A/N: The basis of story is on my fan fiction "the one who got away" and "getting to know you". Continuing the story of Hope and Jake. If you have not read it then 18 years old Hope has married Jake, Jackson nephew. To read about their history read "hope and love" and "Hope and Jake" from the "Mikaelsons short stories"

She is now going to Paris where Jake has gotten an internship.

Jake asked her again before going through their gate "are you sure Hope?"

She snapped at him "Jake stop asking me that please"

She snuggled against him in their seats as the flight took off to take them to Paris. She knew that she was going to miss them all but she was also looking forward to spending her life with Jake.

The apartment that Jake had gotten from the company he was doing the internship for was already furnished and was very close to the school where she had transferred her course too.

She was supposed to start next week whereas Jake was supposed to start his office the very next day so they settled down quickly and went to sleep immediately.

They woke up with difficulty with jetlag and all. Jake had to leave so he changed his clothes and said "I will eat something in the office don't worry about me. I might be late as it is my first day" and after giving her a kiss he left.

Hope unpacked her luggage and set the apartment. There was not much to do so when she finished it was still a couple of hours for him to come back so she sat on her bed and opened the journal Cami had given her. She opened the first page and ran her fingers on his name and smiled sadly. She felt as if someone was squeezing her heart and then she turned the page and saw a picture of him smiling down at her mother. She touched the picture gently and smiled. She then started reading it and then lost track of time. She was startled when she heard Jake's voice "why are you crying?"

And then saw the journal in her hand and took it from her and kissed her and said "this was really a nice thing that Cami did for you"

She sniffled and leaned against his check and said "it is so sad Jake. They all had such a sad life. No one deserves this"

Jake just held her and said nothing.

She wiped her tears and said "I never thought that it was possible to miss him more without even meeting him ever but it breaks my heart that I never got to meet him".

Jake said "Elijah said, he loved you even before you were born so it is natural you love him even without knowing him".

She smiled at him and smiled. She then got up and said "eaten anything? I lost track of time and didn't cook anything"

He said "let's go out to eat something and get something to stock the fridge too"

She said "okay" and then they both left the house.

Hope started her school next week. Jake came home in the evening and asked her "how was your first day?"

Hope put the plate in front of him and said "I was asked out once. You?"

Jake said with a smile "what a coincidence! Me too"

She asked him "did you tell her that you are married?"

Jake said "yes. I did but she didn't believe me until she saw the ring. You?"

He put the pasta in his plate and looked at her when she said "same here, he wouldn't believe it even though I showed him the ring"

Jake asked her "is he cute?" putting some pasta in his plate.

When she said "hmm…" he put his fork down and stood up slowly and walked to her and pinned her against the kitchen cabinet and asked her ignoring the laughter that was bubbling in her throat "so is he cute?"

She shook her head now laughing and said "now look you are putting me in a fix. I cannot lie to you."

Jake smiled and said "yes you can. Let's hear it"

When she didn't say anything he turned around and dipped his hand in the icy water and took out a piece of ice and came back to her. She was looking at him curiously what he was doing and then she understood and stepped back with a shriek but he held her and started tracing it under her shirt making her laugh. She said "okay okay he is not"

He stepped back and said "see. Was that difficult?"

"You are weird you know!" she said wiping her skin with the paper towel he handed her over.

"Why is that dear?" he asked her taking the paper towel from her hand and doing the task himself.

"Men get jealous when their wives tell them that someone is interested in their wives" she said

"Well I know my wife loves me and I love her very much so there is that" Jake said with a smile.

She smiled and said "yes that I do. So his name is Brad Kirn"

Jake said "what?"

She said "Brad Kirn. He is some big shot millionaire here. his father owns the school which I go to"

Jake said with a serious face now "yes he is Hope, William Kirn is partners with Petersons and I am doing internship with him. Must be same Kirn's. Kirn is not a very common name"

Hope groaned and said "tell me that I don't have to meet him socially. He is incorrigible"

Jake said "if you don't like him then no, we don't have to meet him but I will have to because of job."

Hope said "no, it is not that. It is fine. I can be civil with him. You never know he might be the charming man I have been looking for all my life" she smiled at the end of her sentence and then ducked and ran to her room as Jake tried to get her.

He laughed and followed her to their room too and pinned her on their bed. She protested halfheartedly but when his lips started travelling on her body and his fingers started teasing her she surrendered laughingly and then he made love to her so passionately and gently at the same time that reminding her how much she love him and why does she love him.

Their lives got into a routine. He left the office early in the morning after dropping Hope off at her school and would pick her up on the way home or if he was late she would walk down to home or come on the bus. She got busy with her school work and his work was keeping him busy. She was loving her life with him. She loved him more and more with each passing day. She loved it when he would hold her in a hug while she told him about her father's history that she read from the journal. Hope was starting to form a picture of the man she had never met and whose blood ran in her veins and she was falling in love with that man so hard that it would break her heart sometimes thinking that she didnt know him in person.

Before they knew it two weeks passed by and it was full moon.

Jake said to her "you don't have to come you know"

Hope said with fake hurt "oh honey you are hurting my feelings."

He smiled and said "Hope, this will be my first transformation. I don't know how long it will take and …"

Hope walked to him, cupped his face and kissed him on his mouth and said "listen I am coming so please stop arguing" she took the shirt from his hand and put it in the duffle bag.

He had done some research ever since they have moved to Paris and have found a place at a nearby mountain where they had decided to go to camping where he could transform.

He told her to look other ways while he transformed. Hope couldn't bear his moans of pain with each breaking bone and she turned towards him and walked to him and held his body as he groaned in pain at his bones breaking. She knew the theory about transformation so she just sat there holding his body and when he was almost transformed she stepped back and sat down near a tree. He walked to him after changing. Hope smiled at the brown wolf walking towards him and hugged him. He sat next to her while she finished her assignment. As the moon disappeared, he turned back. she put the blanket on his naked body and helped him get up when he pulled her towards him and hugged her and whispered "I am glad you were here with me" and then he swooped her up and took her inside the tent and made love to her. Hope clung onto him as he made love to her a little aggressively then he usually did.

Next day when she was fixing dinner in the kitchen he walked to her and kissed her on the side of her neck and said "Hope, William Kirn is a werewolf"

Hope turned to him and said "what?!"

Jake said "yes I am sure he is a werewolf. I am not sure if his brother has triggered his gene or not but be careful around him"

Hope asked anxiously "does he know about you?"

He said after thinking for a while "not yet".

She picked up her books from her desk and was walking out of them room when her professor called her "Miss Mikaelsons, I needed to talk to you about your latest paper."

She walked to him and said "yes Profession Trillian."

He said to her "you have done okay job but you can get better grades on this"

He gave the paper to Hope who stared at the D on it and said "A "D""

Before she could do anything he stepped close to her and said "like I said you can do better if …"

Hope looked at him in disbelief and then she said angrily "are you out of your mind?"

He tried to hold her hand but she kicked him hard in his shins and punched him in his face and picked up her books and came out of classroom. She was so shaken that she didn't see where she was going and bumped into someone.

Brad held her arm and said "hey hey watch where you are going?"

She looked at him and said in a shaky voice "I am sorry" and then looked behind and said "let go of my arm Brad"

Brad realized that something was wrong so he asked her seriously "what happened Hope?"

She looked at his concerned face and said "Professor Trillian just …"

Brad angrily squeezed her arm and said "he did what?"

She took a deep breath and said "nothing…" and then she spotted Jake walking towards her.

Jake had arrived early today so he decided to check out her campus. He could see worry on her face from distance.

Brad turned and followed her gaze and let her arm go as he realized that the relief on her face was to see him. He stepped aside and saw to his surprise that she ran to him and hugged him.

Jake could feel her shaking. He asked her in a whisper "what happened?"

She said clutching the front of his shirt "I will tell you when we get home"

Jake patted her hair and then his gaze fell on Brad who was eyeing them curiously. He separated himself from her and keeping her in one arm hug he walked to Brad and said "you must be Brad, William's brother. You are his carbon copy you know that"

Brad smiled and said "yes and you are …?"

Jake extended his hand and said "I am Jake, Hope's husband"

Brad smile slipped and he said "so you were not joking"

Hope was still shaken up so she kept quiet. Jake realized that and said "yes, she told me about you and that you didn't believe it. Any way this is a small world. You are her class fellow and William is my boss"

Brad said with a laugh "you work with William! Oh man I pity you and then Hope"

Jake laughed and said "I understand why you pity me but why Hope?"

Brad said "well you are so busy"

Jake said "she is busy too with her work and we do find time for each other". He felt her poke in his ribs and realized that she wanted to go so he said "nice meeting you Brad. We will be leaving now"

As they were leaving he called them and said "Hope, your books"

Jake took her books and they went home.

Jake held her in his arms as she told him what had happened. He felt like killing that professor but he knew that these things can only be reported to and nothing so he said to her "you should report him tomorrow". She nodded at that.

Next day Professor Trillian didn't come to the college. It turned out that he was kicked out for misbehaving with some student. Hope turned her head and looked at Brad who smiled at her.

Later she cornered him and said "listen I don't know why you did it. I hope you did it for the goodness of your heart and not because you like me or something like that. I love Jake and he is it for me"

Brad felt an anger rose in him but then he realized that she does have a point so he said calmly "I do like you but not the way you think. You are not my type. And I realized yesterday how much both of you love each other and I will never come between love like that. Can we just be friends?"

Hope looked at his hand and after a while shook it and said "sure".

Every time Hope looked at her new teacher she felt weird. One day when she was leaving the class, the class was empty except for her and her teacher. She said to Hope "can I talk to you Miss Mikaelsons?"

When she turned towards her with a surprise she said "ever since I heard that Niklaus Mikaelsons has a daughter I have been meaning to meet her but I couldn't reach out to you under Elijah's protective eyes"

The smile slipped from her face and she said "how do you know my father and him? And how did you find me?"

She said "that does not concern you and I have been looking for you for a while now. You know you have his"

Hope snapped at her and said "yes I know, get away from me"

She said "why don't you trigger your gene, wolf?"

Brad who was leaving the classroom stopped and stared at her. She couldn't see him but he could. He heard in shock as she said "none of your damn business. Now get out of my way"

She said "you will trigger your gene one day. It is inevitable just like it was inevitable for him to do it"

Hope asked "who?"

She laughed cynically and said "your husband"

And then she left her standing there.

Brad came out of shock and walked to her.

Hope opened her locker and after putting her books in it she turned and bumped into him. As she stared at him, she realized something and said "you heard it?"

Brad asked her "why aren't you surprised that I am not shocked?"

Hope said with a sigh "because I know who you are Brad. I have known it for a while. I know you are untriggered."

Brad whistled and asked her "which pack are you member of?"

She looked around and said "let's not discuss it here and I need to find out who that woman is".

Hope then walked away from him. He asked her "is Jake picking you up?"

Hope said "No, he is held up right now so I will go by bus".

Brad said "I will drop you home. You can call Jake and tell him I can drop you there"

Hope looked at him for a while when he said "Oh come now. You know I will not do anything inappropriate to you"

Hope turned to him and said "You will not tell anyone about me and Jake right?"

Brad shook his head at once and said "of course not. We are friends. Are we not?"

When she reached home, he walked her to the door. She opened the door and walked inside and said "hmmm"

He smiled and said "some other time. Will you be okay?"

She said "yes Jake will be home in a couple of hours"

Brad said "yeah I know. William has been busy with that case these days and has been coming late too." He then said after a few minutes "Hope we both are the same thing so we should talk about it someday. There are a few pack here in Paris which are not friendly with each other and you and Jake need to know about them now that you live here".

She nodded and then he left.

She went to sleep waiting for him. She opened her eyes when she felt him snuggle against her. She whispered "did you just come back?"

He said in a tired voice "yes. This case is taking long. We have to present it tomorrow in the court"

He could sense something happened so he asked her "what happened?"

She said kissing him gently on his lips "nothing"

He said with a sigh "hope, I am very tired. Please tell me what happened?"

Hope told her everything. He pulled her close to him and said "do you have any idea who she is?"

Hope shook her head and said "Brad knows about us but I think he will not tell anyone anything and Jake he said something about packs at odd over here."

Jake said with closed eyes now "I will check it out and you be careful from that woman. May be we should talk to Elijah about her. Obviously she knows Elijah"

She said "no, let's keep him out of it for a while until we know for sure".

She hugged him and went to sleep in his arms.

Next morning she woke up before him and after detangling herself from him she changed her clothes and sat on the bed and started doing her assignment. She startled when she felt his hand travel on her arm along with his lips. She said to him "Jake I have this assignment to finish"

Jake said nuzzling his lips in her neck "I will be quick"

She pushed him back and said sarcastically "that was romantic"

He laughed her and pulled her towards him making her fall on him and said "Oh sorry, quick and romantic"

She couldn't help it and gave in. by the time he had stopped moving in her she knew a new definition of romantic. She sighed in his arms and said "I don't want to do that assignment after this"

He laughed and kissed her lips and said while keep the contact "well you have to do the assignment. Let's make a deal, you finish it and I will give you another tour of romance"

She said with fake annoyance "that is not fair. Now I will not be able to concentrate"

He said getting up from her "that was the purpose"

She wrapped her legs around him preventing him from getting up and said "You are the worst husband ever"

He asked her raising his eyebrows "really?!"

She stared into those green eyes and shook her head with a smile "no, you are the best thing that has happened to me after daddy and my family"

Jake smiled at that. She asked him curiously "don't you mind it that I said after daddy and my family"

He leaned in to kiss her and said "no, because I know Elijah, Kol and Rebekah are everything to you and I can never replace them especially Elijah,"

When she smiled and said "and that is why I love you" he laughed and said "and that is why I love you too. Now let me go. I have a court meeting to attend to"

She released her legs around his waist and said "Jake this case sounds serious. Are you okay it is safe?"

He said "yes, don't worry."

Later that night she rubbed her fingers at the back of her neck when she felt his arm go around her waist and him pulling her towards him. He said without opening his eyes "how much is left?"

Hope sighed and said "just half an hour more. Is the light disturbing you?"

He said "no" still with this eyes closed and his arm around her.

She said "Jake, I cannot write this down. Can you remove your arm?"

He said "hmm" in his sleep but didn't remove his arm. She sat there for a while and then shifted her position so that she would do her work. Later she scooted her files and stuff aside and laid next to him and closed her eyes. She kissed him and was gone before she knew it. She felt warm and cozy when she woke up next morning. He smiled at her and pulled her closer to him and said "when did you sleep?"

She said kissing him softly "little after two"

He said "why don't you sleep for half an hour and I will wake you up?"

She smiled and said "or maybe we can use that half an hour for something more constructive"

He laughed and said "are you sure?"

She nodded. He started unbuttoning her shirt keeping his eyes locked with hers and soon was making love to her.

Two weeks later

She looked at Jake in shock and said "how is that possible?"

Jake said "well you know when two people in love…"

She snapped at him "I know that part. I was on pills so how …"

She stopped and then started thinking and counting the pills and then gasped as she realized that she had missed some of them. She looked at Jake who was now looking at her with amusement. She asked him angrily "why are you so happy?"

Jake laid on the bed and said "perhaps because it is my baby"

Hope said "but I was not planning to get pregnant. I have to complete my studies. I promised daddy"

Jake turned to his side and looked at her and said "first of all I promised Elijah and secondly who said that having a baby will stop your life?"

She opened her mouth to say something but she didn't know what to say and then said "oh my god who will tell daddy?"

Jake sat up and said trying to hide his smile "let me. Please let me"

She looked at him with annoyance and threw the pillow at him and said "my pleasure".

He laughed and pulled her towards him and kissed her and said "thank you"

She smiled now and said "you will help me with this right?"

Jake said "of course I will. I have to make sure you finish your studies right?"

He then added "so where is that cell?"

She asked him "are you going to call him now?"

Jake said "yes" and then he called Elijah's number and pulled her close to him and said as the call connected "hello Elijah"

Elijah sat up from his bed and said in alarming voice "is everything okay Jake"

Jake said rolling his eyes "yes, everything is okay. Were you sleeping?"

He said "yes, I had a late night yesterday. So what is going on?"

Jake said "well before you get angry I just want to tell you that it was not her fault"

And then winced as she jabbed her elbow in his ribs.

Elijah asked him "what is not her fault?"

Jake said giving her a smile "she wants to tell you herself" and then handed the phone to the shocked Hope who stared at him angrily and then took the phone. Jake laughed and put his arm around her and brought his ear near the cell phone to listen to the conversation. At the same time his finger slipped under her shirt making her jump. She looked at him angrily and said "hello daddy"

Elijah smiled at her voice and said "hey honey, how you are? What is Jake talking about?"

Hope said "well daddy, the thing is that…" she stopped and then said "I am in family way"

Elijah was quiet for a while and then said "what?"

Hope said hastily "don't worry. I will finish my studies"

Elijah said "No, it is not that. You are pregnant! I am so happy for you and Jake"

Hope said "you are?!" and then slapped his hands away as they were starting to unbutton her shirt.

Elijah said "of course I am. I cannot tell you how glad I am about this. Are you guys coming over for the holidays?"

Hope controlled the moan that was about to escape her mouth as his lips had found way to her neck and her teeth were biting her neck gently and said with difficulty "yes, we will. I have semester break so yes."

She then added hastily "daddy I will call back. You were sleeping. Give love to aunt bekah and uncle Kol"

Elijah said "okay honey. Love you. Always and forever"

She said with a smile "always and forever" and put the cell down and gasped as his lips had found the small swell of her breast and were kissing them. She felt her back arch as his hands unclasped her bra and pushed her down. Her hands went under his shirt and took it off. She linked her arms around his neck and pulled him towards him and they both lost themselves into each other.

Three weeks later,

Jake looked at her trying to button her shirt up with one hand. He walked to her and helped her with buttoning her shirt up when she said angrily "I can do it Jake"

Jake said "I know you can but I just wanted to help you."

She suddenly screamed and said "I don't need your help all the time." And then she said apologetically "I am sorry. I don't know what is happening to me"

As he was going to touch her cheek she stepped back and said "I have to go. I have a class at 9 today"

She then turned and asked him "are you ready?"

"Yes" Jake said with a sigh.

The drive to the college for a quiet one. As she was getting out he pulled her towards him and kissed her softly on her lips. She stayed there for a second and then leaned back and after wiping the tears that were threatening to come out she left the car. Jake sat there for a minute and then took out his cell and dialed his number.

Elijah said to Jackson "Listen I have to disagree on this one. Davina will never agree to that"

Jackson was about to say something when Elijah's cell rang. He picked it up and smiled as he saw Jake's number on the caller ID. He said to Jackson "it is Jake. Let me take this call."

Jackson nodded. Elijah picked up the cell and said "hello Jake. How are you?"

Jake said looking at Hope walking towards the building "I am fine"

Elijah asked dragging the papers in front of him "and Hope? I have not talked to her for two weeks now. How is she dealing with her studies and pregnancy?"

Jake was quite for a while and then said "Elijah, she lost it"

Elijah stood up at once and asked him in worried voice "what happened?"

Jake said "we were in a car accident two weeks ago and well I healed immediately but she was badly hurt. She was in a comma for two days and had concussion and well other injuries. She lost the baby too"

Elijah asked him angrily "and why was I not informed?"

Jake said "she begged me not to tell you. But she is not doing well so I thought that may be you want to come. I am here for her but I think she will feel better if you are here"

Elijah said "I will be there in next flight"

He was about to put the cell down when Jake said "and Elijah…"

He asked him "what?"

Jake said "she was badly injured and there were some internal injuries which not only caused her to lose the baby but also that she …"

Elijah asked him "what?"

He said after some hesitation "she might not be able to have a baby ever again"

Elijah sat down on his chair with a thud and said "I will be there as soon as I can"

He put the phone down and looked at Jackson who was looking at him in alarm too. Jackson asked him "what happened?"

Elijah shook his head and told him everything. He said to Jackson "I am leaving right now. You take care of this business until I come back".

He got up and went upstairs to his room and packed some clothes and essentials for himself and went to tell Rebekah, Cami and Kol what had happened omitting the part about her not being able to become a mother again. They both wanted to go too but Elijah told them that Hope didn't want anyone to be there.

Jake picked Hope up at 5 pm. She looked exhausted. He leaned in to kiss her and buckled her seatbelt. She was quiet as usual on the ride home. He said after a while "I talked to Elijah today."

Hope looked at him and said angrily "I told you not to"

Jake said "yes you did but I felt like he needed to know about all of this"

Hope said "you promised me!"

Jake said angrily "yes I did and I broke it so sue me"

Hope said in a calmer voice "what did he say? He must have gotten worried" she adjusted her arm in the cast.

Jake said "he wanted to come"

She startled and said hastily "no, he cannot. He cannot see me like this. It will break his heart"

Jake said "Hope he is already here. He arrived around noon today. I wanted to bring you home early but he told me not to"

Hope felt her heart clenching and said softy "he is here". She didn't realize that her voice had gone teary.

Jake looked at her and saw the smile on her face and said "yes he is here"

Elijah was pacing the small living room, thinking about Hope and remembering the accident that almost took her life and now this when he sensed her. He turned with a smile and then the smile slipped from his face as he saw her with one arm and one leg in a cast and a cut along her jawline that was healing now. She couldn't hold herself anymore. She walked to him and hugged him and started to cry. Jake retreated the room quietly. Elijah put his hand on her head and said "everything will be okay."

Hope said "I so wanted you to come but I didn't want you to see me this way. I am so happy you could come"

Elijah said "hope you can call me any time you feel like. I will always come. Remember always and forever"

She didn't make any effort to let him go so he just stayed there holding her. He knew she was crying so he let her and then he gently said "let me heal you Hope"

She separated herself from him and said "no, I will heal."

Elijah said "I understand that you don't want to but …"

She cut him off by saying "no daddy. If I was unable to save my child then I don't want to be healed that way. I will heal. Don't worry". She smiled and said "Has Jake shown you the room you will be staying in"

Elijah's heart was breaking when he saw that smile. He knew that girl like the back of his hand and he knew that she was hurting. He said to her "yes" and then added "Rebekah, Kol and Cami wanted to come too but I told them not to come"

Hope said "yes, I don't mind them coming but not right now. I am just glad that you are here".

She then asked him "have you eaten anything?"

Jake entered the room and said "It is good you are here Elijah, I have not seen her smile once for the past two weeks"

She just gave him a sad smile and hugged Elijah again.

Jake said "dinner is ready if you are hungry Elijah"

She said to him "I will be back after freshening up"

She then left them. Elijah saw Jake's eyes following her in worry. He turned to Elijah and said "the doctor says this is normal behavior but I am worried. She is just getting closed up more and more"

Elijah said "do you think it will be good for her to visit back home?"

They both looked towards her when they heard her say "No, I want to stay here and deal with it. Come on and eat now"

During the dinner he noticed that she was really quiet and Jake was trying to engage her in conversation and helping her with food too as her hand was in cast. Jake caught Elijah's eyes looking at them when he was pouring water for her and smiled.

They retreated to their rooms after dinner. Once inside their room Jake held her by her waist and pulled her towards him and asked "are you happy that he is here?"

She smiled and said "yes"

She stepped back when he pulled her back in and started to unbutton her shirt. When she tried to stop her he said "just helping you change Hope"

She felt like crying at that and said "I am sorry"

He said "for what love?"

She said "you are so nice to me and I am being so …"

He said after opening her last button and slipping the shirt off her shoulder gently "you are being you. You have been through so much. Anyone in your position will act the way you are"

He then unbuttoned her pants and said "I cannot wait to make love to you again".

She smiled and held his chin and kissed him and said "I love you"

He helped her wear her pajamas over her foot in the cast and said "I love you too"

And then they went to bed and slept in each other's arm.