9.

It's only about a twenty minute walk to Lucas's house so we decided to walk there so I could tell Nathan all about Jamie and his childhood. Nathan had refused to see any pictures. He wanted to see his son for the first time with his own eyes and not by some pictures. I told him as much as I could and Nathan just nodded along asking simple questions every now and then.

As we made it to Lucas's house I could see them all playing in the living room. Nathan hadn't taken notice of the small boy just yet, trying to keep his gaze away till he got a perfect view of his son. I walked right into Lucas's house while Nathan stayed outside on the porch. The minute Jamie saw me his eyes lit up and he ran right into my awaiting arms. It felt good to hold my boy. It felt like a lifetime of being away from him. I pulled away from him and looked him in the eyes, afraid of this big moment that was happening in his life.

"Jamie do you remember the talk we had the other night at home in Savannah?" He nodded and looked at me waiting for more.

"Well do you remember what I told you about?"

"Yeah momma, we talked about you moving and leaving all your family and Uncle Lucas and Auntie Brooke and Peyton and Daddy." My heart swelled at his mention of his father.

"That's why I'm here baby. You're daddy is here right now." His eye brightened and the largest smile I had ever seen on his face appeared. It broke my heart that I took my son away from his father.

"Daddy's here, where is he momma?!?" The excitement rang true in his voice.

"He's outside on the porch baby, waiting to meet you." Before I could even finish however Jamie took off running towards the front door. I turned and ran after him as he swung the door open without any effort. Nathan was sitting on the steps waiting for us. He certainly wasn't expecting what happened next, neither was I. The minute Jamie saw Nathan he launched himself into Nathans unexpecting arms.

"Daddy!!" yelled Jamie. The day's events were definitely taking a toll on my heart. I held my position at the door, leaning against the doorframe just watching my two boys. For the first time since I left I saw tears in Nathan's eyes as he hugged his son ever so tightly for the first time in both their lives.

Nathan pulled away hesitantly. "Let me take a look at you son." Jamie looked up at him, he too having tears running down his face. "Oh Jamie" Nathan cracked out. Jamie just looked up at Nathan like he's known him all his life, he put his hands on his checks and wiped away his tears. Nathan smiled at this gesture and returned it, wiping Jamie's tears with his thumbs.

"I love you daddy." "I love you too son." At this I realized I had tears streaming down my face as well and I let out a small sob. Both boys looked over at me, Jamie's eyes full of hope, love and excitement. I couldn't read Nathans eyes, was there fear, hope, love; I couldn't tell. I made my way to both of them and sat next to Nathan on the steps. I put my hand on Jamie's back and started rubbing his back. He turned around and pulled me into a hug and then repeated the gesture of wiping my tears away like he had done to his father minutes prior. Nathan was the first to break the silence.

"How about we have a little family time tonight, just the three of us at my place? We can do whatever you want Jamie." Jamie let out a delighted yell while I was hesitant. I wanted Jamie and Nathan to have their time together but Nathan and me together. I wasn't too sure about it, Jamie could sense my dilemma.

"Please momma. Pretty please with a million cherries on top" Jamie then flashed his trademark grin.

"Yeah, come on momma. Please?" It was then that Nathan flashed his grin at me too. There was no way I could say no to both of them giving me that damn smirk. I tried my best to muster up my own impression of the grin, having some form of it in my whole entire life; I thought I did a pretty good job of it.

Jamie took this as a yes and ran inside the house to go tell his uncle and aunts of our little reunion. Nathan got up and held out his hand to help me up. I took it but neither of us let go right away. I'm pretty sure we both felt the spark that we'd been missing for the last six years.

"You're getting good at the smirk Hales." I blushed at his comment and at his use of my nickname. We dropped hands then he followed me into the house. Lucas enveloped me into a hug right away. He gave me a little squeeze and told me he loved me. Jamie was off packing some of the toys that he had brought over with him, shoving them into his pack at an alarming rate. Brooke was the next to grab me, very hard in fact.

"I'm expecting full details of not only what happened today but what happens tonight!" She whispered into my ear with such enthusiasm.

I pulled away and notice Peyton helping Jamie search for a missing toy and Nathan on the outside of the room taking everything in. Jamie had found his toy and said goodbye to his uncle and aunts. He then grabbed Nathans hand and started walking out in front of me. Jamie however stopped after a couple of stepped, forcing Nathan to stop as well. Jamie looked back at me and stretched out his hand waiting for me to grab it so that we could all leave together. After grabbing it I turned around and gave a little wave to our friends. It looked like Brooke had tears in her eyes but I brushed it off. We looked like a real family

We walked back to my house so me and Jamie could grab some things for the night and for tomorrow as well as some of our favorite movies, games and toys. We loaded everything in my car, figuring that Nathan could get his car the following day because Jamie wanted us all to ride together.

The night flew by in a whirlwind of pizza, games and laughing. Currently we were all settled on the couch watching Finding Nemo, Jamie was laying across the couch with his head on Nathans lap and his feet on my lap. I chuckled a little to myself at the thought of Nathan sitting through a kid movie, but as I turned to look at him I noticed the smile that had been permanently placed on his face since he saw Jamie. He must have sensed that I was looking at him because he turned to me and winked. God what was this boy doing to me.

The movie went by quickly and soon enough the end credits were rolling. Jamie had fallen asleep halfway through the movie and Nathan was currently trying to figure out how to pick up Jamie without waking him up. Even after I told him that Jamie slept like the dead and nothing could wake him up Nathan was still trying to be gentle as possible. He carefully scooped him up and brought him to the guest room. I followed behind him to help him put Jamie to bed. Nathan carefully placed him in the middle of the large bed and left I pulled the sheets up and tucked him in and kissed him on the cheek, Nathan came back into the room and put Jamie's stuffed animal Chester under the covers and kissed his forehead. Before we were out of the door I heard Jamie's little voice.

"Daddy?" we turned around to see Jamie's little eyes open.

"Yes buddy?" Nathan went and sat down on the bed next to Jamie.

"I'm glad mommy came back home and that I have you now. I've missed you." Jamie got out from under the covers and gave Nathan a hug.

"I'm glad too buddy. I love you son." Nathan gave him a squeeze and put Jamie back under the covers and tucked him in and gave him another goodnight kiss.

"I love you too daddy. Always and forever" Jamie said with a smile and then closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Nathan and I stood watching Jamie for a few minutes before making our way out to the living room. Nathan started cleaning up right away but I stayed back, watching him pick up random toys and pizza boxes. He stopped after a couple of minutes and turned around the look at me. Before he could say anything or do anything I spoke up.

"I'm sorry. I acted so stupid and so irresponsible when I decided to run away. I shouldn't have done that to you. You're a good father to him, I can see that now. I'm such an idiot. All your life you tried to get away from Dan and what he did to you and Lucas and in one stupid mistake I made you into the man you despised. I wish I could take it all back and change everything, let you be there for Jamie, he's needed his father more than anything in the world. All I can say is I'm sorry for everything and try to make it-" I was silenced by Nathan kissing me. In my rant I hadn't notice him making his way towards me. Before I could do anything or even respond Nathan pulled away and had that damn smirk on his face.

"Sorry, that's the only way I remembered that I could get you to stop talking. Glad to see that it still works." He said with a little chuckle.

"Nathan that was uncalled for. I was trying to apologize to you!" I said while give him a little push.

"You don't need to keep apologizing. I forgive you. I forgave you the moment I saw that boy and the moment he jumped into my arms and called me daddy. I mean you could have done things differently back then but I don't blame you for that. I blame myself actually. I should never have done what I did to you. I've been living with that mistake every day for the past six years. But I can see you did an amazing job with Jamie. He's an amazing kid, Hales. He's just like you in every sense. I want to-" This time it was my turn to silence Nathan with a kiss. I pulled away quickly before he could reciprocate.

"Glad to see it still works." I said, repeating his words from before. With that I turned and walked to our bags and I heard Nathan chuckle from behind me. I went over to the bags and grabbed one and brought it over to Nathan who was now sitting on the couch, I put the bag on his lap and took a seat next to him. He gave me a quizzical look and started opening the bag. Inside were all my photo albums since I left Tree Hill. We stayed on the couch for a few hours going through the entire collection, looking at every stage of my pregnancy, to me and newborn Jamie in the hospital, to birthdays, both mine and Jamie's, every holiday and hundreds of candids. Nathan had wanted a story with every photo.

"Thank you Haley for showing me these." Nathan said when he shut the last book.

"No problem Nathan. I knew you'd want to see these. I took them all for you knowing that this day would come and I wanted you to see his childhood since I took you away from that." I told him apologetically.

"I have tapes back at my apartment in Savannah too. His first steps, crawling, Christmas's, everything." Nathan just nodded and said thanks. I tried my best to hide the yawn that was coming up but failed miserably. Nathan saw my attempt and laughed.

"Haley it's been a long day, why don't you just go to bed, I'm not going to be upset."

"I know but I like spending time you with. I've missed you." I avoided meeting Nathans gaze but I felt his hands on my cheek and then they went under my chin and lifted my face to look at him.

"I've missed you too Hales" He said with a smile.

"I'm sorry."

"Haley stop apologizing to me." He said with a laugh. I felt another yawn coming up and I tried to suppress it, but yet again I failed miserably. Nathan laughed again at me.

"Stop laughing at me Nathan" I said and gave him a little smack on the arm.

"Come on, let's get you to bed. You can take my room."

"No Nathan I'll just sleep with Jamie in the guest room. I don't want you to be put out by me being here."

"Haley I'm anything but put out with you being here."

"It's fine, I don't mind sleeping with Jamie or even on the couch"

"Well I'm not fine with it. This is my house so you follow my rules and my rule right now is for you to take my room." I sighed, knowing this wasn't going anywhere.

"Fine" I said while throwing my hands up in the air.

Nathan showed me to his room and pointed things out in the bathroom and then said goodnight and left me alone. I breathed in the familiar scent and my heart hitched in my chest. I changed into my pajamas, put my hair in a messy bun and laid down in the bed. I was probably there for twenty minutes before I realized that I wouldn't be able to sleep here, alone in Nathans bed.

I crawled out of bed and went to search for Nathan. I figured since he offered me his room that he was in the living room sleeping on the couch but when I went down there he wasn't there and there was no sign that he was even going to be sleeping there. I made my way to the guest room to see if he was in there with Jamie and when I opened the door I became overwhelmed with emotion. There on the bed was Nathan lying on his back, sleeping with a sleeping Jamie on his chest. I wanted so bad to take a picture of this moment but I didn't want to wake either of them up because they both looked so peaceful. Instead I crawled into bed beside Nathan. This is how I was going to sleep tonight, with my two favorite boys right beside me. I leaned over and kissed Jamie on the forehead and went to go kiss Nathan on the cheek but when I leaned in Nathan turned his head and the right moment and our lips touched. I was about to pull away when I felt the sparks and leaned in closer to get better access. I wanted to stay like that forever but then I felt Jamie shift slightly on Nathan and I reluctantly pulled away. I laid down and cuddled closer to Nathans side, trying to get as close to him as possible. Nathan knew what I was doing and put his arm around me and pulled me as close to him as room aloud. He kissed me on the forehead and whispered goodnight. I fell asleep instantly and for the first time in six years I felt complete. I had my family back. Jamie and I finally had Nathan.