kk- I am gonna give u a little time line cause the next few chapter might throw u guys.

Haley became pregnant the June before college. SHe found out she was pregnant in August. The family found out in September. (jsyk.) Also: This is the last chapter that i had already done, so the rest will take longer to get up.

Chapter 10

PART 1- Time To Sleep

"What could go wrong?" Peyton shrugged her off, before cannon balling into the water.

"Yeah, lighten up Brooke." Haley said, diving in.

'Haley telling me to lighten up? What! That isn't right!' Brooke thought. "Argh! Fine!" She said before shedding her clothes and jumping in as well.

An old lady came out of the building, and spotted them.

"Haley? Haley, dear, is that you?" She questioned.

"Uh. Yeah. Hi, Mrs. Roberts. How are you?" Haley replied

"Just fine, but I was wondering what you girls were doing in the pool at a quarter to midnight."

"Oh, just swimming." She told her casually.

"But we were just leaving. Come on girls." Brooke said quickly, getting out.

"Party pooper." Peyton mumbled as they got their clothes and left.

"Bye Mrs. Roberts."

"Bye Haley, dear."

"How do you know her?" Brooke asked when they turned the corner.

"She, she lived below me when I lived here. Sweet lady. She always made me cookies." She told them, struggling to get on her jean skirt, but leaving off her halter, revealing her bra. Peyton did the same. Brooke was fully clothed.

They walked back into Haley's house, soaking wet. The girls were asleep on the couch, with the DVD menu of Beauty and the Beast flashing in the background. They found the guys on the back porch. They were continuing their conversation as they walked through the door.

"He was totally hitting on you, Haley! You're just always last to know it. And he was a total hottie, with a decent job-" Brooke said.

"Who lives in Michigan!" Haley cut her off.

"So? He's here for a wedding it could be like a totally cute summer love fling." She said, ignoring Haley's eye rolls as she sat on Luke's lap. "How was your night?"

"Fine, we played basketball, ate, then they watched a movie and fell asleep. The better question is why are there two half dressed women out here, and even better, why aren't you one of them?" Luke asked.

"Cause they're drunk, and I'm not." She said simply.

"We're not drunk. Well, I'm not. Haley might be.." Peyton defended.

"I am not drunk!" Haley protested.

"Sure, Hales, whatever you say." Lucas said.

"So Brooke, what kind of 'hottie' approached Haley? You sure he wasn't certifiably insane?" Jake asked playfully, earning a glare and arm slap from Haley.

"Maybe. But before we won the Karoke contest, this guy named Mike was totally flirting with her, and she didn't even know it!"

"Oh, my, god! WHAT have you told her!" Jake mocked her. Nathan and Peyton laughed.

Nathan couldn't take his eyes off of Haley. He tried, but she looked so damn hot. He fought every nerve in his body that told him to stand up, grab her, and kiss her, hard right there in front of everyone . He also had to worry about fighting the anger that pulsed through him at the mention of another guy showing interest in Haley. HIS Haley. He couldn't deny honestly that he had slept with women since he left Tree Hill. But he didn't have real relationships with the women he slept with. He couldn't, because he loved Haley. After games, women threw themselves at him, and without Haley to keep him in check 'Bad Nathan' seemed to peak through. Especially after he had a few drinks. And even more so his freshman year, when he tried to drown the memory of the phone call from his father down with alcohol.

Flashback- 2 weeks after Nathan left for UCLA

Nathan was on an emotional high. He had just won the team's first pre-season game. He had scored a three pointer with four seconds left and won the game. He wasn't even supposed to play, he was only a freshman, but his teamate, Jon Stevenson, a junior, had to leave mid-game and he was put in.

He raced back to his apartment to change his clothes for an after-party his team had invited him too. He couldn't wait to call Haley. He wanted to call her when he was in the car, but his cell was dead. 'She would be so excited.' He thought. Plus, he hadn't spoke to her since the morning and she was still a little sick and it worried him. But she always insisted that her doctor had her on drugs now, and that the sickness should be gone in a week or two.

He walked threw the apartment, toward the bathroom, and habit made him hit the flashing answering machine button on his was through. It flashed three messages, he figured they were all from Haley. Though, threw the door he bathroom door he heard Luke's voice come on first.

"Hey, Nate. I'm supposed to be studying, but I don't understand any of it, and Haley is sleeping right now so she can't help me. Calculus blows. Talk to you later, man."

Nathan chuckled. Truth was he should probably be studying right now, too, but he never liked school. And only tried because of Haley. But he'd do it later.

The next call was from a girl in his Human Development class. She was a cheerleader.

"Hey, Nathan. It's Claire. I have the homework assignment. Read threw Chapter 4, then write an Essay on the methods of improving an infant's brain function. Explain the effects. Good Luck at tonight's game! Bye."

'Score!' He thought He never would have known what to do. He had skipped that class. He overslept. 'Thank god not everyone in my study group are dumb jocks that don't try.'

The last call signaled with a beep and he listened intently, hoping to hear from Haley.

"Nathan." Dan. What the hell does he want? "Son, if you're there, pick up. You're probably already at your game. I'll call back later. We do need to talk though."

He finished getting ready, and went to search for the phone. He dialed the familiar apartment number and waited as it rang. The answering machine picked up, but it was no longer their 'sex' recording. But a very annoyed Haley.

"Hey, you've reached me. And if you don't know who me is then you probably shouldn't be calling now should you? Leave a message and I'll think about getting back to you. Maybe. Actually unless it's important leave me the hell alone."

"Uh.. Hey Hales. Its me. Just callin to see if you were feeling better. We won our game, so I'm going to this party that some of the team are throwin. I'll call you in the morning. Love you. Bye."

He turned off the phone and threw it on the couch. Why hadn't she called him? And why didn't she answer the phone? It was 11 o'clock, she should be home. He went into his bedroom to retrieve his cell phone from the charger. 2 missed calls. Those would definitely be Haley. But it wasn't, it was his dad again, and a teammate asking if he was still coming to the party.

And why was his dad calling? That only added to the slight panic and worry. Lucas had said she was sleeping earlier. Maybe she slept all day, yeah that'd be the reason she didn't call. But come to think she rarely did call. It had been mostly him calling her. But she was probably busy with school and work.

The phone rang. He would come to play that phone call over and over in his head for the next 5 years.

"Hello?" He spoke awkwardly into the phone.

"Nathan?" Dan's voice sounded.

"Dad? What do you need? I'm supposed to be at a party."

"Nathan, we need to talk. It's serious."

"Did someone die or something?"

"Nathan. Haley's pregnant." His words came at Nathan like lighting.

"What...?"

"You need to come home. You can still play ball at UNC and they'll give you a scholarship." Nathan ignored what he had just said entirely.

"Why... why didn't she tell me?"

"I don't know. She said something about not wanting you to know. But that doesn't matter, you need to come home, now."

Nathan was shocked. Haley didn't want him to know that she was pregnant? And his father was putting family before basketball? He was going to be a father? He couldn't be a father! He lost, killed, and then accidently ate his baby egg in sophomore Health class. Didn't that fit the 'non-good-parent' role?

"Nate? I bought you a ticket on a flight in two hours. Get on it."

"No." Was all he could say.

"What do you mean 'no?'"

"I mean I'm not coming home. If Haley didn't want me to know, then why should I come home?"

"Son, you are making the biggest mistake of your life. Trust me."

"Right, cause you'd know all about family."

"No, but I do know a lot about losing touch with your children."

"I gotta go Dad. Have a great night. Say hi to mom for me!" He said through gritted teeth.

"I thought you loved her." Dan said sadly, before hanging up.

'Damn him! Of course he loved Haley. But why would she lie? Maybe she doesn't love me. Or maybe it's not mine.'

End of Flashback.

"Alright, I need to get Jenny home. You coming Peyton?" Jake announced.

"Ah. Yeah, sure Jakie. Want me to drive?" She asked, almost falling over the chair she was standing next to.

"No, I think I can do it. Considering you're drunk."

"Am too!" She shouted.

"You mean 'am not'?" He corrected.

"Umm. Sure." She said, going back threw the house.

"Bye guys. Talk to you tomorrow." He told them before exiting as well.

"Yeah. It's late. I should go home too." Haley said, struggling to stand up.

"Haley? This is your home."Brooke told her.

Haley turned around to look at her house.

"Damn! How the hell did I afford this?"

"Uh. Your inheritance from your grandfather. Your job."

"Hmm.. Ookay." She said, a confused frown on her face.

"We better go Broody and Broody's brother. Hey NATE! What's with the weird look?"

"Ahh.. It nothing. Just thinking about some things."

Brooke watched as Haley and Lucas walked back inside, and then spoke again.

"Those 'things' wouldn't be Haley would they?"

"No, not really. Sorta." He answered vaguely, but honestly.

"Well, I hate to be very 3rd grade, but take a picture next time. Or learn to be a less obvious Haley-stalker. Or starer. Whatever." She said with a very obvious attitude.

"Brooke! Why do you hate me so god damn much?"

"Damn! Hot shot, you really are dense. I thought I had made it pretty clear back at the hospital. You broke Haley's heart, not coming back. And as you may have noticed, she put up a pretty good guard since then. And she may be ready to forgive you because she has the biggest heart in the world, but someone has to look out for her."

"You do remember that she had done the same thing to me with the whole tour thing right?" He shouted, anger rising.

"So what was it payback to you or something?"

"No! Look. She had reasons for not telling me she was pregnant, and I had mine for staying."

"Yeah, except we all know why you stayed, basketball right?" She didn't give him a chance to disagree. "You were living some cushy baller life while your wife, whom you clearly still love, was here rasing a kid, and working and going to school. You do realize that Megan wasn't always as easy to take care of right? She rarely slept, meaning Haley, who was usually up doing schoolwork anyway, didn't sleep. There were days at a time where she might only get a few naps in. She woke up, if she slept, went to work, dropped Megan off with Deb or Karen, went to college, picked her up, went back to work 'till close, then come home and cook and clean and all that fun stuff, then she'd start her homework once Megan was asleep. Yeah and from the expression on our face you had no idea, and you probably thought college was hard with basketball." Brooke ranted, sticking up for Haley the best she could, then stalked off through the house.

Nathan just stood there for what seemed to him decades. Sure he thought Haley would have a hard time, but never realized she did all of that pretty much by herself. He walked back into the house, only to hear Luke and Brooke drive away. Haley came down the stairs in her pajamas.

"Hey Nathan. Want some ice cream?"

"I'm always game for ice cream," he replies.

"Good." She said setting out the bowls and spoons. "Strawberry or Cookie Dough?"

"Cookie Dough, but that wasn't a very fair competition."

"Yeah, strawberry didn't stand a chance. Poor strawberry." She laughed, giving him his ice cream.

" Thanks."

"Yep," She replied, putting the ice cream back into the freezer. "So how goes the living with your parents?"

"Lets just say its different from when I was little. They like get along now. And they eat dinner together..."

"WOAH! I wonder why anyone would eat dinner together!" She mocked.

"Ha ha. Very funny."

"But its good for them. I wonder if that will last come Monday though."

"What's Monday?" He asked.

"Your grandparents are coming for the wedding, and they are staying with you guys."

"No kidding?"

"Nope." She said, feeling slightly sorry for him.

"That's gonna be soo much funny Haley! I think I could cry with joy!" He said sarcastically.

They finished their ice cream and Nathan left. Leaving Haley to get some sleep. Or so she thought...

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