A/N td lol yes to all. I am glad you like the last chapter and thanks for lovely comments guest.
I hope you like this one too. Previous two chapters were really slow I mean time span wise. this one will have a time jump. Some more secrets will be revelead. It is pretty long too. I wanted to cut it a little bit then decided to give you some juicy bit lol. Now you have to wait for a few days for next chapter :). I hope you enjoy it.
Synopsis: Hayley has her chemo and while recuperating from it she makes a life changing decision of her life. Klaus discovers something about Hayley. Klaus meets a vampire in the work place who finds out about his secret. Elijah finds out the family secret.
Elijah came out of trance and said "what was that? How did you…" He was not able to finish his sentence and just continued to stare at Klaus.
Klaus said "Hayley is waiting for us in the car. Let's go, but we need to talk. I need to tell you something important."
When he reached the car, Hayley was sitting with Hope snuggled in her lap.
She asked "what was that Klaus? I saw his teeth."
Klaus said "Nothing. A man was harassing a young woman. It happens a lot in this cemeteries."
After a few quiet moments Elijah said "I am thinking about taking the tomorrow morning flight. Could use one more day to rest".
Klaus looked at him and nodded whereas Hayley felt a strange kind of relief not knowing where it came from and why.
Later that night after Hayley went to sleep, Klaus sneaked out of the bed and went to the living room knowing well that Elijah was waiting for him there. As expected, Elijah was pacing in the living room and as soon as Klaus entered, he asked "tell me what was that? And don't tell me that you are a werewolf and there are vampires in this world."
Klaus smiled and said "Let's go to the kitchen. Right now it's not the right moment for Hayley find out about it."
He put a pot of coffee for them and then turned to Elijah and said "Elijah, I am a werewolf and yes, there are vampires in this world. You just saw two tonight."
Elijah stared at him and all of a sudden started laughing and said "no, no Niklaus. That is the worst practical joke you have ever made."
Klaus poured the coffee for himself and Elijah and said "yes, it does sound crazy but it is true and before you loose it let me tell you that you are a werewolf too but you are untriggered and so are Kol and Rebekah meaning that you are not active wolves right now."
When Elijah didnt say anything continued telling him about everything he had found about his family, werewolves and vampires community in New Orleans. By the time he was done, Elijah's coffee was cold and his eyes were widened with surprise.
Klaus said "I wanted to tell you but then things happened with Caroline who by the way is a vampire and so is Stefan, Damon and Elena don't forget about her. I just recently found out about Caroline through Stefan. That is the main reason why we broke up. It wouldn't have worked out between us. Werewolves and vampires are mortal enemies, a bite from a werewolf and the vampires are dead. That was the problem Caroline and I were having; the one I told you about."
Elijah said after a few moments of silence "I dont believe it".
Klaus smiled and then turned around and took out a knife from the drawer and before Elijah could do anything, klaus cut himself on his exposed arm.
Elijah said "what the hell Niklaus?!" but Klaus just patted it dry with a paper towel and said "it will be healed in a few hours or may be in a few minutes.I don't know. The bullet injury healed in a half an hour so I am guessing this will be quicker".
Elijah asked in surprise "what do you mean bullet injury?"
Klaus said "a couple of days ago when Caroline visited us, There was a bank robbery, but everything went south when one of the robbers start shooting. One of the bullets grazed me, but it healed within half an hour, so I guess it all depends on the type of injury you get."
He smiled and showed his arm to Elijah which had started to heal.
Elijah looked at his arm where a slight mark was still visible and then at Klaus who said "I dont know what to say. Father and Uncle Richard dodged the bullet. Mason and I were not lucky. Hopefully you and others will dodge the bullet too but you and everyone else needs to know so that you dont trigger your gene accidentally or for that matter intentionally in Kol's case."
Klaus then looked at the clock on the microwave and said "it is two in the morning. You have to catch a plane and I have to apprehend someone so we should sleep. But Elijah the sooner you accept the facts the easier will your life be. Mason was there for my two transformations and a lot. Soon after, I realized that I had not choice but to accept it, so I did."
He put the cup in the sink and went to his room.
He looked at Hope and Hayley snuggled against each other and smiled. As he laid down on his side of the bed he itched to touch Hayley's hand which was wrapped around Hope and was near his pillow. He laid there staring at the ceiling in the dim light of the room and wondered 'will she move to the other room tomorrow? How is Elijah doing? Will he be able to handle all of this? When should he tell Hayley? Will she be able to handle the truth about him? It is one thing to hide her cancer from him but him being a werewolf is something really really big?' He didnt know when he went to sleep thinking about random things.
Next morning when he woke up it was quiet early. Klaus quickly remembered that Elijah was leaving this morning and that he knew about the family secret. He looked at Hayley sleeping next to him with Hope in the middle and thought 'he should tell her before the next full moon. May be after her chemo.'
He got out of the bed and then quietly went to the bathroom. He took a shower and left the room. Elijah was up in the kitchen making coffee as Klaus entered. He turned towards Klaus and said "so all I, Kol and Rebekah have to do is not kill anyone and we will not turn into wolves".
Klaus said "you are really calm about it. Now tell me how and when should I tell Hayley about it?"
Elijah said firmly "No right now, wait for her to get better. It could be dangerous in her current health condition."
Klaus said remembering all those times during her illness he had witnessed her in the office and later in this house too "she is very strong. You have no idea."
Elijah turned towards him, leaned against the kitchen counter and said "when were you going to tell me about it?"
Klaus poured the coffee for himself in the cup and said "I had full intention of telling you over this weekend but didnt get the chance as Hayley got sick."
Elijah stared at him and said "Niklaus what are you going to do?"
Klaus said "right now drop you to the airport and then go to station. By the way she has chemo next Saturday".
Elijah said "oh. How long will it be for?"
Klaus said "the process is for at least an hour, but according to my research, the afterwards is the most painful part of the whole process. The side effects of chemo are really bad. I have been thinking of visiting Mystic Falls after the next full moon if she feels better. We have to get over that too. I want mother to meet Hope and Hayley and clear the air between all of us".
Elijah said "yes it is a good thought but give it time Niklaus. Let her digest the news and in the mean time you and Hayley can establish your relationship."
Klaus said averting his eyes from Elijah "what do you mean?"
Elijah smiled and said "Niklaus I am not an idiot. It's clear that the only reason you and Hayley got married was Hope. Did you really think I will never find out about her? I am disappointing that you didn't feel that I was worthy of knowing the truth about Hope"
Klaus asked "what truth? I told our mother that she is not our father's child"
Elijah said in confusion "what? no. I mean the fact that you are her biological father."
Klaus looked at him for a moment without saying anything and then asked with exasperation "how did you know?"
Elijah said "Come on, Niklaus. You treat hope like a father and it hasn't been that long since you met her. Also, considering the circumstances under which you and Hayley got married and there is the bond between Hope and you. It rose some questions and then I noticed the dimples and the exact shade of blue in her brown eyes. What happened? Did you have one night stand with her and didn't know about the child until recently?"
Klaus felt his heart getting heavy at the irony that his father thought the same thing. He wondered 'how come his family never thought worst of him?' He felt a weird kind of warmth towards Elijah and his father but he also knew that he could never reveal what really happened so he said "something like that. I didn't know she was pregnant and she didn't know where I had gone."
Elijah said "why dont you come clean with this information?"
Klaus said "hmmm I dont know, may be I will."
They both turned around as they heart Hayley ask "hey leaving Elijah?"
Elijah smiled and said "yes, I am. It was a wonderful trip Hayley. I am so glad that we got to spend some time away from the family drama but dont worry everything will be okay."
Hayley smiled and nodded.
After dropping Elijah at the airport, he went to work. Around mid-day when Klaus and Alexis were interrogating a perp, the door opened and a tall man entered the room. Klaus looked at him and slowly stood up. Their eyes met and a smirk appeared on that man's lips at the shocked expression.
He said "my name is Joseph Borden and you are done talking with my client. Mr Hanley, your father hired me."
Klaus stared at him wondering 'what the hell a vampire was doing here?'
He and Alexis retreated from the room. He sat on his desk thinking of this new development and decided to go to his captain but then he saw Joseph Borden walking out of the interrogation room. He got up to talk to him when he turned around and spotted him. He walked to him and whispered "you keep my secret and I will keep yours wolf." and left leaving him shocked.
Alexis walked to him and said "what was that about?"
Klaus said "nothing" wondering should he tell his captain about it. He then went to his captain's office and knocked on the door and said "Ben I need to talk to you about something really important."
Ben looked up and said "yes?!"
Klaus closed the door behind him and said "Joseph Borden the defense attorney for Jim Hanley is a vampire."
He saw Ben sitting up and ask "are you sure?"
Klaus said "yes and he just threatened me. He told if I keep his secret he will keep mine."
Ben said "hmm I knew there were some vampires and werewolves working in regular jobs but had no idea about Joseph Borden." He looked thoughtfully at him and said "do you think he is not straight?"
Klaus said "vampires can compel so who knows what he has been up to. Him coming out to warn me just raises some suspicion."
Ben nodded and said "I want you to start a private investigation in his cases and see if he is up to something and keep a lid on it from Alexis."
As Klaus entered the squad room, Alexis asked him "what was that about?"
Klaus was about to say something when Ben came in and said "Joe called and they are ready for the raid. Lets go everyone. Chop chop."
He put the bulletproof vest and walked in the apartment building with Alexis following him. He turned to her and asked "hey you okay?"
Alexis said "just nervous. They have been at this case for what over a year."
Klaus nodded and then followed his colleague to the apartment. One of them banged the door open and entered announcing their presence. He headed to the back room and saw Liam, a young police officer, kneeling near a wall. he said "I found these here detective Mikaelsons."
Klaus looked at the the packet of cocaine, smelled it and said "good" and then turned around as they heard a sound soon followed by two gun shots.
He turned towards the door as he saw Alexis barged in and shot the person who had shot at Klaus.
he turned around as he heard the young sergeant say "jesus."
He stared at the bullet hole on the wall behind him.
The young police officer looked at him and said "it is miracle detective. It just missed you."
Klaus turned to Alexis with racing heart and said to Alexis "thanks for saving my life partner".
While Klaus was trying not to get killed, Hayley spend the day confused about whether she should move out of his room or not. She stood in the middle of his room and looked around and felt as if she had been living in that room for ever when in fact if she counted on his hands it was only 8 days that she had been sharing the room and the bed with him. She walked around the room and ideally opened the drawer on his side of the bed and smiled as she saw a picture of him, Elijah, Rebekah and Kol. She picked it up and stared at it for long and then put it back and closed the drawer.
She got up and went to the walking closet and then ideally ran her fingers on his suits and shirts and then she remembered him telling her about the safety box. She thought 'she should be able to open it at least once in case she ever needs it. She should know how to open it."
She parted his clothes and spotted a locker behind the clothes. She entered the code he had told her and smiled as she heard the click sound. She opened it and looked inside. There was a gun box that she remembered him getting from his station on the day of their wedding. She took out the box and looked at it wondering how heavy it was and opened it and smiled. She then closed it and put it back. As she was closing the locker she noticed a white paper on the ground. She picked it up and was about to fold it back when she saw her name on it and recognized Mikael's hand writing and started to read it. As her eyes went on the words her heart started to sink. By the time she had ended reading the letter, she knew why Mikael was so kind to him and why he had left so much money for her and Hope. She went through the letter again and then it hit her that Mikael didn't know that Klaus had raped her and for some reason that knowledge just made her feel better. She wondered 'when did Klaus find out about this? Was it before he proposed to her or after? Did he propose to her because of this letter? Should she tell Klaus that she knows?" But then she told herself "she was not supposed to read it. It is his private letter. She will not mention it to him ever. Does not matter if he married her after getting the letter or before, he cares for hope. his love for hope is sincere, it coming from the heart and not from whatever Mikael wrote in his letter"
She put the letter back, closed the drawer and got up. Suddenly she made up her mind about the moving out and felt at peace with her decision.
On the drive to home he kept wondering 'will she move out of his room or stay? Can he persuade her to stay? Will she listen to him if he asks her to stay?' He said to himself after a few moments "you promised her that you will give her space and time so give her that."
When he entered the apartment Hope ran to him and hugged his legs very tight and said excitedly "daddy is home. Mommy daddy is home."
Klaus laughed at her enthusiasm and felt warm. He scooped her up and went towards the bedroom as he saw Hayley leaving the room with a smile on her lips that just made a knot in his stomach. He paused and wondered 'has she moved out or…?'
He smiled at her and said "I will freshen up and then we can have dinner together. Right Hope?"
When she nodded, he put her on the carpet and after putting his wallet, wrist watch and keys in the drawer of side table he went to the bathroom. As he entered the bathroom, he noticed her stuff still there. He wondered 'is she not moving to Hope's room?' with a ray of hope.
He came out after changing into his pajamas and looked at Hayley standing at the door watching him.
She said after some hesitation "I have been thinking today and I want to continue with our sleeping arrangement. I mean only Hope will move to her room. If it is okay with you."
He smiled and walked to the bed side table and put his wrist watch there and said "why do you think I wouldn't be okay with it. Of course I want you to move in with me and I am glad you made this decision. To tell you the truth I was hoping that you will not move out but I didnt have courage to ask you."
Hayley looked at him with an amused expression but didnt say anything. She said "lets go have dinner. I want Hope to spend some time with you before going to bed."
During dinner Klaus said "we closed the big Bartle case so we are having a celebration at Joe's house on Thursday. It was a really long sting operation my colleague Joe and his partner were working on so it is a big deal. Hope can come too so we dont have any excuse and it will be good for you to mingle before Friday."
At last after putting Hope to her bed, explaining her the change in sleeping arrangement when they came to their room Klaus asked her "nervous?"
Hayley looked at his face and saw anticipation so she shook he head and said "no".
Out of blue he laughed making her feel flustered and said "liar" and went to change his clothes.
Hayley stood there looking at him wondering 'when was the last time he had laughed like that?' and then she remembered when he was in Mystic Falls helping Elijah with his cases.
She was smiling when he came out so he asked her "what is it?"
Hayley said "nothing."
After changing her clothes she went to lie next to him and for some reason she felt very relaxed and soon had gone to sleep.
For the next few days after putting Hope to bed and reading her a book, Klaus and Hayley would sit in the living room to watch some tv or discuss their day. Later at night before going to sleep Klaus would study the case files that Ben had given him about Joseph's cases while Hayley laid next to him sleeping peacefully. He soon realized something was not right. He approached his captain about his observation and they came up with a strategy to keep an eye on Joseph's current cases and Klaus decided to observe him defend his current client.
Thursday afternoon, Klaus was watching TV with Hope when his cell rang and he smiled as he saw Caroline's name on the caller ID but he recalled what Hayley had told him about her and then his mother's angry phone call and the smile slipped from his face.
He picked it up and said "hello Caroline."
Hayley was coming out of the kitchen when she heard her name and she stopped walking. Her gaze went to his face registering her reaction, his eyes narrowed and confusion appeared on his face. He looked at Hayley who walked towards them and took Hope's hand and said "lets go change."
Hope looked at Klaus and said "no daddy."
Klaus said "love, why don't you go and I will be there in a minute."
Hayley took Hope to the bedroom whereas Klaus said to Caroline "sorry. So what is going on?"
Caroline said "I just wanted to make sure that you are not angry."
Klaus controlled the angry outburst and said "about what Caroline?"
Caroline said "you know. I told your mother and she called you. I had no idea that she didnt know."
Klaus sighed and said "that is okay. water under the bridge. Tell me why didnt you call me earlier?"
When there was quiet he asked her "Caroline?!"
Caroline said "Hayley told me not to."
Klaus slowly got up and said "what do you mean?"
Caroline said "she told me that I cannot be in your life so that is why I didnt call."
Klaus looked towards Hope's bedroom door and said "no Hayley cannot say something like that."
Caroline laughed and said "of course you will believe her. how stupid of me. It is natural Niky that she would give me the warning. After all you are her husband. She didnt even take my apology you know."
Klaus stared at the door in confusion and then walked to it and saw her brushing Hope's hair. He smiled as she said "ouch mommy, you are hurting me".
Hayley smiled and said "really!"
Hope said "ahan".
Hayley kissed her and put the clip in her hair and then said "now go run".
He wondered 'who is lying to him, Hayley or Caroline?' but then he shook his head and said to himself "he knows Caroline. She wouldn't lie about something like that but he barely knew Hayley."
He said to her "listen you don't have to worry about that. You can call whenever you want to. I will talk to her about it."
Caroline said hastily"no, dont talk to her. She will not like it Klaus. Put yourself in her shoes. If I were in her place I would have said that to your ex fiancé too."
Klaus was quiet for a second realizing she was right. When he didnt say anything Caroline said "we can talk. Just dont tell her. We are friends right so lets keep it that. you dont have to tell her everything."
He said "okay I have to go now."
After putting the cell down he went to Hope's bed, kissed her on her head and left the room leaving Hayley feeling bewildered and wondering 'what happened now?'
By the time Hayley walked in their room, she noticed that he had already changed and was looking at the file in his hand. She wondered if she should ask him about Caroline or not but the way his mouth was set she lost courage. She knew in her heart that something happened with Caroline. She thought 'may be talking to her reminded him of their past."
She was looking at him when he looked up and smiled at her making her feel a bit relaxed. He said "I have to read this thing. Why dont you get ready?"
Hayley nodded and said "Hope is watching cartoon so that she does not mess up her clothes." and went to change her clothes. As the door closed behind her he wondered 'why has she not asked about Caroline? Is Caroline right? Does Hayley feel insecure of her?'
He shook his head, closed the file and went to the living room.
She closed the bathroom door, looked at herself in the mirror and then took of the emerald dress from the hanger. She looked at her reflection and then with a sigh started to apply some light makeup and eye shadows to cover up the circles under her eyes.
Klaus was watching cartoons with Hope when he heard the sound of heel. He turned around and just stared at her dressed in a halter top emerald dress reaching just below her knee, feet in silver sandal and hair losing tumbling over her shoulder and very decent makeup.
he picked hope up and said "lets go".
Hayley said "wait" and tied Hope's dress belt.
When they reached Joe's small house, there were a couple of people there. Klaus introduced her to Alex and some other people who apparently worked in his station. Then Alexis took her to the other room and Klaus was left in the big living room. She caught him looking at her a few times and wondered 'what is he thinking? what has Caroline told him?'
Suddenly someone put on music. Hayley looked around and saw couples standing up and joining in the dance. She suddenly felt very self conscious when she heard Klaus say "I am not a good dancer so we don't have to".
She looked around and then said "no, lets do it. It might keep my mind off of tomorrow".
She gave her hand to Klaus and let him pull her towards him. As she was dancing in his arms, he asked "nervous about tomorrow".
Hayley said "umm, yeah, a bit. i have had it twice but for some reason this time I am a little bit nervous. not a whole lot." She looked around, gently laughed to make matters later and continued "I guess I am not looking forward to of side effects and of course there is Hope".
She spotted Hope with some other kids across the room.
She felt his hand grip tighten on her hand and looked towards him and caught him staring at her. She also suddenly felt his hand on her back and a tightening of her stomach muscles. She looked into his eyes and felt mesmerized but hastily looked away too. She searched her mind to say something to distract herself but couldn't think of anything and then she accidentally stepped on his shoe bringing smile on his lips.
he stepped back as the dance ended and held her hand for a moment and said while looking into her eyes "everything will be okay. I will be with you every step of the way."
He was looking at her when some one "yo Mikaelson, stop flirting with your wife… ".
Klaus laughed and looked towards the person and said "Andy pay attention to your family."
He then said to Hayley "I think we should leave. I will go and tell Joe about it. You should rest before tomorrow."
He left her standing there feeling touched at his care and thoughtfulness.
After a few minutes he came back with Joe and his wife and Hope.
Hayley thanked them and they left for their apartment.
After reaching home, she changed Hope and settled her in her bed and came back to their. Klaus was going to read Hope's a book when Hayley said "dont go, she already asleep"
He said "oh okay. Must be tired."
Hayley nodded and went to change her clothes too. They both went to sleep without talking about her impending appointment or anything.
Next morning they got up earlier than normal. Klaus noticed her giving Hope breakfast, changing her ,chatting with her in a normal way, doing chores in the apartment and couldn't help but admire her spirit.
He said to her "I will be home by 5" and left for work.
After he left, Hayley took a deep breath to calm her nerves that she had been trying to hide from Klaus and hoped that he hadn't noticed them. She felt somewhat calmed that he was with her. She kept herself busy all day with different chores and even took Hope to the part around noon. Around 4 she got ready and then settled down on the living room sofa with Hope.
Klaus looked at the prosecutor angrily and asked "what do you mean Emma, we are having a retrial? he should be sitting in the jail."
Emma said "I don't know what happened. We just got a mistrial. Judge Humvy got a letter in the mail that the jury has been tempered with and he got the proof which created the reasonable doubt so we have to go through it again. They will select the new jury today and will start again on Monday. You and Alex will have to come on Monday."
After the prosecutor left Klaus angry kicked the chair causing Alexis to raise her eyebrows. She asked him "are you okay? this is not the first time we have this kind of set back. Don't worry we will get him."
KLaus rubbed his eyebrows and said "yes I am fine. I just hate it when criminals like Disoza walk away on matters like these. I would like to know who tempered with the jury." and walked out angrily but Alexis caught up with him and said "hey hey, what is going on? You are really edgy today. I have never seen you act like this ever before."
Klaus looked at his wrist watch and saw it was almost 5:15 so he said "I have to go. I have talked to captain about it. Will talk later."and before she could say anything else he left.
As he opened the door of his car, he spun around as he sensed someone whose smell he recognized now anywhere. He said "Marcel, what are you doing here?"
Marcel said "Klaus you have to be careful, you are making enemies. You attacked another of my man a few days ago. Although he didnt recognize you, Jane-Ann did. She told me that you were the one who attacked him. I know you were defending her but still dont make vampires your enemy. So, it is true that you got yourself a wife and a child. as far as As far as I remember you were single."
Klaus said "yes, it is recent. Listen I have to go. I will visit tomorrow sometime. Is it safe to visit after my last visit?"
Marcel gave him a thoughtful look and then nodded. He got into his car and drove to his apartment.
Thirty minutes later they were heading towards the hospital with Hope in the back seat playing with her doll. He noticed that she was very quiet as he looked at her and then impulsively held her hand jolting her out of her thoughts. She smiled, looked at him and squeezed his hand too and then said "I don't want Hope to be in the room with me. Either you both come back home or stay out of the room".
Klaus looked at the desperation on her face and said "we will wait outside".
Klaus was sitting in the waiting room thinking of Hayley while Hope was playing with the toys set in the corner.
An hour later the doctor came and said "she is fine. She is resting. She is weak and needs to gain some weight because from the side affects she is at the risk of losing more weight".
Klaus said "Can i see her?"
The nurse said "yes".
Hayley was feeling hopeless staring at the ceiling when the door opened and he came in with Hope at his toe. Hope screamed "mommy" and ran to her but Klaus immediately said "Hope, wait".
He scooped her up as she was jumping up and down near her bed. Klaus looked at her and realized that she was not looking into his eyes but was looking at Hope His gaze went to the IV in her arm and he wondered how painful it must be?
He asked her "how are you feeling?"
Hayley looked at him for a second, felt touched by the expression on his face. She suddenly felt like crying but she told herself that she was not weak and will not show her weakness to Klaus. So she said "better. I want to go home".
Klaus said "I will ask doctor when we can go home".
Hayley said "I want to go home today. The longer I stay in the hospital hospital, the bigger the bill will get. And they cannot do anything by keeping me here".
Klaus looked at her and said "don't worry about money Hayley. Just rest".
She closed her eyes and his heart broke as he saw some tears seep into the pillow. She said "please I want to go home".
Klaus nodded and said "okay let me go and talk to the doctor".
As he left the room, Hayley looked towards Hope and asked "hey sweetie how are you?"
When Klaus entered the room he heard her say "mommy are you sick?"
Hayley smiled and said "a little bit. But I will get better soon".
He said to her "whenever you feel like getting up".
As she tired to get up, Klaus impulsively held her arm and helped her on the wheelchair the nurse had dragged into her room.
When they reached the apartment building Klaus realized that she had fallen to sleep. As He scooped her up after taking Hope out of her car seat, she opened her eyes and said in a lethargic voice "I can walk."
Klaus didnt put her down and said "I know" but didnt put her down.
He could feel her eyes on his face but didnt look at her. As he laid her on the bed, his cell rang. He groaned and picked it up.
He said after a few moments "can you drop the file at my house. I am off duty. I will do that from home"
He looked at Hayley after putting the cell down and said "Doctor Dole said that you need to take a lot of fluids and eat proteins and soft food to gain the strength as your body repairs the cells."
Hayley smiled and said "I am fine Klaus. I just want to sleep for a few hours."
Klaus said "sure but first you eat something."
He left the room and came back after a while with chicken corn souped. She asked "when did you get this?"
Klaus said "on the way from the work. I got it as I remembered reading something about it in the care package after your doctor's appointment. You start eating, I will get you some juice." And left the room.
Hayley felt touched at his thoughtfulness and even though her mouth was sour and the soup tasted like paper she tried a spoon and then the juice. She was eating it when he came back with the phone on his ear and a glass of juice in his hand. He put the glass of juice on the side table and said "Elijah wants to talk to you." and helped her up."
Hayley felt like saying no but then she nodded while sipping the juice.
Klaus sat on the bed with Hope in his lap and listened to her talking to Elijah.
She said after listening to the other side "oh no Elijah I am fine. Klaus is taking good care of me."
She paused for a second and then laughed and said "okay will do that. Thanks for calling. Here talk to Klaus." She said to him "Klaus!" in a tired voice and then put the plate of soup on the side table and got out of the bed and went to the bathroom.
Klaus looked at her and saw that she had her eyes closed and knew she was not feeling well so he took the phone from her and said "Elijah, I will call you later".
He went to the bathroom but the door was locked so he stood there feeling at loss. A couple of minutes later Hayley came out and said "sorry. My mouth taste is generally really bad after the chemo. It always happens."
The feeling of guilt again plagued him as he realized that she must have gone through this during previous two chemotherapies too. He held her arm and guided her to the bed and said "how about just some juice and then you go to sleep. I will take care of Hope."
Hayley nodded and then looked at her clothes and then shook her head and laid down. Klaus asked her feeling a bit awkward "do you want to change your clothes?"
Hayley opened her eye, smiled and said "when I get some of my energy back" and then closed her eyes.
He stood there looking at her then turned to Hope and said "lets go and have some dinner."
After giving her dinner, changed her, put her in the bed, read a book and made a cup of coffee for himself and went to his room. He sat on the bed reading a book while sipping the coffee.
After thirty minutes the bell rang so he went to the front door and saw Alexis there with Alex. Alexis gave him the file and left.
After Alexis left, he went back to his room, changed his clothes and settled down on the bed compiling the file.
He kept glancing at Hayley who was sound asleep and impulsively brushed the hair out of her forehead.
After finishing that work, he opened his email and looked at the document Elijah had send him concerning their company. By the time he was done evaluating everything it was mid-night. He glance at Hayley one last time, fixed the duvet on her and went to sleep too.
Next time when his eyes opened, she was not next to him. He got up abruptly and immediately went to the bathroom. He pushed the door open but it was locked So he pushed it and with one jerk managed to break it. He entered it and saw her sitting on the cold floor.
Hayley was sitting on the cold floor with her head on her knees. She felt really exhausted from the continuous vomiting she had been doing for the past half an hour. She looked up as she heard the door open and saw him.
Klaus darted to her, knelt next to her and asked "hey hey are you okay?"
She tried to smile but couldn't and shook her head. She started to get up but couldn't and stumbled back on the cold floor. Klaus bend down and scooped her up and carried her to their room. He felt her hand on his chest and asked "for how long have you been sitting here?"
Hayley shook her head and willed herself not to cry but suddenly the tears started to fall from her eyes as he lowered her on the bed.
He sat next to her and asked "not feeling good".
She shook her head, wiped her tears and said "this time they started too soon. I have never felt this bad".
Klaus said "why don't you lie down? I will bring something for you to eat".
Hayley hastily said with a touch of pleading in her tone "no please. I don't want to vomit again. I just want to sleep".
She added in a really tired voice "please just stay with me".
He held her hand and said "I am sorry that I slept through it"
She shook her head trying not to break down again.
He looked at her for a minute as she closed her eyes and then decided against it and sat next to her and asked "is there something else?"
She shook her head.
Klaus said impulsively brushing the hair out of her forehead "there is only one treatment left and then radiation and then you will be free of cancer".
He looked at his hand and saw a strand of hair and closed fist before she sees it.
Hayley opened her eyes and smiled at him making the muscles of his stomach tightened. She said "once someone gets cancer, they are never free of it but thanks for saying that. I am glad that Hope will have you in her life now. Before we got married I was always scared for her. What will happen to her after me".
Klaus felt his heart sink "you will recover Hayley".
She smiled and turned away from him and closed her eyes.
Klaus stared at her for a few seconds and then went to the other side of the bed and lied down. He closed his eyes but then snapped them open as he felt her hand slip into his. He looked towards her but she had her eyes closed. He went back to sleep looking at her exhausted face.
For the next few days Klaus noticed that she was getting weaker and weaker by the day and quieter too. She talked minimal and that was too when spoken to. Her behavior with Hope was okay but she was not the same bubbly self that he had seen in the early days of their marriage and even before that. Often he came home and found her kneeling over the toilet throwing up. Sometimes he woke up in the middle of night and saw her crying softly into the pillow but he realized that she didn't want him to see her weak, so he had never tried to console her. Every night in the middle of night he would suddenly wake up to see his hand in her grasp. And from the grip he would realize that she was the one holding his hand. He had a suspicion that she didn't even realize what she was doing. Every morning she would come out of bathroom with a smiling face even though he had gathered by now that her nausea strikes her first thing in the morning and then they would have breakfast with small chit chat during which he would ask her how she felt and she would say "fine" and he would not press the matter.
Hayley felt really overwhelmed by him paying so much attention to her. Often she looked up and caught him looking at her with eyes full of concern. She would smile telling him that she was feeling okay. She would wake up in the middle of the night and realize sometime during the night she had held his hand but instead of letting it go, she would keep on holding it and go back to sleep. When he would be busy with Hope she would look at him and felt at peace. Her heart was warming up for him which was taking her by surprise making her wonder 'how her feelings for him had changed in the past few weeks? She does not associate him with the man in that bathroom stall.'
Four days after her chemo Hayley was cleaning Hope's room when she started to feel dizzy and then everything that had been happening took a toll on her and she yelled in frustration and threw the pillow across the room startling Hope. Hayley looked at Hope and realized what she had done. She immediately walked to her and knelt down next to her and hugged her tightly and said softly "oh baby I am so sorry. Mommy is just tried.".
Hope separated herself from Hayley and touched her cheek and said "are you sick mommy?"
Hayley gulped her tears and said "mommy is getting better. Come on now lets play something."
She sat there for the dizziness to pass and then got up when her cell rang and she smiled spontaneously as she saw his name on the cell. she picked it up and said "I am fine Klaus".
Klaus was looking at Alexis as she was talking to Joe but his trained hearing detected distress in her voice and he knew that she was lying. He said "I will come home early today. We have just wrapped up a big case so just doing the paper work."
Hayley said "okay good. thanks."
After she put the cell down it hit her that he had made it a point to call her at least once ever since she had her chemotherapy. She smiled and then she went to play with Hope as Hope called "mommy come. Lets have a tea party."
She sat on the carpet looking at Hope chattering away. As hope handed her the plastic tea cup she smiled at Hayley and said "coffee or tea?"
Hayley smiled, ran fingers through her hair and said "coffee but you need to ask me before you give me the cup sweetie."
Hope hit her hand on her forehead and said "oh no. I will give you another one."
Hayley laughed as Hope gave her another cup. She leaned back against the bed and ran fingers through her hair and then groaned as she saw lock of hair in her hand and suddenly felt very depressed. Even though Hope kept her busy all day with her talk and then she had to cook dinner she felt really depressed. After putting Hope some cartoons on she called her doctor's office and told them about their nausea. the nurse called her back a few minute later and said "Doctor Dole will write you an anti-nausea prescription. Just take one pill first thing in the morning and stop taking it if the nausea goes away. Give me your local pharmacy number."
Hayley said "514-980-7789. CVS".
The nurse said "okay. Let me call them." and put the cell down.
She took a deep breath and then went to bathroom and started throwing up. After throwing up she stood in front of the bathroom mirror and looked at her face and wondered in depression 'how long before she will lose all her hair and her complexion and all the things that made her attractive and different from a man's point of view.'
She ran fingers on her cheeks and wondered 'how long does she have left?' and then she thought 'what is she waiting for? For her to die or lose everything before….' she stopped her thought process and then said to herself "shouldn't she make use of her life, enjoy everything before things take a turn for worse, before he even stops looking at her or find her remotely attractive as she will become bald and …" She pushed the thoughts out of her mind aggressively and then splashed water on her face making up her mind about him letting her in.
Klaus proved true to his words. She was still in the bathroom when she heard him saying to Hope "hello love" followed by her squeal of happiness "daddy. Look I am watching Dora."
Klaus looked around and wondered 'is she sick right now?'
He asked Hope "Dora! what is it about?"
Hayley smiled, dried her face and walked out of the room.
She stood at the door way and watched him scoot near to Hope and heard her say "hmmhun. I don't know."
Klaus laughed and said "okay why dont you watch and I will go and check on mommy."
Hope said "mommy sick" before Hayley could say anything.
Klaus felt a tug at his heart and he said "she will get better".
He kissed her on her head, turned around and spotted her standing in the door way. Hayley looked at him and suddenly her eyes got blurry which didnt go unnoticed by Klaus and his heart ached for her. She said in a near composed voice "you came early today like you said. Dinner?"
As she was heading towards the kitchen Klaus held her hand and said "I will do it. Have you talked to Dole about the nausea."
Hayley said "yes I called today. She said she can prescribe an anti nausea medicine but besides that they cannot do anything because the body is getting weak as the medicine is breaking all the cells."
Klaus said "why dont you try those medicines. May be they will make you feel better."
Hayley smiled and said "thanks".
Later that night Klaus was sitting on the bed reading a book when Hayley sat near him and said "you said that when I am ready I should tell you. I want you to know I am ready if you ever want to."
She started to get up when he held her arm and pulled her back and said "what makes you think I don't want to?"
Hayley smiled but Klaus saw how sad she looked. She said "look at me. How can you be okay with this. I'm losing my hair, there are circles under my eyes and my skin is burning with the medicine."
Klaus held her hand and rubbed her fingers with his and said "Let me tell you. First of all I really want to and secondly you are the most brave and wonderful woman I have ever met. I know our marriage is not ideal but not a day has gone by when I have regretted making this decision. And there is nothing wrong with you. You are beautiful and Hayley, beauty is not just outside. It is inside too and you have plenty of that. Tell me are you saying you are ready because you are feeling hopeless or you really want to?"
Hayley looked at him and then at his hand holding hers. She felt a tightening in her stomach and said softly "both. I will not lie to you. Both. I am feeling very depressed and hopeless but that will pass in a day or so. I also want us to become a true couple. We are married and I don't want to have a sexless marriage with this barrier between us and if I am right this is not your perfect idea about marriage too. We cannot live our lives with this thing hanging between us."
Klaus smiled and said "no, I don't want to but I am willing to wait for you to be ready".
Hayley smiled at his understanding and said "I am ready Klaus. If you want to we can do it today. I want to feel the way I used to … " she paused as she saw his pinched expression.
She immediately said "Klaus I will forget about that. I want to forget about that. Make me forget about that".
Klaus took her hand to his lips and gently kissed it sending chills through her body. He leaned in to kiss her but she leaned back making his heart sink.
Klaus stopped and leaned back and was letting her hand go but Hayley grabbed onto it and hastily said "no. I am sorry".
Klaus said "may be we should take it slowly. We can wait. Lets start with small steps."
Hayley said shaking her head "no. you said I should tell you when I am ready. I am ready. I don't want to die without consummating our marriage vows Klaus."
Klaus said firmly "you are not dying Hayley."
Hayley said desperately "you don't know that. Please can you give me this."
Klaus stared at her adamant and desperate face and said "Hayley this is not right. You are feeling desperate and that is why you…."
But Hayley cut him off by saying "I told you I want to have this. You have already done too much for me and Hope. I was desperate for the chemo expenses and I took it from you. You didnt find that odd so why do you find this odd?"
He sighed, leaned in and brushed his lips against her.
Hayley felt her legs losing all energy at the soft touch of his lips on her lips. Suddenly an image of him pinning her against the bathroom stall flashed through her mind and she shuddered. Klaus felt the softness of her lips against his and the knot in his stomach tightened but then he felt her shudder and leaned back. He looked into her eyes and saw nervousness. He put his hand gently on her thigh and at the same time felt her hand on his chest and a slight push.
He removed his hand now feeling frustrated and looked at her hand on his chest.
Hayley followed his gaze and realized what she has done and said "I …"
She hesitated and then leaned forward and kissed him on his lip.
Klaus gently returned the kiss and felt her hand slide down to his shirt and stopped at the hem. He guided her hand to take off his shirt while continuing kissing her. He broke the kiss as she took the shirt off and then keeping eyes on her face he slid his hand down to the hem of her shirt and started to pull it off but when she flinched he stopped. She shook her head and said "no, dont stop".
After he had taken her shirt off he gently leaned her back on the bed and stared at her slim body. He leaned on her and kissed her.
As she felt his naked torso touching her torso she started to lose her nerves as the images started to replay in her mind again but then she intentionally look a deep breath to calm herself She returned his kiss and to keep her nervous hands busy she gently cupped his face.
Klaus moved his lips to her jawline and then to her neck and continued kissing her. She moaned as he slightly bit her earlobe and whispered "are you okay?"
Hayley breathed "yes".
He slid his hand down her naked torso while continuing to kiss her neck.
Hayley gasped as his hand starting to move to her pelvis and she said "Klaus!"
He looked at her and said "do you want me to stop?"
She looked into his eyes saw the demons that she was having. She said "no".
He kissed her on her lips and then moved his lips down to the small swell of her breast exposed from her bra.
She felt as if she was on fire but before she could recover she felt his hand slid to her back and took of her bra.
She suddenly remembered something and said rather loudly "no".
Klaus stopped and lifted himself up from her. He was moving away from her but she said "no".
Klaus felt confused and asked "what is it Hayley?"
She suddenly felt very self conscious and said "not my breast".
Klaus stared at her in confusion and then it hit him and he said "dont be absurd".
She said shaking her head and saying desperately "I don't want you to see the scar Klaus".
He said "Hayley there is nothing to be ashamed of".
She said "I just don't…" but he kissed her lips and said "Hayley if you tell me to stop I will but I hope that you dont."
Hayley stared into his eyes and saw genuine feelings so she nodded.
Klaus kept his eyes on her face and unhooked her bra. He then slid the straps off her shoulder and pulled the bra off. His gaze went to the scar on her right breast and he gently kissed it making her body jump. He looked at her and said "you are beautiful".
Tears slid from her eyes and got absorbed in the pillow. He kissed her tears away and then bend to kiss her breast again making her squirm. He put his lips on her right nipple and kissed it making her gasp.
She grabbed his hair and make him look at her and said "O god please".
Klaus said "do you want me to stop?"
Hayley panted "no, It is just I have never had experienced this before."
Klaus moved her hair back from her forehead and asked "really?!"
Hayley blushed and said "yes, I have a five year old daughter, I couldn't exactly bring suitors to my apartment".
Klaus gently caressed her cheek and said "hmm. I am sorry I put…" but she cut him off by saying "no, please dont. I dont want to think about that".
She said with a smile "do it again".
Klaus smiled and then touched her nipple again and kissed it softly making her arch her back.
His lips shifted to her left breast and did the same thing to it. She couldn't help but squirm under his touch. He moved his lips down there naval and kissed her naked stomach making her grab on the bed sheet and bite her lips to stop the moaning that was ready to escape her lips.
He looked up into her eyes and when she nodded he gently started to slip her pants down. He got up and slid his pants down too and then laid on her again. He kissed her lips and enjoyed her returning the kiss. While her mind was clear now, forgotten the past, his mind kept on replying that image in the bathroom, him pinning a girl against the stall and he felt nausea building up in him and felt like stopping but then he thought she might think he is rejecting her because of that scar so he continued kissing her and then he felt her hand on his back and he relaxed a little bit. He moved his lips on her jawline, neck, down the neck and then he asked her "are you okay?"
Hayley suddenly felt very nervous as she felt him getting hard and her getting wet. She whispered "yes".
He said "If you want me to stop, I will".
Hayley said at once "no" and kissed him on his cheek.
He parted her legs with his knees, looked into her eyes and said "tell me when you want me to stop." He then placed his right hand under her hip and gently lifted it and before she could say anything she felt him in her. He stared into her eyes and asked "Hayley?!"
She shook her head and touched his cheek. Klaus started to rock gently against her. She felt his eyes on her and then impulsively cupped his face near her and kissed his lips and said "forget about the past Klaus".
He asked with a slight smile "that obvious?"
She smiled and whispered "yes".
He kissed her again and then nuzzled his lips into her neck and continued rocking against her. Hayley closed her eyes as she started to feel her climaxing and it hit her that she never did five years ago. She pursed her lips and felt his hand on her thigh and pulling it up. She instinctively wrapped her legs around his waist as he continued to rock against her.
As he climaxed, he kissed her neck while at the same time he felt a soft kiss on his shoulder. He whispered "are you okay?"
Hayley opened her eyes and realized what she was doing. She gently laughed and said "yes. Stop asking me that. I am wonderful. "
Klaus lifted himself on one of his hands and looked into her face and said "this is how it should have happened the first time too".
Hayley touched his cheek and then his hair and said "well it is never too late".
Klaus caressed her cheek with his left hand and got off of her.
he pulled her naked body against him and said "I thought that I will have to wait for like forever. thank you for letting me in so soon".
Hayley turned towards him and said "thanks for being so sweet to me".
They lay silently and then Klaus said "Hayley I think I will fall in love with you sooner then I thought I will."
Hayley felt her stomach muscles tightened. She sat up and looked towards him with the duvet covering her breast and said "I cannot".
Klaus asked in confession "what?"
Hayley said "I cannot say that for myself. It will take me sometime to develop any romantic feelings for you Klaus but I am looking forward to those feelings".
Klaus smiled and said "I know Hayley. I understand that".
Hayley smiled said "I think we should change in case Hope decides to come in".
Klaus laughed and looked around for his shirt whereas Hayley bend to pick her discarded shirt from the ground.
Klaus got up to put on his pants whereas she raised her arm to put the shirt on. Klaus turned to look at her and at once knelt on his knees on the bed and touched her right shoulder. Hayley asked slightly turning towards him "what?"