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…2…
…Homecoming…

When they landed at five in the evening, Haley got a cab to take her and Jake to her apartment. During the ride to her place, Haley stared out the window at the scenery with new buildings, a few new houses, and the best of all a Starbucks right by where she was going to live, which she was extremely happy about.

The cab driver stopped, Haley got Jake out, their luggage, and paid him. Her, Jake, and the luggage went to the landlord's office to get the key to her room. He gave it to her then her a Jake took everything up to the second floor. Apartment number: 288.

After that, they got in her car and took off to the Danvers Manor. When she got there, she parked the car, and glanced over at Jake. "Hey, Buddy, you'll be meeting your grandma. Do you remember what she looks like from the pictures?"

"Yes, mommy." he nodded.

"Okay." she smiled, then they got out of the car and walked to the door. Jake stood behind his mommy while she rang the doorbell.

A few seconds later, Evelyn opened the door. "Yes?"

"Hi, Mama."

Evelyn gasped. "Haley?"

"Yup." she smiled. "I'm home."

Evelyn gave her a hug. "Oh, my goodness." she backed up to look at her daughter. "You look really good."

"So do you." Haley said, letting go.

"But what are you doing here?"

"I had to come back… I just missed being at home. But first, I wanted you to meet somebody." she said as she pulled Jake from behind her to stand in front of her. "Mama, this is your grandson Jake… Baby, this is your grandma."

Evelyn gasped in shock and said "This is little Jacob?" Haley nodded. "Hello, Jake." she bent down to Jake's level. "I am your grandma Evelyn."

Jake was shy at first then a few seconds later he gave her a hug. "Hello, Grammy."

After they hugged, Evelyn stood back up. "He looks exactly like his father."

"Yeah." Haley nodded. "Tell me about it."

"Well, both of you, come in." Evelyn said, opening the door a little more.

"Okay." then Haley and Jake walked in following her into the den and sat down.

"So, do the boys know you are back?" asked Evelyn.

"No." she shook her head. "I wanted to go surprise them."

"Go ahead." Evelyn said.

"Are you sure?" asked Haley.

Evelyn nodded, with a smile. "Yeah, I want to spend time with my grandson."

"Okay, thanks Mama." she looked at Jake. "I want you to be a good for grandma."

"Mommy, you know that I'll be a perfect angel."

Haley laughed, then kissed him on his forehead. "See you two later, bye." then she walked out, got into her car, and drove off. If she still knew the guys, since it being a Friday night, she knew they'd be at the local bar called Nicky's. She walked in and went straight to the jukebox. She thought she'd be evil and get their attention with a certain song. When she found it, about to press the buttons she found that the buttons were duct taped. "Hmm… Interesting." she thought to herself, then she pressed the button's anyway. #G7. As the song started she was in front of it, swaying back and forth to the beat without a care in the world.

The guys were playing pool and as loud as the place was as crowded as it was all four pairs of ears caught onto the chorus:

"It's too late to apologize, Too late. I said it's too late to apologize, Its too late…"

After each one of them heard it, they shot glances at each other and thought "What the hell?" then they looked over to see who the culprit was who played the song.

As they got closer they saw a girl standing in front of it with long chestnut colored hair with blonde streaks, a nice 5'4 frame, with a hour glass shaped body wearing: a short grey t-shirt, black low rise pants, and grey Chucks.

Haley felt them walk up to her, crowding behind her in a half circle. She wanted to say something, but she was going to wait til one of them said something first.

Finally, Reid spoke up first. "I don't know who you think you are… but nobody is to play that song."

She laughed as she turned around. "Now… Mr. Garwin, is that any way to talk to a lady?"

The first thing they saw was her eyes, a beautiful honey brown. The only person in the world to have those eyes. Their jaws dropped to the floor, then Caleb spoke. "Haley?"

She nodded, with a smile. " Hey, Cal."

"Oh, my God." he gave her a big bear hug. "What are you doing here?"

"I thought it was time to come home." she said, letting go. As soon as she broke free from Caleb, Tyler immediately grabbed her for his own hug and wouldn't let go. "Ty… I can't breathe." she chuckled.

"Yeah, I know… I just missed my best friend so much." A few minutes later he finally let go. "You are staying right? Because I can hug you some more and not let you go anywhere, ever."

"Yes, Ty." she nodded. "I'm staying for good." then Haley looked at Pogue smiling at her. She, for some reason had butterflies. When they were younger, she had a huge crush on him plus he was her first kiss when she was ten years old.

Pogue grabbed her hand pulling her in for a hug. He whispered in her ear so only she could hear. "You look so beautiful, Linny." Only Pogue called her that nickname.

"Thank you. You look good yourself." she whispered back, which made Pogue blush a little. After she let go of him, although not really wanting to, but not letting any of them know that, she took a breath. "So… I'm going to school with you guys, I had my credits transferred over and whatnot."

"Awesome." Tyler said, pumping his fist in the air.

Suddenly, Haley and Reid locked eyes. She was going to give him a hug, but hesitated, then Reid grabbed her hand and pulled her into his arms for a hug. "I missed you." he whispered in her ear.

"Uh, yeah." she nodded. "I missed you too."

"So where are you staying, Haley?" Caleb asked, as she let go of Reid.

"For now, at these apartments by that Starbucks… near the school."

"That's where I stay at. What apartment number?" Pogue asked.

"Number 288 on the second floor."

"Well, I'm in number 290." Pogue grinned.

"Really? That's cool." she nodded. "So can you guys meet me there in an hour. I have something to show you."

"Sure." Caleb said.

She was getting ready to leave when Tyler spoke up. "Can I go with you, Hale?"

"Yeah, come on… see you guys in an hour." she waved, then she gave Pogue one last smile, before her and Tyler walked out of Nicky's. Both of them got in her car and she drove back to her mom's.

On the way, Tyler broke the silence. "This is a nice car."

"Thank you." she nodded.

"So, how are things?" he asked.

"Pretty good. No complaints." she shrugged.

"Any boyfriends?" he asked, with a silly grin.

"No." she laughed ."But there is one guy in my life that I love with all my heart, that I want you to meet."

"Uh, okay." Tyler said looking at her confused.

Five minutes later, they got to her mom's and walked in. "Mama, I'm back!" she yelled.

"We're in the den!" Evelyn yelled back, then her and Tyler walked in. Tyler saw a little boy with blonde hair on the other side of the room watching TV and raised his eyebrow.

"Hello, Tyler." Evelyn smiled.

"Hello, Evelyn. How are you?" Tyler asked being polite.

"I'm great… now that Haley is home." Evelyn said.

"That's good. I'm glad she's home too."

Haley sat down on the couch. "Come here, Jake… Mommy wants you to meet someone."

Tyler swallowed hard, sitting next to her with his eyes wide. "Did you just say Mommy?"

"Yes, Tyler." then Jake walked up to them and all Tyler could see was Reid. "Jake… I would like you to meet one of Mommy's best friends, this is Tyler. Ty… this is my son Jake."

Jake gave him a little wave. "Hi."

Tyler was in complete shock. "Um… Hi… Jake."

"Okay." Haley gave him a kiss on his forehead. "Go watch TV, Buddy." then Jake went back over to his spot. "So… what do you think?"

"Wow… he looks exactly like… Reid." Tyler said.

"Yeah, I know." she nodded.

"Why didn't you say anything?" Tyler asked.

"I'll tell you when we get to my place…" they stayed for another fifteen minutes then Haley, Tyler, and Jake got in her car to go to her apartment.

When they got there, Tyler was on the couch still in shock. Haley got Jake ready for bed, but let him play in his room, then Haley was sitting next to Tyler on the couch waiting for the guys.

"Wow, he looks so much like Reid." Tyler stated again.

"Yep." Haley nodded. "In more ways than one. Jake has all his features of course except his cheekbones, but he definitely has Reid's smirk and his smart ass attitude… and my temper."

"Wonderful… we got a mini-Reid with a temper." Tyler said, playfully rolling his eyes.

Haley laughed, then there was a knock at the door. Haley opened it and the guys walked in and sat down on the couches.

Reid looked over at Tyler and raised his eyebrow. "You okay Baby Boy? You look like you seen a ghost?"

"Yeah, something like that." Tyler slightly nodded.

Haley sat on one of her little stools across from the guys and took a deep breath. "The reason why you're here is because there is someone I want you guys to meet… and please keep the yelling or cussing to a minimum… Jake, come here for a second!"

Jake came out of his room wearing his black Batman pajama's and walked over to Haley, rubbing his eyes. "Yes, Mommy?"

Caleb, Pogue, and Reid's jaws dropped yet again and Tyler was still in shock.

She took another deep breath. "Guys." she started, pushing the hair out of Jake's face. "I want you to meet my son: Jacob… Jake." Pointing to each one "This is your Uncle Caleb, That's Pogue, and that is… Reid." Jake was a little shy, he didn't say nothing he just stood there clinging onto his Mommy's arms.

Reid stared intently at the blonde haired-blue eyed little boy, like, he was looking into a mirror. Then it finally dawned on him that he was staring at his son. Suddenly, he started to hyperventilate, then he got up, and left.

Haley rolled her eyes. "Figures… okay Jake, you can go back in your room and play." he nodded, gave her a hug, then went into his room.

"You… you… have a son?" Pogue asked.

"Yeah." she nodded.

"Why didn't you say anything?" Caleb questioned.

"Well a few months after I found out I was pregnant, me and Reid got into a stupid little fight that could have been easily fixed. Well, as I was going up to his room to work stuff out and tell him the big news… I found him in his bed cheating on me with Kira." she looked down. "So… I bounced." She explained.

"So, Reid didn't know?" Tyler asked.

"Well… you just saw his reaction." pointing to the door. "He just ran out. But nobody knew… except for…" she looked away.

"Except for who Haley?" asked Caleb.

She looked back at him and sighed. "Mom, Daddy, and Gorman knew. That's it."

"They knew all this time and they said nothing?" Caleb said, getting upset.

"Don't be mad at them... I told them not to tell. My heart was broken and I just wanted to get away and be by myself not having to have to deal with Reid being stupid."

"We could of helped you… you know that right?"

"I know, Cal… but there was no way I could stay here and look Reid in the eyes after he hurt me the way he did."

Pogue couldn't help but to feel bad for her and he started having the "hots" for her as well. He hasn't felt like this since they were kids. But all those feelings were coming back and he was seeing Haley in a whole new light. He just thought she has turned into a beautiful woman. He sat there quiet and smiled.

"Wow… so where exactly did you go?" asked Tyler.

"I went to stay with one of my aunts in Huntington Beach. Damn… I miss the beach. I loved the beach…" she frowned.

"I'm sure you can go visit again one day." Pogue smiled.

She looked up at him and she immediately turned her frown upside down when she saw him smiling at her the way he was.

Pogue said in her head "You are so beautiful… Linny." making her blush to the max, she looked away trying not to laugh when her phone rang.

She got up, went in her purse. "Hello?"

"Hey, Haley." The person said on the other line.

"Oh, hey… Nate. What's up?" she said, sitting down on a chair. The guys all looked at each other with confused looks on their faces.

"I just wanted to call and see how you're doing, if you are settled in."

"Yeah, it's all good and I'm doing just fine."

"How's Jake?" Nate asked.

"He's fine… playing in his room and he'll be going to bed soon."

"Okay, tell him I said hello and I'll talk to you later. Bye, Haley."

"Bye, Nate." She said as she hung up the phone, then got up, and sat back down on the little stool, looking at the ground.

"Who's Nate?"

She looked up at Caleb. "He was one of my best friends in Cali. He was just seeing if I was okay. I met him the first day I got in and we've been best friends ever since."

"So, Hale… are we going to finish where we left off?" Tyler asked with a goofy grin.

"Our Sunday's? Hell yeah." she nodded.

"Ok, cool." Tyler said.

Haley and Tyler's 'Sundays' consisted of: movies, lots of junk food, Pepsi, coffee, and sleep overs. They've been doing that every Sunday ever since they were eight years old up until she left to California. For some reason Pogue wasn't exactly happy when Tyler mentioned 'sleep overs.' But it was their little tradition so he didn't let it bother him.

Tyler and Caleb stayed for another hour then they left. Pogue was going to go, but he decided to stay with Haley instead. She tucked Jake into bed, then her and Pogue were out on the balcony leaning up against railing talking.

"So, do you think you and Reid will get back together?" Pogue asked.

"No." she shook her head. "I have no intention of getting back with him. We have a child together. That's it."

"Oh, I see."

"Besides… Caleb has warned me about his track record and I just don't want to get hurt again." she sighed.

"I don't want you to get hurt anymore either. You deserve better than that, Linny. And I know Reid would end up hurting you one way or another."

"Well, I didn't come back for him. I came back so Jake can know his father." she paused, then started to nervously play with her hair. "And I really missed you, Pogue."

"Really?"

"I thought about you all the time while I was gone."

She turned around while Pogue stood in between her legs pinning her to the rail. "I missed you too, Linny." he moved the stray hairs from her face and she smiled. She started remembering that kiss they had when they were ten, it brought a even bigger smile to her face. She was also kind of shocked as to what was going on, but she wasn't going to stop it. "I have a confession to make."

"What is it?" She asked.

"When we were little I've always liked you. I've always wanted to be with you, but Reid got there first, and I've always been in love with you, Linny." her eyes widened a little. "It killed me when you just up and left. I went crazy not knowing where you were or what you were doing. There was a time after that, I started Using a lot. I just didn't care anymore. But when Caleb told me that you are okay in California, I stopped. And now you're here… with a son. Reid's son. I would have been there for you… because you know Reid wouldn't have been." he explained.

"I know you would of… You, Ty, and Cal… but he hurt me too much to stay there. I just had to get out of here and away from him.

Haley was looking down at the ground. Pogue lifted up her face with his fingers, looked her in her eyes. "You don't deserve to get hurt anymore. I'm not going to let that happen."

Suddenly, he kissed her. She was kissing him back, then she broke away. "Um… what was that?"

"I can't help it." he said before kissing her again. After a few minutes, he stopped himself and rested his forehead on hers."Uh, I'm gonna to go."

As Pogue was walking away, she grabbed his arm. "Can you stay with me?"

"Yeah." he nodded then they walked back inside. Haley checked on everything making sure everything was locked and shut off the lights, then checked on Jake to see if he was okay, met Pogue in her room, and shut the door. He was sitting on her bed as she went into her suitcase and pulled out some pajamas, and went into her bathroom. A few minutes after that, she came out wearing boxers and a tank top.

"You can lay down with me, if you want." Haley chuckled, getting into her bed. "I wont bite. Unless you want me to."

"Alright." he laughed, taking off his shoes, jeans, hoodie, and shirt leaving his boxers and bitch beater, then he go into then bed next to her. "We haven't slept in the same bed in a long time."

"Yeah, I know."

Suddenly, he pulled her closer to him, draping his arm over her. "There… that's better."

"Good night, Pogue." she giggled.

"Good night, Linny." he said then her kissed Haley on her shoulder blade, and within minutes, both of them fell asleep in no time.

A/N: Uh, yeah, this was a ridiculously long chapter. Hope you enjoyed it and don't forget to R&R!