Chapter 25 – Like uncle like nephew
6 Years Later
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Lucas groaned as he turned around in his bed. He slightly opened his eyes and shut them again. Then he opened them again and was shocked to see a little girl standing next to his bed, crying. He quickly sat up as he saw her scared look and picked her up and sat her on his lap.
"What's wrong baby?" he asked his three year old baby girl.
"Daddy...monsters!" she said loudly and Lucas heard his wife moan.
"Shh Bella...we don't want to wake mommy do we?" Lucas asked and Bella shook her head.
"Daddy...monsters." Bella whispered and Lucas sighed...she was just as stubborn as her mother.
"Okay...let's go and find those evil monsters." he said, stood up, picked her up and carried her to her room.
He gently placed her on the bed and yawned.
"Okay Bella...where are the monsters?" Lucas asked.
"There...listen." Bella said and pointed to her cupboard.
Lucas listened intently and soon heard a noise from the cupboard. He sighed as he opened it and found Nathan standing there with a smirk on his face. Bella quickly forgot of the monsters, jumped from her bed and ran straight into Nathan's arms.
"Uncle Na-na!" Bella yelled.
"Hey my little Bella." Nathan smiled at his niece and kissed her on the forehead.
"James...come out from behind your uncle or you're grounded." Lucas ordered and soon his six year old son came out. He looked exactly like his mother...brown hair with brown eyes.
"Hello daddy." James said shyly.
"James...what did I tell you about scaring your sister?" Lucas asked with a stern face.
"Not to do it." James answered.
"That's right...now apologize to Bella."
James quickly moved to Bella and gave her a hug.
"Sorry Bella." he said and Bella just nodded.
"Okay...now why don't you two play softly while your uncle Nathan and I talk in the living room." Lucas said and walked out with Nathan.
"You really have to stop teaching James all that stuff...just because he has your name doesn't mean he has to be like you." Lucas lectured as he sat down on the couch.
"Yeah, yeah...I know." Nathan sighed and sat down across from him.
"I'm serious Nate...it's starting to scare my daughter."
"I said I'll stop!" Nathan moaned.
"Well see...so you heard from your mom again?" Lucas asked.
"Yeah...she finally divorced Dan...and he can't say a damn thing in jail so...yeah...it kinda worked for the best you know?" Nathan said.
"Yeah...since the court ruled life imprisonment I've slept better knowing he's gone. So where is my sister in law?" Lucas asked feeling that a subject change was in order.
"Lizzy has a fever so Brooke decided to stay with her at home...Peyton and the twins are going to visit so she won't be alone. Where's my sis...is she avoiding me by chance?" Nathan joked.
"Here I am...and no I'm not." Haley said as she made her way down the stairs and sat down next to Lucas.
"Hales...the doctor said you should rest." Lucas moaned and Haley smiled.
"Well up until my daughter woke me up crying because her uncle was scaring her...I was doing just that." Haley said and Nathan laughed.
"So Hales...when's the baby due?" Nathan asked as Haley and Lucas placed their intertwined hands on her protruding stomach.
"In a month actually...that's why I'm on bed rest." Haley smiled.
"So...my wife actually sent me here to find out the sex of the baby. She wanted to come herself but my daughter decided that today was a good day to get a fever so she's stuck at home with her." Nathan explained.
Suddenly the phone rang and James ran down the stairs.
"I'll get it!" he yelled.
"Well Nate...it's a boy..." Haley started.
"Wow...that's..." Nathan began.
"And a girl." Lucas interrupted and smiled at his brother's shocked expression.
"So...you're having twins?"
"Yeah."
"Wow...that's...wow...congratulations." for once Nathan was at a loss for words.
"Who was that James?" Haley asked as he and Bella entered the room. Bella quickly taking her place on her father's lap and James next to Nathan.
"Oh...it was Uncle Chris...he says he can't wait to see us next week when he visits and he says he'll phone back once he comes out of his meeting." James explained.
"So...this is happily ever after?" Nathan asked.
"Yeah...I guess it is." Lucas said and stroked his daughter's beautiful blonde hair.
"Yeah...after all those Secrets and lies...everything is finally okay." Haley said and Lucas kissed her.
"Daddy...me...kiss." Bella demanded and Lucas chuckled as he gave her a kiss.
'Well...you know what they say...Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay...it's not the end." Nathan said and soon they all found themselves in deep conversation of the things they loved...namely their friends and family and they all vowed to never keep such big secrets in their lives again.
The End!