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GRACE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS AS SHE HAD HEARD A HUGE COMMOTION. She didn't know what it was but she figured she would at least check it out. Looking around the compound, she walks down the hall. She furrows her eyebrows as she couldn't seem to find anyone. Until her eyes landed on Davina. "What the hell is..." She stops mid sentence as she sees Klaus on the ground, out cold. Her eyes widen as she snaps her gaze up to Davina. "Davina, what did you do?" Grace asks her as she kneels down next to Klaus.

"Nothing he hasn't done to Kol a thousand times." Davina states, although it would be better if they had a dagger to use on him. "He'll wake up, which is why we need to move fast." She says as she moves into the courtyard, grace following after her.

"Davina, I know he's hurt you-"

"This isn't about me, it's about Kol." Davina states and Grace sighs. She knew that Klaus could be harsh towards his siblings, she would never deny that. But it wasn't Davina's responsibility to take revenge for Kol.

"It's impressive." Kols voice pipes up as he walks down the staircase. "What exactly did you do to him?" He asks as he looks over at the body of his brother.

"Channeled dark objects. Made my blood into poison." Davina tells him, looking at him slightly confused. "How'd you get free?" She questions and Kol only glances behind him before clearing his throat. Grace had now noticed that Marcel was passed out near the stairs.

"Oh, it's a long story. Better question is, if he's not dead then what are you gonna do when he recovers?" Kol questions, knowing his brother would be mad.

"We have an hour, maybe less. Enough time to chain him, bleed him and dump him in the river." Davina explains and Grace just shakes her head. She cared for Davina but she didn't think this was the best course of action.

"That's a bit harsh, isn't it?" Kol says and Davina only scoffs.

"Since, when do you care about what happens to Klaus?" She questions and Kol hesitates, hearing Marcel getting up from behind him.

"Kol is with us now." Marcel says and Grace raises her eyebrows, slightly surprised.

"Never thought you'd actually flip." Grace admits as she looks over at Kol who places his hand on his heart.

"You doubted me, darling? I feel so hurt." He jokes with a smirk playing on his lips.

"We're gonna be going up against Esther. Assuming Klaus is upright." Marcel tells Davina who just looks at them like they were insane.

"Well, Nik.. he's a pain in the ass but she's a problem for all of us." Kol points out.

"Klaus is the problem. I don't give a damn what happens to Esther." Davina says with a scoff.

"Yeah, well I do." Camille says as she walks into the compound. Everyone looks at her curiously. "Should I even ask?" She questions as she gestures towards Klaus.

"Cami, you should go. It's not safe." Davina tells her as she glances back at Klaus.

"No kidding. I woke up with puncture wounds all up and down my spine with no idea how they got there." Camille explains to them, crossing her arms against her chest. "I went through my uncle's journals and found that they're a part of some ancient spell. And I don't know about you guys, but when I hear ancient and spell in the same sentence... I think Esther." She tells them and they all share a glance.

"Here, sit down." Grace says as she leads Camille to the couch. Camille sits down with a sigh, Kol going behind her to see what she was talking about.

"Yeah, that's mum's work alright." Kol states as he looks at the marks. "She must of wiped your memory." He adds.

"Not the first time that's been done by a member of this family. What's it mean?" She asks him.

"It's a byproduct of a preparation spell." Kol says warily and Grace looks over at him, she felt like she knew what for but wasn't positive.

"Preparation for what?" Davina asks as she looks towards the man.

"To make her a vessel." He states, gesturing towards Camille.

"It means Esther prepared her body for someone to jump into." Marcel adds and Grace's eyes widen as she looks towards Camille.

"Likely herself. well, knowing mother." Kol states with a sigh. Camille clenches her jaw.

"Where's Vincent?" Camille asks and Kol just points to the room next to him. The woman storms away from them, leaving the group to just sit there.

"Davina, I know you don't like Klaus, but you have to see the bigger picture here." Grace points out. Klaus was not the problem, it was Esther and Mikael. They were going to cause so much destruction if they didn't stop them. Davina only looks away from her.

"How long do I have?" Camille asks as she walks back over to the group after having talked with Finn. It was not very productive and she just decided to not waste her time.

"Not long." Kol admits as he shakes his head. "The only way to stop it, is to stop her." He states and Camille nods her head.

"Then let's stop her, Marcel's a vampire, you both are powerful witches-"

"Esther's stronger than anything I've ever seen. We go up against her... We're gonna need Klaus." Marcel states, knowing it just wasn't possible without him. Obviously, Davina didn't think the same as him.

"No, no. We can do this without him." Davina denies and Kol groans as he glanced towards Marcel.

"I'm never gonna say this again but Marcel's right. We do need the bastard." Kol says and Camille steps towards Davina, grabbing her hand.

"Davina, I know this is asking a lot but please." She pleads and Davina let's out a sigh. She turns her head towards Klaus before walking over to him. Bending down, she puts her hand near his head, chanting something lowly.

After a moment, Klaus woke with a gasp. He looks around, grabbing at his chest. "What did you do to me?" He asks as he stands up, glaring at Davina.

"All you need to know is that I beat you again." Davina says with a smirk playing on her lips. But Klaus only chuckles, raising his eyebrows.

"And yet you relented. Which means you need me. Did I really lose?" Klaus asks her, smirking now as Davina's wipes off her face. Grace sighs as she shakes her head.

"No need to be an ass about it." She tells the man who needs to know that Davina woke him up out of a courtesy. Klaus looks over at Grace who was only now sat next to Camille with their hands entertwined.

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GRACE WAS TRYING TO FIND KLAUS, wondering where he'd gone off to. As she makes her way into the courtyard, she looks around. She hears a familiar voice behind her, causing her to stop where she was standing. "Grace." Jenna calls out. Grace turns her head, noticing that the woman was walking into he compound. Although, she did not look happy in the slightest.

"Jenna?" Grace asks as her eyes widen. "Oh, my god. What are you doing here?" She questions as she walks up to the woman who only scoffs.

"I should be asking you that question." Jenna points out and Grace frowns. She knew the woman was upset and had every right to be. But grace also had every right to stay in New Orleans.

"Jen-"

"No." Jenna cuts her off. "I don't get it, Grace. Why haven't you come back yet?" She asks, genuinely confused as to what could be keeping here other than her sister.

"It's complicated." Grace admits but Jenna wasn't going to take that for an answer.

"Complicated? You were supposed to come here for a few weeks and it turned into a few months. And now you came back and don't plan on leaving?  Jenna explains to her as she shakes her head.

"I know it was only supposed to be a few weeks." Grace retorts but this only made Jenna more frustrated.

"Then what's the issue?"

"There's just things here, people, that I can't leave." She points out.

"But you could leave me in New York." Jenna states as she glared lightly at the woman.

"It's not... Jenna, I didn't choose to stay here. It just sort of happened." She says and Jenna squints her eyes, clenching her jaw.

"What do you mean you didn't choose? Obviously you did." Jenna points out as she gestures to the compound. Grace sighs as she didn't really know how to explain it.

"I love New York, and you. It just... It didn't feel like home when I went back." Grace states as she truly just couldn't get back into her routine. There was a part of her that was missing.

"So, what? You're moving to New Orleans officially?" Jenna questions her as she crosses her arms against her chest.

"Probably." Grace admits as she nods her head.

"Why didn't you just tell me this? Why did you have to lie?" Jenna asks as she rubs her face. She did care if Grace moved away but she at least wanted the girl to be honest about it.

"I didn't lie, Jenna. I genuinely thought I was only coming back to talk to Hayley. It just.. things happened." Grace admits, she really never thought she would be staying. It wasn't even just Klaus, she just felt more at home in New Orleans.

"Things?"

"Things I can't really explain right now. But this doesn't have to affect us, Jenna." She states but Jenna didn't really get what she was saying.  "Move here." Grace suggests and Jenna's eyes widen slightly.

"What?"

"Come on, I know how much you hate living in the big city. At least New Orleans is a smaller version of it." Grace points out as Jenna never really liked to live in new York, she just liked it there because of Grace and Mark. "Plus, this is where you were born." She adds, remembering how Jenna told her she was born here.

"I know that. I cant just ask Mark to move like that." Jenna says as she didn't know if Mark would be up to moving states.

"Just bring it up to him and see what he says." Grace pleads as she knew it was a stretch but she could ask.

"Grace-"

"Please." She says and Jenna sighs, looking down at the ground. "I'm really sorry that I didn't talk to you more." She apologized and Jenna meets her eyes again. She goes to speak when a voice cuts her off.

"Hey, Jenna." Hayley says as she notices the woman talking with grace, although she couldn't really stop to chat right now.

"Hi." Jenna replies with a sigh as she brushes her hand through her hair. Grace glances over at Hayley, seeing that Klaus was walking in her direction.

"Klaus, have you seen Elijah?" Hayley asks him as she stops him in his place, or at least tries to. "There's something I need to tell you both." She admits with a nervous glance.

"You can tell me on the way." Klaus tells her as he walks past her but Hayley only furrows her eyebrows.

"What? Where are we going?" Hayley asks him and Klaus stops, turning to face her.

"To see our daughter." He answers her and Hayley just stood there in shock, not knowing what to say. Grace snaps her head towards them, thinking she didn't hear him right.

"What?" She asks and Klaus finally sees that she was standing there, but noticed she wasn't alone.

"Oh, look. Jennas here. How splendid." Klaus states with a unimpressed look on his face.

"Great to see you too, Klaus." Jenna replies sarcastically as she rolls her eyes. She looks over at Grace who only looked with sad eyes. Jenna shakes her head, giving a gentle smile. "Go." She states, not wanting to keep her back. Grace quickly pulls the girl in for a hug.

"I promise you, we'll talk more when I get back." She promised and Jenna nods her head before grace heads out of the compound with Klaus and Hayley.

Finally going to see Hope after waiting for a few agonizing months.

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THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY TO THE HOUSE WHERE REBEKAH AND ELIJAH WERE WAITING. Grace was sat in the back just staring out of the window. "We're close Hayley. You can stop fidgeting." Klaus tells the woman who has been tapping her foot for the past ten minutes. Hayley sighs as she grabs her legs with her hands.

"I just can't wait to see her." Hayley admits with a sigh as she looks out the window. "God, is this really happening?" She asks, almost sure it was either a trick or a dream. She had been looking forward to this moment for months.

"It's happening, sugar."  Grace assures her with a soft smile as she looks at her sister. Hayley glances back at her.

"You know, you should have a baby soon so that Hope can have a little cousin to grow up with." Hayley suggests and Grace chokes on her breath as her eyes widen. She ignores klaus's eyes completely as she just laughs awkwardly.

"Slow your roll." Grace replies as she shakes her head, she was definitely not going to be having a baby.

"What, a girl can't dream?" Hayley asks her and Grace only tightly smiles.

"Me having a baby isn't going to happen for a long time." She denies as she moves her eyes down to her hands. Klaus looks back at Grace through the rear view mirror, furrowing his eyebrows as he sees how nervous she looked.

"You never know." Hayley teases her before Klaus pulls into the driveway.

"We're here." Klaus informs them and Hayley immediately looks in front of her. Seeing Elijah and Rebekah standing near the patio, Hope in Elijah's arms.

"Oh, my god." Hayley gasps as she takes off her seatbelt. As soon as Klaus had stopped the car, she was out of the door, running over to Rebekah and Elijah. Grace smiles as she gets out as well, watching Hayley as she took Hope in her arms. As Klaus and Grace stop next to the group, Grace can't help but smile at Hope.

"She's adorable." Grace says as she brings her hand to the baby's tiny fingers. "I hate to say it, but she looks a lot like Klaus." She teases as she glances at Klaus who raises his eyebrows at her.

"Are you saying i can't produce cute babies, love?" He asks her and she only smirks, shrugging her shoulders.

"You said it, not me." grace states before looking back at hope. Elijah moves his eyes between them, smiling ever so slightly. "She's so perfect." She says with a sigh as she  watches Klaus take Hope from Hayley. Hayley shakes her head as she watches Klaus smile at Hope.

"This all feels like a dream." Hayley admits as she couldn't believe that she was actually with her daughter right now. Grace was almost resting her head on Klaus' shoulder as she played with Hopes fingers lightly. Klaus turns his head towards her.

"Do you wanna hold her?" Klaus asks her and she nods her head. He carefully hands her over, placing Hope in Graces arms.

"Hi." Grace says with a gasp as she stares at Hope. "Hi, I'm your aunt grace." She says and Hope just giggles back at her. "Yeah." She smiles brightly as she looks at Klaus for a moment. "I'm gonna be the best aunt in the whole world." Grace assures the little girl.

"Uh, I beg to differ." Rebekah pipes up as she crosses her arms against her chest. Grace looks over at her, raising an eyebrow.

"I'll fight you for it, don't think I won't." She teases Rebekah who smirks over at her. Grace moves her eyes back to Hope, smiling down at her. She feels Klaus place his hand on her back but she didn't know if he meant to do it or if it was subconscious.

She glances towards him for a moment before clearing her throat and focusing back on Hope. It didn't seem that anyone else noticed so Klaus kept his hand there, his eyes on his daughter as she looked up at them with her big doe eyes.

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STANDING NEXT TO KLAUS, they all listen as Klaus explains what he talked to Finn about. Of course, Grace already heard the majority of it so she wasnt paying attention Kuch. "Curse on the first born? What the bloody hell is that supposed to be?" Rebekah asks as she adds wood to the pile of the bonfire.

"Well, according to Finn, our sister Freya didn't die of plague. She was taken as payment by our Aunt Dahlia who then cursed all mikaelson first borns for eternity." Klaus explains to them as Hayley walks up, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Is any of this true?" Hayley questions as she didn't know whether to believe it or not

"It is if we believe Finn. Who learned it from that Bastian of truth, our mother." Elijah states with a sigh as he adds a piece of wood to the bonfire pile.

"Well, no wonder Finn hates us. He lost the sister he adored and instead got a judgy pack of siblings who found him unbearably dull." Rebekah states and Grace just raises an eyebrow as she looks over at the woman.

"Great, is there any chance of us running into your loony aunt Dahlia anytime soon?" Hayley asks them.

"Fables over a thousand years old. Dahlias long dead." Elijah retorts.

"Like Esther?" Hayley tells him and Elijah just stops in his place. Grace scoffs as she could name a lot of people who had come back to life just in this past year.

"Like Mikael?" She adds and no one could really say for certain that Dahlia was dead because it's been proven that not everyone stays that way.

"No one's going to hurt Hope because no one's going to find her." Klaus tells them as he looks around the group. "That's enough wood, Rebekah. You'll burn down the whole bloody state of Arkansas." He states and Rebekah just stared at him for a moment.

"Well, we're just missing a key ingredient." Rebekah points out and Klaus instantly just shakes his head.

"No, were not."

"Yes, we are, Nik. Back me up, Elijah." She pleads and Hayley shares a confused glance with Grace.

"I suspect Niklaus would rather choke on the ashes." Elijah says with a slight smirk.

"What are you all talking about?" Hayley asks them curiously.

"Well, before we light it, we write down our wishes for each other to burn for luck. It was kols favourite part when we were kids." Rebekah explains to them and Grace raises her eyebrows.

"Further evidence as to why we should ignore it." Klaus adds with a sigh and grace just rolls her eyes a little bit.

"Kol joined our side, lighten up." Grace states, although she still had issues with the man, more of it being that he had lied about who he was when they met. And had stalked her. She did commend him for switching sides.

"Now you're defending him, love?" Klaus asks with humour in his eyes and grace just looks towards him.

"No, I'm just saying." She retorts but Klaus just let's out a sigh, shaking his head.

"Hm, figures you take his side." Klaus says, his tone teasing but Grace didn't find it amusing one but. She glared at him, squinting her eyes.

"You-'

"What's he talking about?" Elijah asks curiously as he didn't quite understand what his brother was getting at.

"Nothing." Grace quickly denies but Klaus wasn't about to let the conversation slip.

"Well, she-"

"Say another word, I dare you." She threatens as she looks towards him with a deadly expression. Klaus only smirks at her, tilting his head.

"What is it?" Rebekah asks as she looks between her brother and Grace.

"No way." Hayley says, trailing off for a moment and Rebekah was just getting frustrated.

"Will someone bloody hell just say whatever it is." Rebekah says with a groan as she was tired of all the vague sentences. Hayley raises her eyebrows as she seemed to connect the dots.

"She slept with him." She states and Rebekah looked slightly surprised, as did Elijah.

"I didn't know he was your brother!" Grace shouts out, bringing her hands up to grip her hair. "I've told Klaus this a million times and he still has to hold it over my head." She states as she points towards the man who was just smirking as a chuckle escapes his lips.

"It's funny seeing you get so wound up." Klaus admits and grace glares at him, her fists tightening.

"I will hurt you." Grace threatens but she could tell Klaus was not at all scared by it.

"Wait, so you slept with our brother?" Rebekah asks, a little bit confused before her face turns to one of amusement. "You really do make your way around the family." She teases the girl with a wink. Grace pauses in her place.

"Woah, Woah. What does that mean?" Hayley asks as she looks towards Grace who looked like she just wanted to stab herself right about now.

"No- I -- oh my god." grace just buried her face in her hands, not understanding how they got to this point where her love life was just being spralled out. Luckily only Elijah and herself knew of their relations and only Elijah knew that Grace had slept with Klaus. And Elijah didn't seem to be the type of person who would just openly say something.

"Wait, who else here have you slept with?" Hayley asks, her eyes widening as she didn't realize that Grace had gotten involved with any of the originals, let alone multiple.

"Okay, first of all, how the hell was I supposed to know that he was your reincarnated brother who got placed in somebody's body by your witch mother?"  Grace asks in a frustrated tone as everyone acts like it was her choice to sleep with Kol. She didn't know who he was.

"No, first of all. Who else-" Hayley cuts herself off as she looks over at Rebekah. "Wait, Rebekah?" She asks and Rebekah wears a smirk on her lips.

"I'm proud to be the first pick love, but it hurts my heart." Rebekah jokes, pretending to grab her heart and act like she was really hurt by the thing she learned.

"Rebekah, I swear -" Grace grabs a piece of the wood, moving over to her. Rebekah laughs loudly as she grabs the other end, fighting with Grace playfully. Klaus and Elijah just watched with amused expressions as the two girls fought.

"Wait, you slept with Rebekah?" Hayley asks, trying to get an answer. She didn't understand how Elijah and Klaus were finding such humour in all of this while she was just plain confused.

"Can people just mind their own business?" Grace groans as she lets go of Rebekah, turning back to them.

"Why am I like the last person to know all of this?" Hayley questions, she used to be the first person grace told about anything and now it seemed that she was the last. Grace pokes her tongue to the inside of her cheek as she takes a step towards the girl.

"Oh, so we're talking like that now. How about we talk about what you told us in the car?" Grace asks as she crosses her arms against her chest. Rebekah snaps her head towards Hayley, her eyes widening.

"What did you tell them in the car?" Rebekah questions and Hayley only glares at Grace. But if she wanted to play this game, Grace had plenty of fuel.

"And don't be saying anything acting like you don't have a literal baby with Klaus and that you havent banged-" Hayley is quick to cut her off as she places her hand on the woman's mouth. Grace just gives her a curious expression before Hayley pulls it away.

"This is way better than a bonfire." Rebekah says with a loud laugh, wishing she had popcorn.

"You have slept with way more people in New Orleans." Hayley points out as she had literally only slept with Elijah once while she has been here. Granted she was pregnant for nine months though.

"Name one other person." Grace challenges as she raises an eyebrow. Hayley only smirks as she tilts her head.

"Camille."

"What?!" Grace could hear the surprised shouts from the people behind her. But she was shocked herself and a little taken off balance. She didn't think that Hayley actually knew of anyone else.

"How do you know that?" Grace asks as she was surprised that Hayley even knew she had slept with Camille.

"She couldn't keep it a secret." Hayley states and Grace only brings her hands up to her face again.

"You really do get around, don't you?" Rebekah teases her, only earning a glare from the woman. "Who else have you slept with in our little circle?" She asks, jokingly but she was honestly wondering as well. Grace tries to keep her composure but she could feel both Elijah and Klaus's eyes on her and she was too scared to lift them from the ground.

"Okay, can we please just do this stupid bonfire." Grace pleads as she really did not want to be the topic of discussion any longer.

"No." Klaus denies while at the same time Rebekah says yes.

"Hopes first bonfire season. I like it..we're doing it." Hayley states with a smile on her face before walking towards Hope. Klaus rolls his eyes but Grace only smirks.

"The woman has spoken."

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GRACE WAS SAT IN THE DINING ROOM WITH KLAUS, who had Hope in his arms. They hadn't really talked much, mainly because Grace was too busy being in complete awe of Hope. She smiles as she notices Hope giggling. "She's so adorable." Grace states as she looks at the baby.

"That she is." Klaus agrees as he smiles at his daughter before his eyes drift over to Grace. "You slept with Cami?" He asks, bringing up the question that she knew he was going to ask. Grace only raises an eyebrow, smirking lightly.

"Why, jealous?" She questions as she turns her gaze to him for a moment. Klaus chuckles as he tilts his head.

"Curious. Cami does seem to be quite infatuated with you." Klaus points out and grace rolls her eyes playfully.

"I hardly think so." Grace denies as she shakes her head. She would know if Camille were interested in her, she was good at sensing that sort of stuff. Her eyes move to Hope, a smile forming on her lips. "You're gonna be the most protected little girl in the entire world." Grace whispers as she moves her hand to Hope's. "You have a whole family who is going to make sure that no one can ever hurt you." She says as she hears Hope giggle at her. Klaus smiles at her, watching how she interacted with his daughter.

"Here." Grace glances to the side to see Hayley was stood next to them and she had placed a blank piece of small paper in front of them.

"I'm holding a small child, Hayley. The silly wish game will have to wait." Klaus tells her as he just admired his daughter.

"You write, I'll hold." Hayley says with a tight smile on her face.

"You do realize it is not I who is to be the husband you can boss around." Klaus points out as he raises his eyebrows at the woman who only scoffs.

"You do realize I had to endure horrendous labour and actual death, birthing the child that you are holding." Hayley retorts and Grace just looks at Klaus. He couldn't really argue with that at all.

"Fine." Klaus says with a sigh as Hayley walks over to pick Hope up from his arms.

"Am I the only one who is still in shock finding out that Rebekah and you slept together?" She asks as she moves slightly away from the pair. "Like was I the last to know?" She couldn't possibly be the last person to find out about Rebekah and Grace.

"Or Elijah's not as snoopy as you." Grace teases her and she just flips the woman off.

"We've all slept with our share of bad choices, Hayley." Klaus admits as he looks down at the paper in front of him, picking up the pen. Grace squints her eyes, a little amused by his comment.

"Oh, wow. Thanks, Nik." Grace tells him and Klaus rolls his eyes, meeting her gaze.

"Obviously not talking about you, love." Klaus says, he was more talking about Hayley. Sure, he loved Hope and was glad she was brought into the world. But if he could take back one night, it would be that one.

Hayley was just stood holding up, not really thinking much of their conversation. Until one part of it completely struck her. "Wait.." Hayley trails off for a moment, furrowing her eyebrows. "Did you just call him Nik?" She asks as she looks at Grace. The girl was taken a little bit off guard.

"What?" Grace questions, sharing a glance with Klaus.

"You said, 'thanks, Nik'."  Hayley says and Grace just puts a confused face on as she shakes her head.

"No, I didn't."

"Yes, you did." Hayley says with a groan before her eyes flicker to Klaus. "And you.." she trails off, really taking In what Klaus said. Her eyes widen as she snaps her head back to Grace. "Grace Rosalie Marshall." She says firmly and Grace just keeps her eyes on the table. "Have you two..." She squints her eyes as she looks between them, seeing the smirk that Klaus had on his face. "Oh, my god. So, yesterday when you were... Ew!" Hayley felt disgusted as she realized that Grace had never gone running and in fact, it was her having sex with Klaus. Grace sighs as she rolls her eyes a little bit.

"You don't have to be so dramatic." She tells the woman who was overexaggerating it a little bit.

"Yes, I do. Because you slept with Klaus."

"So have you."

"Mine was a stupid, drunken, one night stand."

"What about Elijah?" Grace questions, raising an eyebrow at the woman. Hayley stays silent for a moment before clearing her throat.

"It's just... So you two are... What?" Hayley asks as she genuinely couldn't understand if it was just meaningless sex or if there was something more going on.

"I really don't think that you can say anything when you are marrying Jackson just to give your pack your abilities." Grace retorts as she cocks an eyebrow up. She was not going to have Hayley judging her love life when the girl was literally getting married while being in love with Elijah.

"That is not fair." Hayley tells her and grace only gives a smirk.

"Oh, yes it is." Grace replies, crossing her arms against her chest. Hayley clenches her jaw but she knew it was graces way of diverting the topic off of her.

"I wish that you would tell Elijah that you're marrying your werewolf suitor, at which point I will pour him a scotch and congratulate him on the bullet he dodged." Klaus writes down on the paper with a smirk on his lips. Hayley only glares at him before grabbing the paper and crumbling it up. She throws it at him before leaving the room.

"Nice." Grace teases him as she turns her head towards the man. Klaus meets her eyes, a curious expression on his face.

"She did raise an extensional question, love." Klaus points out and Grace just looks at him, slightly confused. "You kiss me, you sleep with me, you even say that you want to give me a chance and yet... I don't know where I stand with you." He explains to her and Grace just squints her eyes. She presses her lips together as she scrunched up her nose. Shrugging her shoulders, she gets a glint of humour in her eyes.

"I guess I like you." She teases him and he only raises an eyebrow at her as he shakes his head.

"How reassuring." Klaus retorts and Grace giggles before leaning in and planting a passionate kiss on his lips. After a few seconds, they pull away from each other.

"Was that reassuring enough?" She asks curiously as she smiles at him. He returns it, tilting his head as he lifts his thumb to rub her cheek.

"Now, you don't have an excuse to hide us." He points out and grace let's out a sigh as she glances down at their hands for a second.

"I wasn't trying to hide us, Nik. I just didn't know how to tell her." Grace admits as she truly didn't care about people knowing, she just knew that if someone found out, Hayley would too. And Grace wanted to tell her herself. Not that it went exactly to plan.

"I guess we have to now look Elijah in the eye and tell him he was right." Klaus jokes with a smile playing on his lips. Grace scoffs, letting out a laugh as she shakes her head. She would never admit to Elijah that he was right about them.

"Screw that." Grace retorts and Klaus chuckles as he leans towards her. She meets his lips once again, bringing her hand up to grip the bottom locks of his hair.

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I had so much fun writing this chapter haha.