Chapter 11 -
They woke the next morning, Nathan was so tired from just sitting there on the edge of the bed watching Ryan the night before. He woke to Ryan crying then the two of them took a shower together
"Yo Nathan get up." Lucas yelled through the door. "Come on even you can't still be asleep"
Nathan went to the door in a towel he had Ryan wrapped up in anotehr one. "We'll be a minute." he said.
"You OK?" Lucas asked.
"Well let's see my brother made this a not so much boys trip and now it's some party with two girls we don't even know. Come on Luke you can't have actually expected me to want them to come along." Nathan replied.
"Well I'm sorry, but the last seven or eight months of my lfie have been for you and Ryan, not that I'm complaining, but we both just need to have other people around us aside from just Ryan and the team." Lucas replied "You know it too. And I also know that you will never get over Haley if you keep up like this."
"I don't want to get over Haley Lucas, I still love her. I probably always will, but I have given up on seeing her again."
"Then why keep living in that past that won't ever happen. Be happy have fun, do it for Ryan, he knows practically you me a couple guys from the team and the daycare staff. he needs to know more people too you honestly can't think it is good to shelter him from the world."
"I just don't want him tog et hurt like I did, is that so wrong?" Nathan asked near tears.
"No, there is nothing wrong with wanting what's best for your child, but remember, you still have to let him live. Starting now OK?"
"Alright." Nathan said. "So are our driving companions ready to go?"
"Last I checked it was makeup check, so you probably will have enough time to change and get some clothes on the both of you." Lucas replied. "Besides he's fussing."
"Bye Luke see you in a few minutes."
He left, Nathan went back in put Ryan down then got dressed. When he finished getting Ryan dressed he was ready.
They had had a really great trip the rest of the way, Nathan had lightened up a bit but he also ignored any advances Danielle gave to him and Lucas had fun Hanging with Trisha.
They got to California on the forth day of driving.
Nathan couldn't wait to get Ryan into Disneyland, by order of his mother ha had to bring home at least one hundred pictures of the trip. which was the amount that she had brought back when Nathan himself had been a baby.
They went to the Hotel, it was a nice hotel inside of the California adventure park.
"Wow this is nice." Lucas exclaimed. "But I have to sleep on the couch don't I?"
"Well no I'm going to get a cot, you can have your own room and I will sleep on the cot while Ryan sleeps on the bed." Nathan replied.
"Why can't he sleep on the cot, it is smaller?" Lucas asked confused.
"Well I will be more comfortable knowing he can't roll off of the bed."
"I guess yeah smart." Lucas replied walking into on of the bedrooms he loved the veiw, it looked out on the enitre park. he had never been here before but he was a major disney fanatic when he was a kid, he had watched them 24/7 with Haley. Haley, it still hurt him to think of her too, because that night he could have tried to help and get her to stay, but instead he let her get away. He now decided that if he could change that he would. Even though Haley leaving gave him a new relationship with Nathan and Ryan, he would give it all up for Nathan and Ryan to have Haley now, Ryan needed a mom, Nathan needed Her.
"Ready to hit the park?" Nathan asked
"Um sure already, you don't want lunch?"
"Sure that would be fun. I'm kinda hungry and I really would probably puke if I had any more junk food like we did on the trip." nathan Laughed.
"Yeah we really pigged out."
The three of them walked down to the restaurant. Nathan ordered some fries for Ryan and He an Lucas had meals.
"OK I know it is a hard topic for you Nathan but I want to know, do you ever think you will try to find Haley at all?" Lucas asked halfway through the meal.
"Well I know if I do it will be so hard considering she really doesn't want to be found." Nathan replied. "But I really do want to see her again, for him too."
"Yeah, I don't know how hard it would be to have lived without my mom." Lucas said then he sat in a trance as he thought about what it would be like.
"I know, my mom was probably the onyl thing keeping my family stable at all." Nathan laughed it off. "I'm going to go look for her, I've decided it, I will try my hardest to find her when we get home."
"Yeah I can't wait to see her again. First I will tell her how much we all missed her then I will kill her for leaving in the first place." Lucas joked.
"But her leaving wasn't all bad, we never would have gotten along at all, we would have hated each other forever." Nathan replied.
"Now that is true, even worse then because I would have hated you for getting her pregnant then leaving her all alone."
"Yeah that never made sense in the first place I still did that, what made you take pity on me in this situation?" Nathan asked curiously.
"Because in this case you were the so called victim.She left you and you had no idea what to do. So I made a desion, was my rival with you that important, or was making sure you and Ryan were OK more important. In the end you can guess what won."
"Yeah thanks for that Luke, I would have not made it without you at all. Especially not when we were in court, I would have died without you. If we had even survived long enough to get to court." Nathan replied.
"hey, that's true, but in the end I would have been able to see him without having to put up with you, damn was I dumb."
"Don't swear around Ryan, wow I totally sound like the overprotective dad."
"You are."
The three finished up their meals, well Ryan just sorta picked at his and threw it, but Lucas and Nathan had finished actually eating. They went out to explore the park.
They woke the next morning, Nathan was so tired from just sitting there on the edge of the bed watching Ryan the night before. He woke to Ryan crying then the two of them took a shower together
"Yo Nathan get up." Lucas yelled through the door. "Come on even you can't still be asleep"
Nathan went to the door in a towel he had Ryan wrapped up in anotehr one. "We'll be a minute." he said.
"You OK?" Lucas asked.
"Well let's see my brother made this a not so much boys trip and now it's some party with two girls we don't even know. Come on Luke you can't have actually expected me to want them to come along." Nathan replied.
"Well I'm sorry, but the last seven or eight months of my lfie have been for you and Ryan, not that I'm complaining, but we both just need to have other people around us aside from just Ryan and the team." Lucas replied "You know it too. And I also know that you will never get over Haley if you keep up like this."
"I don't want to get over Haley Lucas, I still love her. I probably always will, but I have given up on seeing her again."
"Then why keep living in that past that won't ever happen. Be happy have fun, do it for Ryan, he knows practically you me a couple guys from the team and the daycare staff. he needs to know more people too you honestly can't think it is good to shelter him from the world."
"I just don't want him tog et hurt like I did, is that so wrong?" Nathan asked near tears.
"No, there is nothing wrong with wanting what's best for your child, but remember, you still have to let him live. Starting now OK?"
"Alright." Nathan said. "So are our driving companions ready to go?"
"Last I checked it was makeup check, so you probably will have enough time to change and get some clothes on the both of you." Lucas replied. "Besides he's fussing."
"Bye Luke see you in a few minutes."
He left, Nathan went back in put Ryan down then got dressed. When he finished getting Ryan dressed he was ready.
They had had a really great trip the rest of the way, Nathan had lightened up a bit but he also ignored any advances Danielle gave to him and Lucas had fun Hanging with Trisha.
They got to California on the forth day of driving.
Nathan couldn't wait to get Ryan into Disneyland, by order of his mother ha had to bring home at least one hundred pictures of the trip. which was the amount that she had brought back when Nathan himself had been a baby.
They went to the Hotel, it was a nice hotel inside of the California adventure park.
"Wow this is nice." Lucas exclaimed. "But I have to sleep on the couch don't I?"
"Well no I'm going to get a cot, you can have your own room and I will sleep on the cot while Ryan sleeps on the bed." Nathan replied.
"Why can't he sleep on the cot, it is smaller?" Lucas asked confused.
"Well I will be more comfortable knowing he can't roll off of the bed."
"I guess yeah smart." Lucas replied walking into on of the bedrooms he loved the veiw, it looked out on the enitre park. he had never been here before but he was a major disney fanatic when he was a kid, he had watched them 24/7 with Haley. Haley, it still hurt him to think of her too, because that night he could have tried to help and get her to stay, but instead he let her get away. He now decided that if he could change that he would. Even though Haley leaving gave him a new relationship with Nathan and Ryan, he would give it all up for Nathan and Ryan to have Haley now, Ryan needed a mom, Nathan needed Her.
"Ready to hit the park?" Nathan asked
"Um sure already, you don't want lunch?"
"Sure that would be fun. I'm kinda hungry and I really would probably puke if I had any more junk food like we did on the trip." nathan Laughed.
"Yeah we really pigged out."
The three of them walked down to the restaurant. Nathan ordered some fries for Ryan and He an Lucas had meals.
"OK I know it is a hard topic for you Nathan but I want to know, do you ever think you will try to find Haley at all?" Lucas asked halfway through the meal.
"Well I know if I do it will be so hard considering she really doesn't want to be found." Nathan replied. "But I really do want to see her again, for him too."
"Yeah, I don't know how hard it would be to have lived without my mom." Lucas said then he sat in a trance as he thought about what it would be like.
"I know, my mom was probably the onyl thing keeping my family stable at all." Nathan laughed it off. "I'm going to go look for her, I've decided it, I will try my hardest to find her when we get home."
"Yeah I can't wait to see her again. First I will tell her how much we all missed her then I will kill her for leaving in the first place." Lucas joked.
"But her leaving wasn't all bad, we never would have gotten along at all, we would have hated each other forever." Nathan replied.
"Now that is true, even worse then because I would have hated you for getting her pregnant then leaving her all alone."
"Yeah that never made sense in the first place I still did that, what made you take pity on me in this situation?" Nathan asked curiously.
"Because in this case you were the so called victim.She left you and you had no idea what to do. So I made a desion, was my rival with you that important, or was making sure you and Ryan were OK more important. In the end you can guess what won."
"Yeah thanks for that Luke, I would have not made it without you at all. Especially not when we were in court, I would have died without you. If we had even survived long enough to get to court." Nathan replied.
"hey, that's true, but in the end I would have been able to see him without having to put up with you, damn was I dumb."
"Don't swear around Ryan, wow I totally sound like the overprotective dad."
"You are."
The three finished up their meals, well Ryan just sorta picked at his and threw it, but Lucas and Nathan had finished actually eating. They went out to explore the park.