Chapter 5: Falling Into Place

IT IS NOW TWO WEEKS LATER AND THE GROUP OF FRIENDS AS AT THE RIVER COURT WATCHING NATHAN, LUCAS, JAKE AND SOME OF THEIR OTHER FRIENDS PLAY BALL.

"So Haley twins?" Peyton said.
"Yea," Haley said smiling.
"I can't believe that soon there are going to be two more little scott boys running around on this court. I'm not sure the world can handle much more." All three of the girls laughed at Brooke's comment. "No, but really Haley i'm happy for you."
"Thanks you guys. I'm happy too. I mean i know i'm young and all but i really am happy. I think i'm okay with this."
"You should be Hales," Peyton said, "You'll be a great mother and I know Nathan will do anything he can for you. I mean i've never seen him like this. When he's with you he's so..."
"In love," Brooke said.
"Yea," Peyton agreed, "In love." All three of the girls laughed together.
"Hey Scott!" Haley yelled. "Not you," she said to Luke when they both turned around. Lucas laughed at his pregnant friend.
"What beautiful?" Nathan said playfully.
"Let's make a deal?"
"What kind of deal?" Nathan said raising his eyebrows at Haley.
"If you lose this game you owe me a piece of cheesecake from Karen's cafe."
"Okay," Nathan said while Lucas and them watched on curiously, "What if I win." At this Haley smiled.
"Then i'll give you a kiss, but you still owe me cheesecake." Everyone burst out laughing. "What?" Haley said confused, "I want cheesecake!"
"Deal." Nathan turned to Lucas, "Man by now i've learned it's better not to argue with a pregnant woman."
"I heard that Nathan Scott!" Haley said.

"Nathan i changed my mind i don't wanna do this."
"Haley you know they're going to find out. It's better if it's from us." Haley and Nathan were sitting in the car outside Nathan's parents house. They had decided that maybe it was time to tell his family.
"Alright let's go." Together they made their way up to the door and entered.
"Mom? Dad?" Nathan called. "It's Nathan."
"Oh Nathan sweetie, hi." His mom entered the room and hugged Nathan. Stepping back however she saw Haley. Already three months into her pregnancy and now finding out she is having twins she couldn't very well hide the fact anymore. "Nathan," his mom said giving him a death look, "Is there something you'd like to tell your father and I?"
"Yea," he said giving her an equally cold stare, "there is. Is dad around?"
"Dan! You're son," she said accenting the word son,"has something he'd like to tell us." Dan trudged in the room not looking happy to be pulled away from whatever basketball game it was he was watching.
He stopped dead in his tracks. "Mom, Dad," Nathan said looking between the both of them, "I just wanted to tell you that you're going to be grandparents."
"What the hell were you thinking!" Dan yelled,"There goes your basketball career!"
"God Nathan, I thought i raised you better than this," Deb said.
"No mom!" Nathan shouted at her, "you didn't, and you know why? Because you guys didn't raise me at all! Where the hell were you when Dad was beating me to the ground! Where were you when I got my tonsils out or when I played my very first basketball game in kindergarten? I'll tell you something, you weren't there and I doubt you'll be there for my child either, but I just thought you might like to know. And Dad," he said staring right at Dan, "unlike you I am not going to abandon Haley or my two sons. So you know what mom and dad? Fuck you!" And with that Nathan grabbed Haley's hand and stormed out the door.
Getting in the car Nathan slammed his door and once Haley got in they sped off.
Entering the apartment Nathan went into their room and fell onto the bed leaving Haley standing in the doorway. The entire car ride home had been silent.
Haley walked into their room and saw Nathan. When Nathan saw her he quickly tried to wipe the tears from his eyes. "Haley I..."
"Nathan i'm sorry. This is my fault." Haley sat down beside him on the bed. Turning Nathan wrapped his arms around Haley.
"Don't ever say that Haley. Look at my dad he abandoned Lucas and Karen, and then he forced me to make basketball my life when i just wanted to play because i loved it like Lucas. Why should i have expected anything more of him?"
"still..."
"No haley," he said firmly, "don't listen to them. We did not ruin our lives. We did not make a mistake. We are going to have two beautiful sons. I can just imagine all of us sitting down to nice family dinners, you and me sitting and watching them play basketball, but only if they want to. I can see us sitting on a porch swing watching them run around with Lucas and Peyton."
Haley smiled at that last remark and leaned over to kiss Nathan. "I love you."
"I love you too." Then leaning down Nathan kissed Haley's tummy. "And don't you two fret I love you guys too." Haley smiled and kissed him again and they both fell back into the bed.

"Oh Haley look at this!" Peyton squeals pointing too a little onesie with a frog on the front.
"Oh my gosh that is so cute," Haley says. Brooke, Haley, and Peyton had gone out to do some shopping for baby clothes and accessories.
"I can't believe you are having two boys Haley James," Brooke says smiling. "Haley i am so getting these little overall outfits for those to babies!"
"You guys this is so much fun thanks for coming."
"Are you kidding me Haley? A chance for me to shop and spend other peoples money." All three of them laugh at Brooke's comment. "Who knew shopping for little baby stuff could be so fun. It's all so cute."
"I know. Oh Hales you have to get them some little footsie pajamas, oh and look at these sweaters." Haley laughed.
"These kids aren't even born and they're getting spoiled rotten."
"So are you going to dress them alike if they're identical?" Brooke asks Haley walking over to look at the pajamas.
"Yes definitely. Can you imagine two little boys in the same outfits playing outside with Nathan."
"Oh that will be so cute. I can't believe Nathan Scott is going to be a father," Peyton says.
"I know. I mean a year ago i would have been like yea right, and now it's like no big thing. He seems like the father type. I know that having Dan raise him will definitely help him to be a better father."
"Okay you guys let's buy this and get out of here because pregnant woman has to pee!" Brooke and Peyton laughed and they took the clothes to the counter to purchase them.
"Geez they weren't lying when they said pregnant women always have to pee. OUCH!" Brooke said when Haley elbowed her playfully.
All three of them started laughing.

Lucas was standing on her porch when Haley got back from shopping with the girls. She walked up to him curious as to what he was doing. "Lucas?"
"Hey Hales," he said trying to sound casual.
"Okay Luke spill, what's going on?" Lucas sat down hard on the porch.
"I just can't seem to get out of this mess Hales. Peyton and Brooke are still ignoring me unless it's about you." Haley went to sit down and Lucas had to help her.
"Lucas someone's going to get hurt somewhat that's life, but figure out who it is you really like if it's even one of them."
"I really like Peyton, but then again Brooke is so much fun to be with." He put his head in his hands.
"Lucas look at me," Haley said. Lucas looked up at her. "Tell me why you like Peyton and Brooke."
"Well Peyton is great. I mean she and I have a lot in common. For her art is like my basketball. Her mom's gone. She's easy to talk to. We have that whole tortured artist/broody basketball player thing going on as Jake and them said. Then again there's Brooke. Ah what can I say about her. She's fun, she gets me to do wild stuff, and she can always make me smile, but at the same time there's another side to her that she let me see. She opened up to me when Peyton was drugged. She let me see who she really was."
Haley was smiling really big now. "Okay Lucas i'm not sure about you but the choice seems obvious from that dazed look in your eyes as you were listing those things. I think you definitely have the star basketball player/head cheerleader thing going on."
"You're right!" he said jumping up. "I do like her, Haley I think I love her," he said looking at her incredulously.
"Whoa slow down man."
"No really. Peyton and me, i just wanted to see what it would be like, but Brooke she came along. She made life fun, she made it exciting. I've gotta go get her Hales!" Haley just smiled up at him.
Lucas ran off down the street and Haley just laughed to herself. It was about time he figured it out.