Chapter 10 -
"Haley?" Helen asked as she saw the girl standing in the rain on the doorstep. "What are you doing here?"
"I went home but I came back." She began to cry.
"Why was it too hard for you since you lost your baby?" Helen asked sympathetically.
She looked at Helen, "I never lost my baby." She replied.
"What? When you got here you said that you had lost your baby?" Helen asked confused.
"No, I left him with his father, and now I can't go back." Haley replied.
"Why not?" Helen asked.
"Nathan's dad told me his new address and then he called him and told him I was back but Nathan said he didn't want to see me or let me see Ryan so I left a letter at his house and left." Haley replied.
"Why did you leave? And why the change of heart now?" Helen asked.
"I left because I had nothing to give him, and Nathan was rich and he had a high school education and so I decided that Ryan would be better off with him so I left him, there, and I have been wanting to go back for months now but finally when I got the courage to go he didn't want to see me." Haley replied between sobs.
"Hey sweetie it's OK, don't worry you will see him again. Soon this guy Nathan will calm down and you will see your baby again." Helen replied, she didn't think that Haley had a chance if the guy didn't want to see her again, but she wanted to help Haley in any way she could, she was like a sister to her and she didn't want her to get hurt.
Nathan and Lucas were driving through Arkansas with the girls, Lucas was having the time of his life, but Nathan wasn't as interested in hanging out with a couple girls all the way across the country.
Ryan was happy as ever he loved attention and he definetly was getting it. Every time he cried or fussed or even made any type of funny noise the two girls in the car always went "Aw he is so cute." It was getting on Nathan's nerves, although he couldn't deny it.
They were driving on the highway it was getting late. "Do you want to stop Luke?" Nathan asked.
"Well I'm kinda tired but it jsut seems like a waste to stop now." Lucas replied.
"Well between the four of us we could definetly drive through the whole night." Trisha said happily.
"Yeah I'll take the next shift." Nathan replied.
They pulled over easily since no one really was driving other than them they got to the side of the road fast.
They switched seats and so did Trisha and Danielle. "Lucas I swear if you start making out with her with Ryan right there I will pull this car over and kill you." Nathan said.
"Ha ha ha." he replied.
They all got strapped in and Lucas and Trisha started to go to sleep. When Ryan out of nowhere began to babble "he he pwop bwa bwa. Da Da" Nathan swerved the car without he knowing it.
"Did you gus hear that?" Nathan asked.
"Hear what?" Lucas and the girls said. "All I saw was you going to get us killed with your terrible driving."
"Da Da Da Da." Ryan said again.
"See I told you, he said Da Da." Nathan said as he reached back to Ryan and smiled.
"Wow that's so cute." the wo girls said.
"I swear if you say that again," Nathan replied. "Everything he does is cute and we all know that, but we don't have to say it every time."
"Oh OK." Danielle said.
"Actually you know what why don't we get a hotel room." Nathan said. "I want to spend some time with Ryan."
"OK. There's one up there." Lucas replied.
They got rooms and Nathan went into his with Ryan he set him down on the bed, and just sat there next to him.
He gave ryan his toys to play with and he just watched him play. He loved to just watch him. He had come to love him far more than he loved anyone else in the world. Except maybe Haley, but that was over and done with.
After about an hour Ryan fell asleep. Nathan set him down on the bed and he slept on the couch. He refused to sleep in the same bed as Ryan anymore because he had read and seen on tv all those times when parents had suffocated their kids and he wouldn't let that happen.
He took one of the blankets off of the bed and layed down on the couch. he fell asleep thinking about Ryan and Haley and how almost everything in his life had come together perfectly in the last year.
"Haley?" Helen asked as she saw the girl standing in the rain on the doorstep. "What are you doing here?"
"I went home but I came back." She began to cry.
"Why was it too hard for you since you lost your baby?" Helen asked sympathetically.
She looked at Helen, "I never lost my baby." She replied.
"What? When you got here you said that you had lost your baby?" Helen asked confused.
"No, I left him with his father, and now I can't go back." Haley replied.
"Why not?" Helen asked.
"Nathan's dad told me his new address and then he called him and told him I was back but Nathan said he didn't want to see me or let me see Ryan so I left a letter at his house and left." Haley replied.
"Why did you leave? And why the change of heart now?" Helen asked.
"I left because I had nothing to give him, and Nathan was rich and he had a high school education and so I decided that Ryan would be better off with him so I left him, there, and I have been wanting to go back for months now but finally when I got the courage to go he didn't want to see me." Haley replied between sobs.
"Hey sweetie it's OK, don't worry you will see him again. Soon this guy Nathan will calm down and you will see your baby again." Helen replied, she didn't think that Haley had a chance if the guy didn't want to see her again, but she wanted to help Haley in any way she could, she was like a sister to her and she didn't want her to get hurt.
Nathan and Lucas were driving through Arkansas with the girls, Lucas was having the time of his life, but Nathan wasn't as interested in hanging out with a couple girls all the way across the country.
Ryan was happy as ever he loved attention and he definetly was getting it. Every time he cried or fussed or even made any type of funny noise the two girls in the car always went "Aw he is so cute." It was getting on Nathan's nerves, although he couldn't deny it.
They were driving on the highway it was getting late. "Do you want to stop Luke?" Nathan asked.
"Well I'm kinda tired but it jsut seems like a waste to stop now." Lucas replied.
"Well between the four of us we could definetly drive through the whole night." Trisha said happily.
"Yeah I'll take the next shift." Nathan replied.
They pulled over easily since no one really was driving other than them they got to the side of the road fast.
They switched seats and so did Trisha and Danielle. "Lucas I swear if you start making out with her with Ryan right there I will pull this car over and kill you." Nathan said.
"Ha ha ha." he replied.
They all got strapped in and Lucas and Trisha started to go to sleep. When Ryan out of nowhere began to babble "he he pwop bwa bwa. Da Da" Nathan swerved the car without he knowing it.
"Did you gus hear that?" Nathan asked.
"Hear what?" Lucas and the girls said. "All I saw was you going to get us killed with your terrible driving."
"Da Da Da Da." Ryan said again.
"See I told you, he said Da Da." Nathan said as he reached back to Ryan and smiled.
"Wow that's so cute." the wo girls said.
"I swear if you say that again," Nathan replied. "Everything he does is cute and we all know that, but we don't have to say it every time."
"Oh OK." Danielle said.
"Actually you know what why don't we get a hotel room." Nathan said. "I want to spend some time with Ryan."
"OK. There's one up there." Lucas replied.
They got rooms and Nathan went into his with Ryan he set him down on the bed, and just sat there next to him.
He gave ryan his toys to play with and he just watched him play. He loved to just watch him. He had come to love him far more than he loved anyone else in the world. Except maybe Haley, but that was over and done with.
After about an hour Ryan fell asleep. Nathan set him down on the bed and he slept on the couch. He refused to sleep in the same bed as Ryan anymore because he had read and seen on tv all those times when parents had suffocated their kids and he wouldn't let that happen.
He took one of the blankets off of the bed and layed down on the couch. he fell asleep thinking about Ryan and Haley and how almost everything in his life had come together perfectly in the last year.