Chapter #3~ Homecoming!
Nathan and Haley had spent two blissful weeks in the Caribbean and were on a plane headed back home. She had fallen asleep on his shoulder and consequently his head fell asleep on top of hers. The stewardess had woken Haley and when she realized Nathan was asleep on her, she had to wake him up too. "What?" Nathan asked groggily.
"Nathan, sweetie, we're landing you have to buckle your seatbelt and lay back," she spoke softly, trying to hide back a giggle that wanted to come out because of the cute confused expression he had on his face. He was still half asleep and his eyebrows were wrinkled so that those four little wrinkles appeared on his forehead. She thought to herself that those were cute now but she knew they would become permanent once he hit sixty. At that thought, she couldn't stifle herself any longer and the giggle escaped her lips.
"What are you laughing at?" he asked half-serious half-jokingly.
"Your cute when you're groggy" she answered, giggling once more.
"Yea well your cute all the time" he replied smiling at her and placing a quick peck on her lips before buckling his seatbelt. She smiled and blushed. After all this time he could still make her blush. He smiled once again at her happy that after all this time he could still make her blush. Haley took his hand and held it because she hated landing and he squeezed her hand letting her know everything would be okay. She smiled, closed her eyes, and leaned back.
"I have a surprise for you when we land" he said softly. Nathan also had his eyes closed and was leaning back.
"Surprise?" Haley questioned not changing her position.
"Yea"
"What kind of surprise"
"You'll see"
"You and your surprises"
"Hey you liked my last one"
"That's true"
"See" he smiled cockily, eyes still shut, and she knew he was smiling like that because he won so in response she slapped him playfully on the stomach.
"Hey what was that for?" he asked sitting up and his eyes wide open.
She was still sitting back and her eyes were still closed "You know why" she replied.
"How could you have possibly known...ugh you know me to well" he leaned back again defeated.
"That's right baby" she smiled to herself happy she had turned that around in her favor.
"Oh well you still have to wait to know the surprise, so there!" he said still leaning back and with his eyes once again closed.
"So there? That's real mature!"
"Really mature" he corrected her.
"And the tutee becomes the tutor. Hmm, I've done a good job!"
"Well I learned from the best!"
They both smiled.
~~**~~
The taxi pulled up in front of a beautiful home, a bit bigger than the one Nathan grew up in. Nathan took Haley's hand to help her out of the car. "Nathan what are we doing here?" Haley asked intrigued.
"We're home!"
"But this isn't...Oh my god Nathan you...you didn't?" Haley asked realizing that Nathan had bought this home for them to live in.
"I did! Beautiful home for a beautiful deserving wife!" Haley blushed and smiled. She leaned up and kissed him sweetly in response to his sweet gesture and words.
"Thank you Nathan it's beautiful" she said lowly as she pulled away.
"Well c'mon you haven't even seen the inside!" As they walked up to the front porch Nathan took a key out of his pocket and opened the door. They both stepped inside, hand in hand.
"SURPRISE!" yelled a group of people jumping up from their hiding spots in the living room. The group consisted of Karen and Keith who had married last year, Deb (after the divorce they hadn't heard from Dan and he moved from Tree Hill after Nathan graduated high school), Peyton and Jake who were engaged, and Brooke and Lucas who were also engaged, (they had reconciled senior year of high school).
"Nathan!" Haley exclaimed turning to him, "did you do this too?"
"No" he answered just as shocked as she was. "What are you guys doing here?" he asked the group of people in front of them.
"We wanted to surprise both of you and throw you a welcome home party!" Deb answered coming up to Nathan and giving him a hug.
"Thanks mom!"
"Haley, how are you sweetie?" Deb said turning to her and hugging her as well.
"I'm fine, thank you," she answered hugging Deb back. It pretty much went on like that until each had said there hello's to the couple and greeted them with hugs.
"Haley that's a gorgeous tan! Luke we are so going to the Caribbean for our honeymoon!" Brooke called out to Luke as she hugged Haley. Luke didn't hear her he was busy talking with Nathan and Jake. Nathan and Luke had finally begun to act like brothers in college partially because Dan left town and partially because they played on the same college basketball team but mostly because of Haley.
"Yea really Haley," Peyton agreed with Brooke referring to the tan.
"Okay enough of the wait we want details!" Brooke mischievously smiled dragging Haley into the kitchen.
Everyone mingled on at the party. Every once in a while shrieks followed by girlish laughter came from the kitchen table as Haley was filling them in on the juicy details. The guys would step into the kitchen and give them all questioning looks. "Are you sure your alright?" Nathan would ask.
"Yea baby everything is fine" Haley would reply with a huge grin on her face. Peyton and Brooke also sported wide grins. The guys just gave each other looks that said "Okkaaaaay" as they walked back into the living room and as soon as they were out of sight, the girls would erupt in laughter once more. Keith, Karen, and Deb were the first ones to leave because they had to go back to the café.
"Okay well thanks for coming and thank you so much for the lovely party" Haley told them as they left.
"Yea thanks for everything" Nathan added on and then he shut the door behind them.
"Hey you guys I don't feel like cooking you want to join us out to dinner" Haley said turning back to the other two young couples.
"Sorry Haley but we have to go" Peyton told her picking up her purse.
"Yea we'd love to but Jenny's still with the babysitter and my parents are out of town so we gotta go" Jake responded.
"Oh that's okay we understand" Nathan told them.
"Yea thanks for coming and say hi to Jenny for us!" Haley said as she walked them to the door.
"So I guess its us four then!" Haley told the other three as she closed the door behind her.
~~**~~
At dinner Nathan's cell phone rang, "Sorry guys I gotta take this, it's my agent."
"Okay baby but hurry back" Haley told him as he stood up.
"Sure thing babe" he quickly responded placing a quick peck on her cheek.
"Well well looks like the honeymoon isn't quite over!" Brooke happily grinned eyeing Haley. She just blushed and continued to finish her meal. A few minutes later Nathan returned looking ecstatic.
"What's up baby?" Haley questioned a smiling Nathan.
"That was my agent he said the North Carolina Tigers are deciding whether or not to take me for the upcoming season." (AN: I don't think NC has a NBA Bball team but just work with me here and pretend...it is fanFICTION after all LOL! ()
"That's great baby, oh my God come here!" Haley replied as she hugged him.
"Congratulations Nathan, I'm so happy for you!" Brooke told him cheerfully.
"Thanks Brooke!"
"Just like you Nathan always trying to fill your big brothers shoes" Luke told him lazily, he was joking of course.
"Yea you better watch them shoes cause if I get in those shoes will be having some competition!" Nathan retorted. Luke was already on the team. (AN: being that there the same age and left college at the same time I don't know if that would really happen but just work with me here and pretend!()
Lucas laughed, "You know I'm just joking congrats man!"
"Thanks!" and they did that man hug thing. Haley and Brooke just smiled at the exchange happy that the brothers could joke around like this now. It was a good thing that Dan was out of their lives.
"Let's celebrate with some dessert!" Brooke cheered.
They all smiled in agreement.
Nathan and Haley had spent two blissful weeks in the Caribbean and were on a plane headed back home. She had fallen asleep on his shoulder and consequently his head fell asleep on top of hers. The stewardess had woken Haley and when she realized Nathan was asleep on her, she had to wake him up too. "What?" Nathan asked groggily.
"Nathan, sweetie, we're landing you have to buckle your seatbelt and lay back," she spoke softly, trying to hide back a giggle that wanted to come out because of the cute confused expression he had on his face. He was still half asleep and his eyebrows were wrinkled so that those four little wrinkles appeared on his forehead. She thought to herself that those were cute now but she knew they would become permanent once he hit sixty. At that thought, she couldn't stifle herself any longer and the giggle escaped her lips.
"What are you laughing at?" he asked half-serious half-jokingly.
"Your cute when you're groggy" she answered, giggling once more.
"Yea well your cute all the time" he replied smiling at her and placing a quick peck on her lips before buckling his seatbelt. She smiled and blushed. After all this time he could still make her blush. He smiled once again at her happy that after all this time he could still make her blush. Haley took his hand and held it because she hated landing and he squeezed her hand letting her know everything would be okay. She smiled, closed her eyes, and leaned back.
"I have a surprise for you when we land" he said softly. Nathan also had his eyes closed and was leaning back.
"Surprise?" Haley questioned not changing her position.
"Yea"
"What kind of surprise"
"You'll see"
"You and your surprises"
"Hey you liked my last one"
"That's true"
"See" he smiled cockily, eyes still shut, and she knew he was smiling like that because he won so in response she slapped him playfully on the stomach.
"Hey what was that for?" he asked sitting up and his eyes wide open.
She was still sitting back and her eyes were still closed "You know why" she replied.
"How could you have possibly known...ugh you know me to well" he leaned back again defeated.
"That's right baby" she smiled to herself happy she had turned that around in her favor.
"Oh well you still have to wait to know the surprise, so there!" he said still leaning back and with his eyes once again closed.
"So there? That's real mature!"
"Really mature" he corrected her.
"And the tutee becomes the tutor. Hmm, I've done a good job!"
"Well I learned from the best!"
They both smiled.
~~**~~
The taxi pulled up in front of a beautiful home, a bit bigger than the one Nathan grew up in. Nathan took Haley's hand to help her out of the car. "Nathan what are we doing here?" Haley asked intrigued.
"We're home!"
"But this isn't...Oh my god Nathan you...you didn't?" Haley asked realizing that Nathan had bought this home for them to live in.
"I did! Beautiful home for a beautiful deserving wife!" Haley blushed and smiled. She leaned up and kissed him sweetly in response to his sweet gesture and words.
"Thank you Nathan it's beautiful" she said lowly as she pulled away.
"Well c'mon you haven't even seen the inside!" As they walked up to the front porch Nathan took a key out of his pocket and opened the door. They both stepped inside, hand in hand.
"SURPRISE!" yelled a group of people jumping up from their hiding spots in the living room. The group consisted of Karen and Keith who had married last year, Deb (after the divorce they hadn't heard from Dan and he moved from Tree Hill after Nathan graduated high school), Peyton and Jake who were engaged, and Brooke and Lucas who were also engaged, (they had reconciled senior year of high school).
"Nathan!" Haley exclaimed turning to him, "did you do this too?"
"No" he answered just as shocked as she was. "What are you guys doing here?" he asked the group of people in front of them.
"We wanted to surprise both of you and throw you a welcome home party!" Deb answered coming up to Nathan and giving him a hug.
"Thanks mom!"
"Haley, how are you sweetie?" Deb said turning to her and hugging her as well.
"I'm fine, thank you," she answered hugging Deb back. It pretty much went on like that until each had said there hello's to the couple and greeted them with hugs.
"Haley that's a gorgeous tan! Luke we are so going to the Caribbean for our honeymoon!" Brooke called out to Luke as she hugged Haley. Luke didn't hear her he was busy talking with Nathan and Jake. Nathan and Luke had finally begun to act like brothers in college partially because Dan left town and partially because they played on the same college basketball team but mostly because of Haley.
"Yea really Haley," Peyton agreed with Brooke referring to the tan.
"Okay enough of the wait we want details!" Brooke mischievously smiled dragging Haley into the kitchen.
Everyone mingled on at the party. Every once in a while shrieks followed by girlish laughter came from the kitchen table as Haley was filling them in on the juicy details. The guys would step into the kitchen and give them all questioning looks. "Are you sure your alright?" Nathan would ask.
"Yea baby everything is fine" Haley would reply with a huge grin on her face. Peyton and Brooke also sported wide grins. The guys just gave each other looks that said "Okkaaaaay" as they walked back into the living room and as soon as they were out of sight, the girls would erupt in laughter once more. Keith, Karen, and Deb were the first ones to leave because they had to go back to the café.
"Okay well thanks for coming and thank you so much for the lovely party" Haley told them as they left.
"Yea thanks for everything" Nathan added on and then he shut the door behind them.
"Hey you guys I don't feel like cooking you want to join us out to dinner" Haley said turning back to the other two young couples.
"Sorry Haley but we have to go" Peyton told her picking up her purse.
"Yea we'd love to but Jenny's still with the babysitter and my parents are out of town so we gotta go" Jake responded.
"Oh that's okay we understand" Nathan told them.
"Yea thanks for coming and say hi to Jenny for us!" Haley said as she walked them to the door.
"So I guess its us four then!" Haley told the other three as she closed the door behind her.
~~**~~
At dinner Nathan's cell phone rang, "Sorry guys I gotta take this, it's my agent."
"Okay baby but hurry back" Haley told him as he stood up.
"Sure thing babe" he quickly responded placing a quick peck on her cheek.
"Well well looks like the honeymoon isn't quite over!" Brooke happily grinned eyeing Haley. She just blushed and continued to finish her meal. A few minutes later Nathan returned looking ecstatic.
"What's up baby?" Haley questioned a smiling Nathan.
"That was my agent he said the North Carolina Tigers are deciding whether or not to take me for the upcoming season." (AN: I don't think NC has a NBA Bball team but just work with me here and pretend...it is fanFICTION after all LOL! ()
"That's great baby, oh my God come here!" Haley replied as she hugged him.
"Congratulations Nathan, I'm so happy for you!" Brooke told him cheerfully.
"Thanks Brooke!"
"Just like you Nathan always trying to fill your big brothers shoes" Luke told him lazily, he was joking of course.
"Yea you better watch them shoes cause if I get in those shoes will be having some competition!" Nathan retorted. Luke was already on the team. (AN: being that there the same age and left college at the same time I don't know if that would really happen but just work with me here and pretend!()
Lucas laughed, "You know I'm just joking congrats man!"
"Thanks!" and they did that man hug thing. Haley and Brooke just smiled at the exchange happy that the brothers could joke around like this now. It was a good thing that Dan was out of their lives.
"Let's celebrate with some dessert!" Brooke cheered.
They all smiled in agreement.