"Chris." Never again did Haley think those words would come out her mouth.

"What the hell are you doing here," Nathan said angrily. Lucas pulled out his phone quickly and as soon as he heard Brooke say hello, "Brooke. Rivercourt. Now." And hung up. She wasn't sure what to think but by the tone of his voice, she knew it was important and left immediately.

"I just came back for my lover."

"Sorry buddy, Rosie Palm isn't here right now," Lucas snickered.

"Clever. Come on Haley. Let's go," he reached for her hand and Nathan punched him square in the jaw.

"Dude what the hell is your problem! Charges are already being pressed against you! Do you really want more?" Nathan threatened.

"I'm just here to be with the one I love. Haley call me later," he winked and started to walk away, but was tackled by Nathan who continuously punched him. Finally, Brooke pulled in and Haley ran into her comforting arms. Lucas was trying to pull Nathan off of Chris and finally succeeded.

"Get the hell out of here Chris before I call the cops," Lucas yelled.

"Whatever, I'll be back. Bye Haley," he pretended to blow a kiss and Nathan ran up behind him one last time and kicked him as hard as he could. Chris fell but slowly got up and walked away limping. Nathan and Lucas walked over to wear Brooke was still holding Haley.

"Hales, you going to be okay," Brooke asked.

"Yeah, I'll be fine, just a little scared." She let go and hugged Lucas. "Thanks buddy."

"Anything for you best friend." Haley then walked over to Nathan.

"Thanks for protecting me this time," she said as she hugged him.

"Come on let's go get some food," Lucas said and they all headed for the café. When they got there, Nathan decided to call their lawyer about Chris and stayed outside on the phone. Haley, Brooke, and Lucas went in and ordered their food.

"Luke have you talked to Mouth lately," Brooke asked.

"Not really, it's been about a month. He's in New Jersey with Erica."

"Aw, I'm so happy for them. Poor Mouth could never get a girl's attention," Brooke chuckled. Haley noticed Nathan outside looking incredibly angry.

"I'll be right back guys," she said and headed for the door.

"What the hell man? Can't you get it changed or something," Nathan screamed into the phone. "Damnit!" He shut the phone off.

"Nate, what's wrong?"

"Chris," he sighed. "His hearing is scheduled on one of the days we'll be in Florida. We won't be able to be there. Not only that, it seems like he is going to be offered some stupid plea bargain and get off easier than we hoped."

Now it was Haley's turn to sigh. "There's nothing we can do now. I'm sure Karen would be willing to go down and speak. I'm glad she's around." Nathan knew that the subject of her parents was touchy. Although they loved their daughter and spent as much time as they could together, it wasn't enough. She was only 17 and married, a time when she could have used a lot of support, but her parents just left to travel the country.

"Karen's great," he agreed. "I just can't believe that bastard is getting off easy."

"We don't know that for sure. Now come on let's go eat." The two headed back inside.

"So guess who called me the other day," Lucas asked as Nathan and Haley rejoined them.

"Peyton," Brooke smirked. Then she started laughing. "I'm sorry, just kidding, but the look on your face was priceless! So who called you?"

"Anna!"

"Anna, no way! How is she?"

"She said she was doing fine and that she misses us all. It sounds like things are going to be okay for her. She mentioned that she and Darby had started dating again."

"Aw, I'm glad she was finally able to come out with everything," Haley said and Brooke nodded.

"Yeah, believe it or not, I miss her too. She was fun to hang out with and a great person to talk to."

"Maybe she'll come back to visit, as long as she doesn't bring that asshole Felix with her," Nathan said.

"I hope so! Brooke we could have another sleepover," Haley giggled. Her cell phone went off.

"Hello?"

"Hey, it's Peyton. Listen I have a favor to ask."

"Sure what is it?"

"Would you and Nathan mind babysitting Jenny tonight? We haven't been out in forever and Jake doesn't want to keep leaving her with his parents so we were hoping you could do it. I understand if you're busy or if you—"

"Peyton, slow down. Of course we'll do it."

"Great! Thanks, can you be here in like 20 minutes?"

"Yeah, see you then." Haley hung up the phone. "Nathan we're babysitting in 20 minutes."

"Jenny?" He asked and she nodded. "Alright."

"Think you can handle a baby superstar," Brooke said making fun of Nathan. "You might have to change her diaper."

"I think I can do it Brooke. If I need help with a diaper, I'll call you."

"Oh, please don't. Let your wife do it."

"Nathan babysitting… Why do I wish I could be there to watch it," Lucas asked.

"Ha, very funny Luke. I'm not clueless guys, I can take care of a kid," Nathan protested.

"Yes, and he'll be great at it," Haley kissed him. "We better go, they're expecting us soon, see you later guys." Nathan and Haley went over to Peyton's house.

"Hey guys," Jake greeted them as he answered the door. "Thanks for coming."

"No problem," Haley said. "Where is my favorite girl?"

"Sleeping ght now, might be up soon, or she might be asleep the rest of the night. All of the important numbers are by the phone. There are bottles in the fridge and diapers and everything is all in Peyton's room near her crib. I wrote down a list of other things she might need." Jake handed Haley a paper.

"Jake, we'll be okay. Don't worry about us."

"It's not you I'm worried about, it's her," Jake winked. "Kidding, anyways we shouldn't be back too late." Peyton came rushing down the stairs.

"Ok I'm ready, you ready? Hey Hales, Hey Nate," she gave them both hugs. "Let's go." And the 2 left as quickly as Peyton had entered.

"You kids behave yourselves now," Nathan yelled out the door while Haley giggled. "So what do you want to do now?"

"I think I'll go check on Jenny real quick, you go watch TV or something. I'll be right back." Haley headed upstairs and Nathan sat on the couch. He turned the TV on to what else, SportsCenter. Haley came down a few minutes later. "Nate, do we have to watch this," she asked with her pleading brown eyes.

"Yes, they'll be showing scores for that game I missed earlier." Haley continued scooting closer and closer until she finally got in his lap. She turned to face him and began kissing him feverishly. "Hales, should we really be doing this with Jenny in the house?"

"I guess not," she laughed and changed the channel.

"Hey! How did you do that?" Haley held up the remote which was now in her hand. "Not fair, you tricked me."

"Don't leave it in your pocket next time." She kept channel surfing until she finally settled on an old romantic movie. And after that movie was over, A Walk To Remember came on. It was Haley's all time favorite movie. It was getting late, and she started to drift off, resting her head on Nathan's shoulder. Then Jenny started crying. Nathan got up as carefully as he could to check on her without waking Haley. He managed and headed up for the bedroom. When he got there, he picked up the crying child.

"Hey Jenny," he said quietly as he gently rocked her. "Shh. It's okay, I'm here now." She began to quiet down. "So what do you think of Haley? Can I pick them or what?" He laughed. "She's great and she's great with you. I can just see her with our own kids someday. Can I tell you a secret Jen? I never thought I could love someone as much as I do her. Before, I was just living life, faking everything. But now I have my reason to wake up every morning, she's the thing I look forward to. And I look forward to spending the rest of my life with her, going to college and graduating, having kids, growing old." Jenny was finally back asleep. "Thanks for listening Jenny," he whispered as he gently laid her back down in the crib. What he didn't realize was that Haley was in the doorway listening. She walked up quietly behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist. "I love you," she murmured.

"I love you too. Come on let's go back downstairs."

"So did you really mean everything you said," Haley asked when they sat back down on the couch.

"Of course I did."

"You really think of our future and having kids?"

"Yeah, I can't wait." Haley started tearing up.

"I love you," she said again. "You're the greatest."

"I know, it's all part of the charm," he smirked.

"And up until that line, a total sweetheart," Haley said as she hit his chest. He leaned down to kiss her and she deepened the kiss just in time for Jake and Peyton to walk in.

"Whoa, settle down guys. I don't want my daughter to be scarred for life. You do remember my daughter? The little girl upstairs you're supposed to be watching." Haley was blushing furiously and Nathan simply laughed.

"Yeah we didn't forget about her, she's been sleeping almost the entire time. Woke up only once and fell back asleep pretty quickly."

"Good, well thanks for doing this guys."

"No problem," Haley said. "We'll just get out of your way, see you later!"

"Wait," Peyton said. "I just wanted to tell you guys that Jake and I thought about it and we aren't going to go down to Florida. We can't be away from Jenny that long and his parents can't watch him the entire time. So thanks for inviting us, but it's not going to work out this time."

"Are you sure," Haley asked as she hugged her friend.

"Yeah, it's okay. We'll be fine, we were both just down there after all," she laughed.

"Okay, well we'll definitely have a big end of the summer blow out before school starts when we get back," Haley said. They waved goodbye and headed back for the apartment.

"You know Hales, it's not very nice to finish what you started," Nathan said when they got back to the apartment.

"What I started? I think you kissed me first!"

"Well then I want to finish," Nathan smirked as they headed towards the bedroom.

The next morning Brooke came running into the apartment. "You guys should really lock the door so that no one can get in and kill you."

"Shit," Nathan muttered as Haley knocked him off the bed looking for clothes to put on. "Thanks a lot Hales."

"Sorry," she said cheerfully as she slipped one of his shirts over her head. "You might want to cover up before you come out though." She motioned to the fact that he was sitting on the floor naked.

"Hey Tutorgirl," Brooke greeted a somewhat sleepy Haley. "Rough night?"

Haley rolled her eyes. "What are you doing here so early?"

"Wanted to spend time with my best friend! Let's go to the beach today."

"Alright, let me get changed. Go ahead and make some coffee or something." She headed back to the bedroom to find Nathan back in bed. "Hey you," she kissed him lightly and then got out her swimsuit. "I'm going to the beach with Brooke, okay?"

"What am I going to do today?"

"Sleep? You might want to be well rested for when I get back," she laughed as she started throwing things in her beach bag. "I'll be home later, call if you need me."

"Okay, and don't take off the swimsuit when you get home either. Unless I tell you to," he winked. "Have fun, love you."

"Love you too, bye." Haley headed back out to the kitchen where Brooke was reading the latest US Weekly. "Ready to go Tigger?" The girls grabbed their things and left. When they got to the beach they set their chairs up and sat down. After a few minutes, Brooke got out her cell phone.

"I should call Peyton and see if she wants to come too." While she was on the phone, Haley got out her tanning oil and rubbed it on her arms and legs. Then she heard a guy behind her.

"Want me to rub it on your back?"

"No thanks, I'll get my husband to do it," she snapped back emphasizing the word husband.

"I don't see him anywhere."

"Well when you do see him, he'll want to kick your ass so I suggest you leave," she replied not even looking at him. He finally gave up and walked away. "Men!" Haley cried out in disgust. Brooke hung up the phone and laughed.

"I'm right there with you Hales. Can't live with them, can't live without 'em!"

"Is Peyton coming?"

"Yeah she's on her way."

"What, no one invited me?" Brooke and Haley turned to see the girl they thought they had finally gotten rid of.

What parts did you like/didn't like? I'm thinking the rest of the summer is probably going to be fluff, with small pieces of drama. I already have lots of ideas for drama when they begin their senior year, so expect the angst then! Any suggestions, please let me know!