Thanks for the reviews. Here is the next chapter, don't know if I am going to continue unless I come up with something good. I don't know though. But, read and review, and I'll try and post a new chapter if I can think of a way to take the story. Thanksī
Flashback:
The front door opened as Nathan walked into the apartment after a basketball practice and saw Haley sitting on the floor with piles of books around her.
"Um, Haley, what are all the books for?" Nathan questioned his wife.
"Just a little research, you know me, Tutorgirl, I can never be too prepared. I mean we're having a baby, that's something we need to be prepared for." She told him, showing him a book with a cute little baby on it.
He smiled at her and took a seat on the ground next to her looking around at all the books. He picked up one "Baby Names and Meanings"
"You're already thinking about baby names?" he questioned his wife.
"Well yeah, I hate calling it, 'it' or 'baby'. He or she needs to be acknowledged as a person, not a thing."
"So you want to know the sex?" he replied.
"Yeah, I guess I do." She smiled at him. He began to open the book, flipping through pages, laughing at a few, not being able to pronounce others. Haley looked over and wondered what was so funny.
"May I ask why you are laughing, I didn't think that that book in particular was very funny?" she said with a chuckle of her own.
"It's just some of these names seem so weird, I never thought to name my child after a country or something like that."
"So you thought about what you wanted to name your children?"
"Well not before, but when you told me about our baby, I thought about it, you know, for like a minute." He tried to cover up that fact he'd been doing something a little to girly for his liking, knowing if his friends found out they would be dogging him for days.
"Oh really, what kind of names were you thinking of?"
"Haley, I really don't want to talk about this." He said a little embarrassed trying to get up.
"Hold it mister. Sit back down. I'm serious. I'd really like to know what you think. It's very cute that you'd take the time to think about what you want to name our baby. Usually guys say they don't care about that kinda stuff."
"Fine, I was thinking if it's a girl, Lily, after my great-grandmother. I actually kind of always wanted to name my daughter that... But I never said that."
"Lily, I really like that a lot. It's going on my list. Why have you always wanted to name your daughter that? You know if you don't mind me asking." She laughed a little knowing he felt like a little less of a man right now, scooting closer to him in the process.
"Don't make fun of me. Promise?"
"I promise, now tell me."
"Ok, fine. When I was like 5 my great-grandmother died and I never really knew her or remembered seeing her. At her funeral there were all these lilies and my mom took a bunch home. I asked her what they were called and she told me. I immediately thought that my great-grandma was a flower, and when I said something about it my mom never told me otherwise. So I went like two or three years thinking that my grandma was this really pretty flower. Then when I was old enough to really understand the cemetery we went and visited her grave and my entire theory was shot down. It was really depressing because I liked the idea of her always being there in the flowers. But my mom told me that even though Grandma Lily was a person first, she could have sent the flowers so I never forgot about her. So I thought, if the baby had her name she'd be like extra looked over by my grandma. And that is my really cheesy story, don't laugh."
"Oh sweetie, that is so cute. But, you know I feel a little cheap now knowing that the beautiful flower thing really wasn't just about me." She joked.
"Yeah well you have your own flower and you know what, I didn't even remember that story until I thought about the baby being a girl." He laughed.
"So, you have any stories about boy names, or are you fresh out of good tales?"
"Yeah, fresh out. And, just so you know my dearest wife, if anyone finds out I was an idiot even when I was five, I will hunt you down."
"Well first of you weren't an idiot when you were five, maybe now" she smiled," but that is an honest mistake for a child. And, don't worry about anyone finding out about that story, I'm not Brooke, I can keep a secret."
"Thank you." He replied kissing her then walking into the bathroom to take a shower.
Nathan woke up from the little nap he had taken. He was tired from sitting in the hospital for hours worrying about his wife, his child, and his brother. Brooke had been back and forth between rooms keeping both Nathan and Peyton updated on the state of their other friend. Lucas hadn't woken up yet, but he seemed to be in the clear from any long term side affects from what they could tell. Just as he looked away from his wife to check the clock, something under his hand began to move and he quickly jolted his head back to see his Haley slowly waking up. He began to smile and quickly got up to give her a hug and a kiss and promise her she was going to be okay. He then called in the doctor so he could check her over. When he left, he told her that her OBG/YN would be in soon to check up on the baby.
"Oh baby, I was so scared you weren't going to wake up." He said giving her another kiss on her forehead.
"I'm so happy you are here, and the baby seems to be okay. He's our miracle baby." Haley said almost beginning to cry.
"I love you Haley. You know that. I never lost hope, not for a second." He said smiling, looking outside to see the rain still falling, and leaning in to give her kiss after kiss.