"Bye Hales! Call you tomorrow!" said Brooke as she and Peyton left Nathan and Haley's house.

Haley turned around to see James asleep on the floor with all his toys surrounding him. Haley smiled at the innocence of her son. He had dark brown hair and blue eyes like his father. She walked over and picked him up. As she placed him in his bed, she began to sing to him, as she had done every night since he was born.

Nathan got home and heard Haley singing to James. He put his bag down by the kitchen table and walked towards his son's room. He leaned against the doorframe and watched Haley sing to him as his son smiled with content as he slept.

"You know, if you keep singing to him, he's gonna be a singer not a basketball player," said Nathan.

"Well would it be that bad if he was?" Haley smiled as she walked over to her husband who she hadn't seen since last night. Nathan had been training really hard lately, getting ready for the season to begin again, and hadn't really spent anytime with Haley or James.

"I dunno, it depends. Is he going to run away on a tour and kiss someone other than his wife?" Nathan snapped, glaring at Haley.

Haley glared back. She had had a bad day at work and with James crying non-stop from the time she picked him up at school. She could not handle another fight with Nathan because he was cranky and tired. As she walked out of James' room, she turned off the light, and said, "I don't want to fight with you again. I'm exhausted and I just want to go to bed."

"Why? How many suicides did you run today? Or how many games did you play? Oh wait, you didn't. I did." Nathan said sarcastically.

"No, you're right, I didn't do any suicides today and I didn't play any games. You know what I did? I went to work, I had a fight with Jake, picked up James, who, I'll have you know was crying non-stop all afternoon, and got looked down upon as the wife who has a screaming kid with no husband to be with her at her pregnancy check-up. So you know what? I'm the one the gets to be mad today." Haley yelled. "You're dinner is in the microwave. I'm going to bed." She sighed as she turned around and walked into their room and closed the door. Haley's eyes watered as she looked through her drawers to find some pyjamas to wear for bed.

Nathan didn't know what hit him. He had spent all day at the gym and hadn't bothered to check up on her or James. He had totally forgotten about Haley's 5-month pregnancy check up. Man had he really screwed up big this time. He heated up his dinner and ate it in silence as he figured it would be a good idea to let Haley cool down before he went in and apologised. He realised that this was their second fight of the week and it was only Wednesday night.

When he had finished his dinner he put his plate in the sink and turned off all the lights as he walked through the big house he and Haley lived in. When he got the top of the stairs he walked into James' room and crept over to his bed. He was sleeping so quietly and contently. It still amazed Nathan the amount that his son had grown since he was born. He was tall like him, so sure he would definitely have an advantage of being a basketball player. One thing for sure was that Nathan did not want to pressure James like Dan had pressured him. He wanted James to be able to choose what he wanted to do with his life. But sometimes it didn't come out like it.

He leaned over and pulled up the covers and tucked James in. He kissed his forehead and whispered, "Goodnight buddy, I love you."

By the time Nathan had reached his room, Haley was already fast asleep. He took his clothes leaving him in his boxers and climbed into bed slowly, as not to wake up Haley. She was laying on her back with her had protectively placed on her stomach. Nathan leaned across and put his hand on her stomach and whispered, "Goodnight baby, Daddy loves you." In her subconscious, Haley rolled over and cradled herself into Nathan's arms. This happened every night, even after a big fight. They would fall asleep on opposite sides of the bed, but wake up in each other's arms. That's how Nathan and Haley were. No matter what, they loved each other. They were going through a rough patch, but they both knew they would get through it.