AUTHOR'S NOTE: Thank you so much for all the reviews! Your support is what keeps me inspired! I have a lot of people wanting Brooke and Nathan to get together which is exciting because those are one of the unconventional couples that I totally ship! Thanks for the reviews lukenpeyton4ever, Suze18, Angel N Darkness, OTHGirl24, MelindaCasey. Now with the return of Jake and Haley…things are just getting started. ;)

Previously on With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept…

"He went after Brooke." Haley said.

"What did you expect him to do, Hales? Things aren't the same as they were four years ago. Things are much different." Lucas said.

"I don't understand…why everyone is making me to be the bad guy!" Haley said confused.

Lucas slid out of the booth and sighed. "Sorry Hales."

"Brooke! Wait up! Come on…don't run away, again." Nathan said.

"I can't do this." Brooke said shaking her head.

"Yes you can." Nathan said pulling her head away from his chest and looking into her eyes. "You are Brooke Davis. You are strong, you are tough, and no one can ever break you."

"Are you okay with me staying?" Brooke asked looking over at Nate.

"I think that I would be cool with it hence this morning I asked you to move in with us." Nathan said and she nodded her head.

"Look Haley, I want to apologize…" Lucas started off. He nudged Peyton.

"I want to apologize also…" Peyton said and then she let Lucas do the rest of the talking.

"Come on, Ms. Sawyer." He said and he swung his arms under her legs and around her shoulders and she squealed as he lifted her into her arms.

"What a gentleman Mr. Scott." Peyton said and she giggled softly. He laid her down on the bed and he crawled on top of the bed beside her.

"I love you Momma." Jamie mumbled barely coherent.

"I love you too baby." Brooke said softly and watched as Nathan took him upstairs.

"The beds aren't made up, and it's way too late to do all that. You can share my room with me." He said.

"Oh you would love that." Brooke said punching his arm not to hard hence she was half asleep. "You are such a guy."

"Haley?"

"Jake? What are you doing here?"

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Status Recovered

"Mommy, you have to see this!" Jamie said hopping onto his mom and dad who were still in bed. Brooke groaned.

"What are you talking about Jamie?" Brooke said groggily and she looked over the clock. It was only 7 o clock in the morning about the time that Jamie always woke up.

"You have to come look outside!" Jamie said tugging on her arm.

"What's wrong with him?" Nathan said mumbling into the pillow.

"I don't know, he said that we have to go see something outside." Brooke said and they both sat up slowly.

"Come on sleepy heads!" Jamie said jumping off the bed and running out of their room.

[O][T][H]

Lucas pushed the door open to the school, and he walked through it.

"Lucas!" Principal Turner called after him. Lucas turned around adjusting the whistle around his neck.

"Our English teacher had to quit this morning due to emergency situations. Her husband, I guess, was getting stationed immediately in a different country. Anyways, I know that you are a big name in the literature business, and I was wondering if you would like to take over the class till we can find a full time replacement."

"That's not a problem, Mr. Turner."

"Alright, sounds good. Your free period is probably third and then you have lunch right after fifth. Thank you so much Lucas." He said gratefully and he took off down the hall.

Lucas found himself at the English classroom and he opened the door, walked through it, and then shut it behind himself. When he stood at the board, he heard a knock on the door.

"Mr. Scott? What are you doing in the English room?" Haley, his best friend, came through the door asking.

"The English teacher quit this morning, so they asked me to take over while they found a full time replacement that was going to be able to take on the class." Lucas said. "What are you doing here?"

"I was actually just here for my interview. I just got back from New York, and I just rented out a house over on Newberry Drive, and now I'm hoping to be able to teach a music class here. They really need some culture up in this place."

"Yeah, it would be nice to see some of the students take some interest in something besides sex, alcohol, or even their education for that matter." Lucas laughed and Haley let out a mellow chuckle.

"Did you hear that Jake was back in town?" Haley asked.

"Jake? Are you talking about the Jake who had the baby in high school and who was dating Brooke?" Lucas asked.

"Yeah, he's going to enroll Jenny down at the elementary school."

"Isn't Jenny his daughter? She is school age already?"

"Yeah, I ran into her on the elevator too. She's about eight years old now. She's a spitting image of her daddy."

"Well, Brooke will be excited." Lucas said very unsure of that statement.

[O][T][H]

"Mommy, put on your coat, its cold!" Jamie said handing her, her jacket. Nathan slipped his on, and then Jamie opened the door.

Their whole front yard was covered in snow. "It's snowing!" Jamie said excitedly and a cold burst of air hit the three of them causing Brooke to shiver, and Nathan to wrap his arm around her.

"We haven't had snow in a long time." Brooke said and Jamie ran outside and he jumped into a pile of snow. Brooke and Nathan laughed.

They stepped out onto the porch and watched as their son played around in the snow.

"Did you sleep well?" Nathan asked.

"Are you kidding me? I slept like a peaceful baby." Brooke laughed. Nathan was intoxicated by her laugh.

"Well that's good. I'm glad." Nathan said and he slid his arm around her, pulling her to his side.

"Nate, what are you doing?" Brooke laughed softly with a smile on her face, trying to pull away from him but he wouldn't let her go.

"This," He said and he turned his body fully towards her, cradling her face in his larger hands and pressing his lips to hers softly.

Brooke was definitely not expecting him to kiss her, but that didn't mean that she pulled away from him. Instead she placed her hands on his hips and she leaned up to kiss him back. When the kiss ended, she laid her head on his chest, circled her arms around his abdomen and held on to him finally getting what she wanted. She was now, happy.

"Ewwwww," They heard Jamie yell from the snow. Brooke and Nathan both just laughed.

"It's time for school!" Brooke said.

[O][T][H]

"Jamie! Let's play tag!" One of Jamie's friends yelled from across the playground. Jamie shook his head climbing on to the play equipment.

"No! It's too cold to run around!" Jamie yelled back and he sat down on the play equipment that was deserted except for a girl sitting beside him. "Are you new?" Jamie asked.

The girl nodded her head. "Yes, my name is Jenny." The girl said.

"It's nice to meet you Jenny. I'm Jamie. What grade are you in?" Jamie asked.

"I'm in the third grade. My teacher is Mrs. Ryan." Jenny said.

"Cool, I'm in the first grade. I'm supposed to be in kindergarten, but my mom put me in the first grade because I'm smart." Jamie said.

"It's time to go in third grade!" Mrs. Ryan shouted across the playground clapping her hands and the third grade ran to line up in front of their teacher.

"I have to go, bye Jamie!" Jenny said and she climbed off the play equipment and ran towards her class.

[O][T][H]

The school bus pulled up in front of the Scott household and Brooke met Jamie out front. Brooke wrapped her arms around her son and she hugged him softly.

"Hi baby. How was school?" Brooke asked kissing her son's forehead.

"It was great! I met a new friend today! She is in the third grade though."

"Is she cute?" Brooke laughed.

"Mommy that is so gross!" Jamie said.

"If you want to get out of that uniform, you better go change and then you are going to spend the night with Uncle Lucas and Aunt Peyton."

Jamie instantly ran inside and he quickly changed. While grabbing his school bag, he also grabbed his bag of toys.

"Mommy, I'm ready to go to Uncle Lucas'!" Jamie ran down the stairs yelling.

"Come on baby." Brooke said.

[O][T][H]

"Uncle Lucas!" Jamie said when Lucas opened the door to his house.

"Jimmy Jam!" Lucas said and he hugged his nephew.

"Thank you for taking him. He has been dying to see you." Brooke said.

"It's not a problem. I love him." Lucas said.

"Where's Peyton?" Brooke asked.

"Yeah, she's right here." Lucas said taking Jamie in another room and Peyton appeared in the doorway.

"Can I just say that I forgot how much of a good kisser Nathan was?" Brooke said and Peyton's draw almost dropped to the floor.

"You kissed him?" Peyton asked.

"No, he kissed me, this morning when Jamie was playing in the snow. It was the best kiss I have ever experienced!"

"Well, wear protection this time." Peyton said.

"We're definitely not going to do that tonight…" Brooke said with a laugh.

"Good for you." Peyton said.

[O][T][H]

Nathan threw the ball to the hoop and it swooshed through the net. Nathan chased the ball and then bounced it around to behind the three pointer line and shot it in the hoop.

"He dribbles it up court, finds himself behind the three pointer line, and its Scott for the win!" Brooke said.

Nathan turned his head and he laughed seeing Brooke there.

"Are you a crazy man or something? It's freezing out here and you are in shorts and a t-shirt." Brooke said wrapping her arms around herself.

"When you're running around like I am…you're not very cold after a while." Nathan said dropping the ball and walking over to her.

He wrapped his arms around her and he tried to kiss her but she pushed him away from her.

"You are all sweaty, I am not kissing you."

"Are you being serious?" Nathan asked letting go of her and then picking the basketball back up and dribbling it by shooting again.

"Yes, being sweaty is gross!" Brooke said.

"You use to be a cheerleader; you used to sweat all the time!" Nathan said.

"That was different, sort of." Brooke laughed.

"You are so crazy."

"Are you taking me out tonight?"

"I don't know, am I?" Nathan asked.

"You bet your ass you are. So go shower or something." Brooke said.

"Fine, I'll shower if you kiss me." Nathan said raising his eyebrows.

Brooke used her finger to lure him over to her and then she wrapped her arms around his neck and she pressed her lips to his softly. When she kissed him, she seemed not to care about how sweaty he was. The kiss was soon interrupted by the clearing of someone's throat. Brooke pulled away from Nathan and turned around. Their eyes fell on Haley who was standing there looking a little awkward.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt. I just…needed to talk to Nathan and I was told this is where I could find him."

"That's okay. I have to go anyways." Brooke said and she kissed Nathan quickly on the cheek and then left the presence of the former ex-lovers.

Before Brooke could leave Haley called out, "Brooke!" It caused her to turn around. "Do you think we could talk in about an hour at Tric?"

"Yeah, that would be good." Brooke said and she walked away from them and to her car.

"Hey stranger, how are you?" Haley asked folding her hands in front of her nervously. Nathan bounced the basketball.

"I'm doing well and you?" Nathan asked.

"Yeah, I'm okay." Haley said. "Sorry, I interrupted you and Brooke."

"Its fine, she had to get going anyways." Nathan said and he shot the ball into the hoop.

"I don't want there to be this awkwardness between us Nathan." Haley said softly.

"I'm not the one making it awkward Haley. I pleaded with you to forgive me that day, and you couldn't because I made one mistake."

"It happened two times Nathan. How many times do you want me to forgive you for all the mistakes you made?"

"That's not fair. The first time it happened…I was with Peyton and I was really bad person then and we were fighting. I shouldn't even have to explain that to you!"

"What about the second time?"

"Brooke was upset, and she was drinking. We all know that alcohol doesn't fix anything. She was really wasted and she was really broken. I couldn't stand seeing her like that…"

"So you slept with her?"

"It wasn't supposed to happen!"

"Then why did it?" Haley asked tears gathering in the bottom of her eyes.

"I don't know why it happened. I was just being a good friend and then one thing led to another. That is the only way I know how to say it. I have no excuses, and I owned up to my mistakes after it happened. You didn't have to find out about it through a sex tape this time." Nathan said and he shook his head. "Honestly Haley, I have no regrets."

"No regrets? You don't wish that it would have never happened?"

"No, I don't. Maybe I would have after it happened. Now I don't. Brooke gave me a son, a son who I love with everything I have, and a son who taught me how to own up to my responsibilities and be a father. Now, I have Brooke too, so no I don't regret what happened, but I do regret that I broke your heart and that I screwed up our marriage. That's all I can say." Nathan said shrugging his shoulders.

"That's all I wanted to hear." She said softly. She walked up to him and she hugged him softly. "I'll always love you Nate, but I know you're happy and I'm happy for you. You're definitely a good man and a good father. I better be able to see him one day."

Nathan laughed softly returning the hug and breaking away. "You will. I honestly think you need to fix things with Brooke first."

"I will, which is why I am heading over to Tric now. I'll be seeing you." Haley said and walked off the court. Haley got in her car and she drove off, a lone tear falling out of her eye. She knew that she needed to let go now.

[O][T][H]

Haley walked into the club, and she saw Brooke sitting at one of the tables in the club. The club was empty except for Deb working behind the bar stocking the shelves and taking inventory. While Deb worked on getting the club ready all day for the night time, Karen worked the café, then they'd work the club together. She was great how things turned out here back home.

"Brooke." Haley called and Brooke looked up. Haley sat across from Brooke and she smiled softly. "Before you say anything…I just want to say that I'm sorry for everything I said the last time that I saw you."

"It's okay Haley. I understood why you were so upset, and I understood why you said those things even if a part of me didn't." Brooke said shrugging her shoulders. "I should be the one apologizing though because I started this whole thing. I'm sorry for what happened between Nathan and me, it was never planned or supposed to happen."

"If you don't mind me asking…why did it happen?" Haley asked not sure that she wanted to hear the actual details but it was the first step to a recovering relationship. They had to get everything out in the open.

PLEASE REVIEW! I hope this chapter suits you for now. I've been on this every 5 days a new chapter roll, so hopefully I can keep it going. Though everyone seemed to be making up in this chapter…trust me, it's just getting started! (: