A/N Based on the characters of 'The Originals Second Chapter of their lives'. Happens 5 years down the road.

Hayley looked up while putting on her earrings and smiled at Elijah who was leaning against the door. She walked to him and fixed his white formal shirt collar and said "so you finally asked her out?"

Elijah laughed and said "Yes I did". He added mischievously "Do you think we are moving too fast?"

Hayley looked at him and then said sarcastically "Yes Elijah you are moving too fast. Why not wait till next valentine day?"

Elijah laughed and said "Well let's see how it goes"

She smiled and asked him "where is he?"

"He is coming. He got some blood in his car during the fight with those werewolves earlier so he is cleaning it. You know how he is with his car" Elijah said with a smile.

"Okay I am off to. You guys staying in?" Elijah asked her

"Yes we are. Kol and Rebekah are on dates too" Hayley said

"Cami and I can stay with Hope if you want to go out" Elijah said

"No. You need to go on your date" she said to him smilingly.

Elijah smiled and left the compound. He saw him cleaning his car and said "Hayley is asking for you"

"I am coming. I have to get this bloody blood out of those seats" Klaus said with irritation.

Elijah reached her apartment in 10 minutes and walked up the stairs to her apartment.

Cami stared at herself in the mirror and then looked at the door when she heard the bell. She smiled and went to open the door. Her heart skipped a beat when she saw him standing there in that immaculate suit she had gotten so used to. She invited him in

Elijah looked at her in that pink dress that reached her thigh and said "You look lovely Camille"

"Thanks" Cami smiled.

Elijah walked to a beautifully laid table and looked at her with questioning eyes. She smiled at him and said "I thought we could dine in"

Elijah said "Okay then. I will cancel our reservation"

Cami suddenly said "unless you want to go out"

"No in is fine too" Elijah said with a smile and then he took out his cell and called the restaurant to cancel their reservation.

Cami went into the kitchen.

As Elijah was putting the cell in his pocket he saw her bringing the wine glasses. He took one glass from her and smiled at her.

Cami could sense his hesitation. She smiled at that because she was feeling that too. They have been friends for so long and have been through so much together and now they were thinking of changing the nature of their relationship. It would make any one nervous even a 1000 year old vampire.

Elijah realized that she was looking at him. He smiled and sat down on the sofa.

Cami went and sat on the other end of the sofa and smiled at him.

She looked at him and then asked him the question that she had been thinking ever since he had asked her out "so why now?"

Elijah smiled because he was expecting that question so he said "because now is the right time"

"Can you explain?" she didn't know that she had taken off her shoes and had tucked her leg under her.

Elijah smiled at that gesture because it made him realize what he liked about her most, her making to feel at home nature.

When he didn't answer Cami smiled and then shook her head. She said to him "I hope you like pot roast" she then added jokingly "I have blood too in my fridge if you want that"

Elijah laughed and said "really!"

"Of course not" Cami looked at him and smiled.

She then went to the kitchen and came back with the dish laid with pot roast and the accessories. She put the dish on the table and then left.

Elijah looked at the white linen, the burning candle, silver ware, white and silver table ware and smiled. Everything looked really elegant just like her. He looked at her as she came back after turning on the music.

She said to him "Can you get that bottle of wine from the kitchen?"

Elijah went to her neat and clean small kitchen and picked up a bottle of wine and came back.

They pulled out their seats and sat down to eat.

Cami smiled as she saw him spread the napkin on his lap elegantly.

Elijah picked up his fork and put some pot roast in his plate and then he poured wine in their glasses and asked her "how was your day?"

"Busy. The bar is always busy on valentine. Yours" Cami said

Elijah squinted his eyes and said with a smile "you really want to know or it is a curtesy question"

She laughed and said "no this is a genuine question"

"Okay then let me see" he leaned back and then said "there is this new werewolf pack across the bayou who has been picking up fight with crescent wolves so Niklaus, I and Kol were dealing with them"

"Deal as in…" Cami asked

"Yes" Elijah said with a smile and then he asked her "still want to continue this date?"

Cami laughed and said "yes of course and if I had any problem with dating a vampire or problem with their life style I wouldn't have accepted your date invitation"

When Elijah just stared at her she laughed and said "you thought I didn't know why you didn't ask me before!"

Elijah said "apparently you knew"

"Yes I knew" she sipped her wine and smiled at him.

Elijah put his fork down and said "this was lovely Camille"

"I have desert" she said picking up her plate

"let me help you" he said taking her plate from her hand and picking up his too.

Cami took out the chocolate pie from the fridge and carried it to the table where as Elijah picked up the desert plates from the counter.

He asked her "you made this?"

"Yes you are dating a kitchen guru" cami said with pride putting the spoon in her mouth. She then added with a mischievous smile "but I don't let people on this secret because I don't want to cook for anyone. Just for some special people"

"I am honored" Elijah said with a smile.

After the desert Cami told him "sit and enjoy your drink. I will just put these plates in the kitchen and be back"

Elijah picked up her and his drink to the living room and smiled when a song started to play.

Cami smiled when she heard her favorite song and then she looked at the hand that had appeared in front of her. She looked into his smiling eyes and held the hand.

Elijah pulled her towards him gently and danced with her on the music.

Cami felt her heart beating so fast and hoped that he is not listening to it right now but she know that he was.

Elijah could hear her heart beating really fast against his chest. He twirled her gently.

Cami laughed as he twirled her and gently fell into his arms. He looked into her smiling face and then for the first time in the last five years of knowing her he gently kissed her on her lips. He could feel her kissing him back. He felt this strong desire that he had not felt for a really long time and that suddenly made him afraid of what is at risk here. He broke the kiss and looked into her eyes and said "Camille I don't want to rush into things. I have a lot to lose if things don't go the way I am thinking of them going so you will have to give me some time"

"That is okay Elijah. Just know that I am here for you whenever you decide you want to move to the next level of our relationship. I am here"

He then kissed her again and said "Thank you. I think I should leave now"

Cami smiled at him and said "If you want to"

Elijah looked at her face. He could see desire in those eyes but he needed some time before taking the next step. He smiled at her and held her hand and said "Give me some time"

Cami just smiled and said "okay"

He then walked to he the door holding her hand and giving her one last kiss he said "Happy valentine"

She smiled and said "happy valentine to you too and thank you for showing me such a lovely evening"

He smiled and the left.

Hayley looked herself in the mirror smoothing the black and white skirt and blouse. She gently brushed her fingers on her upper arm where she had cut herself last night fighting with the werewolf. She suddenly felt a tug on her skirt bringing her back to earth. She looked down at her and smiled. She knelt down and kissed her. Hope ran her fingers on the white flowers of her skirt and said "You look pretty mommy"

"Thank you sweetie" Hayley said with a smile

"Are you going somewhere?" Hope asked fingering the locks of Hayley's hair.

"No sweetie we will stay home" Hayley said smoothing away the tension she had been feeling whole day and gave her a kiss and asked her "have you brushed your teeth"

When Hope eagerly nodded she said to her "show me"

Hope showed her perfect shinny white teeth. Hayley laughed and said "Now it is your sleeping time. Let's go to bed"

"But I want to see daddy" Hope said in a pleading voice

'You and me both' Hayley thought but she said to her "Okay how about I read you your book and tuck you in. By that time he will come and you can see him before going to bed"

"Okay" Hope said

Hayley picked up five year old Hope and took her to the nursery which was not a nursery anymore. She looked around thinking about the coming months and smiled. She put her in her toddler bed and sat next to her and read her a bed time story.

They were both so lost in the story that they didn't hear him come in.

Klaus looked at Hayley sitting on her bed in bare feet wearing a black and white skirt and blouse and smiled. Somehow seeing her in bare feet always made him have such a comfortable intimate feeling. He smiled when he heart his daughters giggle at the story Hayley was reading to her. He walked towards them

Hope squealed with pleasure when she saw him "Daddy" making Hayley looked up at him with

a smile too.

Klaus bent down and kissed Hayley and then his daughter.

Hope said with a smile "where were you?"

"Hmm Uncle Elijah and I were fighting monsters" Klaus said jokingly

Hope laughed and said "daddy that is silly. Monsters are not real"

"Yes that is true love" Klaus said tucking a smile under his lips and while looking at Hayley he said "Monsters are not real"

He then said to her "what did you do today?"

Hope said with a pout "Aunt Bekah wouldn't let me cut her hair today"

Klaus controlled the laughter that was about to escape his throat and said with a fake annoyance "Really! I will talk to her about it"

"Klaus!" Hayley chided him. She then turned to Hope and said "Hope it is not nice to force anyone to do things they don't want to do"

"Why?" Hope asked with that innocent smile that always melts his heart.

Klaus dropped his head down so that she couldn't see the laughter on his face and then he looked up at Hayley and asked in an innocent voice "yes why not mommy?"

Hayley gave him a piercing stare and said "because we should respect other people desires and opinions"

Klaus kept on looking into hazel brown eyes and smiled.

"Okay now it is time for you to sleep" Hayley said to Hope and kissed her on her hair and then left the room quietly leaving father and daughter together for a couple of minutes as she did every day for the past 4 years.

Klaus scooted over to his daughter and said with a smile "You know mommy is right. If someone does not want to do anything you should not force them"

"Why?" Hope asked innocently

"Because that will make them unhappy" Klaus said with a smile and thinking 'I am digging my own grave now' and he almost laughed when she asked "Why?"

"Because you are asking them to do something they don't want to do" Klaus said patiently wondering 'where did this patience come from?'

Hope looked at him and as she opened her mouth to say something Klaus gently said "now it is time to sleep. I love you" He then bent down and kissed her and after switching off the lamp and turning on the night light he left her room.

Hayley was putting her scattered toys in the toy bin when she felt his arms around her waist. She turned to him and smiled at him.

He nipped her ear and whispered "happy valentine"

"You remembered" Hayley asked in surprise

"Of course I remember after what happened last year" he said making her remember the havoc she had created when he had forgotten valentine last year.

Hayley smiled at the memory too and kissed him and said "so you did learn something from last years' experience!"

"Love, every day I am with you I learn" Klaus said with a smirk "I have not learned that much from anyone in my 1000 year of life as much as I have learned from you in the last 4 years"

"Five" Hayley interjected

"Four. The first lesson being 'I can be loved'" he said seriously

"Klaus…" Hayley started but she was cut off by the kiss he gave her. He gently laid her on their bed and kissed her on her neck making her go weak in her knees.

Hayley felt herself getting drowned in the passion when she suddenly came back to earth and gently pushed him away.

He looked at her in surprise and then sat down at the serious look on her face.

She said "I need to tell you something"

Klaus looked at her questioningly but he felt his heart drop in his stomach.

Hayley held his hand and put it on her stomach. She saw his expression change from confusion to shock.

Klaus looked at her in confusion and then he felt it, he heard it. He looked at his hand on her stomach and his eyes widened.

He asked "how?"

Hayley looked at him in shock and said "How! How!" she let his hand go and then asked in anger "do you want me to explain it to you how this happened?

To her annoyance a laughter broke on his face and he said "No, I mean how it could happen. I thought I couldn't have any more kids"

Hayley snapped still annoyed "well apparently you can"

Klaus now became serious and stared at her.

Hayley felt a sinking feeling in her heart. She asked him "you don't want to have any more kids?"

Klaus didn't answer her immediately and then he said to her "hmm I had never thought about it. But if I ever were have to any more kids then I wouldn't have imagine them having them with anyone other than you"

That brought a smile on her face and she said "I love you"

"I love you too" Klaus said with a smile and kissed her on her lips. He then moved back and said

"Love, this one" he put his hand on her stomach making her feel weak again "should be a boy"

Hayley asked with a smile "what if it is not?"

"Then we will have to try again" Klaus said with a smile and then looking at the smile slide from her face he added mischievously "Until we get a boy"

"Really!" Hayley said playfully "well we have a couple of months to know what we are having but I have a feeling that it will be a boy"

Klaus smiled and said mischievously "Oh that is good then. We don't have to be particular about the sex of the baby next time" and before Hayley could say anything he stopped her by kissing her and making her forget what she was about to say.

Later when she laid naked in his arms he brushes his fingers on her torso which he was kissing a couple of minutes ago and listening to the strong hearts beats of their baby he closed his eyes. He ideally brushed her bare shoulder with the fingers of his other hand and smiled when she whispered "Happy valentine" in his ear.