Summary: This is a Naley, Brucas, Jeyton story, but with a few twists and turns. Nathan, Lucas and Jake are professional basketball players for the Minnesota Timberwolves. The girls live in Las Vegas. Haley is a waitress, Brooke is a journalist and Peyton is a teacher. They are all in their early 20's and have never met. Oh, and Haley lives with her sister and brother-in-law, Taylor and Derek, and her niece and nephew (who she has custody of). She is also 5 months pregnant. Brooke has a 2-year old daughter, while Peyton doesn't have any kids. Neither does Nathan. Jake has Jenny, and Lucas has a 6-month old son.

Disclaimer: I own nothing. I wish I did because I would be filthy freakin' rich, but I don't. Except for the characters that are made up in my silly mind. Those I own… haha… my slow plan to take over the world

Author's Note: OK, I decided to skip ahead about four months. It's Haley's due date. She has been on maternity leave for a week from both jobs. Nathan has been in Las Vegas for a week and Lucas and Jake are coming up for the weekend. All of the relationships have been progressing well with visits to both sides of the country.

In answer to a question: Jenny is 6 years old, almost 7.

Here's Chapter Four!

"Urggh… I can't do this! It just won't come out," cried Haley, her face screwed up in concentration.

Nathan moved Haley out of the way and crouched down next to Summer. "Here, let me try. Summer, I can't believe you got your hand stuck in the pickle jar. How come you didn't ask me or Aunt Haley for help?"

Summer was crying. "I sowwy. I just wanted one picko. I no want to be in troubo."

"Oh, honey," said Nathan. "You're not in trouble. I just don't know how we're going to get your hand out of here." He turned her hand upside down and let the juice get on her hand, then tried to pull it out of the jar. He twisted it a little one way and then the another, making sure not to hurt her, and suddenly… POP! Summer's hand popped out of the jar, spilling pickle juice everywhere.

Summer smiled. "Tank you, Unca Nathan."

Haley got a towel and brought it in and laid it over the mess in the kitchen. "OK, Summer. You need to go take a shower because you're all sticky now." She started to crouch down to clean up the mess.

"Haley, go start Summer's water and I will clean this up. You don't need to be crawling on the floor," said Nathan as he pulled Haley back up, then bent down to mop up the pickle juice.

Haley smiled and put her hand on Nathan's back. "Thanks, Nate. Alright Summer, get a towel and I will meet you in the bathroom." She walked into the bathroom and started the water. She bent over to test the temperature and got a sharp pain in her lower back. "Ow… that's killer." Haley rubbed her back until the pain went away a little, tested the water and stood back up. "Summer, hurry up! Shower! Now!"

Summer walked into the bathroom carrying a fluffy towel and the clothes Haley had laid on her bed earlier that morning. "OK, Auntie Hawey. I right here."

"Alright," said Haley. "Hop in, and hurry up. We have to get meet Uncle Luke and Uncle Jake at the airport soon. (Nathan and Haley are picking up Jake and Lucas because Peyton and Brooke both had to work.)

Haley closed the door to the bathroom, walked down the hall into her bedroom and laid down on the bed. Just then, the phone started ringing. She groaned. "Nathan! Can you get that please?"

"Sure, Hales," came Nathan's reply as he walked towards the phone. "Hello?"

"Hi, may I speak to Haley, please," asked the person on the other end.

"Sure, may I ask who's calling," said Nathan.

"This is her mother."

Nathan looked at the phone confused. 'Why is Haley's mom calling? She hasn't called in all the time I have known Haley…' "OK, hold on one second. Let me go get her." He walked down the hall and stopped at the bathroom door. "Summer, five minutes. We have to go soon!" Then he walked into the bedroom and crawled into bed next to Haley who had her eyes closed. "Hales," he whispered.

"Hmm…" she grumbled, her eyes shutting tighter.

"It's your… mother," said Nathan holding the phone out to her.

Haley's eyes opened, and she looked at the phone, then closed them again and groaned. "Tell her she has the wrong number."

"Haley, it's your mother. Talk to her. I'm going to put some Cheerios in a bag for Summer and then we have to go."

Haley took the phone. "OK. Will you make me some Ants on a Log? I want some really bad."

Nathan kissed her forehead and crawled back out of the bed. "Of course. Hurry up, though, OK? I don't want to be late." He said this loud enough so the woman on the other end would here because he knew Haley did not want to talk to her.

Haley smiled. "OK, honey." Then she put the phone to her ear and Nathan walked out of the room. He turned around and made a funny face at her, and she tried not to laugh. She shooed him out of the room and then laid her head on the pillow. "Hello, Mom," she sighed.

"HALEY JAMES! Who was that! What is going on there! I just heard from someone that Taylor and Derek are gone! Where are the kids? Why didn't you call me!"

"Yeah, Mom. I'm doing fine. Thanks for asking. No, the baby's not here yet. Today's my due date. Yeah, I'm pretty nervous, but I'm excited too. Yeah, thanks for calling to make sure I was OK. That was really sweet of you," Haley said, her voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Haley, I don't have time for your hissy fits right now. Tell me who that person is and where your sister and brother-in-law are!"

"Fine!" yelled Haley. "Taylor and Derek left to go on some dream vacation and left me to take care of their kids! Is that what you wanted to hear? Huh? That they decided they didn't want to be 'Mommy' and 'Daddy' anymore, so they left their two precious children in the hands of their twenty-three year old sister who's more responsible than them? Well, there you go. And that PERSON," she said putting emphasis on her mom's words, "is my boyfriend. He actually takes good care of me and is going to help me raise the children that have been given to me. And he doesn't ask for anything in return like the rest of the family. You know, I haven't asked for a lot from you, Mom. I asked you be there for the trial where I sent Chris to jail for what he did to me. But you couldn't be there, because you liked Chris. You probably liked him more than you liked me. You couldn't believe that he raped me. You thought I was making it all up. Well, you know what? That's fine. Because I don't need you or want you. I have my own family now, and we don't need you in our lives. Goodbye mother. Have a good time growing old all alone!" Then she slammed down the phone and burst into tears.

Nathan, who had been walking down the hall when Haley started yelling, was standing outside the door until he heard her start crying. He came into the room, sat down on the bed, and pulled Haley to him. He rubbed her back and held her as she cried, trying hard not to cry himself. He had assumed that Haley had been raped because of how she always talked about her baby's father, but he had never heard her say it out loud. It made his heart ache, and he couldn't understand why anyone would want to hurt Haley. The only thing on his mind was wanting to kill this Chris person, whoever he was. But right now, he had to calm Haley down. "Shh… It's OK, Haley. You're OK. I'm right here and I always will be, OK? We only need each other and the kids, remember?"

Haley nodded and sniffled, then put her head on his shoulder. "It's just so hard to have given so much of myself to my family just to have nothing given to me in return. My mother doesn't love me, my sister abandoned me with her children, and my father is probably off sleeping with some booze whore he picked up in a bar."

Nathan kissed the top of her head. "I'm so sorry, honey. I don't know what to say, except that I'm here for you. I always will be."

"Always and forever?" asked Haley.

Nathan smiled, liking the sound of that. "Yeah, he said, hugging her closer. "Always and forever." They sat quietly there for a minute, then Nathan decided to lighten the mood. "But right now, you need to get your skinny butt out of this bed and tell your daughter to get ready! We've got places to go, people to see, things to do! Or maybe it's places to go, things to see, people to do…" he pondered, then threw his hands up in defense as Haley smacked him with her pillow."

"Nathan, you are such a nerd!" said Haley while Nathan started to tickle her. "OK! I'm getting up! Did you make the snacks yet, because I'm starving."

Nathan knew better than to ask how she could possibly hungry when they had eaten breakfast only an hour ago. "No, not yet, I heard you yelling and came to see what was wrong. I'm going to finish while you tell Summer to hurry up. I swear, she is acting more like you every day. Hour long shower, forty-five minutes to get dressed and brush your hair…"

"Shut up, Nathan," Haley said with a smile on her face. Nathan smiled and walked out of the bedroom and down the hall. Haley sat up and rubbed her back, which was still hurting her and wished that she could take Tylenol. She stood up, stretched, then walked down the hall and stopped outside the bathroom door. "Summer," she said sleepily with a big yawn. "Come on, honey. Uncle Nathan's got your snacks ready, and he already put Madagascar in the car! We need to go!"

Summer opened the door and looked up at Haley. "OK, Aunt Hawey. But can you braid my hair first?"

Haley smiled down at the little girl that she considered her daughter. "Of course, baby. Where's your brush?" Summer handed her the brush and Haley maneuvered her way into the bathroom until Summer was standing in front of the mirror and she was standing behind her. "Do you want a french braid or just a regular one?"

"Just a reguwar. We don't have time for a french."

Haley laughed, "OK. Your wish is my command." And within a matter of minutes, Summer had her hair braided, her shoes on and was standing at the door waiting for Nathan and Haley.

"Come on, Peopo! We going to be wate if you don't hurry up!" she yelled into the house.

Nathan laughed. "All right, mermaid," he said, using the nickname he had made up for her after watching "The Little Mermaid" with her one day. (You can't really make a nickname out of the name Summer, so I took the last part of her name and turned her into MERmaid!) "We're coming. Go ahead and open the garage door," he said coming up behind her and picking her up so she could push the button. After the garage door had opened completely, Nathan put Summer back down and grabbed Haley's hand. Summer ran towards the car and waited for Nathan to open the door so she could get in, and Nathan helped Haley into the car and helped her put her seatbelt on. After Haley was secure, Nathan scooped Summer up, opened the door and "crash landed" her into her carseat. He buckled her in, and finally got around to the driver's side and buckled himself in. Soon they were off to McCarran Airport.

Because traffic was so backed up with everyone leaving town to go to California, it took them almost an hour to get to the airport, finally pulling into a parking spot at 10:45, the exact same time that the flight was supposed to be pulling in. Haley climbed out of the car while Nathan unbuckled Summer and put her on his shoulders. He knew he didn't have time to drag Summer AND Haley through the airport. He held Haley's hand as he tried to maneuver them through the crowd.

"Nathan, slow down a little bit, honey, I'm still pregnant back here!" Haley said, causing a few passersby to laugh.

Nathan laughed too. "Sorry, babe. I just don't want Luke and Jake to leave because they thought we weren't here."

"I know, but I can't walk that fast. I'm sorry. Oh look," she said, pointing to the monitor with all the arrival and departure times. "Their plane's running about fifteen minutes late, so we have time."

"Oh, OK. Cool," said Nathan. He picked up Summer off his shoulders and set her on the ground, and he and Haley automatically grabbed each of Summer's hands and walked with her in between them.

They found the gate that Lucas and Jake's flight was going to come in on and sat down in the uncomfortable plastic seats. While Nathan pulled Summer into his lap, he noticed Haley rubbing her back with a look of obvious pain on her face. "What's wrong, Haley?"

She looked up at him and smiled. "Oh, it's nothing. Just a little back pain. It'll go away soon."

Nathan looked at her nervously. "Alright, well let me know if it gets any worse, OK?"

"OK," said Haley. Then she leaned against Nathan and he put one arm around her and the other around Summer, and started to think. 'This is what family is all about. It could be the smallest thing, but when you can hold onto your family, and know that just by you being there, they feel safe… that's the most amazing feeling in the world. I wish Ryan could be here to enjoy this family moment with us, but he will be there for the rest of our life together. Haley is so beautiful. I know I want to spend the rest of my life with her. But I need to take it slow. I know she's still a little uneasy about trusting me, and that's totally understandable. I wonder…'

"Unca Nathan, I hafta go potty," said Summer, bringing him out of his thoughts.

Haley was already standing up, but Nathan reached out and touched her arm. "It's OK, Hales. Stay here and rest. I'll take her. It's just right across the way. We'll be right back."

"OK. Thanks, Nate," said Haley while yawning. After they were gone, Haley leaned back in the seat and was just dozing off when she heard her name being called. She opened her eyes and saw a little girl running at her followed by two big guys, one of them carrying a baby. 'The rest of my family' she thought. She caught Jenny just as the girl jumped into her arms and repositioned the girl to the side of her belly so she could give her a good tight hug. "Hi, Jenny-girl. How are you? Oh, I've missed you so much. Have you been a good girl?" Jenny nodded. "Well, that's good because I have a surprise for you when we get back to my house."

Jenny's eyed widened and she smiled. "What is it?"

Haley laughed. "If I told you, then it wouldn't be a surprise, now would it?"

Jenny shook her head, then stood up from Haley's lap. "No, I guess not. How's my baby cousin doing?"

"She's doing OK. I think she's about ready to come out and meet everybody, though. Maybe this weekend. Wouldn't that be exciting?" Haley said while getting up out of the chair. Just then, Jenny saw Nathan and Summer coming and ran over to greet them. Haley hugged Lucas and Jake, then picked Tyler up out of his carrier. "Lucas, you have got to stop feeding this baby! He is getting too big every time I see him!"

Lucas laughed. "What can I say? He's my boy. He likes to eat!" He took Tyler from Haley's hands and walked towards Nathan, and Haley leaned against Jake.

Jake put his arm around her, and they started to follow everyone else towards the baggage claim: Jenny and Summer leading the way and holding hands, with Lucas and Nathan, who was holding Tyler, telling them where to go and walking in between the girls and Haley and Jake. Haley rubbed her back again, and leaned a little more on Jake.

"So how long have you been having contractions?" asked Jake, keeping his voice down so that Nathan wouldn't hear.

Haley look at Jake like a deer caught in headlights. "What are you talking about? I'm not having contractions."

Jake smirked. "Haley. Please. I have a daughter and a nephew whose births I was present for. I can tell that you're having contractions. So how long have they been going on, and why haven't you told Nathan?"

Haley sighed, knowing that she was caught. "Umm… about two hours, maybe three. And I haven't told Nathan because I don't want him to freak out."

"Well, he's going to freak out more later when he realizes that you were having contractions and didn't tell him," said Jake.

"I know. I'll tell him when we get in the car."

Once all their bags were picked up, they headed outside to wait for Nathan who had gone to get the car. Once everyone was settled: Summer, Jake and Jenny in the back, Lucas and Tyler in the middle, and Haley and Nathan in the front, Haley turned to Nathan.

"Nathan, we need to go pick up Ryan from school."

"Why," asked Nathan, looking worried. "I thought he didn't have minimum day today."

"He doesn't," said Haley, biting her lip. "But I want to pick him up before I go to the hospital. Nate, I'm having contractions."

Nathan's eyes widened, but he didn't say anything, just slammed the car into gear and took off for Ryan's school. About halfway there, Haley, who had been clinging to the door handle for dear life, finally found her voice. "Nathan, honey, you need to slow down. I really don't want to get in a car accident and have this baby on the side of the road."

Nathan slowed down a little, but still made it to the school in record time. He parked the car and he and Jake ran towards the school to get Ryan out of class. Once inside the school, Nathan started to run towards Ryan's class but Jake stopped him. "Nate, we have to sign him out in the office, remember?"

"Oh yeah," said Nathan, turning around and walking into the office. "Hi, I need to sign Ryan James out to go home."

"OK," said the secretary, pulling up Ryan's information on the computer. "What's your name?"

"Nathan Scott," Nathan said breathlessly. "I'm his… I'm Nathan."

"Ah, here you are. OK, I just need to know the reason he is leaving, since you didn't sign him up to leave early this morning."

"His au… mom is having a baby and nobody will be able to pick him up once we get to the hospital, so I came to get him now."

"Alright, Mr. Scott. Take this pass to his classroom and give it to the teacher. Have a great day."

"Thanks," said Jake, as Nathan had already run out of the office, then ran to catch up with Nathan outside of Ryan's classroom. "Do you want me to go in so you can catch your breath, man?"

Nathan shook his head. "Nah, I'm good. Thanks, though." Then he took a deep breath and walked through the door.

He smiled when he saw that it was a substitute teacher. He was still a little uncomfortable around Ryan's teacher after their first meeting. "Hello, sir. May I help you?" asked the teacher, standing up from behind the desk.

"Uhh… yeah," said Nathan. I need to pick up…" he looked around, then pointed at Ryan. "Ryan James. Here's his pass. Ryan, pack up. We have to go."

"Hold on just one minute sir," said the teacher. She turned to Ryan. "Ryan, do you know this man?"

"Yeah," said Ryan, smiling at the teacher and then at Nathan. "He's my dad."

Nathan's heart swelled and the teacher nodded. "OK. Have a good day, Ryan."

Nathan took Ryan's backpack and they walked out of the room and met up with Jake. They all walked out to the car and Ryan climbed into the middle seat with Lucas and Tyler and Nathan got back behind the wheel. As soon as he, Ryan and Jake had their seatbelts on, he backed out of the parking spot and headed towards the hospital. Haley chose to have the baby at St. Rose De Lima, which was in Henderson, so they still had a while before they would get there.

Nathan put his hand on Haley's stomach and rubbed it. "How are you doing, Hales?"

Haley nodded, pain evident on her face. "I'm OK. It hurts, though. It's like, once I told you, I started to really feel the pain."

"OK, well, we'll be there soon and then in a little while, you're going to have your baby in your arms. Isn't that wonderful?"

Haley nodded again, tears coming to her eyes. "Yeah. I'm so excited. Can I use your cell phone to call Peyton and Brooke? I really want them to be there with me if they can make it."

Nathan handed her his cell phone as Lucas reached forward and put his hand on her shoulder. "Haley, believe me," he said. "Brooke told me that even if she had to hitchhike to the hospital, there was no way she would not be there for you."

"Yeah," said Jake from the back seat. "Peyton said the same thing, but in not quite so many words."

They all laughed, and Haley dialed Brooke's work number. "Las Vegas Sun, this is Brooke Davis."

"Brookie," said Haley. And that was all she had to say.

Brooke gasped. "Is it time? Of course it is. OK, I'm getting my jacket. I'm signing off of my computer. I am walking out the door. How are you? Are you hurting? Did you water break yet?"

"I'm OK, yes it hurts, and no, not yet. Thank you for coming Brooke."

"Haley, it's no problem. I wouldn't miss this for anything. I will meet you there soon. I love you."

Haley smiled. "I love you too, Brooke. You are the best! I will see you soon. I'm going to call Peyton right now."

"OK. Bye," said Brooke, and Haley swore she could hear honking in the background. She dialed the number to the school Peyton worked at.

"Twin Lakes Elementary School. How may I help you?"

"Hi. Can you transfer me to Peyton Sawyer's classroom please?"

"May I ask who's calling please," asked the secretary.

"Just tell her it's Haley."

"OK. Hold on for just one minute, please."

After about thirty seconds of holding, Peyton picked up the phone. "Hello?"

"Peyton. It's Haley. Are you busy?" asked Haley, knowing that this was a stupid question.

"Uhh… yeah… I'm kinda right in the middle of a lesson. Why? What's up?" asked Peyton signaling for her class to quiet down.

"I'm in labor, Peyton. We're on our way to the hospital. But if you're busy just come when school's over. I'm sure it's going to be a long wait anyways."

"WHAT?" said Peyton, then saw her class looking at her. "OK, well I'm on my way, Hales. I'll have my teacher's assistant take over for the rest of the day. Are you feeling OK?"

"Well, I feel like I'm in labor," Haley said, and they both laughed as Peyton put on her coat. "But I'm OK. Just excited, mostly.

"Yeah…" said Peyton. "OK, well I'm going to let you go so I can fill my TA in on what to do for the rest of the day."

"OK, Peyton. Just call Nathan, Lucas or Jake's cell phone when you get to the hospital and they'll tell you where we are. Thanks for coming."

"No problem, Hales. Bye!" Peyton hung up the phone, filled her TA in on what was going on, informed her class that she would be back on Monday and to be good, then ran to her car and drove towards the hospital.

After Haley hung up with Peyton, she handed the phone back to Nathan and looked out the window. The car was quiet for a minute, until Summer poked Jake in the arm. "Ow… What's up Summer?"

"I wanna watch Madagascar, Unca Jake."

"Honey, we're going to be at the hospital soon. Then maybe they'll let us watch cartoons there, OK?"

"OK, Unca Jake," Summer said, then sat back and sighed. Jake chuckled quietly, then looked at Haley, who was still in a lot of pain.

Finally they pulled into the hospital and Nathan ran in to get a wheelchair for Haley even though she assured him she was fine. Jake unhooked Summer and Lucas unbuckled Tyler's car seat and they all piled out of the car. After Haley sat down in the wheelchair, Summer wanted to sit on her lap, so Haley pulled her into her lap and they headed to the maternity floor.

No sooner had they reached the elevator that they heard someone yelling across the lobby. "Wait! I'm here!" They all turned around to see Brooke, who was carrying Alison, running across the lobby towards them. She caught up to them and they all piled into the elevator. Brooke let out a deep breath, then looked at everyone in the elevator. "Hello Broody. Hotshot. Tutormom. Daddy-O. Baby. Genius. Jen. Ty," she said nodding at them all as she said their nicknames."

"Hello Brooke Auntie Brooke Tigger Cheery" they all said at the same time using some of their own names for her.

She smiled at reached out for Haley's hand, who took it gratefully. "How are you doing, Hales? You don't look so hot."

Haley laughed. "Yeah, well. I didn't think I would go into labor today, so I didn't wear my 'pretty labor clothes,'" she said, then paused. "Which probably would have been a good thing, because I think my water just broke."

All of the guys made faces and took a small step back, while Brooke laughed at them. "OK, Nathan, take Summer so she doesn't get all wet." The elevator doors opened. Jake, Jenny, go tell someone that Haley's water broke in the elevator. They're going to have to get this cleaned up. Lucas, take Tyler and go ahead of us to find a nurse that can tell us where Haley needs to go. Oh, and take Ali and Ryan with you." Lucas picked up Tyler's car seat and took Ali's hand and the four of them walked out of the elevator and turned towards the help desk. "OK, Tutormom. You ready?" Haley held Nathan's hand and nodded. Brooke pushed the wheelchair through the door and they made their way down the hallway.

Summer looked down at Haley and started to cry. "Summer, what's wrong?" asked Haley.

"Why you crying? Are you hurt? I no want to see you cry." Haley let even more tears come down her face at those words.

"Oh, honey. I'm crying because I'm happy. My baby's going to come out of my belly today and you will be able to say hi to him or her and tell them that you are their big sister."

"I will?" asked Summer, her eyes wide in amazement.

"Uh-huh." She opened her mouth to tell Summer something else, but a nurse came up to them.

"Haley James?"

"Yes, that's me," said Haley and the nurse smiled.

"OK, well we're going to have you in room number twenty-two. If you'll follow me, I will show you where that is." She looked at the group around Haley as Lucas, Tyler, Alison and Ryan joined them. "And I'll bring a few extra chairs." They all laughed and followed the nurse down the hall and into room 22.

Brooke and Nathan helped Haley into the bed while the nurse started turning on the machines and hooking them up to Haley. "OK, well, I'm Dana and I'm going to be your nurse, and I know that you're Haley, but I don't know who everyone else is." She looked at Nathan. "I'm assuming you're Daddy."

Nathan was about to say no, but Haley interrupted him. "Yes, he's the baby's father." She looked at Nathan and saw his eyes fill with tears as he nodded. Haley smiled, then turned back to Dana. "His name is Nathan. This is Brooke, one of my best friends, and Lucas, Nathan's brother. That's his baby boy, Tyler, and Brooke's daughter, Alison, with the brown hair. And the other two are my son Ryan and my daughter Summer. We're also waiting for two of our other friends, Jake and Peyton, and Jake's daughter Jenny."

"Wow," said Dana. "OK, let me see if I've got this straight. Haley, Nathan, Brooke, Lucas, Tyler, Alison, Summer and Ryan. And we're waiting no Jake, Peyton and Jenny."

Haley nodded.

"You're not waiting for us anymore," said Peyton, coming through the door holding Jenny's hand and followed by Jake.

"Peyton!" exclaimed Brooke and Haley while hugging their friend.

Dana waited until everyone had said hello. "OK, so Peyton, Jake and Jenny are here. It's nice to meet everyone. But right now I need to check how far dilated Haley is, so everyone who does not want to be present show probably leave now." Everyone left except for Nathan, Peyton and Brooke, and Dana checked Haley. "OK, Haley. You're about five centimeters. You're halfway there. I'm going to call someone up here to take some blood and get you started on an IV. And the doctor should be here soon." Haley nodded and Dana let everybody in before leaving. Haley looked at the clock on the wall: 1:43 PM.

It was now 8:17 PM. Summer, Alison, and Tyler were all asleep, and Ryan and Jenny were on their way when the doctor came in to check Haley. She had been progressing very slowly once she got past 7 centimeters, and they were hoping this time was it. Lucas and Jake had long ago stopped leaving the room and now just occupied themselves and the kids during the process. The doctor put on his gloves and checked Haley, then stood up with a smile on his face. "Congratulations, Haley. You are fully dilated. I'm going to call some nurses up here, and within hopefully the next half-hour you will be having the baby. Anyone who is staying in here during the delivery needs to go scrub up down the hall." With that, he left to make the calls.

Haley was crying and so were Brooke and Peyton. Everybody hugged Haley and then Nathan, Brooke, Peyton, Jake and Lucas carried the kids into the waiting room so they would have somewhere to lay during the delivery. Then Lucas and Jake hugged Peyton, Brooke and Nathan and the three went to scrub up.

Haley, meanwhile, was enjoying the moment of silence. Her friends had been driving her a little bit crazy. She was happy they were all here, but they kept asking her if she was OK every five minutes, and she hated it. So she just sighed, and put her hand on her belly. "Hello, my precious angel. Pretty soon you're going to be out here in the real world, and at first you probably won't be too happy about it, but believe me. I will be. I'm so excited to finally meet you. You have become so important to me over the last nine months. And I hope you're OK with me saying Nathan is your daddy. I really want him to be. He is so good with your brother and sister, Ryan and Summer. You know them. They talk to you a lot. So, I hope you grow up happy with your family, because in the end, family is all you have, and I'm going to try to make yours the best one possible. I love you, sweetheart."

Haley wiped the tears from her eyes as two or three nurses, the doctor, Nathan, Brooke and Peyton walked into the room. They got everything set up where it needed to be, and it was decided that Nathan and Peyton would stay by Haley's head and Brooke would hold one of her legs until right before the baby was born, and then Brooke and Nathan would switch places. Haley glanced at the clock again and it read 8:39 PM.

"OK, Haley, whenever you have the urge, just start pushing. This is all up to you and the baby right now," the doctor said, sitting at the edge of the bed.

"OK," said Haley. "I feel like pushing."

"Push, then."

Haley pushed as hard as she could and let out some frustrated exertion groans until she couldn't push anymore and collapsed back on the bed.

"Very good push, Haley! You are doing awesome already! Let's see if we can get another one out of you."

After 15 minutes of pushing, the doctor announced that the baby was crowning. (That's when you can see the baby's head.) Nathan and Brooke switched places after Nathan gave Haley a quick kiss, and Haley gave another big push, and at 8:55 PM, she felt immediate relief. The baby was out, and after its nose and mouth were suctioned, it let out a loud wail. Brooke, Peyton, Nathan and Haley were all crying. "Congratulations, Haley," said the doctor. "You have a…"

"Wait!" said Haley. "I want Nathan to tell me."

"It's a girl, Haley. A beautiful little girl," Nathan said, not even caring anymore that he was crying. He hugged and kissed Haley, then walked back towards the baby.

"Do you want to cut the cord, Dad?" asked the doctor.

Nathan nodded, in awe of this tiny little thing that was, in a way, his daughter.

After the baby had been cleaned up and weighed, 8 pounds 4 ounces, Brooke and Peyton stayed with Haley as the doctors and nurses cleaned Haley up while Nathan went with the baby to the nursery so she could get her shots and things like that. He knocked on the window that separated the nursery from the waiting room and Lucas and Jake looked up, saw it was Nathan and rushed towards the window. Nathan pointed at the baby, and Lucas and Jake immediately turned into little girls, waving and smiling at the baby. Ryan and Jenny stood on the chairs under the window and started waving at her, too.

Meanwhile back in room number 22, the doctors and nurses had left after Haley had been cleaned up and now it was just the three girls sitting on the bed together, Brooke and Peyton each holding one of Haley's hands. "A girl, Hales. A little girl that you can dress up in cute clothes and curl her hair and put her in dance class and everything," said Brooke, still wiping at the tears in her eyes.

Haley was smiling, laughing and crying all at the same time. "I know. Can you believe it? I really thought it was going to be a boy and that me and Summer were going to be outnumbered at home." They all laughed.

"So," said Peyton. "Do you have a name picked out?"

Haley nodded. "Yeah, but I'm going to wait until everyone is in here before I announce it. I want Nathan, at least, to hear at the same time as everyone else."

Brooke and Peyton left shortly after to go find everybody else, and Haley was left alone again. She sighed and lay back in the bed and closed her eyes, knowing she wouldn't be able to sleep all night for a while, so she might as well get some sleep now.

Half an hour later, after Brooke and Peyton had gone down to the gift shop and bought balloons, flowers, stuffed animals, cards, chocolate and all kids of other treats, they headed back upstairs. They met everyone in the hallway following the baby, being pushed by Nathan, back to Haley's room. Nathan opened the door, then looked inside. He turned around, put a finger to his lips to tell them to be quiet, then wheeled the baby in, and everyone else quietly filed inside. Haley was asleep looking incredibly comfortable and they didn't want to wake her up. So they all sat down: Brooke and Lucas on one chair with Ali and Tyler on their laps, Peyton and Jake in another with Summer in their laps and Jenny on the floor beside them playing cards with Ryan who was also on the floor, and Nathan holding the baby, sitting in a chair right next to the bed.

They all sat in silence until the baby started to fuss. Nathan tried to calm her down, but she just gained momentum and started crying. Haley's eyes popped open and she sat up, looking at everyone around her, then at her baby crying in Nathan's arms. She reached her hands out and held her daughter for the first time, who instantly stopped crying and snuggled into Haley's arms. Haley looked around at her friends and family all smiling at her. "Why didn't you guys wake me up?"

Nathan sat down on the bed with her and put his arm around her. "Well, you looked so peaceful and we all knew that you were tired, so we just wanted to let you sleep."

Haley smiled and leaned against Nathan staring down at the little life that she, no they, were now responsible for, and couldn't believe her luck. She was the happiest she had been in a long time.

Brooke finally spoke up. "OK, Haley. We're all here. Can you tell us her name now," she whined, then smiled at Haley.

Haley took a deep breath. "OK, I would like to you all meet Jaymie Nicole… Scott," Haley said biting her lip and looking at Nathan.

Nathan looked down at her, surprised. "Haley, are you sure?"

"Yeah… I'm sure. If it's OK with you, that is," she said, tears stinging her eyes yet again.

"Yeah… It's OK with me," said Nathan, holding back his own tears. All the other adults in the room were already crying. Everyone took their turn saying hello to little Jaymie, and then it was decided that Ryan and Summer would stay at Peyton's house tonight, since Brooke already had a full house and Nathan was going to stay at the hospital with Haley and Jaymie. Once everybody left, a nurse came in and taught Haley how to breastfeed, then left again. Nathan and Haley laid back on the bed and watched Jaymie eat for the first time. "She's so amazing, Hales. She's got your hair, and your nose, and your mouth."

Haley smiled and leaned against Nathan. "Yeah, and I think she's got your eyes." Nathan smiled back at her, and after Jaymie was asleep and Nathan put her in the bed, they both fell asleep, Nathan holding Haley as close as he could and vowing to never let her go.

It was now Sunday, and with a clean bill of health for both Jaymie and Haley, the doctor told them they could go home. Lucas and Brooke had dropped Nathan's car back off at the hospital when they had come to see them yesterday, and Summer had met her little sister for the first time. Now, Nathan, Ryan and Summer were all standing in the room as Haley put Jaymie in her car seat and buckled it. Then she picked up the car seat and handed it to Nathan. She had to ride down in the wheelchair, so Nathan would have to carry the baby while a nurse pushed Haley.

"Can I ride on your lap," asked Summer and Haley smiled.

"No, honey, not this time because I'm a little sore, but you and Ryan can hold my hands while we go downstairs to the car. How about that?" Summer and Ryan nodded and each of them held Haley's hands as they made their way downstairs and to the car. Nathan buckled Jaymie into the middle seat while Summer and Ryan crawled into the back seat and then Nathan buckled Summer in. He and the nurse helped Haley get in the car and then he ran around to the driver's side and drove home.

On the way, Summer decided to ask a question that had been bugging her for quite some time. "Aunt Hawey, is Jaymie going to caw you Mommy?"

Haley nodded. "Yes, she is."

"And she is going to call Unca Nathan Daddy, right?"

"Yes…" said Haley wondering where this question was leading.

"So, if she's my and Ryan's sister, then it's okay if we caw you Mommy and Daddy, too, right?"

"Of course, honey," said Haley, a little that thanks to Taylor's stupidity, and three-year-old was now contemplating her parentage. "You can call us Mommy and Daddy if you want to. Ryan can, too."

She smiled at them and looked up at Nathan, who had a huge grin on his face.

They got home and got everyone settled. Nathan had put together a crib and bassinet in his and Haley's room and they were also setting up a nursery in the room that used to be the office/computer room/guest room. Nobody said anything, but they were all dreading 2 days from now, because Nathan had to leave to go back to Minnesota.

Those two days were spent with Haley and Nathan spending as much time together as possible and being visited by Brooke, Peyton, Jake, Lucas and the kids. They had all fallen in love with Jaymie and the kids were surprisingly gentle and loving with her. They all drove to the airport together, since the guys were all flying back on the same plane, and their were hugs and kisses given to everyone within the group. There were also announcements handed out.

Both Brooke and Peyton were thinking of moving to Minnesota. Everyone was a little surprised at first, but then they figured that it made sense. Peyton was madly in love with Jake and Jenny, and Brooke was in love with Lucas and wanted to be there for him and Tyler, whose first birthday was only 2 months away. They all made plans for his party and all the girls said they would be there. Then there were tears shed and finally the guys walked onto the plane, all wishing that they didn't have to leave.

It was now a week later and Haley was sitting, once again in an uncomfortable plastic orange chair, this time with a phone resting between her ear and shoulder, and the other pulling Jaymie out of her stroller. (Ryan was at school at Summer was at Brooke's, who was already packing to move to Minnesota. Her and Lucas had been talking, and decided that they couldn't be without each other, so she quit her job and they were leaving in two weeks.) Haley waited for the person on the other end of the phone to pick up, and when they did, she opened her eyes and sighed. "Hello, Chris."

Author's Note: Yay! A cliffhanger. But don't get really freaked out or anything. This is not going to be a really big part of the story, I just wanted it in here so Haley can have some closure and move on with her life. Brooke WILL be moving to Minnesota, and the next chapter will probably be set after that. I am not sure yet what I'm going to do with Peyton yet. I have a plan for Haley and the kids, but that won't come into effect until a couple chapters down the road…

Well, hope you liked it! Review, please! I wanna get lots and lots of reviews! They make me feel all warm inside! Okay, I'm going because my fingers are hurting! 17 pages! You guys better like it!