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DerenaGG

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A few weeks had passed since Jamie's birthday. Everyone had settled back into regular life and the Senior Class of Tree Hill were studying hard for finals. Jamie had got accepted in to Duke which Nathan and Haley were so proud about. He was on track to becoming his class valedictorian which made Haley even more proud. Brooke was ecstatic when she discovered that Maddie had been accepted into NYU for fashion. They had already made a trip to New York to find Maddie an apartment. Jonny would be moving across the country to UCLA so he could play basketball and study business. Lily had got into Yale University to study Law. Everyone in Tree Hill was so proud of her. Karen had cried down the phone when Lily told her. Elianna was also going to NYU to study art and music. She and Maddie were going to share an apartment together which Brooke and Peyton had decided to pay for. Everyone's futures were on track and they were all looking forward to their new lives. Sure they would miss everyone but they were family so they would all see each other again.

"Hales" Nathan called through the house. Adele was on his shoulders after Daddy, Daughter time at the zoo. She had her face painted like a tiger. Nathan always spoiled Adele. She was his only girl and the boys spent time with him by playing ball. Adele was their last child so he always felt that he should spoil her. Nathan lifted her off his shoulder.

"Play down here a minute. I am going to find your mom" Adele ran off into the family room. Nathan began to walk up the stairs to his bedroom to see if Haley was there. Jamie was at Lucas's studying. Aaron was out with his friends and Ronan was at Music practice. Haley was supposed to be home from work by now. Nathan opened his bedroom door to see it empty. As he was about to walk downstairs he heard sniffles coming from the office. Nathan slowly opened the door to see Haley sat on the floor with old photo albums surrounding her.

"Haley?" Haley turned around to see Nathan. Her eyes were blood shot and she quickly wiped her tears.

"Hi, I didn't hear you come in"

"What's wrong?" Nathan sat down on the floor next to her and took the photo out of her hand. It was a picture of Jamie when he was about 4. His hair was all spikey from the water and we had a huge grin on his face as he stood in his blue swimming trunks.

"What's going on Hales?" Nathan wrapped his arm Haley.

"It's just that my baby boy is going to be moving out. He will be in a different town and I won't see him everyday, its just sort of hitting me you know"

"Hales he is growing up. I know it's hard but he is a man now and not this little boy in the picture. Durham is only 2 and a half hour away. We should count ourselves lucky that he is so close. Brooke and Luke have to take plane journeys to visit their kids. We can take the kids and visit Jamie as many times as we want. Though he will probably get sick of us" Nathan laughed brushing the hair from her face.

"You always know how to make me feel better. He is always going to be my baby. I don't care how old he is. I am always going to worry about him" Haley smiled slightly.

"I know I worry about him too but I know he will be fine. He is sensible and a good kid. Just think at his age we were married and we had him. If we could manage it then I think he can" Nathan smiled kissing her on the forehead.

"He best not get married or have a child any time soon. I am too young to be Grandma Haley"

"Just think that's how our parents must have felt"

"Even now, your mom still says Adele isn't aloud to call her Grandma Deb" Nathan rolled his eyes at his crazy mother.

"What are we going to do when Adele leaves home? I can't imagine it being just us two" Haley frowned.

"Well, we can keep on having babies" Haley raised her eyebrow slightly.

"What? We are still relatively young. We have enough money and space to have more children. Why not?" Nathan asked.

"Are you being serious right now? I don't know if you are joking or not" Nathan took Haley's hand in his own.

"I am being deadly serious. I love you so much Haley, every day I fall in love with you again. I love you more than the day before but less than I will tomorrow. I love our children and I love having children with you so why not. I am barely playing basketball anymore and I will probably go into coaching but I don't have to do anything for the next few years, you signed that deal that you would not tour until Adele was 8. We have 4 years to have more children. You can still teach and write your music and I can be a stay at home dad until you decide you want to stop working or go on tour again. We are only 35 hales. We still have years ahead of us"

"We said that once we had a girl that we would stop having children. After we had Aaron we decided that we would have a girl then that would be it. We tried for years, and after we had Ronan, we said that we would try one more time and whether it was a boy or girl that we would stop at 4. We have Adele Nathan and now you want to have more children" He could tell she was reluctant.

"Its up to you Haley but I would love to have more children with you. We could have one more or 5 more but whatever you decide I will be fine with it"

"Okay, I will think about it. I love our children you know that, I'm just happy with how things are at the moment and I'm not sure if it is the best time now or if I even what it at all"

"But you know the best thing about having children?" Haley waited for him to tell her.

"It's making them" Nathan smirked seductively.

"Now that is something we can definitely do" Nathan pulled Haley into a passionate kiss, easing her down onto the carpet. He propped himself up with his hands as she wrapped her arms around his neck pulling him deeper. Haley pulled away slightly and looked at the clock on the wall.

"I have to go pick Ronan up from Music" Haley slowly pushed Nathan off of her and stood up gathering the photo albums and placing them on the shelf. Nathan stood up and helped.

"I will go get Ronan. You go have fun with Adele" Nathan kissed her on the temple and left.

"Brooke, I'm home" Lucas placed his bag on the sofa and removed his shoes. He knew too well that Maddie and Jonny would be out with friends or at practice.

"I'm up here" Lucas climbed the stairs and looked into Maddie room to see Jamie, Jonny, Elianna, Maddie and Lily studying. He slowly shut the door making sure he hadn't disturbed them. He noticed the door of the spare bedroom open slightly and opened it to see that the walls which was beige before were now a teal blue with pink, beige and gold decor. The whole room had been transformed into a nursery.

"Is there something you need to tell me?" Brooke placed a small teddy into the crib before turning to Lucas.

"I umm got a phone call earlier today. It was Sam. She is pregnant Luke. We are going to be grandparents" Brooke had tears forming in her eyes.

"What?" Lucas was shocked.

"She is having a baby Luke. She is going to have a little girl" Brooke smiled. Lucas hugged her tightly and picked her up spinning her around.

"I can't believe it" Lucas kissed Brooke on the forehead.

"She is moving back here. On her own" Lucas raised his eyebrows and waited for Brooke to explain.

"A few months ago she found out she was pregnant and came home to find Jensen in bed with some woman. She left him and took her things and has been living with her friend Kate. She finally decided she is coming home. I can't believe that she is 5 months pregnant and she has only just told me"

"She probably had a lot of things to take care of. She isn't a little kid anymore. She is 27 and has just found out she is going to be a single mother. I thought that Jensen would marry her; they have been together since they were what, 22? 23? It must have been hard for her to leave him after the life they had built together in Charlotte but we have missed her and now she is coming home so this is a good thing" Lucas reassured.

"I know, but she was pregnant when she came to town for Jamie's birthday party and she never told me. I know I am not her biological mother but I promised Haley I would look out for her. I took her into our home when she was 15 and we had two 6 year olds. We decided to adopt her even though it was a lot more than what we could handle but we treated her like our own daughter and I have always loved her as much as Maddie and Jonny. I thought that she loved me like her mother. I thought she could tell me anything and as much as I am excited that she is coming home I just can't help wonder why she never told me" Brooke sniffled slightly.

"Look I wouldn't take this personally. She was obviously hurt and didn't want to tell us yet but she has decided to come home to her family. She wants you to be here for her now. She loves you Brooke and you know that she think of you as a mother" He wrapped his arms tightly around her.

"I know she does its just hard you know" Lucas kissed her forehead and held her close.

"DAD!" Jake stood up on the sofa and caught Lennon who ran towards him. Jake hugged his son.

"Hey Buddy, Have a good day?"

"Yeah it was awesome" Lennon smiled. Jake ruffled his blonde hair. Peyton stepped through the front door closing it behind her.

"Hi" Peyton smiled, Jake kissed her softly on the lips.

"Where is Eli?" Jake asked.

"She is at the Brooke and Luke's with Maddie, Jonny, Jamie and Lily"

"Hey Lennon why don't you go start on your homework upstairs in your bedroom" Lennon looked at his dad confused.

"I don't have any homework" Peyton looked between father and son.

"Well why don't you go play upstairs in your room? I need to talk to your mom for a bit" Lennon looked between his parents before receiving a reassuring nod from his mom. Lennon ran upstairs to his bedroom. Jake made sure that his bedroom door was shut before turning to Peyton.

"I received a letter at work today" Jake sat down and Peyton sat beside him looking worried.

"What's wrong Jake?" Peyton placed a hand on his knee.

"It was from Nicki. She wants to see Jenny. She said that she read an article about the school and found out I was teaching there and now she wants to see Jenny. She said that she won't tell Jenny who she is but she just wants the opportunity to meet her"

"Wow"

"I know Peyton. I don't know what to do. I don't want her to go after Jenny and tell her the truth"

"We need to keep her away Jake. We have made a life together without her. I love Jenny like she is my own and I would do anything to protect her. I know when we decided to not tell Jenny that there was a chance Nicki would come back but I will stop at nothing to keep her away from our family" Jake gently brushed her hair away.

"I love you Peyton. You are Jenny's mother and it doesn't matter whose blood she has. You're her mom. We will sort this out, I promise. She won't get to Jenny. I will just write back to her saying that I no longer work at the school and we have moved to from Tree Hill. We sent her half way across the country before, we can do it again" Peyton giggled.

"Don't worry Peyton. I will sort it out. I promise" Jake kissed Peyton gently on the lips.

"Gosh, All this studying is making me tired" Jonny stretched out on the floor.

"Dude you have hardly done anything. You just spoke about Jessica Goldman while the rest of us tried to study" Jamie laughed. Jessica was a girl on Maddies cheerleading squad that Jonny was desperate to get with.

"I get easily distracted what can I say" Jonny smiled as he dodged the pillow Jamie threw at him.

"I cannot wait for finals to be finished. I am going to ask mom if we can go somewhere hot and tropical for a celebratory vacation" Maddie stretched out on her bed.

"More like you will flutter your eyelashes and get daddy to book us a vacation" Jonny mocked. Maddie threw a pillow at Jonny which smacked him in the head. Jamie and Elianna laughed at the siblings.

"Well I can't wait to spend the summer travelling with my mom and Andy. It feels like forever since I last saw them. Plus it will get me away from the gruesome twosome" Lily lay back leaning against the bed. Jamie laughed at Lily.

"Hey we may be a twosome but I assure you I am definitely not gruesome. Him on the other hand, yeah I say you're pretty right" Jonny frowned at his sister and aunt who were giggling.

"Do you think we will go to the beach house this summer?" Elianna asked. Everyone looked at her as if she was crazy.

"DUH! When do we not go to the beach house" Maddie stated.

"True, but it's a little different this year because we will be all heading off to different places in the fall" Jamie added.

"Yeah but come on guys. Our parents have been taking us to the beach house since forever. It's a tradition every summer. Its not going to change now, plus it might be our last chance for us guys to be all together" Maddie looked sadly at her family and friends.

"Yeah our parents have been taking us since we were babies" Elianna reassured herself.

"I remember my mom telling me that the first time we went we were only a few months old. My dad said she didn't want to take me because she thought that too much sea air could turn me into a fish or something. My dad and I laughed so hard at that. My mom just pouted and said she was hormonal and a little bit of an overprotective parent at the time. Can you imagine them taking 4 babies and Jenny to the beach for a few days? It must have been terrible. Its bad enough with Adele, Ronan and Lennon" Jamie laughed.

"Yeah but we have always had such good times at the beach house. Every year its seems like there is a new member of the family added but every year everyone made sure they came back no matter what they were doing" Elianna thought.

"Yeah I mean your mom used to come back from fashion shows and Lucas would come off book tours" Jamie said.

"Yeah and your mom & dad would cancel music tours and art galleries just to be back with us" Jonny directed to Elianna.

"Yeah whatever happened, your mom would always moan at your dad if he said he would be late because of basketball and every year your dad would surprise her and turn up the night before we were set to leave. Every year she would tell my mom who would just laugh" Maddie smiled.

"Remember the year my mom was on her music tour and my dad was looking after me and Aaron. Her flight was supposed to land the night before but she rang my dad and said she was stuck in London from her European tour. She said she would try and make the next flight but it wasn't until 3 days later. My dad, Aaron and I were so disappointed. We hadn't see mom in weeks. Dad drove us all the way to the beach house and when we got there mom was sat waiting for us on the steps. I have never seen my dad look so happy" Jamie reminisced.

"Yeah we have definitely had a lot of fun there" Maddie smiled.

"I think that when we are older that we should carry on the tradition. Our parents have been taking us for years and we should take our families there when we get older" Elianna thought.

"I couldn't imagine my summer without a trip so definitely" Jamie smiled.

"I swear to god though, next summer if I found out any of you decide to stay at University and don't come to the beach house then you will have me to answer to. I will get the next flight to wherever to drag your sorry arses back" Maddie insisted. Jamie, Lily and Elianna laughed at her. They all knew she was being deadly serious.

"And what if you decide to stay in New York? Are we allowed to drag your sorry arse back?" Jonny questioned.

"Obviously I will be back for the summer. I would not miss an opportunity to top up on my tan. New York is hardly hot so I don't want to look pale constantly" Jonny rolled his eyes at his sister and it was his turn to throw a pillow at her head. Everyone laughed at the two before getting back to studying.

Okay so I know this chapter wasn't that good but I am basically trying to fill in some gaps before getting to the main story line.

The next chapter will be a flashback and I am going to be adding a lot more into the story from now on.

Please review and tell me what you think or if you have any ideas where this story could go.

Thank you

DerenaGG

xoxo