Another chapter.

So soon!

It's a short one, very short, but hope you enjoy!

The tears.

Haley couldn't decide if they were happy tears or sad tears, all she knew for sure was that they were there. She could hear this voice inside her head, screaming, that this was the worst thing she could have allowed her son to do. Then there was this other voice, this softer voice—calming and soothing, it told her that she did the right thing.

He was sixteen, Jamie, he was only sixteen.

Haley clenched her husband's hand as they eased down the walkway, walking back toward the chapel.

It felt like a dream, and a nightmare, all wrapped up in one reality.

Haley stopped, and she felt her arm jerk slightly, as Nathan realized that she had stopped, but looked back to find his wife looking behind her.

Jamie and Madison looked—like newlyweds, they were laughing and smiling—all for the pictures Lily was taking with multiple phones and the large camera that was wrapped around Andre's neck.

Haley watched as her son kissed his bride, and she felt this ache in her chest, she looked at Madison in her dress and Jamie in the same dress attire a lot of men wore on casual Friday to the office.

"I hope we made the right decision," Nathan said walking up behind his wife, wrapping his arms tightly around her waist.

"We did, they'll be okay," Haley said.

"I hope so".

Haley tilted her head to the back, just slightly to look at her husband. "Are you worried"? She asked.

By not verbally answering, unknowingly, Nathan answered his wife's question.

"Do you remember my mom telling us—how she knew that you were the one for me"? Haley asked. "That she knew you were gonna change my life," she said as she smiled.

Nathan looked down at his wife and suddenly remembered how contagious her smile was because he felt a similar one on his face. "Yeah".

"I never understood what she meant—or how she could just let me get married at seventeen," Haley told Nathan as she turned around wrapping her arms around him. "And then today I did, I look at Madison and I know that she is going to change his life, there is no one out there in this world that would be better suited for our son, than that girl".

"I don't doubt that for a minute," Nathan told his wife.

Haley looked at Nathan, tilting her head back to see him in a better view. "Then what is it—Nathan, what's wrong"?

"It's not Madison that I'm worried about" he admitted. "It's Jamie—I believe that they love each other, but I worry about their marriage if something does happen, it won't be her undoing—it will be his, I worry that he wasn't ready for this".

Haley looked up at Nathan, shocked by his words—searching for her own inside her head.

"Mom".

The couple turned to see Jamie and Madison walking towards them, hand in hand, the dark-haired bride holding her dress up as she walked while her groom carried her white heels in his hand.

"My lawyer just called," he told his parents. "We sent him a copy of our marriage and everything, he will send the licenses off for us first thing in the morning, and we will be legally married, then he will contact the foster care system, and when we return Maddie can sign herself out".

"That's great," Haley said clasping her hand over her chest.

"I also talked to our pilot, he will be ready for take-off for you guys at twelve tomorrow morning".

"Us"? Nathan asked.

"Yeah," Jamie said. "We are going to spend a few extra days down here, wait to see if we can find anything else out on Maddie's dad—".

"My mom is buried in San Antonio—we thought we would drive down there".

"Not the most romantic honeymoon" Lily commented with her arms crossed.

"You're going to miss some school," Haley told her son.

"We can make it up, and it's not like it's going to hurt me," Jamie said. "I'm a straight-A student, it would hurt someone like Chuck—".

"Please, these past few days have hurt Chuck" Andre commented.

"And then what"? Haley asked. "When you get back—what's your plan"?

Jamie looked at Madison before he looked at his mom. "Well, Andre's cousin—on his dad's side is a realtor, and she is already looking for houses for us to see, we thought we could stay in a hotel in the meantime—".

"A hotel"? Haley asked. "No, you two will stay with us".

"We will"? Jamie asked.

"They will"? Nathan asked.

"Yes" Haley said. "Your stuff is already there and there is no stress on finding a place to live, it doesn't really make sense to waste all that money on a hotel when you have a room—rent-free".

"Erm—thanks," Jamie said, glancing down at Madison.

"Well— I'm hungry," Jamie said. "Anyone else"?

"Starving" Madison said.

Nathan watched as the four teenagers made their way towards the chapel before turning to face his wife. "I think you're missing the point of marriage".

"What"? Haley asked. "Oh, relax, it's not like we didn't live with Deb at some point in time".

Nathan nodded. "We did, we were broke—he isn't broke".

"They were going to live in a hotel".

"Is that was this was about—".

"What else would it be about"?

Nathan crossed his arms and cocked his head to the side. "I saw you," he said. "When Jamie said he was going to stay here—skip school for the rest of the week, I thought your head was going to turn because you couldn't tell him no".

Haley rolled her eyes. "Oh, c'mon," she said. "I'm the first one that jumped on board with this marriage".

Nathan nodded. "You did, but now that it's happened—are you may be having doubts"?

Haley scoffed. "Of course not".

"I'm not talking about their marriage—about Jamie".

Haley looked at Nathan. "I'm doing what any mother, even yours would do," she said. "Now, let's go—Jamie just mentioned food and I'm eating for three—or more".

"Not funny".

Authors Note: It was a small chapter, just a filler, a bridge between this chapter & the next.

Everyone is not only so invested in the adults, but the teenagers as well so I'm thinking of doing something.. call me crazy, but I'm thinking of rotating the chapters.

One chapter would solely focus on the adults, and the next on the teens, of course their would still be interactions between the two different sets, along with chapters completely intertwining the two sets.

What I mean is, if I did a chapter following the teenagers I would solely focus on their storylines but they would still interact with the adults, and vice versa.

My chapters would be longer, and get to go more in depth in each storyline, but some people prefer to have them like they are, so I'm leaving that up with you, my wonderful readers.

As a writer, it is challenging to write everything like this, but I enjoy reading it back because it feels more true to one tree hill. Or at least the early seasons, when Keith and Dan, Deb & Karen, also had their own storylines, so this is what I prefer, but I had this suggested to me over a private Message.

Again, this chapter was just a small bridge.

Thanks for reading and reviewing!