A/N: Aira thanks for the comment. I know the time span is slow. I am keeping tab of time. You will notice a lot of my sentence have next day or day name evening, morning or something like that or no of days later. The thing is that to show how their relationship evolved I wanted to show every up and down they went through to reach at the point where they were comfortable with each other and could say that three letter sentence and hence detailed scene and spread over two months. Now that they have developed it, from next chapter there will be a time jump in the form of a paragraph because we have established how they feel about each other and what do they do in their routine. Okay so this chapter is again really long. I hope you enjoy it :)

Synopsis: Klaus becomes jealous of Jackson. Hayley has her last chemotherapy, soon followed by serious illness which forces Klaus's to ask for someone from his family to come and help her during that rough time. Hayley finds out a link to the witch who cursed her pack. Elijah bonds with Hayley and Hope.

She recovered quickly and said "oh. I dont know what you were expecting but I am already married" intentionally not telling him about Hope.

She showed him the ring and saw Jackson's face fell and her heart ached for him even though she was meeting him for the first time. They started talking and soon she got so lost in the conversation that she lost track of time. They was later joined by some other people and she found out that Jackson was the current alpha of the pack.

The rest of the night was wonderful. She got to know a lot of people, mingled with them and at last around 6 am she decided to head home.

When she got home Klaus was already home. She looked at him sleeping peacefully, smiled at how her heart had skipped a beat. She at once decided not to tell him about what Jackson. She changed her clothes, feeling content about meeting her family for the first time in her life and slipped under the covers and wrapped her arm around him. Soon she had fallen asleep with a smile on her face.

When she woke up next morning she caught him looking at her. She smiled and asked "how was it?"

He removed the lock of hair from her cheek and asked "you tell me. How was your pack?"

Hayley said "it was nice. I got to meet quite a few people. None of them is a Labanoir so I guess I am the last one. Well no, Hope is the last right now. I got to meet the current alpha of the pack, Jackson…'

Klaus couldn't help but notice the flush sneak on her face at the mention of his name and he felt a pit in his stomach but asked "and?"

Hayley said "and then there is Oliver…"

He smiled even though his heart was racing. He said "tell me about Jackson."

From the slight hesitation she showed he became convinced that she was hiding something. He asked her "what?"

Hayley sighed and said "he told me that we were betrothed to be married when we were kids."

She saw colors pass on Klaus's face and suddenly she laughed and said "You think I am thinking of what if. Well you will be happy to know that I am not"

He said "that is good to know" and then groaned as his alarm rang.

She said "why don't you go back to sleep. I will go drop Hope off to school. She should start going now at least. Elijah was sleeping when I came back. I was also thinking of going to French Quarter to find something about Brynne Deveraux."

Klaus sighed and exclaimed "Hayley!"

Hayley stood up and said firmly "Klaus I told you what I want. It is important that we break this curse because if we, Hope and I happen to break the curse, things will go really bad for all of us."

Klaus said in defeat "okay but you are not going alone. I will go with you when I get the time. Marcel knows about you. I don't think he will harm you but I dont want to take any chance."

As she headed towards the bedroom door he said lazily facing towards her "I forgot to tell you. Hope's teacher, Ms Lambort called a few days ago. She is concerned about Hope. So am I. Both of us have noticed that she is getting quieter day by day. I think she is starting to feel something is wrong with you and that is affecting her personality. I told her teacher about you and she thinks talking to a psychologist can help Hope. So I okayed that."

Hayley said anxiously "really! She can sense it. Oh no, I never thought how my illness will affect her."

Klaus said closing his eyes "I did my research and it is pretty normal. If Hope can get help then well and good. She will be okay once you get better but now that we know it is affecting her we should make an extra effort to make her feel safe."

Hayley nodded and left.

Klaus woke up at 9:30 and after taking a quick shower he came out just in time to see Elijah getting up. He said "hey. Going to call Mason. You want to talk to him."

Elijah said "yes."

Klaus dialed Mason number. After a couple of bells he heard Mason's tired voice "Niklaus I thought you of all people would know the hangover after the full moon."

Klaus ignored him and asked "Mason what the hell happened?"

Mason sighed but before he could say anything Klaus put him on speaker saying "Elijah is here too."

Mason asked "you told him?!"

Elijah said sarcastically "thanks for the vote of confidence Mason."

Mason said "Hey Elijah. Good that you know. Just dont trigger it. Your fathers were so careful. What the hell is happening to this generation?! Control your anger."

Klaus said with a slight annoyance "look who is talking. Any way tell me what happened? How did that girl died?"

Mason said "well Tyler says that she was looking through Richard's desk when he walked in. They had a confrontation and one thing led to another it became physical. He pulled her aside. She tripped and fell hitting her head on the corner of the table."

Klaus exchanged looks with Elijah and gestured him to ask "how did his first transformation go?"

Mason said "worse then yours Niklaus but I think he will get to terms with it sooner then you."

Klaus asked "does he know about me?"

Mason said "yes I told him. I think you guys should tell Kol too." His tone changed to annoyance and worry as he continued "if there is anyone in this damn family I was afraid of triggering his gene it is Kol. He needs to know before something bad happens."

Klaus said "I am going to Mystic Falls next month. Will tell them about it. It will be helpful if you drop by at that time too."

Mason said "okay. Now let me sleep."

Klaus put the cell down and looked at Elijah and said "Okay. We cannot do anything about Tyler from here but I will give him a call."

Hayley came back from dropping Hope when she saw Klaus and Elijah sitting on the dinning table talking. As she entered the apartment he said "did you meet Lambort?"

Hayley said "yes. She was happy that Hope has come back and Hope was really excited about seeing Angela."

Klaus picked up his coffee, smiled and said "ahh the best friend. I am leaving."

He gave her a fleeting kiss on her cheek and was heading towards the door when he stopped and said a bit sternly "Hayley the thing I told you about dont do it."

Hayley said with frustration "I will not."

After the door closed she looked around and caught Elijah looking at her.

She asked "what?"

Elijah said feeling flustered "nothing. I am not just used to seeing you so relaxed and casual."

Hayley smiled and said "well we are not in office anymore."

She poured herself coffee and asked carefully "can you go with me somewhere today?"

Elijah asked "where?"

Hayley said "I want to go to French Quarter to meet Cami. I promised Klaus that I will not go alone. If you are free can you go with me."

Elijah said "I will be pick you up at 11. Be ready" and left for his office too.

Around 11:30 Hayley walked into Rousseau's with Elijah and looked around.

Elijah said "I dont think you should be drinking with your chemo coming up. But lets go chat with Cami over there."

Cami greeted him with a big smile and settled them down on the bar as she served her customers.

While talking to Cami, she saw a young woman with a bandana on her head come out of a back room and asked Cami "Cami, how many more?"

Cami said "four. Sophie this is Hayley Mikaelson and Elijah Mikaelson. this is Sohpie Deveraux."

Hayley sat up on her chair at the name Devereaux and looked at her curiously.

Sophie looked at her and said "nice to meet you" and then to Cami and said "I have to leave early today so this is the last order."

Cami nodded.

Hayley looked at her and asked "how do you know Sophie?"

Cami said "she is the best gumbo soup maker in the whole French Quarter."

Hayley asked "is she a witch too?"

Cami asked in confusion "what do you mean? witch in the soup making? No. Just meaning too good."

Hayley looked at her and then realized that she does not know about witches and supernatural community of French Quarter.

She said with a smile "oh okay. I got confused."

She looked at Elijah and said "lets go Elijah."

As they left the bar Elijah asked her "what was that about?"

Hayley said "nothing."

Elijah asked "tell me Hayley."

Hayley took a deep breath and told him everything. When she was done she added while sitting in the passenger seat "I want to break the curse. Sophie must be related to Brynne Deveraux. Deveraux is not a very common name."

Elijah exclaimed "are you crazy? Does Niklaus know?"

Hayley looked at him with amused expression making him blush and said "yes he knows."

Elijah exclaimed "and he is letting you do that!"

As soon as the words were out he felt flustered whereas Hayley laughed and said "this is not how our marriage is working Elijah. He knows and he is willing to help me."

For the next few days Hayley went to the bayou everyday. Klaus noticed that she often looked lost and unapproachable. At night time too when he tried to hold her she would gently remove his hand in the middle of the night not knowing that he had felt her doing that. She was engaging less and less in conversations with him.

He was sitting at his desk thinking about her and why was she behaving that way when suddenly his thought went to Jackson and it hit him that they were supposed to get married. He wondered if she is developing feeling for Jackson considering she is going there every day. Jackson is a wolf right now but that does not mean that she is not in touch with him. Or is it that she has finally found someone, some family that she feels comfortable with and wants to live with them.'

He looked up from the file as there was a knock on the desk and Alexis said "hey come on. Lets go. Murder at part ave."

Klaus took out his shield and gun and followed her clearing his mind to face the incidence.

As he put the car in gear he asked "what is it?" as he felt her gaze on him.

Alexis took a deep breath and said "I am sorry for the way I have been acting for the past couple of days but you have to see things from perspective."

Klaus smiled as he recalled Hayley saying something along the same lines. He said while taking a fast turn "dont worry about it. Are we cool about it?"

Alexis said "yes we are. And please dont get me killed. I cannot heal."

Klaus laughed, stopped the car and said "well I can die too."

Alexis got out of the car taking out her gun saying "what?"

KLaus said as they walked towards the body "I can heal but if there are a lot of injuries then I can die. Oh no! What is he doing here?"

Alexis asked "Joseph Barton!" as Barton walked to him.

Klaus asked "what are you doing here?"

Barton said "I know this guy."

Klaus asked "who is he?"

Barton hesitated for a moment and then said "he was my informant Matt Anderson."

Klaus said "confidential informant? For whom?"

Barton looked at Alexis and said "Emil Stanton."

Klaus exclaimed "what?"

As he noticed his glance go to Alexis he said "she knows."

Joseph said "yes, he worked for Emil. Two days ago he came to me and told me that Emil was involved in killing of two young kids between the ages of 17 and 18. That got me suspicious and even though Matt didnt know what was happening I at once knew what was happening. Emil was turning them into" he paused, looked at Alexis confused expressions and then added "you know. I was shocked because they are just kids. He cannot just turn kids into you know what. I asked him if he had gone to the cops, he said no because he had gone there once in the past but somehow the cops didnt follow up."

He looked at Klaus as he saw realization dawn on Klaus's face and said "Yes you got it. Emil was compelling them to drop the case. We had to be clever to capture him so I asked Matt if he was wiling to wear a wire which he agreed to after a bit of persuasion. Now two days later he is dead."

Klaus thought for a moment and then asked "what were you thinking of doing after capturing him? You couldn't possibly expose him!"

Joseph said "Marcel would have taken care of it but now he has killed Matt we dont have anything unless that wire he was wearing has something on it. I dont know if there is wire on him right now or not."

Klaus asked "his man Matt Anderson! was he one of you too?"

Joseph said "no poor man didn't have any idea. He thought Emil was a psychopath killer. Well jury is out on that one."

Klaus said "okay let me check him. You go and I will tell you what I have found but Barton if I find out that you were involved in whatever Emil was up to, you are going down too."

Joseph smiled and said "keep me in the loop" and left.

Alexis asked "what was that about?"

Klaus looked at Alexis and said "will tell you later. Right now treat this case on the face value. Forget about anything that looks odd to you."

He knelt near the dead body and checked his chest and sighed as he found the wire. He took the wire off the chest and put it in the evidence bag Alexis provided him.

He looked around and asked the officers "any witness."

The officer said "none."

Klaus said "okay take him to the morgue."

He walked to the car with Alexis and said "not here. At the station."

An hour later Alexis was sitting opposite Ben in shock staring at both of them but not asking anything. At last she nodded and said "I am glad you guys told me. Surprising it was not that hard to believe this time. Perhaps because I already know they exist so why not others too?! Now I get it. Barton is a vampire. And that Emil guy is turning kids into vampires. Oh God. Our cases were so simple."

She got up and they both left the captain's office. Klaus said "we have to find a secluded place where we can listen to this recording."

Five minutes later they were sitting in Klaus's car listing to the recording. Half way through the recording shooting happens and it got disconnected.

Alexis said "may be he has more tapes at his home."

Klaus nodded and said "I am so glad you know. It is easy to work when you know about all of this."

An hour later Klaus found a tape taped under the mattress and got Emil talking to someone about killing someone. Klaus took out his cell and was dialing Ben's number when Alexis asked "what are you doing? It is evidence."

Klaus looked at her and asked "Alexis, what do yo think will happen if it gets out."

Alexis looked at her feeling apprehensive and then nodded hesitantly.

Klaus said as the call connected "Ben, we found the tape. Emil is dong what Joseph told us. What do you want me to do?"

Ben said "contact Barton and tell him to handle this case."

Klaus said "he is going to tell Marcel about it."

Ben was quiet for a moment and then he said "okay then. This matter is out of our hand then. It is related to that world so let them handle it. Bigger picture remember."

Klaus nodded and disconnected the call. He called Joseph Barton and told him about everything they had discovered. Afterwards as per Barton's instruction they dropped the tape at his office and left.

During the ride to the station Alexis said "i was thinking why dont you and Hayley come for dinner on Friday."

Klaus said "She has her chemo this saturday. How about after that?"

Alexis said "okay sure."

After reaching the station, when they told Ben what happened with Baron, Ben told them to handle this case as if it has not be solved yet. When they were leaving for home Klaus glanced at Alexis and saw confusion on her face. He couldn't help but feel sorry for her but he couldn't do anything about it. One thing he was sure of was that she will handle it just like Hayley did.

Later that night he pulled her towards him and was kissing her neck when she said "Klaus I don't want to."

He looked at her wondering 'should he talk to her or not' and then he turned her towards him and said "that is fine but are you okay? You have been a bit different in the past few days."

Hayley looked at him and then suddenly tears started to fall off her eyes alarming him but before he could even show his concern she said "I dont know what is wrong with me. one second, I want you and the next I am not at all interested. Will I ever get better? And this treatment! What if my blood count is low again? Those damn injections are too expensive."

Klaus looked into her eyes and realized that she was being honest. Suddenly, felt relieved he almost laughed even though her tears were falling on her cheek now. He said wiping her cheek with her fingers "so this is it?! You are worried about the expenses?!"

When she nodded he said "why are you worried about expense? Dont be. Dont you believe that I am capable of taking care of you and Hope?"

when she didnt say anything he said "Everything is great well of course except for you cancer. But we are together and I love you. I can afford it Hayley. You keep on forgetting that I am a millionaire playboy" his tone becoming mischievous by the end of the sentence causing her to give a weepy smile. He relaxed when she said in a weepy voice "only half of that sentence is true. You know that. Right?"

Klaus said bringing her close to him "ouch. That hurt my feelings. Which half? Millionaire or playboy and dont say millionaire because I have this image of myself and you are not allowed to destroy it however I love you."

That just made her laugh. Seeing her laughing made him feel lighter. He leaned in and kissed her and whispered "it will be okay. As long as we are together in this we are okay. Dont worry about anything."

She wiped her tears and hugged him tight pressing her head into his chest and said "I am sorry, I am just not in a mood" as she closed her eyes and fingered her chest.

Klaus kissed her head and said "that is perfectly okay. You only broke my heart. Other then that it is okay."

Hayley laughed and said "well I promise I will mend it tomorrow."

She asked him "what did you think I was not interested in?"

Klaus said "I thought you wanted out."

Hayley looked up at him in confusion and said "wanted out from what?"

Klasu said "from our marriage."

Hayley asked "what? why would you think that?"

Klaus said sarcastically "well I dont know why Hayley? You have not been exactly approachable. Going to the bayou a lot. You have a fiancee over there… Don't laugh" as she started to laugh at the last part of the sentence and continued in annoyance now "I am being serious."

Hayley said "you think I will fall for Jackson when I have such a great person at home."

Klaus felt flustered but said "who knows. May be you will find that he can be better person then me."

The smile slipped from her face as she realized that he was being serious. She cupped her face and said "look at me. I think you are the most wonderful person in the whole world. You told me once that you want to put that incidence behind us so why do you keep on reminding us of that. I love you. I told you that I love you. Dont you trust my feelings for you?"

Klaus sighed and said "yes I do trust you but I dont trust others with you. Winning someone's heart is not difficult Hayley."

Hayley kissed him and said "well mine will be as it already belongs to some one."

Klaus was driving home from his work when he got a call from Marcel. As the call connected Marcel said "why didnt you tell me that Emil Stantson attacked you and your family?"

Klaus said "I just recently found out that Emil Stantson was your guy. Barton told me a few days ago. Has he told you what he has been doing?"

Marcel said "yes, he told me and I have taken care of him. You will not have to worry about him anymore."

Klaus said "oh okay."

Marcel asked after a slight pause "Did you know that Kieran is Cami's uncle?"

Klaus said "no. I dont know about Kieran. Who is he?"

Marcel said with frustration "he is a priest in the Saint Ann's church in French Quarter. He left the town after the death of his nephew, Cami's brother and is back again."

Klaus said with amusement "so Cami's uncle is a priest? Interesting. How did her brother die?"

Marcel said with frustration "no one knows. Apparently he killed twelve young kids in the church and then committed suicide. I think someone put a hex on him. Any way dont get involved in this one. I just wanted to let you know that Emil had been taken care of. Will talk again" and disconnected.

After the call ended Klaus wondered 'why he was not feeling happy about Emil's death?' and then he realized that being a cop he knew that was not the punishment Emil should have gotten but then he shook his head to stop thinking about him. When he reached home Hayley was laying down the table while Hope was sitting at the dinning table coloring in a coloring book. He kissed Hope and then grabbed Hayley from behind and said after kissing her"the man you put the hit on us has been dealt with today."

Hayley smiled and said "oh that is great. Now lets have dinner."

After dinner, he helped her clean up, watched some cartoons with Hope and then they put her to bed. After that Klaus picked up a book while Hayley put on a show she had been trying to catch up. As she laid on the sofa, he lifted her feet and put them on his laps gently caressing them. She smiled, looked at him and realized that he was not aware of his actions and felt warmth wash over her. An hour later they decided to turn themselves in.

He was putting on his night shirt when she said "Klaus …" at the same time when he said "Hayley…"

They both laughed and said "you go" together.

Hayley said "no you go".

Klaus said "I was going to ask when are you having your next chemotherapy. Your results are normal. Why aren't you getting the appointment?"

She laughed and said "I was going to tell you about that. Coming Saturday. The blood count is good and my body is strong right now so she wants me to go through it now" as she picked up his jacket from the bed and went to the walking closet to hang it. As she turned around she bumped into him.

He smiled and said "your blood count is normal, Chemo is in five days so why dont we make use of that opportunity".

Hayley laughed and nudged him playfully but he grabbed her from her arms and looked into her eyes and then brought her close to him and planted a kiss on her lips.

Hayley was so lost in that kiss that she jumped as she felt his hands slipping under her shirt making her wonder 'when did they get there?'

Klaus smiled and caressed her breast over her bra with his thumbs and hardened at the look that cross her face. He leaned in and kissed her neck and felt her hands on his back. She pulled his shirt off of him breaking the contacts on her neck and breast just for a second. In a moment he had her pinned against the walking closet door and his left hand was under her shirt sneaking behind the back and flipping the bar open whereas the other had her arms pinned over her head and his lips were busy along her jawline making her squirm and moan under his touch. She longed to touch the soft curls but he had her hands in his grasp so she couldn't do anything other then moan and squirm and pant his name. She jumped as she felt a slight bite on her ear and said "oh god Klaus."

Klaus let go of her hands and aggressively took off her shirt as she fumbled with his pajamas. In no time both of them were out of their clothes. He wrapped his arms around her waist and started moving his lips on her chest just above the breast. Hayley moaned as he lifted her up and she wrapped her legs around his waist and felt him getting harder. She was running her hands on his back, his hair and kissing him on his face hungrily. She bit her lips as his lips moved to her breast making her throw her head backwards and yelped as they started tasting it, slightly biting her. His hands moving to her hips and pulled her towards him.

He wanted to take her right there and then but then suddenly as if everything started to clear up and he stopped. He panted there "I need to get…" and opened the door and carried her to the bed and dropped her on it as he went towards his bed side table.

A moment later she felt him on him torturing her again with his tongue and when he finally finished she felt as if she was in heaven. She kissed his earlobe and whispered "I love you."

Klaus supported himself on his elbows and looked into her eyes, removed the hair from her naked slender shoulder and said "I love you too."

He leaned in and gently planted a kiss on her lips and then stayed there gently kissing her for a few minutes enjoying her tongue inside his mouth while her hands grabbing his hips and gently squeezing them.

He broke the kiss after what looked liked forever and fell on her side. As he pulled her close to him, he whispered into her hair "is it strange that I want you again?"

Hayley said passionately "no because I want you again too."

and before they knew it they were making love for the second time that night. Afterwards they went to sleep, both with smiles on their lips.

Next morning while driving to the station he called Elijah and told him about her chemotherapy appointment and then added "Hope is starting to see that Hayley is sick and it is affecting her. She is scared I think. I want you to keep her while we are at the chemotherapy. can you stay with her for a few hours?"

Elijah said "sure."

Klaus thought for a moment and then said "I was also thinking of asking Rebekah to come and stay with us for a few days. Last time it was tough for Hayley after chemo. Dole said that with each chemo, she will be worse then the last one because her body is already weak from the last treatment."

Elijah said "Good idea then. But tell her before she comes so that she is mentally prepared."

He said "Okay I have to go, reached my station."

Elijah said "can you drop by the office afterwards. I have to discuss something personal with you."

Klaus got out of his car and picked up his cell and said "everything okay?"

Elijah said "yes and no. Come I will tell you then."

Klaus said "okay around 7ish" and entered the precinct.

They both looked toward the captain when he said "Woods, Mikaelson I need both of you in my office right now."

For the next two hours Ben briefed them about the sting operation he had set up with FBI on a gang related shootings happening around the town.

As they were heading towards their desks Alexis said "they are putting their hands in something really big this time. Hope everything goes okay."

He thought for a moment and then said "I will be back" and went towards Ben's room.

He knocked a the door and said "hey I want to talk to you about something personal."

Ben motioned him to come in. He walked in and closed the door behind him.

He sat down on the seat opposite him and said "Hayley's chemotherapy is next week. I was wondering if I can get out of this sting operation."

Ben said "Oh I remember you telling me about her. How is she doing?'

Klaus said "she is a fighter but she has bad and good days."

Ben said "I wish I could help you. You are the most talented in my squad and this bust will be good for your career Klaus. I will try to keep this in mind before we are about to take any action but things are not in my control as FBI is taking over on this one. By the way dont forget you have training coming over in two weeks"

Klaus sighed and said "I understand. Any way. I hope we get them."

He got up and left.

Alexis asked "what was that about?"

Klaus said "Hayley has her chemo this Saturday. I wanted Ben to know so that if this bust happens on Saturday I wouldn't be able to come but apparently I cannot get out of it. I understand his point of view. He cannot do anything about it."

Elijah was looking into the void thinking about what he has been going through for the past couple of days- how he had started to have a desire of having a family of himself after seeing Klaus with Hayley and Hope. The more he had been meeting Hayley the more he was getting confused about things and then it had hit him two days ago that he was falling for his brother's wife. The moment that thought had crossed him he had dismissed it but it was not easy. It kept on nagging him so he questioned himself how was it possible and then realized that he had always liked her but never gave it any importance because of her supposed relationship with his father. How he had missed her when his mother had kicked her out and how much he had missed her. At that time he had thought that he was missing a good secretary but now he was realizing that Danielle was a pretty good secretary but he still missed Hayley so it was not about missing the secretary, it was something else which he had totally ignored at that time and now the time has passed. For the past two days one second he had been cursing himself for thinking this way about the wife of his brother and then the next he was cursing himself for not doing anything when he could have. Even right now waiting for Niklaus he was lost in the same thoughts. He got up in frustration and walked to the window . He was looking out of the window when he heard him say "so what is it?"

Elijah looked towards Klaus, gestured him to sit and said "I have been meaning to talk to you didn't know how and still not so sure, but I have realized that we need to talk about it so here it is. I wanted to tell you that you need to do something about this situation. Ever since you have married Hayley, mother is more insistent about not accepting her. I don't want Hope to become target of her hatred. I am sure you don't want it too. With Hayley's cancer you need to think about both of their future. You job is very unpredictable. You being a werewolf doesn't mean that you cannot die so do something to make their future safe."

Klaus said "yes I have been thinking about it too. I have done something about it. Last week I got a life insurance policy on my life. Also, I have fixed some amount in Hayley's and Hope's name from my part of the property. I was thinking once they meet them and find out that Hope is her granddaughter she might change her mind."

Elijah was quite for a moment so Klaus added "what is it? There is something else too."

Elijah shook his head and said "nothing."

Klaus said "there is something. Out with it."

Elijah said "I am thinking that I should ask Kol to take over New Orleans's branch or Mystic Falls branch. Things are really busy and I can see them slipping on occasion. At first I thought this place is not safe for him considering supernatural life here but Mystic Falls is not safe either. Now with Tyler triggering his gene and other vampires. It is better that he is near you. Kol will be done with his law degree next month. You can help him settle down."

Klaus looked at him thoughtfully and then nodded saying "not a bad idea."

Elijah said "okay good. that is what I wanted to talk to you."

Klaus said "okay then. I have to go now. When will you visit? Hope was asking about you."

Elijah turned away from him saying "I am really busy right now. May be over the weekend."

Klaus looked at his back knowing well something was bothering him but he decided to give him space and said "dont forget you have to keep Hope on Saturday. It is her chemo."

His trained eyes saw Elijah's back stiffen but then he thought he must have imagined it because the next moment he was fine and was saying without looking at him "yes I remember. How long is the procedure?"

Klaus said "if everything goes okay then two hours maximum. If there is some complication then can take longer."

Elijah turned towards him at hearing the concern in his voice and said "it will be okay Niklaus."

Saturday afternoon while driving towards his apartment Klaus looked at Hayley sideways and saw that she was sleeping. He was thinking about how much pain she must be in when she held his hand and squeezed it saying "don't worry. This was the last one. I am glad Hope was not with us this time."

He started to lift her out of the car but she said "no I want to walk" but he didnt put her down.

He helped her in the bed and said "I will tell Elijah that we are home. He can drop Hope at any time now and also bring something for you to eat."

Hayley closed her eyes and didn't know when she fell asleep.

She startled when someone touched her shoulder and said "hey, you need to eat something. Elijah brought soup."

She said "Klaus I am not…." but Klaus cut her off and said "either you drink it yourself or I am going to force it down your throat."

He helped her up as she said angrily "you are a bully you know."

Klaus said "yes I know."

Hayley ignored him and spotted Elijah standing there. She smiled and said "thank you Elijah. Was she okay with you?" taking the soup from Klaus.

Elijah smiled and said "she was perfect and we had lots of fun. Right Hope?"

Hope smiled and said "yes."

She walked to Hayley and climbed on the bed next to her. Klaus went to pick her up when she said "no leave her."

Elijah started to feel awkward so he said to Klaus "okay then I will be leaving but if you both need anything dont hesitate to call, however late it is."

Klaus said "we will."

He then led Elijah to the door. As he was leaving Elijah said "you were right about Hope. She knows that something is wrong with Hayley. She kept on asking about what is wrong with mommy. You need to talk to someone. May be Hope needs help too."

He said "I am" when his cell rang. He groaned and said "wait" as he looked at the caller Id. he said "it is Alexis. You might have to stay. Come in" missing the pained expression on Elijah's face.

He "yes Alexis" when Hope came running out and said almost crying "mommy is sick."

Klaus motioned Elijah to stay with Hope now crying and he himself walked to his room.

The room was empty so he walked in the bathroom and saws her kneeling near the toilet. Hayley looked at him and said "I told you that…" and then started throwing up.

He sat next to her, gently stroking her back and said after listening to Alexis "okay I will be there in a few minutes."

He helped her up and scooped her after she washed her mouth and carried her to the bed. He said "I am sorry Hayley I have to go. Elijah will stay with you. Listen don't hesitate. If you need him for anything call him."

Hayley looked into his eyes and wanted to tell him not to go but she knew his job demanded him to go and if there was something not important he wouldnt have gone. He bend down, kissed her on her lips and said "I will be back soon."

Hayley said "be safe" and closed her eyes.

Klaus walked out and saw Elijah sitting on the sofa with Hope in his lap. He said regretfully "I have to go. They are going to take down a gang and they called me in. Can you stay?"

Elijah nodded and said "what do I have to do?"

Klaus said "just make sure she does not faint or anything. If anything like that happen call 911. Also she might need help getting back from the bathroom but I think she will call you if she needs help."

He kissed Hope and said "Uncle Elijah will stay with you. You help him around the house. Okay. He does not know where things are."

His heart melted as she hugged him tight and said "why is mommy sick?"

He kissed her on her cheek and said "remember I told you we will help mommy get better. She will get better soon. You have been such a great help. Now help uncle Elijah. I have to go love."

He kissed her again and left.

Elijah was trying to read a book after reading to Hope and making sure she was asleep but his mind was somewhere else. He told himself "not to think about her. She is your sister in law now, mother of your niece, love of his brother" as he got up in frustration as he banged the book on the table and wondered 'when will Niklaus come and he can go home. Staying under the same roof with her was becoming more difficult then he had imagine.' He spun towards the room when he heard a loud noise coming from there. He darted to it and saw that the bed was empty and bathroom door was closed. He hesitated for a second and then said "Hayley are you okay?"

Hayley said trying to sound strong "yes" and opened the door but feel into his arms making his heart race. He carried her to the bed , helped her with a glass of water and laid her down. He stood there looking at her for a moment noticing some hair strand on the pillow and her eyes closed in exhaustion and then retreated from the room quietly.

By the time Klaus came back it was pretty late. Elijah had also dozed off waiting for him. Klaus gently nudged his foot waking him up. Elijah opened his eyes, looked at him and said "she is pretty bad Niklaus. Does it happen after every chemotherapy?"

Klaus sighed and said "yes. Thanks. Is Hope okay?"

Elijah said "yes, I put her some cartoon on. Hayley was feeling a bit okay for a while so she insisted, changed her and put her in the bed. Just that activity exhausted her. How is she going to handle this?"

Klaus said "she is very brave. She will get through it and I am going to be here for her too. I am taking a couple of days off from Monday."

Elijah looked at him for a moment and was about to say something but then asked "how was you bust?"

Klaus said "oh it went great. We caught the biggest gun smudging gang with the help of FBI."

Elijah said "ok good. Now I am off. It is good that tomorrow is Sunday. I was thinking of dropping by but now that I have seen her in this condition I think she should rest."

Klaus walked to him to the door and said "no, come. It will be okay. Hope will be occupied too."

For the next few days things were a bit shaky. The immediate days following the chemo were the toughest for Hayley and Klaus. She was constantly sick and losing weight, hair and energy. This time Dr Dole had given her a higher doze of medicine for the nausea and she was very careful about taking them so with the passing of time it was getting better. Klaus had been there for her. He had managed to get some time off the work. Elijah often dropped by with food or something, take Hope to a park or just stay indoors with them as they chat. Both she and Klaus started noticing that he seemed somewhat distracted during those visits.

Klaus had taken three day off work during which he spend most of his time with her after dropping Hope off to school. They both had decided not to expose Hope to her illness more than necessary so they decided to continue sending her to the school. While Hope was in the school, Klaus would stay close to her, normally in their bed reading a book while she slept and if she was feeling like they would talk too. They even discussed what was wrong with Elijah but when Klaus told her that he was tired because of his routine and his plans for bringing Kol to New Orleans she got satisfied to some extend.

Alexis brought in dinner on the fourth day of her chemo. She and Alex stayed for a while as they talked about different things, about her wedding preparations, about work while Hope played with the toy kitchen set she had brought for her. Not from a single thing, Alexis gave Hayley this impression that she knew about Klaus secret which was a big relief to her. Looking at her and Klaus in close proximity for the first time made her realize how much they knew about each other and she realized spending so much time together and depending on each other to protect their lives requires that. She was feeling very satisfied by the time they were leaving. Knowing that Klaus has someone to watch his back. For some reason she found it very odd that she was not jealous of Alexis and his relationship.

Klaus started going to office four days after her chemo as she started to throw less and less and was feeling much better. Once she started feeling better often they ended up snuggled close to each other after making love to each other which initially Hayley was not willing to do because of her fear of transferring the medicine into his system but he assured her that they are using precautions so she gave in at last or just lie fully clothed in each other's arms if she would get tired after their teasing sessions. Hayley felt really frustrated during those time but he would hold her close to her and reassure her that they will pick up next day and he would fulfill his promise however tired he was after coming from work.

Monday following her chemo when he came back from the work, it was late and she was already in the bed. He fixed himself some dinner, checked on Hope, fixed her blanked, kissed her and after taking a long relaxing shower went to bed too. He was holding Hayley from her waist as she slept and was himself almost asleep when his cell buzzed. He looked around at the cell, picked it up and then groaned as he saw Caroline's name on the caller ID. He let it go to voice mail and snuggled against Hayley again and soon fell asleep.

Next morning he was taking shower when he heard his cell ringing. Hayley was leaving the room when she heard him say "Hayley check it. Elijah said he will call. Tell him I will call him a bit later."

Hayley picked up the cell and said "hello."

Elijah felt as if he lost his voice. He cleared his throat and said "hey Hayley. How are you?"

Hayley smiled and said "Elijah, I am fine. How are you? You never came back after that day. Hope had been asking for you."

Elijah paused for a second and then said "I have been really busy for the past couple of days. I will visit as soon as I can. I miss her too. Is Niklaus there?"

Hayley smiled and said "no he is in the bathroom. He was expecting a call from you. He told me to tell you that he will call you first thing after he gets out."

Elijah said "okay then. Bye" and disconnected before she could say anything.

Hayley put his cell down wondering 'what was wrong with Elijah?'

She looked at the phone ideally and saw a missed call from Caroline.

Curiosity and suspicion why she was calling him got better of her. She wondered 'should she or not' and then she looked towards the bathroom door and with sight hesitation she pressed the message button and stared at the wall ahead as she heard her slurry voice "Niklaus I love you. I had not realized how much I love you but ever since you broke up with me for that slut. I know you love me and when you said you were happy to hear my voice the other day I knew you still love me. I think we can make it work. You and I can work…"

She hastily put the phone down as she heard the shower turning off and with heavy heart she left the room now convinced that Caroline will never let go of Klaus.

She was pouring coffee in her cup thinking about Caroline's message when Klaus came into the kitchen, grabbed her from her waist, kissed her on her neck and said "I have been thinking that you should learn how to fight. We are in supernatural world now. You need to know how to define yourself without using a gun. What do you say? You are feeling better these days. Are you up for some combat training?"

Hayley recovered, melting by the way he was nuzzling his lips in her neck, couldnt help but smile. She turned to him and realized that he was being serious and said "you are not joking?!"

Klaus asked "do I look like I am joking?"

Hayley said "but Klaus.." but then an image of a person advancing towards Hope flashed through her mind and she nodded and asked "when and where?"

Klaus said "how about during lunch time today?"

He stepped back as Hope walked in the kitchen holding her doll and asked "daddy can you drop me to school today?"

KLasu looked at her curiously and said "yes. Sure love. have you had your breakfast?"

Hayley nodded sipping her coffee. He said "okay then, lets go". He picked up his coffee and left with Hope.

After dropping Hope as he was driving towards the station he pressed the missed calls button after wondering why was Caroline calling. He pressed the voicemail button on the cell and listened to her voicemail and then pressed the delete button wondering if Hayley had heard her or not because it was not an unheard message.

He put the thought behind his mind as he entered the station.

Around lunch time Alexis said "so lunch. Where today?"

Klaus picked up his car keys and said "Hayley and I are going to go to hit the gym. I want to give her some combat training lessons. Hope is at school so this is the best time."

Alexis smiled and said "oh good. Date?"

Klaus laughed and headed out saying "kind off."

He called her from the car telling her to get ready so by the time he reached his apartment she was ready and was waiting for him at the bottom of the stairs of his building.

On the drive to the gym from her reaction he realized that either she had heard the message and she does not want to bring it up or there was something else wrong with her. He decided to talk to her about it later at night when there is no distraction.

He smiled as she looked at him, standing a few inches away from him biting her lips, thinking about something. His experience was yelling at him that she was up to something but didn't guess what until she grabbed him by his tie and pulled him towards her and planted a kiss on his mouth. Even though he had an inkling that it was a distraction, he started kissing her back. As soon as he started to kiss her he felt a jolt as she yanked his hair with her left hand while letting go of the tie and her right elbow up on his face just stopping before making contact with his jaw. He laughed and said "good job love. And you were listening! I thought you were just mesmerized by my voice."

Hayley laughed and said "of course I was listening."

He smiled and said "that was when you are inches from your attacker."

They both stood in combat position and Klaus said "Now when they come from the front and you have to cover some distance to reach them, you can make a raise your palm and palmed in their nose and as the attacker will be doubled over you can do one final thing and kick him hard in his balls. Try it."

Hayley looked at him and said "are you kidding me? I want to keep that asset intact and your nose! I happen to like that too."

He laughed, stepped forward and held her by her waist and said "too? what else do you like about me?"

Hayley smiled and then elbowed him in his ribs and spun around freeing herself from his grasp while bringing her hands in a defensive position. Klaus laughed, straightened and took a step closer to her and swung his leg in the air as Hayley got distracted by his smile. She fell on the padded mat with a thud. He got on his knees pining her under him and said "so what else you like about me?"

Hayley smiled and shook her head squirming under his hold; the hand hold on her wrist and the knees holding her in the spot. He leaned in and kissed her and said "I like everything about you" removing all kinds of doubt from her mind about him and Caroline. She realized at that moment that if Klaus keeps on loving her like that then she does not care what Caroline thinks or wants from him.

Hayley smiled "let me go and I will tell you what exactly I like about you."

Klaus looked at the twinkle in her eyes and notice that her body had relaxed by his sentence and hit him that something has happened and he knew. He leaned in and said "you heard her message?!"

Hayley stopped struggling under him and looking into his eyes she nodded and then added "I know I shouldn't have but I was just curious. I am sorry I will not hear your messages again."

Klaus didnt say anything for a moment and then asked "aren't you going to ask me how I feel about it?"

Hayley said with a smile "as long as we both feel the same about each other I dont care."

Klaus smiled and asked "what way?"

Hayley said with a teasing smile "let go of me and I will show you."

As he let her arms go, she put her hand on the sides of his torso and pulled herself up and as his lips neared her lips she winked and pushed him to one side so that now he was under her now laughing. She sat on him, saddling him, leaned in and kissed him hard on his mouth and aid "this much."

Klaus was laughing when suddenly he noticed her wrist as she took them to her hair. He grabbed them and asked "what happened?"

Hayley looked at them in confusion and said "I dont know."

Klaus pushed her off of him and said "I must be holding you too tight."

Hayley said "no no. not at all."

He ran his fingers through his hair and said "I am such an idiot. You can easily bruise because of your chemo. You body is not strong enough. Lets do this after you start to recover."

She nodded and looked at her wrists which had turned dark red with finger prints on them. She touched the right hand worst with the left hand and said "ouch".

Klaus said "let me see."

He held her hand and then he said "lets go to ER."