Little Moments
Chapter 37: Picture Perfect
Disclaimer: Well I own nothing except my original characters. Same ole', same ole'.
A/N: Thank you, thank you, thank you for all the reviews. Check the bottom for a more in depth thank-you. This chapter jumps ahead, read on to see where Naley and the kids are in their lives.
Oh, and this one's long...partly why it took me a little longer than expected to update. Sorry bout that.
FYI: I'm putting time stamps at the tops of sections where it time jumps.
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*Early May
Haley walked down the stairs and saw Nathan hanging around the kitchen. She walked toward her husband and sat across the counter from him. He was watching the clock diligently and didn't even notice Haley sit down.
She cleared her throat getting his attention then began to speak, "You about to go soon?"
He turned to Haley and nodded, "Yeah, her plane lands in about twenty four minutes. I'm gonna leave in a sec."
Haley couldn't hide the smile that crept across her face. Not that she should hide it, but she always loved hearing Nathan talk about Charlotte. Just the fact that he knew her plane landed in exactly 24 minutes was adorable. Even if Charlotte wasn't young anymore she would always be daddy's little girl.
Thinking about her kids kept Haley smiling. Charlotte was somewhere 30,000 feet in the air and a couple days ago she'd finished her last day of her freshman year at Brown, and today she was on a plane home to Tree Hill for the summer. Jamie was almost 25 married, and working for a newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina. He'd ended up majoring in journalism and really liked what he was doing. Liza had needed an extra year to graduate so they stayed in Chapel Hill till she was done with school, then they moved when she was offered a nursing position at hospital. And since Jamie could write anywhere he was more than happy to go.
With Charlotte coming home and Jamie and Liza making a trip to visit, both Nathan and Haley were extremely happy that heir kids would be coming home.
Fumbling with his keys Nathan turned to Haley and raised his eyebrows, "Alright, I guess I'm gonna go." As he walked by Haley he gently placed a kiss on her forehead, "I love you."
"I love you too." Haley smiled up at him
"If Jamie and Liza get here before I'm back, tell them we shouldn't be long."
She nodded, "Alright."
Haley watched him leave their home and sighed to herself. The house was clean, dinner was basically done, so all she had to do was wait. But for some reason Haley didn't want to just sit around, so instead she walked around the house looking at a few of the pictures reminiscing about the kids' younger years.
There was a picture of her and Jamie at the boxcar derby he never raced in. She saw a picture of Nathan and Jamie sitting in a green bi-plane from the vacation they took to The Outer Banks when the kids were young.
Walking over to the other shelf Haley saw one of herself and Charlotte sitting at the piano. You couldn't see their faces but mother and daughter were in the same position, Charlotte was obviously learning a new tune from her ever talented mom. Next to that there was one of Nathan, Jamie, Lucas, and Keith all holding up fish they'd caught when they took a boys trip out on the boat just a few years ago.
Continuing her jaunt down memory lane, Haley picked up the the next frame and studied it. The picture was the most recent and Haley loved it. It was Nathan and Charlotte and they were dancing together at Jamie's wedding. As her eyes roamed the photo she wondered how the picture might be different when it was Charlotte's wedding day. Their daughter was still young, and in no position to get married yet; but Haley knew that when it did happen, Nathan and Charlotte would most certainly share a father daughter dance.
Scattered throughout the rest of the room, Haley walked by images from birthdays, weddings, and little random moments that brought out the best in her family.
She and Nathan had been married 27 years, had two wonderful kids, and she couldn't be more proud of them all; of Nathan, Jamie, and Charlotte. They were her world, and she'd never get enough.
After a few minutes of looking Haley heard the front door open and saw that Jamie and Liza had arrived.
"Mom? Dad?" Jamie set down the bags and looked around. Things looked the same as always and it brought a smile to his face. The house he'd spend the majority of his life living in was more comforting than he could ever describe.
Haley made her way to the foyer and opened her arms, "Jamie, hey!" She hugged her son then turned to her daughter-in-law and welcomed her in the same way, "Hi Liza." Before the younger Mrs. Scott could even respond Haley turned to Jamie, "You two got here faster that expected."
Jamie nodded, "Yeah, we didn't catch a red light at all when we got to town so that cut like twenty minutes out. Is Charlotte not home yet?" He crinkled his brow.
"No, you're Dad left a little while ago to go get her, but they shouldn't be long." Haley walked the two into the living room and they all took a seat.
Liza noticed the faint smell wafting from the kitchen and smiled, "Wow, what are you cooking it smells wonderful."
Smiling Haley looked to Liza, "Well thank you, but it's nothing special. Just some sweet potato fries I've got baking..."
"Sweet potato fries, huh? Must be Charlotte's night." Jamie smiled thinking about his little sister's favorite foods. For some reason she'd always been a fan of sweet potato fries instead of the regular ones.
"Yeah, but don't worry. We're having macaroni tomorrow." Haley smiled at her son knowing that was his favorite, just like her.
Liza glanced to Jamie, then to Haley, and grimaced, "It's a good thing you're cooking because I can't make mac 'n cheese to save my life. I really just can't seem to get it right. I've tried a thousand times, but it's always really, really bad."
"Liza no it's not." Jamie shook his head.
She met Jamie with kind eyes but shook her head, "Honey, you don't have to be nice. I know it sucks."
Haley couldn't help but laugh, "Oh I'm sure it's not that bad. And you know what, when Nathan and I first got married I was the worst cook ever."
"I don't believe you." Liza cocked her eyebrow thinking her mother-in-law was just trying to be nice.
Haley nodded, "I promise. Just ask him."
Jamie looked at his mom, "Really?"
"Yeah. It just takes a little time and practice." Haley turned to Liza and patted her on the knee, "Just give it a little more time and you'll be alright. Trust me." Haley nodded trying to reassure Liza that things would get better, "But how about you help me tomorrow night and maybe you'll learn some new tricks."
Liza smiled, "Yes, please. I really could use some."
"Get Charlotte in there and it'll be a family to do." Jamie laughed, he was more or less joking but Liza agreed.
"Yeah, we should." Liza turned to Haley and raised her brow.
Haley smiled, "She'd probably like to make the real thing. Living in the dorm ,the only thing she's ever made is Easy Mac."
Liza and Jamie both laughed. They'd been in Charlotte's shoes before. Dorm life was definitely a challenge. A mini fridge and microwave limited the selection of food and Jamie knew that Charlotte was going to love a good home cooked meal. He couldn't wait to see her. It's been a few months since they'd seen each other and he missed his little sister.
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Nathan walked through the crowded Tree Hill Airport headed towards the departure/arrival screen. Once he'd gotten close enough to read the arrivals he searched for the Providence to Tree Hill flight. It was in green letters which meant it was on time so he checked his watch. Just a couple minutes to wait.
He turned toward baggage claim and sat down on a bench next to the moving luggage belt. Charlotte hadn't been home in two months and Nathan was eager to see his daughter. He knew that as she'd get older they'd grow apart but it was a lot harder on him than he thought. There was something about not always knowing she was safe, not always knowing he could be at her side whenever she needed him that made Nathan nervous.
A slight vibration shook his pants pocket and he pulled out his phone. Smiling before answering, Nathan put the phone up to his ear, "Hey, Charlotte, you here?"
"Hey Dad. Yeah, I'm about to be at baggage claim." Her soft voice rang through his ears.
Nathan's heart swelled when he heard heard her and got up from the bench. "Alright, well I'm just waiting around. So I'll..." Nathan felt a tap on his shoulder and turned around to see two brown eyes that matched the ones he saw everyday in Haley.
"Charlotte?" She didn't look different, but he didn't expect her to get there so quickly.
"Hi." She threw her arms around her dad and rested her head against his chest.
Nathan hugged his daughter, "How are you?"
"I'm fine. I'm glad I'm home."
"Me too. We've missed you around here."
Charlotte looked up to her dad and nodded, "I missed it too. You and Mom. Everybody. Jamie and Liza. Oh, are they home? Are they coming for dinner?"
Her sudden change in tone had Nathan smiling, "Yeah. They'll probably be there when we get home. I think they're gonna stay a few days."
Charlotte smiled then noticed the flashing light at baggage claim that let everyone know luggage would be dispensed so they walked over to the belt. As they waited she leaned into the side of her dad and he wrapped an arm around her.
"You tired from the flight?"
She shook her head. The truth was that she just missed her dad. "No." Charlotte didn't elaborate much more, instead, she just leaned further into Nathan. She wasn't tired at all. Actually she was excited. As much as Charlotte loved college there was something incredibly comfortable about small town Tree Hill, North Carolina. While she was still leaning against her dad she looked up to him, "Hey Dad?"
"Yeah?"
"Did you miss it? When you played on the road, did you miss home?" The only reason she asked was because she never knew how much she loved the little town till she'd been up north for so long.
Nathan cleared his throat, "All the time. You know that's why I stopped. I had a great run, but I was missing out on so much of your life, and Jamie's, and it was hard on your mom..."
"But we loved watching you play. You were like some super-star, actually you kinda still are."
He laughed and shook his head, "Nah, it's been ten years. I'm not that Nathan Scott anymore."
"Yes huh! Dad people still come up to you and talk about all your games and want your autograph. Most of my guy friends begged me to bring them home so they could meet you."
Nathan furrowed his brow, "Guy friends?"
"Just friends, Dad." Charlotte laughed and looked to the ground shaking her head, "I'm not seeing anyone."
Instantly Nathan felt better. The subject of boys and Charlotte was a sensitive one for Nathan. As a father he'd always want to protect her and Nathan was particularly concerned with any boyfriends she ever had. It would be something he's always would worry about until he'd meet the guy he knew would take care of her, love her, give her everything she'd ever want or need.
Charlotte saw her bags coming down the line and moved away from Nathan. He darted in front of her and grabbed the bags before she could.
Nathan curiously looked over at his daughter, "This all you have?"
"Well I shipped the rest. It should be home in a couple days."
Nathan nodded and the twosome walked to the parking lot and when Nathan put the luggage in the car they headed home. While they were driving along the familiar roads Charlotte kept her eyes glued to the landscape. She'd forgotten how beautiful Tree Hill was in the summer. When Charlotte felt the car go over the lip of the driveway she knew they were home.
Nathan turned to Charlotte and laughed, "Just a warning, but your mom might tackle you when we get inside."
"Right, cause Mom's a two hundred something pound linebacker." Charlotte laughed at her dad's statement. She opened the car door and went straight for the house.
When she opened the door she called out,"Mom? I'm home."
Haley, Jamie, and Liza were all in the kitchen talking when they heard Charlotte call out. Just as soon as Haley heard her daughter's voice she shot out of the kitchen faster than she knew she could.
Before Charlotte realized what was going on she felt her mom throw her arms around her and squeeze her to death. But Charlotte relaxed in her mom's grip and whispered, "Hey Mom."
"Hey baby, welcome home."
The younger of the Scott women didn't know just how much she missed her mom until she was wrapped up in her warm embrace. While they hugged it out Charlotte managed to see Jamie walk up. Still glued to her mom she looked at her brother, "Hey, Jame."
"Hey, Char."
Haley let go of Charlotte and watched as her two children hugged. Nathan walked inside and stood next to Haley. He leaned over and kissed the side of her head, "I'm glad they're both home."
She looked up to his blue eyes, "Me too."
Charlotte saw Liza and quickly moved away from Jamie to hug her. They'd grown really close over the last four and a half years.
Liza smiled when Charlotte walked towards her, "Hey Charlotte."
The two younger girls greeted each other and Jamie interrupted, "Before we sit down or do dinner or whatever you want to take a family picture?"
"Oh Jamie, I look gross, I've been on an airplane for the last however many hours." Charlotte shook her head.
"It won't matter." He looked at his little sister's appearance, "You look fine."
Liza walked over to he purse and pulled out the camera and handed it to Jamie.
Haley looked at Charlotte, "It'll be fine Charlotte, you look great." Haley didn't really know why Jamie wanted the sudden photo opp but she wasn't opposed. After looking at some pictures earlier she thought it was a good idea.
Charlotte was a little hard to convince so Liza spoke up, "We just wanted to get a recent picture of all of us together." Liza added.
Charlotte huffed, "Fine, okay whatever."
Jamie smiled and set the timer and they all got situated. Nathan stood next to Haley who was next to Charlotte who was next to Jamie who was behind Liza. The red light started to blink letting them know the picture was going to take in a few seconds. Liza squeezed Jamie's hand and he ran his hands over her stomach and cleared his throat, "By the way, we're having a baby."
And as soon as Jamie said it the picture took. In that moment his mother, father, and sister's reaction were all caught in a single image.
Jamie buried his head in the crook of Liza's neck and she ran her hand over his head and laughed. They both turned to their family and the look on everyone's face was priceless. The best thing was that it was captured for an eternity.
Haley was the first to speak, "Wha..Are..Really?"
Liza had a tear in her eye and nodded, "Yeah."
Googly eyed with her mouth wide open Charlotte started to come to, "Oh my God, Oh my God, Oh my God. I'm gonna be an Aunt?"
Nodding Jamie smiled, "You're gonna be an aunt."
"Ah!" Charlotte jumped a little and hugged Liza.
Nathan was taking it all in. He was going to be a grandfather. His son was having a baby. He couldn't find the words and didn't know what to say so instead he hugged his son. Nathan patted Jamie on the back and smiled, "Congratulations."
Haley had gotten over the initial shock phase and was so happy she could hardly see straight. Which could have been caused by the happy tears that were welling in her eyes, but it was more than likely due to her moment of pure joy. She scooted over to Jamie and smiled at him, "You're gonna have a baby." She looked to Liza and shook her head in astonishment, "I can't believe it."
Charlotte, Haley and Liza all sat down on the couch and questions started pouring from Charlotte and Haley's mouth.
"How far along are you?" It was the first thing that came to Charlotte's mind.
"About seven weeks." Liza shook her head, "I didn't know how long to wait and tell you, but I couldn't wait too long, it was hard enough."
"So when..." Haley was trying to do the math in her head but her thoughts were all discombobulated with the news she couldn't concentrate.
Liza knew what she was asking, "December 17th."
"A Christmas baby! I'll be home from school!" Charlotte bounced on the couch super happy that she would more than likely be able to be there for her niece or nephew's birth.
Nathan and Jamie sat down and the family began to talk about the little details surrounding the news of the baby. It'd be a few more months till they knew for sure if it was a boy or girl, but Charlotte was convinced it was going to be a little girl. Nathan and Haley both thought it would be a boy, and Jamie thought it would be a girl, while Liza thought it would be a boy as well. No one really cared all that much what the little Scott would be as long as he or she was healthy. That was all that mattered.
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*Early Mid August
Haley pushed the front door open and just as she walked into the house she heard the phone ring. Running towards the kitchen she reached for the phone hoping she'd gotten it in time.
"Hello?"
"Hey Mom."
At the sound of her son's voice, Haley smiled, "Hey Jamie. How's everything going, how's Liza doing?"
"She's great, everything's great. We um, we actually had a doctor's appointment today."
Haley listened to Jamie talk and as soon as 'doctor's appointment' came out of his mouth she squealed, "Oh my gosh, you found out didn't you. Boy or girl?"
Jamie laughed at his mom's enthusiasm and took a deep breath, "Well you and Dad guessed right."
Haley closed her eyes for a moment taking it all in, "You're gonna have a boy?"
"Yeah, we're having a boy."
Running her hands over her head Haley sighed, "Wow." It was surreal. Life had a funny way of running it's course. To Haley it felt just like yesterday that she was telling Nathan they were having a boy, and now twenty five years later they were having a grandson.
"You want me to send you a picture. We got a few copies at the doctor's?"
Haley glanced at the fridge and could see a small black and white ultrasound picture and nodded, "That would be great. I think we could use an updated one."
Jamie laughed, "Alright."
The front door opened and Haley turned to see who it was. Speaking into the phone Haley congratulated her son once more and said their goodbyes.
"Charlotte, I need your help." Haley hung up the phone and walked to her daughter.
The home for the summer (which was almost up) college girl hopped up on the counter and raised her eyebrows, "Whatcha need?" She reached for the container of pretzels and popped one in her mouth.
"You and me are going to do a little redecorating."
"Redecorating? What for? I'm leaving to back to Brown in three days. My room doesn't need any work."
Haley laughed, "Not your room. Come here."
Charlotte didn't quite understand what her mom was getting at but followed her upstairs. They past the master bedroom, Jamie's room, Charlotte's room, and then got to the guest bedroom upstairs.
"What do you think?"
"What? What do you mean? It's a guest bedroom. Did you do something to it or..."
Haley shook her head, "No but, it'll be for the baby."
"Jamie's baby?" Charlotte lifted her brow and turned to her mom.
"Yes, Jamie's baby. Unless you have some news you'd like to share with me." Haley quickly turned to Charlotte with a laugh.
"No, no, don't look at me. But Mom, I hate to break it to you...the baby will be living at home. With her mom and dad, not grandparents."
Haley obviously knew that the baby would be with Jamie and Liza, but it didn't stop her from wanting a nursery at her house. They'd visit. She looked up to Charlotte and smiled, "It's a boy."
"What?" Charlotte turned her head so fast she started to get dizzy. She thought for sure that she would have a niece not a nephew.
Haley smiled and nodded her head, "They're having a boy."
"Oh my God, that's great. Liza was totally right. That's what she thought!"
"I know me too."
"Must be a mom thing then."
Shaking her head Haley laughed, "Not all the time. Your dad knew from the first day I told him you'd be a girl."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Even days I thought you might be a boy he was pretty adamant that you'd be a girl. He never stopped saying it."
Charlotte smiled, it was kind of sweet that her dad always knew that she would be a girl. Charlotte looked around the room then back to her mom, "So we are in here because..."
"Because I'm the grandmother and want to get a room ready for my first grandchild."
Scrunching her eyes Charlotte shook her head, "But Mom. The baby doesn't need a new room. Just put him in a pack 'n play and your good."
Haley laughed, "Charlotte. Just go with me here. I'll be doing the same for your kids."
"Oh yeah?" Charlotte thought about it. "You've got about seventeen gazillion bedrooms in the house so I guess I should jump on that."
"I didn't mean now."
"I know I'm kidding. But it's good to know that I'll have a babysitter for when Mr. Whoever and I need to leave the kiddos with responsible people."
Sarcastically joking, Haley played along, "Exactly, that's what grandparents are for." She looked around the room smiling, "Okay but really. I've got everything in the garage so we just need to bring it in here."
"What do you mean by everything?"
"Um, just stuff. Well, a lot of stuff. There's a crib, a floor rug, rocking chair, curtains, paint..."
"Mom!"
"What? One day Brooke, and Peyton and I went shopping and we got some stuff."
"Some stuff?"
Haley shrugged, "It was all your Aunt Brooke, you know how she gets."
Charlotte laughed, "But how... Didn't you just find out they're having a boy."
"Yeah, but we shopped for both since we didn't know."
"Mom!"
"What? It's fine. I can take the girl stuff back."
Shaking her head in disbelief Charlotte turned to her mom, "Where do we start?"
Haley smiled and pointed at some of the furniture. "We can move some of the furniture out and the bring in the new stuff."
The mother daughter duo started to get to work. Nathan would be home in a few hours so they had a while to work on their own, but they figured they could get a lot done.
A few hours later Nathan walked inside the house and walked upstairs. As soon as he got to the top floor he heard a commotion coming from one of the guest bedrooms. He slowly walked into the room and saw Haley and Charlotte pushing a crib up against the far wall.
"Hey Dad." Charlotte looked over to her father and smiled.
"Hey Char, what's going on?"
Haley looked to her husband, "Just thought we'd change the room up a bit."
Nathan looked down and saw the paint cans, "You're painting too?"
Charlotte picked up a paint brush, walked over to her dad, and put it against his chest, "Oh, you're helping too." She turned to her mom, "I'm gonna grab the other rollers." Charlotte left the room and Haley walked over to Nathan.
"You wanna help us paint?"
"Yeah, that's fine." Nathan looked down at the paint can and raised his brow, "What color did you get, anyway?"
Haley smirked and used a screwdriver to open the can.
When the lid came off Nathan saw that the color was a light blue. "It's..it's blue."
Haley stood up and nodded. She walked up next to him and smiled, "It's a boy Nathan, you're gonna have a grandson."
He didn't know what to do or what to say. Nathan clinched his jaw, shut his eyes, and took a deep breath. "They're having a boy."
All Haley could do was smile. But in that moment she could see how excited Nathan was, so she pulled on his shirt and kissed him.
When they parted Nathan had a huge grin on his face shaking his head, "I can't believe it. I mean, we're gonna be grandparents soon."
"Pretty wild, right?"
Nathan stared into Haley's deep brown eyes and nodded. None of it would have ever happened without her. She'd given him the two best things in his life and now they were getting a grandson, and it was all because of her. He ran his hand over her head and kissed her again.
"I love you."
Haley smiled and put her hand on his cheek, "I love you too."
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*December 19th
Nathan felt Haley shuffle around in bed and laughed. She had been so antsy for the last couple days and he couldn't help but smile.
"Hales, he'll call."
Haley turned over and lifted her head on her hand, "But what if he forgets. He'll be worried about Liza, and excited and he..."
"He'll call."
She took a deep breath, "Maybe we should just go ahead and like drive around just in case. That way we'll be up and ready for it. I mean Liza's parents are staying with them so they'll already know..."
"Haley..." Nathan laughed again. His wife had a tendency to ramble. "We won't miss it."
"But Liza's already two days overdue, I really think we should just..."
"You want to leave right now?" Nathan shifted in bed and started to sit up.
Haley saw that he was considering it, "I just think that maybe..."
Somehow it was as if Liza had overheard their conversation because his phone started to ring. Both Nathan and Haley looked to each other, and Haley climbed over Nathan to get to the phone.
"Hello?"
"Mom?"
"Jamie! Hey, is it time?" Haley smiled, "Alright, alright, see you soon."
Nathan could see by the smile on Haley's face that they needed to get to the hospital. He threw the covers off her legs and got up. It was dark and he ran into something on the way to the bathroom. If they'd been at home he wouldn't have stubbed his toe, but they'd been in Columbia for the last two days. Liza had a false alarm a couple days back, and Nathan and Haley just decided to stay and wait it out.
Haley had been particularly thankful that Nathan suggested it, because with Tree Hill being three plus hours away if they'd gotten the call at home, there was no way to be certain they wouldn't miss it.
They quickly got dressed and walked out of the hotel then got into the car. The streets were quite and Haley felt like she was going to have a panic attack. Not in a bad way, more like a I'm so excited/nervous that I don't know what to do with myself kind of way. Nathan could tell that Haley was beyond nervous and reached for her hand.
She looked at him when she felt his hand grab a hold of hers. Nathan definitely knew all the right ways to calm her down.
As soon as Haley blinked they were at the hospital. They walked hand in hand and saw Liza's parents sitting in the waiting room.
Donald Bennet saw Nathan and Haley walk into the hospital and stood up.
"Don, hi, have you heard anything?" Haley asked Liza's father.
He shook his head, "I think it will be a while. Jamie said he would be able to give us updates every now and then though."
Haley sat down next to Eleanor Bennet, Liza's mom, and looked to the woman, "So we could be here all night."
The older woman smiled, "Probably, with my three, Liza was the longest so we may be here for quite some time."
Nathan took a seat next to Haley and she leaned into him. Waiting was going to be the hardest part.
An hour later Haley was starting to get cabin fever, or waiting room fever. Jamie hadn't come out yet and she couldn't sit still. Don and Eleanor had run to the cafeteria on a coffee run leaving Nathan and Haley alone. She was up and walking around and Nathan was calmly flipping through a magazine.
She stopped in front of him and cocked her brow, "How are you reading right now?"
He laughed and shook his head, "Because you are worrying enough for the both of us."
"I'm sorry." Haley sat down, "It's just, this is a big deal."
"I know it is. I haven't been this excited about something since Charlotte was born."
Haley rested her head on his shoulder, "You're great you know that?" She took a deep breath and felt Nathan kiss the top of her head.
Liza's parents walked back towards Nathan and Haley coffee in hand, and each gave them a cup.
"Any news?" Eleanor looked to the Scotts but they shook their heads.
"No, not yet." Haley took a sip of her coffee, "Thank you for this." She raised her cup in the air and smiled.
"I think we'll be running on coffee and adrenaline the rest of the night. I remember when Patrick had his first, all us grandparents were wired with this stuff."
Haley laughed, "Yeah?"
Eleanor nodded, "Sure, we were up about ten hours till Grayson was born."
Liza's parents gone through all this waiting stuff when their oldest son had his first so it all seemed like old practice for them. For Nathan and Haley this was a new experience.
Jamie walked in and as soon as he did they all stood up.
Nathan was the first to speak, "How's it going?"
Jamie smiled, "Really well. It'll be a few more hours but everything's going really great."
A deep sigh of relief came from both Haley and Eleanor. Haley looked at her son, "Is there anything you need. Does Liza need anything."
"No, Liza's fine. But if she squeezes my hand any harder every time a contraction passes I think we'll be sharing that bucket of ice."
Both Nathan and Don laughed.
Nathan rolled his hand into a ball, "Get used to it Jame, she's only gonna squeeze harder as it goes on."
Haley looked up to Nathan and peeled her eyes, "I did not squeeze your hand that bad."
"Whatever you say, Hales. I thought I was going to need a cast after Charlotte."
Everyone laughed and Jamie pointed back to the door with his thumb, "I should probably get back to her, I'll try and come back in a little while."
Jamie walked back through the doors and the parents all sat back down.
A few more coffee runs, some stale vending machine crackers, and one crossword later there was no change. Little Baby Scott was apparently stubborn. Didn't he know everyone was waiting on him?
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Four hours passed and the Jamie walked back out with a smile on his face.
"They're prepping her. We're going into delivery." He opened his arms and a look of pure joy washed over his face. I'll come get you when you can come see him." Jamie turned right around and darted off toward his wife before anyone could get in a single word.
Haley looked to Nathan and grabbed his hand giving it a squeeze.
Nathan chuckled and arched his brow, "You're not the one having contractions and you're still squeezing my hand."
Haley rolled her eyes and squeeze it a little harder, "Say that again, I dare you."
Instead of saying it again he looked into her eyes and smiled, "Just a little longer."
"I know. I can't believe it."
Nathan wrapped an arm around Haley and they just sat together, waiting it out a little longer.
A nurse came out and looked around the room, "Family of Scott, Liza Scott?"
Nathan, Haley, Don, and Eleanor all stood up and approached the woman.
"That's us." Eleanor used her hand to point to everyone she was referring to.
The woman smiled, "Mom and baby are doing great. We can take two at a time so who wants to go first."
Haley felt like she was in grade school again. Like the when teacher would ask a question and Haley immediately knew the answer. But unlike then, Haley didn't shoot her hand towards the sky instead she turned to Don and Eleanor, "Why don..."
Liza's mom shook her head, "No, no you two go on first. We've done this before, we can wait."
Haley looked to Nathan and then back to Eleanor, "Thank you."
The nurse lead Nathan and Haley down the hospital corridor and then stopped in front of a doorway. "You can wait right here."
Haley turned to Nathan and her eyes went wide. He smiled wide and took a deep breath. For a moment they stood there waiting on something, on someone, and then Jamie came out of the room.
Wrapped in a bundle of blue was the newest little Scott. Haley instantly put her hand over her mouth trying to hide her sudden amazement. He was so small, so little, so perfect. Tears started to fall from Haley's eyes and there was nothing she could do to stop it.
"Mom, Dad, this is Bennet. Nathaniel Bennet Scott."
When Nathan heard that, he felt all the air leave his chest. It was a moment he'd never forget. He felt Haley's arm on his back and he looked down at her more proud than he'd ever been.
"You wanna hold him." Jamie looked at his mom and raised his brow.
Haley nodded and took the baby carefully in her arms, "Hi baby. Welcome to the world Nathaniel Bennet Scott." She rocked him close for a moment and looked to Jamie, "He's perfect Jamie."
If you weren't paying attention you may not have noticed Nathan looking lovingly at his wife and grandson, and the tears that rolled off his cheek. Nathan had never been an extremely emotional guy but there was something that came to his children, and now grandchildren that got him every time.
Haley passed Bennet off to the 6 foot 2, former NBA player, and Nathan never looked happier. Jamie told Haley that Liza was asleep but that everything had gone well and when Nathan gave baby Bennet back to his dad, Haley reached for her camera.
Sure to turn off the flash, Haley told Nathan to stand by Jamie and in with one click the moment was frozen in time. Three generation of Scott men; these generations of Scott men were together for the first time and Haley couldn't wait for more.
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Hope there weren't too many mistakes, I tried to update this as soon as I was done, which means proof reading was basically done at a glance. But anyways...there you go guys, the first grand-kid. Now I know some of you don't like future chapters, and I apologize, but others do so I have to give a little. I wrote this because a lot of you want to see Charlotte's wedding/ proposal in a future chapter and I though I'd do this first to give a little bit of input as to what would have happened before. Make sense? Well anyways, I hope you liked it.
Again I can't thank you all enough for the reviews. Last chapter had another insanely high number and I will be forever grateful. All of your words mean so much. So like always, please do review. If you hate these future ones, let me know. If you love them let me know. If you thought it was awful, let me know (well try to be nice). Or if you just want to say whatever is on your mind please do. I'm going to try and update the next chapter within the next couple days and your review will fuel the fire!
And to those of you who don't have accounts, thank you. Alexis, Catch, Emma, Mazzy, Hadley, and tp404. Thank you so much! I really do appreciate the feedback.
A few of you I wanted to address certain comments or questions:
Anon: About wanting to see Haley's brothers. People have asked before and the only reason I hesitate to do it is I have to pick names and create these characters that people (or most people I would assume) would really like, and that's a bit intimidating. Sounds strange, but that's how I feel. Maybe I'll get over it and figure out how to do a chapter well enough and just do it.
Joan: Air high five...haha, you make me laugh.
BDavis: Charlotte and Sawyer will be together next chapter. As for how old they are and what type of interaction, I'll keep that a secret.
Bethanyfan23: I'm depressed with no new episodes too, so I'll try my hardest to keep everyone happy with as many updates as I can do.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE WONDERFUL REVIEWS. NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS WOULD I HAVE THOUGH I'D BE PAST THE 730 MARK AT THIS POINT. IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME THAT THOSE OF YOU WHO REVIEW DO. SO THANK YOU!