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 yet again, because I thought Tyler's birthday was a little bit boring. It's September 13th. Also known as the day all little kids go back to school in Apple Valley, Minnesota. Haley and the kids moved to Minnesota soon after Tyler's birthday, and are living happily with Nathan. Peyton is 5 months pregnant. I know it was only 3 months ago, but you'll see. So Ryan, Jenny, Summer, and Alison are all starting school today. (Summer and Ali are going to preschool.) I think that's all you need to know for now… Happy reading!
"Jenny! Come on, honey. You don't want to be late for your first day of school, do you?" asked Peyton walking into the kitchen to make Jenny's lunch.
"Yes! I don't want to school!" yelled Jenny down the stairs.
"Why not?" asked Peyton, rolling her eyes. She already knew why not, but she figured she would humor Jenny.
"Because that girl's gonna make fun of me again."
"Don't you remember what I told you to do, Jen? Do you want me to come in there with you?"
"No. I just don't wanna look at her ugly face at all," said Jenny, finally coming down the stairs.
"Well, then don't. Everytime she looks at you, just turn away. Hey, maybe you could pretend she's like, Medusa, and if you look at her, you'll die!" said Peyton waving her fingers like snakes.
Jenny laughed. "You're crazy, Mom."
Peyton smiled, then ruffled Jenny's hair. "I know. I get it from you."
"Oh, Nathan, get the camera!" cried Haley up the stairs as her babies walked down dressed for school. "Oh, you two look wonderful. Come here." She kneeled down and hugged them both close, trying not to cry. She didn't know why she was so emotional. Probably because this was Summer's first day of school. She had been that way with Ryan, too. She followed him around for an hour with the video camera before the teacher told her she had to leave.
Nathan came down the stairs carrying a camera in one hand and 5-month-old Jaymie in the other. "Hey, what's the love fest down here? Why wasn't I invited?" He put Jaymie in her bouncer, then picked Summer up and cuddled her close. "You look so beautiful, sweetheart. I'm so proud of you for not being sad about going to school."
He set her down, then knealt down in front of Ryan. "Alright buddy, first day in a new school. Are you nervous?"
"Nah. Not really," said Ryan. "I mean, Jenny is there, even though she's not in my class. And anyways, I can't be nervous, cuz I'm the big brother, and if I get nervous, then Summer will, too. And I don't want her to be nervous. I want her to have fun."
"Well, you are a very brave young man." He stood up and put his arm around Haley, who was getting very weepy.
"Can you believe it? Our little babies all grown up! Next year, she'll be in kindergarten and he'll be in sixth grade!"
Nathan kissed her forehead and hugged her. "Hey, they're going to be fine. And they'll be home in a few hours, OK?"
Haley nodded. "I know. I just… they're so grown up… just a mom thing, I guess…" They both laughed. Haley turned to the kids and posed them to take pictures on their first day. After she and Nathan took a zillion pictures of just the kids, the kids with one of them, the kids with both of them, and finally the whole family, with Ryan holding Jaymie in his lap, they were ready to go.
Brooke was in as bad of shape as Haley. "Lucas, she's not going. It's decided. She's not old enough." She said crossing her arms and pouting.
Lucas laughed and shook his head. "Brooke, she's three years old. She old enough to go to school. Besides, Summer's going to be there to play with her."
"So? That doesn't mean she'll like it. And plus, she just BARELY turned three. She's not ready!"
Just as Brooke was saying this, Ali came out of her room dressed in purple jeans, a pink sweater, green shoes, and an orange hat. "Okay, I ready!" she announced to the room.
Brooke and Lucas tried not to laugh, but one look at each other and it was over. They fell over laughing, and Brooke finally managed to get up and go over to her daughter. "Honey, your outfit looks beautiful, but let's see if we can pick out something a little more appropriate." They walked down the hall into her room, and fifteen minutes later, came out with Ali dressed in blue jeans, a pink shirt with a pink fluffy parka-jacket-thing over it, with pink shoes and her hair was braided.
Lucas picked her up and swung her around, then kissed her cheek. "You look absolutely beautiful, Alison. You better not go breaking all those little boy's hearts your first day, OK?"
Ali nodded, her eyes wide and serious. "Oh Daddy, I won't. I promise. Boys have cooties, except you and Tylo."
"That's right," said Lucas. "And you remember that for the rest of your life."
"Lucas, leave her alone," said Brooke laughing. After taking a million pictures of her and their family, they were ready to go.
"Jake, hurry up!" called Peyton up the stairs. She was starting to feel like an alarm clock or something. "We've got to go if we're going to meet everyone before we take the kids to school!" They had all planned on meeting at a coffee shop down the street to wish the kids good luck, and also to just say hello. After they dropped the kids off, the guys had to go to practice, and the girls were gonna have a mommy-and-me day, which included, in Brooke's opinion at least, lots of shopping.
"Alright… I'm here!" Jake said, coming down the stairs. He hugged and kissed Jenny. "Hi, sweetheart. You look beautiful. Are you excited about your first day back at school?"
Jenny shrugged. "I guess… I mean, I've only got… what? Ten more of these things to go?"
"Ooh… Peyton, I think Jenny's picking up on your broody attitude thing… I don't know if I appreciate it."
"Sorry, Daddy. I just don't know if I'm ready to go back to school yet. Maybe I should stay home for a couple more days," said Jenny looking at her Dad hopefully.
"Nice try, Jen. But you're going to school, and you're going to have fun!"
Jenny rolled her eyes. "Oh yeah, a blast."
Peyton made Jenny's lunch, and then after taking a couple of pictures, mostly just of Jenny by herself, they left to go meet everyone for coffee. They were, of course, the first ones to arrive, because Nathan and Haley had a whole brood to wrangle, and Brooke and Lucas were probably fighting over which way to get to the restaurant, or something like that. They went to the back and grabbed the two biggest booths in the corner. They figured they could all fit in one, but they got two just in case.
Nathan and Haley were the next to arrive, and after everyone had greeted everyone else, they all sat down with Jake on one end with Peyton, who was holding Jaymie, sitting next to him. Then came Haley, Summer, Nathan, and Ryan, while Jenny sat on the outside because she was still sulking about going to school. Until Ryan started telling her how much fun he had in second grade, that is. She was telling him about the girl that made fun of her, and he said that he would protect her. All the adults smiled as they watched this exchange between the two.
Brooke and Lucas finally showed up about ten minutes later. "Sorry," said Brooke, sliding in next to Jenny after putting Ali in the booster seat she had grabbed by the door. "Broody here decided that the light was perfect outside to take ten million more pictures of our sweet little angel on her first day of school." She rolled her eyes at Peyton and Haley, then smiled innocently at Lucas.
Haley laughed, "It's OK, Brooke. We figured you would be late, so we told you to be here twenty minutes earlier than you had to. Now give me that little boy!" she said reaching out to take Tyler from Lucas' hands.
"Ugh…" said Brooke. "That is so not… OK, it's true. You guys know me too well!"
They all laughed and chatted for about fifteen minutes, then left and loaded up into the Hummer and the Tahoe, since they decided to leave Jake and Peyton's car there. All the kids went to the same school, since there was a preschool there as well, so they parked and got out and made their way into the school. Some of the other parents were staring at them because they had so many kids running around in different directions.
"Ali, come over here and meet your new teacher." "Ryan, stop chasing your sister around the playground!" "Jenny, stop pulling that little girl's hair! Oh, that's the girl who made fun of you? OK, beat the crap out of her, but wait until the teacher's not around, honey," "Summer, Ali, it's time for you to go to your class!"
Haley and Brooke got on their knees in front of their little girls and hugged them tightly, both of them crying along with their little girls. After the moms finally let their babies go, Lucas and Nathan picked up the girls, both trying to hold their tears back, but not doing a very great job of it.
The teacher came over and talked to all of the parents for a minute, then took Summer and Alison's hands and lead them towards the classroom. "Bye Mommy! Bye Daddy!" they both said, waving sadly at their parents.
"Bye, baby! I love you! I'll miss you, but I'll see you in just a little while, OK? Have fun! Be good!" yelled Haley and Brooke, both wiping their eyes. They all stood and watched the girls start playing with the other kids, then walked off to find Jenny and Ryan's classes. They dropped Jenny off first, and after hugging and kissing her and saying they would see her later, Peyton and Jake watched her walk into her class and push the little girl whose hair she had been pulling earlier out of her way as she walked past. They made sure the other girl wasn't going to do anything, then laughed and followed the others to Ryan's class.
Haley hugged Ryan tightly. "OK, honey. You have a good first day, OK? You're gonna be fine. Don't worry. I'll be here to pick you and Summer up as soon as you get out of school. I love you."
Ryan hugged her back. "I love you too, Mom. Don't worry. I'll be fine." He hugged Nathan next. "Bye Dad. Have a good practice. Do you think when you get home tonight, we could play in the backyard?"
"Sure, buddy. Have a good day, OK? I'm gonna miss you. I love you," said Nathan, hugging his son. 'God, this is harder than I imagined!' he thought to himself.
"I love you too. Bye!" Ryan said, then walked into his classroom, the door shutting behind him.
All of the parents walked out of the school, Nathan carrying Jaymie and Jake carrying Tyler, while Brooke and Haley hugged each other at the same time as they were walking. Lucas came out last, as he peeked back into the playground to see Ali, his little girl now, playing with Summer and a another little girl and laughing. 'Bye, sweetie. Daddy loves you' he thought to himself, then hurried after everybody else. Nathan, Lucas and Jake left in Lucas' hummer to go to practice, and Haley, Peyton and Brooke buckled Tyler and Jaymie into their car seats and then took off to eat breakfast, then go to the mall.
The first store they went into was "The Children's Place", which was a children's clothing store. They went to the newborn section, and Brooke and Haley started holding things up to Peyton's stomach while she laughed.
"P. Sawyer, you are getting a baby belly!" squealed Brooke, rubbing Peyton's stomach. "That is so cute! Aren't you excited? Just think… In four months, you will have a baby of your own to carry around! At least you didn't have to wait an extra month like you thought."
Petyon laughed. "Yeah, I know. That was the weirdest thing. When the doctor said I was two months pregnant, I didn't believe her, because I had had 'the curse' the month before, but she said those things happened sometimes. She said that she had a woman who didn't even know she was pregnant until she was eight months along, and one day while she was at Jazzercise, she stopped moving and her stomach didn't! Isn't that crazy?"
"Wow… that is crazy…" said Haley, who had moved on to the infant girl's clothes. "Oh… look! Isn't this adorable?"
Peyton and Brooke hurried over to check out Haley's discovery. They spent nearly two hours ooh-ing and aah-ing over the clothes in all the children's stores before Jaymie started crying. So they made a run to the bathroom to change the kids, then fed them before finally decided that they had done enough shopping for the day, and decided to go home. As they were walking out, though, they passed a nail salon and decided that since both Tyler and Jaymie were asleep, they would get manicures and pedicures. As they were all sitting in the pedicure chairs, they started laughing and talking about the guys and how much their lives had changed since they met them.
"I have to say, girls," said Haley, I was getting a little bit doubtful that I would ever meet Mr. Right, or even someone close to that. I mean, there was Chris, and before that, well, you guys know all the crappy boyfriends I've had. Nathan made my dreams come true the day I met him, and he continues to even today."
"I know how you feel, Hales," said Brooke. "Lucas is the best thing to happen to Alison and me. I mean, I was happy being a single parent, but I always wanted that one thing that my heart was missing, you know? And now I have it. I have it in Lucas and that beautiful baby boy. They were the missing pieces to my family."
Peyton sighed and put her hand over her heart, pretending to tear up. "That was the sweetest thing I have ever heard come out of your mouth, Brooke Davis," she said in a fake Southern accent.
Brooke and Haley laughed. "Shut up, Peyton. You know you feel the exact same way about Jake, Jenny, and Baby Unknown," said Brooke, slapping Peyton playfully on the arm.
Peyton smiled. "Yeah, I suppose I do. Jake is everything that I will ever need in my life. And being around Jenny has made me realize that there are more important things in life than what I thought, you know? Everyday, she surprises and makes me think and re-evaluate myself. And she's only six!"
All three girls laughed and continued gossiping until Jaymie woke up. Haley had the person working on her toes to hand Jaymie to her, and soon they were done, so they paid, then went to Haley and Nathan's house to watch a movie.
They all discussed and fought over which movie to watch. Peyton wanted to watch Teaching Mrs. Tingle, Brooke wanted to watch Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and Haley wanted to watch The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. They finally decided that they would watch Brooke's movie first, then if there was time, they would watch Peyton's, then Haley's.
When Nathan, Lucas and Jake arrived at Nathan and Haley's house around 1:00, they found all three girls asleep on the couch, Jaymie laying on Haley's stomach and chest, Tyler curled up asleep in the crook of Brooke's arm, and Peyton with her arms wrapped securely around her stomach. They woke the girls up, telling them it was time to go pick up the kids. The three of them jumped up, exclaiming about how they would finally be able to see their babies and scrambled around the house getting ready while the guys laughed and headed out to the car.
They arrived just as the bell was ringing, and met up with Jenny and Ryan in the hallway.
"Jenny! Ryan!" yelled Peyton to get their attention. The kids saw them and ran over to them. Jake caught Jenny up in his arms and swung her around. Haley kneeled on the ground, as did Nathan, and they hugged Ryan, and pretty soon both Haley and Peyton were in tears. After the mini-reunion, they walked to the playground to pick up the girls.
"Mommy! Daddy!" yelled Summer and Alison as they saw their parents, and ran over to them. Summer jumped into Haley's arms while Alison ran straight into Lucas', who had bent down to pick her up. The girls were hugged and kissed by everyone, and then the parents got a progress report from their teacher about how the day had gone. Both girls had done extremely well, and the teacher kept praising them for how they didn't cry or anything when their parents left.
They all went over to Peyton and Jake's house for dinner and the kids swapped stories about their first day of school. At around 7:30, Brooke, Lucas, Nathan and Haley left to head home and put the kids to bed.
Brooke and Lucas, exhausted from the day, went straight to bed after putting Tyler and Alison to sleep, while Peyton and Jake stayed awake and talked about their baby and whether they should find out if it was going to be a girl or not. Nathan and Haley laid in bed talking for a couple of hours before they both dozed off. Everything was peaceful in the small town of Apple Valley, Minnesota. Little did they know, that would all be changing very shortly.
Author's Note: OK, I know this is short and kinda sucky, but I don't know when I'm going to be updating again, so I wanted to get something out to satisfy your craving. Plus, there's not much to write about on the first day of school. So, I got laid off from my job today, so I have to look for a new one, but I think I might just become a stay-at-home mom for a while… Which would mean more updates for my loyal fans. I know I promised a dog in this story, but I couldn't find a place to put one in this chapter, but I think I've got a plan for the next chapter… Who knows?
Anyways, review please!
Good night!
