A/N Hayley and Klaus are forced to give their daughter "Hope" to her aunt so that she is protected by her enemies in New Orleans. They can only get her back when New Orleans is a war free zone. This is stand-alone Klayley story but the characters are based on the actual TO characters.

Hayley is pacing her room continuously for the past two hours. She has been really agitated coped up in the compound unable to do anything. It has only been two weeks since they had send Hope away. She and Klaus has not even talked about it. Elijah has been a great comfort for her but somehow she needed to talk to him to get the comfort she has been looking for. She looks at the clock and groans when she sees that it is 1 am. Then she shakes her head and after putting on her shoes she goes down. She stands in the court yard for just a second and looks up towards his room and then turns and leaves the compound.

Hayley is walking on the empty road, wrapping herself in her arms to warm herself in the cold late December night as she has forgotten to bring her jacket in anger when a car stops near her. She jumps and looks at it and then takes a sigh of relief.

Klaus stops the car and opens the door for her. Hayley glares at him angrily for a second and then gets in without saying anything. She sits down. Klaus looks at her without saying anything and then turns on the heater. He puts the car in gear when she says "I don't want to go back". Klaus pauses in action and looks at her and asks her "why?"

Hayley is about to say something but then she closes her mouth. Klaus puts the car in gear and pulls it on the road. After a couple of minutes of silence she says "where are we going?"

"I don't know" Klaus says without taking his eyes off the road.

Hayley gets quiet and puts her head against the window and closes her eyes after pulling her legs up to her chest.

Klaus looks at her after a while and realizes that she has gone to sleep. They have been driving for an hour now and are outside New Orleans. He knows what she is going through because he has been going through the same thing. They have both lost her but he has not been able to comfort her because she does not need comfort from him. He sighs and keeps on driving. He puts on a soft music and drives quietly. After around three hours he takes the exit to a small town and pulls the car into a gas station. After filling gas into his car he stands outside the car for a few minutes and then his gaze falls on "Holiday Inn" across the road. He looks at sleeping Hayley for a few seconds thinking about what to do and then gets into the car. In ten minutes he has compelled the manager of jam packed hotel to give him the only available room in the hotel. He came out and opened her side of the door. He touches her gently on her arm but she is fast asleep so he picks her up and takes her inside.

They are lead to their room and to Klaus's frustration it turns out that the only room available in the whole hotel is the honeymoon suite. He gently put Hayley on the bed and covers her with the duvet.

He looks around and see the couch. He goes and lays down on it and in no time he falls asleep but only to be woken up by the nightmare that has been haunting him since he has seen her get killed at Monique's hand. He opens his eyes and stares at the ceiling thinking 'how long can he stay sane without asleep' and then he smiles to himself and says 'I lasted 52 years with hunter's curse. I can do this'. He looks towards the bed and sees that she is still sleeping. He lays there listening to her rhythmic heartbeat and her shallow breathing.

Hayley slowly opens her eyes and realizes that she is on the bed. She looks around and sits up. It is not her room. In fact it was not like any other normal room. If she is thinking right then she is in a honey moon suite but how can she be and then her gaze falls on Klaus who is laying on the couch with eyes closed. She gets out of the bed and walks to him angrily and hits him with the pillow.

Klaus knows that she is up because he has been up too. What he is not expecting is the attack on him so he startles from his temporary relaxing state. He gets up and takes the pillow from her hand. He opens his mouth to say something when Hayley shouts "You sick man. Why did you get this room?"

Klaus slowly gets up and says slowly trying to keep the anger bubbling just below the surface at bay "They only had this room and I was tired so yes I compelled them to give it to us" he then walks away from her but stops and turns "let me tell you if I had known it was honeymoon suite I wouldn't have compelled him"

Hayley hissed and threw the pillow at him which he very conveniently dodges and goes to the washroom.

She is still standing there when Klaus comes out after a while. From his wet hair Hayley guesses that he has just taken a shower. He sits on the bed and says "Are you ready to go home?"

"No. I said I don't want to go home" Hayley says stubbornly

Klaus sighs and then says "so what is the plan?"

"I want to stay" Hayley says after a couple of minutes of silence.

"With me?" Klaus asks sarcastically

Hayley looks at him angrily and says nothing.

"What do you want to tell Elijah?" Klaus asks her without looking at her

"He doesn't need to know where I am" Hayley says

"Okay then what? Run away. Is that your plan" Klaus asks

"Klaus give me a slack here. I just…" Hayley says with frustration but is unable to finish her sentence.

Klaus looks at her frustrated face and nods.

"I will just tell him that we are together" Klaus says and when her head jerks towards him, he laughs and says "not that way love. Never that way"

Something stirs in her memory as she recalls "You are Klaus's wife" and her response "No, eww never"

She shakes her head and realizes that he is on the phone saying "you can talk to her". He hands her the phone and lays back on the empty spot where she had spent the night.

Hayley takes the phone from him and says "Elijah I am fine. I just wanted to get away…"

She says "No. I wanted to be alone but Klaus wouldn't let me go alone". She looks at him angrily and realizes that he has gone to sleep in that position. She sighs and says "we will be back in a couple of days"

She walks to him after getting disconnected and asks him "Are you sleeping?"

"Yes love I am" Klaus says without opening his eyes.

"I want to go out" Hayley says in a determined voice. She waits for a couple of seconds and then turns when he pulls her back by holding her hand. He gets up from the bed and rubs his eyes and says "I will come with you"

"You don't have to" Hayley says

"Yes I know that but I will come with you" Klaus says sarcastically.

He then puts on his shoes whereas Hayley goes to the washroom to freshen herself up. She comes out in about 20 minutes and sees that he is dozing in that sitting position. She almost shouts "Klaus what is wrong with you?"

"Don't shout little wolf" Klaus says and gets up when she says quietly "don't call me that anymore"

Klaus looks into her eyes and sees that she is serious. "You will always be wolf first and then a hybrid Hayley"

Hayley just stares him and then puts on her shoes and goes to the door when he stops her by holding her arm. He looks into her eyes for assurance. At last she nods.

"I think we need to go shopping" Klaus says "You cannot roam around like this in this cold but for right now take this" he gives her his leather jacket.

Hayley looks at it for a second, surprised at how sweet he is and then takes the jacket. She puts the jacket on. It is too big for her but at least it will keep her warm. She can feel his body warmth from the jacket and a body scent that she has started to associate it with Klaus. She rubs her hand against it and is about to open the door when there is a knock. She looks at Klaus who shrugs and opens the door. There are two waiters standing with the breakfast trolley. They look at each other in confusion when they enter the room saying "good morning. Compliments from the hotel to the newly married couple". They then leave the room before Klaus and Hayley had chance to react.

To his astonishment she starts to laugh. She turns and looks at her and says "this is fantastic"

"You think it is funny little wolf" Klaus asks her

"No. I don't think that it is funny but as long as it is being done why not enjoy the moment" she stops laughing and goes to the trolley. She picks up the covers and says without looking at him "too bad there is no blood in here"

Klaus laughs and walks to the trolley. He sits on the couch and picks up a bread and start to put some jam on it which takes her by surprise and she says "I have never seen you eat regular food"

"hmm. You don't know much about me either" Klaus says eating the bread with jam

Hayley smiles mischievously and says "what good time than now to know you then". She sits on the sofa chair opposite him and puts some egg on the plate.

After a couple of minutes of silence she says "I think you are right we do need to do some shopping". She looks up and catches him looking at her which makes her self-conscious.

"Okay then as soon as you are done we can go" Klaus says casually and leans back against the couch.

Hayley puts her unfinished plate back and gets up. Klaus gives her plate one fleeting glance and follows her too. As they are coming out of their room someone wishes them "congratulations". Hayley looks stunned at Klaus who shrugs and smiles. He then jokingly offers her his arm saying "Mrs Mikaelsons". As soon as the words are out he realizes his mistake. He is about to take his arm back when she grabs it with a smile and says "Why not"

They don't know what tipped people off but a couple of more people wish them on their way to the lobby. Once inside the car Hayley tells him "I need to go to grocery store so can we go there"

"Grocery store!" Klaus says backing the car.

"Yes I need to get something" she says. She can feel her cheeks getting red which surprises her after all they just had a baby together, they have slept together why would this make her shy

Klaus looks at her face turning red and nods. In 30 minutes he has located a grocery store which luckily turns out to be all in one departmental store too. Hayley goes to get her stuff whereas Klaus goes to get some extra undergarments and socks. He is looking at some shirt ideally when he senses her. She is back with a bag of things. She shows the bag to him and says "I compelled them to give it to me. Ha. My first compulsion. I just looked into their eyes and told them that they have sold it to me. Did I do anything wrong?" she asks innocently

Klaus laughs and says "No, love"

"This is not your color" Hayley says taking the shirt away from him and hands him a deep red colored shirt. She then walks up to racks with women clothes on. She picks up a black and white stripe shirt for herself when someone shoves a deep blue shirt in front of her. She gets a pants for herself after that as she has been wearing a short dress which definitely is not sufficient for this weather. She smiles and takes the shirt from his hand. This time Klaus decides to purchase the items so in 10 minutes they walk out with shopping bags in their hands. Once inside the car Klaus gives her a brown ladies leather jacket without saying a word.

After a couple of seconds he asks her "do you want to change first and then do something else"

"Yes" Hayley says.

They go to their hotel room. Hayley takes out his jacket and then goes to change her clothes. In 20 minutes she has showered and changed into the recently purchased shirt and the pants. After that Klaus changes his clothes.

Klaus gets out of the bathroom with wet hair and sees her standing there holding his jacket. He walks to her and asks her "are you okay?"

"How did you know my size?" she says handing him his jacket over looking at the red shirt he has just bought.

"You forget love. I have been around for centuries. I know these kind of things" Klaus smirks.

He sits on the couch to wear his shoes and asks her "any idea what you want to do next?"

"we can ask the manager about any interesting places here" Hayley says looking at him tying his laces.

Klaus looks at her and sighs. He nods and gets up.

Once outside Hayley grabs his arm as she sees a couple giving them a knowing smile in the corridor. Klaus smiles at her and says "You are really enjoying yourself aren't you little wolf"

Hayley nods smiling.

The manager greets them by saying "hello Mrs and Mr Mikealsons. I hope you had a comfortable night"

"Yes why thank you" Hayley says enthusiastically trying to control her laughter at how uncomfortable suddenly Klaus is looking.

Hayley asked the manager "I was wondering if you could tell us some interesting stuff to do in this town"

"Well there is this fair going on in the afternoon" he looks at his watch and says "well it is starting in 10 minutes "it is just local festival. There will be rides and food"

Hayley looks at Klaus who is looking at her with doubt and then asks to his horror "Where is this fair?"

"Here I will give you the address" the manager says to them.

"Have you totally lost it?" Klaus asks her as soon as they leave the hotel.

"No I have not yet so we are going to this fair" Hayley says seriously and gets into the car.

Klaus sighs and thinks that it would have been easier to deal with grieving Hayley than this one. He put the address in the GPS when she put the music on. She looks at him with weird expressions. He asks her "what?"

"Nothing. You are just surprises to me today" Hayley says with a smile.

After 30 minutes they enter the fair after getting their tickets. Hayley leads Klaus to the ride section and one look on his face tells her that he has never been on a ride before or to a fair for that matter. She laughs startling him from his thoughts. She points to a roller coaster and says "lets go and sit on that"

"Are you freaking out of you mind?" Klaus snaps at her

"Oh come now. Don't tell me the big bad hybrid is afraid of that ride?" Hayley asks him jokingly

Klaus looks into her eyes and then decides to indulge her so that she can get it out of her system and they can deal with the real issue.

"God dammit. 15 minutes we have been waiting for our turn. Are you sure you want to sit on that?" Klaus asks her irritated pointing to the roller coaster

"Oh come on just 4 more to go and then it will be our turn" Hayley links her arm with his without thinking.

The couple next to them turn around and smiles at them. Hayley says "My husband here is afraid of heights so I want him to do this one for me for our honeymoon"

The girl beams and says "aww that is so sweet"

Hayley looks up into his shocked speechless expressions and says "It will be okay honey. You can hold my hand during the ride"

The girl is about to say something when their turn comes and she goes to sit on the ride. After them it is their turn. It is a fact that in all these 1000 years he has not gotten a chance to sit on a roller coaster. He sits on the outer side of the car with Hayley on the inner side. He reaches across to buckle the restraints when his gaze fall on Hayley's. Their eyes meet just for a second and then he looks away.

Hayley has been really brave until this point. She has neglected to mention that she has never sat on the roller coaster too. When the coaster start to cruise she grabs his hand tightly

He looks at her, laughs and says "so that was all little wolf?"

"Shut up" Hayley says with clenched teeth as the coaster picks up speed which makes him laugh harder. A scream escapes her throat like some others riders. She holds his arm with her other hand. Klaus looks at her, she has her eyes shut and her loose wavy brown hair are flying in the wind. He feels a flutter in this stomach. He steers his gaze away from her.

It is hardly a 2 minute ride. By the time it stops Hayley is laughing very hard. He gets out of the cart and gives her his hand so as to help her out. Hayley holds it casually and comes out laughing. She doesn't let it go and walks downstairs with him.

She stops and says "that was fun. Do you want to do that again?"

"Not even if you pay me to go" Klaus smiles and says

"Oh come now. That was not too bad was it? What will you do if Hope…" she stops suddenly and the smile slides from her face and the hand that is still in his hand slips too.

Klaus notices the change in her expression. He reaches out and holds her hand and leads her to some benches at a distance. He sits her down and sits next to her with her hand still in his.

"Hayley, I will get her back I promise" Klaus says to her

"What if you cannot?" Hayley asks him in whisper

"I will. Trust me" Klaus says with determination.

And then without warning the tears start falling from her eyes. She grabs the front of her shirt and says in a whisper "You know I can feel her when she is hungry"

Klaus feels as if someone is squeezing his heart. He squeezes her hand gently and says "I know Hayley you must be going through hell but you have to pull yourself together. We have to work together to get her back"

"I know but I just feel so lonely and helpless" Hayley says with desperation without making an attempt to clean her tears.

"You will never be alone Hayley" Klaus says looking into her eyes "You have Elijah, Rebekah and Hope. Don't forget that"

"And what about you Klaus" Hayley asks

Klaus hesitates and then says "yes you have me too"

Hayley cannot take it anymore so she breaks down. Then she feels his arm around her and she lets herself be engulfed in his brace.

Klaus can feel her body shaking under the hand he has on her back. Her head is on his chest and he can feel the wet tears falling on his jeans. He is feeling helpless and then after a couple of seconds he leans in and kisses her on her head. He lets her cry because he knows that she has been holding onto her tears for so long and it is time for them to fall.

After a while Hayley leans back and wiper her eyes with her free hand and gives him a weepy smile. Klaus looks into her sad eyes and says "Now do you want to go home?"

Hayley nods.

Klaus gets up still holding her hand. He pulls her up and start to walk but he feels a tug on her hand. He turns and looks at her questioningly. Hayley asks him "do you miss her?"

Hayley feels his hold on her hand tightening and sees a shadow pass from his face and smiles when he nods at last. They both sit quietly on the way home. Hayley looks at him while he is driving and realizes that something has changed between them. She smiles and closes her eyes thinking "last 14 hours have been a perfect getaway for her and probably for him too"