A/N Characters based on "The Originals second chapter of their lives"

Klaus got up early that morning. He laid there in his bed for a couple of minutes and then got up. He has been thinking about his talk with Elijah a night before

Elijah asked him "when are you going to step up to you responsibility?"

Klaus said with exasperation "Not now Elijah"

He sat on the couch and rubbed his eyes and then snapped "Kaleb is still having these visions about Hope being in danger and if that was not enough Davina is having her own vision. I swear they both are perfect for each other"

Kol entered the room and said "Who is perfect for Davina?"

Elijah looked at his brother with interest and annoyance and then turned to Klaus who was still lost in his thoughts "I am asking you when you will…"

"Fine don't tell me. I will find out myself" Kol snapped and left the room

After he left Klaus asked in frustration "Elijah what do you want me to say? I am trying my best with her. Isn't that what you wanted?"

"Yes that is what I wanted for you. Your happiness so what are you waiting for?"

"What are you talking about Elijah?" Klaus asked and got up to pour a drink for him

"Why don't you commit yourself to her?" Elijah said

Klaus spun towards him and laughed "are you joking? You mean marry her?"

Elijah sighed and said "yes Niklaus. What is the harm? You both love each other and you have this beautiful girl together so why not?"

Klaus looked at his brother as if he has gone mad "I cannot marry her!"

Elijah asked "why?"

Klaus said "because… well because… "He is lost for words and Elijah's expressions were making him angrier so he snapped "well because I am me and she will want to get away from me eventually"

Hayley entered the study with Hope in her arms "who will get away from you?"

Klaus looked at Elijah who was smiling at Hayley and was walking to Hope who smiled openly at her uncle and lunged into his arms. Elijah kissed her and then turned to Klaus who was still gazing at him.

Hayley asked again looking at Klaus "I asked who will get away from you?"

He looked at her absentmindedly and then left the room.

Klaus changed his clothes and left his room. HE stopped right outside her room and then went down.

Elijah was pacing in his study. He looked up and said "I am thinking of talking to Kaleb about this new threat. Do you want to come?"

"Yes let us go" He was about to leave when Hayley entered the room. She was holding Hope whose head was on her shoulder. This was one of the very few times when Hope didn't raise her head towards anyone. Elijah walked to her and tried to take her from Hayley.

Klaus looked at Hayley who was patting Hope on her back gently. They have been together for the past 4 months but today he was feeling really conscious because of what Elijah had said to him a day before.

Hayley could see confusion on his face. She narrowed her eyes at him as Elijah bent to take Hope from her. Hope looked at her uncle and then pouted and snuggled to Hayley more tightly. Elijah said in alarm "Hayley she is burning"

Klaus snapped out of his thoughts and walked to them. He touched Hope's forehead which was very hot. Hope looked at her father when he touched her and lunged into his arms. Klaus caught her and put her against his shoulder.

"Yes she has been burning since last night. I have given her some medicine. Hopefully she will get better in a couple of hours" Hayley said while going to the couch to sit.

Elijah looked at her and asked "you have not slept during the night?"

"No, she has been really fussy and cranky. I would kill to sleep for a couple of hour right about now" Hayley stifled a yawn and said.

Klaus looked at her tired face and then at Elijah and said "Why don't you handle the bayou business with Kol and I can stay with her while Hayley can take a nap"

Elijah nodded and called Kol. Kol came down and they left.

"Why didn't you wake me up if she was so cranky" Klaus asked her going to her

Hayley looked at him with sleepy eyes and said "What could you have done? Listen I am really tired. Can we not do this right now?" she got up to go to her room "I want to sleep. Can you take care of her?"

Klaus nodded. As she was about to leave she turned and said "Why don't you sit in the nursery with her so that if she needs anything it is easily available? Right now she is fed, changed so you will not need anything but still"

Klaus looked at her. He didn't want to spend time in her room after what Elijah had said but he didn't want to spook her either so he nodded.

Hayley got under the covers and in no time she was asleep whereas Klaus sat with Hope on the couch with a book in his hands. Hope was probably getting tired because she had gone to sleep. Her warm breath – warmer than normal on his neck was making him really uncomfortable. He wanted to cure her but he had no idea how. He got up and went to the nursery to lay her in the crib but she started to cry which caused Hayley to stir so he picked her up and went on the couch to sit with her. He was almost at the end of the book when he saw her stir.

Hayley opened her eyes and looked at Klaus holding Hope in his arms. One look at the clock had told her that she had slept soundlessly for 2 hours. She propped herself on the bed and looked at him and smiled

"How is her temperature?" she asked him

"Gone down" Klaus said looking at her.

"Why didn't you put her down?" Hayley asked him getting out of the bed

"Because she didn't like it" Klaus said with a smile.

Suddenly Hope jerked her head which bumped hard on his jaw. Klaus winced in pain which made Hayley laugh. He looked at her questioningly. She stopped giggling and said "big bad hybrid got hurt by a ten month old baby"

Klaus laughed while massaging his jawline. Hope rubbed her head against his shoulder and opened her eyes.

Hayley got up and walked to them. She bend down to take her from Klaus.

Klaus looked into those hazel brown eyes while her wavy brown hair falling on his face. He wanted to kiss her but… then he shook his head and pulled her towards him further and planted a soft kiss on her mouth and said "Next time if this happens you wake me up. We are in this together right?"

Hayley smiled and nodded. Klaus let her go. Hayley took Hope from him and took her to the nursery to change her. She checked her temperature which was still 100 F which was not a lot but she didn't want it to go up so she stripped her just into diapers and made a bottle for her. She turned and saw Klaus standing at the door looking at them. She walked to him and gave her to Klaus with the bottle and said "I will freshen myself"

She went to freshen herself.

Klaus took Hope to her bed which was made by now. He laid her down on the bed with the bottle in her hands. Hope held the bottle in her hand. Klaus looked at her in amazement. He couldn't believe it how big she had become since the first time she had held his finger. He gently brushed his finger on her cheek.

HE looked up when Hayley came out. She said to him "hey I am going down to eat something. Do you want anything?"

Klaus looked at her in surprise and then nodded "whatever you are getting for yourself"

She turned towards the door and then turned to him and said seriously "not blood. Okay?"

Klaus looked up again from his daughter's beautiful eyes and smiled at her and said "No, love. Whatever you get is fine"

Hayley left the room. Klaus turned to Hope who was looking at him with milk dripping from her chin going into her neck. He picked up the towel and cleaned her neck making her giggle. She was done with her bottle by now so she just let it go and it fell on the bed. Klaus picked her up and put her against his shoulder. He could feel her body getting hot when he placed his hand against her back. Hope smiled at her father and put her hand on his mouth. Klaus kissed her and laid down on Hayley's bed with Hope on her stomach. She was totally naked except for her diaper. He gently tickled her on her chubby tummy which made her giggle harder.

Hayley entered the room and seeing the scene just melted her heart. The big bad hybrid playing with their daughter. He walked up to them and put the plate of sandwiches on the bed with two empty glasses the end table. She put the juice box with it too. Klaus looked at the juice box and then at her with exasperation which made her laugh "I know you don't want to but if Hope's condition does not improve then we both need to be lucid to take care of her. You said yourself that we are in this together" She stopped and bent on Hope to touch her back to see her temperature and asked him casually "If you want to back out of your offer then you can have it?"

She looked up when he didn't answer her and saw him staring at her. She got confused with the look on her face and asked him "what?"

Klaus snapped out and said "nothing"

Hayley lifted Hope from his stomach and put her on the ground after lying down the sheet. Klaus looked at her and then shrugged and sat on the floor too. Hope turned towards her father quickly and lost her balance and fell backwards which Klaus prevented by putting his hand beneath her head and let her fall quietly. She turned on her stomach and looked up at him. Hayley came back with the thermometer in her hand and sat next to them with a book in her hand and put the plate of sandwiches between them. She checked Hope's temperature. It was 100.2 F. She said to him "she seems fine. If it goes above 101 then I will give her Tylenol"

"So tell me what were you talking to Elijah about in the morning?" Hayley asked him.

Klaus's didn't look at her immediately. He knew exactly what she was talking about. When he looked up Hayley was still looking at him with questioning glare so he said "nothing love"

One look on his face told her that he was lying so she said "hmm"

Klaus has really admired this quality of hers that she always gives him space. He picked up a sandwich and looked at Hope who was standing up holding Hayley's shoulder. As if on cue hope turned jerkily and fell down on her bottom. She looked at Klaus and Hayley and then again got up. Hayley put a small piece of sandwich on her hand which she took and sat on the ground and started eating it. She was crumbing a little bit and then put it in her mouth.

Hayley said "Let me get the thermometer, she is getting warm again". She got up and guided Hope to hold the couch and she went to the nursery. Hope looked around and saw Klaus sitting there.

Klaus smiled at her, broke a piece of sandwich, and leaned in to hand her it. Hope's face cracked up. She turned and then took a step towards him with hand stretched and then she fell into his outstretched arms. Klaus held her in his arms and tried to overcome that feeling that he was having in his stomach at the moment – the feeling of awe, the feeling of pride and the feeling of immense joy. He kissed her on her cheek and gave her the bread piece which Hope took and started eating. She was eating some and dropping some. Klaus turned towards nursery and said "Hayl…" but she was already looking at them with stunned expressions.

"She just took her first step" Hayley said

Klaus smiled and nodded.

"That is not fair" Hayley continued coming in her room.

"What is not fair?" Klaus asked

"I am with her 24/7 and she chooses to walk towards you the first time" Hayley said with an obvious fake annoyance

"Someone is jealous" Klaus said with a laugh

"Of course not" Hayley smiled while checking her temperature. It was 101 F. She got up to get her medicines and make her bottle. Once Hope was fed, changed and given medicine Hayley put her in the middle of her bed so that she could sleep. She laid with her for a couple of minute in which Hope went to sleep. Hayley got up and went to the nursery. She started putting things at their rightful places and straightened her crib. She asked him while folding her blanket "So are you ever going to tell me what you and …"

She was cut off when she felt someone's arm around her waist. She smiled and put her hand on his hands and asked "what do you think you are…"

She couldn't finish her sentence as she felt his lips on the nape of her neck.

"Klaus Hope just slept" she said between gasps

"I know. She will be down for two hours at least" Klaus said between kissing her.

Hayley moaned under his kisses "she is not feeling well today so she might get up"

Klaus said "then we better not waste any time"

Hyley whispered "someone might walk in. It is afternoon"

"The door is closed" Klaus said turning her towards him and nestled into her neck. She moaned and grabbed his hands and whispered again between her moans "She is sleeping on our bed"

"We can do it over here" Klaus said still not stopping.

Hayley succumbed to her desires and stopped protesting. when he didnt hear any more excuses from her he stepped back and smiled and asked her with a twinkle in his eye "what no more excuses?"

Hayley laughed and kissed him so passionately that Klaus felt his heart stopping. He took off his shirt and she took off her shirt. Klaus whooshed to her room and before Hayley could respond he was back with bed cover. He laid it on the ground with his vamp speed and let her on to it. He started kissing her from her lips to her neck and then his lips started roaming on her torso making her moan harder. Hayley flipped him over and returned the favor by doing exactly what she was doing to her and it was good to see him enjoy it for once. When her hands slid on his torso from his chest to his navel he felt that he couldn't control himself anymore so he flipped her and then pinned her arms over head and looked into her eyes.

Hayley could see passion in his eyes. She wanted him to let go of himself. She wanted her to let go. She wrapped her legs around him and pulled him towards her and locked her lips with hers. They tongues where dancing with each other's. When Klaus pulled back to take a breath she gasped which made Klaus laugh and he wiped the blood of his lips which had come out when she had bit him. Hayley tried to touch her lips but realized that he had still had her hands now in one hand grasp. She wanted him so much right now that she looked up and said "don't torture me anymore"

Hearing these words from her lips made the laughter vanish from his eyes and he started kissing her more passionately while taking her. His mind registered to "I love you" uttered by Hayley and he kissed her saying "I love you too"

They both lay on the floor of the nursery wrapped in the bed cover in each other's arms with fingers twined with each other and a smile on their faces. Hayley had her head on his shoulder and the fingers of the free hand were roaming on his bare chest. She asked him
"will you tell me what is worrying you?"
Klaus smiled and said "How do you know that I am worried?"
Hayley lifted herself up and looked into his eyes and said "I know you better than you think so now out with it"
Klaus sighed and put his hands behind his head and said "Kaleb has some visions about Hope being in danger. Davina is also seeing something but she cannot make something out of it so don't know yet"
He looked into her eye and said "Don't worry Hayley. I promise nothing will happen to Hope. We will not let anything happen to her"
Even with all the worry her mind acknowledged that he has used 'We' instead of 'I' which he had been using so long that he had forgotten that others may want the same thing as he.
"I know, we will keep her safe" she smiled at him and then put her shirt on. She smiled when she heard him "Oh no the fun time is over so quickly"
She bent and kissed him and then put on her pants. She got up and saw him still lying there not making an effort to get up or change, just staring at her. She asked him mischievously "Not that I dont mind seeing you this way but are you planning to change or not?"
Klaus laughed and sat up. He grabbed his discarded pants and pulled them on and looked around for his shirt when he saw it in her hand. He outstretched his hand towards her for the shirt but she just smiled so Klaus got up and walked to her with this lazy smile on his face and asked her "are you sure you want to play this game?"
"Why not?" Hayley said with a smile and stepped back. Klaus took a step towards her and then groaned when they heard Hope's cry.
Hayley laughed and threw him his shirt and went to attend Hope. She picked her up and realized that her temperature was pretty high. She called him "Klaus she is burning up. I am going to give her a bath"
she took her to the bathroom and emerged the crying Hope into the Luke warm water which turned her cries to wails while Klaus watched them from the bathroom door.
Hayley looked helplessly at Klaus who shrugged helplessly too. He went in and put his hand on her chest which was beating so fast that he could actually hear the thump, thump of the heart beating. After five minutes Hayley took her out and put her wet body against her shoulder and took the towel that Klaus was giving her. She took her to the bed and changed her diaper. Hope had stopped crying and now she was just sobbing. Hayley told Klaus "I will make her bottle you keep an eye on her so that she does not roll over". She came back in 10 seconds with the bottle in her hand and took her from Klaus.
Klaus said "she will be fine. Kids get temperature a lot right?"
Hayley smiled at his concern and said "yes they do. The doctor will not do anything before 72 hours"
Klaus's response "bloody hell" was perfect to her ears.
She sat on the bed feeding Hope whereas Klaus picked up this unfinished book and started to read it. After a few minutes into the book he looked up and saw her looking at him. They both smiled at each other and then Klaus shifted his gaze back to this book.
Hayley thought that he was reading the book but Klaus was not. His mind was wandering. He had never thought that there will come a time in his life when he would be spending a day like this and he was pleasantly surprised to learn that he enjoyed every single minute of it. A thought came to his mind 'can he get used to it?' then he thought about Elijah's words and thought what is he running from now? He has found everything. He has a child with a beautiful woman who loves him - to this day he did not have a clue as to why she loved him so what was he waiting for? For her to leave him? To take Hope away from him? But what if he wants to spend eternity with her but she does not? What if she wants out in a couple of years? Wouldn't that be even worse? He had more to lose then but... would he ever let that happen. He was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't hear her.
Hayley looked down at now dozing Hope and put her on the bed. She got up and looked at him and in a couple of minutes she realized that he was not reading the book. She called him "Klaus?"
Klaus startled from his thoughts and looked up. She was standing next to him looking at him with worried expressions.
"What?" Klaus asked feeling flustered
"I said is everything okay?" Hayley asked him unable to keep the concern from her voice.
"Yes" Klaus composed himself and said "I am just concerned about Hope" which was to some extend true.
"She will be fine I told you right" Hayley smiled and then sat next to him and picked up her book to read.

Klaus's eyes were on the book when he felt her lean against his shoulder. He looked at her, she was reading the book without realizing that these small gestures of frankness made him so light and wonderful. He took a deep breath and got lost in his book.

….to be continued….