Something New

Chapter 27

AN: Thank you for all the reviews. Sorry this took me longer to get out. My life has been crazy this last week.

The last two weeks have been tough but Callie is determined to prove to everybody she can be a single mom even if it kills her. She hasn't gotten every much sleep but she is getting the hang of it. Jamie has kept his promise to still be there for the kids. He calls Peyton everyday sometimes more then once. She has stayed a couple of nights with him and Sean. They agreed to talk to Jenna's aunt but she has been out of town and they have their first appointment tomorrow.

Judd and Conner are going to watch Peyton and Jayce while they take Ryder to his heart appointment. She is surprised Peyton didn't throw a fit when she left. Jamie is already waiting for her at the doctor's office. He takes Ryder so Callie can fill out the paper work. It gives him a chance to spend some time with him. Even though he has grown he is still pretty small for six weeks old. Callie sits next to them.

"I was wondering if I could take the kids tonight? It would give you a night off. I took the day off so I don't mind…" Callie looks up from the magazine she was looking at.

"You can take Peyton. I'm not ready to be away from the boys over night yet…" Jamie sighs.

They get called back. They weigh him and run a bunch of tests. Callie takes the crying baby back from the nurse. She tells them that the doctor will be in shortly to go over the results with them. Jamie knows that Callie is super nervous so he rubs her back as she gets Ryder calmed down. She is grateful for the jester even if she knows it won't last. A few minutes later the doctor comes in. Callie isn't expecting such a good-looking guy.

"Hi I'm Doctor Myers." He shakes their hands and smiles at Callie. She smiles back at him and Jamie notices. She isn't wearing her ring.

"I'm Jamie and this is my wife Callie and our son Ryder…" Jamie grins when the doctor is disappointed. Callie isn't stupid she knows exactly what is happening and will be giving Jamie a piece of her mind later. He pulls up the tests they ran on his tablet and looks through them as he explains what they found.

"So it appears that his PDA has gotten smaller but hasn't completely closed yet. So I would like to check him in two weeks. If it still hasn't closed then we will have to surgically repair it. But I'm optimistic it will close on it's own."

They thank the doctor and shake his hand before heading out to make their next appointment. Jamie carries Ryder to Callie's SUV for her. He buckles him in and kisses his head.

"I will come by after I get off to pick up Peyton and spend some time with the boys…" Callie glares at him.

"What the hell was that Jamie?"

"In case you have forgot Callie we are still married and besides it was very unprofessional of him to flirt with you."

"Yeah well remember you were the one that walked out on me." Callie says as she gets in her SUV. Jamie sighs knowing she is right.

He walks back to his SUV and drives back to his office. He isn't surprised when he gets back to see his dad waiting for him.

"Hi dad…"

"Jamie, is it true that you left your wife and kids?" He asks in a very stern voice. Jamie knows how this is going to go so he just nods and keeps his mouth shut.

"Why in the hell would you do something so stupid? Callie is the best thing that as ever happened to you. Are you willing to let her go forever and watch as someone else takes your place in her heart or with your kids?"

"You're right dad I was stupid but I can't even hardly look at her or Peyton for that matter."

"Why did she cheat on you?"

"No dad she didn't but I almost got my child killed and put her in the hospital and the boys almost didn't make because of me. It's all my fault dad…" Jim sighs has he hugs his son.

"Jamie none of it was your fault it was that nut job Amber. You need to except that everybody makes mistakes and things in life happen for a reason. We may not understand what that reason is right now but thank God Peyton is home safe and you have two healthy boys. Callie loves you son you guys need to work this out."

"I know that dad. But I still can't forgive myself, and I don't know how too."

"Well first off I think you need to go talk to Callie and tell her exactly how you feel about her and what happened. Then you are going to go to counseling. I know exactly who you need to talk to. I will call and set up an appointment with the Pastor." Jamie nods who better to talk about forgiveness then a preacher.

Jim hugs his son and sends him home to talk to Callie. Jamie prays it goes a lot better then it did the last time they talked. With traffic it seems like forever before he gets to the house but at least it gives him time to think about what he wants to say. He still has a key but he rings the doorbell instead. He mentally kicks himself when he hears Jayce crying. Callie answers the door with a screaming baby in her arms, and wanting to kill who ever rang the doorbell.

"You're really early." Callie says as she walks into the living room. Jamie closes the door and follows her.

"I know I'm sorry. I should have called first. I thought we could talk…where is Peyton?" Callie sighs as she gets Jayce calm down and puts him in the swing and turns in on.

"She is with Jude and Conner at the park. What do you want to talk about?" She asks as she picks up Ryder who is wide-awake but not fussy. Out of all three of her kids Ryder has been the easiest. But she has a feeling she will be paying for that when he gets older.

"Look Callie I know have I messed up on so many levels and I don't expect you to forgive me and I know we have so much to work on. Mostly me forgiving myself but I want to do this with you. I miss you so much and the kids." Callie is stunned. Half of her is happy he has finally come to his senses. But the other half has already put her walls back up like she always does to protect herself.

"Yes you have messed up on so many levels, but I love you and I want to work this out. But I need to know that you aren't going to walk out on me or the kids again if things get tough…"

"Leaving is one of the stupidest things I have ever done. I still want us to go to counseling and I promise I'm going to talk to somebody also. Because I can't live with this guilt it's eating me alive…" Callie puts Ryder down in his swing and goes over to Jamie and holds him.

"I want us to go too. I'm glad you are going to get some help also. But I want you to know that I want you to talk to me too. That is the only way our marriage is going to work so please don't ever hide anything from me again. I don't care how mad or hurt you think I'm going to be about it. It will not compare to what I will be if I find out you hid something again." Jamie nods.

"I promise I will never keep anything from you again. Can I kiss you?" Callie grins.

"You don't have to ask…" Jamie smiles and kisses her softly and Callie deepens the kiss.

They don't hear the door open. Conner clears his throat and Jude looks like he is ready to kill somebody. They jump a part like to teenagers getting caught by their parents. Conner takes a sleeping Peyton up to her room.

"I can't believe you Callie. That you would take him back after everything that has happened!" Jude yells at them and Callie sighs when he wakes up both boys and they cry. Jamie quickly picks up Jayce and Callie picks up Ryder.

"Jude I know you are mad at me and I get that you are trying to protect your sister. But she is my wife and we are trying to work things out."

"Don't you think you have done enough to her. I mean your crazy ex tried to kill her and then kidnapped your daughter. Which caused her to almost lose the twins. Oh yeah on top of all of that you walk out on her leaving her with a toddler and new babies to take care by herself."

"Jude you are not helping at all. I know you are mad at him but it wasn't just his fault. This is my life and if I want to forgive him I will. You can't tell me what to do."

"Fine Callie do whatever you want. But don't come crying to me when he hurts you and the kids again." Callie sighs as Jude and Conner leave.

They get the boys calmed down. Callie feeds Ryder and Jamie makes Jayce a bottle.

"I'm sorry about Jude." Callie says as she finishes feeding Ryder.

"It's okay. I would have done the same thing to Brandon…"

The rest of the afternoon is nice. Peyton was very happy to see her daddy was home. Jamie takes care of the kids while Callie takes a much-needed nap. While Callie is a sleep Jamie decides to clean up the house and make dinner. Callie comes down stairs and is very surprised to see the house clean and dinner in the oven. Jamie is relaxing on the couch with Peyton and the twins.

"Hi babe. Did you have a good nap?" Callie smiles as she picks up Peyton and sets her on her lap.

"I did. Thank you for watching them. The house looks great and it dinner smells amazing…"

"You're welcome." Jamie says and Callie kisses him.

"I help too mommy." Callie smiles and kisses Peyton's cheek

"Thank you sweet pea."

After dinner Jamie cleans up while Callie watches a movie with Peyton. Peyton notices that Jamie is done cleaning up and goes over to him and reaches for him to pick her up. Jamie picks her up. She lays her head on his shoulder.

"Is it bye, bye time?" Jamie smiles and kisses her cheek.

"No daddy isn't leaving any more. So do you want daddy to give you a bath or mommy?" Jamie asks even though he already knows the answer.

"Daddy pwease."

Jamie smiles and takes Peyton upstairs and starts her bath. Once she is done Jamie is almost as wet as she is. He puts her pajamas on after he dries her off. She follows Jamie to his room. Jamie grabs some dry clothes and goes into the bathroom to change. Callie is bathing Jayce. She looks up in the mirror as Jamie changes. He grins when he catches her looking at him. Peyton runs in and wants to help.

"Mommy why don't I have one of those?" Peyton asks as she points to Jayce's lap. Jamie tries really hard not to laugh.

"Because you are a girl and he is boy…" Callie glares at Jamie. Jamie goes and gets Ryder ready for his bath and trades Callie for Jayce. Jamie quickly dries him off and puts his diaper on before he can pee on him. Jamie puts his pajama's on and gives him his binky.

"Why do boys have those?" Callie sighs.

"They just do. Why don't you go pick out a story for daddy to read to you okay?" Callie says as she quickly finishes Ryder's bath before he starts to get fussy.

Peyton goes to her room and grabs a bunch of books for Jamie to read to her. Callie has to laugh at the books.

"You have a lot to make up for baby." Callie states as she kisses his cheek.

"Pick out two for tonight then we will read two more tomorrow night okay?" Peyton pouts but picks her two favorites.

Peyton snuggles into Jamie's side while he lays Jayce in his lap so he can read the books. Jayce falls a sleep first and Peyton doesn't make it through the second book. Jamie carefully picks up Jayce and puts him in the bassinet and then carefully picks up Peyton and takes her into her room. He tucks her in and heads back to his room.

Callie is putting Ryder down, Jamie wraps his arms around her and kisses her neck. Callie tilts her head to the side to give him better excess. Callie leads him back down stairs so they don't wake up the kids. Callie stops him from going any farther.

"Not that I don't really want to do this, but I haven't been cleared yet…" Jamie smiles and kisses her.

"It's okay. I can wait. I love you." Callie smiles and snuggles into him. When his phone rings. Callie notices the screen before he lets it go to voice mail. Why is Dr. Weston calling him this time of night.

"Why is Dr. Weston calling you?" She asks as she sits up.

"Babe it's not what you think. You know how the company has a big charity fun raiser every year? Well this year I thought it would be a good idea for the money to go to the NICU. To help the families that can't afford the hospital bills. We are going to set up the found in the boy's names. I wanted to surprise you…" Callie smiles because she can tell he is telling her the truth.

"That's an amazing babe." Callie kisses him softly.

"Next thing we need to talk about. Mom has set up a meeting for us for the best pre school in the city…"

"Seriously she isn't even three yet. We still have two years to decide." Jamie shakes his head.

"Babe the best preschools have a least a two year waiting list. The only reason we got the meeting is mom put her name down when she was born and yes she put the boys down too." Callie sighs.

Callie wakes up the next morning to Peyton's feet in her face and sighs. Jamie's side of the bed is cold so he probably never got to come back to bed from the last time he got up with the boys. She gets up and goes down stairs. She sees him sound a sleep with Jayce passed out on his chest. She takes a quick picture of the two. She picks up Ryder who is starting to fuss. She changes him and nurses him just in time. Jayce wakes up and starts crying. Jamie wakes up and hands Jayce to Callie and takes Ryder from her.

"Hi bubba did you sleep good with daddy?" Callie coos as she nurses him.

"Morning baby." Jamie kisses Callie then hands her a cup of coffee.

"Morning. Thanks for getting up this morning with them."

"You're welcome. So who is going to babysit while we go to the appointment?" Jamie asks as he makes a quick breakfast for them."

"Eliza said she would love to spend some time with them and Caleb wants to play with Pey."

Once Jamie is done with breakfast he takes Ryder with him go wake up Peyton. They are really going to have work on her staying in her own bed soon. He has to laugh when he sees her grumpy morning face with her wild bed head.

"Good morning sweet pea. Did you sleep good?" She nods as she sucks her thumb and cuddles with peanut.

"Let's go have breakfast." Jamie helps her down the stairs and then he puts Ryder in his swing so he can put her in her high chair and make her plate.

"Morning Pey." Callie says as she gives Jayce to Jamie so she can take a quick shower.

Once Callie is showered and ready for the day she goes downstairs. Jamie hands her Jayce and goes to take his shower. She puts Jayce in his swing so she can get Peyton dressed and do something with her hair.

By the time Callie gets Peyton ready. Eliza and Caleb are here and the kids are already playing with Molly. Jamie has already given her the instructions for the twins. They head to their first appointment. The car ride is pretty quiet either of them sure how this is going to go. Jamie squeezes Callie's hand and smiles at her.

Their first therapy session didn't go exactly as they thought it would, but it wasn't as bad as either of them thought it would be. They still have a lot to work on but the most important part is that they still love each other and are willing to work on their relationship. Once they are back in their SUV Jamie leans over and kisses Callie.

"I was thinking we could go to lunch and then stop at Sean's and grab my stuff."

"That sounds nice. Like we used to do…" Jamie smiles at her.

"Where would you like to go?"

"Let's go to that sea food place on the beach."

"Sounds good to me. He drives to the restaurant."

They order and Callie smiles at Jamie. They have a lot to talk about and workout but for once Callie can see that Jamie really is trying for her and their family.

"So what is on your mind? You have been quiet since we left…" Jamie asks as he takes a drink of his ice tea.

"I'm just thinking about us and some of the stuff we talked about…like what are we going to do when I go back to work. You and how I can help you work on things."

"What do you want to do about work? I know you want to go back in a few weeks."

"We should probably start looking for a nanny. But we need to be very picky. It's going to be hard for me to trust someone again…"

"I know so we can start looking for someone. I know you don't want to hear this but I think Peyton needs to be around kids her own age again. She needs more friends besides Dylan." Callie sighs she knows he is right but she isn't sure if she is ready for that or if her heart can take it.

"I'm not sure if I can do it…"

"Look Callie I know what happened was horrible, and we are both dealing with it. She isn't coming back and we need to move past this. I think it would help us all. We could look for another daycare." Jamie squeezes Callie's hand. Their food arrives and they eat in silence.

After their lunch they decide to take a walk on the beach. They talk more about everything and enjoy being together. They promise to have a date night once a week and that they will talk to each other no matter how small they think something is. They head back to their house and they can hear Peyton and Caleb laughing from the front porch. Callie smiles and kisses him softly before going inside.

"Thank you for today. I love you…" Jamie smiles at her.

"You're welcome. I love you too Cal."