A/N : guest no she does not know that she is an untriggered wolf and of course about her daughter too. With the things he is discovering about himself he will start to question his ability to do his job. Thanks for the wonderful reviews. I hope you enjoy this chapter too. and Joanna I will try to make the next chapter a bit longer.
Synopsis : Klaus finds out that he is in the middle of supernatural world. He explores his new abilities and uncovers some secrets about Hayley.
Saturday afternoon after putting Hope to bed, Hayley settled down in her bed with a book; while she was reading it, she started twirling her hair. All of a sudden, she saw a couple of strands in her hand making her sit up. Her vision got blurry and the pit in her stomach just got bigger. She started at them absentmindedly. Breaking out of her trance, she decided to go out and have some fun. She went to the bathroom, took a quick shower, put on a dress after some deliberation. She put on the lip gloss, a light blush and fluffed her hair and groaned as some more strands of hair came in her hand. She put them in the trash bin, looked at herself in the mirror regretting her decision of go out. She looked at Amy who said "It is good you are going. It will do you good. You look beautiful".
Hayley laughed and said "are you kidding me? I can see and feel how the chemo is affecting me; I'm losing my hair and my face looks paler".
Amy walked to her and said "come on. You know that you look beautiful. You have just lost some weight but other then that you look great and this color suits you. You should wear dresses more often".
Hayley smiled and said "so Hope is sleeping. I will be back by 11" hoping that will change the topic.
Amy smiled and said "don't worry. Go and have fun. Relax and unwind for once please".
Klaus looked around at the people mingling and spotted Elijah. He smiled and walked to him when he saw her across the room full of people standing in a corner. He stopped walking and looked at her. She was dressed in a champagne colored sleeveless silky dress with soft makeup on looking beautiful but nervous for some reason too. As he watching her, he saw her dart to one direction. His gaze followed her in confusion and at the same time he unconsciously started walking towards her. He saw her push the women restroom door open and went in. Klaus stopped there in confusion.
Hayley cursed herself for coming to the party while throwing up. At last she was done and walked out and stood in front of the mirror and stared at her and wondered 'when will those damn side effect end?' She took a deep breath, spotted the bench, sat on it and then closed her eyes. .
Klaus stood there for a moment, then he turned and went to Elijah.
He was talking to Andrew about the stock market when he saw her talking to Elijah in a somber way and then Elijah nodded and lifted her hand and pressed it making making Klaus narrow his eyes as she smiled at him.
Klaus looked at her as she headed towards the exit. Startled he realized that Andrew was asking him something. He said "excuse me" and went after her.
She was standing out with the shawl over her shoulders and was waiting for the cab she had called thinking that she should not be driving when she he heard him say "so soon Ms Marshall".
Hayley closed her eyes controlling the dizziness taking over and turned to him bravely and said "I am just tired".
Klaus walked towards her but stopped in his track as she stepped back. Suddenly he felt very angry not knowing why and his gaze went to her palm brushing against her dress. He deliberately took a step forward and said "it seems you like working for my brother".
When she didn't answer he said "what is it about my brother that inspires instant admiration?"
Hayley said "He is kind to me".
Klaus smirked "yes that I can see. I see you have managed to get your loan form him".
Hayley looked at him sharply and then her knees buckled.
Klaus was smirking when he saw her stumble. He instinctively held her arm which she jerked his hand away making him snap. He stepped forward and grabbed her arm and hissed "what is wrong with you? I was just helping you".
Hayley stepped back trying to pry her hand free "don't touch me".
Klaus hissed pulling at her arm "you don't have an issue with my brother holding your arm" and then he saw it; the terror in her eyes and it took him by surprise so much so that it took him back five year to that stall.
While the past flashed though his mind, Hayley yanked her arm from his grip but he was holding it tight. She whispered as her eyes filled with tears "Mr. Mikaelsons please let me go" and yanked her arm again, this time managing to free him as he let it go.
Klaus stepped back and stared into the big brown eyes, gleaming with tears, in shock.
Hayley stepped back as a voice said "miss! you called for a cab".
She gulped her tears, looked at the taxi driver and nodded. She opened the door and sat in it and closed her eyes.
Klaus stared at the cab disappearing around the corner wondering 'her reaction! but this type of reaction … this type of reaction he has only seen in sexual assault cases'.
He startled when he heard a voice saying "what are you doing here?"
He looked at Elijah and said "I …" he looked in the direction again where the cab had disappeared and looking back at Elijah and said in the same confused state "I… I think I will leave" and headed towards his car leaving Elijah bewildered.
When he got home he went straight to bed and laid there staring at the ceiling unable to sleep. He suddenly felt someone in the room. From the smell of the perfume he knew who it was and a groan escaped his mouth surprising him. He wondered 'why did that happen?' and then it hit him 'because you suspect what you did to that girl five years ago happened to Hayley Marshall to at some point in her life'.
He almost jumped out of his skin when he felt her touch him and lean in to kiss him. The touch of her soft lips on his suddenly made him nauseated by himself. He brushed her aside and darted to bathroom ignoring Caroline's "Klaus" and closed the door behind him.
By the time he came out she was still in the room. He said "Caroline I am not in a mood today".
Caroline walked to him, placed a hand on his chest and said "what happened?"
Klaus said "nothing just want to sleep. Can you please leave me alone? I want to be alone".
He brushed his lips lightly against hers, gently removed her hand from his chest and went to lie on the bed. Caroline stood there for a moment and then left.
HE laid in his bed unable to forget her reaction and then he remembered Caroline telling him about her parents and that she was a runaway. What happened to her! The thought of that and the memory of the blurry face with tears streaming down her, made him in feel very uneasy He managed to get a shut eye after tossing and turning for a while.
Klaus woke up late next morning but didnt get up and kept on looking at the ceiling. The image of Caroline wanting to make out with him flashed through his mind and he groaned. He wondered 'what is happening to him? HE used to love her company'. He said to himself "Used to?! he still does but then what happened?"
A voice answered 'Does it have anything to do with him begin a werewolf now?'
Out of blue a thought came to his mind 'does he have anything to do with what happened with Hayley last night?' The thought surprised him and he wondered what might have happened to her. He closed his eyes again while thinking of her and didn't know when he went to sleep. Next time when he opened his eyes it was almost midday. He took a long shower to clear his mind, changed his clothes and decided to go meet Stefan. As he reached his house, he saw him getting out of the car. Klaus smiled and walked to him.
Stefan looked at Klaus and said to Elena "I will be back" and went to meet him. He gave him a fleeting hug and then he knew.
Klaus saw the smile slip from his lips and asked "what happened?"
Stefan stepped back with sighed and asked with pursing his lips "so you triggered you gene?"
Klaus said "but…" and then recalled Mason's telling him 'vampires can sense triggered wolves'.
He stepped back and said in shock "no, It cannot be. You cannot be a vampire".
Stefan said "since the day you joined the academy, I knew this day would come".
Klaus said "you knew about our family".
Stefan sighed and said "yes, we have been around for sometime and yes Lockwoods are an old wolf pack except for the last generation which didn't trigger their gene well except for Mason Lockwood".
Klaus recovered from initial shock thinking 'how come his sanity is still intact?!' but he answered himself 'because you are part of this world now and you being a cop is accepting it' and asked "so you and Damon are vampires! What do you mean by around some time? How long?"
Stefan looked at the house and said casually "around 150 years".
Klaus stared at him in shock and said "you mean to tell me that you have been alive 150 years?!"
Then he added before Stefan could say anything else "but I never saw any unusual thing around your house".
They both turned around when they heard Damon say sarcastically "well Stefan is alive on animal blood and as for me it is not as if I go on a killing spree every day".
Klaus looked at Damon's smirk and knew if he had a gun he would have shot him at this admittance of killing.
He looked at both of them when Stefan said "I think you should go Elena is coming".
Klaus looked towards Elijah walking towards them and said in shocked voice "is she?"
Damon smirked and said proudly "yes, I sired her".
Klaus looked at him with annoyance, at his proud admittance and turned and left after saying "we need to talk about it and Damon, if I find out you are killing innocents to quench your thirst for blood then you …" and went to his car.
He sat in his car in frustration wondering what kind of situation had he gotten himself and for the millionth time he wondered 'can he be an honest cop anymore?'
He drove home absentmindedly thinking about what he had found out what Stefan, Elena and Damon and wondered how many more people are vampires and are there any werewolves in Mystic Falls too - the triggered werewolves. He stopped the car outside his parents house when the passenger door opened and Elijah got in. After buckling himself he said "lets go".
He looked at Elijah with annoyance but said "where?"
Elijah said "I need to pick up my laptop from repairs in Best buy".
He looked at Elijah after a few seconds but saw him lost in thoughts. He asked "what happened?"
Elijah said after considering his question for a moment "I am thinking of talking to Hayley about moving to to New Orleans as soon as possible. I can give her a severance package, so she can start looking for a new job here or there while she continues working for me, but if she gets a job offer she can leave".
Klaus didn't know what to say but to his surprise he suddenly felt bad for her.
Elijah looked at him after some time and said "you look lost. What is it? Missing the job already?"
Klaus forced himself to relax and said with frustration "not really. It is just the wedding and the preparation getting on my nerves".
Hayley said to Hope "Hope hurry up honey. We will miss our bus".
Hope picked up her dvd and said "done".
She paid for it at the counter, held her hand and headed towards the door when she bumped into a hard rock body.
Klaus looked at Elijah and turned towards him and pushed the door open with his back and said "so you don't remember anything about grandpa".
And bumped into someone. He turned towards the person whom he had bumped into and said "I am sor…ry" as she uttered "I am sorry. I was not ..…". Their eyes met and didnt finish their sentences.
Elijah looked at Hayley and smiled and said "Hayley! Excuse my brother's manners. He often thinks that his eyes are at the back of his head. How are you feeling now?"
Hayley felt as if someone had poured cold water her. She unconsciously squeezed Hope's hand who screamed "oww mommy you are hurting me" making Klaus's eyes dart to the child as Hayley say "sorry baby".
Klaus looked at the child in shock and wondered 'how did he not know that she had a child? Is it his fathers?' but as soon as the question came in his mind he realized that he was wrong. She had only been working for his father for three years. He looked at Elijah in surprise who said "hello Hope".
His heart jumped a beat when she smiled showing the cutest dimples he had eve seen and snuggled closer to her mother's legs and said shyly "good Mr Mikaelsons".
Elijah bend down and said "so what is this?"
He looked at Hayley who was looking very nervous which he knew was because of him. He saw her open her mouth to say something when Hope chipped in "it is mommy's birthday today. Mommy said I could get any cartoon movie I want. I got Frozen".
She showed Elijah the DVD excitedly and then added "have you sawed it?" bringing a smile to Elijah's lips.
Hayley automatically said "Hope slowly".
Elijah shook his head, took the Dvd from her hand and said "well first of all a very good happy birthday to your mommy and secondly no I have not seen it. I need to watch it. It looks very interesting. Tell me Hope how old is mommy turning today". He winked at the end of the sentence.
Hope suddenly giggled making Klaus more tense for some reason. She looked up at her mother and said shyly "I don't know".
Hayley could feel his eyes on her and she was feeling dizzier by the minute but she refused to look at him. She said "let go Hope. I will see you in the office Mr. Mikealsons".
Elijah and Klaus stepped aside and Hayley and Hope left the store.
While Elijah went to get his laptop, he started thinking about her and wondered 'why does she behave that way with him and not with Elijah'.
He looked at Elijah who was checking his laptop and nodded.
He backed up the car when Elijah said "stop".
He got out and darted to one direction. Klaus got out in surprise and went after him and then he saw her sitting on the bench and Hope standing next to her.
As he approached them he heard Hope say "mommy not well…" but Hayley said "I am fine. Just feeling dizzy. I am fine Mr. Mikealsons".
Elijah said dismissively "Elijah. Come I will drop you home. You cannot drive the car in this condition".
Before she could say anything Hope said "car broken".
Elijah said "again?! Come on Hayley. You need to get it fixed properly or get a new one. Lets go. I will drop you at home".
Klaus noticed her wiping her mouth and wondered 'how come Elijah knows so much about their personal life? and how come she does not snap at Elijah when she snapped at him and Tyler for prying about her personal information' . Out of blue he remembered her telling him that Elijah was kind to him and seeing Elijah's behavior with her and Hope he understood what she meant.
Hayley looked at him with hesitation but the wave of nausea suddenly started from her stomach and was getting stronger by the second and she cursed her chemo once again and reluctantly nodded.
When they reached the car Elijah opened the front door for her but she said "I will sit in the back with Hope. She does not have a carseat" and opened the door and sat down.
He was driving silently lost in thoughts when his thoughts were suddenly interrupting by the sound of cell ringing. He looked toward Elijah who said after a moment of listening to the other side "okay I will be there in five minutes".
He put the cell down and said "Niklaus drop me at the office. Andrew managed to get hold of Samuelson and they want to meet right now".
Elijah turned towards Hayley and said "Niklaus can drop you Hayley. Just give him your address".
Hayley felt trapped from all sides thinking of her sickness and the prospect of traveling alone with him. She said after a moment of hesitation "it is okay Mr. Mikealsons. May be your bother wants to attend the meeting with you. I can go by bus. Just drop me at the bus".
Klaus looked at her through the rearview mirror and saw her biting her lips. Seeing her had reminded him of his suspicion of what had happened to her and he wondered for the first time ever of knowing her putting aside his anger at her and dwelled upon her behavior towards him. His training at the academy, three years of service and this recent suspicion about which he was quite certain were forcing him to question himself 'is she scared of him?' He was wondering about it, when Elijah interrupted his thoughts by saying "no, Niklaus is not to attend this meeting".
Klaus dropped Elijah outside the building and started the car. He asked her "where do you live Ms Mikaelsons?"
Hayley gulped which didnt go unnoticed by Klaus who was looking at her from rearview mirror. She murmured "Damn it" which his newly sharp hearing picked up clearly and then said clearly "West baker street. Apartments Avalon community".
Klaus put the address in the GPS and turned the car in that direction. After a couple of minutes of silence he looked at her and saw her looking out of the window. He controlled the urge to ask her about her rape but he thought 'her daughter is sitting with her'. He looked at her int he rare view mirror again and wondered if he should ask her 'if she was scared of him? why does she behave that way with him?'
He was lost in his thought when she said "turn left from here".
Klaus took a left turn when she asked him "what is you name?"
He raised himself up and looked through the rearview mirror at the child snuggled closed to her mom and said with a smile "Klaus".
Hayley looked towards him and their eyes met just for a second in the rearview mirror and she looked away. He asked "why didn't I know you had a daughter? I had been asking you to put long hours. You could have told me that that you had a small child to go home to"
Hayley said "I didn't feel the need to tell you Mr. Mikalesons".
He was about to say something when Hope chipped in "his name is Klaus mommy not Mr. Mikealsons".
Hayley said tucking the lose hair behind her ear "he is my boss. I cannot call him by his name".
Hope said excitedly "can I?"
Klaus suddenly realized that he was smiling.
He said "sure you can".
She said "you can stop here".
Hayley got out of the car with Hope and then swallowed her pride and said "thank you Mr. Milkealsons. You had to come out of way to drop me".
Klaus just looked at her face which was really pale now when she said to Hope "Hope say thank you to Mr. Mikaelsons".
Hope smiled and said shyly "thank you Klaus".
He smiled and said "bye" whereas Hayley held Hope's hand and walked away as he pulled the car on the road.
After he reached his penthouse he took out his cell and called Stefan. As the call connected he said "I need to meet you".
Stefan said "sure, come to my place around 5".
After putting the cell down Klaus realized that he still had 4 hours to pass. He looked around his room wondering what he should do. To his surprised he starting thinking about Hayley. His training and sense of responsibility were telling him to talk to her and if in fact she was raped, the culprit should be caught. He felt really frustrated at himself wondering 'why was he getting so emotionally involved with a girl who had an affair with his father?'
He took a deep breath and starting thinking about his life. He had still not thought about the impact this becoming a werewolf will have on his life. He started talking to himself 'What about his job? Can he do the job efficiently being a wolf? What if someone finds out? What if Caroline finds out? Should he and Caroline be together any more considering that he is a werewolf? Should he tell her and Elijah. His family, what will happen to them? He should warn them because they are at a risk of becoming werewolves too".
He ran his fingers through his hair in frustration and told himself "but nothing much has changed really except for becoming wolf every full moon. Surely that cannot be bad".
A voice told him "what about your abilities that you will start to exhibit gradually even if you are not a human".
He stopped pacing and wondered "hmmm he should explore them".
He looked around and walked to the bathroom door. He turned the knob but nothing happened. He took a breath and applied a little pressure and almost at once chuckled as the knob broke and came into his hand. He looked around and then walked to the small balcony and looked out and wondered 'should he jump and see if he can get hurt, Oh he should check his healing ability'. He walked back and went to the small kitchenette and picked up a knife. He looked a his hand and put a small cut on the palm. He stared at it but nothing happened. He put the knife down cleaned the blood with a kitchen towel and stared at the bite marks which suddenly took his thoughts to that girl and for some reason to Hayley. He put the towel in the bin angrily and walked out of the kitchen. He went to the bathroom, opened the medicine cabinet and took out a bandage. He was about to put it on but to his surprise he saw no mark there. He smiled and said to himself "now that is a good ability".
He went back to his room and fell on the bed after picking up a book. He didn't know when he fell asleep. Next time when he opened his eyes, it was four. He got up, freshened himself and left for Stefan's. He spend the afternoon with Stefan who told him everything about the founder fathers, his and Damon's history and their family connection; how Tyler's father really died. In addition, they talked about how Elena became a vampire and her brother a vampire hunter. Klaus was absorbing all the information wondering 'how could he be so calm and how come all these was happening right under his nose and he had no clue'. The fact that it was happening to most of the people he knew from childhood was really disturbing him.
He suddenly jumped up as a thought occurred to him and asked "If Elena is a vampire, does that mean Caroline is one too?"
When Stefan didn't answer Klaus slowly stood up and said in a barely audible voice "but…" He felt so lost that he didnt know what to say.
Stefan got up and said "now you know. What are you going to do?".
Klaus said "if she is vampire then she knows by now that I am a werewolf right".
Stefan said "yes".
Klaus wondered 'why didnt she say anything?'
He looked around as heard Damon say "ooo trouble in paradise" and saw Damon drinking the scotch with a smirk on his face. He shook his head in disbelief. He was about to leave the house, but stopped and asked "did she know about my family history?"
Stefan nodded after a second making him groan. He said "bloody hell". and left their house.
During the drive to his penthouse he kept wondering about Caroline and trying to accept the fact that she was a vampire and knew that he was a werewolf. He suddenly wondered 'is that the reason she didn't want him to work as a detective?'
He got out of his car and went to his penthouse feeling frustrated, angry and confused. After pacing in his room for half an hour he picked up his phone and called Elijah. But after a couple of rings he disconnected even before Elijah could attend the phone. He put the cell down and fell on the bed and closed his eyes and didn't know when he went to sleep.
While Klaus's world was turning upside down Hayley was walking around cleaning Hope's room and listening to her jibber jabber absentmindedly. Her mind was on Klaus and was wondering why was he so kind to her today. She looked past and wondered 'did something happen to make him change his mind towards her' and then her mind went to their conversation in that lobby while she was waiting for her cab. She tried not to think of his reaction when she had almost pleaded him to let her go but she could ignore the fact that even in that distress she saw shock on his face. She put he hand on her shoulder and hoped that he had not seen that mark.
She went to the kitchen and made nuggets for Hope and a turkey sandwich for herself and wondered 'where Amy was? Was she with Tyler? If Amy were not helping her in this situation what would she have done" and then sighed as she thought 'she had not paid Amy yet'.
After dinner, she cleaned the kitchen and went to her room. She wrote a cheque and then after a thought she settled Hope in her own bed and smiled when she gleed. After Hope had gone to sleep she went to take a long relaxing shower.
While she was changing her clothes, she looked at the scar on her breast, ran fingers in her hair and groaned when a few more strands came off. She wondered 'if she will get bald'. The thought just brought a lump in her throat.
She shook her head and said "don't think about it too much. Think about something else, perhaps your work. You need to get up early tomorrow. Oh God it is Monday. you have a week to go. Hopefully will not see Klaus Mikaelsons".
She changed into a soft cotton night pajamas and came out and went to sleep.
Next morning when she woke up, Hope was snuggled against her. She detangled herself from her making her stir and say "mommy".
Hayley kissed her hair and said "mommy has to go to office Hope. Amy will be home".
After changing her clothes, putting on a light make to make her pale skin a bit lively, brushing her hair, she went out.
She smiled as she saw Amy already up making coffee. She asked her "so how was the date night?"
Amy smiled and said "good".
Hayley handed her the cheque and said "I am sorry I was late this time".
Amy said to her "don't worry about it. I know you have a lot going on and it must have slipped your mind"
Hayley smiled, poured herself a coffee and left for office.
When Klaus entered the office around 11 still distressed about what he had discovered about Caroline and his own secret, he saw Elijah in the conference room talking to some client while Hayley was taking notes. He stopped and looked at her face. Looking at her he realized that he still needed needs to talk to her about his rape suspicion.
Half an hour later, he looked up from his lying position on the sofa as he saw Elijah walking in saying "so Desmon is agreeing to 10 million. I think it is a good deal. He will take it" followed by Hayley at his heal.
She stopped as she saw him lying on the sofa reading a book. Their eyes met for a second and then she turned to Elijah and said "Mr. Mikaelsons, Johnson called from your New Orleans office when you were out. He wanted to talk about some case. He said it was urgent. Your 3 o' clock is moved to now 5 o'clock and your mother called".
Klaus couldn't help but admire her wavy hair reaching below her shoulder. While he was admiring them, she touched her neck and turned around. Their eyes met and he clearly saw her getting tensed up. He wondered 'what was about him that made her so tense around him?'
Hayley turned back to Elijah with racing heart and said "anything else Mr. Mikealsons?"
Elijah picked up the phone and dialed Johnson's number and said "no thank you".
After she left the office he put his head on the sofa and laid down again thinking 'why she reacts that way with him and is normal with every one else'.
He startled when he heard Elijah say "so do you want to go for lunch?"
Klaus said "no, I am not hungry. What did Johnson say?"
Elijah said with frustration "He faxed me Stenson's case file. Remember the case you were supposed to come to New Orleans. James Stenson has been caught in art theft, his family is now suing him. Now I need to go through the case we closed. Do you want to look at it while I go and have lunch with our mother? She wants to discuss the will".
Klaus smirked and asked "again?"
Elijah said "she is not budging. I have had my share of difficult clients Niklaus but this one is different".
Klaus laughed at this frustration in-spite of the anguish at Caroline and his situation. He said "this is your true test Harvard graduate?! She is not a client that is why you are having hard time from her. Did you tell her that we cannot take it to the court. What he has left her we cannot take it from her. and you thought there was nothing between them".
Elijah shrugged his shoulders and said "I don't get it. Why would he leave her so much money? She does not seem like that sort of girl. You have been seeing her for the past week too, besides you have worked with her. Did she ever give you the impression that she was that sort of girl?"
Klaus felt like saying "yes" but deep in his heart he knew that he would be lying if he said that. When he kept quiet Elijah sighed and said "okay I am off. Look at the file Johnson is sending".
Klaus nodded and went to lie too.
Elijah said while heading towards the door "Niklaus this is office not your bedroom" bringing a smile to Klaus's lips. He closed his eyes and crossed his arms across his chest.
