Chapter 10

Next Morning

Haley was in the kitchen cooking breakfast, with James, and there was a knock at the door. Haley walked to the door.

"Who is it?" Haley asked.

"Nathan"

"Oh Ok" Haley said surprised.

Haley opened the door to see Nathan standing on the other side, but she didn't move she was still shocked that Nathan was standing in her door way.

"Umm Can I come in?" Nathan asked waving his hands in front of Haley.

"Oh yeah sure" Haley said closing the door.

Nathan came in and saw James who turned around to greet him.

"Hey Mr. Scott" James said.

"Hey James" Nathan said smiling, the turned back to Haley

"I wanted to take you guys out for breakfast, but I guess I'm too late" Nathan said looking at the food on the kitchen table.

"You can eat here if you want to" James said before Haley could answer.

"Yeah that'll be cool" Nathan said smiling. "If that's okay with your mom" Nathan said looking at Haley.

"Please Mommy" James begged

" Ok, Ok" Haley said giving in.

Nathan and Haley walked over to the kitchen area.

"Well is there anything that I can do" Nathan asked being polite.

"Umm…sure you can set the table, the plates and forks are in the cupboard" Haley said pointing to the right cupboard above the sink.

After Nathan set the table, Haley and James were bringing the food over, when James almost dropped the plate of pancakes but Nathan was there and caught it for him.

"I'll take this sport," Nathan said taking the plate from James and putting it on the table.

"Thanks Mr. Scott"

"Call me Nathan"

"Cool"

"Not cool, its Mr. Scott" Haley said butting into their convo.

"Awww come on Mommy" James said whining.

"Yeah come on Hales" Nathan said joining James.

Haley looked at both of them, they were giving their best please "puppy dog faces" and she had to give in.

"Uhhhh.. Fine, but you 2 have to stop doing that to me" Haley said in defeat.

"Yes!!" Nathan and James said high fiving each other.

They all sat down to eat; Nathan next to Haley and James sat in front of them. And from a distance, if you didn't know their situation, and you were looking from the outside in you would think they were a happy family.

After they all finished eating, Nathan had a surprise.

"So guys I was thinking that maybe we could all go to Wacky Fun World today" Nathan said as they were cleaning up.

"OOOOO Yeah can we mommy?" James asked already excited.

Ummm I don't know James have you cleaned your room?" Haley asked.

"Yup" James said still smiling from ear to ear.

"Well what about take a shower?"

"No" James said as his smile slowly dropped.

"Then go do that and then we will leave" Haley said smiling.

"Thanks mommy" James said smiling and giving her a hug.

"And thanks Nathan" James said giving him a hug too.

Nathan never felt this way before the love of a kid really amazed him.

"No problem sport, now go and take your shower" Nathan said

James ran into the bathroom leaving Nathan and Haley alone.

"You don't have to do this" Haley said walking to the couch.

"But I want to" Nathan said genuinely.

"Why?" Haley asked sitting down.

"Because I missed everything, his first step, his first word, and I don't want to miss anything else" Nathan said walking over and sitting next to Haley.

"Just don't disappoint him ok" Haley said looking at Nathan.

"I won't, I could never be the disappointment my father was to me to him" Nathan said surely.

"I have a question"

"Ask away" Nathan said.

"Why after everything that happened you still wanna do the right thing?" Haley said carefully.

Nathan thought about his answer to this question forever, because he thought about Haley forever, and about seeing her again.

"Because it takes more of a person to never forget than to never forgive" Nathan said looking directly into Haley's eyes.

Haley was silenced by his last words, so Nathan took that as a sign to continue.

" I won't ever forget Haley because you leaving tore a hole in my heart, but maybe if I can begin to forgive that my hurt will go away" Nathan said still holding her gaze.

"Wow" was all Haley could get out.

"Yeah 5 years gives you a lot of time to think about stuff" Nathan said trying to lighten the mood.

"Yeah I guess it has" Haley said avoiding his eyes.

Just then James came running in the room fully dressed.

"Ok I'm ready lets go" James said walking over to the couch and taking Nathan's, then taking Haley's hand in an attempt to pull them up.

Next the trip the Wacky Fun World.

What will happen with Nathan and Haley?

Will James find out Nathan is his dad?