A/N: thanks you for wonderful comments. I know most of you want Klaus to find out about Caroline's motives. He will but it will take some time. This chapter is totally about Klayley and their evolving relationship in this difficult situation. Just realized that this chapter had again become very long. Hope you enjoy it.
Synopsis: Elijah finds out about Hayley and Hope being potential werewolves. Hayley meets someone from her past. Klaus and Hayley have their first argument but they took their relationship one step further too.
She put the phone down feeling thoroughly depressed at what Dr Dole had said to her and went to Hope's room. She picked up her the book from the bed and put in on the shelf while thinking about her cancer when suddenly Caroline's image came to her mind and she started to think about their conversation a day early. She was lost in her thoughts about what her conversation when she heard the sound of front door open. She smiled and looked towards the door expecting him but the smile slipped as she saw anger on his face.
She asked "what happened?"
Klaus asked angrily " you applied for job and never told me?!"
Hayley looked at him curiously and asked "can I not apply for a job?"
Klaus said with annoyance "no Hayley that is not the point. The point is that you never told me. Would I have stopped you? Elijah got a call from James Dentin. He knows the owner there and he called him seeing that you gave our company reference and then he called me. Imagine my surprise that I didnt even know that my own wife was applying for job."
Hayley said feeling guilty as she realized what he was making make sense "Klaus I am sorry. I am just used to being independent and didnt think about telling you. I am sorry if I have put you in an awkward position."
Klaus stared at her and then went to their room and closed he bathroom door behind him.
Hayley stood there looking at the spot where he was standing a few moments ago feeling extremely guilty and then followed him.
When he came out he asked "do you even want me in your life Hayley?"
Hayley looked at him in surprise and asked "why are you asking me that? You know it is not true."
Klaus asked now in a raised voice "then why do you hide stuff from me?"
Hayley walked to him and asked trying to keep her voice calm "I hide stuff from you?! What about what you hide from me?"
Klaus said in frustration "I told you Hayley if I hide things from you then there must be reason I do that. By the way what are you talking about?"
Hayley said coldly "Caroline! How long have you been talking to her and not telling me?"
Klaus exclaimed "Hayley?!"
Hayley said trying to keep her voice reasonable "Klaus if you were in my place and under the circumstances we got married and my ex would call me behind your back then what would you think?"
Klaus didnt say anything for a minute and then said "I am not having an affair with Caroline. You know why?"
Hayley looked into his eyes where anger was replaced by something else which just made the knot in her stomach tighter. She asked "why?"
Klaus said "because I am busy developing feelings for my wife."
Hayley started to turn away when he grabbed her hand and said "why dont you acknowledge that we are developing feelings for each other?"
Hayley said desperately "because I don't believe you. How can you fall for me? Look at me…"
Klaus cut her off by asked rather annoyingly "why? Why cannot I love you? What is wrong with you? And please don't say that it is because of your hair. You think I am so petty that just because your hair are falling I will not love you?"
When she didn't say anything he said deliberately trying to keep his voice calm "I have told you time and again that even if all of your hair fall that will not make a difference to how I feel about you. You don't want to believe me then don't but trust me that apart from that kiss that I shared with Caroline, I have been sincere to you and to our vows."
He her her hand go and left the room.
She looked at him as he left the room feeling frustrated, guilty, angry and sighed. He was so angry at her right now that she couldn't muster up the courage to tell him about the latest development that Dr Dole had told her. That night they both slept unhappy with their latest gap in their relationship.
Next morning he took the coffee and left for work without talking to her leaving her feeling guilty. She got Hope ready and left for her school.
Klaus laughed at Alexis as she said with annoyance "I have never seen such a stupid robbery in all my life. Made me miss my dinner date with Alex. Now it is 7 already. Let him sweat one night in the locker tonight and start tomorrow with him" while pushed the perp ahead and said "walk" and then to Alexis "well someone has to make our job easy right!" when his cell rang. He looked at Dr Dole's name on the caller Id and said to Alexis "can you take him? I have an urgent call."
He put the cell on his ears and asked "Dr Dole, is everything okay?"
Alexis turned to him when she heard his raised voice "what?"
Klaus stared at the door as he continued to listen to Dr Dole. His already pent up anger at her didnt help the situation and by the time she was done telling him about her, he was sure that he was ready to murder her after getting home.
He said "dont worry. I will take care of it. I will call you in an hour."
He then looked at Alexis who said "go. I will book him."
Hayley was folding laundry in Hope's room when she started to feel very tired so she sat down on the bed and continued to fold her clothes. She got up with a sigh and went to put them in her closet wondering 'what will happen if she does not get that injection? How should she tell Klaus about it? It is too expensive. Already he is doing so much for him. Cancer treatment is not really cheap? Should she get the loan again? He had put money in her account. But how much?'
At last after thinking for half an hour she decided to tell him when he comes back.
Klaus entered the apartment angrily and dashed into Hope's room with the full intentions of killing her in rage but stopped as he saw that Hope was asleep while she was folding her clothes.
She smiled and said "you came early…" but stopped talking as he grabbed her arm and pulled her out of room and hissed "when were you going to tell me?
Hayley looked at his angry face and then the way he was holding her arm and to her surprise she realized that she was not scared of him. She asked "what happened?"
Klaus let her go and continued angrily "I got a call from Dr Dole. She was expecting you today Hayley."
Hayley said as she picked up Hope's doll from the sofa "oh."
Klaus said with frustration "oh?! is that all you have to say to me? When did you get your results Hayley?"
Hayley said "yesterday."
He ran his fingers through his hair in frustration and said "how could you Hayley? you said we are in everything together and you didnt tell me that you white blood cell count is so low. You body is already not fighting illness. This flu can be really dangerous in your condition. How could you? She said that you need those damn injections to increase it so that you body is ready for next chemo. Why wouldn't you do that? Do you have a death-wish or something?"
Hayley stared at him and was turning away when he said angrily "no, I need answers right now."
Hayley said softly "I was going to tell you but Klaus it is very expensive and then you were already angry about that job thing. I couldnt…"
Klaus was ready to give a rebuttal but got lost when he heard her say that. He whispered forgetting his anger in shock of what he had just heard "what?" and then added now getting angry again "are you kidding me?! No. No. You cannot make excuses like these. What do you mean expensive? You are having this. I will talk to you doctor myself."
He stepped back form her still steaming with anger and then grabbed her as her knees buckled.
He said through gritting teeth "I am so angry that I feel like leaving you here but I cannot."
He picked her up as she asked with a smile "why not?"
He looked at her and said looking at the tease on her face "not right now Hayley. I am not in a mood" as he carried her to their room and laid her down.
Klaus took out his cell and dialed Dr Doles's office. He tried to calm himself before turning towards her and said "well I will give you one incentive to get your white blood count up."
Hayley looked at him and said "what is that?"
Klaus said "wait" and said in the phone "I want to get an appointment with Dr Dole for tomorrow for Hayley Mikaelson. She is expecting my call."
He waited for a moment and then said "yes 11am is fine. thank you."
He put the cell down and said "Dr Dole said that your white blood count is so low that she wants us to avoid penetrative sex until your blood count improves. Now it is up to you how long you want to keep them low."
He looked into her eyes and smiled as he saw the blush appear on her cheeks.
Next morning he was playing with Hope with her blocks when he looked at the time and said "are you ready Hayley?"
When he didnt hear anything he said to Hope as he pushed the block on Hope's block set "go and check if mommy is ready or not?"
Hope ran to her room and came out in a minute saying "she is in bathroom."
Klaus asked "okay."
Hope asked timidly "is mommy sick?"
It just hit him that if Hayley is in bathroom then the door would be closed so how does Hope knows that she is in the bathroom. He got up and dashed to his room and groaned as he saw her bend over toilet.
Hayley cursed her cancer as she continued to threw up and then felt a strong hand on her hand and willed the tears to stop falling from her eyes.
He handed her over the towel and said "you need to get your white blood cell up Hayley. That and your chemo is weakening your body and your immune system is not fighting back."
On the way back from the hospital Klaus looked at her sideways and said "Hayley you cannot go to the bayou in this condition. Do you understand?"
Hayley said feeling exhausted "Klaus!"
But Klaus cut her off angrily "no Hayley. You can catch anything from there. Your immune system is low. Your count is 3350 where it should be between 4500 and 10000."
When she didn't say anything he continued "I am going to take some time off from office" as he grabbed her hand and squeezed it.
Hayley said "you dont need to. I will be fine."
Klaus said sarcastically "yes I know."
By the time they reached their apartment building she had fallen asleep. He looked behind and saw that Hope was looking out of the window with a serious expression.
He smiled at her and said "so Hope, what do you want to eat?" as he got out of the car.
She said softly while looking at Hayley "mac and cheese."
He walked to the other side of the car and opened the door and got her of the carseat and asked "what is it love?"
Hope asked with slight hesitation "is mommy sick daddy?"
Klaus's heart ached for her but he knelt down and said "yes, we have to take care of mommy. Will you help me take care of her?"
He smiled again as she nodded her head earnestly.
He got up, lifted Hayley out of the car and carried her up with Hope walking beside him.
As he lowered her on the bed, she opened her eyes and asked groggily "Klaus where is Hope? She needs to eat something."
Klaus said softly removing her hair from her cheek "she is fine. I will take care of her. Why dont you sleep?"
She nodded and turned away from him.
Next morning when he got up he thanked his luck at being Sunday. He looked at sleeping Hayley and wondered 'should he take some time for work? She needs him'
and then he got out of bed and went to Hope's room. She was already up playing with her toys. He grabbed her form her stomach sending her into laughter. They rolled on the carpet for a few moments and talked about what she was playing with. He then carried her to kitchen, gave her something to eat and then changed her and took her to their room.
A few hours later Klaus looked to his side and saw Hayley was reading something. He asked her "what are you reading?"
Hayley said "just some pamphlet I picked up from Dole's office when I was there for the injection."
She smiled and looked at Hope lying on her bed who was watching something on the iPad with the headphones on her ears and then at Klaus doing something of his own ad smiled and said "this is so nice and calming. "
Klaus smiled and said "yes" after looking at Hope and then continued reading the file that Elijah had send her over when he heard her gasp. He looked at her and asked "what is it?"
Hayley looked at the paper in her hand and then at Klaus and said "oh my god Klaus."
Klaus asked now alarmed "what happened?"
She said as she read from the pamphlet in her hand "it says that It's not known if chemotherapy drugs pass into " she looked at Hope who had headphones on her ears and was watching the cartoons on the iPad so she continued "semen or vaginal fluids. Doctors usually advise you to use condoms for a few days after chemotherapy to protect your partner. How could I have forgotten that?!"
She looked up at Klaus as he continued to look confused and said with frustration "Klaus we had unprotected …" she looked at Hope again and continued " sex the first time after my chemo."
Klaus relaxed and said carelessly"oh don't worry. Everything will be okay. I am a wolf remember. I will be okay."
Hayley said anxiously "if something happens to you I will never forgive myself."
Klaus said with a smile "I am touched but Hayley it also says that it has not been proven so dont worry" as he took the pamphlet from her hand and scanned through it.
A couple of minute later he looked at her and realized that she was not fully satisfied on what he has said to her. He sighed and looked down at his file knowing well that if she has decided to get worried about something he cannot do anything about it.
Monday afternoon as Hayley was sitting on Hope's bed feeling relieved after a long time, she heard the front door open. She looked towards the door as she heard him ask someone "when are you coming over?"
Hayley's heart jumped into her throat as she heard him ask that. The first thought that crossed her mind was 'is Caroline coming again?' at the same time he appeared at the bedroom door.
Elijah said "three days… hmmm what is today? Monday so yes Thursday night… This time I am coming over for one month so I will be staying at my house and I will not be able to visit till Friday. Want to discuss a case with you. Want your input on them."
Klaus said "okay good. See you then."
He put the phone down and walked to her saying "Elijah is coming over on Friday."
He then looked at Hope, sat down next to her and said "when did she sleep?"
Hayley took a sigh of relief that it was not Caroline and said "a few minutes ago."
She held his hand and said "I want to tell you this because I know that you are as scared of me getting pregnant as I am that I am not pregnant".
Klaus took a sigh of relief and said "oh good" then added "how do you know I was worried?"
She smiled and said "detective's wife! you are rubbing on me. You have no idea how relieved I am feeling."
Klaus said "I can because I feel the same way. I am just looking forward to when you are cured of this cancer and we can try to have another baby."
Hayley smiled, enjoyed the flutters in her stomach and said "do you want to have another baby before we fall for each other?"
Klaus held her hand pulling her in the standing position, asked "who said we are not falling for each other right now?"
She smiled and said "hmm" then reached up and kissed him and started to leave the room.
Klaus kissed Hope on her forehead and said following her "I was thinking after the full moon we should visit Mystic Falls before your next chemo. I want Hope and you to officially meet my family and remove some of their confusion. I have a couple of vacations coming up after the full moon."
Hayley looked at his face and couldn't help but feel sorry for him to be in this situation; knowing that his family does not like her. She nodded.
The next two days went smoothy without any major incidence. Klaus told Ben about Hayley's cancer so he was able to come home earlier if he could. He was making sure Hayley was taking cares of her as per the instructions her doctor has given her whereas Hayley was trying not to lose her temper with his insistence on doing the things the way her doctor had asked her to. During day time he was busy at work, Hope and she at home as he had forbidden her from going to bayou and she knew he had a point so she had to listen to him which further made her annoyed at him. Hope as per doctor's instruction was not going school with the risk that she might bring illness home. Klaus was extra careful when he got home. Washing hands, wearing mask, avoiding kissing on her mouth and didn't let her do the same too, annoying Hayley to no bounds but he was persistent. Third day after she got her white blood cell results when she leaned in to kiss him on his lips he stepped back making her snap.
Hayley snapped at him "dont treat me like I will break if you touch me."
Klaus looked at her for a moment while absorbing her frustration and said rather coldly "I am not treating you liked that. I am doing what the doctors have told me to do. She told me to avoid anything physically that can transfer germ in your body and saliva carries a lot of germs. You dont like it, go take it up with the doctor. I will do as I am told. You are not only mother of my child, I care about you too and I want you to get better and not die on Hope and me incase you have not noticed."
And stormed out of the room leaving her steaming in anger too.
As her anger settled down she started to feel guilty about her outburst at him. She told herself not to be an idiot and appreciate when someone is there to take care of her.
He came back in a few minutes and said "I have to go. I am on stakeout with Alexis. Hope has gone to sleep. I will come late. Don't wait up for me" and left before she could say anything.
They had been sitting in that car for two hours looking at the building for any signs of trouble when she took the binoculars from him saying "let me see."
Klaus took a bite of his sandwich and said "just be careful. The glare…" when suddenly he saw someone move under the ledge. He realized at once that Alexis has not spotted the person. And then it happened, he shouted "someone is over there. Duck" when suddenly they were shot from the either side of the car. He closed the door and pushed Alexis down. He took out his gun and the radioed "shots fired. shots fired. Lincoln and 21st. Officers need help."
He looked towards Alexis and saw her arm bleeding but she had taken out her gun too biting her lips controlling the pain. He said "they are coming. Are you hit anywhere else too?"
Alexis said "no. You?"
Klaus said ignoring the pain in his ribs from the gunshot "no I am fine. We need to get out of this car."
He raised himself a bit and shot in the direction where his sharp werewolf eyesight spotted a moment. He then said to Alexis "go go go". He opened his side of the door while she opened the other side and they both ran towards the cafe. Alexis shot at the glass door while Klaus kept his back towards her and continued to look for shooting but none came. They both entered the cafe and scurried behind the counter. He said "it has been quiet for a while. Do you think they are gone?"
ALexis said cradling her injured arm "looks that way. Damn it. Two weeks before the wedding."
He looked at her injury and realized that his eyes could see through the hole on her arm and said "it is through and through. No major damage."
Alexis asked "how do you know?"
He pushed his finger in it and said "I dont feel the bullet in it."
The both became alert as they heard the door open. He readied his gun when he heard Ben's voice "Klaus!"
He took a sigh of relief and said "here captain. Alexis is hurt."
As he started to get up she said "so are you!"
Klaus turned to her and asked in confusion "what?"
Alexis said "you are hit! Look. How can you not feel it?"
She touched his ribs but he moved back and said "I am fine."
She pulled his shirt up and saw a bullet hit.
She said "you need to go to hospital. This looks serious."
Ben cleared his throat and said "yes, lets take you there. You okay Woods."
Alexis looked at her arm and said "seems through and through. They are gone. What happened?"
Ben said angrily "no idea. I cannot wait for the day when we take down this gang. Our stakeout was a bust too. Couldn't find anything and then this gang had to come to shoot. Any way lets go to the hospital."
He looked at Klaus who was trying to catch his eye asking him "how will they explain his healing?"
An hour later Alexis entered the room and said "one stitch on each side. You were right. It was through and through. How are you? Any stitches?"
Klaus said "no" and started to get up while buttoning his shirt.
She asked "where are you going?"
Klaus said "home."
She asked "I am surprised you didn't feel the bullet."
Klaus said lightly "I am just too brave."
Alexis said "if you have not gotten any stitches then how did they patch you up? Show me."
Before Klaus could do anything she had pulled his shirt apart and then gaped at his smooth skin.
Klaus said "I can explain" as she stepped back.
She stared at him in shock and said "you can explain that! I know you were shot. What happened? How did you heal?" and then noticed his eyes fixed on something over her shoulder. She spun around and saw Ben standing there. As she saw Ben nodded.
She spun towards Klaus who sighed and said "you better sit down."
She said adamantly "I dont want to sit. Tell me what is going on here."
As he started telling her about himself, he saw her complexion paling and her eyes darting form Ben to him again and again as if they both have lost their minds.
When he was done Ben said "this is a secret Alexis. No one can find out. Klaus is your partner. It is your job to keep this secret safe. He will not be able to fight for justice if this gets out. And this is not as simple. You dont know how far this goes. It goes way up to the commissioner. Now you both go home. I will see you around noon tomorrow. No need to come in the morning. Joe can take care of the person you shot Klaus."
Klaus glanced at Alexis who was still in shock and said "hmm" and left.
When he got home she was fast asleep. He took a shower to wash away any potential germs he could have gotten from the hospital and got under the covers with her and soon he had fallen asleep.
Next morning when Hayley woke up he was still asleep so she sneaked out of the bed quietly and went to tend to Hope. She gave her breakfast, changed her and set her in front of the TV for half an hour so that she could clean up in the kitchen.
It was around ten when she got a call on her cell from Dr Dole who wanted to see her next day for her blood work. After putting the cell down when she turned he saw him sitting on the floor with Hope watching cartoon. She walked to him and asked "when did you get up?"
Klaus said without looking at her "when you were talking to Dr Dole. When is your appointment?"
Hayley bit her lips recognizing that he was still annoyed with her, said "tomorrow at 12. Should we send her to school?"
Klaus said "no, I can come over around that time."
He then focused his attention on the TV without another word.
She went to take the shower whereas Klaus got up and fixed himself coffee and then settled down with Hope again who said "when will I go to school?"
Klaus said "soon love. Do you miss school?"
Hope said excitedly "yes. I have a friend. Her name is Angela."
Klaus said "hmm what is this Angela like?"
Hayley was changing her clothes when she smelled something. she looked around but couldn't figure out where it was coming from and then she dashed out after changing and went straight to the living room and asked "when were you planning on telling me about you getting hurt in the stake out?"
Klaus turned to her while sipping his coffee and said "after my anger at you had cooled down a bit" and started looking at the TV again.
Hayley walked to him and said in a controlled voice "can I talk to you in the room please?"
Klaus said "sure" and got up.
He said to Hope "I will be back in a minute until then you watch it without missing anything. You will have to tell me what I missed. Okay?"
When he entered the room, she was pacing in the room. He sat on the sofa casually and continued drinking his coffee when Hayley snapped "so what happened?"
Klaus said "we were ambushed by a gang. Alexis and I got hit."
Hayley asked trying to keep her voice calm "where?"
Klaus said casually "my ribs and no you cannot see it. If I am not allowed to show concern for you then you can not either."
He got up and was leaving the room when she grabbed his arm and said "what? Are you a child?"
Klaus said prying her hand free off his arm "I am not. Just want to tell you how it feels when you care about someone and they don't let you" and left the room.
He was sitting in the living room reading a book when his cell rang. He picked it up and said "Mikealson."
A female voice said "my name is Victoria Lambert. I am Hope Mikaelson teacher. How are you Mr Mikaelson?"
Klaus sat up and said "good. Ms Lambert what can I do for you?" wondering 'why has she called him?'
Victoria said "I wanted to talk to you about her."
Klaus said "oh okay. Do you want me to come in?"
Victoria said "yes."
Klaus put the cell down, got up to change and said to Hayley "I have to leave at 11. Lets have an early lunch today."
He was getting ready for the work after having an early lunch with Hope and her still not talking to her when she walked to him and said "listen I don't like it that you are upset with me on such a small thing."
He looked at her through the reflection, smirked and said sarcastically "small thing?! You know I can heal and even then you are worried whereas if you get sick you cannot heal."
Hayley stared at him for a moment and then said with frustration "what do you want me to say?"
Klaus turned to her slowly this time and said "nothing. I dont want you to say anything. I want you to stop taking all of this for-granted because you should know how dangerous it is for you to get sick right now. I don't want you to go through anything worse then what you already are going through."
When she at last nodded he stepped aside and was walking out of the bathroom when she stopped him by holding his arm and said "no, first you tell me what happened last night."
Klaus sighed and started telling her everything. She gasped when he reached the part where Alexis has found out about his secret. She asked alarmed "what are you going to do?"
Klaus said "nothing. She is my partner and sooner or later she would have found out. Now I have to go and see who attacked us and all that. Will be home late."
He walked away from her
Twenty minutes later he entered Hope's school building. He was led to the principal's office. She was an elderly lady named Emily. As he was talking to her about his job another young girl joined them. The young girl said "hi, I am Victoria. I talked to you on the phone."
Klaus said "Klaus Mikaelson."
She gestured him to sit and said "Let me tell you that Hope is very sweet and very intelligent. It is a pleasure to have her."
Klaus smiled and said "I am sensing a but coming in."
Victoria laughed and said "yes there is a but. I am worried about her."
Klaus asked in alarm "why? what happened?"
Victoria said "she is very quiet. For a child who is about to turn five, she does not seem happy. She has not been coming to school too for a few days. Are things okay at your home?"
Klaus sighed and said "actually I have been meaning to talk to you about her. I just noticed a few days back some things that you are talking about. Generally she is fine at home but there are moments when she seems unusually quiet. The thing is my wife is going through breast cancer treatment and I feel that Hope is starting to pick up that something is wrong with Hayley. I don't know how to help her. Even now Hayley has some complication in her treatment and hence we were asked to take extra precautions to keep her away from germs so we have decided to keep Hope home."
Victoria said sympathetically "oh I am so sorry to hear it. I hope she gets better. That actually could be a reason for her to shut down. We do have school psychologist. If you want someone can talk to her about it."
Klaus said after a moment of though "if it helps her then why sure."
She got up and said "thank you Mr Mikaelsson for coming. Now that I know what she is going through I will keep an eye on her."
Klaus said "she will stay home for a couple of more days."
He got up, shook her hand and left.
He reached the station thinking about Hope and thanked that Alexis was not supposed to come today. He went to this desk, look out his cell and dialed Joseph Barton's number. As the call connected he asked him "how did Laroza got involved? I thought it was Emil Stanton."
Joseph said "Jacob Laroza? hmm interesting. What did you think? It would be easy. You are not dealing with normal people. I assure you Laroza must be involved somehow. He is an idiot who does not know who he is dealing with."
Klaus sighed and said "so how do we get him, this Emil. I dont want him to do something stupid."
Joseph said "don't worry about Emil. I have my eyes on him. If he slips again I will get him."
He added "Also Marcel knows about him too. If he puts one foot out of line, Marcel will take care of him."
Klaus asked "Marcel Gerald?"
Joseph said "yes, he knows about all of us. He sired me. I know you know him too."
Klaus asked "how?"
Joseph said "when I found out about you, I did research on you and found out everything about you."
Klaus said "you will keep your mouth shut about me and I will keep your secret."
Joseph laughed and said "sure" and cut him off. Klaus put the cell down and turn around as he sensed someone.
Alexis entered the station thinking how she will face him. Finding out about who Klaus was a shock for her and she had managed to convince herself in the past few hours that it was a horrible dream but seeing him sitting there gave her a bad feeling feeling that it was not a dream. Klaus got up and walked to her and said "what are you doing here? You were shot. Go home and rest."
Alexis looked at him with weird eyes and spontaneously put her hand over his ribs. When he didn't wince she exclaimed panicking now "oh my god that was not a dream. You really are a…"
Klaus said "shhh." looking around. He held her one arm and took her to one side and said "listen I know what you are going through but you have to come to terms to it quicker for my sake. Why don't you go home? We will talk about it somewhere else."
She looked at him for a moment and left.
Klaus was looking at the door thinking about Alexis's reaction and the new complication when Ben came in the squad room and said "Report of mugging in the mall. Brenton take it. Mikaelson you come with me" And went back to his room.
When Klaus entered the room Ben said "Joseph Barton. Is he playing dirty lawyer or just using supernatural abilities to his gain?"
Klaus said "he is not dirty but yes he is using supernatural abilities."
Ben sighed and said "okay sit."
When Klaus sat down he said to him "I am going to give you a file about my nephew. He was caught in drug dealing a few years back. Barton was working on that case. Of course I ddidnt know who he was at that time. I want to know if my nephew was actually corrupt or Barton did something like compulsion or something."
Klaus took the file and said "I will look into it."
Ben said "no need to say that it is confidential?!"
Klaus said getting up "no" and left.
Later that night Hayley sighed as she looked at his empty side of the bed and while staring at it she fell asleep only to be awakened by someone holding her from her waist. She opened her eyes and saw that he was sleeping next to her. She smiled and closed her eyes again.
When she woke up he was still sleeping. She gently touched his cheek causing him to open his eyes. She put her hand on his hand on her waist and said "I thought you were angry with me!"
Klaus asked in confusion "what does that even mean? Don't couples get angry at each other?"
Hayley said "I guess but …"
Klaus said "no harm in a healthy argument. And by the way I am still annoyed with you but that does not meant that I don't want to do this."
He kissed her hand and got out of bed.
Hayley said "Can you still come over at 12?"
Klaus said "yes"
Hayley sighed and said "Klaus we cannot keep her locked up in the house until I recover."
Klaus said "I know. Lets wait for your results this time and then we can think of something about what to do with it."
Hayley put the lipstick on as she heard the front door open and said to Hope who was sitting on her bed watching something on IPad "Hope I have to go for a while. Daddy will stay with you for a while."
Klaus walked in, kissed Hope on her head and walked into the open bathroom and said "hey I am here. I got the rest of the day off."
Hayley pulled her hair in a pony tail and said "how?"
Klaus walked to her and said "I told Ben about your condition a couple of days ago so that he can give me a little flexibility in schedule if possible. He said I could go home. If something happens he will call me. We live nearby so that is not a problem."
She said "good" and was walking away from him when he pulled her closer to her, kissed her cheek, lingered her lips there, absorbed the warmth from her body and whispered "After I broke up with Caroline I never imagined I could develop such strong feelings for anyone but I was wrong. I am going to wait all my life for you to fall in love with me Hayley. I just wanted to express my feelings for you and tell you that I love you."
Hayley said feeling flustered "Klaus… " but before she could say anything further he said with a smile "no, I didn't say it to put you in spot. I want you to express your feelings for me when you really feel like expressing and not because I told you about mine."
She opened her mouth to say something when she heard Hope asking "mommy what are you doing?"
Klaus laughed, let her go and picked up Hope and kissed her on her cheek.
He said "daddy was telling mommy how much he loves her."
He smiled at the blush appearing on Hayley's face and laughed when she snapped at him "stop it. I have to go now. She hasn't eaten anything yet."
As she started to leave he said "Elijah is coming tonight. I am going to tell Elijah about you and Hope."
Hayley turned to him and said "hmm okay. Do you think he can handle it?"
Klaus said "yes he can."
Her hand was on the knob when he said "your results better be normal. I don't know how long I can wait for to be with you."
He smiled as she turned to him angrily and her eyes widened warningly as they went to Hope and then looked at him she exclaimed with annoyance "Klaus!"
and turned back to leave but not before she heard Hope say "daddy what are you talking about?"
Klaus laughed and said "nothing love. Tell me what do you want to eat" as he carried Hope to the kitchen whereas Hayley left after wearing the mask her doctor had told her to wear while leaving home.
In the evening they were sitting in the living room watching TV; Hope on the carpet, Hayley snuggled close to Klaus. Klaus turned to her, kissed her hand gently saying "I hope your results are normal."
She smiled and said "yep…." and stopped talking when they heard the bell. Klaus smiled and said to Hope "hey lets go and bring uncle Elijah in."
Hope nodded a bit apprehensively but then held his hand.
Hayley walked to Elijah and saw him bending to Hope and saying "I didnt know what to get you. A friend told that you might like a doll. Do you like dolls?"
Hope nodded shyly and hid behind Klaus to Elijah's amusement.
He hugged Hayley and asked "how are you doing ?"
Hayley smiled and said "great."
The rest of the evening went really nice. After a few shy moments Hope opened up to Elijah. It was a great sight to her to see Hope bond with Elijah. After dinner Klaus and Elijah settled themselves in the living room and got lost in their work whereas Hayley went to sleep after putting Hope to bed.
They talked about the case for the next two hours. Klaus felt out of touch in the beginning but then quickly caught up. At last after two hours Elijah started to write down some notes when he suddenly looked up asked "what is it Niklaus? You look disturbed about something."
Klaus sighed, leaned back and said "I need to tell you something."
Elijah put the pen on the table and said "tell me."
Klaus took a deep breath and started telling him about Hayley. When he was done telling him about the past month Elijah leaned forwards and said "wonderful! Any thing else you would like to tell me?" and then as if a thought occurred to him and he asked "does that mean Hope is one too?"
Klaus nodded and said "Hayley has been getting to know her pack for the past one month but then she got sick."
At Elijah confused look he said "her white blood cell count went down so she stopped going to the bayou with the risk that she might catch something there."
Elijah asked sounding concerned "is she getting any treatment for it?"
Klaus said "yes, she is and she is doing better. She got her blood work done today. Will get the results in a day or so. So i was telling you that I think it is a good idea for her to know her pack even if she does not trigger her gene. We have to accept who we are and find balance in our lives. But this you have to keep a secret too just like you are keeping our other secret about Hope. When the right time comes I will tell every one about us but not right now."
Elijah said running his fingers through his hair "okay Niklaus. What are you going to do?"
Klaus said "nothing different then what I am doing right now."
Elijah asked "can triggering her gene cure her cancer?"
Klaus smiled and said "No. I checked. No one is sure it will do or not. Hayley and I dont think it is wroth it unless there is no other option which I am sure we have. She will fight this cancer."
Elijah looked at Klaus who had gotten up and had gone to the kitchen and his heart ached for him. He got up and followed him and said leaning against the kitchen wall "so you have finally done it?"
Klaus poured the coffee and asked "done what?"
Elijah said with a smile "put Caroline totally behind you and fallen in love with your wife."
Klaus laughed and said "I don't know when that happened but yes we are there."
Elijah smiled and said "I am happy to see you happy."
He looked at his wrist watch and said "it is almost twelve. I should leave now. Can you come to the office tomorrow?"
Klaus nodded. After seeing Elijah off he went to bed and went to sleep next to her and then with a very light heart he pulled her from her waist and sighed as she put her hand on his hand.
Hayley felt something soft brush her cheek and she opened her eyes to see Klaus. She smiled at him and asked "you told him?"
Klaus said "yes."
Hayley asked "and how did he take it?"
Klaus said "surprised but in stride. He is worried about Hope though."
He started to get up when she pulled him towards him and got on her knees. She cupped his face, stared into his eyes now looking at him questioningly and said "I love you Klaus Mikaelsons. This is the first time I am telling this to anyone in my adult life."
Before he could react she pulled him toward her and planted a kiss on his lips. Klaus immediately broke the kiss and said "Hayley! what are you doing? Your results are not back yet."
Hayley said with exasperation "Klaus not again! We have been through this. I just touched your lips, your saliva didnt even touch mine."
Klaus leaned close to her until their foreheads were touching and said "this is not fair. I have to go, do something with Elijah and then we cannot even have sex until we get your test results and now you tell me this."
Hayley laughed and said "well you did the same. You think I can think clearly every time you say that to me?"
He looked towards his side table and saw that he had half and hour before getting ready so he pushed her on the bed and said "lets do something about that then so that we can both think clearly for the rest of the day. I don't want my hands shaking while shooting some one" with a twinkle in his eyes.
Hayley laughed and said "but we cannot have sex."
Klaus leaned on her until his lips were almost touching hers and said "well love, we can do plenty without having sex. Let me show you what I have in mind."
She smiled as she felt the kiss land on her jaw and pulled his shirt off of him. He looked into her eyes as his hand sneaked under her bra and teased her breast and smiled as they suddenly went hazy at the same time they heard a knock on the door. He put her forehead against her now laughing gently as Hayley pushed him away from him and said "oh god Hope. I forgot about her."
She sat up and headed to the door while Klaus laid there laughing. He got up too, teased her by grabbing her from her waist on the way to the bathroom, slid his fingers under her shirt while kissing Hope and said "we will continue at tonight" where as Hayley hissed "shhhh" as she put hand on Hope's ear impulsively but she was already asking "continue what mommy?" making Klaus double over with laughter as he shut the bathroom door behind him and Hayley steaming in anger.
When Klaus entered the apartment it was very late. He gave her a fleeting kiss saying "I am sorry, got stuck with Elijah. Where is she?"
Hayley said "waiting for you to come and tell her bedtime story. Honestly you are spoiling her. I am really annoyed at this. You cannot be with her all the time."
Klaus laughed and said "well she goes to sleep with me many times" as he headed to her room she said "by the way my results are normal".
Klaus looked back at her and said "oh good. We should celebrate later" with a wink and went to Hope's room.
She was cleaning the kitchen when she saw him come out of Hope's room with a smile on his lips. She asked him "what happened?"
Klaus said laughing "she was asking me whom I love more. You or her?"
Hayley laughed and asked "and what did you say?" even though she had an idea what the answer would be.
Klaus said with a smile "of course her" as he picked up the remote control and laid on the sofa and then said "ouch" as Hayley hit him with a pillow.
He asked innocently "what?"
She said with a smile "you could have said equally."
Klaus said pulling her towards him "well I don't lie. Have I told you how much I relieved I am that your results are normal."
He lips were almost touching hers when his cell rang. They both looked at the cell and she retreated as she saw Caroline's name on the caller ID but he pulled her back and firmly planted a kiss on her lips and then let her go and picked up the cell. She had just entered the kitchen when she heard him "what?!"
She dashed about of kitchen to see him standing with his fingers in his hair. She looked a him curiously with sinking heart as he said "when?"
He listened to the other side for a moment and then said "okay thanks for telling me Caroline. I will see when I can come."
And put the cell down without listening to what she was saying further.
Hayley groaned inward at hearing Caroline's name but she knew from the look on his face that something had gone wrong. Before she could ask him anything further he dialed again. She walked to him and asked "what happened?" she hesitated for a moment and then asked "is everything okay at your home?"
Klaus shook his head and said "wait" as the call connected. He said "Elijah, Caroline called."
Elijah said "and?"
Klaus said "Tyler triggered his gene."
Elijah said "what? when?" as Klaus heard her gasp. He looked at her having her hand on her mouth. His eyes narrowed and he recalled she and Tyler knew each other. He asked "what?" as he realized Elijah had asked him something.
Elijah said "I said when."
Klaus said "day before yesterday. It was an accident."
Elijah said "oh. What are we going to do?"
Klaus said "going to call Mason. I cannot go to help me right now."
Elijah said "okay. Keep me in the loop."
Klaus put the cell down and dialed Mason's number as he saw Hayley retreat into their room.
As the call connected he walked to the room and saw her sitting on the bed holding her head, he walked to her, sat next to her and asked "what happened?" and then heard Mason's voice "I am already here Niklaus. I will call you when it happens. It is tomorrow."
Klaus said "okay. Call me when it is over." and put the cell down. He looked at Hayley who asked "when?"
Klaus said "day before yesterday."
Hayley asked "how does Caroline know he triggered his gene?"
He thought about how he should tell her being a vampire but then decided against it and said "she knows he is my cousin so she suspects that he must carry the gene too. Remember I told you that I shared everything with Caroline."
Klaus added when she didnt say anything "he is in for a rough road."
He got up and went to change his clothes.
When he came out she was still sitting on the bed. He asked "are you okay?"
Hayley said "I … I dont know. I just dont know how I feel. I know him so I … I dont know. How should I feel Klaus? Is it a good thing to trigger the gene?"
Klaus said as he walked to his side of the bed "no, it is not. It is okay to feel sad for him but it is all okay. He needs to learn to live with it now. He is alive and that is what matters."
Hayley sighed, got up and went to change her clothes.
As she got under the cover, Klaus pulled her close to him and kissed him smack on her lips. Hayley kissed him back and then felt his tongue parting her lips. She moaned as his hands sneaked under her shirt and slipped under her bra and teased her bresat. She arched her back for him to access the hooks of her bra at the back. Once it was unhooked, it didnt take much time for him to get her out of her rest of clothes and he to get him out of his clothes. Hayley didnt know what was more enjoyable; the gentle sucking on her neck or the fingers playing in between her legs, feeling his hardness against her thighs or exploring his mouth with her tongue, him sucking her breast making her clutch the bed sheet to stop the moans escaping her mouth while she let her hands explore his back to or squeezing her breast while his mouth traced kisses all over her face and neck. By the time he took her she felt as if was in heaven and when she whispered "I love you" and he climaxed, the look in his eyes just melted her heart and she planted a kiss on his lips just before he smiled, fell on her nuzzling his mouth on her neck and whispered "I love you too."
Much later he gave her his tee-shirt and wore his pajamas and they both fell asleep in each other's arms.
Next morning, Klaus was pouring himself a cup of coffee she said "Klaus I want to go to the bayou tomorrow Klaus. My white blood count is in range now."
Klaus turned to her and said after recovering from initial surprise "Hayley it is full moon tomorrow. I will be wolf and you cannot take Hope with you."
Hayley said calmly but a bit determination "Klaus I am going with or without Hope. This is the only change I get to meet them in human form in the whole month and my next chemo which is coming up in a week by the way."
Klaus said angrily "damn it Hayley. Why are you so adamant?"
When she just stood there looking at him with arms folded across her chest he said "well you cannot take Hope. I am going to Elijah any ways. Will ask him if he can come and baby sit her. Surely He can babysit his niece for one damn night."
Hayley smiled and asked "you are spending too much time with Elijah? any cases you two working on?"
Klaus said "yes there is this one case. Elijah needs my input on that one. Will be back by afternoon."
Hayley smiled and left the room.
Klaus looked at her anxiously feeling angry at her but he had found out during the past one month that if she decided to do something she would do it and left to meet Elijah to help him with his case.
Hayley came out of the room putting on her jeans jacket and saw Klaus sipping his coffee while Elijah was standing near him laughing at something and Hope was nowhere to be seen . Hayley hugged Elijah and said "Elijah thank you for doing this for me. I just want to meet them at least once. She is asleep and knows that you are supposed to be here. Hopefully she will sleep through the night. She normally does not wake up during night. I will be back in a few hours."
Klaus dropped her at the bayou, the he drove the car to the place deep in the bayou where he turned.
While Klaus was running in the bayou in the wolf form, exploring it, Hayley was getting acquainted with her pack. She looked around at men and women she had met in the past one hour now dancing around a fire that they had gathered and then toward Eve who smiled at her as she raised a wooden glass to her. She smiled and looked at a small child she had come to know as Jake during her trips to the bayou talking with a woman whom she assumed must her his mother. Her heart suddenly felt heavy for the child and his mother and the resolve to break the curse become stronger. She startled as she heard a husky voice "hello."
She turned around and saw a very handsome man. She said "hello."
He said "hello" then after a pause added "my name is Jackson, Andrea."
Hayley asked "you know me?"
Jackson said with a smile "yes I know you Andrea. You and I are betrothed to be married."