Klaus + Hayley (+ Elijah): Can't Let It Go

Hayley walked inside of her room after her little dispute with Elijah. It only took for her to be in danger from Esther for him to even speak to her. It was incredible the way he was avoiding her. Over the days, they seemed more and more distant, like the connection they once felt was breaking. Elijah didn't like this new her. Hayley begun to realize that very well, but she didn't care. She didn't want him to fix her. She didn't want him to even try. She was not an object and she was now considering Esther's offer anyways. As she walked inside her room, there was Elijah, standing there, ready to talk to her.

"I'm surprised that you didn't just leave. That is what you're good at right? You said you no longer want to be in this house." Hayley told him bitterly. Elijah sighed and came closer to her. "Hayley, listen to me. I have not been avoiding you. If you ask me, it is you who have been avoiding me, preferring my brother's company now, rather than mine." "Because he gets me. He understands what I am going through and he doesn't try to change me into a person I am not, the way you do." Hayley snapped at him. Elijah looked taken aback by her response and took a step back indeed. "I guess everything that needed to be said, was already said." Elijah whispered and Hayley crossed her arms over her chest.

Just at that moment, Klaus walked inside the room and stopped in his tracks when he saw Elijah there as well. He had come here, meaning to speak to Hayley about their last argument. He wanted to set things straight with her. Once he saw his elder brother with her, he once again felt the desire to step back. "I'm sorry. I'll go." He whispered softly but then he heard Elijah's voice. "There will be no need, Niklaus. I must retire now. I have things to do. A vampire to train." "What vampire?" Klaus asked, curious. "It's a little task that Marcel has set out for me. A girl named Gia, whom he turned. He wants me to train her to be a vampire now. I must leave to meet her. Have a pleasant night, you two!" Elijah exclaimed and went out the door without saying anything else. Klaus met Hayley's eyes for one moment and she shook her head, sighing and sitting down on her bed, exhausted after this long night.

Without realizing it, Klaus had gone over and had sat down with her on the bed. "You did it, love. You managed to do that spell." He told her softly. "Yeah. Now whenever Esther decides to change bodies, we have that sign on her hand which indicates it's her." Hayley responded without looking at him. "Forgive me for before. I did not mean to yell at you, little wolf." "Don't worry about it. I am having a shitty night as it is." Hayley said coolly and stood up, walking around. "Is it because of my brother?" he asked and Hayley gave him a look to which Klaus simply smirked and raised his hands. "You're right. It is none of my business." She shook her head and said, "Who are we trying to prove to here, Klaus? You have a crazy mother on the loose who happens to be the most powerful witch in existence and you have your father on the loose as well, kept as Davina's secret weapon. We stand no chance against them. Might as well just go with the flow." She told him and he stood up at once.

"What do you mean by that? Are we going back to that discussion earlier? You are honestly thinking about accepting my mother's offer?" "I told you that I do not want to discuss this with you!" "You are part of my family, love! I want to hear about your intention! What do you think you are going to solve if you do accept this proposition? You will only make things worse for yourself and for Hope!" He stood up, now angry and Hayley was showing anger on her face as well. "Who are you to tell me that? Klaus, I am entitled to making my own decisions. I am sorry if that does not work well with you but I have a life to live. This, what we are doing here, is not life." "You are right. We are waging war for a life. We are fighting for one and we don't make stupid and irrational decisions to get a better life. We fight for one! As a family!" he told her and grabbed her by her shoulders. She looked at him in awe at his reaction. "She really hurt you, didn't she?" she suddenly whispered as she saw the pain in his eyes. He let go of her shoulders and said, "Yes. I do not want you to be a part of her games. She is not giving out gifts to welcome you as her daughter-in-law. She wants something from you in return of getting you back as a werewolf, do you understand me?" "What if she isn't?"

"I have never known you to be so naïve, Hayley." Klaus whispered and stepped away from her but he whooshed over and grabbed his arm, turning him around. "I am not naïve. I am simply thinking about myself for a change." "Not a good idea when your daughter is out there in hiding and you said with your own words, that we must remain here and fight for the home that should have been hers. She should be here with us and she should be safe. She should be here, with her parents." He told her. "And after everything that had happened, you want me to just walk away from getting a better life than this?" "What can be a better life than having power and being invincible? That is what you are, love. You have power and you are an invincible immortal creature. You can fend for yourself." "I want family, Klaus!" she exclaimed at him and he yelled, "AND WHAT ABOUT US?" She frowned for a minute, not understanding what he was saying. Klaus turned away from her in anger.

"What are you talking about?" she asked in a whisper, getting closer to him. He turned around and looked at her deep in the eyes. "What about our family? I heard everything that my mother had told you in there. She mentioned you having more children of your own. She mentioned being mortal again so you can have what you always wanted. I know that this is not the family that you have always pictured in your head. It is not the ideal kind of family I had in mind either, but it is something. It is a family worth fighting for. You would have probably wanted to have a husband, to be married and to have a child through love and not through complications with a psychotic one night stand like myself..." "Klaus…" He put his hand up. "No. You don't have to say anything, love. I am no good. I don't believe that I ever will be. But…this family…our own little family that we have created together, it is something worth saving. It is something worth fighting for." Hayley eyes were already watering at those profound words.

Klaus stepped back towards her and took her hands in his. "I don't want to give up on this family and I don't want to lose you." He finally told her and Hayley shook her head. "What are you talking about? How can you lose me?" "You become a werewolf…and you will decide to go back to your pack. What would be then point of you remaining here with us? With me? You would go on and live your own life. You would be their Queen and you would protect your pack. You would meet someone else…you would have children. You would grow old…and you would die." These thoughts have never crossed Hayley's mind before. She could not just turn her back on him. And she could not turn her back on Hope just to have the life that she had always wanted. Okay, maybe her life was not perfect but it wasn't that bad either. She didn't have a child through love. She had a child with a man who has been through so much, and somehow, he was now showing her that he needed her. He needed her in his life and she had no response for his demand. He wanted her to stay and to forget this once in a lifetime opportunity. He shook his head and whispered, "Just remember that once you do this, there is no going back to being a hybrid, love. Your chances will be gone." He walked out of the room and left her there. Hayley could not let the tears fall on her cheeks but she couldn't help it.

"Wait!" she called out to him and he stopped. He turned back to face her and she went over to him, putting her hand on the place where his heart was. "You're right. I am not giving up on this family. I am not giving up on you either, and the person that I know you are deep inside. You may not acknowledge it but I do care for you, Klaus. I am not going to turn my back on my daughter. Esther can go to hell." He smiled at her and placed his hand on her own smaller hand that was resting on his heart. He leaned over and whispered, "Thank you. Truth be told, I enjoy having my hybrid partner around for company. Can't let that go, little wolf." In her ear with a smile. She felt a smile crawl on her lips as well as he stepped out of her room and left for good. She knew that she would be there for him. She would not let him fight those demons alone. As for Esther and Mikael, they could both be damned. No one messed with their family and she was soon going to show them that.