Summary: This is a Naley, Brucas, Jeyton story, but with a few twists and turns. Everyone lives in Apple Valley, Minnesota where Lucas, Nathan and Jake play basketball for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Haley and Nathan live together with her niece and nephew and her/their daughter. (Read the rest of the story if you don't understand!) Brooke and Lucas live together with his son and her daughter. Peyton lives with Jake and Jenny, and Peyton is six months pregnant.
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, last chapter, we left off with Dan intruding on Nathan and Haley's special moment. This chapter, we find out why he is here, and who is with him. Also, another character comes into the fray. Enjoy!
"Well, isn't this the sweetest thing you've ever seen?"
Lucas and Nathan both turned at the sound of the voice and stared, shocked at the man that was standing there. They had both thought they would never see Dan Scott again, but there he was, in the flesh, smiling.
"What's wrong, boys? Can't say hello to your own father?" Dan asked, pretending to look hurt.
"What are you doing here?" asked Nathan, getting up from his spot on the floor and standing in front of his father.
"Well, I heard from a reliable source that my sons were making some big changes in their lives, and I had to come see for myself." He looked around at all the kids and adults that were sitting around. "Now, please just tell me all these brats don't belong to you."
With that, Nathan punched his father so hard that he knocked him out cold. The woman who was with him crouched down on the floor. "What the hell was that for?"
At first, Nathan hadn't recognized the woman, but when he saw her face up close, he realized who it was. "Nicki!" He looked at Jake, but Jake shrugged his shoulders before advancing on Nicki.
"I thought I told you to stay away from my family, Nicki," said Jake.
"Yeah, well, I couldn't really help it seeing as how my fiancé wanted me to meet his family. But of course, I've already met some of you." She winked at Lucas, who was still in shock from seeing her and Dan.
"Wait a minute," said Nathan. "You're engaged to my father! That's sick. He's old enough to be your dad!"
"So?" said Nicki, then looked down at Dan, who was starting to regain consciousness. "I don't care about age. I love him and he loves me. We support each other."
"So this is who you think is going to help you win custody of Jenny? Do you have any idea how awful that man is? He had done nothing but ruin everyone's life who's ever known him," said Jake. "But no matter how persuasive he is, you'll never have Jenny! Ever! Now get out of this house, and don't ever come back here again. And take your gold mine here with you." Jake turned from Nicki and walked into the living room, taking Jenny's hand and leading her outside to play with Denny.
Nathan continued to stare down at his father until Haley came and put a hand on his shoulder. "Nate? Are you OK?"
"Yeah. I'm fine. I just have to deal with my dad. Why don't you and Brooke and Peyton take the kids outside with Jake? Me and Lucas need to talk to Dan."
"Alright, babe. Just be careful, OK? Don't get into trouble." She kissed him, then walked out of the room carrying Jaymie followed by Brooke, Peyton and the rest of the kids.
"So, DAN," said Lucas, coming to stand by his brother. "Care to tell us the real reason you're here?"
Dan slowly got up from the floor and Nicki stood up behind him. "The reason I'm here is to make sure that you two don't let these women," he paused to turn his face into a disgusted frown, "interfere with basketball. I know how it happens. You think you've found the right girl, then you decide to give up everything for her and end up flipping burgers at McDonald's."
"Oh, right," said Nathan. "Like you gave it all up for Mom, right? Or for Karen? You found the right girl twice, didn't you? But you managed to screw up both of those and your career. Well, guess what, Dan? We're nothing like you. We have responsibilities and we handle them, while still continuing our careers."
"Oooh… that hurts, son. But you know what? One of these days you're going to realize that you don't want this life anymore. You're not gonna want some girl's kids from some other guy running around bugging you. And when that happens? Don't come running to me."
"So, if you don't want some girl's kids from another guy running around bugging you, why are you trying to help this tramp, I mean, Nicki, get Jenny away from Jake?" asked Lucas, smirking at Nicki as he called her a tramp.
But Nicki closed her eyes and stepped forward. "Because she's not Jake's daughter. She's Dan's."
"What do you think they're talking about in there?" asked Haley, peeking through the window at the group inside.
"Well, from what Lucas has told me, Dan's pretty much of an ass, so they're probably chewing him out for being here and for saying those things about the kids. But, when you think about it, it is kinda funny, huh? I mean, these are a lot of kids for only three guys!" The girls laughed as they watched the kids play.
"I just hope that Dan isn't trying to convince Nathan and Lucas that they're better off without us. I mean, Nathan told me about how his father used to influence him before. What if he does it again?" Haley looked at her friends, worried, as she said this.
"Oh, Hales," said Peyton. "Nathan loves you so much. I mean, just look at the humungo rock on your finger. He spilled his heart out to you and asked you to marry him. That's got to be some kind of a sign that he's committed to you, right?"
Haley smiled as she looked at the ring. "Yeah, you're right." Brooke put her arm around Peyton and Haley and they all giggled. They looked down at Tyler and Jaymie who were playing in the grass, and right then, Jaymie got up on her knees and started rocking back and forth. Haley gasped and pointed it out to Brooke and Peyton, who were already watching, excited. As they watched, Jaymie made her first attempt at crawling. She fell, but immediately got back up and tried again. "I've got to tell Nathan!" said Haley and she ran towards the door and pulled it open. "Nathan! Come out here! Jaymie's trying to crawl!"
Nathan sprinted towards the door and walked out to see Jaymie on her hands and knees and rocking back and forth. He went over and got down on the ground in front of her, with a big smile on his face. "That's right, Jaymie. Come to Daddy. Come on. Crawl to Daddy!" Jaymie smiled and babbled at Nathan, and then attempted to crawl again. This time, she succeeded a couple of times before falling, and Nathan scooped her up and kissed her all over. "Good job, baby! Daddy's so proud of you! You did it! Yay!" Jaymie just giggled shyly at all the attention she was receiving from Nathan.
Haley came over and showered her with more love and affection, and Nathan just smiled down at them. When Haley looked up, she saw that Lucas, Nicki and Dan had come outside to watch this. Nathan led her over to where they were standing. "Dan, this is my fiancé Haley, and our daughter Jaymie."
Haley held out her hand, which Dan shook begrudgingly. "Nice to meet you." Dan nodded his head and Nathan called Summer and Ryan over.
"And this is Ryan, our son, and Summer, our older daughter." Dan just nodded at them before shaking his head at Nathan. Haley looked back and forth between the two, feeling uncomfortable, before telling Ryan and Summer, who looked a little scared, to go play again. Then she walked over and put Jaymie back down on the blanket, and sat down by Peyton.
Brooke had been called over by Lucas and was then introduced to Dan. He was just as cool to her as he was to Haley, and barely acknowledged that Tyler and Alison had also been introduced to him. Lucas looked at Brooke out of the corner of his eye and smiled at her. She knew the only reason he was introducing Brooke to his father was to rub it in his face that he was happy. And she couldn't say that this made her angry in the slightest.
Nathan looked back at Dan and Nicki. "Well, as you can see, we're having a bit of a party here, so you two can just leave and never come back. That would be great with us." He and Lucas steered Nicki and Dan back into the house and towards the front door. "Oh, and by the way, Nicki. Don't try to lie to us about Dan being Jenny's father. Jake had a paternity test done after she was born, remember? And he is most definitely her father."
Nicki opened her mouth to say something, but nothing came out, so she just glanced at Dan, then walked out the door. Dan turned towards his sons. "Believe me, boys. You haven't heard the last of me. I want us to all be a family again. And as soon as you get rid of those skanks and their brats, we'll make it happen." Nathan reared back to punch him again, but Lucas stopped him, saying it was not worth it. They just shut the door in Dan's face, and Lucas walked towards the backyard where his family and friends were waiting. Nathan said that he would be out in a minute, he just had one phone call to make.
"Karen's Café, how may I help you?"
Nathan smiled at the voice that brought back so many memories of his childhood. "Yes, I would like to place an order please."
"OK, what would you like?"
"I'd like… to know why my mom doesn't recognize her own son's voice. It hasn't been that long, has it.?"
Deb gasped and clutched the phone tighter. "Nathan! Oh, Hi sweetie! How are you?"
"I'm OK. I just had a little run-in with Dad and I was wondering if you knew anything about it?"
"Oh, no. What did your father do now?" said Deb, rubbing her forehead. After Deb and Dan had gotten divorced, she and Nathan had moved away from Tree Hill, where Nathan, Jake and Lucas had grown up, and they both thought that Dan didn't know where they were.
"Well, he just happened to show up today right when I was proposing to Haley," said Nathan, hoping that his mom would say that she didn't know anything about it.
"You proposed to Haley? Oh honey, I'm so happy for you! I'm sorry your father ruined it, though. I swear, I had no idea that he even found you. What happened?" Deb was ecstatic. She hadn't met Haley yet, but from what she had heard from Nathan, the girl was absolutely wonderful and she and her kids made her son happy. And that was what mattered.
"Well, he showed up with his FIANCE, who happened to be Jenny's mom. You remember her, right?" Deb just acknowledged the comment with a disgusted "uh-huh" and waited for Nathan to continue. "Yeah, so after that shock was over, he called Haley and her friends skanks and all the kids brats, and I punched him, and it felt REALLY good."
Deb laughed at his last part. "Well, I'm glad you punched him. Your father always did do things the most outrageous way he could. Hopefully he'll leave you alone, though. Otherwise, get a restraining order against him and what's-her-name. He won't violate a restraining order. He can't afford to go to jail."
"Yeah, I suppose that's true. So are you still planning on coming here with Karen and Keith for Christmas?"
"That's the plan, honey. I have a favor to ask of you, though."
"OK, what is it?" asked Nathan, even though he already knew what it was, or at least he thought he did.
"Would you mind if Aaron came with us? I'd really like to include him in the traditional family Christmas."
Nathan smiled. This was exactly what he had expected. "Of course Aaron can come, Mom. I already told you. I really like the guy. He's good for you. OK, well, I'm going to let you go for now, cuz we're all going trick-or-treating tonight and I need to go celebrate my soon-to-be wife's birthday. I'll talk to you soon, Mom. I love you."
"I love you too, sweetie. And thank you. Tell Haley happy birthday and that I can't wait to meet her. And have fun tonight. Make sure to have the kids wear something that reflects!"
"OK, I will. Bye Mom."
"Bye, Nate. I love you."
After Nathan hung up the phone, he walked outside to see Lucas, Jake and Brooke playing with all the kids and Haley and Peyton sitting on the ground coaxing Jaymie to crawl. He walked over and sat down behind Haley, who leaned back against him and smiled before giving him a quick kiss. "Everything OK, babe?"
"Yeah. I just talked to my Mom. She said Happy Birthday, and she can't wait to meet you when they all come up here for Christmas."
"Oh, that's so sweet. I can't wait to meet her, either. I have a feeling we're going to get along really well."
"Me, too." They kissed again, then turned back to find Jaymie had crawled across the blanket and was almost to them. They both held out their arms and called her. After a couple more falls, she finally made it to them, and they hugged and kissed her, and so did all the other adults. They spent the next couple of hours all playing with the kids and then ate lunch before everyone went home to change into their costumes. They were all going to meet at Jake and Peyton's, then head out to trick-or-treat together.
Jake was dressed up as Superman, which Jenny had helped pick out for him. She had wanted to change the S to a D for SuperDad, but they couldn't figure out how to do it, so they left it alone. Peyton was wearing a long white dress, and had her hair loose around her shoulders. She was dressed up as a goddess. She couldn't remember which one it was, whichever one was pregnant in the pictures of her. She decided as she was getting dressed, though, that she was going to be Aphrodite. Jenny was dressed up as an accident victim. She already had the broken arm, and Peyton put cuts and bruises all over her face while Jake took her clothes outside and ran over them several times with the car.
Haley and Nathan were the first to arrive at Peyton and Jake's. They were both wearing jeans and white t-shirts with the letter P in silver letters on their shirts. They also had makeup on to make it look like they had black eyes. When asked what their costume was, they said they were "The Black-Eyed Peas". Peyton and Jake laughed, saying that was a dumb costume, but original. Ryan was dressed as a skateboarder. He had just recently learned how to do an Ollie on his board, and decided that's what he wanted to be. Summer was a princess. She had a pretty purple dress, and a crown and everything. Jaymie was a bumblebee.
Brooke and Lucas finally arrive about twenty minutes later. Lucas was wearing a flannel shirt and jeans, and said that he was Paul Bunyan. He even held up a cut-out of a blue ox saying that it was "Babe". (In case you don't know the story of Paul Bunyan, he was a very tall logger/axe person… he cut down trees! Anyways… he had a blue ox that was named Babe… hence the cutout. It's all make believe by the way!) Brooke was wearing a red halter top that showed off her boobs and her stomach, short shorts, cowboy boots, and a blonde wig. She said that she was Jessica Simpson in the Dukes of Hazzard. Alison was dressed up in a low-cut tank top, a suit jacket, and a short skirt. Haley and Peyton asked her what she was, afraid that they already knew the answer. "I'm Mommy when she goes to work!" said Alison proudly, batting her mascara-covered eyelashes. Everyone looked at Brooke who was smiling down at her daughter. She ignored them, and Lucas handed Tyler, who was dressed as a lion, over to Nathan. All of the adults decided that they would walk the streets just around the neighborhood until it got too cold and dark, then they would all go home.
They trick-or-treated for almost two hours before finally heading home. The parents went through their kids' candy, pretending like they were checking for poison, but really picking out the good stuff for themselves, and after they let the kids eat a couple pieces, sent them to their rooms for the night with promises of candy to take to school the next day. As Haley went to lock the front door and turn off the light, she thought about how perfect this day had turned out. She had been dreading all of last night, but it was wonderful. Yeah, Dan had tried to ruin it. But he couldn't. She was so happy. Her dreams were finally coming true, and no one could stop that from happening. She knew everything was going to be OK.
Author's Note: I know, kinda short, only 7 pages, but I wanted to get the issues with Dan and Nicki out there. I don't really have a plan yet, except that Nicki will NOT be getting custody of Jenny, and eventually her and Dan will leave town with their tails between their legs. I plan on having the next chapter out within a couple of days. I only have one beautiful distraction now that my two oldest kids are back at school and my hubby is at work… I love them all to death, but they drive me crazy! Lol… Anyways, review and tell me what you think! How do you think I should get rid of Dan and Nicki? And who do you think should be the next character from the past to appear in the story?
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