Chapter Nine

Someone to Love

"Jacket, jacket, jacket. jacket?" Nathan head Haley from his place in the foyer, still holding little Jenny…well if that's what you call holding. Haley bounced down the stairs and chucked at the sight before her. God, why does he have to be so god damn cute! "Well, I didn't find anything, sorry." She shrugged before she took the now calm two year old into her own arms. "Hey I was just making lunch, do you wanna stay?"

"Uh, no I really can't, so um"

"Oh, come on please. You can keep me sane from this little monster."

"No, I- I really can't. I'll see you okay?" And in a flash Nathan was out to his car and pulling out of the drive way.

"Well Jenny look like it's just you and me till daddy gets back."

"Peyton! Get you skinny blonde ass down here now!" Peyton was in her room drawing and listing to music like always, but even then she could here the pent up rage in her brother's voice.

"This, can't be good" she mumbled to herself. She barreled down the stairs, causing her klutzy self to slip on the soft wood. Nathan had been waiting for her, so he obviously caught her, but when the noticed their position both put on looks of total disgust "What the hell do you want?"

"Well I was just wondering why you're trying to set me up with Haley when she is obviously in a relation ship….a very involved relationship." Nathan finished with an exasperated sigh.

"What are you talking about? Haley's single." Peyton answered with her hands on her hips and an incredulous look splashed upon her features.

"Ok then she's tied down…or whatever you call it. Anyways the point is, is that she in not interested in me. She has other things that she needs to worry about." Nathan was pacing the ground throwing his hands all over the place, and it took everything that Peyton had in her not to laugh at her brother.

"What do you mean tied down?" All of a sudden Nathan spun around on the balls of his feet and screamed-

"Her baby!" Peyton couldn't hold it in any longer, she fell on the floor and her body shook with laughter. "What the hell is so funny!"

"That's her niece, you idiot!" Peyton managed to get out in between her bursts of laughter. At his sister's comment, Nathan slid down the wall and sat on the flood next to Peyton.

"Oh." He proceeded to throw his hands in his face and shake my head furiously. "Well I'm an ass."

"Got that right. So are you going to ask her to the valentine's dance?"

"Dada! Dada! Dada!" Jenny squealed at decibel that only dogs could here, as she attached herself to her father's leg.

"Hey Jenny bear! Where's your aunt Haley?" Jake asked his daughter as he walked to the fridge to retrieve a bottle of water with his daughter sitting on his foot and a holding on tightly to his calf.

"She sweeping on va couch."

"Sleeping, huh?" Jake asked as he made his way to his couch to find his sister asleep on the brown leather sofa. All of a sudden Haley opened one eye, and leaped off the couch and ran into her brother's arms.

"Your home, Oh thank god! I am never babysitting again!"

"well you did me a huge favor, because now I'm officially a student at Tree Hill High. Which means that I can buy tickets for the Valentines Dance"

"Ohh, scandalous! Are you asking Peyton?"