A/N I just want to say thanks to all of the people that have reviewed my story!

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This chapter's a bit longer than the last one, so please let me know if you think I'm dragging it out too much.

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Lauren x

When the door finally opened, her breath caught in her throat.

"Hales?" His voice was almost a whisper, and the expression on his face said that he clearly wasn't expecting it to be her.

"Nathan." She said as coldly as she could muster.

"What are you doing here?" Nathan asked her, still in shock that he was face to face with the love of his life. He hadn't seen her in 5 years, and boy had she changed. When he had left for Duke, she'd yet to start showing her pregnancy, but now her breasts had become slightly larger, and the rest of her curves had enhanced. Her honey blonde coloured hair the cascaded down her back in natural waves had now been cut to her shoulders and coloured a rich, chocolate brown. She was wearing a white summer dress with a blue pattern on it. It was perfect. It wasn't too conservative nor too revealing, she was just as classy and beautiful as Nathan remembered her to be. But when he looked into her eyes, that used to be so full of love for him, were now filled with resentment and hate, and he knew that he was the cause of that.

"Mama?" The young boy mumbled sleepily. This was enough for Nathan to tear his eyes away from Haley's, and look down at the blonde-headed boy in her arms. As Jamie began to stir, Nathan couldn't help but gasp at the boy's bright blue eyes that were almost an exact copy of his own.

"Mama, who's that?" Jamie asked his mother, his voice still full of sleep.

"It's no one baby."

Haley started to turn around to walk away as she realised that the man who had hurt her the most in her entire life was actually stood before her. But she turned back to Nathan quickly before she left. "Tell Luke and Brooke that I went home, and that to call me please."

Nathan nodded, watching her as she turned around again to walk down the driveway and back to her car. Her car wasn't as nice or expensive as his, but he could tell that she'd made a pretty good live for herself over the last few years. The words she'd spoken earlier cutting through him like a knife. "It's no one, baby." And she was right; he didn't deserve to be anyone to her anymore, or to his son. His son. That sounded so good to him, and he was so beautiful. His eyes were like a mirror image of his own. And Haley looked even better than he remembered.

As Haley put Jamie in the back of the car she could feel Nathans eyes burning into the back of her. So without turning back to look at him she got in the front and started to drive off.

What's he doing here? I thought Lucas and Brooke cut off all ties with him when he left me. The only one who still talked to him was Peyton, but none of us has seen her since she left to go and live in Savannah with Jake. Has Luke been lying to me? No, he wouldn't. All of these thoughts kept running through Haley's mind as she was driving home. As she glanced into the rear view mirror, she saw that Jamie had already fallen back to sleep.

She pulled up into the driveway of her home and parked the car, but instead of getting out, she just stared straight ahead. The boy that had hurt her the most, but also made her believe in love was back, and she didn't even know why.

She remembered that Jamie was in the back sleeping, so she opened the door quietly and slipped out. She opened the door next to Jamie, unbuckled his child seat, and scooped him up into her arms, remembering his bag as well. Luckily he stayed asleep as she opened the front door to their home, and began to climb the stairs to where the bedrooms were situated. She came to the door with the letters 'JLS' adorning it. She opened the door slowly and was met by the pale blue walls, and the bed with a basketball duvet cover. She laid Jamie down on the bed as she went into on of his drawers to find some pyjamas for him to wear. When she had his favourite blue Finding Nemo ones, she changed him quickly, disturbing him as little as possible as she then laid him under the covers. Haley kissed him on the forehead before leaving his room, leaving the door slightly ajar, so he wouldn't get scared if he woke up during the night. Haley walked down the hallway, stopping outside her room. She let herself inside, and without bothering to change out of her dress, she pulled back the covers and got underneath. For the first time in 3 years, Haley James Scott cried herself to sleep.

Nathan realised that he'd been standing with his back against the closed front door for about 5 minutes when he heard his brother coming down the stairs.

"You can stay in the guest room until the funeral, but then I want you gone." Lucas said coldly, looking his brother in the eyes, letting him know that he meant it.

"Thanks Luke, I appreciate it."

"I know the only reason you came back is for Dan's funeral, so don't even bother going near Haley or Jamie. That's your son's name, in case you didn't know. James Lucas Scott. Although god knows you don't deserve for him to have your last name." Lucas spat at Nathan, "She's built a life for herself and her son, and she doesn't need you ruining it now." And with that, Lucas turned around to go back upstairs.

"She came round about 5 minutes ago." Nathan said, gaining Luke's attention again. "She said can you call her please."

"Oh, she and Brooke were supposed to be going out, I'll call her in the morning." Lucas said before he carried on climbing the stairs, leaving a very confused Nathan at the bottom.

Seeing Haley with their son just reminded him on everything he'd missed in his life. He must be what, 4 now? Nathan asked himself. Oh god, you idiot. You don't even know how old your own son is! And you didn't even know his name until a few minutes ago! Nathan berated himself. How do you not know your own sons name?! It's not like there was anybody to tell him about his son either. Lucas and Brooke stopped talking to him; Peyton still did occasionally, but never about Haley. Peyton was extremely mad at Nathan when she found out what he'd done, but she knew he'd done what he thought was right. But she still said that didn't excuse what he'd done, so she'd never tell him about Jamie. Even Dan didn't talk to him very often. He didn't keep in touch with Haley either, but he didn't like what Nathan had done, even if he'd done the same 18 years earlier. With Deb and Karen off travelling the world with Karen's daughter, Lily, no one could tell Nathan anything about his son. And now with Dan gone, he had his chance to come back home.

Nathan just shook his head to rid it of all the thoughts, and went up to the guest bedroom. Lucas is right. She doesn't need me screwing up her life, again.

The next morning, Haley awoke to find Jamie sleeping beside her, snuggled up against her side. She knew she was young when she had Jamie, and if she hadn't had help raising him during college, she probably wouldn't have been able to go at all, and for that, she would always be grateful to Luke and Brooke. But they'd told her that they had cut Nathan out of their lives. Its not like she could be mad at them for talking to him, he was Luke's brother after all. But she was just so confused, what was he doing there?

She snapped out of her thoughts when the phone started to ring. She tried to answer it as quickly as possible, as she didn't want to wake Jamie up yet.

"Hello?" she said groggily, holding the phone up to here ear.

"Hey best friend, what happened to you last night?" Brooke's over-excited voice came down the other end of the line.

"Well, let's see. I came to your house as planned, ready to drop Jamie off, and have a lovely night out with my best friends, only to find my husband answers the door. So I freaked out and left. I told him to tell you."

"Oh." was Brooke's response.

"Oh. All you have to say is 'oh'?" Haley said, starting to get frustrated. "Couldn't you have warned me?!"

"I'm sorry. I'll come round to yours to explain what's going on." Brooke tried to reason.

"Ok, but I just don't get why he's back!"

"It's going to be fine, honey." Brooke stated in a soothing tone, "I'll see you in a few minutes." And with those last words, Brooke hung up the phone and started to get dressed. She put on a pair of jeans and a tight fitting t-shirt, which hugged her curves in all the right places. As soon as she got downstairs, she entered the kitchen to see Luke sitting at the table.

"I'm just going round to Haley's to explain what's going on." Brooke said as she walked further towards him, and she pecked him lightly on the lips. "I'm sorry about Dan, babe."

"Its fine, it's not like he was any kind of father to me anyway, I just think I should go to the funeral, you know, because even if he didn't claim me, he was my father."

"Ok then, I'll come with you. When is it again?" Brooke inquired, whilst stealing a slice of toast of Lucas' plate.

"5 days, and Nathan will be leaving after that."

"Ok broody. I have to get going now, she sounded freaked out on the phone." Brooke started. "I mean how am I supposed to tell her that the first time Nathan comes back to Tree Hill isn't to meet his son or to see his wife, but to say goodbye to the 'father' that pushed him so hard that he resorted to drugs?" Brooke asked, referring to the time that Nathan turned to performance enhancers to play basketball at a higher standard.

"I don't know pretty girl, but she's made a life without him over the past 5 years, and she sure as hell doesn't need him now." Lucas stated. He was going to make sure his ass of a brother never hurt his best friend again.

"Alright, I'll see you later." She kissed him on the lips again and walked out the door, making sure to bump into Nathan as he walked past her into the kitchen.

Nathan walked into the kitchen and took the seat opposite Lucas.

"Are you just going to treat me like I don't exist?" Nathan asked of Luke's behaviour towards him.

"Are you just going to pretend not to have a wife and son?" Lucas returned.

"Ok, I guess I deserved that." Nathan muttered under his breath.

"YOU GUESS?!" Lucas stood up with anger, "Jamie is the most amazing kid ever, and you've never even met him." Luke started to rant, "He's so smart, and mature, but he's also sensitive. He's so talented as well. Did you know he plays basketball nearly every day? Or that Haley's teaching him to play the piano?" Lucas carried on. "No, you didn't, and that's because you've thrown away being apart of this amazing child's life, and you can't take it back. He's so much like you in so many ways, and you're never even going to know how."

As Lucas stood up to storm out, Nathan's words stopped him, "I know I've screwed up, ok. But do you actually think I don't regret it?!" Nathan stood up too, he was starting to get angry as well now, "And do you think that I don't think about whether I had a son or a daughter? Or whether they were healthy. What they were called or what they looked like? Because I did ok. Every single day." Nathan slumped back down in his chair.

"Well, that doesn't make up for leaving him and not coming back for 4 years of his life." Luke said bitterly. "And it also doesn't excuse walking out on your wife and leaving her to be a single mother either." He added as he turned back around and walked out of the door.

Nathan looked up at the door that his brother just walked out of, not noticing the tear that had fallen down his face until it hit the table in front of him.

Brooke had just reached the front door of Haley and Jamie's house, and just as she knocked on it, the door flung open to reveal a very smiley Jamie, with a slightly frustrated Haley running around the corner.

"Hi Aunt Brooke!" Jamie squealed as he launched himself into her arms.

"Jamie! What did I tell you about answering the door when you don't know who it is?" Haley said to Jamie, who in turn looked confused.

"But it's Aunt Brooke, Mama. I know who she is." Jamie said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"I think what your Mom means is that you didn't know it was me before you opened the door, honey." Brooke said to the little boy who was still situated in her arms. "Why don't you go and play with you new hoop out the back while I have a little talk with your Mommy, ok?"

Jamie nodded eagerly before squirming out of Brookes arms, once she'd placed him on the floor, he quickly ran through the hall and through the door at the back of the kitchen.

"Just make sure you stay in the yard!" Haley called after him. "You, tell me what he's doing back here, now." Haley said, turning her attention back to the brunette beauty that still stood in the open doorway.

Brooke walked further into the hall, closing the door behind her, and swiftly pulled Haley into a hug. "Maybe we should go and sit down first." And without giving Haley any chance to respond, Brooke had already walked past her to sit down in the living room.

"Ok then Davis, out with it." Haley said, starting to get impatient.

"He's back for Dan's funeral."

"Oh. Is Luke alright?" Haley asked, not knowing how the man that had been like a father to her child was feeling.

"He's fine. It's not like he was much of a father to him anyway, but he's going to the funeral out of courtesy I think." Brooke started, "and don't worry, Nathan's going to be leaving straight afterwards anyway, Luke's not letting him stay with us any longer than necessary. It's only going to be like a week."

"Ok." Haley said after taking about 3 minutes to process what Brooke had just told her. Nathan was back in town for a week, and by the sounds of it, he didn't even want to meet his son. Maybe the magazines were right.

Nathan was known as the NBA's bad boy in the media. He was seen out drinking every night in LA after games and left clubs with a different girl on his arm each time. He was living the ultimate playboy lifestyle, and Haley and Jamie wouldn't fit into that.

But Haley was hurt knowing that he hadn't come back to see her, or to meet his son, but to go to the funeral of a man he loathed.

"Ok then, I have to get over to the shop, Millicent called to say it's getting quite busy." Brooke said, looking at her friend with sympathy, "are you still coming over to dinner tonight?"

"Is Nathan going to be there?"

"Oh", Brooke said, "I don't really know."

"It's ok, why don't you and Luke come round here tonight?" Haley inquired, "I know it would take a while to get Jamie ready to come to yours, and we have some food in, so just come here."

"Ok then!" Brooke gave Haley one of her dimply grins before hugging her quickly and walking out the door, "I'll see you tonight, babe!" she called looking back over her shoulder.

As Haley heard the front door shut, she walked to the back of the house, watching her son play the game he loved for a few minutes before saying, "Hey Jimmy-Jam, why don't you go and get your bigger ball, and we'll go down to the rivercourt for a couple of hours?"

"Really Mama?!" Jamie asked excitedly.

Haley smiled at the big grin that formed on his face, and nodded affirmatively.

"Sweet, I'm going to go get my cape too!" Jamie said before he ran inside, down the hall, and started to scramble up the stairs. Haley followed him upstairs, but went into her room to put on a comfortable pair of jeans, and a fading NYU sweatshirt that she'd bought during college.

She went downstairs to wait for Jamie, and smiled when he bounced in wearing a pair of basketball shorts and a matching jersey that was a miniature version of the ones that the Ravens wore to play in, and it had Luke's old jersey number on the front and back. He also had his cape tied around his neck and a basket ball in his small hands.

Haley looked in the mirror quickly, and realising that her hair didn't look too good this morning, she tied it up quickly, happy that her hair had finally grown out enough so she could do that now. She turned back round to Jamie and said "come on then buddy, let's go."

Jamie took a hold of her hand as they walked out the door to start the 5 or 6 minute journey to get there.