A/N: thank you for the wonderful reviews. Shane, definitely Hayley and Klaus will think about using that cover story for Hope but …. will explain in next chapter lol sorry cannot disclose it right now. Candace thank you. that is really a big compliment for me. I hope you enjoy the rest of the story too. It will take some time for Klaus to find out what Caroline is up to but until then you have to bear her lol. The big question whether Hayley will trigger her gene or not will be answered in this chapter. I hope you enjoy it.
Synopsis: The aftermath of the attack on them will change Klaus and Hayley's life.
He put his foot on the break causing the car to stop with a loud screech. He checked her neck, her heartbeat and exhaled with relief as he realized that she was okay. As his fingers were on her pulse it hit him 'she killed someone' .
He groaned as he realized what was going to happen. He wondered 'should he go back and check that vampire?' but then he looked at her and decided to take her home feel apprehensive about how he can explain all that to her.
When she opened her eyes, she saw Klaus pacing in the room looking worried.
He was thinking how will he explain it all to her when he looked towards her and saw her awake. He went to her and said anxiously "hey hey, are you okay?"
Hayley sat up immediately and said "what happened?" and then she remembered the fangs and them sinking in her neck. She touched her neck and saw the bandage over there.
Klaus noticed the panic on her face. He held her hand sand said "breathe, please breathe. You are okay".
Hayley said panicking "Klaus that man, he bit me. He had fangs. what is going on? and you got hit too."
She pulled his shirt up and stared at his healed torso. She slowly looked up and said slowly "I saw you getting hurt. I know I saw that."
Klaus ran his fingers through his hair and said "Hayley what I am about to tell you please listen to it with open mind."
Hayley felt a sinking feeling in her stomach but nodded.
Klaus took a deep breath and started telling her about everything about himself, his family's curse and the supernatural world in New Orleans. He felt her hand slip from his hand and confusion appear on her face. His heart sank but he continued to tell her everything. When he finally got quiet, Hayley stared at him for a few seconds and then said incredulously "you are joking right? Werewolves, vampires, witches they are not real."
Klaus looked into her eyes and said "Hayley I assure you that this is all truth. I would never have kept you in dark when I asked you to marry me but I was only thinking about Hope and I knew if you knew about it you would never have agreed."
Hayley stared at him, shook her head and said again "no, Klaus. this is not happening."
Klaus sighed and said "I can prove you that I am telling the truth. Elijah didn't believe at first, but I showed it to him and then he believed me. Hayley, you have to believe me, all i didnt was to keep you and Hope safe."
Hayley stared at him and said angrily "you want me to believe in this….in you without questioning it. well I cannot. this is all so ridiculous. Werewolves, vampires it is all a myth."
Klaus said "no, I dont want you to stop asking me questions but I want you to believe that I will never put you or Hope in harms way and will always be honest with you but if I have not been then you should know that there must be some reason for it."
Hayley looked at him and said dismissively "Klaus, you hid the biggest secret of your life which I am not even sure is true and believe it just like that."
Klaus stood up and walked out of the room. He came back with a knife in his hand. He sat next to her and put the knife edge on his arm when she held his hand asked angrily "what the hell are you doing?"
Klaus said "making you believe in me."
She stared into his eyes and could only see sincerity. Her mind was really confused, She looked at the knife in his hand and then looked up again. She said angrily "dont be an idiot. Give this to me" She took the knife from his hand angrily and stood up. She started pacing in the room anxiously and said in confusion "I don't believe it. This is not happening to me. This is not happening."
Klaus looked at the confusion, anxiety on her face and knew at once that he had lost something there. He got up slowly and wondered 'should he tell her that she is a werewolf too?'
He ran his fingers through his hair and said "Hayley, when I first found out that I was a werewolf I was worried but then Mason…" at the confused look on her face he said "my uncle helped me to come to terms with it. Then I found out about you and… Hope".
He noticed her gaze shifting to him shapely and he saw the realization dawn on her as she shook her head. He got up, stepped towards her and held her by her biceps even as she stepped back from him and continued "I am sorry Hayley, Marcel told me that if one parent has the werewolf gene then there is a slight chance that child will get the gene too but if both the parents… " he stopped talking when Hayley said in confusion "what?"
Klaus said softly thinking of the vampire she had killed "Hayley you are an untriggered werewolf."
Hayley looked at him as if he had lost his mind. She said angrily "now you are totally crazy. First you tell me that you are a werewolf and now you are saying I am one too."
Klaus looked at her for a few seconds, then took the knife from her hand without warning and slashed his arm. Hayley screamed, snatched the knife from his hand and said angrily "what is wrong with you? are you crazy?" as she walked towards the bathroom and got a towel for him.
Klaus said "Hayley you would never have believed it if you had not seen it with your own eyes."
He took the towel from her hand and dabbed it on his skin.
Hayley stared at him and said "I want to believe you but you have to understand how ridiculous this sounds."
Klaus said "yes, I know that. That is why I need you to understand what is going on; what you and Hope are. You cannot trigger your or Hope's gene. I will never let that happen." He pushed the thought of the vampire who had fed on her from his mind and decided to talk to Marcel about it.
Hayley looked at his determined face and got confused further. She asked desperately "you are not lying?"
Klaus wiped the blood from his arm and showed it to her. Hayley looked at his arm and gasped as she saw the wound completely healed. As he saw she stepped back from him with terror on her face his heart sank.
He said desperately "I know you are scared of me but dont be. I am human for 29 days of the month. It is just one night when I turn and you will never see me in that form I promise. I will never harm you. Believe me I am same. nothing is changed."
Hayley said in a shaky voice "what are you talking about Klaus. You are a werewolf. Not human."
Klaus said "no Hayley I am part human. I am alive as compared to vampires who are undead. I will age slowly and will eventually die. I just turn to a wolf once a month and I can heal but I can die. Let me assure you if I can die then I am human."
When she continued to stare at him with that fear in her eyes he ran his fingers through this hair and said "listen I know it is a lot to take. I want you to think about it and if you dont want to spend you life with me I will understand but please don't take Hope away from me. She needs her father. You and I both know that she needs stability in her life, especially now with your health condition. You yourself told me that you married me for Hope so please think about her before making any decision about me."
He turned towards the bathroom when she asked him "how do you know I am a untriggered…." she couldnt finish the sentence as she realized how ridiculous it sounded to her ears.
Klaus turned towards her and said "The Crescent birth mark on your shoulder, the day we consummated our marriage vow…." he paused for her to acknowledge the incidence. When she nodded he continued "That mark is only on a particular brand of wolves. I have seen that mark on Hope's shoulder too."
Hayley asked curiously "what do you mean?"
Klaus said "Crescent pack belongs in this city. The one I was telling you about. I knew you are adopted." At confusion on her face he said "Caroline told me. Your parents are friends with aunt Carol and she is friends with Liz, Caroline's mother so that much I know about you. Any way when I saw the mark and knowing the history of that mark it was not hard for me to believe considering what I myself was going through. I don't know the details about your pack. I just know that your pack, the werewolf family you belong to, is cursed. They remain in wolf form for the whole month except for the full moon night and the day following it. Kind of opposed to a regular werewolf. I have seen them in the bayou."
Hayley asked alarmed now "what? You saw them in human form or wolf?"
Klaus said casually "both. There are few who are still untriggered; have the gene but they are not werwolves yet. They will only become wolves if they trigger the gene so they are not affected by the curse."
When she didnt say anything he went to change his clothes whereas she stood there still trying to absorb what he had told her.
When the door opened she stepped back instinctively which didnt go unnoticed by Klaus. He said sarcastically "I guess your other fear has been replaced by a new one."
He went to his side of the bed and fell on it face down. A couple of minute later he looked around but she was not there and the bathroom door was open so he guessed she had gone to Hope's room. He was unable to sleep throughout the night knowing well that she never came to the bed.
Hayley laid that night in Hope's bed thinking about what he had told her. She brushed her fingers on Hope's shoulder where she know a similar birthmark rested. By morning she was still confused and her mind was still not accepting what he had told her. One thing she was quite certain was that she couldn't possibly live her life or for that matter let Hope live with a person who thinks that he is a werewolf- turns to a wolf once a month. She got up and went to their room but the bed was already made up and he was gone. She was about to turn when she saw a piece of paper on her bed. She walked to it and picked it up and started reading it
"I am sorry for springing this new thing in your life. I understand if you don't want to spend your life with me. I know it is Saturday but I have been called in. We will talk about it in the afternoon. You make sure you take your medicines, rest and eat properly."
Her eyes suddenly got blurry and she wondered 'what is she doing? He cares about her and Hope and she … At least give him a chance. Try to understand him. She has been living with him for almost a month now. Nothing indicated that he is any different from an normal human. If what he is saying is truth then he was a werewolf when she married him. She just didn't know. Now she knows. But if all of this is farce then she should be there to help him get to terms with whatever he is going through."
She folded the paper and went to her side of the bed and put it in the drawer.
Around noon Klaus said to Alexis "I have something to take care of. Will be back in an hour."
After Alexis nodded Klaus left the station. He got in his own car not the official car and started it. Twenty minute later he was walking towards the office of Joseph Barton hoping that he was in the office. He banged the door open causing Barton to look up at him curiously. He walked to him angrily and hissed after putting his palms on his desk "if I ever find out you are behind the attack to my family I will make sure you will never live to see another day. You should know that werewolf's bite is lethal to vampires."
Joseph leaned back causally and said "I know. Why don't you take a seat and tell me what has happened?"
Klaus stared at him and then moved back but said angrily "me and my family were attacked again last night. My wife was attacked in our home a couple of days ago. Everything started ever since I found out about you."
Joseph said "I would never attack your family. You captain grilled me for the last attack too and I was cleared. Why would I attack your family again when I am already under suspicion and secondly If I have bone to pick with you I will take out on you…"
Klaus cut him off by saying "you are dirty. I know you are dirty."
Joseph said "you looked into my cases."
Klaus said "yes."
Joseph said "then you must know why I compelled my clients."
Klaus said "I don't understand. If you wanted them to be committed then why even take them to court."
Joseph said smiling "I have to trick the system. Cannot very well get myself suspicious. So I start a case and then in the middle I compel either the prosecutor to ask a question that would jeopardize my case or my client to tell the truth. But let me tell you I have nothing to do with the attacks that you are talking bout."
Klaus stared at him angrily and then left.
When he got back to the station Joe walked to him grinning ear to ear and said "hey Mikaelson we caught the guy that attacked your family."
Klaus asked excitedly "what who was he?"
Joe said "some low life. Did some time in system for stealing. We matched his finger prints to the one we found on your bedroom door."
Klaus asked angrily "why did he attack my family?"
Joe said "Ben and I questioned him. He said that some one contacted him and gave him twenty thousand dollars to scare your wife. They told him exactly what to say so and how to do it. I dont think he knows what was going on."
Klaus nodded and said "so what are you going to do?"
Joe said "we don't have anywhere to begin with Klaus. He has nothing for us. Whoever contacted him asked him to burn the instructions and he did. But we will keep on digging but as of now the threat to your family is dealt with."
Klaus said "thanks Joe."
He walked to his chair when Ben motioned him to come to his office.
As he entered Ben said "close the door."
After Klaus closed the door he said "Klaus I am going to pull the detail from you house for two reasons. One, Joe must have told you that we caught the guy. Second, cops guarding the house of a wolf will start to suspect something sooner or later considering you have started visiting the bayou and all."
Klaus asked "how do you know?"
Ben said "I am involved in supernatural world for a reason Klaus. I know it is natural for you to want to connect to those cursed wolves but just be careful."
Klaus said "I will be" got up and left.
In the evening Klaus got caught in work so by the time he got home, lights were off but the table was still laid. He went to his room feeling thoroughly depressed for the first time since he had found out about Hayley's cancer. He stopped when he saw her sleeping on their bed. He went to bed feeling somewhat relaxed wondering 'has she accepted him?' but then didn't dwell on it for too long and fell asleep.
Next morning when he got up he looked at her sleeping next to him and then decided to go to work too to spend some personal time trying to figure out who attacked hem on the way back from the movies. For some reason he was convinced that that attack was linked to the attack on Hayley. He left even before she got up not knowing that she had woken up in the middle of night, stayed awake for a long time looking at him feeling afraid of him.
He took out his cell on the way to his work and called Marcel. He told him everything about the attack omitting the bite mark that the vampire gave Hayley and her carrying the werewolf gene. After he was done telling him he said "I want you to find out who were they and why did they attack us?"
Marcel said "tell me some more details about them. Which road were you attacked on?"
Klaus said "Birmingham Ave around 10 at night 12th May. Call me when you find out something."
After disconnecting he got out of his car and went in the station.
He was drinking coffee while going through Joseph Barton's files again when he got a call from Caroline. He felt relived to hear her voice and said spontaneously "I miss hearing your voice sometimes."
Caroline laughed and said "that is nice because I miss you too but what can I do, you ditched me and married Hayley."
Klaus said sighing "I told you why we couldnt get married, Caroline. It would never have worked out."
Caroline said "it would have if you have given it a chance. Any way what is done is done. You have married her so tell me are you happy?"
Klaus thought about the last couple of days and then about the whole month with Hayley and said "yes I am."
He paused for a second, hesitated as he looked around and said "I have told her Caroline."
Caroline asked curiously "about what?"
Klaus said after slight hesitation "about me being a.… you know."
Caroline asked him in an alarmingly high voice "what?! can she be trusted with this secret?"
Klaus was so taken aback by that sentence that he felt lost for words for a moment and then said calmly and slowly "if I can trust you with my secret then why not Hayley? She is after all my wife."
There was a silence and then he heard her say "no I meant… " there was a pause and then she continued "you just got married to her. She might have gotten scared. You know she is just a human and she might run away."
Klaus thought about Hayley's reaction. A frown appeared on his forehead but he said "no, she will not run away. It will take some time to adjust to the news but things will be okay. I am sure of it."
He thought for a moment whether to tell her about Hayley being a wolf or not but then decided against it.
Caroline said "what do you mean adjust to the news? did she react badly?"
Klaus's trained hearing picked up a glee in her tone but he ignored it thinking 'that is not possible' and said "yes she was shocked but like I said things will get back on track."
He couldn't help but feel as if she had changed the topic when she said "when are you coming to Mystic Falls?"
Klaus said "in a couple of weeks. Let her get comfortable with this new development. A lot has been happening ever since we got married. I think we should spend some time to get used to new life, new turn of events. I want Hayley to meet my family."
He smiled when she said excitedly "okay good. I am looking forward to your visit. Even though you didn't end things amicably with me but I want us to remain friends. Hey how about a party for you and Hayley? A kind of a reception. You didn't have any right? Hayley would love to see a lavish party. I am sure she has never seen a party like that."
Klaus stared at the pen in his hand hearing the sarcasm in her tone and realized that he was getting annoyed by her condescending manner so he snapped "Caroline stop being condescending towards Hayley. If you don't have anything nice to say about her then don't say anything at all."
Caroline stared into the phone, cursed Hayley but said at once in a sweet voice "I am not being condescending. I was just saying that she will like my party. Why would you say that I am being condescending?"
Klaus rubbed his forehead and said apologetically "I am sorry. There has been a lot going on and I took out on you. I am sorry."
Caroline said gritting her teeth hoping he does not notice the hatred for Hayley in her voice "it is okay."
Klaus said "I have to go now. Will talk later."
Later that evening while he was driving home he got a call from Marcel who said "You didnt tell me that one vampire got hurt in that attack. He is still alive but something has happened to him. He is constant pain. He dies but comes back. The only way to kill a vampire is to put a stake in his heart."
Klaus thought with a sigh of relief 'oh so he was not death, just unconscious when he thought he had died.'
Klaus asked "what do you mean?"
Marcel said "I don't know it seems that he drank some contaminated blood which is killing him gradually. Do you have any idea?"
Klaus hesitated said "yes, he drank from someone who has cancer."
Marcel exclaimed "what? how?"
Klaus said "Hayley. but lets keep it between us."
He thought for a moment and said "so what are you going to do with him?"
Marcel said "if his condition deteriorates further then put him out of his misery."
Klaus sat up straight and asked "what do you mean?"
Marcel said "kill him of course."
Klaus half wished that he could tell him to do so but he could only say "hmm".
When he was about to cut him off he asked "hey another question. Werewolf mythology related."
Marcel said "I cannot help you in that field but sure. Why not? Ask away."
Klaus asked "how does a werewolf trigger his gene?"
Marcel said "if you kill someone intentionally or accidentally."
Klaus nodded and asked "that much I know but that someone has to be human or anyone? what if it is a vampire, a witch or another werewolf?"
Marcel said after a moment of silence "for sure killing a human and a witch. Nature created them and they cannot come back from death. Werewolves I am not sure. Vampire for sure not. They are already considered dead so gene cannot be triggered on them. Why are you asking all these things now? You have already triggered your gene."
Klaus raced his mind to come up with a logical reason and then said "my family. I need to know everything about werwolves. Can you find that out for me too?"
He then added "okay got to go."
He disconnected thanking his luck that she will not trigger her gene even if that vampire dies of her blood but he also made up his mind that he will check on that vampire again and if he is still alive he will kill him himself so there is no risk about her triggering her gene.
When he got home, his mind was buzzing with what Caroline had said to him about Hayley running away and for the first time ever since he had told her his secret he started to think along those lines. His heart sank as he looked down at Hope while she snuggled close to him and giggled as she watched cartoons. His thoughts were interrupted when Hayley called them for dinner. During the dinner he told Hayley about the detail being pulled from the apartment and the suspect being caught. He felt relieved to see relief on her face. The rest of the dinner was a rather quieter affair with only Hope talking to either of them. After dinner as usual they both put Hope in her bed and for the time being it felt as if that werewolf conversation never happened between them.
For the next couple of days thing were awkward between them. During this time Klaus started to notice that whenever they were alone, Hayley was scared of him so he started to stay longer at the office trying to catch as many cases as he could to Alexis's annoyance while breathing down on Joe's neck as the captain had given him the case of the intruder who had attacked Hayley. At home he tried to be there for her when she needed him but other then that he maintained a distance between them while Caroline's words continued to haunt him at the back of his mind.
Hayley on the other hand observed him distancing himself from her by spending a lot of time on the work. She realized that she was pushing him away but her heart and mind were confusing her. She had noticed that he only talked to her when she started a conversation or when he was asking about Hope or her health condition. In a weird way the more he was distancing himself from her the more she was starting to believe him and her heart was sinking with this realization. Even the possibility that he was a werewolf and she was an untriggered one was too unbelievable to her. Reluctantly she started to do her research on werwolves and what she found just made her heart sink further and his story more believable. She was getting surer day by day that he was not lying to her and definitely not delusional; her earlier belief. She wondered 'how can she live her life with a werewolf who turns into a beast every month' but then remembered that she herself is a beast too. She recalled his determination and fierceness with which he had said to her that he will never let her trigger her gene. Everything was very confusing to her. She realized to her surprise that she was missing him, even though they lived in the same apartment, slept within inches of each other but there was a wall between them. But she observed that even with this relationship gap, he was very persistent in taking care of her. Her diet, rest, medicines. He still held her head, stroked her back gently when she was bent over the toilet throwing up or didn't have energy to get up from bed, made sure she took her medicines, helped her in the kitchen and around the house. The only things that were missing was that he was not there to hold her hand when she didn't need it and those casual caressing kisses on her lips and cheeks. All of that care he was showing her was warming her heart to him and telling her to give him a chance.
Klaus noticed that she was really puzzled by all of this but he knew he couldnt do anything about it. The cat was out of the bag and it was now up to Hayley to decide how to deal with it. He acknowledged that she was making an effort even after knowing everything about him. He had a suspicion that she didnt believe it. Part of him wanted her never to believe in him but the other part- the logical one was telling him, the earlier she starts to believe him the better will it be for their relationship and her and Hope's future. He waited every day for her to ask any question related to what he had told her but she never did.
Five days later she found out about him
Klaus put the full foot pressure on the brake causing the car to stop with a screech and jumped out. He looked up at the burning building and then looked around and spotted a woman crying and screaming "my baby".
He ran to her and said "which floor?"
Alexis ran to him and said "fire department is on the way. A minute max." As the woman said "2b".
Klaus looked around and then before Alexis could stop him he ran towards the building.
Hayley was reading a book sitting on Hope's bed as she slept when she heard the front door open. She smiled in-spite of what has been going on between them and looked up towards the door but he didnt appear so she suddenly got scared as she remembered the attack. She walked to the door and then went to the master bedroom. He was taking off his shirt when he sensed her. He turned around towards her and smiled saying "hey."
Hayley felt a tightening in her stomach at the sight of the bird tattoo on his shoulder but before she could say anything she smelled it. She asked sniffing her nose and gulping the nausea she felt at that smell "what is that smell?"
Klaus said casually "oh, smoke. I saved a baby from the burning fire."
Hayley rushed to him and said "you okay?"
Klaus smiled at her concern and said "yes I am love."
She looked at him at the use of this word but continued "what happened? Is the baby okay?"
Klaus nodded and said "we got lucky today."
Hayley felt terror seize at her heart but she said in a calm and steady voice "I am glad that you are okay. Dinner?"
When he nodded she left the room to hide the shaking of her hands. He went to Hope's room and saw that she was asleep. All of a sudden felt really guilty at spending so less time with her these days and decided that even though things were awkward between him and Hayley he should change his routine for Hope's sake. He kissed her on there forehead whispered "good night love" and left her room.
When he went to the kitchen for dinner he saw her standing with bent head and hands on the counter. He rushed to her thinking she was not feeling well and held her shoulder and turned her towards him saying "Hayley are you…" but stopped as he saw tears on her cheek.
He got alarmed and asked "what happened?"
Hayley looked up, wiped her tears and said shaking her head "nothing. I just get scared sometimes. If something happens to you then what will happen to Hope. Your family already hates me so why would they be okay with Hope?!"
Klaus said "listen nothing will happen to me or you. I know my job can get dangerous sometimes but I am fine."
He paused for a second and then added "look at the bright side of being a werewolf I can heal on my own."
Hayley looked at him, smiled and said "lets go have dinner. I have already given Hope and she has gone to sleep."
Klaus sighed and asked "are we not going to talk about it Hayley?"
Hayley looked at him and said "yes we will. Just give me more time, please."
Klaus nodded and sat on the dinner table and they ate their food quietly; both of them regretting the distance between them.
Next morning at work he felt relieved that he was so busy that he was able to keep the haunting thought of full moon around the corner. While heading to home, he called Marcel deciding to check on that vampire. He realized at that moment that even though Marcel had told him that Hayley will not trigger her gene by killing a vampire he was still have doubts. Somehow the thought of her triggering her gene was more disturbing to him then his own. As the call connected he asked him "what happened with that vampire Marcel?"
Marcel said "Oh I staked him the day we talked. He was getting worse. So put the poor man out of his misery."
Klaus took a sigh of relief and said "okay good. We was worried that she killed a vampire."
Marcel laughed and said "no she didn't. Vampires don't die that easily.
After putting the cell down he drove towards his apartment feeling light after many days.
When he reached home Hope was up. It brought a smile on his lips as she squealed excitedly at spotting him and ran into his out stretched arms. He picked her up, kissed her on her cheek and said "let me wash my face and then we can watch…" he looked towards the TV, smiled and said "Dora".
He looked up as he sensed eyes on him and caught her looking at him with a smile on her lips. He smiled, asked "how are you feeling?"
Hayley said "good. Those medicines are helping my nausea. Almost none now."
He nodded, sat Hope on the sofa and went to freshen himself.
Hayley was busy in the kitchen when she heard him ask "so tell me what is going on?"
She looked around and realized that he was talking to Hope.
Hope looked up at him, got on his lap and started excitedly telling him the story of the episode she was watching and that is how Hayley saw them. She walked to them with a smile and sat next to him and said "Hope, go wash your hand for dinner."
As Hope got off his lap and ran to the bathroom, she turned to him, cleared her throat and said "I am starting to look at all of this with an open mind Klaus but it will take me some time to totally comprehend it. You have to be patient with me like you have already been. It is not that I have started to hate you or anything, it is just something I have never thought of even in my wildest dream. Give me some time to digest."
Klaus said in serious tone "I know Hayley how difficult it is to believe in it. I didnt believe in it myself until i felt my first bone break…." he stopped talking as Hope came running back and showed them their hands saying "look" and then to Klaus's amusement she pushed her hand to his nose and said excitedly "smell, strawberries."
Klaus laughed, picked her up swinging her in the air sending her in a fit of laughter and Hayley feeling warm towards him.
Dinner was a pleasant affair. During the dinner even though she tried to maintain a normal conversation but he knew that even though she said that she was going to have an open mind about all of this but he could see that she was looking at him differently, but sadly he could not do anything about it.
Hayley was lying on the bed reading a book wondering 'where he was and what was taking him so long. Was he avoiding her or stuck at work.' She looked at the words on the book absentmindedly and then told herself "stop being so paranoid. It must be work" and smiled immediately at the sound of front door opening. A couple of seconds later he entered the room but before she could say anything he went to the walking closet and came back after a few seconds with a bag-pack in his hand and said "Hayley, I will come in the morning. Don't open the door for anyone."
Hayley asked him in surprise "where are you going? you have not had dinner yet."
Klaus said reluctantly "it is full moon and as for dinner I had something in the office. I have to go."
Hayley stared at him and said "Klaus I…"
Klaus smiled but Hayley noticed that the smile didn't reach his eyes and said "I understand Hayley. You are scared and disgusted but that is the reality you and I both have to face. You are trying and I appreciate that. Any way I have to go right now. Moon is about to come out. We can talk about it when I come back."
He turned and left before she could say anything else whereas she felt terrible, guilty for behaving the way and made up her mind that she would talk to him in the morning when he will come back.
She was thinking about him when out of blue the thought that he was running among wild animals just scared her and she felt anxious for him. She started pacing in the room and it hit her; hit her very hard that she was actually believing him. She started to question her sanity but then she reminded herself of the surety with which he had told her about the full moon and how he had healed not once but twice right in front of her. She sat on the bed as an image of him standing near Caroline sprang to her mind and her asking whose blood was it but he dismissed it by saying it was person who he tackled. Somehow she was sure now that it was his blood. And then another thought occurred to her 'so Caroline knew about him?!'
Her heart sank at this realization that he trusted Caroline with this information before telling her. She laid on the bed and fell asleep thinking about random things.
She was deep in sleep when suddenly her eyes opened and she startled as she saw a figure move in the room in the night light of the room. A scream was about to escape her throat when he hastily said "hey hey it is me" grabbing her hand and squeezing it gently. He was surprised to realize that he could hear her heartbeat.
Hayley took a sigh of relief and said "you scared me" impulsively hugging him and continued saying "you are okay!"
Klaus felt a weird sensation and said "of course I am okay. Why would you think I am not okay?".
He separated her from him but she held him tight. He put his hand on her back and exclaimed "Hayley?!"
Hayley let him go, looked at him and said "I am sorry for acting this way. I want to tell you this again even though I told before that I will look at this with open mind that I believe you. We are in this together. For better and worse right? I am with you till the end."
He said with as sigh of relief "yes we are in this together".
He then said "I will be back after taking a quick shower."
When she nodded, smiled at him he got up and went to the bathroom. He took a quick shower and came to lie next to him. After a few minutes he felt her hand slip into his hand which brought a smile to his lips. He turned to her and said "I am feeling really hungry. I need to eat something. It happens after every full moon. You go to sleep. I will be back in a few minutes."
He got up and went to the kitchen. He turned around as he heard a sound and saw her standing there too surprising him. He asked "why aren't you sleeping?"
Hayley said "tell me about the transformation? When did you turn to a wolf? How are you balancing that secret in your life, at your work place?"
Klaus put the left over pasta in the plate, put it in the microwave and started telling Hayley about everything about that night and his cover story with Ben.
By the time he was done if she had any doubts they were removed. He finished his dinner while she sat quietly looking at him wondering 'what was she going to do.'
He got up, put the plate in the sink and said "Hayley I know how it must sound to you and I understand your hesitation and doubts but I wish I could help you. I just want to say something."
When she looked at him questioningly he said "you have been so much and you face everything so bravely I am confident that you can deal with this one too."
When she smiled and said "yes I will." he said "lets go sleep. I will be going to work late tomorrow but I have to go so lets go and sleep."
For the next two days after Klaus came back home from work, they had nice family dinner, he played with Hope while Hayley cleaned up in the kitchen, they put her to bed and then they would sit in the living room and talk late into the night. Their main topic of conversation was wolves and their mythologies. He was really impressed by the way Hayley was handling all of this proving her prediction about she would get through this crisis of her life too true. They talked about their new identities and went into depth about what could it mean for their future. It was a great relief to him to see her accepting the reality of the situation and taking things in stride.
Later one night after putting Hope to bed as they both left her room, she grabbed his arm and said "I want to meet Marcel. You said he is a vampire. I want to see what a vampire looks like. I want to learn how to deal with all of those whom we are potentially going to interact with in future. Tomorrow is Saturday. Can you call him somewhere so that we can meet him? The reason is that I want your supernatural friends to know about your family too and I want to get to know them too. And I want to meet my … " she hesitated for a moment and then asked "pack…" when he nodded she continued "so I want to meet my pack too when ever they are human."
Klaus looked at her and thought 'he was already planning to visit Marcel so why not tag Hayley along and she is right. Marcel needs to meet Hayley and Hope if ever time comes and he needs his assistance in any way."
He said "just think about it before making a final decision Hayley. Once you step into that world there is no stepping back."
Hayley said "I am already in it Klaus" while turning to go to the room.
Klaus stared at her back, sighed and went to the bedroom. He closed the door and saw that she was already in the bed.
As he laid in the bed, she touched his shoulder causing him to turn towards her. She looked into his eyes and saw the person whom she had married, who was father of her child, who had been there for her for the past one month, who had not raised an eyebrow at her illness and taken charge of everything, not let her feel that she was losing her beauty, has been treating her like a princess. She smiled, fingered his hair gently and kissed his lips.
Klaus felt the touch of her lips on his lips and returned the kiss. He broke the kiss after a few seconds and cupped her face. As he stared into her eyes he felt his stomach muscles tightening at the passion on her face.
He felt so relieved by that kiss, by her accepting him that he touched her cheek caressingly and then he leaned in and kissed her passionately rolling with her on the bed and felt warmth fill him up as she returned his kisses with the same passion. He suddenly felt a jolt as the image of that bathroom stall flashed through his mind making him stop kissing her. He put his forehead on her forehead, his lips inches away from her and he closed his eyes to shake that memory out of his mind and whispered "I am sorry Hayley, I cannot forget…" but was unable to finish the sentence.
Hayley had noticed on occasions that memory of that stall still haunted him just like it haunted her sometimes and when he just stopped kissing her and said those words she knew that this was one of those moments. She knew that she didnt love him and he does not love her yet because of what happened between them and she hoped that one day they will be able to make love to each other without that painful memory but she realized that apparently it was not going to happen tonight.
She touched his cheek causing him to open his eyes reflecting the nightmares that they both were trying to put behind them. She looked into his eyes lost in their past and present hindrances making her heart ache for him. She cupped her face and said "we will get through all the hindrance Klaus."
He smiled and nodded. She then added impulsively "don't bite me okay".
Klaus laughed and said "I am glad you are finding humor in the situation."
Hayley smiled and said "we need to talk a lot about this and what are we going to do about Hope but right now I want you to focus on the job at hand." At the end of the sentence her eyes twinkled with lust making him laugh and successfully removing all doubts from his mind for the time being.
When he finished with a pant, with his lips kissing the spot where once he had bit her, they were both thinking of present and were totally aware of each other's vulnerabilities. He looked up but stayed there caressingly the fingers ideally on her temple.
She smiled and said "I cannot believe it that I slept with a werewolf."
Klaus said "well now that you have decided to believe in me, you are in for a wonderful ride. By the way what made you believe in me?"
Hayley said casually "I dont know. Many things I guess. The conviction with which you left the apartment on the full moon, the way you were distancing yourself from me, I have seen you healed yourself twice and now I am sure that time when you were grazed in that bank robbery case, you were shot too. " She added thoughtfully "I think healing on your own was the first most reason that convinced me."
She touched his cheek and continued with determination "Klaus I was serious about meeting my wolf family and Marcel"
Klaus said "are you sure?" running his fingers through her hair only to stop when some of strands got wrapped in his fingers making him look at his hand.
Hayley followed his gaze and knew instantly what had happened so she grabbed his hand on her hair, took the tangled hair out of his fingers cruelly, put them on the side table and said "yes I am sure" while kissing his fingers.
He nodded and rolled over from her.
Hayley turned towards him and asked with hesitation "Klaus does Caroline know about you being a wolf."
Klaus wondered 'should he tell her about being a vampire or not?' and then he decided not to considering she and Caroline will be meeting in future so he said "yes she knows it. She saw my injury healing when I was shot in that bank robbery" omitting many details about that incidence and how she found out about him.
Hayley asked him "why did you tell her and not me?"
then added hastily "no don't tell me. I don't want to know."
Klaus lifted himself on one elbow and said "no Hayley you need to know. Her finding out about my secret was not a big deal for me because I trust her; trust her with my most inmost secrets. Caroline and I have a very long history, a past where I trusted her and couldn't hide anything from her so much so that I shared with her about our family's suspicion about you and father and then I told her about the will too. The secret about Hope is the only secret that I have kept from her. The biggest reason we broke up was that in my opinion it would never have worked out between us with me being a wolf. With you I became selfish. I hoped for Hope's sake we will be able to look past this minor" he smirked at that word and then continued "detail."
Hayley nodded and said "I understand. I am glad you told me all of this."
He pulled her closer to him and in a few minutes from the sound breathing he realized that she had fallen asleep.
He wondered 'why did he think of that incidence today? Wasn't he starting to believe that images of that horrific incidence will be replaced by so many wonderful incidences that he wouldn't think of them so why did he think of it today?' but then he realized that because of this new development in their life those new incidences needed to overshadow the bad one have been pushed further and that just revealed those bad images again.
He said to himself "she has stopped looking at him as her rapist. Hopefully she will stop looking at him as a werewolf too."
The realization that she sees him as a werewolf and not her rapist anymore was in a weird way comforting to him. He closed his eyes not knowing that he was smiling and he fell asleep with the last thought in his mind 'she will get through this one too.'