The pilot was telling the passengers to prepare for landing as Brooke woke up. Nathan watched her sleep for most of the flight. He instinctively reached over and took Brooke's hand in his as the plane began to descend rapidly. It wasn't long after Nathan had grabbed her hand that they were preparing to get off the plane and make their way home to their house in Hackensack. They had arranged to have a car waiting to take them the 25 minute drive from the airport in Newark to their house in Hackensack because they had decided to sell both of their cars and get better more reliable vehicles in anticipation of the baby's arrival. Nathan really didn't want to drive around with his child in the front seat of his pick up because there was no other option and he didn't trust the reliability of Brooke's Beetle.

They exited the airport and spotted the car and driver quickly. They made their way over and got in and told the driver where they were going. Nathan and Brooke sat in total silence for most of the ride. Each lost in their own thoughts. Twenty five minutes later the driver pulled up to their house and let them out. Brooke walked toward the door while Nathan paid the driver and sent him on his way.

"Well, baby, this is it. Home," Nathan said to Brooke as they walked through the front door.

"It sure is great to be home," Brooke said.

They had just barely walked through the door when Nathan's cell phone went off. He glanced down and saw an unfamiliar number but decided he should probably answer in case it was someone with the team.

"Hello," he said.

"Hello I'm looking for Nathan Scott," the voice replied.

"This is Nathan."

"Great. Nathan this is Lawrence Frank, coach of the Nets. How are you today?"

"I'm doing well Coach. Just got to town with my fiancé actually. How are you?"

"Fine thanks. The reason I was calling Nathan is to inform you that there is a team meeting tomorrow morning that all players are required to attend. I look forward to seeing you tomorrow. We will begin promptly at 9:30, punctuality is expected, also this is not the kind of thing where you can roll out of bed and show up dressed casually. Some form of khakis and a dress shirt are required."

"Ok great. Thanks so much Coach."

"You're welcome. Enjoy the rest of your day."

"I will thanks. See you tomorrow."

"Looking forward to it. Good-bye Nathan."

"Bye Coach."

Nathan closed his phone and saw Brooke was laying on the couch flipping through the channels. It disappointed him that their first full day in their new home he had to go to a mandatory team meeting. There was no telling how long it would last or what he might have to do afterwards. He had been planning on taking Brooke shopping and making more preparations for the baby and also getting stuff ready for their wedding. They hadn't set a date or picked a location yet because they weren't sure if they wanted to get married in New Jersey or fly down to Tree Hill and get married in their hometown. Nathan didn't care where they were as long as he was married to Brooke at the end of the day. He had a feeling Brooke wanted to get married in Tree Hill but she hadn't said much about that. Just that she couldn't wait to be Mrs. Scott. Nathan smiled as he thought about that. She was his Mrs. Scott but he refused to become the type of person his father was. And even more so, Nathan wanted to be a better husband and father than Dan.

"Brooke, I have a team meeting tomorrow morning," Nathan told her as he joined her on the couch.

"Already? But I wanted to spend the day with you," Brooke whined.

"I know. I'm sorry baby but I have to go to the meeting."

Brooke pouted. She loved that Nathan was getting to live his boyhood dream but she had a feeling it was gonna be harder on her than she thought possible because she would be missing him all the time. Especially during the season while the team was on the road. She was not looking forward to that. It was then that Brooke realized she really needed a friend. There was still at least 6 or 7 months to go before she had the baby and even then the baby wouldn't be able to talk back. Maybe getting a job now would be for the best and then she would have something to keep her busy and out of the house during the day until she wasn't allowed to work in the office and then she could keep busy at home with her writing. At least Brooke thought she would be able to pull it off.

"You'll be allright for a while baby. I promise you after my meeting we'll spend the rest of the day together. I was thinking about taking you shopping anyway. We need to start getting some things for the baby like wipes and diapers and bottles and other practical things that don't necessarily have to be gender specific. Besides that I know you'll be dying to check out the malls anyway so we could just go together. How does that sound?"

"That sounds great. So great even that I have to wonder how I got so lucky. What could I have possibly done to deserve such an amazing man to come into my life and practically save me. Why would you waste your time on a girl like me?"

"Because a girl like you caught my eye and turned my world upside down. You make me wanna be a better person. I love you more than anyone could ever imagine."

"I love you too. Seriously Nathan, you're the absolute best and any other girl would kill to have you in her life. I'm glad I didn't have to do that to have you in my life."

"I'm all yours forever baby. Nothing's gonna change that. Not even basketball. You and our children will always be number one over my basketball career."

Nathan flashed her a sincere grin and wrapped his arms tightly around her waist. They continued to lay on the couch not really paying attention to the tv. They were happy to just focus on each other, the tv was more or less background noise. The two of them stayed like that for a while before Nathan remembered they were supposed to call Lucas when they got to the house. He reached over and grabbed his phone not wanting to let go of Brooke.

"Hey Luke," Nathan said when the phone stopped ringing in his ear.

"Hey did you get to Jersey ok?" Lucas asked.

"Ya we got here fine. How are things in Tree Hill?"

"Chaotic. I think Mom's about ready to clobber me if I talk about looking for a house out in Colorado again today. And Jason doesn't seem to understand why I would need to live in Colorado when I already live here."

"Luke, Jason's only four years old. Of course he's not gonna get it. Give the kid a break."

"Ya I know it's just tough because it's almost like he hates me for leaving when I really can't stay out here during the season while playing for Denver. It doesn't make sense."

"I know that but again your brother's a little kid. It's not gonna make sense to him no matter how hard you try."

"I know I know. All right well I should let you get back to lounging with Brooke. Tell her I said hey. Talk to you later bro."

"Later man."

Nathan closed his phone and placed it on the table next to the couch. He wasn't sure when but sometime during his conversation with Lucas, Brooke had fallen asleep. Laughing to himself he slid down a little further and closed his eyes too. A few hours later Nathan woke up to find Brooke no longer laying on the couch. Rubbing his eyes he got up and went looking for Brooke. It came as no surprise when he found her in her office sitting at her desk furiously typing. He knew it wasn't an email because they weren't connected to the internet just yet.

"Whatcha working on?" he asked from the doorway.

"Not much. Just some story ideas," Brooke replied as she continued to type furiously not breaking her focus on the screen.

"Ok well I'm getting hungry but since we don't have any food in the fridge I was thinking we should go to the store and pick up some stuff."

"Sounds good to me. Give me like five minutes and then I'll be ready to go."

"Ok. Don't rush."

Brooke nodded as she continued typing. When she finished she saved the work and then shut the computer down. She hated grocery shopping but she didn't mind going places if Nathan was there too. It made it seem less daunting if she didn't have to face the stores by herself. They climbed into Nathan's new VW Touareg. Nathan drove to the grocery store he remembered passing on the way to the house.

Two hours and about $200 later, Nathan and Brooke finished shopping and were heading back to the house.

"Baby, you shouldn't go to the store hungry. It's dangerous," Brooke laughed as they drove toward the house.

"Now she tells me," Nathan replied.

"Sweetheart, it's not the first time I've said it."

"Really? I could have sworn it was."

"You're such a pain in the ass Nathan."

"Brooke, I'm hurt."

"No you're not."

Nathan just laughed. Brooke was right. He wasn't hurt. It was just fun to pretend. Nathan knew that was part of what made their relationship so great. They could joke around with each other and not take everything seriously.

"So I was thinking about your list of names," Brooke said suddenly.

"What about it?" Nathan replied.

"I think we should definitely use Ashlee and/or Lindsay for a girl and Kaiden and/or Taylor for a boy."

"Ok but I want to see your names too and then we can sit down and pick out names together like we agreed."

"Again I knew there was a reason I loved you besides that ass."

Nathan laughed at that statement as he pulled into their driveway. They had only been living in their New Jersey home for less than 24 hours and it already felt completely natural to both of them to be there.

"Baby there is more to me than my ass. You of all people should know that."

"Oh I do." Brooke's eyes traveled down Nathan's body taking it all in and smiling widely.

"Good grief woman! I wasn't talking about that either." Nathan couldn't keep a straight face as he pretended to be upset that Brooke only thought his physical traits were all he had to offer her.

"I know I was just teasing. I don't love you for what you have down there. I love you for what you have inside your chest. And that is an amazing heart and I can't believe you're mine."

"I'm always gonna be yours."

Brooke smiled as they continued to bring in the groceries. Nathan would only let Brooke bring in the milk and hold the door for him. He wanted her to be careful because he didn't want anything to happen to her or the baby. Brooke wanted to do more to help with the groceries but decided not to complain and took advantage of the fact that Nathan had let her take the milk in. A few minutes later all the bags were in the house and sitting on the floor in the kitchen. Brooke noticed this and groaned. She wanted to help things away but knew it would be impossible if she had to bend down to the floor.

"Nathan! I can't put the food away if all the bags are on the floor," she said.

"I know," he replied as he sauntered into the kitchen and put some on the table for her.

"Thank you baby."

"You're welcome."

He kissed her softly behind the ear as he walked over to the bags that were on the floor and grabbed some more food to put away. Ten minutes later the fridge was stocked and the freezer was full too. Nathan and Brooke stood in the middle of the kitchen and smiled at each other. Now it really was home.

"Let's go take a look at that list of yours," Nathan suggested.

"Sounds good to me," Brooke answered him.

She ran up the stairs and grabbed her list from on top of her desk. She ran back down the stairs and found Nathan sitting at the table waiting for her with his list in hand and a pen.

"Here you go," she said as she handed him the sheet of paper and sat in the chair next to his.

Nathan took the sheet of paper from Brooke and unfolded it. He looked at the list and it didn't surprise him when he saw "Lucas" on the list for boys. The rest of the list looked like this: "Names for baby Scott: Bridget, Kaleigh, Sydney, Riley, Jackson, Lucas, Shane, Brennan"

"Brennan?" Nathan asked.

"What? I hate the name Brendan or Brandon but that sounded cute to me," Brooke replied.

"Please tell me you're kidding."

"Nope. But I'll take it to mean that one's definitely out."

"Good guess."

Nathan took the pen and drew a line through Brennan. He shook his head as he crossed out Jackson.

"Geez Nate. Are you gonna leave anything on my list?"

"Maybe."

Brooke stuck her tongue out at Nathan. He saw this and did the same thing making them both to laugh. Nathan looked at the girls names on Brooke's list and circled Bridget and Kaleigh. He left the rest of the names alone because he wasn't sure how he felt about them. Then he took the blank sheet of paper and wrote down his favorite combinations using Brooke's suggestions of including Lindsay and Ashlee for the girls and Kaiden and Taylor for the boys as well as a few others. When he was done these were the names he came up with: Bridget Ashlee, Kaleigh Meagan, Meagan Lindsay for girls and Kaiden Lucas and Shane Taylor for boys. Brooke looked at the list and added a few of her own. When she finished the entire list looked like this: Bridget Ashlee, Kaleigh Meagan, Meagan Lindsay, Riley Meagan, Bridget Riley for girls and Kaiden Lucas, Brennan Adam, Adam Taylor and Shane Taylor for boys.

"What do you like the best for the girls?" Brooke asked Nathan.

"Bridget Ashlee and Riley Meagan," Nathan replied.

"Good, me too." Brooke drew a line through the other girls names and circled the two they had agreed on.

"What do you like best for the boys?" Nathan asked Brooke.

"Kaiden Lucas and Adam Taylor. What about you?"

"Kaiden Lucas and Shane Taylor."

"Crap. I really don't know if I like the name Adam with Taylor."

Brooke drew a line through Brennan Adam, circled Kaiden Lucas and put question marks next to the other two names.

"Well I guess it's a good thing we have a while to decide on a name for sure isn't it?"

"Ya it is."

"You should probably set up an appointment with the doctor here so we can find out if the baby is a boy or girl."

"Don't worry. It's already taken care of. I have an appointment with Dr. Jeffries next Tuesday morning."

"Ok. If I don't have anything to do with the team I'm going with you."

"Good I would much rather go with you than alone. People talk when they see a young girl walk into the ob/gyn alone and they can tell she's pregnant."

"Babe, nobody's gonna get away with saying anything like that about you. There's no way I'd get you pregnant and bail."

"I know that. Other people don't but that's not important to me."

"Good."

"Hey weren't you hungry?"

"Ya I was. In fact I still am. What do you say I make us some dinner and then we can see what's on tv."

"Sounds good to me."

Nathan kissed Brooke's head and got up to find something to make for dinner. A few minutes later he was putting the frozen pizza in the oven and getting out the ingredients to make a salad. Brooke smiled as she watched Nathan make dinner. Normally she made dinner but since she had found out she was pregnant making any meals made her nauseous. Nathan saw her watching him and smiled at her as he chopped the cucumbers and threw them in the bowl with the lettuce and carrots. As soon as the salad was done he got down two bowls and split it up evenly between the two and he grabbed the Italian dressing from the fridge and poured in each bowl before grabbing two forks and walking over to the table.

"Here you go babe," he said as he handed Brooke her salad and fork.

"Thank you sweetie," she replied as she began to eat her salad.

The two of them sat and ate in perfect silence while the pizza cooked in the oven. When they had finished their salad Nathan took the bowls and forks and put them in the dishwasher and then got something to cover the salad with and put what was left in the fridge before taking down two plates for the pizza. As soon as he had put the plates on the counter the timer buzzed. He opened the oven and saw that the cheese looked completely cooked so he shut off the oven before he grabbed a pot holder and took the pizza out of the oven. He set it down on the stove for a minute to let it cool down some before he cut it and put two pieces on each plate and brought them to the table.

"You better watch out babe. You're gonna spoil me to the point where I won't wanna do anything on my own," Brooke teased as she picked up the pizza and blew on it before taking a bite.

"No I won't. You might like to be treated like a princess but there's a difference between me treating you like a princess and an invalid," Nathan replied.

"I know that sweetie. I was only kidding."

"I knew that."

"Sure you did."

"I did!"

"Sweetheart, take it easy. You know I don't mind you wanting to do certain things for me."

"I really don't mind."

Brooke smiled. She felt indescribably lucky at that moment. There wasn't a thing that could take away her feeling. She was sure of it. When they were both done eating, Brooke decided that because Nathan made dinner and had done most of the clean up she'd finish. Nathan tried to help but Brooke wouldn't let him saying it was her turn. He didn't fight her it was useless. Besides he didn't mind letting her do some things around the house and he knew it made her feel good when he let her do things on her own.

"Be careful," he said to her as she put the pizza stone in the dishwasher.

"I am," she replied.

Nathan nodded but kept watching her anyway. If he couldn't help her clean up he'd watch her to make sure nothing happened. As he watched her clean up, he knew that he really had changed. The fact that he was being conscious of Brooke's every move as she finished cleaning the kitchen really made him realize just how much he had changed. After the kitchen was cleaned up Brooke went upstairs to her office. She wanted to continue her latest fictional story before she went to bed. Nathan saw her go up the stairs and figured she was going to her office so he stayed downstairs and went in the living room to see what was on tv. After flipping through the channels for about five minutes Nathan gave up and shut the tv off and went to the basement to do some lifting.

Nathan had just finished his last set of weights when his cell phone started ringing. He put the weight down and grabbed the phone. He glanced at the caller id and saw that it said "Luke".

"Hey bro what's up?" he asked.

"I just got a call from Haley. Did you know she's married to Jake and they have two kids of their own and Jenny?" Lucas replied.

"Ya I did actually."

"Oh well I was just calling to tell you what she told me."

"What's up?"

"Jake got traded to the Nets."

"You're kidding me."

"Nope. He just got the call today. She said she would have called you but wasn't sure how Brooke would feel about it. So I guess I'm supposed to tell her."

"Tell her what man?"

"Well since he got traded to the Nets, the family's moving to Jersey."

"Oh boy."

"What?"

"Well when Hales came to the apartment to talk to Brooke it didn't go well and I'm not sure Brooke's gonna be too excited about this."

"Oh shit I forgot about that."

"Ya. Ok let me tell Brooke, no offense but I think she'll handle it better coming from me."

"None taken. I didn't wanna tell her anyway."

"Thanks bro."

"Anytime."

"All right well I'm gonna go so I can tell her now."

"Ok. Talk to you later man."

"Sure."

"Bye."

"Later."

Nathan closed his cell phone and ran up both sets of stairs to Brooke's office. She was sitting there typing, her attention completely focused on the computer screen. He knocked on the door to get her attention before stepping to the room.

"What's up babe?" she asked when she saw him standing next to her.

"I have some news," he replied.