Hi everyone! Sorry this took sooooo long! Been super busy, but am trying to balance writing more and actually feeling like writing more. Have the plot down, just gotta type it up and I refuse to give non-sense chapters so I try to make it as perfect as possible for you guys! Enjoy and review if you can! Big shout out to TheKellay! Such a big help and muse for this story always!

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Chapter 19:

It was just after six o'clock that evening when Lucas grabbed a hold of the small suitcase his wife had packed and walked up to his younger brother's house after Brooke and Drew. Making their way into the house, Drew started in on taking his flip flops off then started on his shirt.

"Why are you taking your shirt off baby?" Brooke spoke to her son.

"Cause at Uncle Nathan's house, you don't need a shirt if you're a boy"

Before she could respond, her nephew came tearing through the living room and over to the three of them shirtless. "Hi! Mommy's feeding Maddie from her boobies" he said snickering with his small hands covering his lips.

"Jay, quit that. That's your last warning before you're in trouble" Nathan walked over to his son with a reprimanding look on his face and sternness in his voice. He thought it was damn hilarious that his mother fed his sister from her breast and loved saying the word "boobies" anytime he could.

Shaking his head back and forth speedily, he looked to his dad with pleading eyes. "I won't, I won't!" he promised.

Choosing to ignore Jay's need for approval, Nathan turned to his brother and smiled "Thanks again for this guys. You sure you can stay the night right?" he lowered his voice while asking.

"Yea" Brooke spoke up. She'd taken their bag to the guest room before walking back towards the men. "But Hales never said anything about you guys staying out all night."

"I hope you didn't mention anything to her Brooke. It's a surprise" he turned his attention to the hall, making sure his wife hadn't come out, then continued with a lower voice. "I'm okay with being away from Bear for the night, I mean, yea this time it's willingly, but Hales has never been away from Maddie for more than a few hours, so I'm kinda gonna spring it on her and hope she doesn't kill me."

"Ha!" Brooke slapped his arm, shaking her head. "Hope she doesn't castrate you. You know she's gonna flip out on you, but it'll be good for you two. Plus Scottie will be here in her own home with us, that's a plus you can feed Hales."

"Brooke, she's not a dog, stop calling her Scottie, we hate that name" in his scowl concealed a hint of a smile. He didn't like the name, but the way it flustered his wife did make him laugh. Brooke never had great nicknames for his children. She'd called Jay Pooty-Tooty for the longest time, making both Nathan and Haley nauseous every time she exclaimed the name in a high pitch voice.

Before she could defend herself, the three adults turned at the sound of Haley's high heels moving through the hallway and towards the living room. "Alright, this chubby bunny is all fed and ready to play with her Auntie Brooke and her favorite Uncle Lucas." Not wanting to get make up on her sensitive skin, she kissed the top of her head before handing her to Nathan to say goodbye. Looking up, she froze seeing their faces.

"Hales, you look smoking' hot! Damn! Where did you get that dress? And we definitely know someone's getting laid tonight" Brooke was blatant in her response, immediately causing Haley to blush and roll her eyes.

"Nice one babe. Haley you look beautiful. You guys get out of here, and have fun tonight" Lucas moved towards his brother and eased the baby from his hands, turning her around in his arms so she could see her parents. "Say bye-bye to mommy and daddy" Picking her small wrist up, he had her waving at them, while she cooed and smiled.

Brooke was the first to realize that Nathan hadn't taken his eyes off his wife since she entered the room, and took a hold of Lucas' hand, pulling him away from the couple.

"Hold on" Nathan snapped out of his trance, before moving to Madeline and giving her noisy kisses on both her cheeks. "Bye you. Papa Bear loves his little Bear. You be a good girl" he kissed her one last time before turning back to Haley.

He eyes immediately darkened as they trailed over his wives body. Her midnight blue dress hugged her curvy body like a glove. The satin material made a bow like shape at her chest, with the sides scrunched together, leaving the middle front and back smooth with smaller ridges. It came a few inches above her knees. Nathan had the perfect view of her toned legs, making them seemingly longer with the silver strappy heels she wore. The dress had a perfect square neckline that accentuated her cleavage, making Nathan want to skip directly to last part of his planned evening.

Gathering her up in his arms, Nathan held Haley against him tightly lifting her just inches off the ground. He smirked when she let out a yelp. "You look extremely hot babe. I mean beautiful, sexy, gorgeous, seductive, everything. You sure you don't want to just skip to the end of the night festivities Hales"

"Not a chance! You are taking me out Nathan Scott. I want to go out on an actual date with my very handsome, extremely sexy tanned husband" she brushed her lips against his but before she could deepen the kiss, she and Nathan heard giggles coming from behind them.

"Hey you trouble makers, get over here!" Lucas growled out behind the two boys that played behind the sofa watching the adults. "You two should probably get out of here" he winked at Haley before dragging the two boys back down the hall.

Sitting her back down on her feet, Nathan handed her the small silver clutch, before grabbing her free hand. "Let's get out of here woman"

When Nathan's Range Rover neared the west end of downtown San Antonio, he glanced over at Haley. "Take a look in the glove box," he waited until she pulled the striped receiving blanket out. "Cover your eyes with it" The look he received easily told him she needed more convincing than that. "Come on Hales, just do it please. Humor me. Make yourself a blindfold woman. That's the best I could do, it's not like we have scarf just lying around the house. Just trust me okay? Chop chop"

She rolled her eyes at his demand, but obliged and loosely tied the blanket around her head. She wore it for only ten more minutes when the car slowed to a stop and the engine stopped. "Can I take this off now? I'd hate to walk into wherever we are with Toots' baby blanket on my face" she said with a chuckle.

"Yea you can" she shimmied in her seat a little as she undid the knot and he went around to open her door as her mouth hung open in shock.

"Baby, this is Aldo's!"

"Yea Hales, I know" he stared at her, wondering if she thought he'd actually forgot about the place.

"We've never had dinner here before"

"I know, that's exactly why we're here now. Hales, stop. I know what this place is. I could never forget that night. It was by far the worst date I've ever taken you on, but it was also one of the best nights I've had with you"

Haley sipped from a glass of ice cold water while she paced the small kitchen in her apartment. The perspiration from the glass had her once again nervously wiping the access water on a small hand towel before glancing out the blinds again. She started back towards her bedroom when there was a knock on her front door that caused her to stop abruptly.

She wasn't expecting anyone besides Nathan, and had told him to simply honk the horn when he arrived so she could come down. She looked through the peep hole and grinned when she saw her guy standing there.

Opening the door, she took a step back before launching herself in his arms and squeezing his neck tightly.

"Hi Hales" he whispered against her lips when she pulled back to look at him. He kissed her on the mouth hard at first until they both needed air, then swooped right back in with gentle kisses. He hadn't seen her in over a month and he was so happy to officially be stationed back in the US, and more importantly not in Active Duty. He was home and ready to start his life with Haley.

"I've missed you so much woman" he touched his thumb to her bottom lip and squeezed her hip. She simply nodded, unable to speak as her eyes filled with tears.

"I'm just glad you're here. Like really here to stay"

"Stay forever huh woman?" he asked her as he took a step further into the apartment, moving her along with him.

"As long as I'll put up with you I guess" She shoved him away before turning to grab her purse and cover up.

"Well, I was kind of hoping to do this later, but uh," his voice had gotten somewhat shaky and when Haley turned around she saw him staring down at a black velvet box in his right hand. Opening the box, he took a step close to where she was holding on to the kitchen counter, and took her hand. "I uh, I need to know you'll let me stay forever Hales. No matter where you are, I want to be there, always. I want to marry you, I want to make love to you and make babies with you Haley. I want to watch you become the most amazing doctor, and buy a house with you. I want to apologize to you while you're in labor cause I know Scott boys are big babies and I plan on having many of those with you"

Getting down on one knee, he smiled at her as tears slowly started to slip from her eyes.

"I've been all over the world Haley, over fifteen different countries, two continents, and too many states to count, and the only place I've ever wanted to be was exactly by your side. You're my life now Haley, the person I love and treasure the most, and I want to start our lives together, on this night the right way." Her knees weren't strong enough to keep her up, and she knelt down in front of him, making him rest on both knees as well.

"Marry Me Haley James, and keep me around forever."

Haley couldn't stop the constant flow of tears that flooded from her eyes when she nodded her head unable to speak. She leaned forward pressing her lips against his before deepening the kiss. When the need for air was needed, he was the one to pull away and enveloped her body into his. "yes" she whispered against his neck. Kissing his skin, she pulled back and grabbed one of his hands and brought it to her lips kissing his palm "I love you Nathan, and I want to marry you more than anything"

It was only twenty-five minutes later when Nathan parked Haley's car into a parking spot in the lot of Aldo's Ristorante Italiano. Haley waited for Nathan to open her door before the two made their way to the front entrance of the fancy restaurant.

"Ooh, I hope we can sit out on the Veranda, it's so nice out tonight" she smiled at him when he looped his arm through hers.

"Hello, welcome to Aldo's on this beautiful evening, can I have your reservation name" The tall, thin man that greeted them carried two menus against his arm and had an accent as though he were directly from Italy. His pin straight black hair, caused Haley's smile spread even more at the experience so far. She really felt as though she was in Italy and she'd barely gotten pass the host.

Nathan however glanced nervously at the man, mouth slightly agape hoping that he'd catch his drift, but when he simply looked from him to Haley, he knew he'd have to speak up.

"I uh, Hales I didn't know I had to make a reservation, I saw it online and thought it looked nice" he looked to the man that wore a blank expression, clearly not getting the picture.

"Sir, I actually don't have a reservation, I didn't know I was supposed to call ahead. Do you have anything available? It's just the two of us."

"No reservation, no service" immediately turning away, he placed the menus down and ignored them.

"But sir could you make one exception?" Haley placed her hand on his arm, remembering Nathan always telling her that she had guys falling over themselves for her, and tried to work said magic on him. Batting her eyes, she spoke softly, "he's just coming home from being on active duty, and surprised me with this" she lifted her left hand smiling brightly. She'd need some time to get used to that being there. "He just proposed to me and with that on his mind he simply forgot to make reservations, just this one time please?"

"No!" the accent they heard was definitely fake and his over dramatics would have been comical if he'd just bent the rules and allowed them in.

Haley grabbed a hold on Nathan's hand, pulling him out the front door and back out to the car.

"Hales, I'm so sorry. I swear I wanted this night to be perfect, I should've checked. I'm so stupid, dammit!"

"Hey, quit that! You're not stupid, it's fine. We can just go someplace else"

"Hales, I want to take you someplace nice. You've seen the strip, all the nice places have full lots, there's no way in hell we're gonna get into anywhere. This night was supposed to be perfect"

Seeing the defeated look on his face and in his posture, Haley lead him to the passenger's side of the car and forced him in. "Okay" she said getting in to the drives seat. "I'm I charge now. I will take us where I want to go and you get to wear the blindfold this time mister. The ball's in my field now"

"Court Hales, it's the ball's in my court now" he chuckled when she elbowed him before backing out of the parking lot and driving away.

Two hours later Nathan helped Haley out of her cover up and hung it across the stool that sat against the high counter.

"Come on and say it, my idea was great." She gloated.

"It's not where I expected to be on our engagement night, that's for sure. I just really wanted to do something special with you Haley"

"Hey, it was special to me. You just asked me to spend forever with you. Me and you every day and I said yes. Then I got to kick your ass in bowling and eat hot wings and drink beer. If you're gonna mope around all night, then I might have to make you sleep on the couch"

"But I always slee.." he trailed off catching the look she was giving him. "Are you sure?"

"I want to be close to you Nathan"

It was no secret to any of their friends that Haley wanted to wait until she was married to be intimate with a guy and she even went as far as not sharing any beds with Nathan. Sure they'd taken an afternoon nap together, cuddled before bed, but they hadn't spent an entire night sleeping in the same bed together. Even if Haley fell asleep with Nathan next to her, he'd make sure to retreat to his spot on her couch, always respecting her wishes no matter how hard it was. Before love even, he had the upmost respect for his girl and always would.

"Stay with me tonight"

Haley grabbed a hold of Nathan's arm as they walked towards the hostess.

"Reservation for Scott please" Nathan winked at Haley, before looking back at the woman in front of them.

"Right this way Mr. Scott. I'm happy to inform you of our new "Seafood Italiano" Friday evening spread. Our entire menu consists of fresh seafood for your enjoyment."

"The entire menu tonight? Seafood?" Haley's immediately envisioned her throat closing, tongue swelling, and herself passing out on the ground while going into anaphylactic shock. She'd experienced it once in her life, the day she learned of the allergy, and never wanted to experience it again.

The lady smiled brightly, not reading the near devastated look across Haley's face, "The entire menu" she gleefully exclaimed before bringing her fingers to her lips and kissing them with a "mwah!" following.

"Haley… baby I had no clue they had this going on." He ran his hands through his hair and sighed in frustration. "I can't win with this place can I? Sorry ma'am we'll be canceling our reservation, my wife's allergic to seafood." He took Haley's hand, not wanting to hear the lady's' lame apology and booked it out to the car.

When they were both seated, he could feel Haley's eyes on him. He didn't want to ruin the plans they had for the night, and didn't want to leave it to her to comfort him and make the night right. He was taking his wife out and he would make sure they had a damn good time.

"Screw that seafood infested place Hales, I'm glad we have a good excuse to go to our favorite bowling alley. You up for some beer, and wings?" The smirk was not only on his face, but hers as well as she eyed him.

"You bet your ass I am Scott"

Yes, they were overdressed walking into the crowded, nearly worn down Bowling Alley, but they could smell the fun as soon as they walked in. It took a good fifteen minutes of hugging, kissing, and passing naughty words to the others ears before they were assigned a lane and got their shoes.

"Okay, I'll go get the drinks and wings, and you my went-to-college-for-too-many-years-to-keep-up-with-big-brained wife go get that stupid computer name thing working."

"My big brain helps save infants every day" she shoved him away from her with one hand before walking away, knowing and liking the fact that he was certainly watching her.

When Nathan returned Haley had her shoes on and was bending over the computer typing in Nathan's name to start. He sat in the behind her captivated by the view he had. He'd never deny the feeling his wife could bring out of him without even trying and the view she was giving him now was spectacular.

Standing up, he moved himself behind her, feeling her slightly tense before realizing it was him, and moved his hands to her hips before kissing her neck. "I think you should let me change that name you're putting in"

Turning her body around, she was still leaned back in a somewhat uncomfortable position, but stared at Nathan with a sly look on her face.

"Oh yea? What should I change it to?"

"A-S-S. Serious A-S-S because you Haley James, now Scott have the most serious ass I've ever seen. It's perfect and it's such a tease to be around you and spot that A-S-S because it makes me want to just have you completely."

"There's kids here you know" the random voice reprimanding the couple made Haley push Nathan further away from him, and turn completely away from him. It took longer than expected to get her temperature back to normal and to rid the flush her cheeks carried.

Nathan had been up by only six points when Haley came over with both hands full of four beaker shots filled with different flavors of the sweet drink they were serving tonight. "Thank you for being designated driver tonight babe" she smiled downing two at a time. "Damn, that's yummy. It's seriously like juice Nathan! I could drink like twenty of these things" she moved to head back to the bar area before Nathan grabbed a hold of her waist stopping her.

"Not gonna happen woman. I think it's safe to say you've had enough of those and it's time to go." Grabbing her around the waist, he sat her down and changed out their shoes before leaving.

"Take me home Scott. I need to kiss my babies, and then take you to our bedroom and do some stuff to you with our door closed"

She definitely had a good buzz going, and he hoped that she wouldn't flip out at his news. "So Hales, I wanted to surprise you, and I got us a room for tonight at the Valencia Riverwalk. I know you.."

"We're not going home?" The thought quickly sobered her up and she looked at him with wide, glassy eyes. "But, what.. what about Toots? Nathan, you can't just do that! I've never been away from her for the night."

Her look was wide-eyed and almost disappointment, and he deposited their shoes on the counter before heading out to their car.

"Haley, we both know that we needed this night out. We've had a great night so far and I just wanted to keep that up, and do something special for you. I know you'll miss Toots, but she's fine with Brooke and Lucas, and we'll go home as soon as you want to in the morning. I just wanted some time alone with you. We deserve that"

She had put on her seatbelt and stared straight ahead while he talked and once he was done, she just slowly nodded her head before reaching over and grabbing his hand.

"While you were gone, they were just all I had, and even Jay, I wouldn't let him go to Tonya's or even with Brooke and Lucas for more than a night or two; and that was pushing it. Yea I'm back at work and she's with Brooke a lot of the time, but I'm not used to her not seeing us first thing in the morning. But this is good, I can do this."

Finally making eye contact with him, she smiled brightly "Let's run past the store first"

"What for" he made his way out of the parking lot, and glanced at her before focusing back on the road.

"Because I don't have any toothpaste, and there's no way in hell I'm using the kinda they'll give us at the hotel. And speed it up Scott, I'm ready to be out of this dress" She whispered the last part in his ear, forgetting about not seeing her baby tonight and allowing her buzz to resurface like before.

"Yes Ma'ma"

Two weeks later if you walked into the house of Haley and Nathan Scott, you smiled at the Cars themed party decorations that covered both the inside and outside. Six tables were set up outside decorated with table cloths red, black and yellow, with some type of center piece that went along with the movie the youngest male Scott obsessed over.

Nathan and Lucas were out early that morning just as the sun was coming up cutting the grass and making sure the backyard was free of any type of bugs nest before the sun became too much. They had a water slide to set up for the kids later, and once they had a few other water games, they'd come inside for the rest of the party. Haley, at first didn't want a bunch of kids running around her house, but figured if they stayed outside at least throughout the water games and eating, they could finish with cake outside, then open presents inside.

Maddie's early rising woke her dad from his slumber, and once Nathan cleaned her up, he handed her over to his half sleep wife, knowing she'd want to nurse and cuddle with her first thing this morning before things got hectic.

Drying off after his shower, Nathan threw on some boxers, basketball shorts and a t-shirt before heading into the kitchen. He smiled when he saw Haley facing him with Maddie obviously in the high chair eating. Moving to the back of the high chair, he peeked on each side, letting out tiny growls, making sure to move back before the baby turned to find him. Her chubby cheese lit up hearing her favorite noise from her daddy and she grinned, looking on both sides to find him. Keeping his game up, Maddie was finally frustrated and looked to her mother, who tried to spoon feed her another bite only to have her turn her head away in refusal.

Those deep blue eyes of hers stared, unblinking at Haley and it didn't take long for her bottom lip to begin trembling, and her hands to grab a hold of her bib pulling at it and crying.

"Hey, quit teasing her and come around. You know she won't stop until you do. You'll be a momma's girl the day you realize how much your Papa Bear teases you Toots"

Nathan finally moved to share the chair Haley sat him, moving her over a bit and sent Madeline a growly smile. She was all smiles, and lit up at the sight of her daddy. The noise she gave off was a clear baby imitation of growling and her arms reached for Nathan, with her hands opening and closing rapidly.

"Hey little Bear" he cooed at her. "Is she all done," he asked Haley who'd gotten up from their seat. When she nodded, he grabbed for the white on the table and cleaned her up a bit before unstrapping her and smothering her face in kisses. Growls accompanied these kisses as usual.

Haley smiled at them when she went to clean off the high chair. She could watch them all day if she had to. The same with Jay.

"Okay, you Bear can go in here," he started placing her in the excersaucer, "and bounce that poop out"

"Nathan, stop that"

"You know it's true Hales. No matter how much of a girly girl we dress her and she is, when she's in this thing, she literally bounces out the poop. And she stinks bad."

Shoving him ahead of her, they both walked quietly into Jay's room, and got on either side of the sleeping boy's bed. Smoothing his hair back, Nathan kissed his sons' cheek before Haley did the other one.

"Time to wake up baby" Nathan smiled at the softness of her voice and how she always spoke with love to their children. He couldn't picture anyone else being the mother of his children, and teaching them how to be a good people.

He moved around in bed and when he realized that he was smothered between his two parents, he smiled and snuggled further into Haley's chest. "Hi mommy"

"Hi my sweet Jason. Did you know that five years ago today you were in my belly? You were kicking me really early in the morning, and I was so tired and really knew that you were ready to come out"

"But I didn't believe her buddy. I thought you weren't going to come because you had been in there for so long, but mommy knew exactly when you were going to come and she was so excited. We both were"

"And then you took mommy to the doctors and I came out of her belly and you loved me forever and ever" Jay finished the story he'd been told so many times. He moved from Haley and crawled onto Nathan, straddling his waist before he started bouncing. "Is my party now daddy? Can I go see it"

"Party isn't till later, so it's still some hours to go" Nathan responded.

"But you know what's first right? What is always so special on your birthday that only you get to do?"

His little nose crinkled like his momma's when he smiled before the blush rose to his cheeks. "I get my special Birthday date with Auntie Brooke!"

It was a tradition since her baby boy had turned a year old. Haley was devastated that she had to leave her baby boy on his birthday to go do some on-site training, but Brooke reassured her that he'd have a special day. It happened again his second birthday and since then Brooke demanded to have her God son for a special breakfast each year. They didn't just go out to eat, but also went to pick out anything he wanted, within reason, for his birthday.

Everyone in attendance really enjoyed themselves and Haley and Nathan felt extremely blessed by the people that showed up to show their love for Jay. He'd received gifts of all sorts but his favorite gift was the new puppy he'd been given. It had been decided months ago that Haley had so much going on with work, the kids and Nathan being gone, that te new family pet would have to be postponed for a few months. With Nathan home, they knew it was the perfect time to incorporate the pet into their lives. He was house broken, kid friendly and house dog ready for their family.

With guest gone, decorations taken down, and the food put away, Haley rocked Madeline as she drifted off to sleep in her arms, still nursing. Usually, she'd feed the baby right after her bath and give her some cuddle time with her daddy, but Nathan loved having some time with Jay on his birthday. Madeline smelled delicious in her arms and Haley couldn't help but nestle her face on the top of the baby's dark hair to breathe in her scent.

Nathan was sitting up in bed against the headboard when Haley sauntered into their bedroom and stopped at the sight of her son and husband.

"You know I had tons of girlfriends growing up and I was such a daddy's girl, so it was natural for me to want to see my husband someday with our daughter and to envision what it could be like. The one guy friend I really had didn't have the best relationship with his dad or mom, and I promised myself that not only would I have complete adoration for my little boy but that I could only marry someone I was certain would have that same love for our son."

Sitting on the bed next to him, she took in Jay lying on his side burrowed into Nathan's body. His head rested on his side, while one arm hung across his stomach clutching his shirt.

"Seeing you with him Nathan," she shook her head, as tears slid down her cheeks. She pressed herself next to Jay, and reached over to caress her husband's neck. "It's the best site I've ever seen. Knowing the kind of man he'll become because he has you to look up to and your support, just makes my heart, as corny as it sounds, burst! God I love him so much, and as hard as it was, I'm so glad we had our honeymoon baby. He's really the best thing that's ever happened to us"

It didn't take long for Nathan to lean in and kiss Haley. He was extremely moved by her words, and felt the exact same way. There was something special about their boy and he had a special bond with the little boy. There were very few times when he requested bedtime stories, preferring to simply be put down, but when he did, it was from his daddy that he wanted to hear from. A birthday bedtime story was the perfect ending to a great day celebrating their now five year old son.

With one look, they both knew there was no way they'd move the small child from their bed that night, and they both turned to shut off the lights near their side of the bed. They were both nearly asleep when soft cries were heard from the living room where Parker sat in his crate. After ignoring it for a second, the noise only grew louder and Haley sighed before searching for her husband's eyes in the dark room.

"Toots starts sleeping through the night and we decide to get a damn dog?" she sighed loudly, clearly expecting Nathan to get up to tend to the dog.

"Hales, we're set up pretty good here... wouldn't want to disturb the birthday boy would we? Thanks babe, I'm sure Parker will get used to the house soon."

She leaned over and kissed Jay's face before kissing Nathan and scooted off the bed muttering, "Damn first born baby and their birthday gifts"

AN: Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Wasn't too much but just some normalcy I hope Will update as soon as I can. Don't worry about the sweet flow that's occurring, it'll get bumpy pretty soon - Review!