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, it's June 20th. Exactly 2 months after Jaymie was born and Tyler's first birthday is in 4 days. Ryan and Jenny are out of school for the summer: Ryan is going into 5th grade and Jenny is going into 2nd. Brooke has been living in Apple Valley, Minnesota with Lucas, Alison and Tyler. Nathan and Jake both live within two blocks of them. Peyton is moving to Minnesota soon to live with Jake and Jenny. Haley has decided not to go back to Denny's, but is still working at the daycare three nights a week. She hired a babysitter to watch the kids until she got home on those nights. Everyone is either already in Minnesota or is on their way for Tyler's birthday party.

"Mom, I am so incredibly bored! How much longer are we going to be in this car," asked Ryan who was sitting in the back seat stretched out across the whole seat. Summer and Jaymie were in the middle seat. (Nathan had left his Tahoe when he went back to Minnesota because Haley would need more room than just the little car to take all three kids around with her.)

"Ry, we've only been in the car for…" she looked at her watch. "Forty-five minutes. Why don't you start reading the book that you have to read before school starts next year?"

"Alright," said Ryan with a huge sigh as he pulled the book out of his backpack.

Haley knew that driving from Vegas to Apple Valley was probably not the best idea, but she also did not want to take three young children on an airplane by herself. And, she did not think that Jaymie was old enough to be going on a plane. 1,048 miles was a long way, but she planned on them stopping in Salt Lake City, Utah today. Tomorrow they were going to stop in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and the last day they were stopping in Des Moines, Iowa before finally getting to Minnesota on Tyler's birthday.

"Hey, think of it this way, Ryan. We're almost done driving today. And tomorrow, before we leave, we can all go swimming in the pool at the hotel for a little while, OK? And we can have pizza for dinner tonight. How does that sound?" asked Haley, while looking in the rearview mirror at Summer and Jaymie, who were sleeping, and finally at Ryan to see if he was listening to her.

He got a big grin on his face. "Yeah, I guess that will be OK," he said.

"Good," said Haley smiling at him. "Do you want to come up here and you can read your book to me? That usually helps it go by faster."

"Maybe in a little while. I'm comfortable back here."

After an hour of reading, Ryan put his book away and climbed towards the front of the car, bending to kiss Summer and Jaymie on their foreheads. Haley smiled at him as he sat down next to her and put his seatbelt on. "Next time, tell me that you're moving so I can pull the car over, OK?"

Ryan nodded and laughed. "OK, Mom." Then he looked at her quietly for a couple minutes.

Haley looked over at him and saw him staring. "What's up kiddo?"

"Can I ask you a question?"

"Uhh… sure…" said Haley glancing at him with her eyebrows raised.

"How come Mom and Dad left and let you adopt us? And how come we didn't have to go to court to get adopted? When Joey from my class got adopted, he had to go to court and wear a suit. He told me."

Haley sighed. She knew these questions would eventually come. She thought for a minute, trying to think of how best to explain the situation, then decided just to tell him the straight truth. "Well, your Mom and Dad left because they didn't want to be your mom and dad anymore. It's not that they didn't love you or your sister, you were just too much responsibility for them. They wanted to be on their own and just have fun. And they knew that I would be able to take care of you because I love you so much and have thought of you and your sister as my own since the day you were born." She took a deep breath before continuing. "And the reason you didn't go to court is because I haven't adopted you guys completely yet. I guess, one part of me was hoping your parents would realize what they were doing and would come back and you could all be happy together. And the other half of me wants to wait until me and Nathan, or Dad as you call him now, are married, because then I can change yours and Summer's last names to Scott. Can you understand where I'm coming from with that?"

Ryan was quiet for a little while, then nodded. "Yeah, I think I understand. That's pretty nice of you, Mom. Can I ask you one more question?"

"Shoot. I'm ready for anything now," said Haley.

"What happened to Jaymie's other dad? Chris?"

Haley closed her eyes for a second, then stared straight ahead at the road, thinking of the day almost two months ago that she had gone to see the man who had ruined, and yet greatly improved, her life.

FLASHBACK

"Hello, Chris," said Haley, staring at the man in the orange jumpsuit on the other side of the glass.

"Hi, beautiful," he said with an evil grin on his face. "You just couldn't stand to be away from me, could you?"

"Well, to tell you the truth, you make me sick… But the reason I came here is to thank you."

Chris looked at her, surprised. "For what!" he asked.

"You know, right after they put you in jail and I found out I was pregnant, I thought my life was over. I was going to give birth to my rapist's baby. I wasn't even sure if I was going to keep it. And then I thought, well, maybe this is a blessing. It may not seem like it at the time, but this could be a good thing. So I didn't abort my pregnancy. Then, when I was about five months, I met the most wonderful man I will ever meet. I'm going to marry him someday. And if you hadn't done what you did to me, I wouldn't have known I had the strength to try and have something with him." She looked down at the baby she was holding in her arms, then lifted her up so Chris could see her. "I also wanted to let you see your daughter. This one and only time. You will never see her again after today, unless she chooses when she's old enough. I will hate you for the rest of my life for the hell you put me through, Chris, but I couldn't imagine never being able to see my daughter. So, here you go. Take a good look, because I'm leaving, and I won't be back."

The whole time she had been talking, Chris had been staring at her daughter, his daughter with his mouth open. He finally found his voice. "What's her name?"

"Her name is Jaymie Nicole," said Haley, a little taken aback by how he had softened by looking at her.

Chris stared at her for another second, then looked back at Haley with his cocky smirk back on his face. "Well, what's her last name? Tell me you named her after me to remind you of all the hard times you went through to have her."

"No, you smug son-of-a-bitch. I did not name her after you. I don't want to be reminded of you. I don't want to be reminded of how you attacked me in the parking lot at my job after I had left work just because you are a sore loser and couldn't handle me breaking up with you. You know what, Chris. I hope you stay in this rotting jail until the day you die. I would like to say that I hope the devil himself comes up and drags you kicking and screaming into the fires of Hell, but I'm not exactly convinced that you aren't the devil. So have a nice life in prison, asshole. And I hope you enjoy being some big, biker guy named Bubba's little bitch. It's more than you deserve." And with that, she slammed down the phone, put Jaymie in her stroller, and left the prison.

END FLASHBACK

"Oh, honey," Haley said, putting her hand over Ryan's. "I don't think I'm quite ready to tell you about that yet. Just know this. He was a very bad man, and Nathan is Jaymie's only daddy now. He will take care of her, just like you, me, and Summer will."

Ryan looked at his sisters in the backseat and then looked back at Haley and nodded. "That's right. I will take care of them. Because I'm their big brother. And that's what big brothers do."

Haley nodded, happy that Ryan would say that. Her older brothers had always told her they would protect her. She didn't even know where they were now. 'God, when did my family get so screwed up?' she thought to herself.

Peyton took the headphones off of her ears for the seventh time since the plane ride had started. This was the most bored she had ever been in her entire life. Of course, the first three times had been the stewardess… flight attendant, whatever they were supposed to be called, asking her if she wanted something to drink. After Peyton said no a little louder the final time, the lady finally left her alone. Peyton hated flying. It made her nervous. She also got incredibly bored. She wished that she would have just driven with Haley, but it would have taken forever to get to Minnesota, and she wanted to see Jake and Jenny so badly. She had talked to Jenny on the phone last night and had practically started bawling when Jenny talked about how much she missed Peyton and when was she gonna come home, and how before summer break started, some kid made fun of her because her mom never picked her up from school. Through her tears, Peyton had told her to beat the crap out of the little girl and that starting next year she would be there to pick up Jenny from school everyday if that's what she wanted.

Peyton was brought out of reverie by someone tapping her on the shoulder. She sighed. "Lady, I think I already told you. I don't want anything to freakin' drink! I'm fine," she said looking up at someone who was a DEFINITELY not the flight attendant.

"I was just wondering if this seat was taken. Actually these two seats."

"Jake? Jenny? What are you guys doing here?"

Brooke rolled over in bed with her eyes still closed and snuggled closer to Lucas. Just then she heard crying coming from one of the kids' rooms. "Broody, your kids are awake," she said, going deeper under the covers.

"No way, Cheery," said Lucas. "Before ten, they're your kids."

Brooke scoffed. "That is so not fair." She stood up out of bed and put on her robe and slippers. Then, as she left the room to go down the hall, she stopped at the end of the bed and ripped the blanket off the bed, then ran from the room.

"Oh, Cheery. You are so paying for that!" yelled Lucas, getting out of bed and chasing after her.

"Aaaah!" Brooke yelled, running into Tyler's room and shutting the door. She picked up the boy and cuddled him. "Shh… it's OK, Ty. I'm here. But right now, you have to protect me from your daddy!" Just as she said that, the door opened, and Brooke put Tyler, who was giggling, in front of her. But Lucas didn't come in. She waited and waited, but he never showed up. She inched slowly to the door. "Lucas? Where are you?"

Just then Lucas jumped in front of the door with a smile on his face and grabbed Tyler from Brooke's arms. Brooke screamed and jumped about twenty feet off the ground, while Lucas just laughed and hugged Tyler. "You scared the crap out of me, Broody."

"I know, honey," he said, they were both cracking up at each other. "That's what I do best. Go get Ali and I'll meet you in the kitchen." They kissed and then Lucas walked down the hall while Brooke walked into Ali's room to wake up her daughter.

When she got there, though, Ali was already awake. "Hey, baby. How long have you been awake?" she asked her daughter, who was sitting up in bed rubbing her eyes.

"Evo since you and Daddy wew wunning fwough the house like mad people," said Ali, pouting.

"Aww… I'm sorry princess. Did we interrupt your beauty sleep?" Ali nodded. "Well, you know what makes up for beauty sleep? A nice batch of Daddy's chocolate chips pancakes and… a tickle or two!" she yelled jumping on Alison's bed and tickling her.

"No, mommy, no!" Ali yelled, giggling. "Daddy, Tylo! Help me!"

Lucas heard the commotion and laughed before walking down the hall. Right before he got to Ali's room, he put Tyler down to walk behind him and ran into the room jumping around. Then he put his fists on his hips in a superhero pose and smiled a big smile. "Superhero Daddy to the rescue! I heard my little princess was in trouble!"

"Yes, Daddy," said Alison, who was still being tickled by Brooke. "Mommy won't stop tickling me."

"I see… We'll have to fix that." He walked over to the bed and picked Brooke up and threw her over his shoulder. "Come on. We'll put this silly mommy in tickling prison and then have breakfast without her," he said, turning and carrying Brooke out of the room.

"Oh no! Not tickling prison! I promise I'll never tickle again!" yelled Brooke down the hall. She knew exactly where Lucas was taking her. She saw Ali come out and hold Tyler's hand and they walked into the kitchen. "OK, Lucas. This is far enough. Put me down now."

"I don't think so, you evil fiend," said Lucas, smacking her butt playfully. "You are going to jail!" He turned around to make sure the kids were following him, then walked into the garage and unlocked the car doors. He opened one of the doors and sat Brooke down in the seat. "Have a good time in jail, buster," he said, closing and "locking" the doors. Brooke hit the window and pretended to shout stuff. Ali and Tyler were both laughing as Lucas walked over and knelt down next to them. "What do you think, Princess? Has she been in there long enough?" Ali nodded and Lucas let Brooke out of the car.

Brooke jumped out and kissed the ground, then ran over to Ali and Tyler, picking them up and setting one of them on each leg. "My babies," she said kissing them all over. "I've missed you so much! I love you and I love you and I love you!"

Pretty soon, everything was calmed down in the Scott/Davis household. Alison had "gone potty" and gotten dressed with help from Lucas and Brooke had changed Tyler. They all met back in the kitchen and had chocolate chip pancakes with whipped cream and cherries. They didn't usually have this unhealthy of a breakfast, but Lucas didn't have a game or practice today, so they were spoiling their kids. After breakfast, socks, shoes and coats were applied and the parents got dressed for a trip to the Build-A-Bear Workshop and then to the park. Once the kids were buckled into their car seats, Brooke and Lucas climbed into the front of the black Hummer and held hands all the way to the store.

Jake and Jenny sat down next to Peyton after giving her big hugs. "What are you doing here," asked Peyton again.

"Well," said Jake, "since this is your last trip to Minnesota before you move there, we figured you might want a little company. Turns out that we were right."

"I'm so glad you guys are here. I was just thinking about how bored I was."

Jenny laughed. "I was bored in the airport waiting for the plane to get here. Daddy kept telling me that I was gonna see you soon, and I was so excited."

"Oh, honey, I'm excited to see you too," said Peyton hugging the girl closer to her. She looked at Jake with tears in her eyes, and he reached for her hand. Peyton and Jenny soon switched places, and the rest of the trip was spent talking and laughing with Jake and Peyton holding hands the whole time.

It was a little after 7:00 AM on day two of the cross-country adventure for Haley and the kids. Haley had just been woken up by Jaymie and pulled her out of her playpen and into bed with her so she could feed her. After Jaymie was finished eating, she woke up Summer and Tyler and told them to put on their swimsuits so they could go swimming before they left. They were staying at the Residence Inn by Marriott is Salt Lake City, which had a nice pool. Haley put on her bathing suit and Jaymie's, then lathered sunscreen over all four of them. She also grabbed the hat she had bought for Jaymie.

They went downstairs and ate breakfast, then went into the pool. Both Summer and Ryan were incredible swimmers. They had been taking swimming lessons since they were a year old, so even though Haley kept an eye on them, she knew they were OK. She sat on the steps and played in the water with Jaymie, who she was holding in her lap.

After a couple of hours, Haley decided that it was time to leave, so they all went upstairs and changed, and then made their way down to the front office to check out. She told Ryan and Summer to sit down in the chairs and not to move until she was done, and then she carried Jaymie over to the counter.

"Hello, how may I help you?" asked the receptionist, smiling at her.

"Yes, I need to check out of my room. Here's my key," said Haley handing the lady her key. She turned around to make sure Ryan and Summer were still there, and they were. The receptionist started the check-out process, and Haley repositioned Jaymie, who was falling off her hip. Someone tapped her on the shoulder and she turned around to see a woman who looked kind-of familiar, but she couldn't figure out from where. "Can I help you?"

"Forgive me for bothering you, but your baby is so adorable. How old is she?" asked the woman.

"Well, thank you," said Haley, smiling at Jaymie. "She's two months old."

"What's her name," asked the woman, reaching out and holding Jaymie's little hand.

"Uhh… Jaymie," said Haley wondering who this woman was and why she was getting a funny feeling in her gut. She turned to check on Ryan and Summer again and breathed a sigh of relief that they were still there. She looked at the receptionist to see if she was done, but she was still typing away.

"Do you mind if I hold her?"

Haley turned back to the woman. She had been lost in her own world of panic. "What?"

"Do you mind if I hold her?" asked the woman again.

"Umm… I don't really know if I'm comfortable with that. I mean, I don't even know you."

"Oh, Haley…" said the woman. "Don't tell me you don't recognize me. Now let me hold my granddaughter."

Then it occurred to Haley who this woman was. "You're Chris' mom. Oh my God… No. Leave me and my family alone." She turned to the receptionist. "You need to hurry this up, lady."

The receptionist handed her the bill. "I'm all done. Have a nice day and come back soon…" she said, but Haley was already gone, running towards Ryan and Summer.

"Let's go. Get up, now," Haley said to the kids, pulling Ryan up and grabbing Summer's hand and running to the car. She opened it and picked up Summer and put her in. "Ryan, buckle your sister in, then get in the front seat and put your seatbelt on."

"What's going on, Mom?" asked Ryan confused.

Haley turned around and saw Chris' mother walking out the door straight towards them. "I'll tell you in a minute. Please, baby, just do this." She hooked Jaymie into her car seat, then shut the door and locked it, but not before pulling something out from under the back seat of the car. She turned around and put the knife in front of her leg so the kids couldn't see it, but Chris' mother could. "Lady, I swear to God. You stay away from my family, or I will stab you to death right here in the middle of the day. How did you find me?"

Chris' mother scoffed. "Please. After you came and saw Chris at the prison, he told me and so I went over to your house and I've been following you ever since, waiting for the right moment to have a talk with you. I'm not very happy with you, Haley. You see, you sent my son to jail for something he didn't do. Now, either you find a way to get him out, or one night, you're going to go to sleep and you'll wake up and your baby will be gone and you will never see her again."

"Don't you threaten me, you stupid old broad. You don't understand the maternal instincts I have when it comes to my kids. And you better believe that if you make any attempt to follow us to where we're going, not only will MY baby's REAL father kill you, I will go to the police and have you arrested and thrown in jail right next to your precious, rapist son." With that, she turned and pushed the unlock button on the remote just one time, so only the driver's door unlocked. She looked at Ryan and said, "Ryan, do not open your door or any other door. Do you understand me?" He nodded and she walked around and got in the driver's side of the car, then relocked the door and started the car. The tires screeched as she took off down the road.

She drove for about twenty miles making sure they weren't followed before pulling off the road and starting to cry hysterically. She felt a hand on her shoulder. "Mom? Are you… okay?"

She wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled. "Yes, I'm fine. I just got scared for you and your sisters back there." She turned around and unbuckled Summer and pulled her into her lap. "You guys need to know something. You both saw that woman back there, right?" They both nodded. "Well, you need to remember her. She is a very bad woman and she is not to come near either of you, or your sister or anyone else in our family. If she does, you need to tell me, or Daddy, or Aunt Brooke or Aunt Peyton or Uncle Lucas or Uncle Jake, OK? And if she comes to your school, you need to tell the teacher. Don't be afraid that she'll do anything to you, though. Mommy and Daddy won't let anyone hurt you." The kids both nodded to show they understood, then Haley pulled Ryan into her lap, too, and hugged them both for a long time. Finally, she let them go. "Now, what do you say we finish our road trip, huh? You guys wanna watch a movie?"

"Yeah!" they both said at the same time. "Let's watch Oliver and Company," said Ryan and after helping Summer get into her seat, he crawled into the back as Haley put Oliver and Company into the DVD player. For the next two hours, Haley, Ryan and Summer just sang along to Oliver and "had street-sidewalk fare" without a worry.

After spending two hours and nearly three-hundred dollars at the Build-A-Bear workshop, Brooke, Lucas and the kids finally left and went to the park. Lucas had helped Tyler pick out a brown teddy bear that was soft and cuddly, and they had dressed it in a Timberwolves uniform. Alison had picked out a white pony and she got all kinds of ribbons and bows for its hair and a saddle and bridle and stable to go with it. After lots of begging and whining, Lucas had let Brooke pick out a really cute looking puppy. She dressed it in a skirt, tank top, and roller blades.

While Alison went to play in the sandbox, Lucas and Brooke sat at the very edge and played in the sand with Tyler. Brooke turned to Lucas, finally having a moment away from her daughter and asked a question that had been bugging her for a while.

"Lucas, have you ever cheated on a girlfriend in the past?"

Lucas looked up at her surprised. "Whoa. Where did that come from?"

"I just need to know. Ali's dad cheated on me while I was still pregnant with her and I just don't want that to ever happen to me again."

Lucas put an arm around her shoulder. "No, honey. I have never cheated on anyone and I don't intend to start now. You have nothing to worry about… So do you want to tell me about what happened?"

Brooke smiled as she began to tell Lucas the story of the night she caught Alison's father, Danny, cheating on her and what she did about it.

FLASHBACK

Haley, Peyton and a 7-months pregnant Brooke hurried across the parking lot towards the red SUV parked in the middle. They kept glancing towards the door of the pool hall to make sure nobody was coming out. When they finally got to the car, they all couldn't stop laughing. They had peeked into the bar and seen Danny sucking up to this girl, and that was when Brooke decided what they were going to do…

Right now, he's probably slow-dancing with some

bleach-blonde tramp and she's probably getting frisky.

Right now, he's probably buying her

some fruity little drink cuz she can't shoot whiskey

Right now, he's probably up behind her with a pool stick,

Showing her how to shoot a combo… But he don't know…

That I dug my key into the side of his pretty little souped-up 4-wheel-drive.

They all pulled their keys out of their pockets and began to drag them across the metal. SSSCCCRRREEECCCHHH "AAAHH," they all screamed, but laughed and continued until the whole car was scratched up, then Brooke took her key that she had for the car and opened the door.

Carved my name into his leather seats…

She climbed up into one of the seat and took out her swiss army knife, and scratched and carved "Brooke" and "Cheater and all kinds of things all over the seats in his car. 'Oh, he is going to be ssoooooo pissed!' she thought. After she was done, she climbed out of the car and walked around to the back.

Took a Louisville slugger to both headlights,

She opened the back, and grabbed one of the bats that he had in his backseat from when he played ball with his buddies earlier. Haley and Peyton saw what she was doing, and started laughing even harder. They knew Brooke was hurting, and this was Brooke's way of dealing with pain. Later, she'd want to talk but now, she just wanted revenge, and they thought it was hilarious. Brooke swung the bat about five times on each headlight, making sure they were good and smashed.

Slashed a hole in all four tires…

Brooke took her Swiss Army knife, and went around to all four of the tires, slashing a giant, unfixable hole in them. Finally, she put away her knife, stood up and walked back to where Haley and Peyton were standing to admire their work. Then they all looked at each other and started laughing. Peyton and Haley took off across the parking lot, but Brooke stopped for a second, turned around and looked at the car. Before turning around and following her friends, she looked through the window and saw Danny making out with the girl. She smiled to herself and looked at the car…

Maybe next time he'll think before he cheats.

END FLASHBACK

Lucas laughed as Brooke finished. "Wow, Cheery. I never knew you were so… I don't even know what, but it's funny… I'm sure he was pretty pissed, huh?"

Brooke laughed. "Yeah, he screamed at me all the way up into Peyton's 5th floor apartment cuz I wouldn't let him up. It was something else. He broke my heart, though. As much fun as the revenge was, he ripped me to pieces. And I've had trouble trusting people ever since. Except for you. For some reason, I trust you with my heart and soul."

"Well, that's good. I don't ever plan to give you any reason not to trust me. I love you."

Brooke stared at him for a minute. "I love you, too, Lucas," she said. They kissed and stared into each other's eyes for a minute, then Brooke picked up Tyler and they went to play on the swings with Ali. Lucas pushed Ali and Brooke sat in the one next to her with Tyler on her lap.

Another mom who was there pushing her child looked over at them and smiled. "You guys make the cutest family. Your kids are beautiful."

"Thank you," said Brooke and Lucas, smiling at her and each other. After another hour or so of playing, Ali and Tyler were both getting tired, so everyone went home and took a nap.

Peyton, Jake and Jenny got off the plane and after grabbing her bags off the baggage claim, they walked to Jake's car and climbed in. They decided that they would stop by Brooke and Lucas' for a while, then swing by Nathan's on the way home. When they got to Brooke and Lucas' house, though, no one answered the door, so they figured they were either asleep, or just didn't want to answer the door, so they drove over to Nathan's.

Nathan was talking to Haley on the phone, and she had just told him all about Chris' mom, and that she had called the police as soon as she got to the hotel that they were staying at that night.

"Haley, do you want me to drive out there and meet you guys? I don't have a problem with that," said Nathan, worried about Haley and the kids.

"Nah, I think we'll be OK. The cops said they were going to send someone over here to stand guard tonight and if they see her, they will arrest her. And plus, I'm not as freaked out as I was before. For some reason, I have this feeling in my gut that she's not going to follow us."

"Alright, but just so you know, I want to be there with you, to protect you and the kids."

Haley smiled to herself and sighed, "I know, Nathan. And you will be soon enough. I've been thinking about our plan, though."

"Oh yeah," asked Nathan, curious and kind-of nervous. He didn't know if this was going to be good or bad.

"Yeah. I think we should move it ahead a year," said Haley, holding her breath to see what Nathan had to say.

"But, I thought you wanted to wait until Ryan graduated from 5th grade," he said.

"Well, there's lots of good elementary schools up there, and I don't want to be away from you, and I know the kids miss you. We still have plenty of time to think about it, but I just wanted to throw that out there."

"Haley, I would be ecstatic if you and the kids moved up here tomorrow," he exclaimed. "I can't wait for us all to be together and be a family. I think that's a fantastic idea!"

"OK, well, we will work out some details when we get there on Thursday. So what did you do today?"

"Well, I pretty much just…" DING DONG "Hold on, Hales. There's someone at the door." He opened the door to find Peyton, Jake and Jenny on the other side of it. "Hey guys! Come on in! Haley, it's Peyton, Jake and Jenny."

"Oh, alright, well, I've got to give the kids a bath and take a shower anyways, so I'll talk to you before we go to sleep, OK? Oh, did you wanna say hi to the kids really quick?"

"Yeah, of course," said Nathan, and as Haley passed the phone to Ryan, Nathan held up a finger telling the three that he would just be one more minute. They nodded, and went to sit on the couch.

"Hi, Dad," said Ryan, coming on the phone. "I miss you."

"Hey buddy, I miss you too. Are you having fun on your road trip with Mom and your sisters?" asked Nathan, missing Ryan even though he was talking to him.

"Yeah, we watched Oliver and Company today. But Mom's making me read a book for school, too. It's really boring."

"Oh, yeah? Well, maybe you can finish it before you get here, and then you can just have fun with all of us at Tyler's birthday. How does that sound?"

"OK… I will try to finish it tomorrow."

"Good, job, Ryan. That's what I want to hear. OK, let me talk to Summer before I have to go. I'll talk to you tomorrow, buddy. I love you."

"I love you, too, Dad. Bye," said Ryan and gave Summer the phone. "Summer, talk to Daddy."

Summer grabbed the phone and got a big smile on her face. "HI DADDY!" she yelled into the phone.

Nathan's eyes filled with tears. He missed his little girl. "Hey, sweetheart. How are you? I miss you."

"I miss you too, Daddy. I fine. I getting ready to take a bath."

"Well, that's good. Are you stinky?" asked Nathan, laughing as he said it.

"NO, I not stinky," said Summer. "OK, Daddy. I got to go. I wove you."

"I love you, too, Angel. Have a good bath. I'll talk to you later."

"OK, bye," said Summer, then handed the phone back to Haley.

"OK, babe, I'll let you go. Say hi to Peyton and Jake and Jenny for me, OK?"

"Alright, honey, I'll talk to you later. Good night."

"Goodnight," said Haley. They both hung up their phones, then whispered, "I love you."

Alison snuck into her parent's room and crawled over to the bed. She peeked over the edge and saw that her parents were both still asleep, then backed up to the door. "BANZAI!" she yelled, jumping into the middle of the bed between Brooke and Lucas.

They both groaned, and then pretended like they were still asleep, hoping that Ali would believe it and then go back to her room, but they soon realized that wasn't going to happen.

Alison climbed onto her mother's stomach and tried to pull open her eyelids. "Mommy, aw you awake?"

"No. Mommy's sleeping. Lay down with me, baby," Brooke said, wrapping her arms around her daughter and turning towards Lucas, who wrapped his arms around both of them. They stayed that way for about twenty minutes until Tyler started to cry. Lucas got out of bed, changed him, then brought him into the room to lay with them.

The little family ended up watching cartoons until everyone decided they were hungry, so they went downstairs and Brooke made sandwiches for her, Lucas and Ali, and make a "baby food sundae" for Tyler complete with peas, carrots, and baby chicken noodle soup.

Halfway through their meal, they heard a knock on the door. Brooke looked at Lucas questioningly. Lucas shook his head, "I don't know. I'm not expecting anyone." He got up and went to the door.

"Surprise," yelled Peyton, Jake, Jenny and Nathan from the other side.

"Peyton!" squealed Brooke, coming out of the kitchen. "I didn't know you were here yet!"

"Yeah, well, we came by earlier, but you guys didn't answer the door," said Peyton hugging one of her best friends.

"Oh. We took a nap together," said Brooke smiling.

They spent the rest of the day catching up and playing with the kids in the back yard. At around 8, everybody left and Brooke and Lucas put their kids to bed, then went into their room for a little "grown-up time".

Peyton, Jake and Jenny dropped Nathan off at his house, then drove home. Jenny fell asleep as soon as she was tucked in, and Peyton and Jake collapsed in the bed and fell asleep, exhausted from jet lag and all the excitement of the day.

As soon as Nathan walked inside, he picked up his cell phone and dialed Haley's cell.

"Hello?" said Haley, answering the phone while trying to feed Jaymie and get Summer to put her pajamas on.

"Hey babe. What's wrong," asked Nathan.

"Nothing, I'm just getting frustrated with your daughter," said Haley, finally detaching herself from a sleeping Jaymie and setting her down in the play pen beside the bed. She adjusted her bra and shirt, then went after Summer again.

"Which one?"

"The older one. Summer, please put your pajamas on. Mommy's tired and wants to go to sleep. Jaymie and Ryan are already asleep. It's time for you to be, too."

"I no want go to sweep," said Summer, crossing her arms.

Haley sighed. "Why not?"

"Because I no talk to Daddy. He tell me he tawk to me water, and I no tawk to him."

"That's all? Why didn't you just tell me that. Daddy's on the phone right now. Do you want to talk to him?"

Summer nodded and took the phone after Haley offered it to her. "Hewwo, Daddy."

"Hi, baby. Are you causing problems for your mommy?" said Nathan, sitting down on the bed and taking his shoes off.

"No," said Summer. "I just wanted to tawk to you."

"Oh, OK, well you need to put your jammies on, OK? I'm going to see you in two days and I don't want you to be tired."

"OK, Daddy. I wove you. Goodnight."

"Goodnight, baby. Sweet dreams."

Haley and Nathan talked for a few more minutes while Summer put on her pajamas, then climbed into bed with Haley. In Haley's opinion, Ryan was too old to share a bed with his sister, so Summer was sleeping in bed with Haley until they got to Nathan's house. After the two hung up, they all settled in for the night to go to sleep.

The next day and a half passed without problems. It was now June 24th, and Tyler's party was just getting started. Everyone was there except for Haley and the kids, but they were only about 15 minutes away.

Brooke and Ali were wearing matching yellow sundresses, Lucas and Nathan were both wearing tan shorts, but Lucas was wearing a yellow shirt to match his girls, while Nathan was wearing a dark blue shirt. Tyler was pretty much matching his dad, except he had a yellow tank top because it was too hot for him to be wearing a shirt. Peyton and Jake were both wearing jeans. Peyton was wearing a white shirt and Jake was wearing a black-and-white striped shirt. Jenny was wearing a light blue sundress and a straw bonnet. Everyone said she looked adorable.

Just as the food was brought out by Lucas and Nathan, Haley pulled up in the Tahoe. Ryan opened the back door and, after unbuckling Summer and helping her out of the car, ran towards Nathan. "Dad!" he yelled jumping into Nathan's, who had set the food down, arms.

"Hey buddy," said Nathan, hugging him tightly. "Oh, I've missed you so much! I can't believe you're here!"

"Daddy!" said Summer running up to him. Nathan bent down and scooped her up, too, then hugged both of them tightly again.

"Hi, Angel. How are you? You look so pretty, and your brother looks so nice." Ryan was wearing tan pants and a dark blue shirt to match Nathan, and Summer was wearing a pink shirt and a jean skirt.

After Haley unbuckled Jaymie from the car seat, she walked over to Nathan, who put the Ryan and Summer down so they could say hi to everybody else, then picked Jaymie up out of Haley's arms and hugged her and cuddled her. "Hello, my precious baby girl. I've missed you." He put his arm around Haley and hugged her close, then kissed her gently, yet passionately. "I've missed you, too, baby. I'm so glad you're finally here."

Haley hugged him, and kissed him back. "Me too. I don't ever want to leave again," she said smiling.

He smiled, too, "Then don't."

They talked quietly for another couple of seconds, then turned around and Haley gave hugs and kisses all around, while Jaymie was passed around through the adults and the older kids. Finally, everyone sat down to eat. After they ate, they allowed Tyler to smash his hands and face into a little cake that was made especially for him, much to Brooke's protest.

Once Brooke and Haley went into the house, Brooke to change Tyler's clothes, and Haley to feed Jaymie, everyone put the presents on the table, and proceeded to play tag with the kids. Everyone except Peyton, who was not feeling very well. She got up from the table and went inside to talk with her friends.

As she walked into Tyler's room, she saw Brooke standing at the changing table finishing putting Tyler's clothes on, and Haley sitting in the rocking chair, feeding Jaymie with her eyes closed and a smile on her face. Peyton took a deep breath, and cleared her throat to get their attention. When they both looked up at her, she smiled at them. "Guys, I think I'm pregnant."

Author's Note: Yay! This chapter is finally done! Sorry it took me so long. I had serious writer's block, then my kids got sick, then Christmas, and blah blah blah…

So Peyton is pregnant! Whoo-hoo! Or is she?… Don't worry. Chris' mother will not be making an appearance anytime soon. I haven't written her out of the story, because she will be back, I'm just not sure when.

One of my friends asked this, and I don't know if you were wondering, so I figured I would just say it. All of the places in my story are real places. I have either looked them up on the internet or already know where they are. Like the hospital where Jaymie was born: that's where I was born, so all the places are REAL! Also, I base people's actions on real life. Like, I got a dog for Christmas from my husband, so in the next chapter, someone will be getting a dog. I'm not sure who yet, though…

The song in this chapter is "Before He Cheats" by Carrie Underwood… I really like her music!

Review, please! I love to read them! Oh, and just for fun, what's you favorite kind of dog, and your favorite… car?