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A bit of continuation to my fanfiction "The Originals Second chapter of their lives". Immediately follows the ending of the facfiction.

Klaus opened his eyes and looked sideways at Hayley who was sleeping peacefully. He turned to face her and put his hand on Hope's chest which was rising up and down rhythmically. He soundlessly got out of the bed and after straightening the blanket on Hayley, he just stayed there for a second to remove the wavy hair strands away from her peaceful face he left the room slightly closing the door behind him.

He went to his room and stood under the hot shower. With the hot steam filling up the bathroom, he tried to shake the image of the knife stuck in her back. He had tried to cure her by giving her his blood but she was not recovering as quickly as he had imagined. He put his hands on the wall of the cubicle and sighed thinking about the damage wolfbane's dipped knife could have caused. He got out of shower after he thought that his skin could no longer take the hot water. He dressed up quickly and went down after running his fingers through his wet hair.

He entered the sitting room where Elijah was sitting reading a book.

He went to the couch and said "so what is the order of business for today?"

"Handling Lenore" Elijah said

"And who is that?" Klaus asked him

"She is a new witch who came to New Orleans a couple of months ago and she knew Hope was alive so I want to know how she knew about her"

"and how do you know about her?" Klaus asked him with annoyance.

"Cami told me about her. She was afraid of how you might react hearing about her. Now that we have taken care of our parents and Guerra wolves we can pay attention to her now" Elijah said with frustration

"Attention to whom?" Hayley entered the room with Hope in her arms.

They turned to her and saw Hope in a white dress that came up to her chubby thighs and as usual her hand in her mouth. As if on cue Hope turned her head and looked into his eyes.

Klaus got up and went to them and leaned in to get his daughter from her. He whispered in her ear "how is your back?" while leaning in to get Hope. He absent mindedly moved his one hand to her back at the spot where she was daggered while shifting Hope in the other one.

Hayley looked into his eyes and said softly "You left without waking me up"

And then suddenly both of them became aware of their close contact. They both stepped back and looked at Elijah.

Elijah was looking down at the book but his vampire hearing could hear each word, he smiled and acted as if he is not listening to them. He looked up as Hayley and Klaus looked at him too.

"Hayley. How is your back?" Elijah asked her casually to lessen the awkwardness they both seemed to be feeling at the moment.

"I am fine. There is a little pinch" Klaus looked at her but she continued "but other than that everything is okay". She then asked "so to whom we want our attention now?"

"Lenore" Klaus said balancing Hope on his lap so that she is facing towards him "apparently my brother has been harboring a secret from all of us"

"About what? Who is she?" Hayley asked while sitting on the couch opposite Elijah.

"She is a witch and we need to know how she knew that Hope is alive" Elijah said.

"What! Did you say Lenore?" They both turned to the door when Rebekah was standing.

Klaus suddenly got up from his seat, handed Hope to Hayley who was looking at Rebekah too and whooshed to her and said "Tell me Rebekah… you don't have anything to do with it!"

Rebekah looked at her brother's empty face and said "I… am not sure"

"What does it even mean?" Klaus shouted when suddenly he was pulled back by Elijah.

Klaus picked up the glass and threw it on the ground angrily.

Hope looked around at the raised voices and pouted her lips. Hayley hugged her tightly to comfort her and got up. She took her outside just in time for her to start crying.

Hayley sat on her bed listening "I should have known". She could hear his laughter. "How could you not do that? I am surprised that I trusted you completely". Hayley shook her head in disappointment. She knew Klaus's anger and she was feeling sorry for Rebekah. What ever happened, she was sure that Rebekah didn't do it on purpose.

Rebekah looked at Klaus and then she suddenly got angry and said "I didn't tell her"

Klaus whooshed to her and asked "Then how does she know?"

Rebekah said after a little hesitation "There was this guy…" She stopped as Klaus has started to laugh sarcastically. She glared at him and then said "it was after the first full moon. Hope was really cranky because of the full moon and well you and I had a really long night and nothing to drink for a month" She saw Klaus getting still and the laughter slipping away from his face. She hesitated before continuing and then took a deep breath and said "I put her to bed. She already had the cloaking spell on her so I just closed the door and went to the nearest bar"

"You left her alone?" Klaus said with shock and unbelief in his voice

"Nik I was so tired after being up for 48 hours. I needed a break, a drink. It was very near and I could hear any voices from her room from my vamp hearing so I took a chance" Rebekah said trying to explain her point of view.

Elijah rubbed his hand on his forehead and put the other on Klaus's chest who was glaring at Rebekah and was about to move to her. He turned to Rebekah and asked "then what happened?"

"I met a guy there who was with his sister Lenore. We started talking. It was nice to talk to someone after a month of being cooped up in that apartment. Seeing them together reminded me of you guys so I ended up telling them about you and one thing led to another and I told them about Hope" Rebekah said almost pleadingly.

"You told him that you are a vampire and Hope is a hybrid?" Elijah asked her still trying to keep Klaus at bay from Rebekah.

"Of course not. I told them just who you were" Rebekah said earnestly hating the disappointment on her brothers' faces.

"Our names?" Eljah asked with apprehension

"Yes" Rebekah said after a little hesitation.

"Fantastic" Klaus said and the he pushed Elijah out of the way and went out brushing Rebekah aside.

"Niklaus" Elijah called him but he didn't stop. He didn't want to be under the same roof as Rebekah right now. He went to Rouseau's for a drink.

Cami saw him come inside and from the look on his face she knew that something is up with him. She poured him a drink without his even asking and pushed it in front of him without saying anything.

Klaus put his hands on the counter, leaned in and asked "why was I not informed?"

"About what?" Cami asked with a lot of hesitation.

"You know what Cami. Don't play dumb with me. Elijah told me" Klaus snapped at her

"He told you about the vault?" Cami whispered.

"The vault! No. about Lenore" Klaus said in confusion

"Oh" Cami said and then tried to distract him from the vault she continued "I was afraid how you will react. You were going through a lot at that time"

Klaus looked at her for a while and then asked in a cold voice "What is the vault Cami?"

Cami looked at him and said nothing. He turned in anger and left the bar.

He entered the compound and went into the sitting area but Elijah was not in there. He sensed him in the house but couldn't find him so he shook his head and went upstairs.

After Klaus left Rebekah looked at Elijah with shamed expressions and then said "I am sorry Elijah"

Elijah looked at her and left the room without saying anything.

Rebekah looked at him leaving miserably and then went upstairs to Hayley's room.

Hayley was sitting in the nursery feeding Hope in her lap. Hope was not holding her bottle on her own. Hayley smiled at her. She could sense that he has left the compound. She looked up when she was Rebekah standing at the door of the nursery.

Rebekah walked in and said "I am sorry Hayley. You have to believe…"

Hayley looked at her miserable face and said consolingly "I know Rebekah. You will not hurt her intentionally"

"What about Nik?" Rebekah said with hesitation.

"He will come around. He loves you, you know" Hayley smiled gently.

Rebekah leaned in and kissed the now dozing off Hope on her head and nodded her head and then left them.

Klaus entered the compound and from the quiet in the house judged that Elijah and Rebekah both have retreated into their rooms. He went up to his room and picked up his brush. He was so absorbed in his painting and fuming over Rebekah, Cami and Elijah that he didn't hear her come in and stood next to him.

Hayley could see that he was not looking at her so she gently touched his shoulder which brought him to present time.

"Where did you go?" Hayley asked him gently

"TO Cami's" He looked at her and said. He saw her eyes narrowed which brought a smile to his lips. He was still getting used to be loved by someone who would get jealous about his and some other girl's relationship even though she knew that they were just friends. He looked into her eyes which made her realize what she was doing.

Hayley stole her gaze from him and said "Hmmm" and then she absent mindedly touched her back from the spot she was daggered which didn't go unnoticed by Klaus.

Klaus put the brush down and stepped towards her and put his hand on her hand which made her realize again what she was doing. She looked up into his eyes and smiled. Klaus rubbed his back from the spot and leaned in and kissed her on her lips.

Hayley felt his soft lips touched hers and she kissed him back. He tilted her backwards with his hand still on her back and lips still interlocked with hers and led her to his bed. He gently laid her down and stepped back. Hayley looked into his eyes when he gently turned her over. Luckily her dress had zip in the back. Klaus started opening the zip when she stopped him and whispered hoarsely "Klaus Hope is not sleeping. Someone might see us".

"I am not doing anything love, just want to see something" Klaus said seriously. She turned back and let him unzip her.

Klaus slid her zip to the small of her back and stared at the slight mark of the dagger on her back. It was not completely healed yet and he knew that because of wolfsbane combined with her currently weak strength she was not healing. He knew that she had not been drinking blood but he had learned from experience that there was no point in pointing out things that he wouldn't be able to make her do and one of them was getting used to taste of blood. Klaus gently rubbed his fingers on the scar.

Hayley shivered under his touch and grabbed the bed cover of his bed to stop her from moaning.

Klaus could feel her shiver which brought a smile to his face. He turned her over with the hand still on her back, leaned over her and kissed her. Hayley cupped his face in both of her hands and kissed her back and whispered "will you come tonight?"

Klaus looked into her eyes and nodded with a smile on his lips. He stood up suddenly and a second later Hayley realized why? They both had sense Elijah in the compound.

"I have to go talk to Elijah love" Klaus said seriously now "why don't you rest your back …" he added mischievously "for the upcoming night"

He laughed at her expressions and then left.

part 2 will be uploaded in a couple of days