Chapter 11 – Untitled

Two and a half months later

Haley had forgotten how wonderful it made her feel to watch Nathan play ball. The simple thrill of watching him run back and forth on the court and sink shots one after the other, it just amazed her.

"Go Nathan!" she yelled as he lined up for a three pointer and made it almost as if without effort. He pointed at her and winked before following the rest of his team to the other end of the court.

It was the final scrimmage of High Flyers and it was by far the most important. At the end of the game the coaches were picking the MVP and Haley had a strong sense that it would be Nathan. His coaches were really proud of him and told him that he had the most heart out of all the players. Nathan told Haley that he owed it all to her and she couldn't help but feel proud.

They were finally going home in two days and Haley was so excited to get back to Tree Hill. She couldn't wait to settle into the house that she had bought last month and be able to spend time with her friends again. It was conveniently located on the same street as Karen's house, just a few blocks down. Lucas and Brooke were actually still living in Karen's house, but Karen and Andy were returning in a week and Haley was pretty sure that it wouldn't last long after their homecoming. Peyton was also back in Tree Hill, trying to reconnect with Elizabeth and still desperately missing Jake.

Haley looked up as the buzzer sounded the end of the game. Nathan's team had won 99-75, but big surprise there considering his team had been undefeated. He quickly jogged off the court towards their bench, which she was seated directly behind. He walked past the team, quickly high fiving them all, so that he could get to Haley. He leaned down to give her a kiss and then said, "I bet you can't wait to be an NBA wife so that you can sit in a skybox and not behind all the stinky players."

She laughed and reached up to give him a kiss back. "You know that I'll always sit behind the team, I'd miss you too much up in a skybox. I wouldn't be able to talk to you or steal kisses from you up in a skybox."

"I'm betting that's exactly why they do it."

Haley scrunched her nose and stuck her tongue out, lightly tapping him on the butt as he went back to the bench to celebrate with his team.

Ten minutes later, he came back to get her, where she was patiently still waiting. She took the hand he was extending to her and followed him to the center of the court, where a tiny stage had been erected. All the players were standing in front of the stage and the coaches were all seated on it. Haley stood in front of Nathan as the coaches started their speeches, his hands resting on her stomach as they often liked to do these past three months.

The changes to her body were still minimal, only Haley and Nathan were able to tell that her belly had grown at all. Haley loved the way that Nathan was already doting on her and the baby. Sometimes at night when they were lying awake in each others arms, he would place his head in her lap and talk to the baby. She wanted to tell him that there was no way the baby could hear him yet, but it was just too adorable. It amazed her how they both already loved the child.

The beginning of the speeches brought her mind out of its daydream. "It's been a great three months with these players and they all have immense amounts of talent, otherwise they wouldn't be here in the first place. We as coaches have had the pleasure of working with them daily, both as players and as men. Three months always seems like such a short amount of time, but spending so much time together we normally form irreplaceable bonds. Now I get the wonderful honor of presenting our MVP with his trophy, and also a little gift that us coaches have put together. This player came to us as a lost boy and will be leaving us as a mature man. He worked hard to be the best player here and he had the heart to do it, and it showed everyday. I think we will all agree that he has more on his plate than most of us, but I've never seen anyone handle it so well at his age. So without further ado, I'd like to present this years MVP award to Nathan Scott."

Everyone started clapping and Nathan looked to Haley with a surprised look. She just laughed as he quickly kissed her and walked onto the stage to get his trophy. As he shook all of the coaches hands J.R. shouted out loudly from the crowd, "Speech!"

Haley knew how shy Nathan could be sometimes in front of loud crowds and she watched as he apprehensively stood in front of the podium. "Well, I don't know what to say except that I'm pretty shocked. It's really been a great three months here with you guys and I've learned a lot from everyone. But as nice as you guys have all been, I couldn't have done any of it without my beautiful wife, Haley. It was really great to have her here and I'm so glad that she became the 'team mom' as most of you like to call her." Everyone laughed and Nathan looked directly into Haley's eyes.

"Time to go home, Hales."


It felt so nice to be home, Haley thought as she stepped off the plane and followed Nathan to the baggage claim. Lucas and Brooke were meeting them there and Haley was so glad to be seeing her best friend after over two months away. They waited patiently for their luggage to come to them, Haley resting her head on Nathan's shoulder while he gently massaged her shoulders. Surprisingly, it didn't take that long and they moved forward to grab their suitcases off the rotating belt. Haley bent down to get hers and as she did, she felt the most intense cramp she'd ever had in her life. It hurt so much that she doubled over in pain and reached forward to lean on the baggage claim for support.

"Miss, are you okay?" a man asked next to her, as he pulled her suitcase off for her.

She took a deep breath and stood up straight, the pain receding just as suddenly as it had come. "Yeah, yes I'm fine. I just…" she took her suitcase out of his hands. "Thank you so much."

He nodded, and Haley did her best to ignore the concerned look on his face. She turned to find Nathan, who was just grabbing his suitcase off the belt a few feet away. He had obviously not seen what happened to her, otherwise he would have immediately rushed to her side. She took another deep breath as he walked towards her, placing a smile on her face as he came closer. There wasn't a need to worry him, it was probably just something that happened to most women. If it happens again I'll tell him, she told herself, more just to calm herself down than anything else.

"You ready?" he asked as he came up next to her.

She nodded and smiled again. Outside, they were greeted at once by Lucas and Brooke. Lucas didn't waste any time and pulled her directly into his arms. As he pulled back, he reached for both of her hands and gently pushed her out in front of him. "I don't see a Scott baby yet."

They all laughed and Haley shook her head. "Obviously someone doesn't know anything about babies. I have barely started showing yet."

"Yeah, well I was just thinking since us Scotts are overachievers at everything else, we would be quick growers as well. Wow, Hales, your hands are like ice."

Haley quickly withdrew her hands from his and rubbed them together, still trying to take her mind off of what had happened just a few minutes before. "It was just cold on the plane, that's all." She hated lying, but she knew if she told them they would immediately rush her to the hospital and that wasn't what she wanted. She didn't plan on being the kind of woman who spent her whole pregnancy in the ER, worried about every little thing. Besides she knew that she was just tired from the flight and her muscles had probably been tense from being so confined in the seat.

Nathan took her hands in his and gave each of them a kiss on the palm. "I'll warm them up in the car," he said with a wink.

"Gross, spare us the details," Brooke joked as she reached down to pick up Haley's suitcase.

"Brooke, I can carry that," Haley protested.

"Nope, I insist. I can't wait for you guys to see your house, you really did a good job picking it out, Haley." Brooke said as they made their way to the parking garage.

"Yeah, well I saw it before I left for Florida and absolutely loved it. Nathan wouldn't have had much of a chance to convince me against it."

"Well, we moved the last few boxes of stuff into it this morning, so all you have to do now is unpack." Lucas informed them.

"Wow, you guys didn't have to do all of that." Nathan said.

"First of all, we really wanted to. And second of all, we didn't want you guys to come home to an empty house and worry about moving everything in. So we just took a few loads over the past few days."

"Thanks you guys, that really means a lot to us." Haley smiled at the generosity of her two friends. "I just hope you two didn't set the bed up yet, because I really don't like Brooke around it anymore."

Brooke looked back at her and all Haley could do was laugh as Brooke shot death rays in her direction.

"Why?" Lucas asked.

"Oh, nothing," Brooke smiled sweetly at Lucas. "Just a personal joke between Haley and me."

Haley laughed all the way to the car, so glad to be with her friends again. She wanted to concentrate on spending time with them and unpacking the rest of the day so she pushed the memory of the pain out of her head.

Besides, she told herself one last time, it hadn't meant anything anyway, right?


Thanks so much for reading and for everyone who sent me the wonderful feedback! I really want to hear your thoughts on where this story is headed - so I would love reviews! Also, it was Untitled bc I really couldn't think of a song that fit this part- it's just kind of a filler chapter for the plot I have going in my head. So if you think of anything that would- let me know! Thanks again for taking the time to read :)

Kylie