A/N: Yay! Two updates in one day, well, almost. Two updates in less than 24 hours which is a miracle basically. So, enjoy.

Dislcaimer: I don't own One Tree Hill.


Ugh. I feel so disgusting." Rachel complained.

"Yeah, you mentioned that." Haley rolled her eyes as she sat down at the kitchen table for dinner.

"Well I do. I don't know why people subject themselves to this torture." Rachel said.

"Mommy, mommy, mommy!" Lydia came into the room excitedly, a piece of paper in her hand, "Look what I drew you!"

Haley lifted the girl onto her lap, and Lydia proudly showed her the drawing.

"See, that's you." Lydia smiled, pointing to the stick man on the left side of the page, "And that's me." She continued, pointing to the one on the right.

"And Daddy helped me write this." Lydia said, pointing to the words 'I LOVE YOU MOMMY' scrawled across the top of the page.

"I love you too, Lydia." Haley smiled, giving her daughter a kiss on the cheek, "Thank you very much."

"You're welcome." Lydia grinned, hopping down. "Can we put it up on the fridge?"

Haley nodded, and watched as Lydia grabbed a magnet and put the drawing right on the front of the refrigerator.

And as Lydia left the room, Haley turned to Rachel.

"That right there." She said simply.

Rachel raised her eyebrow at Haley.

"That's why I 'subjected myself to that torture'. Seeing her happy, makes everything worth it." Haley grinned.

But Rachel still didn't get it. None of it seemed worth it to her.

xxx

Nathan, Rachel and Haley were doing the dishes as Mouth entertained Lydia and watched Taylor, and Ryan sat up in his room.

Nathan was washing, and Rachel and Haley were drying but Rachel seemed more interested in watching Mouth and Lydia.

"Rachel." Haley nudged the redhead, trying to get her attention.

"Rachel." Haley repeated herself a bit louder, before following Rachel's gaze, seeing Mouth and Lydia reading a book while sitting on the couch.

"First Goldilocks tried the first bowl of porridge. 'Brr,' She said, 'That porridge is too cold for me.' Then she tried the second bowl of porridge..."

"Excuse me mister," Lydia said politely, "What's porridge?"

"Have you ever had oatmeal before?" Mouth asked, smiling at the little girl.

Lydia nodded quickly.

"It's kind of like that." Mouth told her.

"Oh, okay then." Lydia said happily.

"Rachel." Haley said once again, and this time Rachel heard her.

"Yeah?" She said slowly.

"The dishes." Haley replied.

"Oh, right. Mouth's going to make a great dad to this lucky kid, isn't he?" Rachel said.

Haley nodded, "Yeah he is."

Rachel sighed, "Well at least the kid will have one good parent."

Haley and Nathan exchanged glances, and Nathan simply nodded.

Haley took Rachel's towel away and set it down.

"We're going for a walk." Haley said.

Together, they walked out the front door, and down the front steps.

"Rachel, you might not want this kid right now, but you have to realize you're going to be a great mother, if you just try."

"I'm not ready for a kid, Haley. I'm not like you. I've never had a real job in my life, I never got good grades in school, I never tried hard at anything but flirting. I'm not ready for this."

"Do you honestly think any of that matters? As long as you love this kid, everything else will work out."

"Haley, why are you being so nice to me? I don't deserve it. I've been nothing but a bitch to you."

"Who you were in high school, and who you are now are two completely different people. What happened in the past, stays in the past. I know now that you wouldn't try to pull any of that crap anymore."

"You're a good person, Haley." Rachel smiled.

"So I've been told," Haley laughed.

xxx

Nathan and Mouth couldn't believe their ears when they heard the two girls come back in the house, laughing their heads off.

Maybe this would be over faster than they had expected.


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