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Chapter 37
It was Christmas morning and everyone was super excited especially little Jenny who had gone around and woke everyone up.
"I want to open my presents PLEASE." Jenny begged.
"Don't you think that we should eat breakfast first." Jake asked.
"No way I am with Jenny on this one I say that it is time for presents." Brooke shrieked.
"Ok fine we can eat breakfast later." Jake relented.
They all sat on the floor in a circle with Brooke in Lucas's lap. Jenny in-between Jake and Peyton. Haley lounging in-between Nathan's legs. And Molly sitting in-between Skills and Tim.
"Ok so I think that Jenny should open one of hers first." Peyton said.
It took awhile but soon everyone had opened all of their presents except for the ones from their others.
(I listed below what each person got for them)
Jenny
Jake: Daddy's Princess earings
Peyton: A dress up Princess outfit.
Brooke: A new Anastasia movie.
Lucas: Beach Barbie
Molly: Kiss a lot baby.
Tim: Crayons and coloring books
Skills: A small purple basketball.
Nathan: A princess sleeping bag for their slumber parties.
Haley: A little princess stereo.
Brooke
Jenny: An I love my Aunt Brooke shirt with her picture on it.
Jake and Nathan: A gift card to the design shop.
Molly: A cute emerald green halter top with matching drop earings.
Peyton: The new Panic at the Disco CD.
Tim and Skills: A bottle of Tequila.
Haley: A gift certificate to Suburban Filth.
Jake
Jenny: An I love my daddy t shirt
Nathan: A new Lakers Jersey.
Lucas: Some strings for his guitar.
Brooke and Molly: A gift card to the music store.
Haley: Some movie tickets.
Tim: A new basketball.
Skills: The new Black eyed Peas cd.
Peyton
Jenny: An I love my mommy t shirt.
Lucas: The new Fall out boy cd.
Nathan and Skills and Tim: A month of free art lessons.
Molly: A pair of Green and Black converse.
Brooke and Haley: A gift certificate to FYE.
Tim and Skills: A new set of paint brushes.
Haley
Jenny: An I love my Aunt Haley t shirt.
Lucas: A gift card to Barnes and Noble.
Peyton: The Sheryl Crow greatest hits Cd.
Molly: Some sheet music and new pencils.
Tim and Skills: "The Notebook" on dvd.
Brooke: A new pair of silver stiletto heals.
Jake: A vanilla sugar bath set.
Molly
Jenny: An I love my Aunt Molly t shirt.
Haley: Some sheet music and new pencils
Tim: A gift card to Victoria Secret (this resulted in a smack on the head from Skills)
Lucas: A Miami Heat Jersey.
Brooke: A short red halter dress with black drop earings.
Peyton and Jake: The new Papa Roach cd.
Nathan: A new guitar.
Tim
Jenny: An I love my goofy Uncle t shirt.
Nathan and Lucas: NBA live 2006
Molly and Haley: The three stoogies classic dvd set.
Brooke: A Scooby doo tie and sock set.
Peyton: The 2005 rap greatest hits cd.
Jake and Skills: New basketball sneakers.
Skills
Jenny: An I love my Uncle Skills t shirt.
Nathan and Lucas: Some new nets for the river court.
Brooke: A Jordan sweat suit.
Peyton: The classic Michael Jackson Cd.
Tim, Jake, and Haley: A certificate to Dicks sporting goods.
Lucas
Jenny: An I love my Uncle Lucas t shirt.
Haley: Free tutoring in Math for the year.
Molly: A set of classic Steinbeck books.
Nathan and Jake: The new X-box 360.
Peyton: The Nada surf cd.
Skills and Tim: A set of games to go with the console.
Nathan
Jenny: An I love my Uncle Nathan the most t shirt.
Lucas, Jake, Skills, and Tim: A new flat screen TV. to replace the piece of crap he had.
Peyton: The new Rap revolution cd.
Brooke: Some new Basketball shorts with matching jerseys
Molly: Season tickets to the Bobcat games.
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It was now time for the gang to open the presents from their significant others.
"Ok Lucas so I want you to open what I got for you first." Brooke said excited.
Lucas looked over and saw a large box being wheeled in by Nathan.
"Brooke what the heck did you do." Lucas asked surprised.
"Just open and see Broody."
Lucas tore at the paper and was speechless when he saw what was inside.
"Oh my gosh is this what I think it is." Lucas asked.
"If you think that it is 24 volumes of the greatest stories and poems ever written then you are correct." Brooke squealed.
"OH my gosh Cheery this is the best gift ever." Lucas said giving her a kiss. "I love you, you know that right." Brooke just nodded.
"Ok well Cheery now then I think it is your turn to open yours."
"Yay." Brooke grabbed the present that Lucas handed her and began to rip it open.
"A new sewing machine Oh Broody I have really needed on of these thank you so much." Brooke said giving his a kiss.
"Ok well now it looks like Skills and Molly are up." Brooke said
"Ok well Skills how about you can see yours first." Molly said. With that she whistled and in ran a chocolate lab pup.
"You got me a puppy." Skills asked picking up the cute pup.
"Well Lucas told me that you never had a pet so I thought no time like now." Molly said smiling. "Oh and here, I also got all the things that you will need like a dog bed, bowls, and food."
"Girl you are even better then I had thought." Skills said giving her a kiss. "Alright well yours is not as cute but I think that you will like it."
Skills handed her the package and she tore into it just like Brooke had.
"Oh my gosh this is a sound board with a built in amp. How did you know that I was into music?" Molly asked in awe.
"I have my ways of finding out." Skills grinned.
"Well I love it thank you." Molly said sitting in his lap and giving him a soft kiss.
"Ok well now I say that Peyton and Jake go next." Molly said laughing as Skills blew on her neck.
"Alright Peyton I think that you should open yours first." Jake said smiling.
Peyton opened the presents and couldn't believe what she saw.
"Jake this is a lot of supplied. Oh my gosh this must have been a fortune."
"There is no price to much for you." Jake said grinning.
"Oh I love you Jake, ok now your turn." Peyton said handing him his present.
Jake opened it and was a little surprised at what was inside.
"A Peyton this is a baby carrier, diapers, and a shirt that says I'm a big sister." Jake said.
"Wait omg are you, you're pregnant." Jake shouted.
"Yeah I wanted to surprise you and I thought that Christmas would be perfect."
"Oh my gosh this is the best day of my life, we're gonna have a baby." Jake said with tears in his eyes kissing her lovely girlfriend.
They got congratulations from everyone and now it was time for one last couple to go.
"Ok well nothing can really compare to that." Haley said laughing.
"Yeah but I think that you will like your gift, go ahead and open it." Nathan said brining out the huge box.
"Oh my gosh what did you do buy me a house." Haley laughed.
"Just open it babe." Nathan said kissing her.
Haley opened it and began to cry.
"Oh Nathan this is the one, I've been looking at this for months. How could you have known?" Haley said turning towards her boyfriend.
"I had some help and I wanted to get you something that was perfect, something that you would really like." Nathan said taking her into his arms.
"Thank you so much. It's perfect." Haley said.
"You're perfect." Nathan said causing Haley to smile.
"Ok Mr. Hot Shot your turn." Haley said.
"Should I be scared?" Nathan asked.
"I can't believe you would ask such a thing." Haley feigned hurt.
"Hey just checking."
"Ok now you have to come outside for yours ok."
Nathan and everyone else followed Haley outside and there it was the thing he wanted most.
"What Haley that is awesome. That has an actually glass backboard and a break away rim." Nathan said giving her a kiss.
"Well when I think of you I think of basketball so it just seemed right." Haley said snuggling into him.
"It's awesome babe. This couldn't have been a better Christmas." Nathan said giving Haley a loving kiss.
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The kids all hung around the house eating, playing games, and singing Christmas carols.
"Nathan I love you but no more singing for you." Molly said laughing.
"Hey I happen to think that he has a very sexy voice." Haley said sticking up for her boyfriend.
"Haley he is tone def." Molly said laughing.
"Well everything about him is perfect to me." Haley said smiling and sitting down in Nathan's lap.
"See that Molly at least someone appreciates me." Nathan smirked
"I'm going outback you too make me sick." Molly laughed.
It was time to go to sleep and since Karen and Keith had gone to the Roe residence for the night the kids decided to have some fun with the sleeping arrangements.
"Ok so I say that Jake and Peyton get one room. Lucas and I another. Molly and Skills. Nathan and Haley. And then Tim can watch Jenny for the night." Brooke said.
"Why is it that I have to play babysitter?" Tim whined.
"Because Theresa couldn't come, this leaves you as the only single one." Peyton smiled.
"Well that's ok because Jenny is way cooler then all the rest of you anyways." Tim said throwing the little girl over his shoulder.
"Can we watch Anastasia Uncle Timmy?" Jenny laughed.
"Of course Butterfly we can do whatever you want." Tim said going into their room.
The rest of the gang said goodnight and were off to their rooms.
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"Can you believe that Peyton and Jake are going to have a baby?" Molly asked Skills.
"Nah, but I think it is really cool."
"Yeah and Jenny is so excited she can't wait to be a big sister."
"I had always wished that I had siblings."
"That's right I always forget that you're an only child. That must have been lonely sometimes." Molly said looking in his eyes.
"Yeah it was, like when my parents would fight and stuff I never had anyone to back me up you know. I was always alone." Skills said turning away.
Molly turned his head and gave him a kiss. "Your not alone anymore babe." With that Skills wrapped his arms around her small frame and the two of them drifted off in a peaceful sleep.
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"So Broody what do you want to do here all alone in your bed?" Brooke asked.
"Well Cheery I was thinking about reading from the books that you got me." Lucas said waiting for her reaction.
"I knew that I should have gone with a safer gift." Brooke huffed.
Lucas drew her near to him.
"Ah Cheery I was just kidding, I love you and there is nothing that I would rather do then spend the night holding you in my arms."
"Sometime you say the sweetest things." Brooke said tearing up.
"Do you ever think about the future." Lucas asked.
"Yeah all the time, I wonder if we will get married and what are kids will look like." Brooke confessed.
"Yeah I think about that stuff all the time too. Look Brooke I know we're not ready for it now or anything but I would like you to be my wife someday."
"There is nothing that I would want more in the whole world Lucas."
The two spend the night just talking about the future and holding on to each other for dear life.
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"We're really going to be parents." Jake smiled at Peyton.
"Well Jake we kind of already are." Peyton said laughing at him.
"I know but we are going to have a baby of our own. Do you know how far along you are."
"About three months now actually. I have an appointment in a couple of weeks and we will be able to find out the sex of the baby."
"Really, Peyton this is all so amazing. Do you want a boy or a girl?"
"Jake really I just want the baby to be healthy but we do already have a little girl so I think that it would be nice to have a little Jake running around."
"Oh you mean you don't want a little angry Peyton." Jake laughed.
"Hey you better watch it these Hormones are crazy. I might just kill you in your sleep." Peyton declared.
"OH well this sounds like its going to be fun." Jake said kissing Peyton and pulling her close to him.
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"So how did today go for you?" Haley asked looking over at her restless boyfriend.
"It was good, different but it was good." Nathan said looking over at her. God she looked so beautiful. He loved everything about her. The way that he hair fell around her face, and the way that her eyes sparkled when she laughed. That's when Nathan decided that it was just time to lay it all out there and let her know how he really felt. If she loved him then she would understand and she would be there for him.
"Come on Nathan something is one your mind you can tell me ya know." Haley said leaning towards him and putting her hand on his bare chest.
"I know its just, I don't want you to think that I didn't enjoy spending Christmas with you because I did. It was great. I just I guess that I just miss my family." Nathan said. He could feel the tears forming in the back of his eyes.
"Nathan I know that this is hard for you. That's why I'm not even going to tell Brooke that you and Molly got each other two things." Haley said.
"Wah how did you know that." Nathan asked.
"Well Molly had told me that she made you a colleague so when you got something else I just put too and to together."
"Your good you know that really good." Nathan said pulling her closer to him.
"So what did you give her?" Haley asked looking into his eyes.
"I got her a locked. It has our birthdate on the front. Two pics inside, and then I had our motto put on the back."
"I don't want to seem noisy but what is your motto."
"Never Apart." Nathan said once again having to remember the awful night. As he did so he began to rub his neck.
"Hey babe are you ok, does your neck hurt." Haley asked him concerned.
"No, it's just that well the motto kind of came out of a mind situation." Nathan saw the look of confusion in her eyes. "I have never told anyone this, but when we were 10 we had been playing ball when it went threw the window. It was an accident but my dad didn't see it that way. He came in and grabbed me by the neck choking me until I almost fainted. I remember hearing Molly cry and ask him to hurt her instead. Then he dropped me kicked me in the stomach and walked out. Molly came and stayed with me until I felt better. It was then that she promised me that we would never be apart."
"Oh my gosh Nathan I never realized that things were always that bad with your dad." Haley said with tears in he eyes.
"Hey babe it's ok." Nathan said pulling her close to him.
"I know it's just that I love you and I can't stand the thought of anyone hurting you. Nathan you were only ten years old how could he have done that." Haley said looking up at him.
"You know Haley I love you too." Nathan said looking right into her big brown eyes.
"You have no idea how I've wanted to hear you say that." Haley said kissing him with one hand resting on his cheek and the other on the side of his neck. But Nathan didn't even care. He loved Haley and she loved him, he knew that he could trust her. They were in love and nothing could change that. Everything was going to be just fine.
YEAH RIGHT.