A/N: the year is 2032 and 18 year old Hope got married to Jake, Jackson's nephew who has not triggered his gene yet". Elijah gave her away but the things didn't turn out the way they all wanted them to be.

Based on the characters of "getting to know you" and "the one who got away"

There are some detailed scene in this story. So I am rating it "M". I have not written many explicit sexual scenes so bear with me J

"Hope look who is here to see you" Rebekah said from the door way

She looked up from that lying position and said "who?" and then she got up slowly looking at his smiling face

She walked to him and said "when did you come? You were supposed to be here till next Friday." She looked at Rebekah who smiled and walked away

"Yes I needed to talk to you about something" He said and then led her inside her room and sat her down on her bed.

Hope tried to ignore the feeling of dread that she was suddenly feeling in her stomach and looked at his hand holding hers. He cleared his throat and said "Hope, I got an internship in Malcom Law firm in Paris"

He stopped at the shocked expression on her face.

Hope tried to smile but she felt as if her jaws had gotten frozen.

She said in a hollow tone "Oh" and then she forced herself to smile and said "that is great right? You always wanted that"

"Yes I wanted that" Jake said and then he knelt down in front of her and held her hand.

She looked at him not realizing what was happening "I don't want to go without you. I have always wanted you to be my life partner and now you are 18 and you can be my wife so I talked to Elijah about it a couple of weeks ago and after a lot of persuasion and making promise that I will make you finish you studies he has given me blessings"

Hope whispered "blessings for what?"

He put his hand in his jean pocket and took out a ring and asked her "will you marry me?"

Hope stared at him and then her face lit up. She hugged him and said "yes"

Jake smiled and slipped the ring in her finger.

He then leaned forward to kiss her but Hope's eyes darted to the door. He looked around and saw Kol and Rebekah standing there. He laughed and leaned back again. He got up and pulled her up too.

Kol and Rebekah walked in and kissed Hope and said "congrats"

"Where is daddy?" Hope asked them

"In his study" Rebekah told her.

Hope gently pried her hand away from Jake and went to his study.

Elijah was looking outside the window when he heard her come in. he felt her arm go around his back. He turned and smiled at her and held her hand to look at the ring.

Hope looked up at him and then look the letter from his hand and looked down at it for just a second and then said looking at him "I love you"

"Me too love" Elijah said hugging her again and then asked "I shouldn't be asking you from the look on your face but are you happy?"

"Yes very" Hope said with a smile that reflected her happiness.

"Don't you think we are jumping into it too quickly?" Hope asked after a couple of seconds.

"Yes but Jake loves you and you love him. I have been hearing nothing but his name from your tongue for the past year and if someone loves you like he does you should commit to them" Elijah said looking into her eyes and then he added "Did Jake tell you that wedding will have to be over the weekend because he has to leave for Paris next week?" Elijah said

"What? No that is too early" Hope suddenly stepped back and said.

"I know honey. I know. But he has to go" Elijah said.

On Sunday when Hope was putting on her wedding dress which Rebekah had helped her pick up, she heard Rebekah come in. Rebekah walked to her and zipped up her dress and looked at her in the mirror and said "Your parents would have loved to be here Hope. I want to give you something of them on this special day"

She handed her a piece of paper

Hope opened it and read it

'Hayley I am sorry. I promised that I will always be there for you and our daughter. I am sorry love I have to break my promise. If there were any other way I would have done that but there is none. You have to believe me given the choice I would never leave you. This is the only way to ensure a better future for our daughter I have to do this.

Hayley I wanted to tell you all this before but what was the point of worrying you? My parents and my brother Finn are back and they have been trying to kill us for a month now. My siblings and I have been trying for the past month to get to my father but my mother's magic is very strong. At last I have come up with a fool proof plan. That is where Sophie comes in. She has been helping me with a spell. It is a linking spell. She will link with with my father, mother and Finn. It is linking spell so if one die the others die too. You understand what I am saying right? If I die they will die too because of the linking spell.

I really want to hold our daughter. I want to see her grow older, fall in love, get married one day. I want to see so many things with you and our daughter. I want to tell her how much I love her but if I cannot do so you tell her how much I loved her. Hayley I want you to be happy so please be happy. I wish we had completed our discussion about selecting a name for her. I have been thinking about a name "Hope". What do you say?

I love you so much Hayley and if I have not said it enough lately then I am so sorry. I love you very much and I love our daughter too- our Hope. You are the most wonderful thing that has happened to me in 1000 years. Last 3 months have been the most wonderful time of my life. Thank you for giving me that.

Love Klaus".

She looked up at Rebekah with teary eyes and said "this is the best present ever"

"I want you to know that my brother loved you and your mother a lot and I hope that Jake loves you as Nik loved Hayley" Rebekah said and then she bend and kiss her niece on her cheek and said "Now don't cry you will ruin your makeup"

She laughed and looked at herself in mirror. She was wearing white long sleeves dress with lace bodice that went down to her ankles. The shoulders of the dress were receding a bit exposing her collar bone making them look more pronounced and beautiful. She had put on soft makeup and had let her hair loose after clipping them in a beautiful silver clip from one side. She had decided to wear a veil.

She looked up as she heard a knock on the door. She smiled at Elijah who walked in.

Elijah looked at that beautiful girl whom he had raised like his own since the day he had given her his blood in that accident that had taken her mother's life. He walked to her and said holding her hand "you look beautiful honey"

He then gave her a box. Hope opened it and saw a beautiful diamond bracelet "this was a gift to you on your first birthday from me and I want you to use it as something old"

Hope looked at him and hugged him and give him the bracelet so that he could put it on her wrist. He said without looking at her "and this is the necklace that I want you to wear as something new" he showed her the necklace and gave it to Rebekah so that she could put it around her neck.

Hope touched it and said "thank you for everything you have done for me and will do in future"

Elijah felt as if someone punched in his stomach. He touched her cheek and said "always and forever" and then he left her room.

Thirty minutes later Elijah was walking her down the aisle of father Kieran's church. He kissed her as they reached Jake and gave her hand in his hand. Jake lifted the veil from her face and smiled at her.

Father Kieran cleared his throat and said "Before I start I want to say that I have known Hope since she was born and I have known her parents and I have to say that they would be so proud of the young lady she has become today. I am happy for you Hope" he then added jokingly "Jake make sure you keep her happy otherwise you will have werewolves, witches, vampires and me to answer to"

Everyone laughed. Jake smiled and squeezed her hand making a chill run through her body. He said "I will"

"Okay let's start then"

It was all a haze to Hope. She didn't remember what she said to him in her vows or what he said to her in his vows. The only thing that she remembered was his smile and the butterflies dancing in her stomach when he slipped her wedding band in her finger and when she put his wedding band in his finger. She looked into those beautiful brown green eyes as he leaned in to kiss her after father Kieran pronounced then husband and wife and smiled and kissed him back.

Hope looked around at her family and friends who were chatting happily with each other and then she saw Cami who was walking towards her. She smiled at her. Cami leaned in and kissed her on her cheek and said "your parents would have been so happy to see you this happy today"

She stepped back and smiled at Hope.

Hope said "yes but I have a parent who loves me to no bound" she looked at Elijah and smiled.

"I know honey. You are lucky to have so many people in your life who love you very much" Cami said touching her cheek with her hand.

Cami said holding her hand "I have given you something that is just for you and not for both of you" she looked at Jake who was talking to Kol and laughing.

"What is it?" Hope asked eagerly

"You can see it when you open you gifts" Cami said with a smile

Hope said with a pleading voice "No I want to know now. Please tell me"

"Okay let me go and get it" she went away and came back holding a silver and golden packet in her hand.

Hope took it from her and then sat down on the stairs of the church and gently opened the packet.

Elijah looked up from talking to Sophie and saw Hope opening a packet. He took a couple of steps towards her when he saw her getting frozen.

He saw her look up and stare at Cami and then got up and hugged her.

Elijah walked to her and asked "is everything okay?"

"Yes" Hope wiped her eyes and then showed Elijah a thick book embossed in golden antique leather with "Niklaus Mikaelsons 900 – 2014" written on it.

Elijah felt his heart contracting. He smiled at Hope and then hugged her. He stepped back and then turned towards Cami and leaned in to kiss her and whispered "thank you"

Jake turned around and saw Hope sitting on the stairs. He got alarmed. Following his gaze Kol looked over and both of them walked to her.

Hope looked up and said "Look what Cami got me as a gift" She showed them the book and smiled.

"O that is perfect Cami" Jake said with a smile and hugged her.

He then sat with her and looked up as he saw everyone getting dispersed. He asked her brushing her arm gently "Are you okay?"

She looked at him and smiled "yes I am very happy. I cannot wait to read this"

"Before or after…" Jake asked her mischievously

She blushed and laughed and said "after" making Jake laugh. She then got up and moved away from him before he could grasp her arm.

Jake laughed and spotted Mandy and went to her.

She was talking to Elijah when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked around at his smiling face and asked "Time to leave for the airport?"

"yes but only if you want to" Jake asked with a mischievous smile.

She blushed as Elijah smiled and hugged Elijah.

Elijah said to her kissing her on the head "You know compound is always your home wherever you are that will be your first home"

She said with her heard on his chest eyes on Jake "Yes I know"

She picked up her father's memoire and walked out of church holding his arm.

They had a flight to catch to Hawaii so they made a short stop at the compound and changed into some casual things. The flight was long but uneventful. Jake had rented a car over there. When they reached the hotel they were staying for the honeymoon it was almost night time. Jake carried her all the way to their honeymoon suite while the bell boy brought up their bags.

She smiled at him and hugged him as the bell boy left and he turned around after closing the door.

He picked her up and took her to the bed while kissing her. He then kissed her on her neck making her moan. He looked up and said "I have been wanting to do that since I was 16"

Hope smiled and said "I had no idea"

"Well that was the point wasn't it?" Jake smiled playing with the locks of her beautiful long hair.

He then brushed his hand over her flat stomach making her shiver. She said in a whisper "Jake you know I am a…"

"Yes I know" Jakes said with a smile and then kissed her and muttered "you will not be after tonight" while pulling the zipper of her dress down.

"You will have to…" she couldn't finish her sentence as he bent down and kissed the mound just above her heaving breast.

"I will have to what?" he asked while bestowing kisses on her body

"To guide…" she said but again she couldn't finish it as his lips found her navel and kissed them.

He looked up and smiled making her blush and frustrated at the same time.

He said "don't worry darling I will teach you everything. You will be expert by the end of this honey moon" and then he gently took of her remaining garments and left her just in her bracelet and the necklace.

Hope was looking at her face when he got up and pulled her up and held her hand and took them to his shirt. Hope opened the shirt buttons with trembling fingers. She gingerly placed her hands on his muscular chest and then gently slid his shirt off of his shoulders.

Jake felt a chill through his body as he felt her hands glide over his body. He wanted to take her right and then but he wanted this experience to be wonderful for her so he was taking it slowly. He then guided her hand to his pant buttons while not looking at anywhere other than her eyes.

Hope couldn't look anywhere other than those green brown eyes while her fingers opened her pant and let them fall on the ground.

He leaned over at her until her back hit the bed and he was on top of her. He ran his hands on her body while kissing her on her neck and then he moved down and kissed her on breast making her moan and arch her back. He then flipped them over making her come on top of him and whispered "kiss me Hope"

Hope smiled and kissed him on his chest and then out of nowhere she knew what to do. She let her lips roam his taunt muscles making him want her more. She then looked up and saw that he was looking at her.

He then put his hand on her back and then without breaking the eye contact he flipped them over and then his hand glided down her body and he said to her while looking into her eyes "ready"

As she nodded he entered her gently making her gasp and hold on to his back. Jake kissed her on her lips and face as he moved in her. With each motion he felt her finger nails digging into his back. He nuzzled his face into the side of her neck and whispered "I love you".

She said "I love you too"

He lifted himself up and while looking into her eyes he let himself go. He then cupped her face and asked softly "are you okay?"

"Yes I am. I am wonderful" she said with a smile and kissed him.

He fell near her and dragged the duvet over them and wrapped her naked body in his arms and closed his eyes. Hope smiled and said "thank you for making it so wonderful for me"

Jake smiled and kissed her head and said "Thank you for making it so memorable for me too"

They both went to sleep in each other's arm.

Hope suddenly felt someone kissing her. She opened her eyes and realized that Jake was kissing her. She smiled at him. She felt butterflies in her stomach as she felt his hand brush over her breast. She kissed him and then felt him get on top of her.

Jake couldn't help it. He had this beautiful girl who he had loved since he knew what love meant and she was sleeping peacefully in his arms. He leaned in and kissed her making her open her eyes. He smiled at those beautiful blue green eyes and then he made love to her second time that night.

Next time when Hope's eyes opened it was morning.

She looked at him sleeping. She got up wrapped herself in a sheet and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

She was taking shower when she heard the door open. She gasped and looked around when she saw him step in. Hope smiled and let him hold her wet body and kiss her and then make love to her in the shower while clinging on to him throughout. He said "Hope I love you so much"

"I love you too Jake" she said

After changing their clothes they had a nice breakfast in their room and then they decided to go for sightseeing.

They got the guide maps from the main desk and went on the long drive. Jake held her hand and kissed it while the drive and smiled. After about an hour drive he looked at the gas tank and said "I think we should refill because I don't think we will find any gas stations on the mountain"

He searched a gas station on the gps and pulled the car into it. He went inside to get some packet of gum from the store.

Hope was sitting in the car looking admiring the beautiful scenery and then she came out. As she stood near the car looking at the gas being filled into the car she turned and looked at Jake at a distance in the shop. As their eyes met they smiled.

"I wish someone would smile at me like that" she looked around at the voice and saw two men standing there. One look at them told her that they were drunk.

She looked around at Jake who had his back towards her.

She turned and without saying anything she tried to open her car door when she was pinned against the door. She spun and pushed the man away from her. She punched him hard after all she and Rebekah had been training for two years but they were two of them. As she turned the other man pushed her against the door and put her hand on her breast making her gag. He then pinned her against the door with his body and with one hand on her mouth to stop her from screaming he slid the other hand down to her genital area and to her horror she heard the sound of zipper. She tried to push him away when the other man grabbed her neck and grinned viciously. She squirmed and bit the guy's hand on her mouth but he was too powerful for her.

Jake turned with the bag in his hand and then the smile slid from his face. He ran out and grabbed the man from his neck and pulled him off Hope who was gasping for breath. He punched the other guy who went down holding his nose. The other guy got up and took out a knife from his jean.

Hope looked at the knife and gasped. She grabbed Jake by his arm and looked around. She shouted at the clerk, who was looking at them with horror, to call 911.

As the clerk stared she saw the man attack Jake who dodged and held his hand. He twisted his hand to take the knife out but it slipped from his hand and to Hope's horror she saw the man fall on the ground.

She ran to him and then shouted at the clerk who was still standing there "call the ambulance"

Jake looked at his hand which were bloody and then fell on his knees.

She got up and went to Jake and cupped his face which has gone white and said "Hey hey look here everything will be okay"

She looked at his anguished eyes and hugged him.

Jake was feeling as if he had no energy in his body. He felt her arm go around her but didn't make a move. He stared at the dead body of the man as he saw the other one double over on his knees. As he stared he heard sirens and then he came out of trance.

"Put your hands on the car" One of the police officer said in a loud voice taking out his gun.

Jake gently detangled himself from Hope and got up and put his bloody hands over the car hood.

Hope stood there with her hand on her mouth and realized that they were bloody too. She wiped them with her clothes and saw as the police officer cuffed Jake and lead him to his car.

Hope looked around desperately and then asked them "where are you taking him?"

The police officer turned around and looked at the young girl who was crying and asking in desperation "To the station. You can follow us"

He then turned to the clerk who was looking at them and said "You need to come to the station to make a statement"

Clerk nodded. Hope got into the car and followed them to the station all the while trying to calm herself down and wiping her tears.

As she reached there, she got out of the car and ran inside.

Jake was sitting on the chair with his hands in the cuffs and the clerk from the grocery store was standing there. She stood there hugging her body. Jake turned around and looked at her and gave her an encouraging smile.

After about 30 minutes of taking statements from her, Jake and the clerk and getting information on those two guys. One of them was in the custody now and was behind bars in the same station the police officer said to them" We know those two and this is not the first time they tried to rape someone. They had just been released from the jail. I am glad that your wife is safe and as per this young lady here it seems like a self-defense. Looking at your background and that you are a lawyer yourself I am going to let you go with the condition that you will not leave town for a couple of days until this all is sorted out"

Hope nodded and after the police officer took off Jake's cuffs she led him out. She drove the car to their hotel while Jake stared out the window.

Elijah was sleeping in his bed when he heard his cell. He got up and hearing a sob on the other end he sat up quickly. He asked her alarmingly "Hope what happened?"

"He triggered his gene" Hope said in between sobs

"Hope what happened?" Elijah got out of his bed in a second

"These men they tried to… and Jake had a fight with them and he … daddy it was an accident. He was just trying to protect me" Hope said crying

"Where are you? I am coming. Where is he?" Elijah asked her changing his clothes.

Cami opened her eyes and looked at Elijah who was getting dressed and had a cell on his ear. She asked him "what happened?"

Elijah looked at her and shook his head in anguish.

Hope said "He is fine right now but I am scared"

Elijah asked her again "where is he?"

Hope looked at Jake who was talking to Jackson and had his hand on his forehead "Right here. He is talking to Jackson"

"Listen everything will be okay. I can be there right now if you want me to be there" Elijah said.

Hope looked at Jake who had put the cell down and was looking at her and said while looking into his eyes "No. I will let you know what happens"

"I love you Hope" Elijah said

"Me too" Hope said and then put the cell down.

Hope walked up to him and hugged him. Jake separated himself from her and took a step back from her. She looked at him with shocked expression and said "Jake"

"Hope I am sorry. I never wanted this for you" Jake said.

He wanted to hug her, kiss her he felt as if he didn't deserve her anymore.

"Jake please don't do that. I love you. Don't do that" Hope said desperately

"I love you too Hope. I have love you forever but you don't deserve this" Jake said with frustration.

"Yes I do. I deserve you and you me. We will handle it. Please don't do that" Hope pleaded with him.

"Hope I am a beast now…" Jake was cut off by Hope kissing him. He couldn't help it but cup her face and kiss her too. She broke the kiss and stayed there for a couple of seconds with their foreheads touching each other and said "You are not a beast. You are the kindest person I have ever met and I will always love you no matter what"

Jake said to her "I want to be alone right now"

"No I wouldn't let you" she suddenly grabbed him aggressively and kissed him hard on his mouth.

Jake felt as if all breath got sucked out of him. He cupped her face and kissed her back and led her to the big bed. As he laid her down gently, he fell on her and starting kissing her on her neck, on her mouth. His hand roaming on her body making her moan. He ripped her shirt buttons off and bend his head to kiss her body. Hope gasped and held on his tight trying to take his shirt off of his head. He looked into her eyes pressing his hands over her bra and then he sneaked his hand at the back and unclasped it while looking into the passion in her eyes. He bend to kiss her.

Hope moaned when his lips made contact with her breast. She dug her fingers into his brown wavy hair and arched her back. She let her hands glide her muscular body to his pants and fumbled with the belt when he felt his hand on her skirt and being pulling it down. Her hands trembled with the passion she was feeling as she pulled his jean down.

Jake looked up into her eyes and then parted her legs with his knees and entered her.

Hope felt she was on fire as she felt him move in her. She held him from his shoulder and let him make love to her in a passion that she had not expected from the gentle Jake she had known.

She whispered "I love you Jake" just before he let himself go.

He looked into her eyes balancing himself on his palm and said "I love you too. We will get through this together"

He then kissed her deep on her mouth and fell next to her

Hope turned towards him and laid her hand on his bare chest and said "Yes we will"