A/N: thanks you for so nice comments :). I felt very overwhelmed by so many of you wanting me to continue this story. So here is the new chapter. I hope you like it. Three day weekend in Mystic Fall coming up. Well part of it LOL. Hope you enjoy it.

Synopsis: Klaus and Hayley visit Mystic Falls. Klaus finds out about Hayley's past. Hayley meets Stefan and Elena. Klaus has to face someone who changes his life for ever.

When Klaus entered the apartment he heard her say "yes, we are coming over tomorrow for three days. It will be good to see you."

He walked to her and asked her who was she talking to. Hayley smiled and said "Rebekah, Klaus is here. Do you want to talk to her?"

Klaus looked at her curiously when she laughed and said to him "she does not want to talk to you Klaus."

Klaus said "okay then. I am going to change then."

Later that night when she was packing their bags for Mystic Falls she told him "I bought a wig today to make an impression on your family. I don't know why because I know they hate me and will continue to do so."

Klaus said giving her his shirts for the trip "First of all they dont hate you. They will love you Hayley. Secondly you know it does not bother me and we will have to tell my family about your cancer Hayley. But if you want to wear it sure why not."

Hayley said while walking to the closet "I know we have to tell them but I feel too conscious about my hair."

Klaus put his pants in the bag and said "whatever you want to do. It does not bother me at all."

She nodded and continued packing for the short trip of three days to Mystic Falls anticipating the visit. She scolded herself for feeling anxious about meeting his family as she told herself 'they will never like you so why be anxious?!' As she put Hope's clothes in the bag she groaned as she realized that she has to talk to Elijah about what was happening between them. She looked at Klaus who was reading a book but she could see that he was not paying attention to the book. She wondered if he is as anxious as she is?! She got under the covers with him and went to sleep in his arms.

Next morning they had a flight to catch at 10 to Mystic Falls. A few hours later he was putting their bags in the trunk of his car and taking them to his penthouse.

Hayley entered the penthouse and stared at the lavish decor and said "oh wow. This is nice. A bit sparse but not bad."

Klaus said casually "because I broke all the things."

Hayley asked putting her purse on the sofa "why? when?"

Klaus said "they day I found out about you, that you were the one, in that parking garage."

Hayley looked towards him and said "I was so hoping you didn't know about that mark."

Klaus said "I didnt initially but then gradually it started to come to me as I started to remember what happened."

Hayley said "hmm. So for how long you have had this apartment for?"

Klaus said "I have had this penthouse for about three years now."

Hayley smiled and said "this is really nice" as she walked around the penthouse.

She said to Hope "Hope don't jump on the bed."

Klaus laughed and said to Hope "it is okay love, You can do whatever you want to do" as he pulled Hayley towards him.

Hayley asked "what is it?"

Klaus said "I wanted to talk to you about what we are going to tell my family tonight."

Hayley sighed and said "Klaus we cannot tell anyone about Hope and your relationship."

Klaus said with a sinking heart "but Hayley we decided that we can tell them that story."

Hayley walked to him and said "yes we did but I remembered something a few days ago which made me realize that we cannot tell anyone."

Klaus asked her "what?"

Hayley said after slight hesitation "Tyler and Amy know about my rape."

Klaus looked at her remembering the time when he had suspected Tyler of knowing about her rape but he asked "I had an idea about Amy but Tyler! How?"

Hayley said "he was my friend so…" she paused thinking of words to use to and then continued "any way I never told them about Hope's being a result of that incidence. If we tell them this story now then they might suspect something and I dont want that to happen."

Klaus asked "was your friend?!"

Hayley asked in confusion "what?"

Klaus said "you said he was your friend. Are you guys not friends any more? I know your parents were friends and by implication you both knew each other."

Hayley said softly "we fell apart."

Getting more and more suspicious that she was hiding something from him, Klaus said intentionally "hmm. But he still cares about you. He almost picked up a fight with me when I didnt approve your loan."

Hayley looked at him in confusion and then said "Oh I didnt know. I am going to see if Hope …" but Klaus grabbed her arm and pulled her close to him gently and asked "what is it? why dont you want to talk about him? I noticed you were cold to him during your interactions but he was always friendly towards you. Does he have a crush on you?"

Hayley laughed and said "yes" not realizing that her voice was shaking now but Klaus detective instincts were telling him that something was up. He looked into her eyes and asked "Hayley are you hiding something from me? How does he know about the rape? And more importantly why has he not told anyone?"

Hayley said steering her eyes from his "because I told him to".

He said "Hayley!"

Hayley suddenly lost her composure and temper. She pushed him away form her and said in a loud voice "why are you pushing me Klaus? I told you that he knows. Why are you pressurizing me?"

Klaus stared at her broken face and his heart sank. He stepped towards her and said again "Hayley!"

Hayley said desperately "Klaus please dont.. Stop…"

While he continued to stare at her a thought crossed his mind but he shook his head and said "Hayley tell me he never laid a hand on you."

He felt like holding her but he kept his hand on his side and the pit in his stomach got bigger as he saw tears gleaming in her eyes.

She tried to say "no" but nothing came out and she stepped back.

Klaus eyes widened in shock as he said "Tyler…"

She found her voice, cut him off by saying "no…"

Klaus said "Hayley I am a detective." He paused for a second and then added harshly "When?"

When Hayley didn't say anything he stepped closer to her, held her arm and shouted "answer me."

Hayley said softly "after you left that stall, he came in. I was crying so he comforted me. Suddenly something happened and he tried to… " she felt his hand let go of her arm and look of horror on his face.

She added hastily "but he stopped. He stopped Klaus. I begged him to stop and he stopped. He never raped me but he felt so guilty afterwards that he tried to do all he could to help me out. He even got me that job when I needed it most Klaus. He always tired to be there for me but I never let him be in my life again. I just wanted one thing from him and that was he never tells my secret about the cancer and rape to anyone and that he kept."

Klaus felt his heart would explode with the anguish he was feeling at that time. He saw her stepping towards him but he stepped back and said in anguish "God Hayley! You had to go so through while I was busy enjoying my life."

He saw a sad smile appear on her lips that didnt reach her eyes and that just made his feeling of guilt just double.

She said with a smile "I was so depressed for the next few days and I didnt tell anyone about it. By the time I went to report the rape few days had passed and no one believed me. My parents decided to tell everyone that I was a trouble maker which was a fact. I was a trouble maker. Tyler tried to reach out to me but I didnt want to see him. My parents didnt believe me, I had lost my friends, myself after that incidence so one day a month after that incidence I was so depressed that I decided to jump off the bridge when a man saved me. His name was Henry Wilkinson. He took me to his home. Turned out he was a detective. He had a daughter name Amy and that is how I met Amy. He wanted me to go back to my house but I told him that I didnt want to and if he will force me I will run away from there too. So he let me stay. I lived with Henry and then I found out I was pregnant."

She looked at Hope as she came running into the room and said "mommy I want my coloring book."

Hayley walked to the carry-on still unpacked, opened it and gave her the coloring book and the pencils and said "go and do it in the other room."

After Hope left, she looked at Klaus who was still in the state of shock. She sighed and continued as she walked toward the window "I was way advance in my pregnancy. Somehow I missed all the signs so by the time I found out it was already three months and I couldnt do anything about it. Henry and Amy were the first one whom I told about my pregnancy. I dont know why but I told them that I was already pregnant when I was raped and that is why my parents never believed me about the rape. He wouldn't let me leave and helped me with my pregnancy and all. I went to the station one more time a year after my rape when I was going through postpartum depression after having Hope but they send me home saying that case cannot be proved with no evidence. After the policed turned me down the second time I decided to make my own life and accept the fact that I have to live with it and my daughter will not be target of my hate towards you and for that I had to stop hating you and I made an effort to not think about you and that incidence and succeeded most of the time. I told everyone that Hope was a result of one night stand which was not hard to believe if they didnt know the rape incidence."

She realized that she was feeling relieved as she was telling him everything;sharing everything that has kept a lid on until now with him. She turned towards him but he was already behind her. He held her hand and asked "Hayley please dont lie to me. Tell me when I raped you, were you a virgin?"

Hayley smiled and said "no. I was not."

He asked "are you lying to me to make me feel better?"

Hayley said "no. I am not. I will never do that" when she smiled at the end of the sentence he kissed her hands and said "Hayley I am so sorry for everything I have done. I dont think I can ever make up for what I did to you. I had thought that by marrying you I will be able to provide the stability to Hope and you but listing to all of this I cannot even come close to it."

Hayley said smiling "don't say that. You are doing it. You are making a difference to our lives every day."

He looked into her eyes and saw nothing but sincerity but he that didnt satisfy him so he stepped back and said "Hayley I dont deserve you guys in my life."

Hayley grabbed his hand and said fiercely "this is the last time you are saying that. Do you understand? After everything I have been though in my life you dont get to walk out of it when things are getting better for me and tough for you. I am on the brink of my radiotherapy and now you want to get out of it. I need you to be there for Hope during this time. I need you to be there to stand for us in front of your family. I need you to be there if something happens to me and Hope is all alone." her voice broke at the end of the sentence.

Klaus looked at the tears rolling down her cheek and brought her closer to him embraced her and said "I am sorry Hayley. I wish I could turn the clock back and … I dont know what to say to make you feel better or for that matter make myself better."

Hayley said wiping her tears with her right hand while her left went around him "just be there for me like you have been for the past three months and Klaus…"

When he said "hmmm" she continued "you will keep the secret about Tyler and me just like you will keep the secret about your and me. That is what I want from you to make me feel better."

She felt his grip tighten around her but then she felt him nod.

He said after a few moments of silence "Hayley Elijah knows about Hope."

Hayley said "but he wouldn't tell anyone. If there is anything Mikael was proud of was his family name and that is the reason he never told anyone not even to you. Tell Elijah that was your father's last wish and you want to fulfill it and I know Tyler or Amy will not tell anyone about my rape."

Klaus kissed her on her head and said "what will we tell her when she asks when she grows up and finds out?"

Hayley said "we will cross that bridge when the time comes."

At 8 pm he knocked at his mother's house front door and while waiting for it to open he held her and said "you look great" as she ran her hand through her hair.

She said anxiously "I feel so strange in this stupid wig"

He kissed her hand and said "you look great Hayley."

Before she could reply the door opened and Elijah revealed himself to Hayley's surprise.

Their eyes met for a fraction of second and then Klaus said "hey Elijah. How are you?"

Elijah said "I am great. Come in."

He hesitated for a second that said to Hayley "Hayley, how are you?"

Hayley gulped and said "I am fine Elijah. How are you?"

Klaus looked at Elijah and noticed him a bit distressed. He asked "everything okay Elijah?"

Elijah said recovering quickly "oh yes. Actually I told mother that you are coming and she is not happy. Rebekah is still not back. She went out with Caroline for shopping. I am the only one holding the fort."

He paused for a second and then said "everything will be okay. Hey Hope you are you?" he looked at Hope war the end of the sentence.

Hope smiled at him and snuggled to Klaus's legs in shyness.

He then added "lets go in. Mother and Kol are in the living room."

Hayley looked at him and then at Klaus. He nodded and followed them in the living room. As they entered, Hayley saw a young man who stood up immediately whereas the middle age woman slowly turned around at the man's reaction. As soon as she saw her she shouted "what is she doing here Niklaus? I told you that I will not accept her."

Hayley looked at Klaus in confusion wondering 'when did that conversation happened' but Klaus didnt look at her and said calmly "mother can we sit and talk about it calmly."

He held Hayley's hand and led her inside. He turned to the door as he heard the sound of clicks of heals and a moment later Rebekah entered with to his displeasure Caroline.

Rebekah said excitedly "Nik, when did you come?" but then the smile faltered a bit as she saw Hayley but then she walked to her with determination and hugged her saying "hey Hayley how are you?"

Hayley looked at Caroline and then at Klaus but smiled.

As Rebekah bend to talk to Hope she heard Caroline say Caroline say "o wow Hayley, Nikky when did you come?"

She darted to them and then to Hayley's annoyance she engulfed him in her arms and said "Esther, you must be so happy to see you Nik and look at his adorable daughter. Isn't she adorable?" totally ignoring Hayley.

Hayley said with a smile "hello Caroline."

Caroline looked at her and then with a smile that clearly didnt reach her eyes she said "hello Hayley. About time you decided to meet his family."

Hayley looked at her with this dread in her stomach knowing well that she was up to something but she smiled and said "yes I wanted to meet Klaus's family."

Klaus said "our family love."

He put Hope on the ground and said "Hope you remember Rebekah right?"

Rebekah looked up at his words and then towards her mother who was glaring at her and said angrily "so that is where you went for your holidays?"

Rebekah said "yes mother. I was with Nik, Hayley and Hope."

She felt Klaus's body relax as soon as the words were out.

She stood up when she heard Esther say "Rebekah how dare you?"

Rebekah said "hey Hope why don't you come to my room? I have a doll. Do you want to see it?"

Hope looked at Klaus who slightly nudged her in Rebekah's direction.

And then she looked at Hayley who nodded slightly. Hope walked with Rebekah.

Esther shouted "you brought that slut …" Hayley's eyes darted to Hope who had looked around at that word and said coldly "Mrs Lockwood please …"

At the same time Klaus said "mother …"

At the silence in the room he added coldly "there is a child in the room, please think before you speak. And as for her and father, I want to clear this that they were not involved. I have proof but I dont feel that you need to see that. If you cannot have Hayley in your life then I am leaving too."

He held her hand and said "when you are willing to talk calmly Rebekah or Elijah can call us. We will come. We are here till Monday afternoon. Lets go Hayley."

Hayley looked at Rebekah. For a moment her eyes met with Elijah's and then she walked to Hope and took her hand gently and walked out of the house with Klaus.

Klaus covered Hope with the blanket and walked to the front door, checked it if it was locked or not and then walked back to his bedroom. He paused for a second and then turned towards the bathroom. He paused and then knocked at it asking "Hayley you okay? You have been in there for a long time."

Hayley said "I will be out in a minute."

Klaus asked "are you feeling okay?"

She put her hand on her mouth to stop the nauseas and said "uhan" in a choked voice.

Klaus groaned at hearing the voice and then pushed the door open.

Hayley yelped as she saw him in the bathroom. She said with annoyance "Klaus I am taking a shower."

She grabbed the towel and quickly covered herself making Klaus laugh. He walked to her and said "very tempting!"

Hayley tried to smile but the tears started to come out again as she said "no I dont feel well" and then she put the hand on her mouth and pushed him aside and bend over the toilet.

He put his hand on her naked back and said "I am sorry. I know it was a terrible evening. I am sorry for putting you through this."

She wiped her mouth and said "it is not your fault."

As she started towards the shower again he brought her close to her and said "yes it is. Why dont you finish you shower because you in this towel is giving me feelings which considering your nausea I think I should control."

She laughed and put her hand on his chest and said "thank you" and stepped into the shower while he sat on the vanity saying "It will take them some time but they will come around it. You know my family is very proud of their family name. Right now mother thinks that you had an affair with father so she is angry but I am sure you will win her over from you nature. What?"

He asked as he saw her looking at him.

Hayley pointed toward the door still holding the towel "out Klaus."

He smiled mischievously "why? It is not as if I have not seen you naked before. Either I will sit here or I will come in and give you the pleasure of my company but I am not going out."

Hayley sighed and said "stay there then. I am too tired right now."

She took the towel off after some hesitation and saw a smile appear on his lips and then as she saw him lean against the mirror and said without looking at her "Any way what have you planned for tomorrow?"

Hayley smiled as she saw his face and said "going to see Amy. You?"

Klaus said "Elijah wants me to visit the office so going to go there."

He ran the fingers through his hair when he caught her reflection in the mirror and couldnt help but stare at her as she ran her fingers through her hair rinsing the shampoo out. She said with eyes closed "oh okay. When is Kol joining the office?"

She suddenly opened her eyes and caught him looking at her with passion in his eyes. She smiled, turned the shower head off, picked up the towel and wrapped her in it and stepped out. He turned to her, got off the vanity and walked to her. He cupped her face and kissed her and said "you looked beautiful. I wish I were in there with you."

Hayley put her hands on his chest and said "next time."

Klaus smiled and then before Hayley could say anything he had scooped her up and was walking out of the bathroom. She said "wait. I need to change. I need to put on something. Hope is in that room."

He sighed and put her down. As she started to put her shirt on he said "Let me help you. This is the least I can do."

She smiled as she felt his hand on her skin caressing it gently as they slid the shirt down on the body and he opened the towel making her fall on the ground. She hit him playfully saying "stop it. I am not in mind".

She snatched the pajama form his hand and started to put it on while he just stood there watching her with amused expression on his face.

Next morning when she woke up she saw Hope sitting on his stomach as he listened to her tell him a story. He looked at her and said "hey how are you feeling?"

Hayley said "much better. When did she get up?"

Klaus said "half an hour ago. It was a really hard to stop her from waking you up. Any way I have to go to meet Elijah. You going to meet Amy right?"

Hayley said "yes" while Hope jumped on his stomach excitedly saying "yes. Amy."

Klaus spend the morning with Elijah going over some of the cases and talking about how to get out of this mess. He called his mother but as soon as the call connected Esther said "Niklaus until you decide to divorce that girl I am not going to talk to you" and cut him off.

He looked at Elijah helplessly but Elijah said "give her some time. Maybe you guys can come over for breakfast tomorrow morning."

Klaus said "yes that is a great idea. Okay good. Now I wanted to talk to you about something."

Elijah said "what?"

Klaus took a sigh and said "we dont want to tell anyone about Hope. The reason being father knew about her and he wanted to keep it a secret for the family name. It was his last wish before he died. He told me all of this in a letter he left for me which Ben gave me after his death. That is how I found out Hope was my daughter. Hayley and I want to keep his wishes. We will appreciate it if you respect our wishes too."

Elijah looked at him in shock, shook his head but before he could say anything Klaus said "Elijah this is our wish and you have to respect it. I know eventually we will have to tell everyone about it but not right now. I trust you will standby us."

Elijah looked at his determined face and then at last nodded.

Around 6:15 in the afternoon he decided to go home thinking Hayley and Hope must be home now but to his disappointment they were not home so he decided to take a shower. As he took off his shoes he got call from Caroline who said after initial chit chat "I want to talk to you. Can I come? Also wanted to find out how you are feeling after last night's disastrous family meeting?"

Klaus rolled his eyes as he took off his shirt and then remembered that he too wanted to talk to her that phone message she had left him. He said "sure. Drop by anytime after 7. I just came home after a long meeting and just want to unwind up a bit first."

Caroline said "oh I know what your unwinding means? Hot shower, a book, music in the background."

Klaus said smiling "you know me really well. Any way after 7 okay? Hayley will be home by then too."

After cutting her off he stepped into the shower thinking about how to approach her and tell her that he loves Hayley. Ten minutes later he stepped out, put on his pajamas and stepped out of the bathroom. He stopped as he saw Caroline standing there.

He said "Caroline, I told you to come after 7".

Caroline stepped towards him and hugged him giving him a casual kiss on his cheek, stepped back and said "I was out so decided to come early. Problem?"

She had a slight smile on her lips as she got out of the elevator thinking about the day she had spend with Amy pushing back meeting Tyler. Tyler had shown interesting in talking to her but she had not encouraged it so he left. As the elevator stopped she asked Hope "so did you have fun with Amy?"

Hope said excitedly "yes, can we go again?"

Hayley nodded as she opened the door to the penthouse and walked into the living room.

She said to Hope "now go and do some colouring on the dinning table. Mommy will be back in a minute and then I will fix something for dinner."

Hayley walked into the bedroom but stopped at the sight in front of her. Her heart sank as she saw Klaus just in his pajamas with wet hair as if he had come out of the shower and Caroline standing close to him. Their eyes met for a second before she felt her eyes getting blurry so she turned away from them.

Even from the distance he could see the shock followed by hurt on her face and that just made a drop in his stomach. He rushed to her and grabbed her from her shoulders and said "hey listen. Nothing happened. We were just…" but stopped talking as Hayley pried his hands off of her shoulder and continued to look at him with steely eyes.

He was about to say something when Caroline walked to her and said with a smile "hey Hayley. I just came in to drop an invitation to a party I am having tomorrow evening. It will be good after last night's disastrous family meeting. Bring Hope too. I have friends who can look after her."

Hayley looked at her with non smiling face and then at Klaus and noticed a pink lipstick marks near his jawline making the pit in her stomach bigger but she didnt say anything. Caroline laughed noticing the steely look on her face and said "O god Hayley you think we were doing something?!" making Klaus frown as well as narrow his eyes at her. But Caroline continued "I cannot believe it that you are jealous. There is nothing going on between me and Nikky" as she put her hand on his naked shoulder which Hayley felt like snatching away from her.

She then said "Okay Nikky, I will see you tomorrow. It is going to be great."

As she left the apartment he asked angrily "Hayley what is wrong with you? Why dont you trust me?

Hayley looked at him angrily and then dragged him to the bathroom mirror and said "that is why?"

Klaus looked at his reflection; just in pajamas with pink lipstick mark on his jawline as he saw her leaving the bathroom through the reflection. He cursed himself for being so inconsiderate.

He walked out to the bathroom and cursed himself second time when she heard Hope ask "mommy what is it? Why are you crying?"

He saw her wiping her tears and say "nothing sweetie. I just am not feeling well."

She button her shirt and said "lets go eat something and then it is sleeping time."

As she was walking by Klaus to the kitchen he tried to hold her arm but she pushed him away and continued to the kitchen.

Klaus ran fingers through his hair and followed them. He sat opposite Hope and ask her "so what did you do today?"

Hope said excitedly "we met Amy and Tyler. It was so much fun."

She could feel his eyes on her as she heard Tyler name but refused to look at him. He could see her back stiffening at Tyler's name but she didn't look back at him.

She quietly finished giving her the dinner and afterwards said "lets go sleep Hope."

He said "Hayley!" but she cut him off by saying "if you want to read to her, come."

She settled her down on the sofa attached to the bed and got up from there whereas Klaus took over. He kept on glancing at her while she walked around the room picking things up and finally going to change.

He said as she got in the bed "Hayley nothing was happening between me and Caroline. I was in the bathroom and she walked in. She has keys to my penthouse. I didnt know she was in the room when I walked out. You have to believe me."

Hayley looked at him and said "do you realize that she still loves you and she wants you back?"

Klaus said feeling annoyed now "and you think that is easy thing to do?!"

Hayley said "what is that what you said 'it is not difficult to win people heart'?" and turned away form him.

He turned her towards him and said "no. First rule of our marriage. We will not go to sleep without resolving our dispute."

Hayley felt like shouting at him but she said in a very cold voice "I dont want to resolve it Klaus. I am tired of pretending that Caroline is not up to something. Her calling you all the time, calling me gloating about those calls, walking on you naked, leaving that declaration of love message, warning me that she will get you back."

Klaus stared at her in confusion and asked "what?!"

Hayley looked at his confused face and then realized that she had told him everything. She sighed and said "nothing" but he held her arm and asked "Hayley when did all of this happen?"

Hayley said with exasperation "Since the time I met her Klaus. She told me that she will get you back when she was staying at our place, then she called me once telling me about her talking to you. That is how I found out that you guys were talking to each other and you never told me. She told me about you kissing her. Why do you think she did it?! Klaus I cannot compete with her. I dont know what to say to you. I am just so freaking tired and angry right now that I cannot tell you."

He grabbed her hand and said "why didnt you tell me that she did all those things?"

Hayley pried her hand free and asked "would you have believed me?"

When he didnt answer immediately she said "that is why?"

He said stoping her from turning her away from him "listen you have to understand. We have a history…"

She cut him off by saying after uttering a short laughter "I know about that Klaus and I have given you benefit of doubt because of that history but I cannot fight anymore. I cannot give you any more benefits of doubt."

Klaus looked at her in stunned silence and said "what are you saying?"

Hayley said "nothing. I am just done with Caroline and you. If you want her, have her. I just need you to be there for Hope and just for Hope. I don't need your pity love. Give that to Caroline."

Klaus looked at her as if she had slapped him. He said "Hayley!"

but she said "no, I dont want to talk bout it anymore. I am fine. We talked and we resolved it but not the way you probably wanted. I am done" and turned away from him but not before he saw tears in her eyes.

She opened her bedside drawer and took out a clip and bra and said "and this is not mine either" handed them over to him and turned away again.

Klaus looked at them and then got out of the bed and left the room.

Hayley looked at him leaving the room with a heavy heart but didnt go after him. She went to sleep knowing well that he had not come back to the bed.

The next day Klaus got called to office by Elijah again. He tried to talk to her about what had happened with Caroline before leaving but she didn't encourage it so he left while Hayley did her breakfast quietly and then went to change to go out. While she was changing she noticed the bra and the clip in the trash and felt like crying but she gulped her tears and got out, dressed Hope and went out for a long walk. Later she took her to the park trying to keep her mind off of Caroline and Klaus, trying to reconcile her mind that she can tolerate Caroline in Klaus's life for Hope's sake now that she has realized that Caroline will always be in Klaus's life. While in the park she got a phone call from Rebekah. She smiled when Rebekah said "hey where are you? I want to meet you. I have been meaning to call you since yesterday but mother has been in a terrible mood and she was really upset. I want to see you and Hope."

Hayley said "I am at Anderson park at 32nd ave. I will be here for one more hour."

Rebekah said "I will be there right away."

True to her words Rebekah arrived in twenty minutes. They had a great time chatting with each other, her playing with Hope and giving her hope that everything will be okay and then she said "you know Kol is already curious about Hope. He was asking me about her today. I want you to meet him. May be at the party tonight."

Hayley looked at her and felt like telling her what had happened with Caroline and that she will not be coming to the party but decided not too and just smiled.

Rebekah left after a few minute after kissing Hope and promising to meet next day.

Around noon she came back home and put a very tired Hope to a nap and fell asleep too. When she woke up he was already home. He said "we have to leave at around 6."

Hayley looked at him in confusion and then remembered the party. She wondered 'if he thinks that she will still go to that party after what happened then he is crazy!' so she said "you dont really expect me to go to that party! Do you?"

Klaus said looking at her determined face "listen we have to go. She is my ex-finance. If we dont go now she would think that something is wrong and I dont want us to have an awkward relationship. "

Hayley said feeling annoyed now "Klaus this is awkward. She does not like me and it is not we not going. I am not going. You can go"

Klaus said "I will not go without you Hayley. Come on,I know you think that I am having an affair with her but I have already told you that I love you."

Hayley said "you told her that too Klaus and not a long time ago. She told you that she loves you last month while we were married. You both were supposed to get married last month. How can you forget all of that?"

Klaus took a deep breath and said "Hayley you have an option. Either to run away from the challenge we are facing right now or face your problems. That is what I have leaned in my life. You have been so mature and brave about all of this till now so why not take one more step. Please do it for me."

At last she nodded.

She dressed up half heartedly that evening and was brushing her hair when a lock came out in her hand. She sighed, took out the wig from the drawer and looked at it for a while and then looked up at her reflection. She caught him looking at her in the reflection of the mirror. She looked away and put the wig back in the drawer.

Klaus said "I know you dont want to go Hayley so I want to say thanks to you" as she started to brush her hair gently and tying them in a pony at the nape of her neck.

Hayley fixed her hair to hide the thinning area on her head without saying anything.

He walked to her and said "do you not trust me anymore?"

Hayley sighed and said "give me a reason to trust you Klaus and I will."

Klaus said "I will Hayley. You should know that you can trust me. I am loyal to you and will always remain that. You look nice by the way."

She steered her eyes away from his which were speaking volume right now. She looked at Hope already dressed in a purple dress and asked "are you sure she can go to the party?"

Klaus sighed and said "yes, I have hired a part time nanny to take care of her during the party. She will keep an eye on her, keep her busy."

She nodded and looked towards her.

While driving to her house she said "Klaus, a request. I dont want Caroline to know that she has managed to create a wall between us so please act normal."

He looked at her but didnt say anything.

When they entered his aunt's house, he was stunned to see Stefan, Elena, Caroline and Damon there too. He held her hand as his eyes met Stefan's across the room.

Stefan looked at Elena and then at Klaus and said "Klaus is with his wife I think."

Elena turned towards Klaus and said "oh wow. So this party was in their honor."

She looked towards Caroline who said "now act natural. Elena his wife probably does not know about us so zip it" as she saw Caroline walking towards them.

Stefan asked angrily "you told her?!"

but before anyone could answer they approached them.

Klaus said to Hayley as they approached them "Hayley meet Stefan Salvatore, Elena Gilbert and you know Caroline."

Hayley smiled and said "hello." and shook their hands.

Klaus said "why don't you guys talk? I am going to see how Hope is doing."

He left before she could say anything and looked at Stefan who was asking her something.

During their chat she spotted Kol and Elijah. As she watched Kol looked around and said something to Elijah. She was wondering what has he said and then smiled as Elijah nodded and took him in one direction where Hayley could see Hope with Klaus. She looked at them anxiously and smiled as she saw Kol shake Hope's hand as she clung to Klaus's leg's shyly. As she watched Klaus looked up and caught her looking at them.

He saw the smile slip from her face even from that distance and his heart sank.

Elijah looked around and spotted a waiter serving drinks. He said "I will be back" and left whereas Kol knelt down near Hope and started chatting with her.

Hayley was lost in thought when Elena said "excuse me Hayley. We will be back" and left with Stefan. Hayley took a sigh of relief but then groaned as Caroline walked to her and said "hey I am so happy that you didn't mind what happened yesterday. You know I would never do something like that on purpose right?"

Hayley looked at her and said "yes I know. Klaus told me that it was an innocent thing. I trust him." She looked around wanting to get away from her and thanked her luck she spotted Elijah so she said "excuse me,"

Elijah was sipping his drink as he scanned the room and saw her walking towards him. He suddenly felt awkward by the smile on her face. She stopped right in front of him and said "Elijah, I wanted to talk to you."

Elijah said "no stop Hayley. Please don't say anything. I feel so bad already. I crossed a line and I shouldn't have. I assure you whatever I have for you is infatuation and I am not indulging in. I wish you had never found out but now that you do can you please forget about it."

Hayley looked at his guilty face and said "yes Elijah, I can. I dont want us to be awkward. I love Klaus with my whole heart. I love you but as a brother. I love Rebekah as a sister. I want us to be a family and we will never to be able to be that if it continue to be awkward between us."

He said "yes I promise they will not be."

He looked around and said "Niklaus is over there looking bored. You know he cannot dance. It will be good if someone" he looked at her pointedly and continued "makes him pay for what his family did to you."

She said indifferently "let him suffer" ad then blushed when he looked at her curiously.

She laughed and said "we had a small argument before leaving the house."

Elijah laughed and said "oh okay. Then let him suffer."

She looked at him and thought of asking him to dance but then decided against it thinking that he must still be feeling awkward so she said "I would have asked you to dance but I think it will not be appropriate under these circumstance."

Elijah smiled and said "yes but I promise that I will dance with you one day like I dance with Rebekah on our family dinners. Things will be better next time Hayley. I know this trip was not exactly what you were hoping for but give her some more time. And look Kol is already bonding with Hope."

She looked back at Kol and Hope who was now laughing at something that he had just said and said "I know and I will."

She looked around and saw Hope and Kol talking about something. Elijah said "why don't you go and talk to him too?"

Hayley shook her head and said "no, let them bond. Where is Rebekah by the way?"

Elijah said "oh mother was not feeling well so she decided to stay back."

While turning back to Elijah she spotted Klaus again and to her annoyance she saw Caroline talking to him. As she saw he shook her head and said something. Even from the distance she could see her face fell but then she walked away after giving him a smile and to her anger a kiss on his cheek. She thought for a moment and then said "On second thought. What better way to punish him then ask him to do something he does not like."

She left Elijah smiling as she headed towards Klaus.

The look on his face when she asked him "do you want to dance?" was just too precious.

He looked around and caught Elijah looking at them and realized that it was all for appearance sake so he nodded and walked with her on the dance floor.

As she was dancing in his arms she could feel his yes on her, his hand on her back and the way he was holding her, her mind was telling her to talk to him, trust him but there was too much that had happened in the past three months and she had lost the will to give any chances. She was lost in thought and missed a step and landed it on his foot. She finally looked at him and said "sorry."

He smiled shaking his head and said "you look stunning."

Hayley said feeling frustrated now "you are just trying to make me believe in you."

Klaus said "not at all. If I wanted to make you feel better I would have kissed you right now but I am not going to do that because I know that you are upset and you have a reason to be."

Hayley looked into his very sincere eyes and said "Klaus please don't…"

but he said taking her hand to his chest "please listen to me. Give me a chance to prove that I am sincere with you. I have no feelings for Caroline except that of an old friend."

Hayley opened her mouth to say something when she noticed his eyes dart over her shoulder.

He looked over her shoulder and saw Stefan walking towards a door immediately followed by Tyler.

He said to Hayley "I will be back in a minute."

She looked around and saw Tyler. She said "Klaus no, leave him. You promised you will not confront him or anything."

Klaus said "I am not confronting him about that Hayley even though I feel like ripping his head off of his neck. I want to find out how he is doing. I have not talked to him in person since he has triggered his gene."

She stared into his eyes to see if he was lying or not and then nodded. She walked to one side to take some punch.

Klaus stepped in the hall and asked "what is going on here?"

He looked across the room and saw a man dressed in casual jeans and shirt and was holding Elena by her arm while Stefan holding Tyler by his arm.

His gaze went to Stefan who was just standing there looking at the man.

He approached them wishing he had his gun wondering 'why is Stefan not handling that man and why is he holding Tyler?'

As he got near that man he noticed something different and he realized that he was a werewolf too but there was something else too.

He asked Stefan "what is going on here?"

Stefan looked at Klaus and said "Klaus, you should leave."

The man holding Elena said coldly in a British accent "Klaus the werewolf. Wonderful. I have been looking for my little hybrid making experiment. I think I will do it right now."

Stefan took a step forward and said "no. Finn".

Klaus looked at the man identified as Finn with curiosity and wondered what is hybrid and then it hit him the thing that he was feeling odd was that Finn was not just a vampire, he was a werewolf too and it seemed he wanted something from Klaus.

Finn laughed and said "careful stefan. You dont want precious Elena to get hurt. Remember she is a human now."

Klaus looked at Stefan and asked "what do you mean she is a human?"

Finn smirked and said "Stefan gave her the cure for the vampirsm and she is cured. She is human now and her blood can be used to make hybrid."

Klaus was about to say something when the door opened and they all turned towards it and his breath stopped as he saw Hayley walking in.

Hayley looked at the situation and knew something was not right.

But before she could retreat, Finn threw Elena aside, whooshed to her and grabbed her arm. Klaus said coldly "let her go. Don't even think about hurting her."

Finn stared at him menacingly and then brought his fangs near her neck to her and his horror. Her eyes met Klaus who took a step towards her but before he could advance further many things happened within seconds and before anyone could react. Finn whooshed to Klaus, held him by his neck, bit his wrist and pushed his lips against the mouth. who struggled with Finn but all in vein and then to Hayley's horror Finn snapped Klaus's neck while she screamed "no" before she put her hand on her mouth and fell on her knees.