A/N: THank you for the reviews. First of all guest asking about Klaus waiting till Hayley is ready. it was not exactly like "I will wait until you are ready to have sex". It was in general Klaus told her that he will give her space and time to settle down and adjust before moving to next step. he made it clear to her from the start that it was i her hand when she wants to take their marriage to the next step because that has always been his intention. He wanted to have a real marriage, ready to fall in love with her. Then in chapter 13 or 14 he told her that he wants to be there when she is having her checkup but he needed her consent so he had been telling her off and on that he needs her consent not just specifically for sex. And Hayley knew what he meant all along and that is why she was hesitant in sharing the room with him, having the checkup in front of him.
Another thing I gather from reviews that most of you are surprised that they consummated their vows so early in their marriage considering their past but you have to look from Hayley's point of view. She is losing hope in life, going depressed, losing hair (probably will go bald) which really puts a damper to woman's mood etc so she wanted to do that before things took a turn to worse and he didnt even find her attractive. in her mind Klasu might not be interested in her if she becomes bald. Personally it is a very sad thought to me because I know someone very close to me who went through this stage. So I can relate to her feelings. But I am happy you like the scene ;). I have rarely written a negative character but writing for Caroline is turning out to be basically I am not a very confrontational person so I will not prolong it probably lol. Yes Klaus trusting Caroline is annoying but they have a past and he cannot let go of that past. Marrying Hayley and sleeping with her does not mean that he loves her or she him. He is just being, caring and dutiful to his responsibilities. Caroline was his first love, it will take some time for him to forget her. May be Caroline will manage that with her own actions lol. Lets see. A couple of you have asked will becoming a werewolf cure her cancer. That is being discussed in this chapter. I hope you like this chapter too.
Synopsis: Aftermath of their one night together reveals many things which Klaus was not ready to face but he has no option other then to accept him. An enemy from his work place invade their private space putting his family at risk.
Klaus stared at the half crescent moon on her right shoulder and felt a drop in his stomach. She asked him again "what?"
Klaus said "nothing."
He pulled her toward him after she put on her shirt and soon after she fell asleep in his arms for the first time ever. While Hayley was sleeping Klaus was awake thinking about what he has found. He vividly remembered that birthmark when Marcel had told him about Crescent pack in the bayou. He recalled what Caroline had told him about Hayley's parent and that she was adopted. Klaus closed his eyes in agony thinking 'why is it that every thing bad was happening to her?' and then he snapped them open as it hit him that being fathered and mothered by wolves Hope will definitely have the gene and his heart sank further and didnt know his grip around her torso tightened. He laid there holding her still lost in his thought 'how could he prevent that his family trigger their genes, but then he remembered the Crescent pack cursed Does that mean they will be cursed too when they will trigger their gene?' He went to sleep thinking about random things concerning Hope and Hayley. The last thing he remembered before going to sleep was the hope he was feeling with the progress Hayley and he had made in their relationship.
Next morning when he woke up she was still in his arm and he realized that it was the first time in many days she was not up before him and was not throwing up as usual. He was looking at her face when she opened her eyes.
Memory of last night flashed through her eyes and she blushed and gave him a shy smile. He removed a strand of hair from her cheek and said "hey…"
Hayley smiled and said "hi…"
Klaus said "how are you feeling?"
Hayley said smiling "very good. No sickness and no heaviness."
Klaus touched her shoulder where he could see the light remnant of those teeth marks. Hayley followed his gaze and touched his hand softly and said "you okay?"
He steered his eyes from the mark and looked at her face and said "I will be."
Hayley touched his cheek and said "good."
Klaus leaned in and kissed her gently which she almost immediately returned.
He broke the kiss and said "will you be okay today? I have to go."
Hayley smiled and said "yes".
He got out of bed reluctantly and went to he bathroom. While taking the shower he kept wondering about the birthmark on her shoulder and out of blue a thought occurred to him 'will becoming a wolf cure her cancer?' but then he shook the thought out of his mind. He decided to pay Crescent pack a visit after work sometime.
He dried himself and while changing his clothes, he remembered last night and a smile appeared on his lips. He realized that even though their love making was devoid of the actual love for each other yet it was sweet and she was wonderful. He still remembered her slender body and how she had laughed when he had asked her how she was doing. He suddenly remembered her saying "no one has ever done that to me." and wondered 'has she never had sex before.' and the possibility that she was virgin when he raped her hit him very hard. He tried to remember if she was virgin but couldn't remember. He stayed there with his head bend, hands on the counter cursing himself for that one act of his life that changed her life forever.
When he came out he saw her sitting on the bed with her head in her hands. Thinking that she was feeling sick he rushed to her and said "Hayley!"
when she looked up he asked "are you feeling okay?"
Hayley said "Klaus…" but stopped.
Klaus asked "have I hurt you?" He paused for a second before asking with hesitation "are you regretting last night?"
Hayley at once said "no, no that is not it. Why do you think that? I wanted this."
Klaus said "I feel as if I took advantage of you, of your emotional state."
Hayley touched his cheek caressed it while shaking her head while speaking softly "not at all. I asked you and you gave it to me."
Klaus smiled, touched her hand and said "then what is it?"
When Hayley hesitated so Klaus said "you can tell me anything you know."
Hayley said "I cannot get pregnant again."
Klaus stared at her and asked with racing heart "what do you mean? Did something happen when I …."
Hayley hastily said "no, no. I am fine. I meant I cannot get pregnant during my treatment. The chemo and radiation can harm the baby. Last night the possibility didn't occur to me and now I am just scared. I dont want to get pregnant right now."
Klaus felt a drop in his stomach as he realized that she was right but he said keeping his voice calm "dont worry. Everything will be okay. I am with you. We will handle this together. But in future we will take precautions."
His heart felt light suddenly when she asked with a smile "future?"
Klaus laughed, kissed her hand and said "you didn't think this was a one time deal did you?"
Hayley said smiling "of course not but to tell you the truth I never thought this aspect of our lives until yesterday but now I want to…. I mean think about it."
He laughed and got up pulling her up with him and said softly bringing her close to him "last night was great. I want to make some really good memories with you to replace the bad one."
Hayley said "we will. With time we will make so many good memories that we will no have space for the bad one."
He gently brushed his lips against hers and let go of her hand. Hayley went to change her clothes whereas Klaus continued getting ready for work.
The next couple of days went smoothly. Her nausea reduced to once a day. She noticed that he was paying extra attention to her health and eating habits. Hope was getting too attached to Klaus. It was great to see them together. He had started to kiss her quiet often and causally; grabbing her while she is walking by him, giving her his knee buckling smile and gently kissing him either on lips or cheeks. He was even doing things which would naturally break the wall between them like leaving the bathroom door open while washing his face or brushing his teeth or even trimming his facial hair, taking off his shirt in front of her; things that any normal couple sharing a bedroom cannot avoid for long. Sometimes she felt overwhelmed by the way he pampered her and she realized because she was not used to this kind of attention.
Two days later at night time while he was holding her close to him while telling her about his day and asking about hers, Hayley realized that she was not listening to him but rather staring at his pink lips. She impulsively leaned in, kissed his soft lips and asked "have you changed your mind about .…" Klaus said "of course not."
When she continued to look at him and he didn't respond she leaned back with a sinking feeling in her heart but Klaus grabbed her from her waist and asked "Are you on birth control pills?"
Hayley said regretfully "I cannot have birth control pills Klaus. When I was told not to get pregnant by Dr Ackles, he told me that oral contraceptives may be acceptable for some women, but are generally not recommended for women with breast cancer but as I was not sexually active so I never give it a thought."
Klaus said "it is okay but I dont have any contraceptives either ,Hayley."
Hayley said regretfully "oh okay. Next time may be."
He snuggled her later closer to him feeling guilty about lying to her. She went to sleep in his arms feeling relaxed that it was not that he didnt want to have sex with her. He went to sleep trying to convince himself that he was lying for her sake, buried his face in her thinning hair, feeling her hand on his chest along with the shallow breathing and without saying anything went to sleep with her.
Next day he went to office while she stayed home with Hope feeling relaxed, happy and nausea free after many days.
Later that night when she was going to bed he said from the open bathroom door "I opened an bank account for you and Hope last week but forgot to tell you after everything that has happened. The credit card came today in the office mail. It is in my wallet. Take it."
Hayley said "I don't need it."
At one glance he noticed the adamant look on her face so he said as he splashed water on his face "You will need it Hayley. take it. It is the money from my work." When he came out she was sitting there on the bed looking down at something. He walked to her and asked "what is it? are you feeling okay…" and then stopped as he saw what she was holding.
She got up, looked a him, threw the packet on the table in anger and started towards the bathroom when he grabbed her arm and turned her towards him.
Hayley pushed him away angrily and desperately and yelled "you lied to me! If you dont want to have sex with me then tell me that but don't lie to me. I…"
He held her by her arms and said earnestly "no, listen I want to. I lied to you because I wasn't sure whether the night we slept together was because you really wanted to or because an impulsive decision."
She stared into his eyes and then tears started to fall. She said in a teary voice "I don't believe you Klaus." as she stepped back jerking his hands away from her and stormed into the bathroom with a heavy heart.
He stood there running his fingers through his hair in frustration looking at the closed bathroom door. He walked to it after five minute and knocked on it but she didnt reply. A thought crossed his mind 'may be she has gotten sick again and fainted' so he said now getting worried "Hayley open the door or else I will break it."
A few seconds later he heard the click of the door knob and she stepped out. She brushed past him and went to lie on the bed.
He looked at her for a few moments and then went to lie on his side of the bed too after switching off the light.
Hayley had her face turned away from him and was thinking 'it is okay. If anyone were in his spot he would have felt the same way. First he had to marry her despite being with the love of his life for Hope' sake and then she literally begged him to have sex with him and he obliged because he felt sorry for a cancer patient….' suddenly her thoughts were interrupted when she felt a hand around her waist and he turned her towards him. Klaus could see depression on her face and his heart sank with the realization that he is the cause of that unhappiness.
He said "Hayley, I want to. I really want to but I want you to be sure of before…" but Hayley cut him off by saying "I am sure Klaus. I was sure. I took that step after a lot of thinking. I dont want to die knowing that I had a chance to make a life for myself and I didn't grab that chance and did something about it."
When she stopped he caressed her cheek with his thumb and said "no one is dying here. You will recover and yes I agree with you about grabbing the chance."
He paused for a second then thinking that she is looking beautiful and wants him and he wants her and he has contraceptives so what is stopping him' he leaned in to kiss her. At first she couldn't return that kiss but then the softness of his lips melted her heart and she started to kiss him which gradually progressed to something more then just a plain kiss and in just a few minutes they were lying naked and making love. He was so passionate as well as caring that it made her believe each and every word he had said. Later when he was holding her she asked him "I am glad you got them."
Klaus looked at her and then remembering her insecurities towards Caroline he decided not to tell her that they had been there since before their marriage; when Caroline used to visit him.
He smiled and kissed her hand and said "do you believe me now?"
She nodded. She was looking for her shirt when he handed her his with a twinkle in his eyes. She smiled and put it on while he put on his pajama and they both went to sleep in each other arm.
With each passing day Klaus noticed that even though she seemed well adjusted and happy, but occasionally he could see how scared she was of the prospect of getting pregnant. Often he saw her standing in front of the bathroom mirror or bedroom with her hand on her bare stomach. During this time, Klaus did his own research about the risks of carrying a baby during the treatment of cancer and he understood the fear that Hayley had. Seeing how scared she was, he made sure that he didn't let her on in his own fears. They both knew that if she is pregnant then there are only two options; either stop the treatment until the baby is born or abort the baby because they both knew that she cannot carry the baby and have the treatment at the same time because it was risky for the baby.
Four days later after them taking their relationship to new step one morning, Hayley walked to his side of the bedside table to pick up the glass of water when the cell rang. She started to turn but stopped as she saw Caroline's name on the caller ID and her heart sank. She turned around and left the room wondering 'why is she calling him? Does she call him often?'
Ten minutes later she was sitting with Hope giving her breakfast while her mind breakfast with her mind still wondering about Caroline's phone call.
Klaus came out of the bathroom and picked up his cell as the bell rang. He smiled as he saw Elijah's name of the caller Id. He said "Elijah, I was thinking about you. You never called about you know… after that day. What is new at your end?"
Elijah said sarcastically "great! You tell me that we are these supernatural beings and there is a world full of them and now ask me how am I. Wonderful!"
Klaus laughed and said "why didn't you call before then. It has been more then a week since you found out. Elijah said "I wanted to give you some time because of Hayley's treatment and all. How is she doing by the way?"
The smile slipped from his face as he said "yes, thanks for that. She is doing better now."
Elijah said "may be I should visit soon. You will not believe it but I miss Hope of all the people. Still cannot believe it that she is your daughter."
He walked out of the room saying "yes sometimes I dont believe it either but yes do come over any time."
Hayley looked up as he walked out of the room and tried to smile but felt her jaw muscles have stopped working.
Klaus walked into the kitchen, poured himself coffee, kissed Hope on her head and said "ahan when are you coming?"
Elijah said "not right now but I want to tell you that other is steaming and she might call you or make a visit. She is absolutely not ready to accept Hayley. Now she is saying that she married you for your money and she is not happy with what she had already gotten from father. I assume he gave her the money because he found out about her and Hope. I wanted to ask you whether you have given her that money?"
Klaus rubbed his hand on his forehead with frustration and said "no, she refused to take it."
Elijah said "as expected but let me tell you that the only way to soften her heart will be if you tell her about Hope."
Klaus looked at Hayley and caught her looking at him. He said "hmm. Let me think about it" at the same time mouthed her "what happened?" She shook her head and looked at Hope eating oatmeal thinking 'why is Caroline coming over again?'
He said "wait" to Elijah and said to Hayley "I am getting late. Have to go. Will be late". Picked up his coffee kissed Hope again, gently kissed Hayley making her stomach muscles tightened , looked into her eyes and knew something was not right but he was getting late so he decided to talk to her in the afternoon.
He said to Elijah "okay so tell me what is going on?" as he closed the door behind him not knowing what she was thinking and why was she so depressed.
Later that day in the afternoon she was sitting in the park looking at Hope sliding down the slide but thinking about the way Klaus was talking to Caroline and felt a strange feeling which she realized to her shock that she was jealous. She wondered 'why was he so comfortable with her and why was she still calling him after what he did to her? If she were at Caroline's place and her fiancé has done something like that she wouldn't have called him"
She suddenly straightened as she saw a man talking to Hope. Hayley got up hastily and almost ran towards Hope and said coldly "excuse me what do you think you are doing?"
She helped Hope down and held her hand fiercely. The man looked around and said softly "Mrs. Mikaelson, you have a beautiful daughter. Your husband should think about you two before taking a case."
Hayley heart stopped and she turned away and hastily walked away from him in a random direction. After a couple of minute he looked around but the man was no where to be seen so she turned towards her apartment. As she reached the apartment building, she noticed that man again. Her heart started racing. She picked up Hope and ran up the stairs. She opened the apartment door after fumbling with the keys for a moment and entered it carrying Hope panting. She closed the door behind her and stood there holding Hope to her chest and then she jumped as she heard a bang on the door. She ran to her bedroom, closed the door and ran into the walking closet and shut it. There was a loud bang as she pushed Hope behind her and with shaking hand started to enter the code for the locker. There was another bang and she knew the bed room door was broken. She quickly took out the gun and pointed it towards the door and shouted "I have a gun. I swear if you come in I will shoot."
The door flew open with a bang and the intruder stood there with a black ski-mask on his face. Hope grabbed her leg and starting wailing. The invader looked at her and said "tell detective Mikaelson to stop digging or else…" he looked at Hope viciously, disregarding the gun Hayley was holding with shaking hands. Hayley felt a terror seize her heart and said "you look at her one more time and I will…"
The man laughed and said "I don't think you have courage." He took one step towards them and Hayley just pressed the trigger.
Klaus laughed at Alexis and said "I am glad I don't have to go through that. Poor Alex! Why dont women understand that men don't like to hear about the wedding prep detail twenty four seven".
Alexis said smiling "you are in a cheery mood these days. Things are going great at home I presume." her expression changed to mischief by the end of sentence.
He smiled and closed the car door when they heard "shots fired at 45 B Willow Creek Ave…"
Before Alexis could respond Klaus was already in the car. He felt as if his heart would jump out of his chest any second. He suddenly remembered her depression and desperation a couple of days ago and his heart sank. Alexis looked at him anxiously but didn't say anything. She said "Mikaelson, Wood on the way."
He was running up the stairs two at a time when his cell rang. He ignored it and continued climbing the stairs two at a time. He stopped as he saw a couple of officers standing there. One of them whom he recognized said "Klaus…"
But he pushed him aside and yelled anxiously "Hayley!"
Hayley put the cell down wondering 'where was he?' when she heard him call her name. She got up with Hope and walked out of the room.
He went straight towards his room with his heart racing and then put his hand on the wall to support him as he saw her walking out carrying Hope. He exhaled loudly, went straight to her, took Hope from her and hugged both of them tightly. He said "Oh God. I was so scared. I thought…" but stopped.
He pushed her away from her roughly and asked harshly "what happened?"
Hayley said "a man tried to grab Hope in the park and then followed us home. He told me to tell you to drop the case you are working on. He was going to…" she stopped talking. Klaus hugged her again fiercely as he heard the terror in her voice. Hayley said "I fired".
Klaus's heart stopped beating and he asked "and?"
Hayley said shaking now "it missed him but he ran. I was so scared…"
Klaus looked at Alexis who came out with the gun and said "this is your gun. There is a hole in the wall."
Jim walked to him and said apologetically "listen Klaus I need to take her statement and then ask you where you keep your gun."
Klaus nodded and said "Jim I want to stay."
He led Hayley to the living room and sat with her with Hope in his lap. He could feel from the hold around his neck that Hope was scared too.
In the next hour Klaus saw Jim asking Hayley and him all sorts of questions. He could see that she was nervous by the way her hands were shaking in his hands but was answering all of their questions boldly and calmly. While Hayley was answering Jim's question Klaus was wondering 'what case was the intruder referring to?'
He looked up as Alexis walked to him and waved him to come over. Klaus nodded and looked at Hayley who was now shaking. He said "you have been very brave Hayley. A little longer. I will just be back."
He walked with Alexis and said "so?"
Alexis said "the doors has been broken down Klaus. There might be finger prints. You have to stay in a hotel tonight. This is a crime scene."
Klaus nodded but noticed something on her face and asked "what?"
Alexis hesitated but then gave him a bottle of medicines and said "I am sorry. I had no idea."
Klaus looked at Hayley nausea medicine's during her cancer and said "it is okay. We dont want people to know."
Alexis nodded and said "I understand".
She smiled looking over his shoulder. Klaus turned around and saw Hayley looking at him. He smiled and said "when they are done, I will get them to the hotel."
He walked to her and nodded to the female officer standing closer to her. He said to her "we will have to spend the night at a hotel. We can go to Elijah's house, but it would be safer to spend the night in a hotel."
She nodded and got up. Alexis stood there while Hayley gathered some of hers, Hope and Klaus's stuff whereas Klaus suddenly remembering the letter and the prospect of someone finding out about it went to the walking closet and saw that the locker was already open and the letter was not in there. He cursed "bloody hell" and looked around sharply only to bump into Hayley. Hayley said softly "I have it. I took it out when those officers came in."
He stared at her and whispered "you knew."
Hayley nodded and said "I am glad he knew before his death. He was really nice with Hope whenever he met her."
Klaus hugged her and said "lets go".
They spent the night at the Marriott. It took a while to settle down a very scared Hope. At last Hayley managed to put her to sleep and put her on her left side while she settled down next to Klaus. Klaus held Hayley while they talked about the incidence a little bit and then she went to sleep while he stayed awake thanking his luck that she misfired and didnt trigger her gene. He gently caressed her arm and decided to get the gun out of house. He closed his eyes and soon after he was asleep Hayley got up in the middle of night feeling sick waking him too. For the next thirty minutes she knelt over the toiler while Klaus sat next to her giving her support feeling totally helpless.
She got up with his help and said "I want to lie down. Give me one tablet and I will go to sleep."
He helped her into the bed after giving her medicine and said "yes you go back to sleep for a few hours. I will call in the captain that I will be late."
Hayley said "no. you go I will be okay."
He held her while she went to sleep. He wondered if he should try the vampire blood on her and then a thought struck her 'what if it gets worse?'
At last he managed to get some sleep. He was fast asleep when his cell rang causing her to stir. He picked up the cell, carefully not disturbing her and said "hello Ben".
Ben said "you take a day off Mikaelson. We are looking into it. Any idea which case he was referring to?"
Klaus held her close to him and said "Joseph Barton."
Ben said "okay I will look into it." and cut the connection.
He took a sigh of relief and went back to sleep feeling a bit relaxed.
An hour later he felt a soft touch on his shoulder. He opened his eye to see Hope standing next to him. He smiled and picked her up and put her next to him between her and Hayley. She said "daddy, I am hungry."
Klaus nodded and sneaked out of bed covering Hayley with the duvet.
After giving Hope something to eat from from the things they had packed up before leaving the apartment, he gave her some of her toys to keep her busy and got himself busy on his laptop. Klaus searched the net to find out what type of injuries or illnesses a werewolf can cure but couldn't find anything for sure so he took out his cell and dialed Mason's number. As the call connected he asked "Mason, can a werewolf have cancer?"
Mason said "I have not seen such case. Why?"
Klaus said keeping his voice low "just curious. Can you find out for me?"
Mason said "okay but what is this I am hearing about, Niklaus? Esther told me that you are married to a woman who already has a child."
Klaus looked towards Hayley still sleeping and then at Hope playing with her toys. As he saw she walked to him with a plastic cup in her hand and gave it to him saying "coffee."
Klaus smiled, took the coffee cup from her and said to Mason "yes, I will introduce you to them next month when I visit Mystic Falls. Listen I have to go now. Do this for me."
He put the cell on the table and looked at Hope and asked "you made his?"
Hope said "ahan" with a smile and climbed into his lap. She put her head on his chest and said "Tom and Jerry."
Klaus laughed and put the TV on for her.
Around 10 am Ben called and told him that apartment was clear. Also that Joe and his partner brought in Joseph Barton but he is clear which left Klaus really confused about which case was the man who invaded their apartment was talking about. Ben was now looking into his other cases too.
When Hayley woke up, it was around 11 am. He saw Hope and Klaus watching cartoon. She smiled and said "good morning."
Hope said excitedly "mommy" slipped from Klaus's lap and ran to Hayley. She climbed the bed and snuggled close to her.
Klaus asked her walking to the bed too "hey how are you feeling now?"
Hayley said "much better" falling down on the bed and pulling Hope to her. She asked "when are we going home?"
Klaus said "Alexis called. She said they have taken the finger prints, the doors has been fixed and it is safe for us to go."
Klaus looked at her and asked "when did you find the letter?"
Hayley brushed Hope's hair out of her forehead and said "I just wanted to see if I can open the safety box so I tried it one day and accidentally found the letter. I am sorry I read it. I was private and I should have but I saw my name on it accidentally and I couldn't resit."
Klaus said "it is okay." He paused and then added "you do realize that he didnt know that I …"
Hayley smiled and said "yes I do and for that I am happy. Actually I have been thinking that if ever someone finds out about Hope real parentage then we can tell them this story."
Klaus wondered if he should tell her about Elijah's suspicion and then said "before Elijah left, he had reached at that conclusion too. A part of me wanted to tell him but then I decided not to. I dont know why but I just feel so guilty that they, my father and my brother think that I am not capable of such a thing."
Hayley said brining Hope close to her "because you are not. That was a long time ago. One time thing. It happened now forget about it."
Klaus sighed and looked at Hope who was just snuggled against Hayley already forgotten about yesterday and smiled at her.
That afternoon they went to their apartment. After a lot of thinking Klaus decided not to keep the gun in the apartment thinking that she might trigger her gene next time. He suggested to Hayley that they should move to Elijah's house but Hayley was adamant and said "we cannot move every time we see a threat Klaus. What if someone else follow us there? Will we leave that house too?"
That night Hayley slept a little uncomfortably and in the middle of the night Klaus woke up as someone tapped on his shoulder to find a very scared Hope. He looked towards her alarmingly as she said almost crying "daddy I am scared."
Klaus picked her up and carried her to the bed and laid her between him and Hayley.
Next day Klaus left for work and spend the day looking at all his open cases but four out of five cases were clear so he opened the last file and stared at Brain Hanley's name and sat up as he recalled Joseph Barton was his lawyer too and considering he is a big shot he could be involved too.
After work he went to the bayou and was walking around ideally when he spotted a young woman. He said "hello."
The woman replied "hello."
Klaus said "my name is Klaus Mikaelson. Are you a Crescent wolf?"
The woman looked at him for a fe moments and then nodded.
Klaus said "You must be an untriggered werewolf then if you are not a wolf right now."
The woman stared at him without saying anything for a moment and then said "yes, my name is Eve. You are clearly not a Crescent wolf."
Klaus said smiling "yes. Seeing that I am a new werewolf I was wondering if you could enlighten me with some information about wolves."
When Eve looked at him questioningly he said "what type of diseases a werewolf can cure?"
Eve said "what a curious question! but to answer to your question, I have only seen the werewolf cure itself of injuries, heart diseases, asthma and liver problems. I have not seen any other examples. Which particular disease you have in mind."
Klaus stared at her and said "cancer."
Eve said after looking at him for a moment "I don't know about that. I have never seen a wolf having cancer so I cannot help you there."
Klaus nodded and said "thank you." and was leaving when Eve asked "the person who are asking about, is she a wolf?"
Klaus turned to her and asked "how do you know it is a she we are talking about?"
Eve smiled and said "the way you talked about her, you feel responsible for her. So is she a wolf yet?"
Klaus shook his head saying "no, not if I can help it."
Eve smiled and said "considering I never triggered my gene so I understand what you are saying. Tell you what, I will look more into it and let you know what I have found out. Contact me in a week."
Klaus nodded and left.
After leaving from the bayou he sat in the car for a few moments and then went to the Jaguar dealers.
As he entered the apartment he saw her lying on the living room sofa. He walked to her and noticed her eyes closed. As he was looking at her she opened her eyes and smiled. He sat on the center table and asked "how are you feeling?"
Hayley looked up and said "I am fine. Hope was not feeling well so I put her to bed."
Klaus asked "what happened?"
Hayley said getting up and going to the kitchens "just normal flu and temperature. She will get better in a few days."
Klaus nodded and went towards Hope's room before Hayley could say any further.
Hayley turned around and said "Klaus…" but saw him going to Hope's room and felt a tug at her heart. She smiled and started to put dinner on the table.
A couple of minute later, he came out and said "she is a bit warm." looked a the table and said "you have not eaten anything?"
Hayley shook her head and said "I gave her medicine."
Klaus said "why have you not eaten anything? You know you have to eat at regular intervals of time."
Hayley smiled and sat down and said "stop worrying about me too much. I am not used to all this." put some pasta in her plate.
Klaus smiled and sat down opposite her and said "I am not worrying too much. I am being rightfully caring."
She laughed but didnt say anything. He cleared his throat and said "listen I have been think and I think you should know how to shoot."
Hayley stared at him and then started laughing "absolutely not."
Klaus said "I don't want something like what happened the other day happen again."
Hayley stared at him for a second, her mind telling her that he was right. She needs to learn how to shoot to defend herself or Hope if something like that happens again in future so and she nodded. They continued to talk about their day affairs. Klaus told her that there was no progress in locating who attacked Hayley but his captain has put two guards outside the door and that they were to accompany her anywhere she went without him until Joe finds out how attacked her.
After dinner they watched some tv while she snuggled against him to his surprise. Out of blue feelings started to arouse in him. He kissed her hair and said "I am glad you are feeling better."
Hayley held his hand, said "how could I not be with you being there for me all the time."
He smiled and then turned off the tv and kissed her neck whispering "lets go to bed."
She looked in his eyes, the way his lips had caressed her, the way her hands were inching towards her breast, she smiled and nodded, he scooped her up and took her to their bedroom. He closed the door, laid her on the bed and made love to her. After that they both fell asleep in each other's arms.
Next morning when he was about to leave he said to her "come to my station at around 12. We can do some shooting practice while Alexis can watch over Hope. You can have my car while I will take the other car."
Hayley asked him in surprise "what other car?"
Klaus smiled, took a sip of the coffee and said "I bought a new car day yesterday. I thought you needed to be independent so I bought a car for myself and you can have my jeep or if you want you can have the new car."
Hayley said "no, I am fine with the jeep."
Klaus asked curiously "aren't you interested which car I bought?"
She looked at him with amused smile and said "tell me?"
Klaus laughed and said "I can definitely rule out the money as a motive for you to get married to me."
Hayley laughed and said "you thought that!"
When he didnt say anything but continued to look at her with that smile of his that always melted her heart she asked "your mother?!"
Klaus said "jaguar. Come to think of it. Why dont you keep that one? If I take that to the station, some angry person might put a dent on it."
Hayley looked at him for a moment realizing that he didnt want to talk about it so she laughed softly and said "okay". He kissed her and left for work.
At noon she entered the station and told the front desk that she was there to meet Klaus. She was shown to the visiting room when Alexis met them. Hope ran to Klaus who picked her up, kissed her and said "hey mommy and I have to do something, can you stay with Alexis over here for sometime. She is really good in drawing and stories."
Hope looked at Alexis. Said "thank you. We will not be long."
Alexis said smiling "take your time. It is good that you are learning to shoot properly. I hope you dont have to use it but if something like what happened a few days ago happens again you need to be ready."
Hayley smiled now feeling nervous but nodded and looked towards Klaus who put Hope down and took Hayley to the shooting ranger in the basement whereas Alexis stayed with Hope.
He gave her the gun and the headphones to block the sound of the gun. and then said "
He stood behind Hayley with one hand across her body and guided her arm to the gun and told her "First rule, try to not kill your attacker, just hurt him really bad unless you really have to kill him or her for that matter" gripping Hayley's heart in her fist. He then said "now look at that middle circle on the line of the fire. That is your target. Keep your shoulder tighten, arms straight but not tight and press the trigger."
Hayley listened to him carefully but at the same time she could hear his breathing near her ear and that was just distracting her. He shifted his hand on her right hand and took his finger to her fingers on the trigger and gently pressed it. She felt the jerk but his body shielded her from falling back. She looked at the target while Klaus suddenly realized how close they were standing. He moved his lips close to her ear, removed the headphone from her ear and said sofly "that was a good aim. Lets try again."
This time he was very well aware of their closeness and Hayley could feel the warm breath against her neck while he could feel the warmth of her back snuggled against his torso, his arms over her arm, his hand over her hand, his ear near her ear. She gasped "Klaus, I cannot concentrate…"
He laughed softly and said "really! I thought I was the only one feeling this way."
He leaned in and gently planted a kiss on her neck making her jump and press the trigger. There was a loud boom and she spun towards Klaus; their lips inches apart. Klaus stole his gaze from her eyes and looked towards the target and started to laugh out of control as he saw the bullet hole in the wall; several inches outside the target.
She pushed him away angrily and said "look what you made me do. I was…" but then she started to blush and feel flustered. She gave him the gun, took off the headphones angrily and said "very funny. Definitely I dont want you around me anywhere if ever I have to shoot again."
As she marched away from him, he grabbed her hand and pulled her towards him, kissed her gently on her lips and said "that was a really good first lesson. Cannot wait to have the next one."
Hayley knew that the smile was about to sneak onto her lips so she pushed him away hoping that she can maintain the annoyance at him and said "in your dream." and walked away. He followed her still laughing.
Hayley picked up Hope from the visiting room where she was drawing with Alexis. She thanked Alexis and turned towards Klaus who was still amused by what had happened downstairs. He nodded so Hayley left.
Klaus went to his seat with a smile on his lips.
Alexis said with a smile "I have never seen you this happy Klaus. I think Hayley is a good influence on you. I really like her. Truth be told more then Caroline. There is something about her that makes me want to be her friend. By the way how is she doing? She looks incredible for someone going through chemo and treatment."
Klaus smiled and said "she is very brave and strong willed person. I would love you two to be friends so that Alex and I can have some male bonding time too."
He looked at his file thinking about what Alexis has said about him being happy and he realized that she was right. He was happy. He was content. He had not thought about Caroline for a few weeks now. He tried to recall in the past six months when was he was truly content with his life, with Caroline and with their relationship, but sadly he couldn't.
He smiled, looked up and caught her looking at him.
For the next few days Hayley came to his station around noon and did some target shooting practice while Alexis babysat Hope in the visiting room. Klaus noticed she was getting really good. The only regret he had was that he couldn't hold her any longer now that she was starting to hold her arm straight and her aim was improving too. He noticed Hayley was getting very relaxed with him and would smile and laugh more spontaneously like he had seen her doing with Elijah. With each passing day the distance between them was decreasing, they were opening to each other more although he was still waiting for the day when she will tell him about what happened after that night five years ago, what made her run away, why was her report not followed up but he was willing to wait for her to bring up the topic. Where his heart was getting lighter and that night was becoming a forgotten night, his heart was still heavy with the secret that she still didn't know about his werwolf secret and that was just making him nervous. He knew in his heart that that secret will be the end of their relationship but he was hoping that Hope's sake she will give it a try when he will tell her. She was getting better with her nausea but her hair were falling a lot and he was seeing how scared she was that he will not see her same way he used to. Even though he had told her many times that losing hair will not change their relationship but he was unable to convince her. He knew that when will lose her hair he in for a rough ride with her but until then he did the only thing he could do and that was to be with her when she felt depressed; he held her tight and let her know that he was there for her.
Friday night she was feeling really down with the day she had so she asked him after dinner "have you even been to the movies?"
Klaus looked at the fatigue on her face and said "yes, you want to go?"
Hayley looked at Hope yawing and said "yes, Hope will go to sleep in a few minutes so we can watch a movie."
Klaus looked at Hope whose eyes were already drooping and nodded.
Thirty minute later when they entered the theater, Hope had already gone to sleep. Klaus put her across his shoulder and looked at the title and then they both randomly selected "American Sniper" and he bought the tickets. They sat next to each other which Hope in his lap and his arm around her.
Klaus looked towards her and then into the rearview mirror and smiled as he saw that Hayley and Hope went to sleep on the way back from the movies. Klaus had a smile on his lips as he recalled the nice movie he had watched with Hope and Hayley. He looked toward Hope in the rearview mirror and almost laughed as he remembered how she had gone to sleep as soon as the movie had started true to Hayley's prediction. He looked towards Hayley and felt happy remembering how she had enjoyed the movie. He put on the soft music in low volume so as not to disturb her. He suddenly noticed a car in the ditch near the road. He slowed the car till it stopped. His training and sense of responsibility took over and he decided to go check them. Klaus looked at Hayley and shook her.
Hayley opened her eyes and asked sleepily "what?"
Klaus said "there is an accident on the road. I am going to check it out. Here is the gun. Dont use it unless you absolutely have to. Try to aim at the leg or the arm."
Hayley nodded and looked at Hope sleeping in the back seat.
he got out and said "lock the door and dont open for anyone. Even for me if you think it is not safe."
Hayley looked at him in confusion but nodded.
She locked the car and looked at him with apprehension heading towards the car in the ditch.
He waved at her after a few minute as he pulled a man out of the car.
Hayley leaned forward to look at them when she saw a man jump at Klaus from behind. She saw Klaus fell on the ground and to her shock he was suddenly surrounded by at least five men. She looked around towards the back seat and saw Hope sleeping. She saw as Klasu stood up, looked towards the car and shook his head. He dodged as one man lunged at him but another one jabbed him in the stomach with his elbow. As Hayley saw a third guy kicked him hard on his face as he was already doubled over by that jab. Klaus doubled over with pain growled, looked up not knowing that his eyes were gleaming yellow held his attacker from his neck and lifted him in the air making Hayley's eye widen in shock.
Klaus threw his attacker away from him and turned but yelled as he felt piercing pain in his stomach. Hayley jumped on her seat and got out of the car without thinking. She locked the car and ran to the group. She shouted "stop or else I will shoot."
Klaus groaned, pulled the stake out of his stomach and looked at Hayley holding the gun in her hand but then his heart stopped as he saw his first attacker bar his teeth revealing his fangs. Before he could move, he whooshed to Hayley and took the gun from her hand twisting her in his grasp and a second later Klaus yelled as his fangs sunk into Hayley's neck.
He didn't know what happened but he growled and twisted on his spot and kicked the man on his left and then the man lunging at him from the front. He looked around and saw Hayley's body unconscious on the ground with the vampire doubled over next to her. Klaus ran to Hayley and checked her pulse and sighed with relief. He then pushed the vampire on the ground and wondered 'what happened to him?'
He asked harshly "who are you?"
He said hoarsely "her blood is contaminated. She killed me."
Klaus barred his teeth and said viciously "good. who are you? Why did you attack us?"
he said coughing blood "I… " but he stopped breathing to Klaus's shock he had died.
He stood up, carried Hayley to the car and drove to his apartment wondering 'has her blood killed a vampire? but why?" And then it hit him 'it was her cancer that killed that vampire.'
He smiled and looked at Hayley but then the smile slipped from his lips as he saw the blood seeping from her neck.