Nathan had just opened the door and begun to call Haley's name when she came running with his son from JD's room.

"Dadada," James gurgled happily as he reached is arms out to Nathan to be held.

"Here, Daddy!" Haley giggled. "Your son needs to be changed and your wife needs to go to the bathroom." She thrust baby James at Nathan an literally ran into the bathroom.

"Ok, little man," Nathan said. "Let's go get you cleaned up and then we can make Mommy some dinner. How does that sound?"

"Gaa," JD replied.

Nathan walked back through the hallway to James' room and put him on the changing table. He then changed his diaper and picked him up. Making his way back into the kitchen area, he met up with Haley who was coming out of the bathroom. "Hey," Nathan said, leaning in to give his wife a kiss.

"Hey, yourself," Haley said returning his kiss. "Are you ready for dinner?" Haley and Nathan ate dinner with James at around six o'clock, or whenever Nathan got home from practice. Sometimes his practice ran as late as eight, and when he came home, Haley was sitting at the table waiting for him and James was perched in his PJs with some applesauce. He knew that James had eaten already when he came home late, but he and Haley always tried to wait for each other. But, since he was home on time, today, the small family of three was going to enjoy dinner. Together.

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Nathan and Haley had finished dinner and while Nathan put James to bed, Haley finished up the dishes and tidied up the kitchen. She went into James' room and sang a lullaby as she and Nathan watched their child fall asleep. They walked out of the room together and Nathan kissed the top of her head.

"Hey, don't you want to study for your test?" Nathan asked Haley as she made her way into the living room.

"Oh, actually, James took a long nap today, and I studied when he was sleeping."

"Ok. Do you wanna just relax? I could use a back rub…" Nathan raised his eyebrows suggestively.

"Actually. There was something I wanted to talk to you about."

Oh, shit. Nathan thought. Here it comes.

"I got an odd call today," Haley began. "A Mr. Thomas. Is there something you wanted to tell me about, Nate?"

"Ok, Haley. Here's the truth of the matter. I was at work the other day and one of the customers mentioned that Sam Thomas was getting together a bunch of singers to put together a CD. I overheard that the proceeds were going to benefit music education in schools, and so I thought it would interest you. So I did a little research…"

"Nathan. How did you do research? They don't, like, publish that stuff on the internet, especially if they are just thinking about it…"

"I called Keller." Nathan said.

"What? Chris? You called Chris Keller? Nathan that was a bad idea."

"Well, he didn't seem to think so. In fact, he was thinking about doing a song. So, anyway, he put me in touch with Sam. I called him two days ago, Hales. He said he loves your voice and he thinks that you would make a great addition to the CD. He's really having trouble coming up with bands, and he thinks that maybe if Haley James agrees to it…"

"Scott. Haley James-Scott…"

"I know, Mrs. Scott. He thinks that if you agree that he can get a couple more bands, you know, because of the CD you guys put out with Peyton. Anyway, I'm sorry I didn't tell you. Just please think about it. For me." Nathan got up and walked over to his wife who was sitting in a chair not far from the couch.

"Nathan. Thank you for doing this for me. Really. But, I'm still scared that you'll see how much I love it. I never want music to come between us again."

"Haley. We have a great life. I've grown up. I realize that you and I can survive anything. Please, do this. You know you want to."

"All right. I will. Geeze… I have to call Sam back and decide what song to sing and I have to decide how I'm going to have time to do this and call Peyton and…"

"… And you need to kiss your husband and come to bed so that you ace that test tomorrow."

Nathan picked Haley up and carried her to bed where they slowly undressed each other and made love until they both fell asleep in each other's arms.