A/N a small story about Klaus and Hayley's first date after he proposed to her in "the one who go away"
Klaus was sitting in Elijah's study thinking about something when he suddenly said "How about you kill them all and your problem will be solved"
Elijah said with an annoyed expression on his face
"I didn't ask you to come and give me that advice brother" Elijah said to him annoyingly
"If you didn't want that then I don't know why you ask my advice in matters which have no other solution" Klaus got up angrily and went to the liquor cabinet to pour himself a drink.
"Brother, these are delicate matters. Try to understand" Elijah said trying to reason with him.
"I thought she had come to her senses and the teenage drama was over" Klaus answered angrily
"It will take some time for her to come to terms with my policies" Elijah said rubbing his forehead. He then asked him "Okay tell me how is Hayley?"
"She if fine. Growing bid day by day" Klaus said softly now and with a smile on his face.
Elijah noticed the sudden change in his brother's expressions. He smiled which made Klaus confused and he asked "what are you smiling at?"
"Nothing brother" Elijah responded still smiling "so are you guys ready for your wedding next weekend?"
Klaus kept quiet for a while and then said "I don't know if I am doing the right thing or not. I just know that I cannot let her leave me. I have never settle anywhere for the past 1000 years except for in New Orleans 300 years ago but not with anyone special except for you and Rebekah. You have never left me. Sometimes I wonder will she leave me"
"NO brother she will not leave you. Just like we have not and will not leave you" Elijah told him. He then continued "have I told you how much I like her. She is just like Rebekah. It is nice to see our family growing"
Klaus looked at Elijah and then nodded. He then got up and was about to leave when he turned and said "I think the problem with Davina is that she is too young to handle this magic. Davina needs to have normalcy in her life. She should stop practicing magic and lead a normal life of a teenager, go to college and do other stuffs which teenagers do these days. Sophie and Cami can take care of that. Once she is out of the picture Crescent wolves and the witches can be dealt with"
He then left leaving Elijah speechless.
Elijah looked at his brother's back and wondered 'what a brilliant idea it was!'
Klaus parked his car outside the plantation house and entered the house with a smile on his face. He walked towards the library where he knew she would be sitting. He saw her sleeping curled up in the sofa couch hugging the book. He walked over to her and bend down to take the book from her.
Hayley startled from her sleep but then she recognized him and a lazy smile appeared on her lips. She asked him "when did you come and when did I fall asleep?"
"I came now and I don't know when you fell asleep" Klaus smiled and sat on the couch opposite her with the book in his hand. He looked at her. She looked tired to him. He asked her "how was the library?"
"It was a bit slow today" Hayley took her feet out of under her and put them on the ground.
Klaus leaned back against the back of the couch and then asked her "Have you eaten your food?"
"Not yet. I forgot while reading this book" Hayley said with a smile
"You forgot to eat your food again!" Klaus leaned forward and said.
"Okay then. How about we go out to eat something?" He said
"Go out?" Hayley looked at him in surprise and then added "you don't eat out!"
"I don't but it does not mean that I cannot. It has been a while and also I think we should have one date at least before getting married" He said mischievously
"OH" Hayley could only say that.
"So be ready at 7 pm. I will make reservations for 7:30 pm" Klaus said to her and then picked up the book she was reading.
She sat there for a couple of minutes and then got up. He looked at her over his book and smiled. Hayley went to her room and walked into the walking closet. She went through her dresses and then picked up a red dress chiffon dress with black dots on it. She then took a shower and changed into her dress. She stood in front of the mirror checking out her dress and absently moved her hand over her pregnant stomach. She took out a opal earing and put them on. She loosely tied her hair and put on black strappy sandals.
She looked at the clock and saw that it was already 6:45pm. She picked up a pashmina black shawl and went down. Klaus was already down all ready sitting in the living room reading the book he was reading.
He heard her come down. He said "This is really inter…" he looked up and lost his train of thoughts when he looked at her "esting".
He had never seen her in dark colors before or in formal makeup. She looked stunning. He walked up to her and said with a smile "You look pretty" he offered her his arm which she took it almost immediately.
As they were driving towards the restaurant, she asked him "where are we going?"
"Arnaud's" Klaus said keeping his eyes on the road
"How did you get the reservation there? They are really strict about the reservation" Hayley asked him in surprise
Klaus gave her a look which said "come one you know" which made her laugh and she said "you compelled him Klaus Mikaelsons! So I can see some advantages of compulsion"
"Oh love you have no idea" Klaus laughed and said
On reaching the restaurant they got out. Hayley had never been to this restaurant so she savored everything. They were led to a table and given some menus. After ordering their food they sat there quietly looking around. Hayley looked up and saw him staring at her. She asked him picking up the glass of water "what is it?"
"Nothing" then he leaned in and asked her "Are you happy?"
Hayley looked at him and thought about the flutters she felt every time he was within feet from her and nervousness she felt when he stared at her and the sleepless nights when she would lay awake thinking about what if he finds out but she didn't tell him any of those things
Hayley said "of course I am happy. Why wouldn't I be?"
Klaus said "It is just that we haven't talked about Sunday yet"
The waiter brought their food and set them on the table.
When the waiter left she smiled at him and then said "I am happy Klaus. More than I have been all my life. I have always wanted this- to have a family with the father of my children. I told you that remember. Thanks for giving me that".
"Klaus smiled at the memory of that night. It seemed like it was just yesterday when he had first met her which had led to a beautiful evening which changed his life forever.
After a couple of silent minutes Hayley asked him "How did your meeting with Elijah go?"
"It was a pain. If only my brother would deal things with my way…" Klaus started
Hayley smiled and said "why do you want everyone to believe that you are the evil brother?"
Klaus looked up into her brown eyes and asked her with a smile on his face "how do you know I am not like that from inside?"
Hayley put her fork down and said "well probably because I have known you for the past month and I don't see that person in you"
Klaus laughed and said "well love the reason for that is because you don't make me mad"
Before she could stop herself the words were out "and why is that?"
Klaus laughed again and said "fishing for complements?"
"No" she went red but then regained herself and said "I meant why I don't make you mad? I have changed your life. I don't imagine you settling down and just not settling down be bur…"
"Stop" Klaus put his fork down and said "I have told you before that you are not a burden and neither is our child. In fact you have given me something I have been searching for my entire life"
Hayley looked at him, leaned in and put her hands on the table and asked "what?"
Klaus looked at her anxious face and then held her hands which was a surprise to her but it felt good having her shaky hands in his confident hold. He said "Someone who will be dependent on me. Someone whom I have to take care of. Someone whom I will love unconditionally".
Hayley could feel her heart beating really fast. Klaus's words about their daughter made her realize how much he will love their daughter. She suddenly felt her eyes getting blurry. She tried to take her hand away from his grasp but he held them and looked into her now watery eyes and said "and I wouldn't dream of sharing my life with my daughter with anyone other than you". That just did it the tears fell down. He smiled, released one of her hands and handed her a napkin and said "I promise that I will keep you and her happy"
Hayley wiped her eyes and smiled at him. A thought came to her mind 'If you loved me as much as you love your daughter' but she tried to get it out of her mind and thought 'he was marrying her isn't that enough'. A small voice said 'No' but she shook her head and looked at him who was looking at her with concern. She smiled but Klaus noticed that the smile had not reached her eyes. He asked her "are you feeling okay? Do you want to go home?"
It was so nice to hear these words from his mouth. Referring his home as if it was hers now made her smile and she shook her head. She picked up her fork and started eating her food.
Klaus could see that something was bothering her but he didn't want to pressurize her right now so he made a mental note of asking her later.
After they were done the waiter came and cleared their table. He asked them if they wanted some desert but Hayley was quite full so they left the restaurant after paying their bill.
On the way home Klaus looked at her side ways. She had been looking outside the window. He thought about something and then kept on driving. When he stopped the car Hayley startled and said "where are we? This is not home"
"Well the evening is not finished yet right?" Klaus said getting out of the car. He came across the car and opened her door before she could get out. Hayley smiled and took his hand that he had just offered her and did a playful curtesy saying "Thank you sir"
She looked up and said "wow a club. That is nice. You do know that I cannot drink" by putting a hand on her stomach
"Yes I know that" he offered her his arm. She looked into his smiling eyes and then linked her arm into his.
They entered the club. It was a bit dark and a loud music was playing. Hayley looked up at him and said "this is not you!"
Klaus asked in loud voice "what?" as he could hear what she was saying
"I said this is not…." She spoke in a loud voice when suddenly music stopped. She turned red as a couple of people turned to look at her. Klaus laughed and pulled her to an empty table.
"You are mean you know" Hayley said recovering from her embarrassment
"Yes I know" Klaus said with a smile.
The music started playing. This time a little mellowed down. Hayley looked around. Men and women of ages ranging from 21 to 45 were happily dancing and chatting on the dance floor. She suddenly became very self-conscious when she realized that all the women were slim and smart and very modernly dressed up. She absently put a hand on her stomach and pulled her shawl on her shoulders and looked up in the direction of Klaus who was looking at her too. She leaned in and said "why don't you go and dance with someone?"
Klaus looked at her in surprise and said "I came here to dance with you"
"ME! I cannot dance in this condition" Hayley said
"and why is that?" Klaus asked her in surprise
"because well look at me and look at them" Hayley said with annoyance
Klaus scanned the room and realized what she was saying. He smiled and then looked at her. He leaned in and said jokingly "Yes well there is that…" and then added when he saw a sudden appearance of disappointment on her face which went as soon as it came "but the thing is that I want to dance with you"
He gave her his hand and took her to the dance floor. As they stepped on the dance floor something slow started to play. They looked at each other and then before Hayley could say anything he pulled her in his arms. He held one of her hand and put the other on her back. They had dance before once or twice in those quiet evenings in his home but this was the first time he was dancing with her in public and this hand on her back was making her really nervous. She was wishing that Klaus didn't hear her heart beat which was going really wild right now.
Klaus could hear her heart thumping really heart and the hands that had gone cold and he smiled. He was kind of enjoying it that he was making her so nervous and he knew the reason for that so he leaned in and whispered in her ear "If I had any idea that proposing you will make you that nervous of me I would have done it sooner".
He twirled her gently on the music and brought her back gently into his arms. As he held her again in his arms he felt weird. There was a tightening in his stomach which he didn't understand where it came from. As he was thinking about it she looked up and smiled. Klaus felt his heart skip a beat.
The song stopped. Hayley stepped back but Klaus pulled her again towards him gently and said "Not so fast love"
They both were looking into each other's eyes when they heard someone "You two look so cute". They looked in the direction of voice and it was a young girl with a smile on her face. Klaus smiled whereas Hayley blushed and said "thank you"
"Is that your baby" the girl asked Klaus looking at Hayley's stomach
"Yes it is" Klaus unconsciously pulled Hayley closer to him and said
"You are lucky" the girl looked at Hayley and said. She then left. Klaus laughed, saw her leaving and then turned to her and said with a twinkle in his eyes and a smile on his face "See how lucky you are! Even strangers are starting to compliment your luck. You should appreciate me more"
"Yes sure" Hayley laughed and said.
Another slow song started so Klaus pulled her towards him and started dancing with her. Hayley was feeling a bit relaxed in this song. Klaus pulled her closer.
She could feel his hand sliding her back and it was making her quiver. She looked up at him but his facial expressions were very normal. She could feel his warm breath against her hair, his soft touch both on her back and her hand, his heart beating and that smile on his face was just making her very nervous. It took all strength and will power to not let her feelings for him slip. When the dance ended she stepped back. She was not very sure of her self-control any more. She just wanted to lean in and kiss those soft lips so she stepped back when another dance started. This one was a rock music. As she was stepping back she got bumped by another couple who was dancing very enthusiastically on the song. Hayley stumbled into Klaus arms who caught her effortlessly and asked looking into her eyes "Are you okay?"
There was something in them Klaus could not figure out. They both didn't hear the couple apologizing.
Hayley said to him trying to steal her eyes away from him "I am getting a bit tired. Is it okay if we leave?"
"Yes love" he said and then by holding her hand he guided her out through the crowd which was really going wild now. He had to put a hand a couple of times to prevent people from bumping into her.
The drive home was really quiet. Klaus looked at her and realized that she was tired whereas Hayley was trying to sort out her feeling for him. Thought 'what is she going to do if he finds out?' was again haunting her. Once they reached home both of them got out and went inside. Hayley looked at him and smiled. She said "thank you. I had a wonderful afternoon"
"Yes me too. We should do this more often" Klaus said with a smile.
"Hmm" she smile and then she stepped forwards and kissed him on his cheek before he could say anything. She then smiled shyly and went upstairs to her room.
Klaus touched her cheek absently and walked up to his room too after locking up the doors.
Hayley and Klaus both lay awake in their beds that night each lost in their thoughts. Thoughts about the evening they spent together. Thoughts about the upcoming weekend. Thoughts about whether they are doing the right thing. Thoughts about their baby. Thoughts about their feelings for each other. They both didn't realize when they fell asleep lost in those thoughts.