Another RANNNDOM update. I have been doing a pretty good job at updating.. Im patting myself on the back.

Chapter 19: My Whole Heart

"Thanks for breakfast," She mumbled while she stood staring at the tile floor. His deep, short chuckle hit her ears and she buried her head in his chest to hide her embarrassed smile and reddening face.

"Anytime." Came his usual short response. He wrapped his muscled arms around her body and pressed a soft kiss on the top of her head. One hand slid down her sun dress covered back and the other came around to cup her cheek in it.

They stood gazing into each others eyes silently for what felt like an eternity. She felt herself forgetting about the Biology tests she needed to correct and finding her white cardigan sweater. Instead of worrying, she let herself become completely absorbed in the man in front of her. The things he said with his body language could tell her more than anything he spoke. Right now, his body language screamed, don't leave.

"I'm sorry." She whispered and he sighed, already knowing what came next. "I have to go to work, Owen."

"I love you." He took her small hand in his. A blush crept onto her face again and she looked up to met his eyes. He was grinning like the idiot he was down at her. She couldn't help but laugh.

"I love you too. " Meredith rolled onto her tip toes and placed a quick kiss on his lips before pulling out of his arms. She slid into her ballet flats and felt him trail kisses down her back. "I really have to go." He groaned and threw his body back to sink into the oversized leather chair. Opening the door, she rolled her eyes, "You are such a baby."

The door closed and he said to the walls, "Maybe I wouldn't be such a baby if you called in sick once in a while."

-.-.

"Alright, good. Yes, like Miss. Rosenfeld just said, the story is simply a wacky spin-off of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Can anyone tell me how they relate?" Haley stood in front of her class in a typical teacher black skirt with a red blouse. She switched her weight from one foot to the other. It was not even lunch and her shoes were giving her feet blisters. In her hands, she held a three ring binder labeled Unit One. After asking the question, her room became silent unlike seconds ago when a chorus of Yeah, what she said,'s filled her room. A perfectly straight hand was up in front of her, belonging to her best student, Paige Rosenfeld who also happened to be the one student that answered her questions.

"Anyone other than Miss. Rosenfeld?" She walked down a row, her eyes set on a single desk. His head was lying on it and a soft murmur of snores came from his mouth. "Mr. Johnson," She started loudly waiting for his head to shoot up and his eyes to adjust to light before turning on her heel and heading back to the front of the class. "Can you tell us the similarities between the two stories?"

The young freshman looked around in a state of panic at his classmates, all of which were shrugging or snickering. When he realized that he was not going to receive any help he muttered, "No, I can't."

"Mr. Johnson, see me after class, please." Haley looked at him with a note of sympathy. He reminded her of a certain teenager she used to know. Hell, even the cantaloupe in the grocery store reminded her of a certain man.

"Mrs. Scott, that's lunchtime though," He winced and struggled to pat down his hair.

"Yeah, I'd think she has better things to do than to hang out with high school boys, don't you?" Ah, damn. Now her students even sounded like him. Before she couldn't think a hand grabbed her arm and spun her into a hard chest. Wait, she knew that chest, and she definitely knew those lips.

"Nathan!" She shrieked and pulled quickly away from him. Her class looked either amused or in awe. Taking his muscled arm in her hand, she yanked him from the classroom angrily.

As soon as the door closed behind them the class rang out with whispered, "Where did he come from?" Or "Oh my God, that's Nathan Scott. He's a legend." Or "What is an NBA player doing with a teacher?"

"What are you doing here?" She snapped. "If any of their parents find out and call the school, I could lose my job, Nathan. It might not make as much money as a person who puts a ball through a hoop, but I love it so.."

He cut her off with a deep kiss. "Coach gave us this weekend off and I got an early flight, skipped today's practice and came to see you. Are you not happy I came?" He asked pointedly, with a flash of hurt in his eyes.

She sighed, "I'm thrilled, but I am also supposed to be teaching, you need to leave right now. I have lunch next, after I speak to that Johnson kid, we could go out then?" She suggested while rubbing the back of his neck soothingly. "Or better yet, you could go and take Megan out of school for the rest of the day, she'll love to see you."

"Why perfect Haley James, promoting leaving school. What a day this is." He put on a shocked face.

"I've done it before," She mumbled, "Besides, it's only kindergarten and she really missed you so.."

"So, you go back to teaching and I'll get rid of myself." He smirked. She opened the door and mouthed I love you. "I love you too!" He called back loudly, causing Haley to blush furiously and her class to simultaneously let out a laugh of disbelief.

"The similarities... anyone?" She cleared her throat and continued.

-.-.

"We're getting ouce cream, daddy?" Megan grinned from the backseat as they pulled into an ice cream parlor.

He grinned and opened her car door, "Don't tell your mom... Shall we?" He asked and extended his hand for her to grasp. Joyfully, she nearly skipped to keep up with him and her black buckle shoes made that sound he knew she liked.

"What flavor?" The nasally tone of the unenthusiastic ice cream scooper guy droned out. Nathan felt for the guy, his hat reminded him of his pretzel stand days.

"I want dis one!" Megan pointed to the colorful swirled ice cream, named Play Doh. "Wif sprinkles, please!"

"And for you?" He sighed toward Nathan while handing Megan her cup.

"I'll go for whatever that is." Nathan decided nodding toward a vanilla looking container in the very far corner.

The guy looked up at him in surprise, "That's fat free you know? It's kind of gross."

"I'm on a team diet, just give it to me." Nathan shook his head, handed the guy a ten, and took his ice cream. He took Megan's now cold hand again and tried to escape. The scooper guy was looking at him funny.

"Wait... are you Nathan Scott?" The guy brightened. "My roommate and I watch you play all the time. People around here talk about you constantly. My boss will die when I tell him you were here."

Nathan wanted to roll his eyes. He turned to say something rude, but Megan spoke first, "Dat's my daddy. He plays on da TV!" What is it about that little girl that makes everything annoying or painful or uncomfortable better again? "My momma loves him!" Maybe it was because she was the spitting image of the woman he loved. Maybe she was just perfect in her own way.

The scooper guy smiled, "Cute kid. Have a good day."

As they left the shop, Nathan squeezed her hand and smiled down at her, "I missed you, it's hard being away from each other, isn't it?"

"Yeah," She agreed and shoveled a large spoonful into her mouth. "It makes me and mommy sad cause you're not here. We like it when we talk on da phone, but I like you better here."

"Me too," he told her and kissed her forehead. She giggled and pulled herself onto a bench. "How's kindergarten going, angel?"

She sighed dramatically as if she had the weight of the world on her shoulders, "Fine..."

Nathan stifled a chuckle, "That doesn't sound too good. Care to explain?"

"During nap time I have to have da green cot next to Brian. He's mean. I don't like him." Megan informed him and scowled at the air as if Brian was their with them. She shook her head angrily and scooped more rainbow colored ice cream into her small mouth.

Nathan felt like he was going to die of happiness, "Good. You shouldn't like him. Boys have cooties, you know."

"You're a boy." She screwed up her face in confusion.

Nathan shook his head to the contrary, "No, Megan. I am a man. There's a difference. Trust me."

-.-.

"Peyton?" He jogged into the house and called out to his fiancé. The house was uncommonly silent for this time of day. Normally, Jenny and Peyton would be in the kitchen cooking dinner, or sitting on the back porch, anything that immediately announced their presence in the house. He discovered Peyton still buried in their bed, hugging the covers as if they were a lifeline. "Peyton?" He asked timidly and treaded lightly into the room

"Jake..." She muttered weakly. It scared him deeply, the tone of her voice -so frail and pleading. Her body heaved with a sob and he pulled her up into his arms.

"Peyton, what's wrong? What happened, please talk to me." He whispered as his hands stroked her forehead soothingly. She heaved again and cried into him until there were no tears left.

"I'm not pregnant." Her tone was angry and desperate at the same time. "I was so sure I was, Jake. I skipped this month, and I was feeling nauseous, and...and so I went to the doctor's this morning, right after Haley picked you up for work." She hiccuped, sniffed, and continued, "She, she said sometimes there isn't a reason why women skip a month, sometimes it's stress or sometimes for nothing at all. She said my nausea could of just been from worrying about it. So, there it is, I'm not pregnant."

"Did you want to be?" He swallowed hard.

She shrugged, "I didn't, at first. Then I saw how excited Brooke was to be having a child with Lucas and I want to have kids with you too. I started talking to my stomach and just.. I was being stupid obviously."

"Nah, you weren't being stupid, Peyton, not at all." Jake kissed her cheek. He released a heavy sigh and chose his words carefully, "But maybe it's for the best that you aren't pregnant. We can barely afford our lives right now. If we had another child, we would be in serious financial trouble. I love you and would love to have children with you, but that's the truth. I'm sorry."

She let another sob escape her mouth, "I know and we have plenty of time to have more children, but it hurts just the same."

"It's going to be okay, just let it out." He rubbed circles on her back and muttered soothing words. "Uh, I know this is kind of a bad time to ask, but do you know where Jenny is?"

Peyton snorted, "With Brooke."

"Oh, that's... nice." Jake cringed.

-.-.

"A girl could get used to this sight," Haley admitted jokingly as she stepped into her kitchen. Nathan was wearing a frilly pink apron and floppy straw hat while her daughter was adorned with a chunky bead necklace and white gloves. Together they were mixing a very large bowl which Haley was afraid to look in.

Nathan grimaced, "We were supposed to be finished by the time you came home."

"I guess that makes me the fortunate one who didn't have to attend the scheduled staff meeting." She smiled and stepped into his arms. "I've missed this." She muttered into his chest. His chin rested on her head and he kissed her hair.

"You have no idea." He agreed. The feeling of their bodies melded perfectly together was one he craved every time he thought of her. "Instead of holding onto you at night, I had to settle on a pillow. Major difference, let me tell you. It doesn't smell as delicious as you, it doesn't giggle like you do, and it sure as hell doesn't taste as good as you."

She quirked an eyebrow, but then thought better of it, "I don't want to know."

He laughed and leaned in for a kiss. "Ew. Don't do dat."

"Please, no comments from the peanut gallery." He scolded playfully, poking Megan with a single finger then preceding to press his lips to Haley's. She blushed, but was more than willing to oblige when his tongue begged for entrance. She couldn't help but think once again that this was how it was supposed to be. Okay, maybe she shouldn't be making out in front of her child, but it's not like he was going to be there forever. She needed to get a little action while she could. "I love you." He promised when they broke apart, "Always have, always will."

A goofy grin spread across her face, "Always and forever, right?"

Info: I am ending this story soon. Not sure when, exactly. Maybe three chapters. Next chapter will be a BL update as well as the usual crap... deal with it!

Shout Outs:

HaleynNathan23: I am glad that you are enjoying my story. It's really terrific to hear. That line Nathan said to Lucas, I think I was trying to joke that Lucas was being a bad influence on Megan, but I think I missed a line or something..? It doesn't turn out right. Sorry for that confusion.

Naleyluv: I am super excited that you are into Owen and Meredith now. I wasn't sure if the feedback was going to be positive or not. I just really wanted a new relationship that I could develop and make up my own past. Thanks for reading and replying, as always.

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