Hayley realized after a couple of minutes of silent driving that he has gone to sleep. She said tentatively "Klaus"
Klaus said while keeping his eyes closed "I am awake love. Just pay attention to the signs and follow the voice"
"Which voice?" Haley asked in confusion keeping her eyes on the road.
Klaus smiled and thought 'this is going to be an interesting road trip' and said "the gps love. We need to reach the place it is guiding us. Wake me up when you feel like sleeping or … eating"
Hayley asked him in frustration "Klaus are you really going to sleep. This is my first time driving your car and you are sleeping"
Klaus opened his eyes with a sigh and said "Hayley I have not slept for about 24 hours now and if I don't sleep right now I might snap the neck of the first person I see… of course after you"
Hayley asked him curiously "just 24 hours? I thought vampires… hybrids can stay awake for a longer time.
Klaus closed his eyes again and said "yes they can. I have managed to stay up for 60 hours once but that didn't end well for people interacting with me"
Hayley switched lanes while looking in the side mirrors and asked "60 hours? That is pretty long. How come you couldn't sleep?"
Klaus opened his eyes just for a second and gave her a look and then closed them again "are you asking me about my history"
Hayley flushed and said "maybe"
Klaus didn't answer for a while. She thought that he had gone to sleep when he said "it was a hunters curse that followed me for 52 years and I couldn't sleep without getting hallucinations so at one point in my life I decided to go sleepless which only lasted for 5 days. During which I ended up slaughtering a couple of innocent people and decided not to try that again"
When she didn't say anything Klaus looked at her and saw that she was lost in her thoughts. He said with a smirk "afraid of me?"
Hayley glanced at him while changing the lanes again earning a look of approval from him. She said "No"
He didn't look away for a second and then said "if you don't have any questions can I go to sleep"
Hayley smiled while keeping her eyes on the road and nodded.
A couple of moments later she realized that he had gone to sleep.
Hayley turned on the music and smiled as the instrumental music filling up the car. She chanced him a glance but he seemed to be fast asleep. She drove the car in silence keeping an eye on the road, signs and the voice of gps. With each passing minute her confidence kept on increasing and she relaxed down. It was straight forward as he had mentioned it.
A couple of hours later she started to get hungry. She looked at the clock on the dash and realized that she had been driving for four hours now. Hayley slightly shook him with one hand while keeping the other on the road.
Klaus felt someone shake him. He opened his eyes and saw her smiling. He said after glancing at the clock "oh good I am still alive" and then smiled and said "you did pretty good little wolf"
Hayley smiled and said "I am hungry"
"For blood or …" Klaus asked her with a smile.
She looked at him in surprise wondering 'how relax and in a good mood he is'. She said "for food"
"Okay then take the exit for any food signs" Klaus said casually.
She kept her eyes open and then took the exit for the signs of McDonalds and subway.
She said "I need to stretch my legs so let's stop and eat"
They got out of their car at McDonalds. As she was stretching her legs, she looked up and saw him looking at her. She asked him "what?"
"Nothing" he said and then asked her "what you do want to eat?"
Hayley said carelessly "Anything will do"
Klaus went inside and came back in a couple of minutes with a bag and took out a burger and gave it to her.
Klaus said "we will have a long way to go. Do you want to sit and eat or eat while on the way?"
"Either is okay" Hayley said taking a bite of her burger.
Klaus said "okay then let's go"
As the settle down again with him behind the wheel now. He started the car and took it into a gas station and filled it up again.
Once on the highway Hayley noticed that he had not eaten anything. She asked him "you haven't eaten anything?"
Klaus looked at her with surprise and said "I am not hungry right now"
"You want blood?" she asked him
"No. just not hungry" he said keeping his eyes on the road.
"Oh come now. Take this" she said with annoyance and on impulse she offered him her half eaten burger. Klaus looked at her gesture with raised eyebrows. As she realized what he had done, she started to retreat but he held her hand and took a bite off her burger and said "thanks"
Hayley blushed and took her hand back from him.
Klaus looked at the clock and said "I think we will have to take a break for tonight. Five more hours at max"
Hayley nodded and kept on eating her burger.
She asked him "tell me about the hunters curse. How did that happen?"
Klaus laughed and said "why Hayley! If I didn't know any better, I would think that you are interested in finding out about me"
Hayley flushed but said "what if I am? We are Hope's parents. We need to know at least some stuff about each other"
Klaus smile slipped from his face and he said "Okay I tell you one of my past, you will have to tell me yours too"
Hayley said "Okay"
Klaus took a deep breath and said "Alexander was a hunter, he tricked Rebekah into believing that he loved her and tried to kill all of us but he didn't know that the daggers don't have any effect on me. Actually it was the first time we discovered too that I am immune to the daggers. I killed him in rage and daggered Rebekah" he took a deep breath and continued "later I discovered even if you kill a hunter, he or she will try their best to complete their last mission. In my case Alexander's last mission was to kill me so his ghost tortured me for 52 years 10 months 7 days and 32 minutes"
He kept his eyes on the road and gave his hand to her.
Hayley looked at his outstretched hand and handed him her burger and said "that long! So how did it end?"
Klaus said after taking a bite and giving it back to her "I don't know. One day it just went away"
Hayley looked at him and asked him "so you punished Rebekah for that"
Klaus looked at her and didn't say anything.
He said to her "now my turn. Ready"
Hayley prepared himself mentally for his question. He asked her "Who was your first boy frined?"
Hayley looked at him in surprise and said "Jamis Evans"
"Human?" Klaus asked her
"Yes, it was in high school. I had not triggered my gene then and had no idea about it" Hayley said sipping her drink and then offering him.
Klaus took the drink from her hand and said "why didn't it work out?"
"That summer I triggered my gene. After that everything changed. My adopted parents kicked me out so I left everything and everyone I knew behind. I have been looking for my family for the past seven years and now because of you I have found them"
She looked at him and said "by the way have I ever thanked you for leading me to my family?"
Klaus said with a smile "not yet"
Hayley laughed and said "Well then thank you. You have given me the most important thing anyone has ever given me".
Klaus kept quiet because he knew how much her pack meant to her and it always bothered him that she didn't even know them and still considered them as her family. He looked at her in surprise when she said "You gave me Hope"
Klaus smiled at her when their eyes met and said "well that goes both ways I guess"
She smiled and started to gaze outside.
When Elijah woke up he at once knew that they were gone. He laid there in his bed for a while thinking about their next step. He got up and changed and then went to his room. He took out the stake from his hiding spot and turned around and saw Kol standing at the door.
"what are you doing?" Kol asked him.
Elijah looked down at the stake and said "I don't know if I can go through with killing our brother"
Kol replied "Finn is a suicidal maniac. You will be doing everyone a favour"
Elijah gave him a stern look and said "I guess we don't have any choice if he is hell bend upon killing Niklaus and Hope"
Kol asked him "how come Nik let her go"
Elijah said "For her safety there was no other option. She was not safe here. You don't know what has been happening the last couple of months before she was born"
Kol said "I know, I was looking from the otherside, remember" and then he said "I think we should just take this stake and jab it into his heart"
Elijah said "Finn is occupying a witch's body so he cannot be approached that easily"
"Yes I remember that" Kol said.
He walked out into the court yard with Kol and said "let's go and check up on them"
As they reached the witch yard, they saw Davina standing near a grave. Elijah walked up to her and saw that it was Monique's grave. He stood there silently with her until she said "You know you will not get what you want even if you come again and again. I will never stop trying to kill Klaus or unlink Marcel and Josh from them"
Elijah said with regret "Yes I know. I can see a lost cause now"
He then asked her "What is my mother and brother up to?"
"How should I know? She is very secretive and your brother, I haven't seen him since yesterday" Davina said cleaning the dry leaves from the grave slab.
Elijah had a sinking feeling in his stomach. He asked her "he is not in New Orleans?"
Davina said "I don't think so" and then she walked away.
Kol asked him as soon as she was out of ear shot "do you suppose he followed them?"
Elijah said "I don't think so. He left yesterday and they left today but it is alarming where he has gone" and then he was pinned against the wall. Kol spun around and to his horror he saw Mikael standing there.
Elijah took out the stake from his jacket and threw it towards Kol who stood there facing Mikael and then he darted at him with the stake raised in his hand.
Mikael turned at his spot and jabbed his hand into the his adams apple making him choke and at the same time he felt himself paralyze.
He walked up to Elijah who realized that Davina was controlling both brothers with magic and said "Your brother is hiding from me and send the two warriors to fight with me. I get you but who is he?" Mikael pointed towards Kol making Elijah realize that he does not know about Kol yet.
Elijah said "he is a friend"
Mikael said with a laugh "doesn't he know that friendship with Mikaelsons is dangerous"
And then looked over his shoulder and Elijah saw Davina walking towards him. She reached them and said to Mikael "so fun time over for today" she raised her hand and Elijah noticed his father's gaze fall on that bracelet and he noticed bite marks on her arm. Mikeal looked at Davina and then held her outstretched arm and to Elijah's horror he sunk his teeth into her arm. Davina kept her eyes on Elijah with insolence as long as Mikeal drank from her and said "see the extent I am willing to go to kill your brother"
She then pried her arm free from Mikael and let him outside the cemetery making Kol and Elijah mobilize again.
Elijah stood up and said to Kol "we need to find what Finn is up to. Has he gone to look for her? We have until sunset to search him in New Orleans and then I will call Niklaus".
Rebekah closed the door slightly as she walked towards the main door and after looking through the peeping hole she opened the door with a smile on her face.
She said with a smile "Stefan, it is so good to see you" and then she hugged him.
Stefan entered the house and looked around. A play mat and a playpen in the living room were the indication that there was a child living in this house. He turned towards her and said "Rebekah, you look good and happy"
"I am" Rebekah said walking into the kitchen and putting the kettle on the stove. She smiled at his questioning look and said "Cannot drink with Hope around"
"Wow that is a big change" Stefan smiled and said.
After a couple of moment of silence he asked her "so how does it work? The cloaking spell"
Rebekah took a deep breath and said "She is hidden from anyone who approaches her with the intention of harming her"
Stefan said impressively "Now that is interesting. Who did that for you?"
"Someone I cannot tell you about" Rebekah laughed and said.
She poured the coffee into their cups and walked into the living room with him. she asked him "how are Klaus and Hayley taking all of this?"
"Not good I am afraid" Stefan said tasting his coffee.
"What do you mean?" Rebekah asked.
Stefan picked up a rattle from the table and said "They are both trying to pretend that everything is normal. They don't talk to anyone about how they are feeling let alone talk to each other. That cannot be normal right?"
Rebekah said sympathetically "I feel sorry for them especially Hayley. She is the mother you know"
"Yes but Klaus is hurting more than he is letting on" Stefan said.
As Rebekah was about to say something they heard a baby cry. She sighed and got up and went to the room. Stefan just sat there waiting for her. She came back after a couple of minutes with the most adorable baby Stefan had seen. She smiled at Stefan as she started making her bottle while holding her in one arm.
Stefan put his cup down and walked to her and asked her "Can I hold her?"
"OF course" Rebekah said handing him the baby.
"She is so cute" Stefan said after a couple of minutes.
"Yes thanks God she has taken after her mother" Rebekah said while shaking the bottle
Stefan laughed and said "I don't know who she looks like but she definitely is a cutest baby I have seen in a while now and don't let Klaus hear that"
Rebekah laughed and said while taking Hope from him "Yes that is the secret between us"
Klaus was lost in his thoughts when he heard her say "how about we play a game?"
"What?" Klaus said in surprise "I don't play games. Games are for kids"
Hayley said putting up her feet on the car seat and turning towards her "This is not that kind of game. Instead of us finding out about each other with explicit questions, how about one of us says something the other says the first thing that comes to his or her mind. I will start first"
"Hayley…" Klaus said with exasperation
Hayley said with a little annoyance and mock "Klaus come on. We still have some time to spend before we take the break so let's have some fun. You remember fun or I will have to introduce you to it too?"
Klaus glared at her and then nodded.
Hayley said excitedly "now you cannot think okay. You just say the first thing that comes into your mind okay?"
Klaus laughed at her enthusiasm and then picked up her drink to sip.
Hayley said "okay ready?" when he nodded she asked "Family"
Klaus said "hmmm"
She said with annoyance "you cannot think".
He replied "well I cannot help it. I do use my mind unlike people surrounding me"
Hayley playfully punched him in his arm making him and her surprise but both of them ignored it even if they found the gesture surprising.
She said "okay I will start with simple ones then. Rain"
Klaus said "wet"
She said "brother"
Klaus said "Elijah". She smiled making him flush.
She said "love"
Klaus said "Hope" making her smile again. Hayley felt her heart flutter. She loved it that he admitted her feelings to her. Klaus looked at her and said "what? You think I am not capable of loving anyone?"
Hayley said keeping her eyes fixed on his face "on the contrary I believe that you can love with an intensity that no one knows" she stopped for a while to see his reaction. When she saw none she asked in a whisper "Caroline". He looked at her and said "Forgotten"
A smile started to appear on her face which made his heart warm too. He said "my turn now"
Hayley said incredulously "Now you want to play?"
Klaus laughed and said "Of course" and then he asked without warning "Jackson"
Hayley said "Friend"
Klaus "first reaction to pregnancy"
Hayley "shock"
He looked at her and smiled and asked "friendship"
She said "trust"
Klaus asked "love"
She was about to say "confused" but she stopped herself. When she didn't say anything he looked at her and said "you cannot think"
Hayley flushed and said "discovering"
He smiled and said "Elijah or me?"
Hayley was about to say something when her mind registered the sentence. Her head jerked towards him and saw that he was laughing silently. She said with a little annoyance "you are evil you know"
"Yes I know" Klaus said with a smile and then said "this was the only way I could make you stop playing"
Hayley laughed and said "I thought you were having fun"
"Well yeah I was but it is never a good idea to know too much about anyone" Klaus said while taking an exit.