Here we go. Only two left. get ready to meet baby Scott. Let me know what you think of the chapter. it's really short but it resisted all attempts at rewriting. hope you enjoy it. and thanks to all of you who have stuck with the story. I really appreciate all of you.
PS I own nothing.
"Are you ready to go home?" Nathan asked his wife who was sitting in a chair with her feet in her husbands lap while he rubbed them.
"I think so. I'm getting tired." she said.
"Okay, why don't you go say goodnight to the bride and groom." he said as he pulled his suit jacket back on
"Alright. I'll be right back." she said. She kissed him lightly on the lips then waddled over to where Ryan and Kerri were swaying to the music.
"Hey guys, Nathan and I are going to head out." she said.
"Already. It's so early." Ryan whined.
"Yeah, I'm getting really tired." she said throwing her arms around her best friend.
"Okay. We'll see you tomorrow sometime." he said hugging her back.
"I'm sure we wont, you'll be too busy having tons of newlywed sex." she said.
"Oh right, yeah you're right as usual." he said smirking.
"I am always right Ry, when are you going to figure that out?" she laughed. He kissed her cheek quickly and hugged her tight against him before releasing her so she could say her goodbye's to Kerri.
"Enjoy the rest of your night." Haley said as she hugged her employee turned close friend.
"I will. You enjoy one of your last nights of normalcy until the baby arrives." she said.
"I'm trying, its making it really hard though." Haley whined running a hand down the curve of her distended belly.
"You are getting really really massive." Ryan noted.
"And you're really lucky, because I'm not going to smack you upside the head for that comment. But I better go, my husband is waiting for me over there." she said pointing to the door.
"Have a good night." Ryan said winking.
"And if you think I'm going to be having sex in any position tonight you are so wrong. I'm so huge that nothing is comfortable." she whined.
"Well have a good night regardless. I'll have lots of mind blowing sex for the both of us then." he said kissing her cheek once more before she waddled back off to Nathan.
"Are you ready?" he asked as he helped her pull her jacket on.
"Yeah. Lets get out of here, I just want to get home and have a bubble bath." she said wistfully.
"Sounds good." he replied taking her hand and leading her out into the night.
After Nathan and Haley left Ryan and Kerri continued dancing.
"I so cant wait until that baby arrives. It'll be the most loved kid on the planet." Kerri said.
"Yeah. Uncle Ryan and Auntie Kerri will be there for him or her whenever they are needed." he said running a hand down her back.
"I've always wanted a little niece or nephew." she sighed.
"And in a few days we'll get that." he said.
"I'm so happy. Have you given any thought to having children?" she asked.
"I would like that. Maybe I could be a better parent than what I had to deal with." he said.
"We're always better than what our parents were." she said stroking his face.
"That's good. My parents were awful." he said wincing at some of the memories.
"is that why you and Haley got so close?" she asked.
"Yeah. So much happened back then in Tree Hill." he said.
"Will you tell me those stories sometime?" she asked.
"Of course, just not tonight. I want to enjoy the present instead of going into the past." he said.
"That sounds great." she said leaning her head on his shoulder.
The limo drove home slowly and carefully. When they finally got home Nathan helped her out of the car and walked her inside. She winced a little bit as she was walking in and tried to hide it from Nathan.
"are you okay?" he asked seeing the look on her face.
"I'm fine. I promise." she said.
"are you sure?" he asked.
"Yeah. I'm fine." she assured him.
"Okay." he said feeling assured.
"Can you go run me my bath? I need a glass of water." she said.
"Of course." he said disappearing down the hallway towards their bedroom. While she was gone she took a deep breath as another wave of pain went through her. She knew just what this meant and knew she was going into labour. But the contractions were still far apart and knew that they wouldn't admit her just yet. Maybe a hot bath would sooth her aches.
"Waters ready." Nathan called from the en suite bathroom. Haley smiled and walked in there before slowly stripping out of her clothes. Nathan took her hand when she was fully undressed and helped her into the sunken tub. She moaned lowly when the jets of the Jacuzzi tub started beating against her aching back.
"I'll be right back." he said, as he left the room. He came back a few minutes later with a strawberry milkshake in his hand.
"I love you." she said as she took the glass out of his hand.
"I know. Do you want me to wash your back for you?" he asked.
"Yes please that would be wonderful." she agreed.
"Are you okay?" he asked not sure.
"Okay, I'm going to confess something to you and you have to promise not to freak out." she said.
"Okay." he said worried now.
"I've been having contractions for the last couple hours. But they're still too far apart to go to the hospital." she told him.
"You're in labour?" he asked.
"Yes. But they're still far apart so we don't have to worry just yet." she said.
"When do we go to the hospital?" he asked.
"When they're about five minutes apart or so." she told him.
"Sounds good. You'll tell me when that is right?" he asked.
"Of course, I don't really want to give birth in here." she said. He laughed at her remark and it diffused the tension that was suddenly present.
"Do we call people when we leave?" he asked.
"We should. I don't want to disturb Ryan and Kerri though. It's their wedding night." she told him.
"They would be pissed at us if we didn't tell them though." he told her.
"I know. I guess we'll be calling them." she said as another contraction radiated through her.
"Are they getting closer?" he asked.
"Yeah. I'm going to start getting ready and pack my bag." she said.
"Shouldn't that be done before you go into labour?" he asked.
"Yeah, but the baby isn't supposed to be here for another three weeks." she said.
"right. Is this okay?" he asked.
"I don't know, but it feels alright." she said.. He helped her out of the bathtub and she pulled on a pair of sweat pants and a t shirt.
"Are you ready to go?" he asked.
"Yeah." she told him. He helped her to the car and got in the backseat intent on driving carefully not wanting to hurt the precious cargo he had in his car with him. He pulled up in front of the emergency doors and helped his wife inside.
"Can we help you?" a nurse asked.
"My wife is in labour, three weeks early." Nathan said some of the worry coming through his voice.
"Alright. Come with me. Who is your doctor?" she asked.
"Dr Rawlings." Haley grunted out as another contraction went through her.
"How far apart are your contractions?" the nurse asked.
"About 7 minutes." she said.
"Okay. Let's get you to a room." she said depositing Haley in a wheelchair and wheeling her towards a room. They helped her into a bed and the nurse gave Nathan a bucket of ice chips for her to crunch on.
"How are you doing?" he asked her once the nurse left after taking her vitals.
"Fine right now. Ask me in a while and I'm sure I'll have a different answer." she said.
"I'm sure." he said. A little while later her doctor came in and checked her out.
"We're getting close. Let's get you to the delivery room." he said.
"Should I be worried about the baby. It's three weeks early." she said.
"You should be fine. I'm not seeing any distress." he assured her.
"Okay." she said.
"I'll be back in a few minutes to take you down. If you guys have any phone calls to make now would be the time to do it." he said. Nathan nodded and grabbed his cell phone to start calling people. He called Ryan and Kerri first and they said they would be right there. He called his parents and Haley's parents and they said they would be there as soon as they could. He called Lucas and Peyton and Lucas said he would be right there. He wanted to be there when the baby was born. Haley's parents had said they would call the rest of their family so Nathan could be with Haley. When he was done calling people he went back into the room and watched as they started wheeling Haley to the delivery room. He donned his scrubs and mask and went to stand by Haley's side.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
"No. It hurts. It really hurts." she said as another contraction went through her.
"Are you ready to push?" the doctor asked.
"No." she said.
"Well its time to and soon you're going to be holding your brand new baby." he said smiling her. When he told her to push she pushed and sweat pooled on her forehead.
"I hate you Nathan Scott. This is your fault." she screamed as she continued to push the baby out. After a few pushes a high pitched wail sounded through the room and Haley collapsed against the pillows.
"Congratulations Mr and Mrs Scott you have a baby boy." he said as he handed the infant over to the nurses so they could clean him up. The doctor stitched her up and the nurses brought over the baby.
"Do you want to hold your new baby?" the nurse asked Haley. She nodded and the nurse placed the tiny infant in her arms and immediately she cried.
"He's so beautiful." she said.
"Have you picked out a name?" the kind nurse asked.
"Yeah. His name is James Lucas Scott." she said.