Maxwell: I'm his father, I know what's best for him.
Fran: And what am I?
Maxwell: You're the nanny.
Fran: You called me the 'N word'. Did you hear that, Niles?
Niles: Do you get the house in the settlement?
Fran: Uh huh.
Niles: Every word of it.

Student: Check her out. She is pure honey.
(a blonde student walks by)
Brighton: Who, the blonde? Oh, yeah, she's a hottie.
Student: No, the brunette.
(Brighton follows his gaze to find he's talking about Fran)

Fran: You know, Miss Babcock, for your information, I just found out: I'm not stupid. I'm sexy.
C.C.: Nanny Fine, don't sell yourself short. You're both!
Fran: Well, I am smart enough to know I have just been insulted, and sexy enough not to care!

Brooke hopped in her car. She just got the laptop Nathan asked for from Vivian. She had to tell her in order to get the computer. She hated to tell her and break her promise to Nathan, but at least she got the computer. She felt bad, but she had to do it.

"Hi." She says as she enters Nathan's room. "I've got good news and bad news."

"Which do I want to know first?"

"Quite frankly; I'd go with good news."

"Give it to me."

"I got the laptop. Bad news is I had to tell Vivian. But she promised not to tell Haley. She'll actually help us. It'll kind of be better. She knows what she's talking about. She's about to get married."

"Yeah." Nathan rolled his eyes.

"Okay, don't give me that look, Nathan Scott. I am doing this for you and for Haley. I know how much you care for her."

"Brooke. I told you I didn't want anyone to know about this. You're lucky I told you. But telling a James Girl? They can't keep their mouths shut."

"I'm gonna pretend you didn't say that. Because if you did, I wouldn't be helping you right now. I know that Vivian won't tell Haley. She promised." Brooke walked to her own hotel room.

"Nathan?" Brooke asked a few minutes in her room. She was working on the laptop, but hit a snag. "We have a problem. She has a password. And I have no clue what it is."

Nathan put his hands on his hips. "Try slut."

Brooke looked up at Nathan. "Slut?" She checked it. "Nope. Try again."

"Haley." Brooke looked forward and just waited for Nathan to say something else. "Try it Brooke."

"It works. I tried Nathan loves Haley. Apparently Taylor wanted to remind herself of the good deed she was doing."

"Okay, just find the file. I'll order room service." Brooke saw the look on Nathan's face. He looked so sad and determined. She tried to look for the file. After eating the burger she got from room service, she gave up on the search. "Brooke you need to keep looking."

"Oh, here's something. Ooh. She deleted the file." She winced. "I think this is bad."

Nathan finished his last bite of pizza. "Then forget it. Haley doesn't want me anyway."

Brooke knew that Nathan was determined to tell her. He just needed a reason to do it. "Nathan, don't do this. Don't say that. You— you are in love. Haley needs to know. You know she does. Just tell her. It doesn't to be a big gesture. Just tell her."

The next morning Vivian woke to find that she had a new message on her cell. She listened to it and threw the phone onto the bed and woke up her fiancé. "Sorry honey. I didn't mean to wake you. It's just the caterer backed out. Apparently she just got another offer. It's more money for her too."

"I'm sorry honey. Come back to bed." Cody patted to the empty spot next to him.

Vivian shook her head bed sat on the edge of the bed. "What are we going to do? We have no one making the food for our wedding. We have no food. What the hell are we going to do?"

"Well, we could ask Karen. She's living in our house and all she has to do really is supervise and help out. We'll pay her the same amount of money we would be paying Else.

"Okay." Vivian said. "Okay. I'll ask her. Thanks for the advice." She stood up and went to her closet.

"Okay, I see how it is." He said while sitting up. "I give you a brilliant idea and you end up not thanking me for it."

"I thanked you. I thanked you."

"Not with anything." Vivian tipped her head and smiled at her future husband with her hands on her hips. "At least give me a kiss."

"No." Vivian said as she ran out the room. She walked down the stairs and saw Karen on the couch reading a book. "Hey Karen. I wanted to ask you something. My caterer just backed out."

"No need to ask. I'll be there for you. What do I need to do?"

"Oh, thank you." She hugged her new caterer. "The entire menu is set up. You just need to do is just supervise them and help out a little bit."

"Okay." Karen said.

That same morning, Nathan was coming up with a new way to tell Haley how he felt. He needed to tell her. But he didn't know how. "Brooke, what the hell am I going to do? I'm not even sure Taylor put the order in at the photo place."

Brooke sat down and handed him a breakfast sandwich. "Listen, Nathan. I know how you are. Especially when you're in love. I've been there. Go to her house. Open the door. Kiss the hell out of Haley. Tell her you love her. And then throw her down on the couch and make out with her."

"It's not that simple. I need it to be one of the most magical nights of her life. I need her to remember it."

"Please Nathan. The only thing she'll remember is that you love her." Brooke was leaning in and holding Nathan's hand. "The only thing she needs is to know is that you care. You care enough to fight for her."

"Brooke, she's not you." Nathan looked down and thought about it for a minute. Haley wasn't her. Brooke was right. She didn't need a big gesture. All she needed to know was that he cared. "Okay. You're right. I need to just tell her."

"Okay, so what is it? You're cute and you don't talk about a girlfriend or wife. What's your story best man?" Haley asked. She and the best man Tom were walking from the ice cream parlor.

"I have a pregnant wife at home. She's about ready to pop. She's in Georgia right now. I miss her."

"Why isn't she here?"

"She's on bed rest. She wishes she could be here. I wish I could be with her. I miss her terribly. I know how Nathan must feel."

Haley looked over at him. "What do you mean?" How did Nathan feel?

"You broke up with someone who cares so much for you. I can't imagine how he's feeling right now. Hold on." He said. His phone was ringing. "Oh my god. Okay. Just hold on."

"What is it?" Haley asked. "Is everything okay?"

"My wife just went into labor. I'm gonna be a dad."

"Oh my god." Haley jumped on him to hug him. "I'm so happy for you." She jumped down and they ran down to the house.

Nathan saw this hug and thought the worst. His thoughts would later turn into big gestures.

NEXT CHAPTER:

VIVIAN AND CODY'S WEDDING

NATHAN'S BIG GESTURE