Hey guys, so this is a request for Jess (I hope you like it girlie)...I plan on it having three parts, so I hope you all enjoy and please feel free to tell me what you think!
Disclaimer- Neither One Tree Hill nor any of its characters belongs to me.
Summary- James is two months old when Haley's parents finally get home to Tree Hill to pay the Scott family a visit. Cute Naley with baby fluff.
Meeting Baby James
Part One
"Nathan, will you please change him into the outfit my parents sent him?" Haley pleaded as she rushed around the nursery picking up things and putting them where they belonged. Her parents were going to be here any minute to see James for the first time and she still felt like she had a million things to do.
"You mean that sailor one? No." Nathan said bluntly as he carried the baby into the room and laid him down in his crib. He didn't care who sent him the outfit, there was no way he would ever dress his little boy in a sailor suit.
"I know it's not the most fashionable piece of clothing, but they would really like to see him in it." Haley tried again as she rushed out of the room to go straighten her and Nathan's room. This was the first time she had seen her parents since she married Nathan the first time and she wanted everything to be perfect. They had called only two days ago to say they were driving up to visit for the weekend and now Haley was sure that it was impossible to be more stressed out.
Nathan chuckled at how on edge his wife was about this visit. "Your mommy's crazy." He said as he picked James back up and walked over to closet to find something for him to wear that Haley would approve of.
Haley was in the middle of remaking her and Nathan's bed for the third time when she heard the doorbell ring downstairs. They were here. She felt excited to see her parents for the first time in over a year but at the same time she was a nervous wreck. She walked to the top of the stairs just in time to see Deb open the front door and her parents step inside and looked around.
"Haley James Scott you better come down here right now and give your old man a hug!" Jimmy called with a large smile on his face.
"And bring that baby!" Lydia added before starting to talk to Deb.
Haley smiled warmly as she descended the steps. "Hi Mom, hi Dad." She said excitedly as she made her way over to give her father a hug just as he had commanded. "I missed you guys so much!"
"We missed you too Haley-bub." Lydia said with a large smile. She loved traveling the country in the RV with Jimmy, but sometimes she wondered if leaving Haley behind was really the best decision. "Now where's my handsome grandson?"
"Nathan's changing him, he'll be down in a minute." Haley smiled. Her nerves were now gone and the giddiness had overtaken her. She was so excited to see her parents again and to have them meet her son.
"You better hope he brings the kid down here soon before your mother goes insane." Jimmy teased. "The whole way up here she kept staring at the picture you sent us and crying. She was saying stuff like 'I can't believe my baby had a baby'."
"Oh Jimmy, would you keep your mouth shut?" Lydia laughed. "I was just excited. If that picture was any indication, little James is going to grow up to be a heartbreaker."
"He's absolutely beautiful." Deb agreed with a smile. She loved playing the role of the doting grandmother.
"Of course he is, he's got my name doesn't he?" Jimmy laughed.
Just then, Nathan came down the steps carrying the baby dressed in a blue onesie with the number "23" stitched in the center. Haley smiled when she saw the outfit because it was one of the ones that Brooke had made and then sent to them from California.
"Oh my, hand him over Nathan!" Lydia commanded as she reached her arms out to grab the baby. Nathan smiled as he gently handed James off to his mother-in-law. "Oh my goodness, you are one handsome devil." Lydia cooed as a few tears escaped from her eyes.
"Lydia, don't hog the boy. Grandpa wants to hold him too." Jimmy chided as he looked over his wife's shoulder at the little baby. Haley walked over to stand next to Nathan who put his arm around her shoulder. In true James fashion, her parents had already gained the attention of the infant.
"Jimmy, I'm not done holding him yet." Lydia sniffled. "Nathan, Haley, he's positively precious. Don't be surprised if I never give him back."
"Jimmy, Lydia, I think I'm going to make some coffee, do you want any?" Deb asked politely. It was getting late, too late to serve meal.
"That would be great Deb, thank you." Jimmy smiled. "Nathan, do you want to go get our bags out of the RV?"
"Um…yeah, sure." Nathan responded as Haley tried to stifle a giggle. She watched her husband exit the foyer and then turned to look at her dad.
"Daddy, why did you make Nathan go get your bags?" Haley asked light-heartedly.
"Because, my back's getting bad." Jimmy defended himself as he peered over his wife's shoulder at his grandson. Haley smiled at how excited her parents were about the baby. Her mom just kept staring at him through shimmering water-filled eyes and her dad couldn't take his eyes off of him.
"You know what baby James? I think you just might be a cuter baby than your mommy." Lydia said playfully as she started to rock the infant back and forth.
"Hey." Haley smiled.
"Don't worry, I was just kidding." Lydia grinned. It was so surreal that she was holding her youngest daughter's son right now. Never in a million years would she have guessed that Haley would be the one of her all her children to get married and have a baby before she even went to college.
"Lydia, seriously, it's my turn." Jimmy said firmly, but still lovingly. Lydia sighed, not wanting to let go of the precious bundle she was holding before turning around to hand James off to her husband. Jimmy laughed as he received the baby into his arms. James looked directly up at his grandpa through his deep blue eyes that were a direct replica of Nathan's and Jimmy completely melted. "Lydia, why did I let you talk me out of buying him a new swing set again?"
"Because he can't use a swing set yet." Lydia laughed as she walked over to her daughter and wrapped her arms around her shoulder. "You did good baby, I'm so proud of you."
"Thanks mom." Haley smiled as the tears sprung to her eyes and she engulfed her mother in another hug. "Oh you're going to make me cry."
"Well then I guess we'll cry together." Lydia smiled as she hugged her daughter back. They were interrupted by the front door swinging open and Nathan walking in with Jimmy and Lydia's suitcases. He nodded at them before carrying the bags upstairs. "Jimmy, go help the boy. I don't think he realizes that we each have another bag in the RV."
"I'm holding the baby." Jimmy shrugged as if to tell his wife that he wasn't going to go get the rest of their bags. They had decided that they wanted to stay in the house all weekend rather than in their RV because they wanted to be as close to their baby and their grandbaby as possible.
"I'll take him dad." Haley offered before receiving an irritated yet playful look from her father. She didn't care if her parents just got here and wanted to hold James, that didn't change the fact that she missed the little guy. She was so used to carrying him around that it felt weird to not have him bundled in her arms for this long. Besides, she didn't want Nathan to have to carry in all of those bags by himself. She knew that her parents had a tendency to over pack.
"You heard her Jimmy. Hand my grandbaby over." Lydia joked as she watched her husband gently hand the baby back to his mother before heading out the door towards the RV.
"Hi sweet baby James. Did you say hello to Grandma and Grandpa?" Haley cooed to the gurgling baby in her arms.
"Ok, there's coffee in the living room if you both want to go in there." Deb said politely as she re-entered the foyer. Haley and her mom both nodded and followed Deb into the living room and took seats on the couch, waiting for their husbands to join them. "So Lydia, where did you two drive here from?"
"Well, right before we came here we were camping in the Smoky Mountains so we weren't too far away." Lydia laughed before turning towards Haley and talking to the little boy she was holding. "James, do you know what Grandma and Grandpa saw when they were in the mountains? We saw a bear! Yes we did, he was a nice bear though. Someday we'll take you to the mountains-"
"Mom, he's two months old." Haley giggled as she stroked her son's soft face. "He doesn't know what a bear is."
"Well, he's going to have to learn sometime." Lydia concluded as she added sugar to her coffee. James instantly started to wiggle and whimper when he saw Nathan enter the room. He was a total daddy's boy. Haley smiled as Nathan knowingly scooped his son up and sat down next to Haley on the couch. "Nathan, I was just telling Haley that we're all going to have to go on a family camping trip sometime."
"Uh, that sounds fun Mrs. James, but I think James is a little too young for that right now…" Nathan trailed off. Camping with Haley's crazy family, although it would certainly be entertaining, was not really at the top of his wish list.
Haley giggled a little as she leaned on his shoulder. "Maybe in a couple of years mom."
"Of course, that's what I meant anyway. We wouldn't want a mountain lion to eat the angel or anything." Lydia laughed. "Deb, this coffee is divine, but I'm afraid if I drink much more I'll never get to sleep tonight."
"Why thank you Lydia." Deb smiled. "And trust me, you'll get plenty of sleep. James already sleeps through the night like a rock."
"Really?" Lydia asked incredulously as she looked to Nathan and Haley who nodded their heads and looked down at the baby affectionately. "I never would have guessed that, Haley didn't sleep through the night until she was at least twelve years old."
"Mom." Haley rolled her eyes playfully.
"No, it's true. Up until you were twelve you had never slept a full night in a room by yourself."
"What? Sure I did." Haley defended herself with a smile, purposely avoiding Nathan's stare that was directed at her and the playful smirk that was no doubt on his face.
"Nope, because you shared a room with Taylor until you were twelve and every night that she was at a friend's house you always mysteriously found your way into our bed by morning." Lydia laughed as Deb and Nathan did too.
"Don't listen to her, James." Haley said sweetly as she leaned over to talk to the infant. "She's just jealous because her babies weren't as adorable as you."
"You got that right." Lydia laughed as Jimmy entered the room and sat down next to his wife. "Jimmy, I didn't hear you come back in."
"Yeah, well I heard you all laughing in here." Jimmy responded. "What did I miss?"
"We were just talking about how James is cuter than our kids." Lydia beamed. Of course, that wasn't true. All babies were equally gorgeous, but James just seemed to be extra sweet. Maybe it was the fact that he was her youngest grandchild.
"He is. He's lucky he has me for a grandpa to give him all of the handsome genes." Jimmy agreed, invoking laughter once again upon the room.
A few hours later, after Jimmy and Lydia had told the group about many of their crazy RV adventures and Deb had taken out Nathan's baby photos to compare James to, Lydia noticed the sleeping baby in Nathan's arms and decided that it was time to go to bed. "Well, I'm wiped out from all the driving we did today; I think Jimmy and I are going to head on up to bed."
"We are? I mean, yeah, we're absolutely worn out." Jimmy agreed with a firm shake of his head after noticing his sleeping grandson and the way Haley was fighting to keep her eyes opened as her head lay on Nathan's shoulder. The joys and no doubt the pains of motherhood were obviously taking an effect on her already.
"I think I'm going to head on up to bed myself." Deb smiled politely before standing up.
"Ok, goodnight." Haley smiled sleepily before standing up to hug her mother and father one last time before they went up to the guestroom. She watched as Deb followed her parents upstairs before turning back to Nathan. "You ready to take him upstairs?"
"Yeah." Nathan whispered as he adjusted the sleeping boy in his arms so he could stand up without waking him. "Let's go."
Haley laid a gentle kiss on James's creamy forehead before they all started up the stairs silently. When they go to the nursery, both Nathan and Haley shared a knowing look. If they changed him into his pajamas he would wake up and possibly take another couple of hours to go back to sleep. Since he was wearing a onesie which looked to be quite comfortable and he didn't need his diaper changed, they both silently agreed to let him sleep in the outfit.
Nathan made his way over to the crib, carefully lowering the tiny boy onto the mattress and watching the steady rising and falling of his chest. One of his favorite things to do was watch James sleep, he always looked so peaceful and innocent as he slept and Nathan's heart overflowed with pride every time he witnessed his baby sleeping. Haley pulled a light blue blanket over him and leaned down to kiss his rosy cheek. She then stepped back and Nathan slung his arm around her shoulder, bringing her in close to him. They both just stood there watching their son, as they did almost every night, wondering how they could have been so blessed.
"I still can't believe your parents actually told us that sex is better when you're in the woods." Nathan chuckled once he and Haley were back in their bedroom with the door safely shut so no one could hear them.
"You may have thought it was funny, but I wanted to die. Those are my parents." Haley laughed lightly as she pulled one of Nathan's t-shirts over her head and put her hair up into a ponytail. The last thing she wanted to think about was her parents doing…that.
"We should definitely try that though when we go on that family camping trip." Nathan teased as he pulled his shirt over his head and tossed it into the closet across the room.
"Well, I can't believe that my parents actually warned us not to let James get a hold of any crack until he's at least 15." She laughed. Her parents were very different than most parents, that was for sure. "My sweet innocent baby is never going to do crack."
"No, definitely no crack." Nathan laughed when he saw Haley's brow furrow as she thought of the possibility of her baby growing up to be a druggie. There was no way that James would ever end up on crack, especially since Haley was his mom. Why am I thinking about my two month old son doing drugs? "James is going to grow up to be the best basketball player the NBA has ever seen." He concluded.
"Oh." Haley laughed as she walked over to the bed and sat down under the covers. "Don't you think we might be aiming a little high with that one?"
"Nah," Nathan shrugged. "Our boy's a prodigy."
Haley couldn't help but laugh at that. "If so, then I think we should try for president or next receiver of the Nobel Peace Prize instead."
"Are you kidding? Basketball is way cooler that both of those." He joked as he joined his wife on the bed. He reached out his arm to pull her close to him just as she leaned over to turn off the light. As soon as the lights were off, his arm expertly pulled her over to him causing her to squeal with delight. "You're going to wake up your parents." He warned.
"I don't care." She smiled as she kissed his lips softly, pulling back moments later to see a look on his face that she knew so well. She looked at him as if to tell him to stop when she felt his hands start to wonder down her back.
"What? You just said that you don't care." Nathan smirked.
"That was when it was innocent squealing." She defended herself. "Do you know how embarrassing breakfast tomorrow would be if they woke up because of us?" Tomorrow was already going to be a big day, she could tell. Anytime her parents were around, something interesting happened.
"You're right, that would be pretty awkward." Nathan conceded as he wrapped his arms around her waist, rolling over so he was on top of her and then proceeding to leave hot wet kisses on her neck.
"Nathan, I'm serious." Haley giggled. Her giggles soon turned into light moans as his mouth traveled down her collarbone. "Ok, ok, but you better be quiet." She surrendered as she pulled is face up to his and kissed him forcefully.
"Me?" Nathan pulled apart from her and raised his eyebrows playfully.
"Let me rephrase, you better make sure you keep me quiet." She commanded before pulling his mouth back to hers. Nathan smiled against her lips, keeping her quiet had never been one of his talents.