The past has way of coming back

A choice exists

In every moment, a choice exists. We can cling to the past, or embrace the inevitability of change.

Compound

Hayley listens to Kara enduring another coughing fit hidden away in the bathroom .

"Babe?"

"In.." she coughs again "A minute."

Hayley sighs softly , knowing very well the runes was getting worse and Claire hadn't been able to find anything to help Kara get rid of it. When Kara does finally leave the bathroom , she notices that she's paler than before and the dark circles beneath her eyes are even more pronounced.

"Remember your promise." Hayley reminds gently "I don't want to be one of those whiny wives but this is important and we need all hands on deck, god knows what'll happen if it continues."

Kara's face softens "I won't die Hayley."

Hayley scoffed "But you will suffer! You've been suffering for the past few days."

Kara opens her mouth to argue but sees the actual pain and worry on her Hayley's face and reluctantly sighs "Okay." She raises her hands in defeat "Just calm down okay?"

Hayley does eventually calm down enough to realize that she hadn't even dressed yet after Kara pointed it out she took a quick shower before getting on a pair of jeans, shirt and one her favorite leather jackets.

When she comes out of the bathroom she finds Kara on the ground with Hope babbling fussily at her.

"She okay?"

Kara nodded "Just teething, back in the day parents rubbed some whisky on their babies gums to soothe the irritation but I didn't think you'd appreciate me introducing our daughter to the wonders of alcohol already."

Hayley smiles mockingly "No I wouldn't."

Kara laughed a little at the mocking smile "I'll go get some things for her later. It'll be worse at night."

Hayley nods and moves to their daughter smiling happily at her "Hello .. did you sleep okay?"

Another bunch of incoherent babble leaves Hope, to Hayley and Kara it definitely sounds like she's complaining. "That bad huh." Hayley cooed "Well maybe you should sleep with me and mama tonight?"

•••••••

Parlor room

The Mikaelson siblings are gathered in the room, a few confused about the sudden meeting Kara called them too but kol and klaus share a look, they both have an inkling as to what it's about but doesn't say a word to the rest. When Kara and Hayley joins, so does Hope.

"Not that I'm happy the two of you are no long in coital bliss what's this about?" Rebekah asked making a face.

Kara rolls her eyes "Shut up, you and Claire and no better."

Hayley had a hint of pink on her cheeks, she often forgot that being surrounded by so many vampires was a bit awkward for their sex life. Though by the look on Kara's face she knew it didn't bother her all that much.

"I assume we need to address the growing vampire army in the Algiers?" Elijah spoke up.

And allow a brighter future to unfold for us. Such an uncertain future may cause for even more uncertain allies

Kara scowled at the mention of Niklaus's wayward son, she glanced at the her brother , carefully watching his reaction, personally she wanted to rip Marcel head off and get it over with, his part in Hope being born during a war was still very much fresh in her mind, but dealing with maniacal parents and defective siblings filled her hands and took priority.