Rebekah, Elijah and everyone else decided not to interrupt the moment they got to witness. They were all well aware of the chemistry between Klaus and Hayley. Each often wondering if they would ever get out of their own way to let themselves love each other.
Rebekah knew it would never happen. Niklaus Mikaelson didn't have a real sense of what true love was. She supposed that wasn't entirely his fault but she had her doubts of him ever really finding it. A part of her also kind of wished he never did since he has robbed her of quite a few loves of the course of 1000 years. Still, she smiled when she saw him there with his arms around Hayley. She even envied him for a few moments because she knew he was at the brink of something she always wanted. As much as she hated Klaus sometimes, the idea of him maybe finding real happiness made her happy.
"Well now, how long are we going to let those two go at it? I do believe I'm not the only one who wants to see my niece sometime this century". She asked while plopping back down on the couch in the main room.
"Oh be patient Rebekah, we've waited this long, what's a few minutes longer" Elijah spoke up interrupting her rant.
"A few minutes? The way those two we're kissing I'd say we will be out here for at least another hour, maybe more" she replied with a slightly disgusted look on her face.
"Elijah is right Rebekah, let's give them time, you have no Idea how difficult it was in there for them, especially Hayley. Klaus looked like he was either going to pass out or kill all of us every five minutes. I think they just need to let off some steam," Sabine chimed in, letting out a light chuckle. Everyone knew what she meant by letting off some steam.
Marcel laughed as he sat up on the couch he was sitting on. "More like creating some steam. I have a feeling Klaus has wanted to do that again since the night he and wolf girl knocked boots"
"Knocked boots?" Rebekah asked while Elijah looked on just as confused.
"oh you know, hit the sheets, made love, had wild wolf sex. You're a thousand years old I didn't think I would have to spell it out for you" Marcel quipped, letting out another laughed that annoyed Elijah.
Sabine also laughed, Rebekah rolled her eyes. "Marcel spare us the uncomfortable lesson please," Elijah said as he sighed.
The room fell silent again, all growing impatient. They wanted to see the new little princess of the Mikaelson family.
Klaus and Hayley lost themselves in each other's lips. Their kisses alternated in intensity as they rode a wave of passion and tenderness that drove both of them deeper and deeper into each other's beings.
Klaus knew he could stay like this all day with her and Hayley knew that she could let him. Unfortunately for them Nikol had other plans. They weren't sure how long they were lost but it felt like forever, for Nikol it was a little too long. They were both snapped out of their trance when the newborn began to cry. The tender cries released from her tiny body made them all too aware of where they were and what they were. When they opened their eyes they both gasped and immediately pulled away from the kiss. Klaus looked away towards the window and Hayley peered down at the crying baby in her arms, both of them embarrassed by their behavior.
"Hey sweetie, I see you need to be the center of attention like your father already" she said, gently picking up Nikol and resting her on her chest.
Klaus smirked as he looked at Hayley gently rubbing Nikol's back to comfort her.
"Actually love I think that is a trait she inherited from you, I do believe you where the one sulking around this place pleading for attention the entire time you were pregnant".
"I did no such thing!" Hayley replied, gently laughing. Her attempts to comfort Nikol must have worked because the newborn was now quiet as a mouse against her mother's chest.
Klaus stared at his daughter's face as she lay there peacefully. He reached out a hand to lightly caress her tiny back.
"Are you ready to hold her?"
He wasn't sure how to respond. He wanted desperately to hold her, to shower her with all of his affection, but he was afraid to. He was afraid he would hurt her. He was afraid that the darkness inside him would seep through his finger and infect her like a virus. He didn't want to ever hurt his daughter, physically, emotionally, or mentally, but he was deathly afraid that he would. It was in his nature, how could it not be the same when it came to his daughter. He had done many despicable things over the course of his 1000 years, most without remorse, but ruining her was something he would never forgive himself for.
"umm…"
Hayley sensed his apprehension. She still has a lot to learn about the hybrid, but she knew that he was afraid of hurting her.
"Klaus it's okay, you won't hurt her. You're her father; you'll never hurt her." She said in an attempt to soothe his fears.
"How are you so sure? How do you know I won't ever hurt her? I've hurt every person who's ever been in my life…including you."
He had never really been open to anyone about his fears of fatherhood. He and Hayley and talked about parenting a few times but he usually just put on a brave face during the conversations, not wanting to expose her to his day to day internal battles. Now he felt like part of the strong facade he had put up for so long was gradually being exposed and he was oddly okay with it. If there was anyone he would let into the inter depths of his mind it was Hayley.
"I don't deserve her Hayley, I don't deserve to be able to hold something so undefiled in my arms. I don't deserve any of this" he said motioning towards Hayley and the baby, " and I'm afraid that one day she will know it and hate me because of it"
Hayley wasn't shocked that he felt that way but she was shocked that he actually admitted it to her. She knew the feeling. She has spent many nights alone wondering why the universe would give people like her and Klaus something so special. As grateful as she was for this gift, she was scared out of her mind that her daughter would one day grow up and resent the universe for sticking her with them.
To klaus's surprise Hayley started to laugh. "Is my fear amusing to you? Here I thought I might actually open up for a change-"
"No Klaus, it's not" Hayley interrupted him, shifting Nikol to her arms. She slowly made her way closer to Klaus and picked Nikol up.
"What on earth are you doing little wolf?"
"Just relax and stick you arms out please, Klaus trust me it will be fine"
"But I don't-"
Before he could continue putting up a fight Hayley had Nikol in his outstretched arms.
"See, she's still in one piece isn't she? She's right here in your arms and she's still the same undefiled baby she was 2 minutes ago."
"I wasn't laughing because I found your fears amusing, I was laughing because I realized just how stubborn we both are. I know exactly how you feel, maybe if we took down these walls a little we could actually help each other"
Klaus looked down at Nikol, still not quite processing what Hayley meant. Hayley picked his chin up so that he could look at her.
"The entire time I was pregnant I had some of the same fears. What if I hurt her, what if I abandon her one day like I was abandoned, what if she abandons me or ends up hating me, but when I saw her all of that disappeared. When I looked into her eyes I knew there was nothing in this world that would make me hurt or leave her. I'm her mother, and I would rather die than inflict the pain that I experienced on her. You're her father and I know that despite all your flaws you would rather die before you did what was done to you to her, so you need to hold her, and hold her close, she's yours and nothing will ever change that"
Klaus looked down at Nikol and a tear escaped his eye. He gently lifted his daughter up and placed her against his chest. He let out a deep sigh and griped her closer to him, not ever wanting to let her go. Hayley was right, she was his, nothing would ever change that and he would drive a white oak stake into his own chest before he would ever hurt her in anyway.
Hayley looked on and smiled. Maybe they would actually make good parents, she thought to herself. Maybe they just might make it through this together. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, silently hoping she was right about it all.
"She's beautiful," Klaus said, interrupting her thoughts. "Beautiful, just like her mother"
Hayley wasn't one to get excited over compliments but hearing him say that made her blush. She didn't know what was happening between her and Klaus but she wasn't about to question it, not tonight at least. Even if it were just for one night, she would enjoy this night, a night where she, Klaus, and Nikol were a family, just the three of them.
"Yes she is beautiful. She has your eyes, I could look at them all day"
Klaus took a second from admiring Nikol's striking features to grab Hayley's hand.
"Thank you little wolf"
She smiled; she knew exactly what he was thanking her for. "You know you may have to find a new nickname for me, seems like we have a new little wolf"
"No love" Klaus said shaking his head. "You will always be little wolf to me, we'll just have to coin a new nickname for her". Klaus looked up at Hayley and once again their eyes met and elicited the same urge to crash his lips against hers as before. They both leaned in closer, anticipating their lips meeting with the same desire as before.
"So are you guys going to hog my little niece all night? Some of us would like to meet her sometime this decade " Rebekah yelled, causing them to pull away before they got the chance to act on their desires again.
Klaus rolled his eyes, not amused by his sister's impatience. Hayley laughed.
"She does have a point Klaus, we have been keeping her all to ourselves so far. We should let everyone meet our little angel"
"Very well then, I guess we can let the peasants be graced with her magnificent presence", he said as he lifted Nikol up and placed a light kiss on her forehead.
"Hey I heard that!" Rebekah barked back as she burst in the room, followed by the rest of their family and friends.
Hayley just sat back and laughed. She knew Klaus and Rebekah were about to get into a verbal sparring match over their daughter. She leaned back in the bed taking a deep breath as she closed her eyes. This was her really her family now. Underneath all the dysfunction and chaos, the hurt and the betrayals, was a family, something she had never really experienced until now.