We arrived at the park, and I couldn't believe how peaceful it looked. There were people everyone...laughing, playing, talking...the sun was nice and bright, the ice cream truck had a line a mile long...it just seemed so happy and nice there.

"Where do you want to put down the blanket?" Nathan asked. He was holding an old Ravens blanket and I held a bag of food.

"Let's look for a nice tree." I smiled lightly, and looked around as we walked along the pathway. Nathan shrugged and took my hand in his, before pointing over the grassed area. There was a large tree there, with nobody around it. It was shaded, but still looked really beautiful.

He laid down the blanket and sat down. I took a seat across from him and laid out our food in front of us.

Karen had gone all out for us. She packed her danish pastries, that I love so much, and even before all of the food was out, I snatched one up. Nathan laughed and I took a bite. "I'm hungry!" I exclaimed. "And these are heavenly - here, try some." I held it out to him, and he took a small bite. "See?"

He rolled his eyes and nodded as he threw a handful of grapes in his mouth.

"Hey don't hog them, I want some too!"

"Of course you do...Have some." He smirked, and threw one at me. I giggled as I plucked one from the bunch, and threw it at him. Of course, being Nathan Scott, he had to show off by catching it in his mouth.

"You're such an ass"

"You love my ass." He grinned, as I glared at him.

"You know, I don't actually think much of your ass." I lied and went to take another grape, but he snatched them away.

"Tell me you love my ass." He grinned, his stupid cocky grin, and I melted. "I'll give you a grape." He taunted me.

"Fine..." I gave in. "I love your ass." He tossed a grape, and amazingly enough, I caught it in my mouth.

"Wow you actually caught it...I guess some of my talent genes from the baby leaked into you somehow."

"Shut up okay, that's not even possible."

"How do you know? Anyway our kids going to be pretty awesome."

"Hey come on; let's not talk about the baby. It's all we ever do now." I sighed. "Let's just do what the doc said, and have fun." I insisted. Of course we needed to talk about things, but we didn't need to bring the baby up in every conversation we had.

"Alright...hey, did you try that new Kool Aid?" Nathan asked me, and I smiled at his feeble attempt at a fun conversation. "They mixed the blue and red together."

"Eww that sounds disgusting" I said cringing

"No, it's really nice. I'm going to buy some, so you can try it." Nathan insisted, as I shook my head.

"Red and blue can be enjoyed separately, but together...I don't think so." I screwed up my face.

"Haley you haven't even tried it"

"This is going to be one of those things that we have to agree to disagree on."

"You mean like your crappy taste in music?"

"I do not have a crappy taste in music!" I defended loudly. "In fact, I'm not even sure your crap classifies as music." I laughed, as I shuffled closer to Nathan.

"Please all your music is is people complaining about broken hearts and love lives and whining"

"And all yours is is people rapping about drugs, and abuse and crap...I mean, that Plan B song is ridiculous!"

"I don't just listen to rap." Nathan laughed. "I like other stuff." I raised my eyebrow.

"David Banner doesn't count."

"You said you liked Chris Cornell" He said pointedly.

"One of the few people you listen to that isn't crap."

"Yeah well...I don't know how many people I like that you do." Nathan shrugged. I sat upright between his legs and tilted my head to look at him.

"Oh, except Gavin Degraw. Have you heard his new one?"

"Yeah; It's great, right?"

"Right, why are you questioning it, did you even listen to it?"

"I've...been a little busy."

"I knew it" I said rolling my eyes, "lucky enough for you I downloaded it." I pulled out my phone and started playing it

As we listened, I closed my eyes, and felt Nathan rubbing my elbow with his thumb.

"Hey don't fall asleep and leave me sitting up" He groaned

"C'mon I'm tired"

"Hold on." He sighed, he layed down on the blanket and I laid parallel with my head on his stomach."

"This is nice." I sighed quietly. "I'm glad we did this." I kissed his arm, as I closed my eyes.

"Me too" He said. "Look at that cloud." He pointed up.

"It looks like a dog."

"No way"

"Yeah it does, see the tail and the legs."

"It looks like a guitar. Where do you get dog from? That's the arm..."

"Nathan honey...do you realize that we are looking at it from two different angles."

"Oh..." I felt him shift a little. "Yeah, I guess."

"You're a goof"

"I'm your goof."

"Yes you are, and I'm thankful for you everyday" I said turning around and leaning up to kiss him


Nathan stood on the steps and took a deep breath. He thought about ringing the doorbell, but decided to just enter. After all, it was still his house. Although he hadn't been home in days. He walked through, his heart racing, wondering how his parents would take this.

"Mom?" He called out, as he wandered through to find her in the kitchen. "Is dad home?" He asked immediately.

"Uh, he went out." Deb stopped chopping and looked to her son. "Why?" Nathan smiled and handed over a small print out.

"This is your grandchild." He told her, with a proud smile. Deb looked at him, before taking the picture and looking intently. "I thought you might want it."

"Oh Nate.." She whispered. "This...this means so much." She held the picture close and looked to her only son. "When did you get it?"

"Today." He told her curtly. "We heard the heartbeat too, he or she is healthy." He told his mom. He couldn't help but grin with joy; hell, if Dan was here he'd probably still do it.

"That's fantastic." Deb smiled. "I'm going to keep this in my purse and show everyone."

"Not yet." He said quickly. "I mean, Haley and I haven't told everyone, only a few people." Deb nodded acceptingly.

"I want to be a part of your life Nathan, and this-"

"Oh, you found your home." Dan entered the room. "Just in time for dinner. Shall I assume you left that little slut behind?"

"Dan-"

"No, I came to show my mother HER grandchild. I'll be leaving now." Nathan said, hoping to be mature about this. "Mom, I'll either be at Haley's or Luke's. You can come by and see me whenever you want." He told Deb, who quietly nodded, clutching the ultrasound.

"She won't be seeing you." Dan stated boldly.

"And who are you to dictate that?" Nathan questioned. "She's my mom, she's a person, and hey, you know what, Dan? She can make her own decisions. I'm actually surprised she's still here with you."

"Nathan, I think-"

"No, Mom, don't think. Just do. Why would you stay with this asshole? He's not a husband to you, or a father? You're a trophy wife to him. You had money, and he wanted it. That's all." Nathan shook his head. "I'm out. If you decide you want to be a part of my life, come and find me. But you." He looked to Dan. "Don't even think about it. This baby...you'll never see it. You'll never be a part of their life; ever. You're a manipulating asshole, and you need help." Nathan said pointing his finger before walking out of the house and slamming the door behind him.


"Hey baby" Nathan said walking into Haley's room where she sat on the bed folding laundry.

"What are you doing here?"

"What I am always doing here, getting away from my parents."

"Oh I see how it is" She joked as he moved and wrapped his arms around her from behind.

"And I wanted to see you. You know I always want to see you."

"That's better" She said turning in his arms to kiss him.

"We got into the same fight we always do and I can't take it much longer."

"I feel so bad Nate"

"There's nothing you can do about it" He sighed, "But at least when I'm with you I can forget about it."

"Not necessarily. Maybe there is something you can do."

"What do you mean?" He asked as she moved away from him.

"Knowledge is power" She said taking a seat at her computer desk.


"So wait its called an emancipation." Nathan asked sitting on Haley's bed listening to what she read.

"Yeah and it's like you divorce your parents."

"What do I need to do."

"Lets see, hmm it says you petition and blah blah blah...you need to have a steady income and prove that you can do it by yourself."

"I can't I'm working 40 hour weeks at minimum wage but I mean when school starts it will be a lot less."

"I'm sorry baby" Haley said as she continued skimming "Wait this says after that if you have someone over the age of eighteen sign papers say that they will legally accept responsibility for you and help you with all of your expenses along with take you into their home you can emancipate yourself from your parents."

"Who is going to do that though I mean my grandparents...my grandpa still hates you and the thought of our pregnancy."

"Nathan think." She said tilting her head

He looked at her and it dawned on him "Your parents"

"They would gladly sign those papers to get you out of that house. They love you like a son Nathan."

"If they...I...everything would be so much better. And I mean I practically live here anyway."

"I know. You spend most of your time here, you sleep here, my mom makes dinner for four every night."

"Nothing would really change except I would rarely see my parents."

"I'm going to keep reading."

"Alright, I have to get to work but I'll be back later."

"Kay, I will probably go to Brooke's later, but will be back before your shifts over. Love you."

"You too" He said kissing the top of her head before leaving.


Haley finished reading the articles and had to wait for Nathan to come home to talk about it all with him. For a minute she sat staring into space wondering what to do. Brooke and her hadn't made plans for another half hour. Then she remembered, she got up, opened up her closet and pulled out the small box. She set it on the bed and sat down. Opening it she pulled out the scrapbook.

Pulling out a page from the kit that had small baby shoes all over it she scrawled on the top neatly 'The first time we laid eyes on you'

She grabbed one of her extra copies of the sonogram and glued to to the page. "There you are again baby." She rubbed her hand over her stomach and touched the photo "I love you." Smiling she attached some stickers to the page "Don't you worry. Mommy and Daddy are going to figure this all out, just for you." It then hit her. "Mommy...I've always wanted to be a mommy."


I bounced slightly on the balls of my feet as I waited for Brooke to open the door "Hey there stranger, I was starting to wonder if you even remembered me, where have you been?"

"Just around." I smiled, as I entered the house. We went straight to Brooke's bedroom, where she had already prepared snacks, and generally gone Brooke Davis OTT for a hangout session.

"So I got a bunch of movies, I didn't know what type of mood you'd be into."

"Oh, that's cool." I smiled and perched on her bed. "I wanna talk to you about something anyway. I have something really special I want to show you; I just got it today." I bit my lip and took the picture from my purse.

I held it out to her as she stared at it than me. "I was hoping I was wrong." She whispered.

"You weren't...I...I know you wanted to know, and you're probably hurt I didn't tell you-"

"I don't care." Brooke whispered. "I..Wow..."

"It was just...too soon. We just got the clearance today to start to tell people"

"Clearance? Was something wrong? Hales.." Brooke sat down beside me and touched my arm. "Everything's okay, right?"

"No, I'm fine. It's just during the first trimester you are most at risk for a miscarriage. I'm twelve weeks now."

"That far along?"

"Yeah..." I laughed lightly. "It's kind of unbelievable."

"I'll bet..." Brooke's eyes darted to my stomach. "Are you going to get married?"

"One day...we haven't talked about it much. He's been dealing with a lot with his parents so I didn't want to stress him out about marriage too."

"But you totally want to." Brooke smiled. "I think it's sweet...did you tell mama J?" She asked me, and I laughed, nodding.

"All my family knows, his family knows, Karen and Lucas know...you're the first friend who isn't also family to find out." I made sure she knew that telling her was important to me.

"Wow Hales...thanks. I'm sorry I made fun of you all those times. You were going through so much and I probably made it worse"

"Don't worry...I knew you were just being nosey. You wanted to know the gossip." I laughed. "I know you B Davis, and as much as you would have kept this secret for us, you are like the gossip Queen, so it annoyed you that you didn't know something." I told her quickly, before backtracking. "Sorry, hormones."

"No its okay, its true. I would have been so excited that I would have told everyone"

"I love you, B."

"I love you too, TG. but, how are you feeling?"

"Honestly?" I questioned biting my lip as she nodded. "I feel like I'm in over my head a little bit. I just keep telling myself to be strong for Nathan, he is going through so much more with his parents and all, but I'm so afraid."

"Come here." Brooke said pulling me in for a head. "First off you are not in over your head, you are more motivated than anyone I know and will be a great mom, and secondly, just because Nathan is going through something doesn't mean you can't too. So if it ever gets too much you should tell him, he would want you to tell him."

"Thanks Brooke." I smiled pulling apart.

"Now. Remove that shirt." Brooke ordered, and I just raised my eyebrows. "I wanna see the baby." She stated, as if I should have known that was what she meant.

"Brooke I don't have a bump yet, I haven't even gained any weight so far"

"And your point is?" Brooke asked me. "Just let me see the baby!"

I sighed and lifted up my shirt. "You're crazy"

"Hi baby..." Brooke trailed off, putting her hands all over my tummy. I blocked what she said out; just glad that she wasn't upset by the news.