Haley had packed up the car in the morning and drove up to Charlotte. Jamie had slept through the trip but now he was awake and panicked

"Mamma we forgot to get a sitter for Chester! He is all alone and hungry! I didn't feed him before we left! Mamma we need to go home!"

After a little while and a phone call to Brooke, who promised to look after the bunny, Jamie had calmed down again and Haley had time to notice that they were still standing in front of a closed door. She glanced at her watch

"Weird, it isn't time for training yet? Maybe they're out jogging?" she wondered and pulled out her cell. Haley was surprised to hear a woman's voice at the end of the line

"Nathan Scott's phone, hello?" (At least she had called the right number)

"Hello this is his wife, can I talk to my husband?"

"I will go and get him right now but are you in town?"

"Yes, I am in town why?"

"They are doing a calendar shoot right now at the stadium so if you want you could come down here! We'll still be a couple of hours."

"Okay I'll be there in about ten minutes and please make it a surprise."

The other woman confirmed and Haley looked at her waiting son.

"What do you say: Do you want to watch daddy getting pictures taken?"

The little boy beamed and answered "Yes!"

When Haley pulled into the parking lot behind the stadium she immediately noticed a bus with the bunny logo on the side.

"What kind of shoot are they doing?" She was by no means a jealous woman but for right now it seemed like a weird combination.

She unbuckled Jamie and walked to the back entrance. The bouncer gave her a nod and smiled at the little one.

Shortly before she turned to the court she already was met by wardrobe rolling hangers and make up mirrors and chairs. The make-up girls noticed and recognized her. They hastily began turning pages in their clipboards.

"I am not here for the shoot. I'll only watch. Don't worry you didn't forget me!" Haley said smiling softly and she saw how relief washed over the young women immediately.

Haley wanted to ask about the shoots theme but stopped herself just in time.

"I don't even want to know what the press would have to say about me not knowing about a shoot my husband does!" With that last thought she stepped on the set and saw a production note.

"Bobcats and Bunnies" - creative? She thought rolling her eyes.

Haley looked around and saw that the players were all at the left. Jamie had also noticed and asked to go over. His mother released his hand and told him "Go find daddy or uncle Lucas and stay with him, okay. I'll come over in a minute."

After James had run off another young woman came up to her. "Haley James Scott. This is a surprise but great timing. Would you be able to do this shoot with your husband? He isn't all that happy with the models here and he looked the part in his pictures." Haley looked down at the folder and nearly laughed out loud. Her husband looked guilty. The model was wearing a modified Bobcats cheerleading uniform and the photos were classy but somehow Nathan seemed really uncomfortable. "His high school self would have looked cocky and now this…" Haley thought to herself and replied: „Yes, I'll do it. Give me time to get ready and let's make me a surprise for him." Fifteen minutes later Haley stood under the bright lights inside the big white photo box and felt a little self-conscious. It had been a while since she had last worn something this revealing.

"Uncle Lucas, look there is mommy in that white thingy!" Haley heard her son shout and she turned just in time to see her best friend first stare at her and then hold up his thumb while closing his mouth again. That made her feel a little better. "Now only Nathan needs to approve!" And he did.

After the shoot was finished the boys told her that training had been cancelled and that they could spend the rest of the day together at the park.

In a quiet moment between the spouses Haley had explained her spontaneous visit and that was also why Nathan announced that he was going to spend some special father-son time, alone with Jamie, shortly after the four of them had arrived at said park. Lucas saw through this thinly veiled ruse but didn't immediately call them on it, instead he waited until Nathan and James were out of earshot and then said: "What is it Hales?"

"Luke we need to talk about Peyton." Lucas winced visibly at the mentioning of his ex-girlfriends name but that didn't stop Haley.

"Luke this is getting, ah no scratch that, this is ridiculous. You cannot be mad at Peyton for something Brooke said and you have absolutely no right to be angry that she has been hanging out with Jake. You don't own her. You're not even dating!" Lucas snorted at Jakes name. "Yeah right, she only failed to mention that she had been engaged to him when we got together! And she ruined my relationship with Brooke!" Lucas fired back sarcastically.

Haley slowly got really angry. "Luke that is cold coffee! Brooke even stayed with you after Peyton's confession. You told her about the library kiss and please be honest you two would've broken up anyway sooner or later. You were always in love with Peyton. Yes she could've mentioned her involvement with Jake but seriously even I can understand why she didn't! They were only engaged for mere hours. Come on, no one would want to tell that story!" Lucas held up his hands as if to surrender to stop her rant. "Okay, okay I get it. I acted like an ass." "How nice of you to notice! Next time you're in twon we'll all have dinner together and I expect you to resolve this, what ever it is!"

After Lucas had agreed the two best friends turned to more pleasant themes.