it's really short but it accomplished everything I wanted it too. Only one more left after this. I'm really going to miss this story. And I thank you all for all your kind words and inspiration to keep it going. I promise the next one will be longer as its set later in the future and will contain a little bit of smut for those of you who have missed that. I hope you enjoy that chapter and let me know what you think. Thank you all.
Once Haley was in her room and she was holding James in her arms, Nathan went out to reveal the good news. He was surprised by the people waiting in the waiting room for news. Lucas and Peyton were there, Dan and Deb, Ryan and Kerri. Haley's parents and siblings were on their way. And Haley's boss just wandered in with a bouquet of flowers and a balloon saying congratulations.
"It's a boy." he said with a wide smile on his face. Several cheers and words of congratulations went through the room.
"Can we see him?" Ryan asked.
"Yeah, and I'll take you two first. It's your wedding night." he said smiling.
"This is so awesome. I get to share my wedding anniversary with my little nephew." Ryan enthused.
"Just wait until you see him. He's perfect. I'll come and get someone else after. Ryan is the closest thing to family Haley has here at the moment." Nathan said gesturing for them to follow him to the room. When they got into Haley's room, Ryan actually felt tears well up in his eyes. His best friend finally had the family she had always wanted. He walked over to her and hugged her while she held the baby.
"This is James Lucas Scott. Do you want to hold him?" she asked.
"Yeah." he said holding his arms open for him.
"Ryan, just promise not to drop him. He's so tiny. But I had a decision to make when it came to him. But it didn't take long you are his godfather." she said smiling at her friend.
"Holy crap. This is so amazing." he said. She smiled at her friend and his new wife who were there in their wedding clothes. She couldn't believe that they ditched their wedding night to meet James.
"I love you Ry." she said.
"I love you too Hales." he said back to her. He handed he baby over to his wife and she cooed to him. Nathan took a seat beside Haley on the bed as he waited for Ryan and Kerri to be done doting on his son. Once they were done they both hugged and congratulated Haley once more, and promised heaps of gifts for when they got out of the hospital before leaving and sending the next group in. The first set of grandparents came in and claimed the baby for a few minutes. Dan walked over and hugged Nathan which came as a surprise to both men.
"Congratulations son." he said before going over and rejoining his wife who was holding the baby. She handed him over to Dan and went to hug Nathan and Haley.
"I finally have a grand baby." she said.
"You do." Nathan said not used to dealing with his mom when she was like this.
"I'm so happy." she said grinning from ear to ear. When they were done they left and Lucas and Peyton came in.
"We just wanted to come by and see him. But we have to hurry, we left Sawyer with the neighbour." he said.
"James Lucas Scott." Haley said handing the baby over.
"Wow. Lucas." Lucas said as he held his nephew.
"The baby got named after you because Ryan is his godfather." Haley explained.
"This is awesome." Lucas said as he cradled the baby before handing him over to Peyton. Lucas went over and hugged his brother.
"It's an amazing feeling huh?" he asked.
"Oh yeah. I didn't know I could love any more fiercely than I did before." he said.
"You'll find out so much about yourself now that you're a dad." Lucas said.
"Thanks Luke." Nathan said.
"We'll go, but we're bringing Sawyer over when you get out." Lucas said.
"Good. I miss the little girl." Haley said. Lucas smiled and he and Peyton left the room.
"Hello Haley. Congratulations on your new arrival." Wesley said. Haley smiled at her boss and accepted the flowers.
"How did you know?" she asked.
"Ryan told me." he answered.
"Oh. Thank you. Do you want to hold him?" she asked.
"Sure. That would be great." he said holding his arms out for the infant. "Take all the maternity leave you need. I'll take care of the magazine until you come back." he told her as he cradled the baby.
"Thanks Wesley." she said.
"No problem. But I better get going." he said.
With all the traffic in the hospital and how well Haley's birth went she got released the next morning. They left the hospital together with their new baby boy and drove home. To her surprise when they pulled up in front of the house a welcoming committee was present. Ryan and Kerri, Lucas and Peyton, Brooke and Julian, Dan and Deb, Lydia and Jimmy, Quinn, Taylor, Vivian and all the brothers, Brooke and Julian s kids were playing with Sawyer on the grass. Haley's old neighbour from the apartment showed up.
"What are you all doing here?" she asked being immediately claimed by her mom and dad.
"Ryan called us all and told us you were getting out today. We wanted to be here when you got out." Lydia said.
"It's go great to see you." she said hugging her mom back. Nathan took James and the car seat into the house and everyone followed him in. Immediately everyone started cooing over the baby. Brooke enveloped Haley in her arms.
"Congratulations new mommy. It feels amazing doesn't it?" she asked.
"It does. Go see him." she said pushing her best girlfriend over to the crowd of people ogling the baby.
"You may not see your kid for a while." Ryan said.
"I know. But he's in good hands." she said. Ryan wrapped his arm around her shoulder and she leaned into his side. His other arm wrapped around his wife's waist. He loved being surrounded by his two favourite women.
"Brooke, get over here for a minute." Haley called over the cooing. Brooke made her way over with her daughter Sophia by the hand. She seemed overly nervous around all these new people.
"What's up Hales?" she asked.
"I almost forgot to tell you, but Brooke Davis Baker you are James godmother." she said. Brooke clamped her hand over her mouth and hugged Haley tightly to her.
"I love you Haley Scott." she said.
"I love you too Brooke Davis Baker." she said hugging her best girlfriend back tightly.
"You should totally move back to Tree Hill. It's the best place to raise your family." she urged.
"I've actually been thinking about that. I just need to figure out a way to run my magazine from there. Nathan is open to the relocation as well." she said.
"Think about it. I know you're mom and dad want you to come home too." Brooke said. They talked for a couple minutes until the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it." she assured Nathan who was making his way over to the door. She opened the door to find Dave on the front step.
"Dave." she said.
"Hi Haley. I heard congratulations were in order." he said wringing his hands.
"Um yeah. How did you find out?" she asked.
"Newspaper. It was front of the society page, apparently its big news. Haley and Nathan Scott welcome baby boy." he quoted.
"Well thank you. Do you want to come in?" she asked.
"If that's alright. For the record I'm happy for you. You moved on really well and you look happy. I just regret what happened between us." he said.
"It's all good. I'm in the perfect place in my life right now. My life is great. Come and meet James." she said gesturing for him to walk past her into the house. He passed her and walked into the house, Nathan looked at her curiously. She just shrugged her shoulders and led Dave over to where Jamie was being held by her mom.
"Dave, this is James Lucas Scott. Jamie." she said.
"Well that is a cute kid. You and your husband did good." he said appreciatively.
"Well thank you." she said pleased by the compliment. He moved off to lean against the wall by Ryan. Ryan stared at him for a moment before deciding to be civil.
"Congratulations Haley Bob." Quinn said as she found Haley in the crowd.
"Thanks, he's amazing isn't he?" she asked rhetorically.
"Yes he is. I'm sure you've asked every guest that question by now." she said smiling.
"Probably more than once." she agreed.
"I feel like I've been replaced." Nathan said walking over to kiss her on the cheek.
"You kinda have been. I don't need you anymore until I decide I want another one." she said.
"And that is likely to happen?" he asked.
"Oh yeah. I want a big family like mine." she said kissing his lips sweetly.
"You want a big family, you'll get a big family. I love you Hales." he said.
"I love you too Nathan." she said leaning her head on his shoulder.
When everyone left that night and James was in his bassinet in their bedroom, Haley and Nathan sat down on the floor and went though the mountains of baby gifts they had acquired.
"So what do you think about moving to Tree Hill?" she asked offhand.
"I think it would be a great place to raise Jamie, and I could open a firm there and you could run the magazine by email from there. Making occasional business trips to New York." he suggested.
"You're okay with the idea?" she clarified.
"I'm more than okay with the idea. I've been there once and it seems like the place to raise a family. If you want to move home, then we'll move there." he said.
"God I love you Nathan." she said leaning in and kissing him
"I love you too. But if you continue to kiss me like that I wont be able to control myself. And you cant have sex for another month or so." he said.
"I know." she sighed breaking away.
"So we're really doing this?" she asked.
"We are moving to Tree Hill." he affirmed.
"Yay, I'm so happy." she said hugging him.
"Tree Hill here we come." he said.