A/N Thanks for all the great reviews, okay in this chapter please understand that I am not a doctor or a nurse, just a 19 year old going to college to be an elementary school teacher, so if some things are wrong in how I'm explain the IVF procedure I apologize.
Chapter Four- A Child of Our Own
Haley woke up early the following morning, she hoped that everything would work out. "Nathan it's time to get up." She said kissing him softly, "We gotta go!" She wished that she'd told Peyton and Brooke about today, but she wanted to wait at least until after today…'maybe I'll tell them tonight at the dinner' she said to herself silently. "Nathan come on!"
"Alright baby I'm awake!" He hoped that the doctor would give them good news, and maybe when it was all over they'd have a baby on the way. He had looked on-line to find out all that he could about IVF, he knew that it would take a few days so they were staying a little longer then planned, which was fine with him as long as it made Haley's dream come true. "Hales calm down it's only 7 o'clock, the doctor's office doesn't even open for two hours!"
Haley knew she was being ridiculous, but this was important to her, "I know! But we don't want to be late, if we're a little early that's great then we're sure to get in to see him really quick!" She yelled over the shower.
"Okay babe, I'll grab some cereal for breakfast." Nathan said as he kissed his wife's cheek, "hey look at me." He waited until she turned, he saw the nervousness in her eyes and the fear. "It's gonna be okay, I'll be there with you."
"I love you so much Nate." She whispered wrapping her arms around him, "I have a feeling that this is going to be just what the doctor ordered and that soon we'll have our family." She said happily, hoping that her fears weren't showing in her voice.
Nathan poured the milk over his cereal, "Did mom already leave?" Before Haley could answer Deb Scott walked in smiling.
"Nathan! I've missed you!" She exclaimed happily, her baby boy was home if only for a little while. "Haley how are you?" She'd always liked her son's wife, true in the beginning she'd hoped that they would've waited to get married but she'd grown to accept and love her daughter-in-law.
"I'm doing great, the Celtics just love Nathan and I'm singing at the hospital's charity benefit." She told Deb proudly, when she and Nathan had first been married no one but them believed they'd make it and still have their dreams
Deb smiled, "That's wonderful, well what are you guys up to today?"
Nathan glanced at Haley but she smiled, "Just a little road trip and then we're having dinner at Karen's which of course you're invited."
"Okay great, well you two have a good time and I'll call Karen to make the arrangements." Nathan nodded and kissed his mom's cheek.
When they got to the car Haley was thrilled that she hadn't said anything about grandchildren, "Well that was a close one. I almost told her, but imagine how great it will be when we can tell everyone for sure!"
"You're gonna be a great mom Hales." Nathan told her proudly, he remembered when they'd first gotten married she'd talked so much about having kids after college. Lately he found himself wishing that Haley had gotten pregnant in high school and then they'd already have their child. Half way there Haley fell asleep leaving Nathan alone to drive and think, yesterday he'd seen Jake and Luke with their kids and he'd been envious. He'd seen how Austin held tight to Luke when he saw the strangers and pretty soon the little boy was talking to everyone in sight.
Haley stirred as Nathan pulled into the parking lot, "We're here babe. Are you ready?" Haley nodded and took his hand.
It was almost 9 when the boys got their mom up, "Okay Lucas if I gotta get up then so do you." Brooke said tiredly, she didn't know why she was so tired. She hoped that she wasn't coming down with something, with a new business and two year old twin boys and a husband she just didn't have the time to be sick.
"Okay I'm up baby." Lucas said as Seth poked him in the arm, "Good morning buddy."
"Moring daddy." Seth said happily, "Seth no wet." He stated proudly.
Lucas smiled and kissed his son, "Let me check." Sure enough his son was dry, "That's awesome buddy! Daddy's proud of you sport!" Seth beamed under his father's praise, "Let's go and tell Mommy."
Lucas and Seth walked into the bathroom to see Brooke getting dressed after a quick shower and Austin playing with his cars on the floor. Lucas knew that Austin was sensitive about his pull-up wetting so Lucas decided not to say anything right then. "Brooke are you feeling okay?"
"Yeah just a little queasy but I'm sure that it'll pass soon." She knew that Lucas was a worry wart, her man was a brooder and a worrier.
"If you're sure, hey Austin why don't go see if Grammy is awake." Austin got up with his truck and began yelling for Grammy.
Seth was still beaming proudly, "Seth has something to tell you babe."
"I no wet mama" Brooke squealed happily and swung him in the air giving her baby kisses.
"I'm so proud of you my angel! This deserves something special for breakfast, how about pancakes and chocolate milk?" Seth screamed happily and ran to find his brother to tell him the good news.
Lucas got a shower while Brooke and Karen fixed breakfast, "Does Austin wet in the night?" Karen asked softly so the boys couldn't hear.
"Yeah, Seth did too but this was the first night he stayed dry so maybe Austin will be crossing that bridge too."
"Well Lucas wet the bed until he was six, Austin may take after him. If so just restrict his drinks at night." Brooke nodded and smiled when Lucas walked in.
Jake, Peyton, and Jenny were eating breakfast when Peyton decided to call Brooke to see if they could get together. It had been so long since it had just been her and Brooke. "You don't mind hanging out with daddy for a little while do ya angel?" They always asked Jenny her opinion, they never wanted her to feel left out.
"Nope, we can go Christmas shopping for you and the baby." Jenny said happily, she loved spending time with her daddy.
Jake smiled, "Jen Christmas isn't for 4 months."
"So daddy, Aunt Brooke said yesterday that you can never start shopping too early." Peyton laughed, after one day with Brooke her daughter was already talking about the joys of shopping year round.
"Okay so it's settled, Brooke and I will spend the day together and then meet you at Karen's for dinner." Peyton said dialing Brooke's cell phone number.
"This is Mrs. Scott." Brooke answered proudly.
"Hey it's Peyton, do you wanna give Lucas the boys for the day and you and I can spend the day together then meet the men at Karen's?"
Brooke said Lucas and when he nodded she yelled happily, "Sounds great I'll be at your place in about 45 min." She was looking forward to spending time with just Peyton, she just wished the queasiness would go away.
Haley and Nathan had already had their consultation and were about to leave when Haley decided that she wanted to start the first part of the procedure since it took a couple days. "Nathan if you're not ready then we can go home." She told him while they sat in the doctor's office, he was about to give his sperm sample.
"Hales, I want a baby just as much as you do and we should go ahead and get it started while we're here." The confidence she heard in his voice thrilled her.
Dr. Feldman came back in and smiled, "Alright Mr. Scott if you'll follow me." Nathan followed the doctor down the hallway, he wasn't nervous but he hoped that it would work because he couldn't keep seeing the pain on Haley's face when she found out that they weren't pregnant.
To Haley it seemed like Nathan was gone for hours, the longer she was alone with her thoughts then more nervous she got but she was so desperate and she knew that Nate wanted to be a daddy. Yesterday she'd seen him with Luke's sons and Jenny and he'd been amazing. "Mrs. Scott are you ready?" Haley nodded, she was as ready as she'd ever be.
"Nathan you're just in time." Haley said smiling as they got the needle ready, "Did everything go okay?" His face turned red and he kissed her.
He held her hand, he hoped that the needle wasn't hurting her. In four hours they would mix the sperm and egg together. "Okay Haley rest here a while and I'll need to see you back in about 4 or 5 days for the transfer and then with any luck you'll be pregnant." Haley smiled happily, this just had to work.
About an hour after their phone call Brooke pulled up in Peyton's driveway, "Sorry I'm late, Austin decided to drench his brother in chocolate milk." Brooke said hugging her friend. "So what's on the agenda for today?"
"Well I thought we'd go the mall and just hang out there, it's been a long time since it was just us." Brooke nodded, "So how's life with twins…really?"
Brooke smiled, "Hectic…sometimes it gets so crazy I feel like I'm going to lose my mind, but at the same time I wouldn't change it. I love them so much Pey."
"I know what ya mean, I'm so nervous about this little one but at the same time I'm so excited. Jenny is too, being a mom is great huh?" Peyton said smiling as she and Brooke got in Brooke's car.
Brooke nodded, "Did you notice something different about Haley yesterday?" Brooke had worried about her friend, she'd been so quiet especially when they'd talked about their kids.
"Yeah I did, I wonder why she and Nathan don't have kids? Jenny just loved playing with her yesterday." Peyton had seen a sadness in her eyes, one that she'd never seen before.
"Maybe she'll talk to us tonight, I mean we all used to be best friends and if something's bothering her then maybe we could help." Brooke wondered if Haley and Nathan were having martial problems or maybe they couldn't have a baby for some reason. "Haley would make a great mom."
When they arrived at the mall Brooke was ready to shop till she dropped, at around 2 she and Peyton decided to take a break and eat some lunch. "Have you guys thought of a name yet for this one?"
"Well Jake likes Jacob or Stephen for a boy and Hilary if it's a girl." Peyton ate a bite of her taco before continuing, "But I like Riley for a boy and Morgan for a girl or even vice-versa."
Brooke smiled, "I like Morgan for a boy…I'm sure you can bend him to your will, afterall it's you whose carrying this baby."
"Who named the boys, you or Luke?" Peyton looked around and smiled when she saw Jenny drag Jake into a store.
"Well since we had two I named Seth and he named Austin, although Austin was almost Michael…as in Michael Jordan, thankfully I nipped that one in the bud." Peyton laughed.
The group and their families met at Karen's at 5, Haley was tired from her day at the doctors but she was so happy.
"Hey Hales." Brooke said sitting down beside her friend, "Are you alright…you're really quiet."
Haley smiled, other then Lucas Brooke was her best friend. "I started Invitro today." She told her quietly. "Please don't say anything, not even to Lucas."
"Of course I won't, why don't we go and talk somewhere that little ears aren't around?" Brooke loved her boys but they were blabbermouths worse than their mom.
Haley nodded and told Nathan that she'd be right back, "Haley what's going on? Can you and Nate not…?"
"Nope." She and Brooke sat down at the beach, "We've tried for so long and nothing. The doctor's say that there's nothing wrong with either one of us, so this is our last chance before adoption which I'm open to…but…"
"You want to have a baby with your smile and Nathan's eyes." Brooke finished softly, Haley nodded. "What the did the doctor say today?"
"Dr. Feldman said that he was hopeful and that we should be too, I go back in 4 or 5 days for the transfer and then in 11 days I come back and they do a blood sample to see if I'm pregnant." She was so happy that she'd told Brooke, it was nice talking to another girl about this.
Brooke and Haley talked for hours, until both their husbands were calling them and telling them that it was time to go. "When are you and Luke leaving?"
"Tomorrow, I've left the store too long and Lucas has a game coming up. You call me though no matter what, and I truly hope that you're going to be pregnant soon."
Haley waved good bye and turned in the other direction towards Deb's house, she knew that she'd done the right thing by telling Brooke. Their senior year of high school they'd shared an apartment and become the best of friends. She had a feeling that Brooke was going to get another surprise pretty soon.
When Brooke got to the house the boys were already asleep, "I love you guys so much." She whispered softly, she and Lucas were so blessed. Her heart had broken hearing what Haley had been through.
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