I'm thinking of doing a sequal, college age with Tommy in kindergarten, let me know what you think.

Chapter 9

"Hi Mrs. James," Nathan greeted when the door swung open.

"Nathan, come on in," she held the door open wider, "Haley should be down in a couple of minutes."

"Dada," Tommy grinned from his high chair when Nathan walked into the kitchen.

"Hey buddy," Nathan pulled his son from his seat and hugged him tight, "I missed you."

"He missed you too, and he's not he only one," Haley greeted wrapping her arms around his waist from behind and hugged herself to him.

"I'm sorry Hales," he murmured placing Tommy back in his seat, before turning and engulfing her completely.

"We should talk," she pulled away, taking his hand and leading him into the living room.

"Those words aren't usually good," he sighed and she pushed him onto the couch sitting on the coffee table in front of him.

"First: were you serious?" she asked holding eye contact.

"Of course, I hadn't planned on saying it, but I'd been thinking about it, and I meant it after I said he," he spoke in earnest.

"Okay, and second: when are we getting married?" she questioned, "I did all the research and got all the forms…"

"Seriously?" he jumped up pulling her with him and swinging her around, "I love you Haley."

"I love you too," she pulled back placing a solid kiss on his mouth.

"Yes," they both heard Lydia outside the doorway, "Jimmy!"

"So we'll see you at the game and then me and my parents will meet you and Tommy at the beach?" she double checked as Nathan packed his bag for the basketball game on Friday night.

"Yes," he nodded dropping the bag over his shoulder, "you guys are cute," he smiled. Haley and Tommy were both wearing Ravens t-shirts with his name and jersey number on the back. Lydia had ordered them for all of them, even though she and Jimmy didn't go to the games.

"So you've said," she responded, following him to the door, "play nice," she ordered.

"Yes ma'am," he mocked before placing a kiss on her forehead, "love you."

"Nathan Scott is on fire tonight," Mouth announced excitedly next to her, "he had 22 points in the first half and is still on a roll I the second."

Haley couldn't help but grin, Mouth was right, and he was looking amazing too. Tommy was perched on her lap eyeing the game closely. So closely, in fact, that she realized she'd never be able to get Scotts and basketball.

Nathan grinned when he caught sight of Haley rolling her eyes as Mouth sat next to her rattling off some statistic or game changing moment, "what's got you so happy?"

"Huh?" he shook his head turning toward his older brother, "nothing; just watching Haley."

"Scotts, do you mind?" Whitey motioned to the group that was standing around, "just pass the ball to Nathan he seems to be knocking them down tonight," he sighed rubbing his forehead as the buzzer sounded.

"And so that ends the regular season, with the Ravens finishing undefeated and moving on to the playoffs," Mouth was saying as the final buzzer rang ending the game with a Ravens victory of 84-62.

"Okay Tommy, you're going home with Daddy but I'll see you soon," Haley spoke softly; it was amazing the boy was still awake.

"Hey Hales," Lucas greeted, "Tommy," he nodded to the little boy, "don't suppose you are free tonight?"

"No Luke, I'm sorry," she honestly felt bad, she'd almost completely abandoned their friendship lately.

"It's cool, I just—when you the chance…we should talk. There are some things I need to talk about and I figured you'd be the only one--"

"Tell you what? Come by Sunday afternoon and we'll talk okay?" she bargained knowing Nathan always worked Sundays.

"It's a date," he promised, waving as he stepped away and Nathan suddenly appeared in his place.

"You're almost a married woman," Nathan beamed, "what's with the date planning?"

"He needed to talk about something," she shrugged looking after him, "anyway, good game."

"Haley, if you need to go talk to Lucas we can do this tomorrow," he sighed, "I know you don't see him as much as you would like."

"No we already have plans," she replied shifting Tommy into his arms, "you go, I've got to meet Mom out front.

"Not so fast," he grabbed her hand pulling her back, "I love you."

"I love you too," she promised popping a kiss on his chin, before jogging to the front of the school.

The couple recited their vows just as the sun rose over the horizon. Tommy was sleeping on his new grandfather's shoulder, and Lydia was beaming at the pair. After tanking the minister they piled into the James's car and headed back to the house.

"Thanks for the cake, but we really should be getting Tommy to bed," Nathan sighed pushing his plate away. Lydia had made them a cake, which had been devoured rather quickly, except for one piece that was set into Tupperware for when Tommy woke up.

"Tommy is staying here tonight," Jimmy smiled, "go enjoy your wedding night, but someone better be here to pick him up before Nathan goes to work on Sunday."

"You guys really don't have to do that," Nathan smirked, "but I'm glad you did," he grabbed Haley's hand, "come on we've got a bus to catch."

"Nate, take my car," Jimmy laughed tossing him the keys. Haley blushed brightly waving bye to her parents.

"It's weird that they're sending us off to have sex," Haley broke the quiet of the car ride; "it is weird, isn't it?"

"No," Nathan couldn't help but chuckle, "they want us to enjoy our wedding night, Hales. This is what married couples do," he took her hand in his placing it on his thigh and grinned when she squeezed it and then started stroking it softly.

"I guess you're right."

"Freeze," Nathan commanded when Haley reached the apartment door about to go in, "stay right there until I come get you."

"Nathan," she whined, "come on its cold out here," she informed him through the small crack he left in the door.

"Hold your horses, I'm not going to let you turn into a popsicle on our first night as a married couple," he smirked reappearing and swooped her up into his arms.

"What are you doing?" she questioned, bewildered.

"Tradition is tradition Haley James," he shrugged before kicking the door open.

"Scott. Haley James-Scott," she reminded as Nathan stepped over the threshold, "wh—how did you do all of this? You were only in here for like thirty seconds."

"All I did was light the candles, the rest your Mom kind of helped out with," he smiled gazing around his—no, their living room. Rose petals covered every imaginable surface, and candles created a walkway to their bedroom. But he couldn't wait for her to see the bedroom, he'd asked for Lydia's help, but he never expected what he received, she'd gone all out with satin sheets, and material thrown over lamps to give the room a romantic glow, she'd even laid out packages on the bed for both of them. Nathan was praying it was lingerie or something equally as stimulating.

"I love you," Haley whispered wrapping her arms around his waist drawing him from his thoughts.

"I love you too," he replied bending his knees to arrive at her level, "always." He promised placing a light kiss on her forehead and then her lips. The kiss gradually escalated and Nathan again lifted her into his arms as he slowly made his way to the bedroom. "Are you sure?" he asked as he settled them both on the bed, forgetting the gifts for now.

"Never been more sure of anything before in my life," she promised, grazing a hand over his jaw, "I love you, Nathan, so much. Make love to me," she whispered quietly pulling his head back down to hers taking his lips again.

"So that's what all that fuss was about?" Haley huffed, falling limply onto Nathan's chest totally and completely satisfied. Nathan couldn't help but chuckle.

"Not all that 'fuss' was about sex, what we just did? That's on a whole other level," he smirked, wrapping both his arms around her small frame.

"Umhmm," she murmured dreamily before popping up and out of his embrace, "let's do it again."

Nathan full out laughed this time, "baby, we can do it whenever you want," he promised rolling back onto her, sealing their lips again.