Ariel and Nathan's house
Peyton, Jake, Brooke, Lucas, Ariel and Nathan were all in the living room talking while the kids played on the floor in front of them.
"Lola, I don't want to play dress up, I want to play Barbie's."
"You're so bossy Ava, we always do what you want to do."
"AM NOT!"
"ARE TOO!"
Brooke and Ariel watched the girls and started to laugh, remembering how they were the same way when they were that age. The two girls looked up at their moms confused.
"You two come here." The girls nodded and Brooke and Ariel put their daughters on their knees. "I'm going to tell you a story about me and Ariel, when we were your age."
"Okay mommy!" The two girls smiled and were excited to hear about how their moms were.
"Well, we were both 4 years old and Ariel had just come over. She wanted to play outside, for some strange reason, and I wanted to play with my mom's makeup. So we ended up getting into a fight and not talking for about a week, no matter how hard our mom's tried to make us talk, we wouldn't. So one day Ariel came over again and played outside, I watched from inside. She fell and I saw that she was crying, so I ran over to her. Her knee was all scraped up and it was bleeding, so I got her a band aid and kissed her leg better. It didn't matter anymore that we were mad at each other because we both cared for one another, just like the two of you. So try not fight okay, why don't you take turns playing what the other wants or try and come up with something you both like to play." The girls nodded and smiled at each other, they jumped down from their mom's knees and ran off, holding hands.
"I totally remember that, you wouldn't let me out of your site for a week because you thought I was going to die." Brooke nodded and laughed. "You're a great friend Brooke and I love you for it."
"You too Ariel." The two girls started to cry and hugged each other. Everyone started laughing at them and they gave them glares. "I guess we should get ready for the reunion."
"Sounds like so much fun!" Ariel said sarcastically and Brooke gave her a little shove. "So Karen and Deb are watching all the kids' right?"
"Yeah all 5 of them, they are going to have so much fun." Everyone started laughing and the girls left to get ready. An hour later, they were all ready for the reunion.
"Lucia likes to sleep with Nathan's shirt, I don't know why but it's the only way to get her to sleep and Ava will probably wake up three times in the night and when you give Lucia a bath make sure Ava's with her or she'll freak out." Karen and Deb nodded and laughed at the worry on Ariel's face.
"We got it, don't worry." Ariel nodded at Deb and gave her a hug, then she gave Karen one.
"Oh, Lola and Ava will probably share the same bed, just make sure they are actually sleeping and Darien likes it when you tell him a story about Lucas before he goes to bed." Deb and Karen nodded, still laughing at the two girls.
"Jenny's pretty good when she goes to bed but her favorite books in her bag, she likes to hear that story before she goes to bed." Karen and Deb nodded and pushed them out the door.
"Have fun!" Karen said before closing the door. The three girls looked at each other and smiled. They walked over to their husbands and left for the reunion. When they got there pretty much everyone was there.
"Ugh there's the slut Rachel." Ariel gave Brooke a shocked look but all she did was shrug. They found a table and Rachel walked over to them.
"Hey guys, wow Ariel, you look good for being pregnant." Ariel looked down at her stomach and smiled. "I hear its baby number three."
"Yeah it's our little boy." Rachel smiled and went to talk to everyone else. For the rest of the night everyone came up to them and talked, Brooke and Peyton danced a bit, Nathan, Lucas and Jake caught up with old team mates, and Ariel sat at the table watching everyone.
"So, how's the life I should have had." The voice sent a shiver down Ariel's back. She turned around and saw Haley. "That's right, I got out of jail for good behavior."
"What do you want Haley?"
"Easy, Nathan." She leaned over to her and stuck a knife into her belly and pulled it out again. Ariel looked up at her with pain in her eyes. Haley kissed her forehead and walked away. Ariel tried to get up but she couldn't, she looked over at Nathan. He looked over at her and smiled but it faded away when he saw she was in pain. He ran over to her and saw the blood coming through her shirt. He didn't have time to ask so he picked her up and ran outside, everyone following him. He put her in the car and drove to the hospital.
"It's going to be okay Ari, I promise." Ariel tried to keep her eyes open but they were too heavy, soon everything went black.
"Nathan!" Nathan turned around and saw Brooke, Lucas, Peyton and Jake. "How is she?"
"She's sleeping now. They had to do an emergency c-section. The baby will be fine but they don't know about her." He slumped to the ground, tears falling from his eyes. Brooke and Peyton sat beside him and cried with him.
"I'm going to go and call home and tell them what happened." Lucas walked off and Jake followed him, saying something about getting something to eat.
"Nathan honey, everything will be fine. How about we go and see your baby boy." Nathan nodded and stood up. "Peyton, maybe you should stay with Ariel just in case."
"Yeah." Peyton walked into the room and Nathan and Brooke walked down to the nursery. Nathan pointed to which one he was. Brooke smiled at the baby, who she noticed had Nathan's eyes.
"He's beautiful." Nathan nodded and stared at the baby. "Do you know who did this?"
"Haley, Ariel told me on the way to the hospital. I phoned the cops and told them. They're out looking for her." Brooke nodded and put an arm around Nathan.
"Brooke, Nathan." They both turned around and saw Jake running towards them. "There was no answer at the house so Lucas went to check it out, Nathan man, the girls are gone."
"WHAT!" Nathan ran down the hall and into the parking lot, he jumped in his car and drove home. The cops were there when he pulled up. Lucas saw him and ran over to him.
"Deb and Karen were knocked unconscious when I got here, Lucia and Ava aren't here. The cops are out looking for them." Nathan punched the wall in frustration. His phone started to ring and he answered it.
"Hello."
Meet me at the apartment. Nathan knew it was Haley, he jumped in the car again and drove to the apartment. He saw Haley by the pool, with Ava and Lucia. He walked over to them and the girls ran to him.
"Daddy, this girl took us away." Nathan walked over to Haley who smiled at him. She reached out to Lucia who cowered away.
"Come to mommy honey." Nathan glared at Haley and put Ava down, he hid behind her dad.
"You are not there mother." He put Lucia down and Ava grabbed her hand. Then he grabbed Haley and got out his phone. He dialed the cop's number.
"I got her, we are at the apartments." He hung up and Haley looked mad. She pulled out a knife and was going to stab him but he grabbed her other arm just in time. "Girls go and sit on those chairs."
The girls did what their father told them to. Haley struggled to get free but he held on to her tight.
"What the hell is the matter with you Haley, first you stab my wife and then you steal my children. Get it through your head I don't want you. I love Ariel and I love the life that we have together. Just leave us alone already." Haley gave him a little smirk.
"You're lying to yourself. You want me Nathan." Nathan laughed and shook his head. The cops had gotten there and arrested Haley. Nathan ran over to his girls and picked them up.
"Are you okay?" The girls nodded and he hugged them. "Let's go see your new brother."
"BABY!" Nathan laughed at Lucia and nodded. They were in Ariel's room, who was still asleep, Nathan was holding the baby and Lucia was on his lap. Ava was standing beside them stroking the baby's face.
"Is it still Thorne Bradley?" Nathan looked down at the baby. "He doesn't look like a Thorne."
"You're right, what about Davis?" Ava looked down and nodded.
"He looks like a Davis." Nathan nodded in agreement.
"So Davis Bradley Scott, you like it?" Ava nodded and so did Lucia.
"I like it too." The three of them looked up and saw that Ariel was awake. Lucia and Ava both climbed on the bed and hugged their mother. Nathan stood up and handed the baby to her. Ariel smiled at the little boy in her hands. "He's beautiful and he's got a great name too. Why Brooke's last name?"
"Because the two of you are best friends and it suits him." Ariel nodded, Nathan leaned down and kissed her on the lips. "She's gone for good now, so don't worry."
"Thank god." Ariel looked up and saw Brooke and smiled. "How's baby Thorne?"
"Actually it's baby Davis." Brooke looked shocked and smiled, tears forming in her eyes.
"Thanks guys." She reached over and hugged Nathan and then hugged Ariel. Lucas, Lola and Darien walked in, followed by Peyton, Jake and Jenny. Davis was passed around, Brooke cried, so did Peyton. Ariel looked at her friends and realized how much she loved her life.