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i don't have much to say except heres chapter 21

Chapter 21

It had been two months since Haley had given birth to James and she was spending her first night away from him. It was the day before Lucas and Brooke's wedding and the girls were having a sleepover at Lucas and Brooke's house while the boys were staying at Nathan and Haley's with James. Haley had called the house to check on James several times until Brooke had confiscated her phone.

The girls were watching a film when a very pregnant Shelley walked into the room and said, "I think my water just broke."

The girls went into immediate action. Rachel and Peyton, after changing quickly into the clothes they had been wearing earlier, took Shelley out to Rachel's car and drove her to the hospital while Haley, Brooke, Bevin and baby Claire followed in Bevin's car. Haley used Brooke's phone and dialled her and Nathan's home phone and when he answered she said, "Hey it's me. We're taking Shelley to the hospital. She's having the baby."

"I'll tell Mouth and the guys. We'll meet you there."

"Alright see you then."

The next day, Mouth and Shelley arrived at the Lucas and Brooke wedding with a bundle of baby and blanket in Shelley's arms. The doctor allowed the couple to leave the hospital with the baby as there hadn't been any complications and Shelley had cried when she thought she would have to miss the wedding.

They were greeted by a nervous looking Lucas and Nathan, Skills and Jake. After the boys talked to the new parents for a few minutes they were joined by Haley and Bevin who immediately gushed over the baby. They informed Shelley that Brooke had been asking for her as she wanted to see the baby after only meeting him briefly for a few minutes the night before.

Shelley walked with Haley and Bevin who was now holding the baby into the room Brooke was getting ready in. As soon as they walked in, a nervous looking Brooke swept across the room to meet the new addition. She lifted him out of Bevin's arms and admired him before asking, "Did you guys decide on a name yet?"

The night before, Mouth and Shelley had told the group that they had not decided on a name for the baby yet but would tell them as soon as they had decided on one.

Shelley smiled and said, "Yeah. His name is Peter Michael McFadden."

"Hi there Peter." Peyton said as she took Peter from Brooke. She held the baby in her arms as Brooke finished getting ready and the girls waited for their cue to leave. A little while later, there was a knock on the door and Mouth announced that the ceremony was going to begin shortly. Haley gave Brooke reassurance that everything was going to be fine as Shelley took Peter from Peyton. Shelley, Bevin and Haley left the room and made their way to their seats.

The ceremony started and ended without any problems and as the couple kissed, Haley smiled at her husband before glancing at Rachel who was watching over a sleeping James. Haley still could not believe she was a mother. The only thing that would remind her when she was not with James was her constant worrying. She couldn't help but worry about James. When she had voiced these fears to her mother in law, Deb had laughed and said 'welcome to motherhood'.

The reception took place again without a hitch which became a subject of conversation when most of the guests had left and all that remained were the core group of friends.

"I was expecting something to go wrong," Brooke admitted, "It's been like that for the last few weddings."

"Well I had Peter yesterday so I guess that was the only thing that could have caused the wedding," Shelley pointed out.

"It just seems weird," Brooke said "I mean we'll all had something happen at our weddings. Even Bevin and Skills had that drunk dude gatecrash"

"Nothing went wrong at mine and Nathan's wedding," Haley said

"That's not true," Rachel said, "You realised you'd fallen in love with Nathan."

"What!" Nathan exclaimed shocked. He hadn't known that Haley had been in love with him then.

Haley looked at Rachel, who immediately said 'sorry' and turned to her husband. He looked at her questionably and she stood up, not wanting to have the conversation in front of her friends. As they left, Brooke said, "I guess I spoke too soon." Everyone chuckled at her remark but they were all a little worried as they had seen the look on Haley's face.

Nathan walked with Haley outside. She turned to him. He looked at her worried face and he realised that she was scared he was angry or upset with her. He pulled her into his embrace and held her tightly. When they pulled out of the hug, Haley looked up into Nathan's eyes and asked, "You're not mad?"

"Baby how can I be mad. You loved me just as long as I did you."

"What are you talking about?"

"When you walked down the aisle, I knew I'd fallen in love with you but I didn't do anything about it because I was glad that I could call you my wife and I was scared you didn't feel the same way."

Haley jumped up and kissed him. When she pulled back she said, "I love you."

"I love you too Hales."

The couple went back inside to meet their friends who were relieved to see the couple happy. They spent some more time conversing before Lucas decided he wanted his new wife to himself. They all departed from the reception hall and went their separate ways home.

When Chase and Rachel reached their house, they immediately went upstairs to their bedroom. Both were pretty tired but Chase also had something on his mind. He had wanted to wait until the next day to ask Rachel but he couldn't wait any more. Before Rachel could change, he spun her around and kissed her. She immediately responded and they melted into each others embrace for a few minutes until Chase pulled away.

He looked into Rachel's eyes and said, "I love you so much. It took years for me to admit it and that was the biggest mistake I ever made. So I'm not going to make the mistake of waiting years to ask you this."

Getting down on one knee, he looked into a very shocked Rachel's face and took a small box out of his pocket. "Rachel Gattina will you marry me?"

Rachel screamed as she pulled Chase up. Kissing him passionately on the lips she said, "Yes. I love you."

Chase placed the ring on Rachel's and by the next morning, it was the only thing that remained on her body.

that was chapter 21 only one left and the epilogue please please please leave reviews and let me know what you thought of the chapter