(Nathan's POV)

I was still in shock when we got home. And truth be told I didn't know weather to be overjoyed or enraged. On one hand, Haley might still want us together, like a family. But, if she did want us to be together than why didn't she ever come home. Why didn't she tell me about my daughter? On the other hand, were the hell does she get off thinking that she can still be Mrs. Nathan Scott? She left me in the middle of the night. She lied to me. I loved Haley so, so, so much. Hell, I still do. I was a mess when she left. She hurt so many people years ago.

"Thanks, but I could have done it." Haley said as she jerk Nathan from his thoughts.

"Huh? Oh, yea no problem." He was trying to keep the chit chat to a minimum at that point. He stared out side looking at the frazzled people waking the streets of New York. And just like that they were back at Nathan's high rise penthouse apartment.

"Nathan, is something wrong?" Haley asked as she walked behind him, holding Charlotte's hand into the elevator. She heard the ding to the elevator and knew that only now would Nathan talk to her, because he could walk away from the situation. "Nathan please talk to me!"

"Ok Mrs. Scott, why don't you pick out one of the guest rooms for Charlotte to sleep in." Nathan, then waltzed into the kitchen and went to the fridge.

"Come on baby." Haley said picking up their daughter. I swear to god if he ends up hurting my baby I'll kill him. She emptied the suit case Jimmy had packed Charlotte, Put some of her toys around. Just to make it feel more like her room.

Haley walked back into the main living area of the five bedroom apartment. She saw Nathan watching ESPN while doing some paper work.

"Nathan, we need to talk."

"Whatever…"

"Nathan!"

"OK, Haley what do you want to talk about?" Nathan sighed putting his work on the coffee table.

"Nathan, why don't you go first? I know you have something to bitch me out about."

"Well for one, I saw your license and your check book." He said standing up to face Haley.

"Yea what about them?" She knew what he was talking about. She still had that she was married to him. She was still Haley Scott.

"For one they say you're still Scott!" He was furious that she was just blowing this whole thing off as nothing. This was not nothing.

"Hate to brake it to you babe, but you're the one that didn't sign the papers." Oh boy that's right, well I'm an ass. "And to be honest I was over freaking joyed that you didn't. Nathan I was so happy that you wanted me to still be in your life."

"Oh." He was 'interrupted' (oh, was really the only thing that he could say.) by the phone ringing. Nathan jogged over to the counter to were the cordless phone sat. "Hello…oh uh…no…well now's not really a good time…well were kinda" Haley couldn't help but smile at the fact that he wanted to talk to her. "…she's right here" Nathan finished in a defeated tone.

"Hello…no Brooke you can not come here…not right now…your down stairs!...I guess" Haley let out an over dramatic sigh. "Nate every one is in the lobby."

"I guess that means they expect me to let them in?" Haley nodded. "Do I have to?"

"Hey, I heard that!" Haley heard her sister yell into the phone; Nathan started laughing to so she figured he heard her as well.

"I'll go buzz them up." Nathan started to walk away when Haley celled him.

"Nathan!" Haley hung up the phone, threw it on the couch and ran over to Nathan. And for a few seconds she stood in front of him. That's when she kissed him. She brought her lips to his in a crashing motion.

At first Nathan was surprised, startled even. But the he warmed up to it. He encircled his arms around her lower waist, and pulled her in closer to him to deepen the kiss. He was getting slightly uncomfortable bending down to reach her, so he picked her up, and in response, Haley swung her legs around his waist. Then as soon as she started it she ended it.

"Sorry but their waiting and…I just waned to see if you forgave me and- well lets just say I'm pretty sure I passed the test." She winked, hit his arm playfully, and skipped out of the room. God, I'm hanging out with Brooke way two much.

Nathan was still in a daze as 'the gang' was coming in. Jake, Jenny, Peyton, Brooke and Lucas straggling behind. Nathan greeted them with a warm welcome, but Haley, not so much. She knew she hurt them all by leaving, and she was nervous that they would, well- hate her now, especially Lucas.

"Hey guys." Haley said quietly from behind.

"HEY!" Peyton yelled and pushed her way through the crowd, she tripped on a few bags on the way there but reached Haley none the less, ignoring the laughs she got from the others.

"Peyton!" Haley passed to embrace her old friend it's good to see you! But um I would like to make it out alive. And so I can introduce you to my…my daughter." Peyton let Haley go and stared blankly at her.

"You left cause you got knocked up!" screamed Lucas pushing his way in front of Jake. "Scratch that. You knocked her up!" Lucas screamed, now focusing his attention on Nathan.

"Lucas!" Haley said in a harsh tone, she didn't like the was he was talking about her daughter.

"Shut up, I wouldn't be talking right now if I were you. You're nothing that I thought you were. Where's the Haley I knew? Huh? Now all I see is a slut!" Lucas hissed. Nathan went to go lunge toward his brother but was held back by Haley. Nathan slipped his hand down to Haley's and laced their fingers together. But Brooke was a different story. No one talked about Haley that way. She left out of love, and she raised a daughter on her own. Of course Brooke had helped out, but Brooke was Brooke. There was only so much a reformed 'loose chick' could do. But what hurt Brooke the most was that it was Lucas that had changed her. Lucas was a person with an amazing heart, and she didn't understand how he could say things about a person that meant to much to him. Granted that he was still bitter, which was understandable, but there was a line and Lucas just crossed it.

"You son of a bitch! How dare you! If I remember correctly you and I had a pregnancy scare our junior year. Not only that, But Jake had a baby when he was 16. And Peyton took on the role of mother-" She looked over to Jake and Peyton, as if to apologize for bringing them into this. Peyton was still Brooke's best friend and she got the message that this could very well get ugly. So Peyton whispered to her husband to take Jenny into the living room to watch TV. They would still be able to see her but Jenny wouldn't be able to here the conversation.

"That's different." Lucas puts up his finger warningly to Brooke as her cut off her sentence.

"How? Because Haley was married? Ya buddy that really helps your case!" Brooke said challenging him in a sarcastic tone. At that point Jake had brought Jenny away and was sitting with her on the couch.

"Well that insignificant fact didn't mean much to her. She left him didn't she! Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't even his!" Both her best friend-or so she thought until now, and her sister were in a full on verbal brawl. The Nathan and Peyton's eyes were shifting from them to Haley, and if it didn't stop soon she was going to scream. Haley looked over to Nathan, she could see the anger burning anger in his eyes and she knew that if this didn't end soon that fists would soon be swinging. And there was her little Charlotte to save the day, it was like clock work.

"Mommy, why is everybody yelling?" the little girl asked holding a picture that she had drew in her hands.

"Grown up stuff babe. Hey what's that you got there?" Haley asked letting go of Nathan's hand and walking up to the little girl and kneeling down beside her. Charlie had always asked about her father and until now, all Haley could say was that her father loved her very, very much. But even after a few hours of knowing him a few hours she was already attached. And that scared Haley, she didn't want Charlie to miss him when he was traveling for basketball, that was even if she decided to move to New York from LA.

"That's me, that's you mommy, and that's daddy." Haley looked up to Nathan, he had the widest smile on his face when he heard that she had called him daddy, and that she had drawn him into the he picture. He couldn't help to think that it was ironic how that mirrored his life.

"Can I see?" Nathan asked coming over to the two girls, and kneeling down beside Haley and Charlotte. Before he did Nathan looked over to the others. Brooke and Peyton were standing arm in arm with each other, whispering and bother smiling from ear to ear. And Lucas watching from a far behind them.

"Yea daddy! Look you're holing a basketball and mommy's holdin a mic-phone!"

"Ladybug that's beautiful. Will you draw me a picture?" Haley had to look down so that Charlie wouldn't see her crying. To hear him call Charlotte ladybug was a rush like none other. And just from Nathan's tone of voice she could tell that he loved her already. Haley knew that Nathan would never turn his back on them.

"hmmm. What do you want?" She tapped her finger on her chin 'just like mommy,' she would always say

"How about a picture of you, me, mommy and aunt Brooke?" Brooke felt the need to come over and say hello to her Niece because she didn't want Nathan to be embarrassed when she little Charlotte asked 'who's aunt Brooke'. She pulled out of Peyton's arm and walked toward her niece.

"Hey Charlie Nat!" Brooke cheered using the nickname Brooke had given her. It was a combination of Charlotte's first and middle name, Charlotte and Natalie

"Aunt Bebe!" The little girl screamed and ran into her aunts arm. Brooke swept Charlie up in her arms and twirled her around. Only to hear the little girl giggle 'I'm flying! I'm flying!'

"Charlie Nat and Aunt Bebe?" Nathan whispered to Haley as they stood.

"Oh, Charlie Nat is Brooke's nickname for her-" She whispered back but was cut off by Nathan.

"She still does that?" Nathan whispered, he rolling his eyes and chuckling. Haley offered only a small giggle in return.

"And Charlie could never say Brooke, so she just got into the habit of calling her Bebe." Haley smiled. And led the group into the living room to see Jake and Jenny

"Hey babe I have a couple of people I want you to meet. This is-" Brooke was saying as she hoisted Charlotte higher up on her hip when she was cut off by Peyton's cheery, motherly voice. Brooke was still wondering how her dark, angsty old friend had aquired that voice, Brooke only laughed at herself at the thought.

"Hey big girl! I'm your Aunt Peyton." Once again she showed her bright white smile. "This is your Uncle Jake," Jake replied with a quiet 'hi' and friendly wave. "and this is your cousin. Jenny." She said at eye level to the girl. "She's the same age as you," Peyton took Jenny's hand, led her off the couch and over to her Haley, who Charlotte was now clinging to. "Do you girls think that you might want o play together?" Charlotte stayed close to Haley as she was introduced to the other girl, and Jenny did the same to Peyton.

"Do you have Barbie's?" Jenny said quietly, still clinging to her mother.

"Yea. I have some here but most of them are at home." Charlotte said. Haley could tell her daughter was begging to warm up to the other girl.

"You don't live here?" a small Jenny inquired. Every one was listening intently to the children's conversation, except for Jake. Who was engrossed in an episode of Dora the Explorer. One could have sworn that he was repeating the Spanish words under his breath.

"I live with my mommy in Lay" as Charlotte pronounced it. "But now I have a knew bedroom here with my stuff." Charlotte said, shrugging her shoulders up incredibly high for emphasis. Nathan and Haley exchanged a nervous glance. The two girls started to walk off in the direction of Charlie's room, talking quietly, one could tell that they were still 'feeling each other out'.

"Wait, wait, wait girls!" Brooke yelled in an exasperated voice. She felt slightly guilty about not introducing Charlotte to Luke. She got confused stares from the group, as she pulled Luke's hand over to were the girls were standing waiting for Brooke after she called them. "Charlie, this is your idiot, asshole uncle, Luke." She said with a sigh, but then threw a fake smile on for the girls.

"But don't say any of that!" She glared at Brooke. "he's just your uncle Luke" Haley said quickly walking over to Brooke, Lucas, Jenny, and Charlotte; with Nathan following behind her. "Now. you are going to go up to Uncle Luke, tell him you love him. And then he, is going to tell you how he loves you more than life it's self and he's going to tell you how sorry he is." Haley said flashing a huge smile in Lucas's direction. Lucas sighed in defeat. He knew Haley was right.

"What's he sorry for mommy?" The little girl wondered.

"Lets just say it's like original sin."