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Thanks for all the great reviews. I am so happy you all liked Chapter 3. Thanks again. :)

It's all going to get very interesting from here and on. We are finally meeting Haley's husband soon. Nathan meets Jamie in this chapter. The 5 year old will instantly click with Nathan. Not to mention there is a BIG shocker coming really soon.

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Chapter 4: Opening Up

Later that night Haley walked in her house carrying a sleeping Jamie in her arms. She put her purse down at the table and tossed her keys there also as she quickly turned around and locked the door up. She slowly walked up the stairs holding her son as she took him to her room to tuck him in. She didn't need to put any pajamas on him since he already changed into them at Brooke's. Haley walked into his room and gently laid her son in his bed and pulled the covers over him as she tucked him in. She stood there for a few minutes just staring at her sleeping son before she kissed him on the cheek and mumbled "Night baby, I love you" she reached over and turned on his basketball night light and shut his bedroom door half way as she left his room.

Haley walked to her bedroom and changed into her night wear and sat at her computer desk and opened her laptop. She just wanted to check her email and facebook notifications. An email message soon popped up on her screen. Haley smiled when she seen who it was from.

"Hales,

Tried calling you this evening, no answer. Hope you had a great night. See you at school tomorrow. :)

Nathan"

Haley smiled, she hit the reply button and typed back.

"Nathan,

Sorry about earlier, my son was playing games on my phone this evening and the battery is now dead. I had a good night. How was yours? Good, can't wait, see you tomorrow. :)

Hales"

Haley closed her laptop and climbed into bed and snuggled under the covers. "Momma" a small voice said.

Haley quickly looked to see Jamie standing by the bed "What's wrong baby" she asked her son.

The small boy climbed up on the bed and got under the covers "Bad dream" he said as the small boy snuggled close to his mother.

Haley put her arm around her son "Wanna tell me what it was about" she asked.

Jamie shook his head "Night momma" he closed his eyes.

"Night baby" she kissed her son on the head and closed her eyes.

The next morning Haley walked into Tree Hill High School with Jamie in tow. "Now remember Jamie, you have to be on your best behavior today while momma is teaching class, ok" Haley told her son since she had to take him to work today because Brooke was unavailable and was going out of town for the day.

"Ok" Jamie nodded. He suddenly stopped when he seen the school gymnasium, he started to walk in the gym and turned back to Haley. "Momma can I go play basketball" he asked.

"Jamie, I need to" Haley started to walk over to her son "get to..." Haley paused when she seen Nathan playing basketball. "Class" she added.

"Momma, can't you miss class" Jamie groaned.

Nathan could hear some people talking by the door. He turned to see who it was. "Hey" he smiled when he seen Haley "What's up" he asked as he walked over to them.

"Nothing. My friend bailed this morning so I had to bring Jamie. And i'm trying to get to class but my son wants to play basketball" Haley chuckled and rolled her eyes.

Jamie looked up at Haley than at Nathan.

"Oh Jamie, this is Nathan, he works with me" she looked at Nathan "Nathan, this is my son Jamie".

Nathan looked down at the five year old "Nice to meet you little man" Nathan put his hands out.

Jamie high fived him "Nice to meet you" he said.

"Why don't you go play for a few minutes, I'm gonna talk to your mom" Nathan said.

Jamie smiled "Alright" he said excitedly and ran into the gym.

"Now you see what I put up with" Haley chuckled.

Nathan stared at her "He seems like a good kid though".

Haley smiled "He is" she said.

Both Haley and Nathan watched Jamie for a few minutes as he played in the gym dribbling the basketball all over and throwing it up to the net.

"For some reason he is addicted to basketball and he doesn't get that from or my husband" she chuckled.

"So your babysitted bailed huh" he asked.

Haley nodded "Yeah my friend Brooke had to go to New York for some work thing".

"So your taking him to class with you" Nathan asked.

Haley nodded "I tried to find another sitter but it was just so late and I wasn't fighting to find a sitter" she glanced over at her son playing basketball.

"Yeah I know what you mean" Nathan watched the five year old play basketball.

Haley glanced at her watch "I have to go. I'll see you 2nd period" she smiled.

Nathan couldn't help but smirk "Yeah second period"

"Come on Jamie lets go. I have to get ready to teach class" Haley said loudly to her son.

"But momma, I wanna stay" Jamie groaned.

Haley sighed "Jam..." she started to stay.

"Hales, I'll watch him if you want. This is my prep period anyway" he interrupted her.

Haley looked at Nathan "Are you sure? I don't want him to be a burden to your or anything" she said.

Nathan chuckled "Your not a burden and neither is he" he assured her.

"Ok" Haley smiled. "Jamie, listen to what Nathan says. Ok"? Haley told him in a motherly tone.

Jamie started dribbling the basketball "Ok bye momma" he waved at her.

Haley chuckled "Sounds like he can't wait to get rid of me".

"Naw he's just having fun Hales. Don't worry he's in good hands. I'll see you next period" Nathan said.

Haley took his hand in hers. "Nathan, thanks for doing this. It means a lot" she smiled.

"Your welcome" he said.

"I should really get to class. I'll see you later today" she started to pull her hand away.

"Yeah see you later" Nathan said. He heart was racing fast as he watched her walk away.

For some reason Haley felt safe leaving Jamie with Nathan, she was really overprotective of him when it came to other people watching him excluding her parents and her best friend Brooke.

Nathan turned around and watched Jamie as he was playing basketball. He walked over to him "So Jamie...you like playing basketball" he asked.

Jamie stopped and looked at Nathan "Yeah it's my favorite sport. What's your favorite sport" he asked Nathan.

"Basketball" Nathan answered the 5 year old.

"Who's your favorite team" Jamie asked.

"The Bobcats" he replied.

"Oh cool me too. I always wanted to go to a game but my dad is never home and momma won't drive out to Charlotte. She says it's way too far to drive" Jamie told Nathan.

"Well your momma is right. It's like a 2 hour drive. And that's just one way"

"Why does it have to be so far" the five year old boy groaned.

"Who's know maybe one day you'll get to go to game" Nathan said in a hopeful voice trying to cheer the five year old boy up.

"I hope so" Jamie held up the basketball "Wanna play" he asked.

Nathan snickered "Sure buddy" Nathan said.

Haley sat her desk taking all the papers that students were putting on her desk as they left for class. She started putting all her papers into a folder when she heard footsteps approaching her classroom. She looked up and seen Nathan and Jamie walking in.

The boys walked into Haley's classroom. They both had a bottle of Power-ade in their hands.

"What are you wearing" Haley asked Jamie and laughed as she seen him wearing a basketball jersey that was clearly too big for him.

"It's a jersey, you like it" he asked his mother.

Haley chuckled and looked at Nathan and than back to her son "It's nice but it's very big on you though".

"Nathan said I can have it. Can I keep it" he asked. His bottom lip curled up to his top.

Haley looked at Nathan "Are you sure it's alright he can have this" she asked.

Nathan nodded "Yeah, we had a few extra jersey's it's not a big deal".

She looked down at her son "Alright, you can keep it" she said.

"Thanks momma" Jamie reached up and kissed her on the cheek.

"Why don't you go sit down and color. Nathan and I need to get stuff ready for the next class" Haley told her son.

"Ok" Jamie ran off to the desk in the back where his crayons and books were that Haley bought him.

Haley stood up out of her chair and pushed it under her desk. "Thank you for watching him Nathan and keeping him busy. It means a lot" she smiled for just a split second than she looked sad.

"It's not a problem. He's a great kid" Nathan stared Haley, he could tell something was wrong. "What's wrong" Nathan asked, with a slight of concern in his voice.

Haley sighed "His dad was suppose to come home tomorrow night but umm..." she cleared her throat "He's not. The company he is working for is flying him to Tampa tomorrow night for business. I broke the news to him last night...Well actually Brooke and I both did and since this morning he seemed really down. I mean I understand he has to work but Jamie doesn't really understand that yet".

"Yeah I know he told me earlier in the gym his dad is always working" Nathan revealed.

Haley's eyes widen "He opened up to you about that" she asked in a shocked voice.

Nathan nodded "Yeah he told me that his dad is always gone and he misses him and wish he would stay home for a while" he told Haley.

Haley glanced over at Jamie and stared at him than back to Nathan "How did you get him to open up to you" she asked Nathan.

"Well we were playing basketball and lets just say I could tell something was on his mind after a while and I asked what was on his mind and he started telling me everything" Nathan said.

"I'm surprised he opened up to you. I can never get him to talk about it with me" Haley was relatively surprised Jamie opened up to Nathan about his dad. Last night, she and Brooke both tried to get Jamie to talk about it but he just said he understood and went back to playing his video game.

"Yeah me too" Nathan said.

Jamie ran up to his mom "Oh momma I forgot to tell you, I told Nathan he could have dinner with us tonight. You can make your food of the gods dinner" Jamie told Haley.

"Jamie, I told you only if it's ok with your mom" Nathan said to the five year old.

Haley chuckled and looked down at her son "Sweetie, it's Friday. I think Nathan has other plans tonight" she told Jamie.

"Nathan said he would bring over his Wii and we can play the new NBA 2K11 game" Jamie said excitedly. "Momma, please" Jamie gave Haley his puppy dog face.

"I'll think about it. Why don't you go back and finish coloring" Haley said.

Jamie sighed "Alright" he walked back to his table with his table down.

Haley and Nathan both let a snicker as they watched Jamie go back to his table to color.

"Well you know if your not busy I'd love to have you for dinner" Haley's cheeks turned a bit red.

Nathan chuckled "I'd love to" he smiled.

Haley smiled "Alright than".

Students started walking in the classroom and taking their seat.

They both watched as students settled into their seats and got ready for class to begin.

Nathan leaned over close to Haley "Just one question, Hales" he said lowly.

Haley nodded "Yeah. What" she asked.

"What is food of the gods" Nathan asked. He had no clue what it was and was curious to find out.

Haley looked back at him with a smirk on her face "I guess you are just going to have to wait and find out. But don't worry I promise you'll like it" Haley winked at him and reached over to her desk for the stack of papers she was going to pass out to the class.

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