Little Moments

Chapter 36: Mother I'd Like to...

Disclaimer: Well, I'd like to say I own OTH...but we all know that's not true.

A/N: My goodness, I never in a million years thought I'd get 40 reviews last chapter, but I did so here is the update that's always promised if I hit a milestone!! I'll save my thank you's for the end author's note. Most of you requested this so I'll let you get to it. But a huge, shout out to Pam for giving me the idea! This one's for you. Enjoy.

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Haley looked around the house and sighed. Boxes were piled high, and the small little house they'd just moved into was quite a mess. Just a week ago Haley, Nathan, Lucas, and 2 ½ month old Jamie had all left Tree Hill for Gilmore. Haley had recently put Jamie down for a nap and heard the door open. She turned to see who it was and raised her finger to her mouth letting whoever it was know there was a sleeping baby in the house.

Lucas saw Haley, nodded, and quietly shut the door. He had a bag of take-out in his hands and walked toward the kitchen.

Haley got up and followed him, "What did you get?" She looked at the bag and arched her brow.

Lucas smiled, "Well, I thought I'd pick up from the little cafe in town. See if it's as good as home." He began to take out the Styrofoam boxes and looked back to Haley, "Where's Nathan, he didn't go get lunch too did he?

"No, no. He's on a diaper run."

The blonde haired teenager laughed. He could have sworn it was every other day that someone had to get something for Jamie. That kid went through diapers and formula like nobody's business.

Opening up one of the boxes he slid it to Haley, "Club sandwich for you."

"Thanks Luke."

He nodded, "Sure. Oh, and I got Nathan a patty melt so should I keep it out or put it in the fridge?"

Haley took her box and walked to the kitchen table, "You can probably just leave it out, he should be back soon."

"Alright." Lucas took his box and sat down next to Haley. After they both took a bite of their sandwiches he looked at Haley, "It's not bad."

"Yeah, it's pretty good but it doesn't compare to your mom."

Lucas laughed. She was right. Nothing would compare to Karen's cooking. She always had a way to make things taste like home. He took another bite and looked around the room. He turned his attention away from the moving boxes and raised his brow at Haley "Did you ever think this is how it would turn out?"

"What? Two best friends eating lunch together?"

Shaking his head he smiled, "No this. Us all together. You and me and Nathan."

"And Jamie."

Lucas nodded, "And Jamie."

Haley looked around and sighed, "No." She wiped the corner of her mouth, "I thought you'd end up at UNC and that I would go to to Stanford."

"If you had asked me that two years ago I'd probably say the same thing." He paused for a moment and then looked back to her, "You regret it?"

She shook her head, "Absolutely not. Nathan and Jamie are the most important things in my life and some school and California doesn't even compare." She paused then went on, "I think back when I was younger school and academic achievement were the things that drove me, but now, it's hearing Jamie laugh or watching Nathan play...as long as their happy I'm happy." Again she paused and then looked strongly into Lucas' blue eyes, "And Luke, I don't know how to say thank you for coming here and..."

Lucas interrupted her before she could finish, "Hales, I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. I took Whitey up on his offer because it will be a great opportunity to keep basketball in my life, and I can study literature just about anywhere. And you know that I want to be around Jamie. Be the uncle to him that Keith was to me.

Haley found herself getting glossy eyed and tried to blink away any emotion. Even if Lucas had made it clear that it was an obvious choice for him to go to Gilmore, she'd always appreciate it more than he'd ever know. And the fact that he wanted to be in Jamie's life, really be in Jamie's life, had her near tears. Haley reached out and placed her hand on Lucas' arm, "Thank you, and you will. Jamie already loves you Luke."

Lucas couldn't help but smile at Haley's words. He was bound and determined to make an impact on that little boy's life.

Never in a million years would he have thought Haley James would end up being Haley James Scott, married to his brother. It was crazy how things changed over the last 2 plus years. They used to be two people against the world, and now their world had completely evolved. Haley was a wife, and a mother. Lucas actually got along with Nathan, and now was going to be his coach; assistant coach, but that's only a formality. And through everything, Lucas Scott and Haley James would always, always be best friends.

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A few days later, it was the first day of practice and both Nathan and Lucas were gone, leaving Haley alone with Jamie. After lunch Haley thought it might be fun to visit the boys. Strapping Jamie into the stroller, Haley left the house and headed for the coliseum.

It was going to take her about 15 minutes to walk from the little house to the court but it would probably be worth it. If she was lucky, Nathan would be on the skins team and that meant he'd be without a shirt, covered in a sweaty sheen.

When Haley reached the gym she rolled Jamie inside and Lucas saw her first. Haley waved and he walked over to her.

Haley hugged Luke quickly and smiled,"Hey, I hope we aren't interrupting anything." She looked out at the court and saw that Nathan was running drills with the other players.

Lucas shook his head, "Nah, I'm glad you came."

From a distance, a few of the guys were waiting for their group to go again and they all noticed Lucas chatting it up with some young girl.

Point guard, Trevor Lewis raised his eyebrows and turned to the guys, "Is Lucas married?"

Dillon Carter, left shooting guard, smirked, "How old you think she is?"

"I'd hit that." Willie Jones, power forward, bluntly stated with a smirk.

Questions and comments kept firing between the players and no one knew who this girl was or if she was with Lucas.

Nathan walked over from the water cooler and saw all the guys looking in Lucas and Haley's direction. He looked at his wife and saw that she had brought Jamie by. He loved having them watch him. It was an extra incentive for him to do well, even if it was just practice.

The guys and Nathan saw Lucas bend down and give the baby a pound. Lucas turned away from Haley and Jamie and started to walk over to the team.

When he was just a few feet away Trevor spoke up, "You married?"

Lucas' eyes went wide and looked back to Haley, "No."

Nathan was about to say something but Willie did before him, "She's fine."

Lucas immediately looked to Nathan and could tell that he wasn't happy with the way this guy was talking about his wife.

Dillon laughed and looked back to Haley, "Yeah, she's definitely a MILF."

Just as soon as he heard it Nathan's head snapped in Dillon's direction so fast that he was pretty amazed it didn't fall off. Gritting his teeth and clenching his jaw Nathan's first impression of his new teammates wasn't going to well.

While the rest of the guys snickered Trevor nodded his head, "Definitely a mother I'd like to fu..."

Before Trevor could finish his thought Lucas blew his whistle. "Lewis, base line now!"

The team looked over to their young assistant coach confused by the sudden punishment. Willie held out his hands in defense of his friend, "But coach..."

"You too Jones, all of you." Lucas pointed his fingers at the players and then to the black base line. Everyone shuffled to the line and Lucas called Nathan over, "Nathan, come here."

Nathan walked over to Lucas and was furious. It literally looked like steam was radiating from Nathan's ears.

Lucas put a hand on Nathan's shoulder, "Forget about them. I'll..."

Nathan shook his head and looked at his brother, "What the hell man, where do they think they can get off saying things about her like that."

"Look I know, I'm sorry, but if it's any consolation, I'll make them run till they puke."

Nathan looked back at the guys and rolled his eyes, "They are so damn lucky Haley's here. If it had been any other time, they all would have their faces smashed in."

Lucas laughed knowing it was the truth, "Well you just go cool off. Why don't you hit the weight room,while I deal with these guys?"

Sighing, Nathan nodded, "Alright."

Lucas patted Nathan on the shoulder and watched him walk toward the weight room. Lucas made his way to the free throw line and looked at the guys standing on the line.

"You letting Nathan get off free?" Willie shot a look of disdain toward Lucas.

"No, he's just going to the weight room." Lucas told him

"Why are we in trouble, we didn't do anything." Dillon glanced to Lucas with a smug look on his face. "She's not even you're wife right?"

Lucas shook his head, "No, but I happen to be very good friends with her and her husband, and I would appreciate it if you would watch what you say."

"So you're giving us suicides for that?" Trevor questioned Lucas.

He nodded and the guys all rolled their eyes. He blew his whistle and the team started to run.

Haley saw that Nathan wasn't on the court and wondered where he was. Little did she know that his absence was due to the fact that he loved her too much to disappoint her by throwing punches.

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It was a couple days after the first practice and Nathan and Haley were getting ready for the preseason party for the basketball team. It was only August, but with school about to start, the board members wanted to throw a little get together for everyone. Not only was it the first time that Haley was going to meet Nathan's teammates, but it was also the first time they were leaving Jaime with a babysitter. Normally, Lucas could watch him but seeing as he was the assistance coach, he couldn't miss the party. It was kind of like a formal to do. Whitey would be there, the athletic director would be there, and all the players and coaches were expected to show. So they had to find a babysitter.

The clock showed just past 5:30 and they needed to leave in the next fifteen minutes. Nathan was buttoning up his blue button down when Haley walked out of the bathroom.

She was wearing a simple black dress and her hair was up in a french twist. She looked beautiful and Nathan couldn't take his eyes away from her.

"Come here." Nathan walked over to Haley and pulled her into a sweet kiss, "You look beautiful."

Playing with his tie she tugged on it, "Thank you."

"But you need to change."

Haley stepped back in shock, "What? Why?"

He looked her over once more, "Because my teammates are going to be drooling all over you."

She laughed and shook her head, "Oh, no they won't."

"Yeah Hales, they will."

Haley ran her hands down her waist and looked at her outfit, "I'm already dressed and I really don't have time to pick out another outfit."

He looked at her again and smiled, "Fine, then we'll go out instead."

"What? Nathan why are you being like this? You know you have to go to this thing." Haley's forehead crinkled as she furrowed her brow."

"It's just...okay look...." Nathan ran his fingers through his hair and sighed, "The other day when you came to practice with Jamie, the guys saw you and some of them said some things."

Haley still didn't understand, "Well, what kinds of things?"

"Like, I don't know, nothing you want to hear." He didn't really know how to say it.

"Nathan, I'm a big girl, it won't hurt my feelings."

He laughed and looked down and mumbled out one word, "MILF."

Haley didn't hear him very well so she ran her hand over his chest and got his attention, "What?"

He looked away and shook his head, "A few of the guys were talking about you and two of them called you a MILF."

Haley didn't know if she would be embarrassed or flattered. Being called a MILF wasn't exaclty what she thought the guys had said. She assumed that they said something derogatory.

Nathan sighed heavily, "So will you please change into something else?"

Haley bit her lip and ran her hand over his face, "Nathan I don't care what they call me. You're my husband, and they can deal with it. I know you probably wanted to knock the lights out of them, and I'm glad you restrained yourself but it'll be more fun watching them squirm than have me change into a pantsuit." She laughed and arched her brow wondering what he thought.

Nathan looked to Haley and those brown eyes had him changing his mind. Maybe she was right? Maybe it was going to be worse for the others? As long as they didn't say things in front of him, things would be okay. He slowly nodded, "Alright, but..."

"Hey..." Haley cut him off and laughed, "It'll be fine. I'll be by your side the whole night. Everyone's going to know that I'm Haley James..." She lifted on her tiptoes and kissed him sweetly, "Scott."

Nathan swallowed hard. It wasn't as if he hated what Haley would think if they said it again, it was that it would turn him into some raging lunatic if he heard it again.

They both heard the doorbell go off and Haley smiled, "Must be the sitter. I'll get it."

She walked out of the room leaving Nathan alone in the bedroom. He really didn't want to go to the dumb party, but it wasn't really an option to skip out. He took a deep breath. He could do it. There weren't going to be problems. Everything was going to go fine.

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Pulling into a parking space Nathan pushed the gear into park and looked over at Haley. She saw that he looked kind of nervous.

She gave him a half smile, "It'll be fine."

Nathan gently took her hand and kissed her palm. There was something so calming that came over Nathan whenever he kissed her. It didn't matter if it was on the lips, the forehead, or even the palm. He could do it and get rid of just about any anxiety he ever felt.

He nodded and got out of the car and they walked into the ballroom of the student center hand in hand. When they reached the doors they were met by a guy and girl filling out name tags.

"Name please." The girl didn't even look up from her 'Hello I'm...' sticker.

"Nathan Scott." Nathan told the girl and then looked at Haley.

She cleared her throat and told the guy her name, "Haley Scott."

Nathan looked down at her and raised his brow.

Haley shrugged her shoulders, "What? Want me to say James?"

He shook his head, "No." Nathan smiled, "It's just normally you have it in there."

"Well, I think it sounds fine without it." She looked up to him and smiled, " I like Haley Scott."

Nathan laughed, "Me too."

The two volunteers gave the twosome their stickers and Nathan and Haley walked into the ballroom. There were multiple tables set up with all kinds of food and Nathan was really surprised at how many people were there.

Haley spotted Lucas and pointed at him, "Hey there's Luke." She grabbed Nathan's hand and led them over to Lucas.

When they reached Luke, Haley gave him a side hug and he and Nathan nodded at each other.

Whitey came upon the familiar crowd of three and patted Nathan on the back, "Nathan, there's a few people I'd like to introduce to you."

Haley waved Nathan off and watched as the old coach took her husband to meet important boosters and coordinators. When he was out of sight she turned to Lucas, "So what's all this about me being called a MILF?"

Lucas about spit his drink out at that, "Whoa, where did you hear that?"

Haley crossed her arms and glanced at Lucas, "Nathan. He didn't want to come tonight, actually he wanted me to change clothes. Can you believe that?"

Lucas laughed, "Well you should have seen him Hales. When those guys were talking about you I swear I thought he was going to blow a fuse."

Haley contorted her forehead and shook her head, "Why?"

"Because, they were talking about wanting to...wanting to..." Lucas couldn't finish his thought. It seriously grossed him out thinking about what he was trying to explain. Haley was basically his sister, actually she was his sister in-law. So the topic of sex and Haley was something Lucas always tried to avoid.

He saw that she was still waiting on a definitive answer, so he did as best he could, "I was just one of those things that really got to him. I don't know. You know how he gets. All protective..."

"And jealous." Haley looked up to Lucas and tilted her head.

"Yeah."

Just as Lucas said that Willie walked up to him. "Hey Coach Scott."

"Hey Willie." Lucas turned to Haley and then back to the player, "Uh Willie, this is Haley. Haley, Willie."

Willie looked at Haley and saw that her name tag said Scott, "Wait, you said you weren't married."

Puzzled, Haley looked from Lucas then back to Willie, "You thought we.." She moved her finger from herself to Lucas, "That we were married?"

Willie nodded his head, "Yeah, and your name tag says Scott. So?"

Haley laughed at the idea of her marrying Lucas, "Yeah, I'm Haley Scott, but I'm not married to Lucas." She looked around the room for Nathan and Willie instantly knew that Haley Scott was married to Nathan.

Willie glanced back to Lucas and grimaced, "So Nathan, he heard all that..."

Lucas nodded and looked to Haley.

She glanced back to Willie and smiled, "Every word."

"I uh, what we all meant to say was that Nathan's wife is very attractive and..." Willie was backpedaling. He never thought that the girl he thought was married to Lucas was actually Nathan's wife, or that she'd ever find out about a couple of the guys thinking she was a MILF.

"So which one of you guys said it anyway?" Haley arched her brow questioning Nathan's teammate who was sweating bullets.

Willie sighed in relief, happy that it wasn't actually him who'd said it. He looked around and saw the guy, "It was kinda two guys. It was them. Dillon and Trevor, they're talking to Nathan right now." Willie pointed in the direction of Nathan and Trevor.

Haley started walking that way, ripping off her name tag before getting there. Instead of going right up to Nathan she walked around behind Trevor and Dillon and 'accidentally' dropped her drink.

Trevor turned around and found the girl in the simple black dress absolutely stunning. with him being the playboy he was he smirked and spoke up, "Trying to get my attention honey?"

Nathan's mouth opened and again he felt his blood begin to boil.

Haley cocked her eyebrow and shook her head, "Oh I'm sorry I really didn't mean to do that." That was a lie but her plan was working.

Dillon recognized Haley as the girl Lucas was talking to. "So where's the baby?"

Sighing Haley ran her hand over her head, "At home, I had to get a babysitter."

"You know, I'm kind of good with kids." Dillon looked at Haley and just like Trevor, found the simple black dress perfect for Haley's figure. "I...I have younger brothers and sisters."

Nathan was about to lose it. This idiot was basically listing his qualifications. Nathan was going to speak up but he knew that the only things that would come out of his mouth would cause a scene so he tried to keep quiet.

Haley was simply playing along and smiled, "I'll think about it."

What was she doing? Nathan had no idea why Haley was acting that way.

Trevor smiled at the possibility of him and Haley, "You don't want Dillon here, you need someone like me. I can take care of your kid."

Haley laughed out loud at that one and shook her head, "Actually, I think I already found him." She brushed between Trevor and Dillon and walked up to Nathan.

Nathan hadn't said a word but when she was close enough, he pulled her to his side and kissed her. It was exactly what she had wanted. To get him all worked up only to have him cave and show that she was his.

Trevor and Dillon watched as the young girl they were trying to get with practically made out with Nathan Scott.

When Nathan and Haley parted she smiled at Trevor and Dillon, "Sorry guys." She patted Nathan's chest and whispered into his ear, "Let's get out of here." Haley turned to leave and left Nathan with Trevor and Dillon.

Nathan smirked at his two teammates and twisted the gold ring on his left hand, "My wife. My kid." He shook his head and continued, "I don't want to see you two look at her, talk to her, or even so much as think about her or I'll kick your ass so hard you'll wish you never came here. And that's not a threat, it's a promise." He started to walk away but turned back, "Don't ever call my wife a MILF again." Nathan turned to find Haley and left Trevor and Dillon standing with their mouths agape.

"Shit, Nathan's married?"

Trevor looked to Dillon and nodded, "Apparently."

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Haley was leaning against the side of the building when she saw Nathan walk out. He turned to her and shook his head, "Hales, what was all that?"

She laughed and kissed him, "I'm sorry, I just wanted them to know who I was."

"Wouldn't it have been easier if you said said it, instead of going through all that?"

Haley shrugged, "Maybe, but it was worth it."

"What, how?" Nathan raised his eyes wondering what possibly could have made that all worth it.

Smirking, Haley pulled on Nathan's tie, "Cause you were all kinds of sexy when you were getting all jealous."

"I didn't even say anything"

"You didn't have to."

"I was not getting jealous, those guys were basically giving you an application if you wanted to find Jamie a new dad."

"You were jealous! And I loved it." Haley cupped his cheek in her hands and kissed him again, "Now please take me home, so we can relieve the sitter. Luke will be gone for a while and I can think of a few things we can do before he gets home."

Nathan instantly caught on to Haley's advances and kissed her again, but more forcefully and passionately. "We can be home in five minutes."

They both hurried to the car and Nathan was pretty sure the tires started to spin as he pulled out of the parking lot. Hopefully Jamie would be asleep when they got home, because there was no way they were going to postpone this. The babysitter would be lucky to get out of there unscathed considering both Nathan and Haley were about to jump each other in the car.

As soon as they got out of the car, Haley paid the babysitter and quickly checked on Jamie. It was a few seconds after that when she felt Nathan's lips crash on hers. She knew that there was no possible way she would ever love anybody else in the whole world as much as she loved Nathan Scott. Amid his faults, the fact that he got peeved by some of the simplest things had her heart racing, and she knew she could never get enough. It was a fact. Nathan Scott was it for her. Her always, her forever, and that was never going to change.

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There you go guys. You got some jealous Nathan and college Naley wrapped into one. Buy one, get one free! And I hope some of you didn't hate the fact that Lucas was kind of in it a lot but some of you guys wanted some Laley, so I tried to add a little in there.

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To a few of you I wanted to respond to questions, or certain comments:

B Davis and Mazzy: Yes I have read all the current spoilers so I know what's going on. But I kinda feel like I should stop. I'm going to ruin it all if I know too much. But I did/do know about the spoilers you both were referring to.

Kutebloo: Wow, thank you for the nice compliments, though I'm no great writer by any means. I have all kinds of mistakes throughout the story and I'm just happy readers and look past them.

tp404: I will probably do a chapter when Haley's sick. I just don't know when.

Joan: Your plea to the other reviewers make me smile. Looks like it worked!

Amy: I have to humbly agree. Looking back at my first chapter, I'm surprised people even liked it. I think things have gotten a little better as time has gone by as well. (Or at least I hope)

Alexis: I am still contemplating the idea so it's not out of the question. And I'm happy you're happy that I listen to fan's request...without you guys this story wouldn't be much of anything so I always take into account of what you and the rest of my reviewer's want. So thanks for letting me know chapter ideas and things like that. It really helps you guys out the most, but also gives me ideas I may never have thought about.

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