Forevermore

Spoilers if you haven't seen the Series Finale of Haven

Takes place right at the end of episode 526 Nathan's POV.

She found a way to come back to him and this time she had figured out how to bring James as well.

I don't own anything, just love the show Haven

So I guess canon is that Paige is a school teacher, but I thought this up before that information was out and I like this version because it carries on the Teagues newspaper legacy.

Nathan took another deep breath trying to calm his nerves as he watched Paige secure James in the back seat of his Bronco. Only the pain in his hand told him he wasn't hallucinating. Audrey, no, she was Paige now, had found a way back to him – she always did and this time she had figured out a way to bring James, their son, with her. He really just wanted to wrap her in his arms and never let her go, but he knew it was too soon. He was still a stranger to Paige. She was here, that's what counted. The rest would come; he knew they always found a way back each other.

He finished his call to the garage arranging for someone to tow Paige's car into Haven for repairs, then made a quick call to Dwight. "Dwight, it's Nathan. I've been delayed. There's something I need to deal with first and if things go well you'll understand soon enough. I'll make it up to you, I'll bring you a fresh coffee when I finish up here." That seemed to appease Dwight for the fact Nathan was running late. "OK, see you in a bit."

Nathan walked back to the Bronco, where Paige was already settled in the passenger seat, and climbed in. "Ok, the garage is sending someone out to tow your car, they'll look at it right away to see what needs to be repaired and they'll contact me at the diner to let us know what's happening. Are you ready to go?"

"Yup, we're all bundled in and all our stuff is in the back of your truck. I can't thank you enough for helping us out," she said as she looked back at James who was smiling from his car seat.

"No problem."

Since only been a month had passed since Audrey left, Nathan knew there were going to be people who would recognize her and he didn't want that to spook Paige.

"Before we go, I should warn you, you look a lot like a lady who used to live here, her name was Audrey Parker" and with that, Nathan pulled out the picture Vicki had given him this morning to show Paige.

Paige took the sketch from Nathan's hand and looked at it. "My god, she could be my twin."

"Yes"

"Wait a minute, you said Parker…when you knocked on the window, you weren't joking that I had parked the car, you thought I was her didn't you?"

"Yes, um, no, you look like her, but no, I know you're not her." He knew he couldn't tell her the truth yet.

"Is she in town? Can I meet her? I don't have any family other than James, maybe we're related."

I'm sorry, no you won't be able to meet her, Audrey died." Nathan said a little wistfully, not knowing what other excuse he could use right now.

"I'm sorry, it sounds like she was important to you"

"She was. Anyway, chances are others in town will recognize you as Audrey so don't be surprised, just let them know you're Paige, it'll be fine." He hoped that would be the case as some, especially the Guard, would probably fear that the troubles were coming back. He needed to talk to Dwight about that.

"Thanks for letting me know" Paige settled back in her seat and started chatting about James and their trip thus far. Nathan smiled as he drove relishing listening to her talk.

Nathan, Paige and James got settled in a booth at the diner. The waitress brought over the coffee pot and menus for the two of them. Nathan, as usual had a coffee and Paige took a coffee as well but also asked for a glass of water and a bowl of ice.

"What do you take in your coffee?" Nathan asked; he was looking for how much of Audrey was in Paige. He knew he probably shouldn't do that, but it was hard not to.

"A little cream, please." She answered "I used to drink it black but ever since I had James I've wanted cream in my coffee." Paige smiled as she shared that tidbit.

The waitress brought over the glass of water and bowl of ice and took their orders. Paige ordered the Strawberry Shortcake Pancakes and Nathan ordered a stack of buttermilk pancakes with a side of bacon. After the waitress had left, Nathan raised his eyebrow and smirked at Paige.

She looked at him with a grin on her face and chuckled. "What? So I have a sweet tooth and I've never had Strawberry Shortcake pancakes before." She then grabbed Nathan's right hand by the wrist and put his fingers into the bowl of ice. Shocked by the cold, he immediately took his hand out and held it to his chest. "Hey, that's cold"

Paige reached back over the table and grabbed his wrist again. "I'm sure it is, but it will keep the swelling down on your fingers and also help keep the pain down. You're still injured even if you pretend it doesn't hurt. Keep your hand in there and I'll see if I can find a towel in James' things that will work better for holding the ice."

Nathan did as he was told, he knew he wasn't likely to win this battle and true to her word, Paige found a towel, put some ice in it and put that on his hand rather than leaving his hand in the bowl of ice. She then pulled out a bottle warmer to warm up some formula for James as he was starting to fuss. Just as Paige tested the formula to make sure it was the right temperature, the food arrived at the table. Paige looked a bit disheartened that her pancakes would have to wait while she fed James.

"Here, I'll feed James, while you eat, I'm guessing you probably don't get to enjoy your food hot too often." Nathan offered.

"I don't know, James is pretty particular about who feeds him, but if you want to try, go ahead, I doubt it will work though."

Nathan took the bottle from Paige and turned to James and spoke to him. "You're going to let your mommy have her pancakes right James, you and I are going to get along just fine aren't we? Yes we are." James gurgled at Nathan, looking at him with his big blue eyes his little hands were reaching for the bottle, he was so excited about being fed. Nathan started to feed James and James immediately took to the bottle with no issues. Paige looked in awe at how James accepted being fed by Nathan.

"Um, aren't you supposed to be eating your pancakes while I feed him" Nathan said with a sly grin on his face.

Nathan's comment brought Paige out of her daze. "Oh right, I'm just not used to James taking so quickly to someone. He tends to get really fussy about who feeds him." Paige quickly started eating her pancakes while they were still hot.

"So what brings you to Haven?" Nathan asked curiously.

"Well a lot of things just came together to be honest, it's almost like it was fate. I was an investigative reporter in Charlotte, North Carolina and then when I had James, my priorities obviously changed. I decided I wanted to do something different and wanted to raise James somewhere safer and Maine is actually one of the safer States in the country. Then as luck would have it, when I was trying to decide what to do I got a call from a lawyer, at Barn and associates, telling me I had inherited money from a late great uncle I never knew I had. So my Great Uncle, David Smith, if you can imagine a name more non-descript, leaves me some money, not a huge amount, but enough for me to maybe buy a small town newspaper to run. Then, when I mentioned this to the lawyer, Vince, he thought he had heard that The Haven Herald might be for sale if I was interested. Of course I was and voila, here we are."

After a moment Paige added. "Hey, you wouldn't by any chance know who I would contact about The Haven Herald would you?"

Nathan gave her a lopsided grin, "As a matter of fact I do. I was just on my way to see him when I stopped to help you. I'll take you to see him after we're done here if you'd like."

"That'd be great," Paige sighed. "Now give me that bottle, I'll finish feeding James while you eat your pancakes. They're probably pretty cold by now, but thank you for feeding him so I could eat."

"That's fine, I don't mind eating them cold. They have a different texture than when they're hot." Nathan replied.

"You're an odd man, Officer Nathan."

"So they keep telling me." Nathan said with a smirk.

Just then Officer Rafferty came by the table. "Hi Chi…" She stopped short when she saw Paige. "Detective Parker?!" She said quizzically.

Nathan piped up immediately, "actually, this is Paige and her son James. They just arrived in town this morning. What can I do for you Officer Rafferty?"

"Oh, sorry Chief. There's no troubles are there?" Rafferty tensed a bit but took the hint from Nathan and didn't say too much, but she obviously was worried if the troubles might be back.

Nathan gave Rafferty a subtle shake of his head. "No troubles, other than Paige's car went off the road out on Chester Street."

Rafferty relaxed with this. "Oh, that's why I'm here. Ron, from the garage, asked me to pass on a message. He took a look at the car and there's some damage to the axel. He's ordered parts and they should be here in a few days."

"Thanks Rafferty."

"No problem Chief." Rafferty turned to Paige. "It was very nice to meet you Paige."

"You to" Paige responded, looking a little disconcerted. After Rafferty left, Paige turned to Nathan. "You're the Chief of Police!" she sputtered.

"Er, yes, is that a problem?" Nathan asked trying not to laugh at Paige's response.

"Yes, well no, I guess not" Paige realized "Just surprised I guess and I shouldn't be taking you away from your job after all you have a TOWN to look after."

"It's fine. Haven's pretty quiet these days. I've got officers that can look after things for a day or so. And you know, helping people who drive off the road is part of my job" he teased her.

Paige grinned, "well, as long as it's part of your job."

Nathan finished his pancakes. "If you're ready, I can take you over to meet Dwight Hendrickson now. He's the person that you need to talk to about buying The Haven Herald."

"Ready when you are."