Author's Note: Hi everyone! It's a brand new year. I trust the yous have had an amazing holiday. I've been working on this chapter while I was gone and it isn't as long as I would have hoped but I really wanted to update already. There were a couple of typos in the previous chapters so if you're bothered to look back I've tried my best to fix it. Also I got the age of when Haley fell pregnant mixed up… therefore I've changed that to make it seventeen not eighteen. Meaning Nathan and Haley got married when they were just sixteen. Okay now that I've got that cleared up, I hope you enjoy the read!

Chapter 10:

"Did you see Mr Anderson's face when we told him you were pregnant? I could have sworn he was about to give us a lecture."

"It's not funny Nathan." They we both huddled together on the couch recounting all of today's events. "I'm just glad today's over. Did you know at least one person in each of my class, congratulated me about the baby? I just pictured everything so differently in my head."

He pulled back. "How did you picture it?"

She blinked at the sudden spark of curiosity. "I don't know... I always thought I'd get "those" glances when I walked down the hallway to get to my locker. Or I'd over hear a couple of girls talking about me while I was in the toilet. I thought it was a classic way of people's reaction to teen pregnancy. You know what I mean?"

"Yeah I know what you mean but that hasn't happened right?" he asked worriedly.

"What? No of course not. What about you? How'd the team handle it?"

"They've been really supportive. I asked Whitey if I could leave a few minutes before training ended whenever there's an appointment for the baby and he said yes. See I've got it all figured out." Haley couldn't believe how much effort he was putting in to make it easier for the both of them. How he made it feel like everything was all under control and for once in her life, she felt the future wasn't going to be as scary as it seemed. "I'll try my best to make it to every single appointment," Nathan continued. "But I can't make any promises I won't be there on time. It's almost the state championships but we'll need to make it past the semi-finals first. I'm sure Brooke would be happy to tag along with you. And besides Lucas and Skills offered to help me catch up with all the training practices whenever I meet them down at the Rivercou –"

Haley gripped his neck and leaned forward to capture his lips. She felt so proud of him for thinking ahead that she couldn't hold back any longer. Her actions cut him off in the middle of his tirade. Nathan responded almost instantly and gently laid her down on the couch. "Haley…" he groaned in between their kisses.

"I know baby. It's killing me too." She threw her head back so that Nathan could trail kisses up her neck. He eventually found her mouth and Haley desperately pulled his shirt off and tossed it on the floor. "That's more like it." Nathan grinned evilly and Haley pulled him closer. He made sure he wasn't adding to much pressure on her so that he wouldn't hurt Haley or the baby. He loved this woman so much that he'd practically do anything for her. God he missed their bodies being so close to one another. It was making him insane!

"We should stop." Haley said before they went any further. Nathan pulled away willingly.

"You're right. I'm sorry."

"No don't be." She sat up carefully and straightened her clothes. Nathan smiled as he took notice of her swollen lips and her flushed cheeks. He cupped her chin before planting a light kiss on her forehead. "I think I'm going to head off to bed." She said tiredly.

"It's only nine thirty." He picked his shirt up off the floor and dressed himself.

"I know but ever since I found out I was pregnant my sleeping pattern has gone awry. I was so close on sleeping through history today."

Nathan picked her up in his arms. "You know what? On second thought maybe you should go to sleep." She giggled and wrapped her arms around his neck while he carried her towards the bedroom.

"You might as well carry me considering I'll be a size of a whale in a few months."

"You a whale? Never! A dolphin maybe." She punched him on the shoulder once he placed her on the bed. "I was totally joking by the way."

"Yeah yeah. Say what you want to say but in less than six months I'm going to give birth to your kid."

He put his hands on his chest pretending her comment hurt him. "It's your kid too."

However Haley was already fast asleep. He laughed. Thinking she was going to get cold he covered her up with their blanket. With one more glance at Haley sleeping on their bed he forced himself to leave her and clean up around the apartment. But just as he made it to the kitchen there was a knock on the door. Who could that possibly be? Nathan walked over so he could open it.

"Mum?"

"Hi Nathan." His sobered mother stood in front of his door way looking healthier than she looked in a very long time. Her mid-length blonde hair was pulled back into a ponytail and wasn't teased like it usually was when she experimented with pills. Her eyes looked much brighter and they no longer had black circles underneath them. She was wearing a grey jumper and blue denim pants with sneakers. Nathan smiled at her transformation, she really was his mother and no matter what happened in the past, he was always going to love her. Dan on the other hand… "I know it's late but I really wanted to talk to my son." He held the door back so that she could come inside.

"You look a lot better now mum." he said. Deb hid her smile at her son's compliment. They both took a seat and turned their attention to one another.

"I heard my baby was going to be a father!"

"Who told you?"

"It doesn't matter who told me."

"It was Dan wasn't it?" Deb waved his question away.

"Come over here and give your mother a hug." He leaned over but his mother already pulled him towards her. "Despite history repeating itself, I'm so proud of you Nathan." He pulled back and laughed. "My only advice to you is to not make the same mistakes your father and I made when we raised you. If it wasn't for you meeting Haley you wouldn't have become the man I see seating right in front of me today."

"You're really not mad?"

"No, why would I be?"

"It's just that dad wasn't as enthusiastic as you were… I'm mean that's typical of him." Deb sighed in agreement.

"There are some things that time can never change. Your father's just one of them. But I think deep down he's really proud of you. He had the nerve to ring me up and tell me about your news."

His mother defending his dad baffled him. "Since when were you all understanding now?"

"Ever since I was in rehabilitation… you know what? Let's just say I've learned to see things from a different light." She patted his knee.

"So I take it you know about Duke University accepting me in?"

A wide grin spread across his mother's face.