A/N: guest. Hayley will definitely get a break starting from this chapter. It is just the start, her and Klaus's life are going to change from now on wards. I hope you enjoy this chapter. td. YEs Caroline is in the story but dont forget it is a Klayley story. Caroline , Elijah and Esther will play an important role in the bringing Klayley together and people I know it is depressing that she got cancer but cancer is curable and can get in remission. Don't lose hope in the story or in her life. The story is progressing gradually. Just be patient. All of your question will be answered but I still like that you are asking them. It tells me how involved you are in the story.

The chapters are starting to get longer. I am not sure all of them will be this long or not. Do you prefer short chapter with gradual development of story or a lot of coverage of story line in one chapter?

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy this chapter too.

Synopsis: Hayley in a fix when she is turned down for the loan she needs from the company and the bank but as she thought that all door closed on her she gets some help.

Amy relaxed expression changed to shock and she said "what?!"

Hayley nodded and told her about what Dr Ackles had told her. After she was finished telling her everything Amy jumped up excitedly saying "what are you thinking then. take it".

Hayley said with hesitation "Amy he likes me. I know he likes me. I cannot take advantage of his feelings for me".

Amy said "listen forget about all of that. Just think of Hope".

Hayley said "I have to go. I have to leave early again. Talk to a bank manager for the loan and then I will got to the office. Will you please look after Hope".

Hayley left the bank after a long and tiring discussion with Sam, the bank manager who usually helped her with loan, feeling totally devastated. She was running out of options. The only option left was the company. She sat in her car for a while looking at the building trying to justify their refusal by telling her 'they are right. She was already too indebted with them and Sam couldn't help her anymore'. She looked at her wristwatch and saw it was 8:11. She sighed and started the car headed towards her office.

Klaus was lying on the sofa reading the file about her he had asked human resources for it after she had gone home and was wondering 'how come she landed in his job? She does not have qualification for this job? So how? Did Tyler help her or her father…'. He stopped his thoughts in anger. He closed the file and put it on his chest and closed his eyes when the door opened and saw her entering his office. As he saw she tucked the lock of the hair behind her ear and straightened things on his desk, he said "I see you take reprimands seriously Ms. Marshall".

He sat up as he saw her startling and then she stepped back hitting her legs against the chair making him narrow his eyes in confusion. She said "oh I am sorry Mr Mikaelsons. I didn't see you".

She started to leave when she bumped into the desk hiring with her leg and winced.

He saw her fumbling in confusion and impulsively got up and said "are you okay?" and walked towards her and when he was about to touch her hand she jumped back again as if he had done something really bad. He straightened and stared at her as she limped out of his office.

Klaus went to freshen himself in the attached bathroom where he kept an extra pair of clothes for situations like these all the time wondering about why she reacted that way. When he came out freshened up, his coffee was waiting for him on his desk.

He was sipping his coffee when she came in and told me of today's agenda and took notes for the work she was supposed to do.

Hayley picked up the file he probably had left for her previous night after she had gone for the appointment and scanned through it. In one glance she realized that it was a settlement agreement. She wondered 'how long did he stay in the office after she had gone and how did he manage to persuade their client? they were very adamant about their demand' but then said to herself "who cares!" and started to type the settlement agreement. She looked up after half an hour to see his first appointment walking to his room. She got up and took them to his room to discuss about the case he was currently handling. The meeting was so long that she lost track of time. Soon after the meeting ended and his clients left, he told her to type the notes and bring them to him after the break.

She looked at her wristwatch and realized that he had taken 10 minutes of her lunch break. She hastily put the notepad on the desk and rushed to the accounting floor.

Klaus had two meeting with different clients which took most of his evening. He kept glancing at Hayley who was taking notes and couldn't help but feel that she was not totally present in those meetings but she was doing her work efficiently so he had nothing to say.

It was around half past six and Klaus was sitting at his desk when the door opened and a young girl walked in.

Klaus glanced up when she said "Mr. Mikealsons I am from the accounting department. Amanda Simpson"

He said "yes Amanda what is it?"

Amanda leaned back with the pencil in his hand. He waited for her to say something but she seemed hesitant and then Amanda said "Ms Marshall asked for a loan today".

Klaus straightened in his chair and asked "how much?"

Amanda said "ten thousand dollars".

Klaus looked at her thoughtfully and then his gaze went to Hayley through the glass wall and saw her looking at the monitor screen and the images of her worried face throughout the day flashed through his mind.

He said "thank you Amanda for keeping me informed. No need to tell you that it will be between us".

Amanda nodded and then asked "should I sanction her the loan?"

Klaus stared at Hayley and suddenly she looked around and their eyes met through the glass wall and then she hastily looked away.

Klaus said in a barely audible voice "no".

Hayley looked at the monitor screen but not really looking at it wondering what was Amanda doing in his office and prayed "please God don't let him find out about the loan request" but she knew that he will eventually find out. It was after all his firm.

Amanda nodded and left the room.

She was lost in her thoughts and didnt hear the buzzer.

Klaus looked at her bent head and wondered 'why is she not picking up the phone?'

He at last got up and walked out and said coldly "Ms. Marshall if I have to walk out every time I need you then I think I should find someone else".

Startle by his voice Hayley jumped up and hastily wiped her eyes before turning towards him but he had already gone back in.

She picked up her notepad and went after him.

As she sat down she said "I am sorry Mr. Mikaelsons. it will never happen again".

Klaus stared at her and said "and neither will you ask loan from this company!"

Hayley gulped down the lump in her throat and nodded.
When he didn't say anything she asked "do you need me for anything else Mr Mikaelsons?"

Klaus said "I have to go to our New Orleans office on Wednesday. You will accompany me".

He saw her hesitation and smirked knowing well she will not be able to say no.

She felt like screaming at him but said softly "this Wednesday?"

Klaus said with raised eyebrows "yes, do we have a problem?"

Hayley said after a moment of silence "no".

She stood up and said "anything else Mr. Mikalesons?"

Klaus stared at her and then said "no you can go now".

Hayley said "I mean can I … " but Klaus cut her off by saying "yes you can go home. I am done with you for today".

Hayley left his office and then quickly collected her things and headed towards the exit.

When she reached home it was around 7:15. Hope screamed with happiness as she looked at her. Hayley hugged her, picked her up and said "hey sweetie what are you doing out of bed?"

Hope said "cartoons".

Hayley smiled and said "can I watch?"

Hope nodded her head vigorously. Hayley sat on the sofa with her snuggling closer. After some time she realized that Hope had fallen asleep leaning against her so she picked her up and took her to her bed and put her on it and turned and went to change her clothes too.

After changing her clothes she stood in front of mirror and stared at her reflection and then ideally ran fingers through her wavy dark brown hair and it hit her that she will lose all her hair after the chemotherapy but if she does not get the loan then Hope will lose her.

She said "damn you Mr Mikaelsons" in her heart and wiped her tears. She looked up as she heard Amy ask "so?"

Hayley shook her head with a sigh.

Amy said "and the firm".

She pushed her hair back from her head and said "no too. I am thinking of taking Dr. Ackles offer but I want to try some more banks over the weekend".

She then added "why are you standing here? Go have fun. It is Friday. Go have fun".

Amy smiled, picked up her bag. She was heading out when Hayley said "Amy if you are meeting Tyler, dont tell him anything".

Amy looked at her and then nodded and left whereas Hayley after changing her clothes laid on her bed and picked up a book to read. She tried to keep her mind in the book but couldn't and suddenly she started to cry and cried herself to sleep.

Klaus got up on Saturday morning and felt relieved that Caroline didnt spend the night thinking now he can concentrate on his case. He spend two hour on the case file he was trying to wrap up. After two hours he rubbed the back of his neck and thought 'it has been days since he had come back and not met Stefan yet'.

He changed his clothes and drove to his big house. He stopped the car and got out and waited patiently after ringing the bell.

A couple of minutes later the door opened and he said "I heard you were in town and was wondering when will I get the pleasure of meeting you".

Klaus entered eh house and said "I was busy with the cases father couldn't finish. I have to go back after I am done here".

He was about to say something when they both turned towards another voice saying "Stefan, Do you know where is …hey Klaus when did you come back. Sorry about your father".

Klaus said "Damon" and shook his hand and took the glass of drink Stefan offered him. He said to Stefan "so who is with the famous Elena Gilbert these days".

He realized from the thinning of Stefan's lips that she had finally chosen his brother and said "bad choice but what can I say".

Stefan smiled and led him to the living room

By the time he got home, it was late and Caroline was already in the bed. He got next to her and woke her up from his kisses and pulled her on top of him and made love to her before going to sleep himself.

Hayley spend Saturday going from one bank to another trying to get the loan dragging Hope with her and by afternoon she lost all hope. After coming out of the second bank she sat in her car and thought about her options and wondered if she should ask her adopted parents but then remembered what had happened and what kind of things will come up if by some miracle they give her the loan so she decided against it.

She gave Hope bath, read story and put her in bed with absent mind. After that, she went to her bed too.

She spend the night wondering what to do and while thinking of it she went to sleep. In the morning after giving breakfast to Hope she took her to an nearby park and saw her running around laughing and jumping and wondered 'what would happen to her if she does not survive this cancer?' and that precise moment she decided to take Jim's offer. After they got home, she gave hope a bath, then Made Mac and cheese and brew a cup of coffee for herself. After she settled hope down at the kitchen table, she sat across from her with her cup. She looked up as Amy entered and asked "so what happened?"

Hayley shook her head and said "nothing" with a sigh and sipped her cofee.

Amy looked at her for a few minutes and then said "I am going out for a while. Is it okay with you?"

Hayley nodded smiling at Hope who was eating her mac & cheese and jabbering about what she did at the park.

Amy left the apartment and called him. As soon as the call connected she said "Can you meet me at Starbucks near my apartment ?"

She gulped her tears as she heard him say "what is it? Are you crying?"

She said "not yet. I need to talk to you about something really important. Can you just come".

She put the cell down when he said "yes I will be there".

Tyler put the phone and then left his house. Thirty minutes later he entered the coffee shop and went to her sitting with her head in her hands. He said "hey what is going on? you sounded too worried".

Amy said "Oh god thank you for coming. I don't know what to do". She paused for a second remembering her forbidding telling Tyler but she shook her head and said "It is Hayley. She has cancer and I cannot help her. What should I do?"

Tyler thought he had not heard her right, he said in confusion "what do you mean cancer?"

Amy said "she had this cyst in her breast that had been bothering her for a while and last week she got some test done and it came back positive. It is malignant and the doctor wants her to have a surgery but she does not have money and the insurance is not covering hundred percent and the firm and the bank refused too. It is only ten thousand dollars".

Tyler was still in shock and then he said "ten thousand but…" when Amy said "can you help her?"

Tyler said "yes of course I can".

Amy asked excitedly "can you?"

Tyler said "sure I can. I just…" he paused as he realized that he cannot take ten thousand from his account without spooking his father. He said "why has the firm refused it?"

Amy said "she wouldn't say".

Tyler said after a moment "I will find out".

After Hope was done eating she put her in front of Tv putting a cartoon movie for her and went to her room , sighed and then picked up her cell and called a number. As soon as the call connected she said "Hi Jim this is Hayley Marshall".

Jim said "oh hi, Hayley how is your weekend going?"

Hayley hesitated for a second and then said "Jim is your loan offer still available?".

She shut her eyes and waited for his response and smiled with relief and helplessness when she heard him say "yes. It is wonderful that you are taking it. We can do this week".

Hayley sighed with relief and said "what day?"

Jim said "sure let me see my schedule" and then after some quiet he said "how about coming Wednesday because I am on leave from Friday".

Hayley gulped her tears as she remembered the trip to New Orleans and then she said with determination "that sounds good. How long I have to stay in the hospital after the surgery".

Jim said "A day at most and then you have to think of getting chemotherapy done in three to four weeks".

When he woke up it was around noon and Caroline was still sleeping in his arms. He kissed her head and thought about his agenda for the day and decided to wrap up his case. He detangled himself from her and went to take a shower only to be joined by Caroline in a minute. They ended up having a long and passionate shower making out session. With their lips locked against one another, suddenly an image image of Hayley Marshall flashed through his mind, making him furious. He broke the kiss and stepped out leaving her bewildered. He spend rest of the day going through his files whereas Caroline changed and went out for shopping.

On Monday morning the day started as usual. She gave him his coffee and the usual agenda meeting and then they had a meeting in the conference room with one of his client. Her mind was not totally present and Klaus had to ask her twice for something making her flush and him somewhat annoyed. After the meeting ended Klaus left the room with his client whereas Hayley stayed back gathering the files and her notes.

After gathering them she left the conference room thinking of getting lost in her work to distract her mind. She switched on monitor from the sleep mode and send the command of printing of the document she had been working before the meeting and went to get them.

Klaus was sitting in his office when Tyler banged the door open and said "Klaus you ass".

Klaus looked at him in surprise and then said "language Tyler. what happened?"

Tyler said "why did you refuse Hayley the loan?"

Hayley looked at the printed document and then closed the file and walked towards his office and then stopped as she saw Tyler standing there and looking angry. She turned away and went to sit on her chair thinking she would go after Tyler is gone. She looked towards the door when she heard angry muffled sound through the closed door "she needs it. surely you can give her ten thousand dollars".

Klaus turned towards him saying "Tyler, I am in charge…" when he saw her standing there.

Tyler spun around as he saw her standing at the door glaring at him angrily. He walked to her and raised his hand to her shoulder when she stepped back instinctively and said "Mr Lockwood I don't need you as my advocate".

Klaus smirked and said "that is funny. The way I understand it you got this job through Tyler. You don't have any qualification so how come you got this job? I am really curious in finding out how did you manage to wrap him and my father around your pretty little fingers".

Tyler was staring at Hayley when his mind registered to those words and he spun around and said angrily "Klaus! what the hell man?"

Hayley felt a sickening feeling in her stomach and she started to feel dizzy. She said steaming in anger "Mr Mikaelsons if you are not happy with my job fire me but you have no right to question my character".

She then looked at Tyler and said angrily "and you have no business in my personal life Tyler" and left the office.

Tyler gave Klaus one angry look and followed Hayley said "Hayley".

Hayley turned to him and said "If you don't remember then I will say it again we are not friends any more. What you have done for me is enough. I don't want to take any more favors from you. You cannot… " she stopped talking as her throat started to get heavy. He grabbed her arm and said "are you willing to kill yourself over your pride?" and then said "Hayley!" as he knees buckled.

Klaus looked at them from the glass wall. He could see anger spitting out of her mouth which took him by surprise as he tried to recall if he had seen her in such temper and then remembered her outburst when he had asked something personal from her and it hit him that she was touchy about personal topics. And then he saw her knees gave away and he stepped towards the door but Tyler was already helping her in the chair.

He turned away from her and went to the window.

Hayley said desperately "Tyler please stop interfering in my life. Let me be. This is my secret and you have not right to tell anyone. Amy shouldn't have told you".

Tyler stared at her helplessly and said "no Hayley. I cannot do this. You still have not forgiven me".

Hayley said "Tyler I have forgiven you but I cannot forget it. My boss had no right in my personal life and neither do you".

Tyler looked at her desperate face and then walked back to the Klaus's office and said "Klaus you had no right to talk to her like that".

Klaus said "this is my office, my firm Tyler I can do whatever I want to do. If you want to help her why don't you give her the money".

Tyler said desperately "because she will not take it form me" and left the room leaving him confused.

Hayley had her head in her hands when she heard him say "Ms Marshall. We are to leave for New Orleans on Wednesday. I need you to be at the airport at 9:00 am".

He stared at her back as she continued to look in the other way and then she stood up, turned to him and said "I cannot go with you Mr Mikaelson. I am sorry".

Klaus looked at her face and there was something on it that made all his anger evaporate and he said "and may I ask why?"

Hayley said "some personal business to take care of, so I would like to take some personal time".

Klaus kept quiet for a moment and then said "You have till the end of the week to work things out Ms Marshall. I can postpone my trip to next week but I need you to come with me".

Hayley said "thank you" and sat down on the chair again and was starting to type when he said "you can go home now. You can finish this when you get back".

In the afternoon he was sitting looking ideally towards her chair when his cell rang. He picked it up and heard Elijah saying "so when are you coming now? I need to schedule that meeting".

Klaus said "next week. My secretary got sick and she is on personal leave".

He stared at her empty seat as he heard him say "is this the girl father was…"

Klaus said "yes the very same girl. You should see her Elijah. I read her file. She is only in her early twenties. Twenty two if I remember correctly. I dont know why would father do something like that…"

Elijah said "Niklaus dont tarnish his memories by dwelling onto it too much".

Klaus said with frustration "you are right but every time I look at her I get so mad that i feel like strangling her".

Elijah said "forget about it Niklaus. I wanted to let you know that I can handle that case. You dont have to come any more".

Klaus took a sigh of relief and said "that is great".

He put his cell down and then got up and left for his penthouse.

On the way to his penthouse he decided to visit his mother thinking that it has been a couple of days since he had last seen her. As he entered the house, he saw his aunt Carol Lockwood sitting in the living room with his mother. After greeting her he sat on the sofa opposite her and listen to them talking and as usual he saw to his amusement that the topic of discussion was his and Caroline's wedding. After a few minutes when he saw that conversation was not going anywhere other then the plate design and setting and food he cleared his throat and said "aunt Carol, do you know Emily Marshall's daughter Hayley Marshall?"

Carol looked at him in shock and said "yes I know her. Emily is a very dear friend. Pity what her daughter did to her".

Klaus looked at his hand resting on the armrest and asked "what do you mean?"

Carol said "she ran away to be with some boy. Her parents begged her to come back but she didnt. They have not seen her for the past 5 years I think. I don't think they are interested any more. It was not as if she was their biological daughter".

Klaus said "so she was adopted?"

Carol said "yes but why are you asking me all these questions?"

Klaus said "she is my secretary".

He noticed his mother's gaze fixed on him. He knew why she was looking at him so he refused to look at her.

Carol said "what? but Tyler never mentioned her".

She looked at Esther and asked "did you know about her?"

He saw his mother composing herself and say "no, I dont remember her and also you know that Mikael didnt bring work home".

Carol laughed and said "yes, we are lucky ladies. I pity Mason's wife. She will have to be on the same page as her husband".

Esther laughed and said "yes, he needs to get married now".

Klaus was wondering about Hayley and thinking why didnt Tyler tell his parents about her and then he remembered their interaction and knew in his heart someone was happening between them. He wondered 'were Tyler and Hayley involved at some point and that is why she does not want to come back. But why wouldn't she want to come back home. Did Tyler break up with her but he seemed genuinely angry at him for not giving her the loan. So what is it that is making her not go back home? Is she ashamed to go back after running away from home?'

He was so lost in his thoughts that he didnt see her come in.

He startled when a hand touched his shoulder and someone said "I hope you were thinking of me Nikky".

He looked into the twinkling eyes and smiled and said "who else?" and kissed her on the mouth and said "what are you doing here?"

Before she could say anything his mother said "Caroline is here to discuss about the wedding plans. We have only six months left and so many things to do".

Klaus said getting up "six months is a lot of time ladies but any way I am off. I came to check on you. Where are Kol and Rebekah?"

Esther said "Rebekah is at Jane's house and Kol in his room".

Klaus pursed his lips and said "isnt it late for her to go to Jane's house?"

but before Esther could say anything Caroline said "oh lighten up. It is only 8. By the way how come you are home early today?"

Klaus said "I was done with my work so decided to come home early".

He kissed her and then headed towards the door when he heard Caroline say "Carol do you know who is his secretary?"

He stopped at the door when he heard Carol say "yes what a shame. Emily will be humiliated to find out her daughter is working as a plain secretary".

Klaus shook his head and left for his penthouse.

Next morning around 10 am Klaus looked up form his desk and looked at her desk but she has still not arrived and then remembered that she has taken some personal time. He thought in frustration 'but personal time does not mean that she can take days off. Shouldn't she be back by now'. He cursed as he realized that he didn't have her contact information. He contacted human resource and asked someone to send someone to help him out.

Klaus was looking with frustration at the young girl send by human resource to act as the temp secretary trying to log on to her computer then he took out his cell and called human resource and asked someone "I need phone number of Ms Marshall".

After a couple of minutes he said "thanks" writing down the number on the piece of the paper his secretary had handed him.

Hayley was putting Hope in the shower when her cell range. She said "I will be back honey".

She picked it up and groaned when she heard him say "Ms Marshall can you help us locate the files on your computer. They are password protected" and then she heard a young girls voice "Ms Marshall can you guide me through it?"

Klaus stood there impatiently looking at his temp secretary as she navigated through the files and said "okay got it. thank you" and handed him the cell back.

Klaus was about to say something when he heard the tone telling him that she had ended the call and an angry wave went through his body.

For the next two days Klaus felt her absence the most. His temp secretary was not as efficient as Hayley was and that was causing a lot of delay in his work. The case he was supposed to finish in two days was taking more time and that just totally frustrated him and made him wonder 'how come she is so efficient when she does not even have any qualification for the job'.

The only relief time for him during those two days was when he would go home at night and Caroline would greet him with that charming smile of hers which would make him forget about Hayley and his office problems. They would make love late into the night and would go to sleep in each others arms but ended with him waking up by those dreams of his.

By Wednesday afternoon Klaus was so frustrated that he called human resource and demanded to get another temp for him.

Thursday morning when he reached his office she was not there and a new girl was sitting at her desk. She stood up as she saw him and said "good morning Mr. Mikaelsons".

Klaus looked at her dressed in tight fitted skirt, a buttoned up top and hight heals with straight hair down her shoulder and dark red lipstick and went to his office gesturing her to follow him. She said "Mr. Mikalesons my name is Sharon and I will be your secretary from today".

Klaus said "Ms…"

Sharon said "Dean".

Klaus said "Ms Dean I have to finish this case by the end of this week. Are you willing to put in nights on them".

Sharon smiled and said "sure Mr Miakelson".

He thanked his luck for getting an efficient secretary at the right time. He realized she was not Ms Marshall but she was better then his last temp secretary. With her help Klaus managed to get a settlement agreement for his client by then end of Friday afternoon and he took a sigh of relief looking forward to Monday now.

Monday morning Hayley looked at the incision mark on her right breast and then put on her bra and winced as her fingers touched the stitches. She put on her clothes and came out of the bathroom. She was putting on her coffee when Amy said "isnt it too early to go back to the office?"

Hayley said "i have missed four days. I cannot miss more. They will fire me and I need to have this job now more then ever" and then went to Hope's room, kissed her and said tot Amy "I will be late today. I probably had a lot to catch up and Mr. Mikaelsons must be upset with my long absence" and headed to the office.
As she entered the office she took a sigh of relief when she saw his seat empty and went to sit on her chair.

She switched on her computer and was looking through the appointment book when she startled as someone said "good morning".

She jumped up as she saw a young man with black hair in an immacable suit. She said "good morning".

he said "you must be Hayley Marshall, my secretary".

Hayley looked at him in confusion and thanked her luck when he continued "my name is Elijah Mikaelsons. You will be working for me from today".

Hayley fumbled with the urge to ask where he has gone and then she said to herself "why should she care? It is good that he is gone".

She said with a smile "it is nice to meet you Mr Mikealsons".

Elijah said "call me Elijah. Mr. Mikealsons is too formal".

She said with a smile "do you want me to bring your coffee?"

Elijah said "yes" and went in.

After a couple of minutes he looked up as a cup of coffee appeared on the desk.

He took a sip and said as she turned to leave "I take one teaspoon of sugar Ms Marshall".

Hayley suddenly flushed as she realized that she had made Klaus's style coffee. she said "I am sorry Mr. Mikaelsons. I will make you another one" and was about to head out when he said "that is fine. I am not finicky as Niklaus. Just wanted to let you know".

Hayley nodded her head and left the office getting angry at herself for not asking him how he takes his coffee.

While Hayley was getting acquainted with her new boos, Klaus entered the room buzzing with loud voice, smell of bad coffee and donuts and smiled as he realized that he missed all of this. He went to his desk and put his gun and badge in it and turned to Joe who said "hey you are back. We had no drama no shouting no outburst while you were gone. it was so peaceful that I thought I would go crazy".

He smiled and said "I thought you would go crazy" and then after a short pause he asked"so what did I miss?"

Joe said "nothing. Just usual. You were only gone for what two weeks. How is your family taking the loss?"

He opened his mouth to say something when he heard a voice "hey partner you are back".

Klaus said "yes, came back yesterday" and then turned to Joe and said "they are doing fine. I wrapped up his cases and now I am back. Elijah has taken over".

She was about to say something when Joe said "show him Alexis".

Klaus looked up and said "what?"

She showed him her left hand making him smile and say "so Alex got the nerve after all. Good for you".

She was about to say something when they heard a very authoritative voice "we have a robbery going on in the Liberty Mutual on 21st. Mikealsons welcome back. You and Woods take this one".

Klaus got up and picked up his gun and badge feeling happy for the first time in the last two weeks and said "yes captain" and followed Woods out and smiled as she asked him "so how is our Ms Forbes?"