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This one is continuity of my fanfiction "the one who got away" and "Getting to know you". If you have nto read it I will recommend you that you read it before reading this story

Credit: something I remember from my childhood J Enjoy

Elijah looked up when his eight year niece walked into his study. He hastily puts the letter inside the drawer.

Hope ran to him and got into his lap and said "Daddy, Uncle Kol is going to meet Jackson. Can I go with him?"

Elijah leaned back in his chair and looked at his niece's innocent face and realized how much she looked like Hayley except for her blue green eyes which were like his brother. He was lost in his thoughts when Hope asked again "so can I go please?"

"hmm. Why do you want to go?

"I want to see him" she said innocently "I am getting bored"

Elijah laughs and gets up with her in his lap and asked her "You are getting bored!"

It suddenly struck him how much her careless style was like her father. He shook his head and said "Have you done your homework?"

"Yes I have. I am not lying. You can ask aunt Bekah" Hope said earnestly.

Elijah smiled at her and said "I believe you love"

"Why do you call me Love?" Hope asked him

Elijah felt a lump in his throat but he said "Because I love you."

She turned to him and smiled at him and said "I love you too daddy" she kissed him and asked him "so can I go?"

"No honey it is getting late and it is your bed time. You have a school tomorrow right?" Elijah asked her with a smile on his face.

"Yes" Hope pouted a bit but then she got off his lap and went out saying "will you come tuck me in?"

"In a minute love" Elijah said. When Hope left the room. Elijah got up, he took a deep breath to calm down the sudden wave of emotion that had just gotten over him and went to her room.

He went into her room and saw that she was already under the covers, changed and teeth brushed. He smiled. Hope was so different from his brother. 'May be she was like her mother' Elijah thought.

"Here" Hope gave a book to Elijah to read.

She scooted over making a place for him to sit. Elijah smiled and sat on her bed wrapping an arm around her. She snuggled against his chest. Elijah felt her heart beat against his chest and took a deep breath and started reading the book.

Rebekah was passing by her room when she peeked inside and saw Elijah sitting on her bed reading a book whereas she had gone asleep on his chest. Rebekah smiled and walked away.

Elijah looked down after he finished reading the book and realized that she had gone to sleep. He gently lifted his arm from around her and settled her down and got up from her bed. He switched off the light and went out.

He couldn't sleep the whole night. It had been a couple of days he had read his letter and it still broke his heart that he couldn't help his brother or his family. After a long time he managed to get a shut eye.

Next morning Rebekah got Hope ready for the school and after giving her breakfast she told her that she will be down in a couple of minutes. Hope ran to Elijah's study to meet him but he was not here. She turned but then stopped and smiled. She went and sat on his chair. She started touching his things. Then she opened his drawer and saw a paper. She picked it up and opened it.

"Elijah if you are reading this then it means I have been successful in doing what I have been planning to do. I know what you are thinking and yes I have done something again behind your back but I had no other option. If I had told you about it, you wouldn't have let me do it. And I had to do it for my daughter and Hayley.

Sophie has been helping me take down our parents. She has linked us. I am doing what she did to us in Mystic Falls but I think I will be successful. The only way to insure that it will work is if I sacrifice myself. Killing myself will kill them too and also my blood line but I am willing to do that for my family.

Elijah you have stood by me for my whole life. There were times when I pushed you away but you didn't. You never lost hope in me. Please show that kind of dedication to my daughter and Hayley too. I know I am asking a lot from you but you know me how selfish I can get sometime. I want you to get out of the guilt that you have been carrying with you for 1000 years. I have forgiven you so you should forgive yourself too. I have given you a really hard time and my only regret is that I don't have time to make up for it.

I want to hold my daughter and tell her that she is loved by her father but if I am unable to don't let her feel the absence of a father ever. She will forever and always be my family. You promise me that you will take care of Hayley and my daughter. You promise me that you will not let Hayley trigger her gene. I am pretty sure our daughter will be supernatural too so want you to promise me that you will not let her turn. I want you to insure that she will be normal, happy and healthy life. Promise me Elijah you will do that.

I love my family. I have always been afraid of showing that to you, Rebekah and Kol but I do love you a lot and I am sorry that I have not said it enough.

Always and forever

Klaus

Hope read the letter again and then she startled when she heart Rebekah.

"Hope where are you? We are getting late from the school" Rebekah was calling her

Hope hastily put the letter in her bag and as she was getting up Rebekah entered the study. "What are you doing here? You know your daddy does not like you in here alone. Come"

Hope stared at her for a moment and then walked out with her.

On the drive to the school, Hope was very quiet which was very unusual so Rebekah asked her looking at her serious face in the rare view mirror "what is it honey?"

Hope looked at Rebekah and asked her "Where is Uncle Klaus Bekah aunty?"

Rebekah was so taken back by her answer that she lost grip on the wheel for a second and then she asked her "why are you asking about him honey?"

"I don't know. Why don't we ever talk about him in our house? He is your brother right?" Hope asked her innocently

"Yes honey he was my brother. I will tell you all about him when you grow a little bit older" Rebekah said

Rebekah stopped the car outside her school and turned towards her and smiled "Hey look, enjoy your day and don't talk to any strangers to go to anyone. Just stay inside the school. I or daddy will come and pick you up alright"

"Yes yes, I know. Why do you have to tell me this every day?" Hope asked her and opened her seat belt.

Rebekah got out of the car and walked around it to go meet her on the other side and opened the door. She bent down and kissed her on her cheek when she got out of the car. Rebekah stood there for a minute watching her go into the building of the school. She got into the car and then drove away thinking about why Hope had asked about her father today and when should they tell her about him and Hayley.

Hope was really distracted in the school. She could not get rid of those words of the letter out of her head. She was almost 9 years old so she could understand some things on the letter. During the recess she took out the letter and started reading it again and then took out an empty paper from her bag and started writing down on it.

1) Uncle Klaus is either dead or left them. Second

2) He had a daughter

3) Daddy is supposed to take care of his daughter

4) What does it mean trigger the gene?

5) What does it mean my daughter is supernatural and daddy is supposed to protect her?

6) Who is mommy to uncle Klaus?

She kept looking at the list she had made and then a thought came to her mind 'is it possible that I am his daughter?'

The thought just made her stomach drop several inches and she started pacing in the yard. The more she thought about it the more it made sense to her. She thought 'No one talks about him in our house. No one talks about mommy's accident. Aunty Bekah didn't tell me even today. Can I be his daughter?'

She was very upset with this thought. She was distracted the rest of the day too. When the school ended she got out of the building and looked around but no one was there to pick her up so she took a breath and started walking towards the compound all by herself.

Kol reached her school and waited in the car for her to come out but when 10 minutes passed by Kol got alarmed, he got out of his car and sprinted towards the building. The school had gotten empty by now. He asked the off time helpers around and someone told him that they saw Hope walking towards the compound a couple of minutes ago. Kol ran out and called Rebekah. The first words that came out of his mouth were "Is she home yet?"

Kol felt his heart sinking. Before he knew it he was shouting "Hope, she left the school before I came here. Check with Elijah" he then turned off the phone.

He got into his car and drove around the city looking for her.

Elijah was in his study going through some papers that Sophie had brought when Rebekah came running "Elijah Hope is gone"

Elijah got up alarmed and asked her "what do you mean she is gone?"

"She left the school before Kol reached there. He is out looking for her. I am going out too" She ran out without waiting for his reply.

"No Rebekah you stay here incase if she comes back" He told her and ran out with a whoosh. He sensed her, smelled her but couldn't find her. He went to Cami but she was not there. With each passing minute Elijah felt his heart is stopping. Klaus's words 'I want you to insure that she will be normal, happy and healthy life. Promise me Elijah you will do that' were ringing in his ear. In desperation he went to bayou and as soon as he saw Oliver he asked him "did she come here?"

"Yes she was here. Jackson took her home?" Oliver told him. Elijah felt as if he could breathe again. He thanked her and left for compound.

When he was looking in the city Rebekah was pacing in the court yard thinking where she is when she sensed her. She whipped around and saw Jackson standing next to her.

"Hope where were you?" She angrily asked her but she kept quiet and went upstairs.

Rebekah started to go to her when Jackson called her "Rebekah she had this in her bag"

Jackson gave her a piece of paper and then looked at her sadly and left. Rebekah opened the paper and seeing her brother's hand writing made her heart jumped. She whooshed up to her room and saw her sitting on her bed. She walked to her and said "Hope that was really stupid. Do you have any idea how worried everyone was. Your uncles… I mean you daddy and you uncle are looking all over for you"

Hope looked at her and said "I know that he is not my daddy"

Elijah stopped at the door when he heard those words. He had just come back from the bayou. Rebekah sat next to Hope whose tears were falling down and noticed Elijah standing there.

"Elijah I cannot…" They heard Kol's panic voice from the stairs and in a second he was in her room. "Hope where have you been?" Kol asked her angrily and then he realized something is wrong and he saw the letter in Rebekah's hand and he looked at Elijah and Hope and he realized what had happened. He ran his fingers through his hair and went to stand near the door.

Elijah walked to Hope. Rebekah looked at him with tears in her eyes and gave him the letter. Elijah looked at his brother's handwriting and sat next to the Hope.

"Hope look here" he said to her. Her tears were falling down uncontrollably

"I didn't believe it before but looking at you and everyone I believe it" Hope said within her sobs

Elijah hugged her and kissed the top of her head and said "Hope you will always be mine. You are my daughter do you understand?"

"But …" Hope said

"Listen" he separated her form him and said "It is true that Niklaus is your real father. You are lucky to have two fathers who love you very much"

"What happened to him? How come he is my father if you were married to mommy?" Hope asked him

"Hope love, I was never married to your mother. She was my sister-in-law. Niklaus my brother was married to your mommy and they loved each other very much. They loved each other so much that even after three years of his death your mommy didn't look at anyone else. Do you understand me?" Elijah touched her on her cheek and said

"How did he die?" Hope asked him in between her sobs.

"Hope I will tell you everything that you want to know when you are ready. You just need to know one thing that you parents loved you very very much. Do you trust me?" Elijah asked her looking into her eyes.

"Yes I do" Hope gave him a weepy smile and hugged him and asked "will you leave me too?"

Elijah could hear his heart breaking. He kissed her on the top of her head and said "No love, I will never leave you, we will be together. Always and forever"

"I love you daddy" Hope said into his chest and let her tears keep on falling.

Elijah held her. He could feel his shirt getting wet but he let her cry. He knew that these tears were to come someday so there was no point in stopping them from falling.