them once Talia came along but unfortunately the awkwardness had hung around them
''I actually wanted to ask you something'' He almost thanked Hayley as her voice broke through the silence as she turned to face him.
He lifted his head to look towards her.
''Elijah asked me if I wanted to go for dinner with him on Saturday night'' Klaus felt his stomach fold into itself as his throat became tighter. He turned to face her. ''But I said I wouldn't give him an answer until I spoke to you first. I don't want you to feel that we're getting together just to take Talia away from you, I'd never do that and I know Elijah wouldn't either. I just wanted to make sure that you were okay with it''
'Clearly I am not' Klaus wanted to scream but he forced those feelings down as he looked at the hopeful fire in her eyes. He knew that if she really liked Elijah, he had no right to stop her, after all they were never together in the first place.
''Hayley I'd rather you go out with my brother than some random off the street'' Klaus forced the words out, he smiled softly as Hayley's eyes lit up. ''So yes, I'd be okay if you went out to dinner with Elijah''
Hayley let out a small squeal of excitement before she rushed forward and hugged him tightly.
''Thank you Klaus. I promise we'll be back by half nine so you won't have to deal with Talia for too long'' Hayley smiled breaking from the hug. Klaus just smiled down at her.
''Don't rush back just for me, now go and give your answer to Elijah'' Klaus smirked pointing towards the door
"Who said we'd be back for you, I want to say goodnight to my daughter'' Hayley chuckled as she practically skipped out of the room and out of sight.
Klaus breathed deeply as he spun back round and placed his hands upon the railings of the cot in front of him.
With a small, but sad smile he stared down at his little girl.
He knew he had been foolish to think that Hayley actually saw a future for the three of them as he did.
''Klaus!'' He heard Hayley scream from the hallway. He rushed out to see one of Marcel's night walkers standing there looking in fear as Klaus growled towards him with his hybrid teeth bared.
Elijah also came out which caused Klaus to turn towards him.
''No!'' Hayley shouted as the vampire took off whilst Klaus and Elijah were distracted. She pushed past them and ran into Talia's room. She gasped as she saw another vampire laying in an unconscious heap at the far side of the room, opposite Talia's crib. Before she instantly rushed over to see Talia still sound asleep in her crib Klaus rushed in behind her and looked in horror at the unconscious vampire.
''What the bloody hell's going on?'' Rebekah asked running into the room. Klaus glanced out into the hallway and saw Elijah had gone, possibly after the unknown vampire in the hallway. ''Did Talia do that?''
''She's five months old Rebekah, how the hell is she supposed to knock a vampire unconscious'' Hayley said sarcastically
''Plus, she's still asleep?'' Klaus said looking around in confusion. He reached down and flung the other vampire over his shoulder. ''I'll go and wake this one up, see if we can question this one''
''And I also caught this one'' Elijah smiled dragging in the vampire that was in the hallway who struggled uselessly in Elijah's tight grip.
''Let's go and question them. Rebekah, keep an eye on Hayley and Talia please'' Klaus said as he and Elijah made their way from the room down to the dungeon beneath the house.
Hayley turned to look up towards Rebekah who was looking around the room in concern.
''What is it?'' Hayley asked beginning to become worried.
''I just came in the front door, Elijah left from the back door so we would have seen someone coming in or out of the house, that vampire would have climbed through the window the moment you three were distracted which wasn't very long but he wouldn't have time to shut the window again in fear of Klaus hearing him or me seeing him shut the window, so how is the window already shut?'' Rebekah asked pointing towards the window near where the vampire lay unconscious
''I don't know, don't the windows to this house shut automatically?'' Hayley asked glancing between Talia and Rebekah
''No they don't, plus there's a strange smell of burning coming from the night stand beside Talia's crib'' Rebekah said pointing over towards the bright white nightstand that sat on the right side of the crib
''So?'' Hayley asked her breathing becoming ragged with panic.
Rebekah took a deep calming breath before she replied ''So, I don't think Talia was alone when the attack happened. Someone else was in here and knocked out that vampire''
Dun, Dun, Dun
Will the two unknown vamps lead Klaus and Elijah to Marcel? What happened in Talia's bedroom? Do you think anyone was in there at the time, if so, who?
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