Mary0-23: I am really glad that you like this story as well. I can't wait to see what kinds of ideas you'll have for it. And I just had to update tonight after I read all of your pleases lol.
Nathnlvr: I know that you don't really want LeeAnn gone. And I know that you are prob wondering where the naley is so I put a little into this chapter for you.
Nemo123489: I actually did cry when I was writing it because I just imagine him being so darn cute. Oh and I think that you are going to like the new character that is in this chapter.
Lilmonkeygirl31: I'm so glad that you enjoyed this chapter. Thank you so much for all of your positive reviews.
Kelly.Louise I am so glad that you found the end to be so touching. I always love when I am able to really connect the story to the readers. Even I am curious how the Naley is going to work in the future. I am a chapter to chapter writer with no real idea so it will be a shocker for both of us lol.
Izzzie23: I know I wish that I could see him to. Although I was able to find a younger of picture of James on yahoo images so I just took that and made it even younger lol. He was a cutie let me tell ya. Thank you so much again for the positive feedback.
Naleybop: Haha its ok I don't expect you to have them for me all the time now lol. Yeah Dan is a jerk and unfortunately that is prob not going to change. Let me know if you have any ideas for the story at all I am always looking for suggestions.
Charmed OTH fan: Yes I am glad that he is out of that house too lol. And trust me Dan has no problem with not having to take care of Nathan but we all know that there are weekends unfortunetly.
naley-obsseshunz-xOx Haha yeah I was hoping that it would have that effect on people. I like to tug at the heart without having to do anything major lol. And yes Haley is going to be in this chapter. It couldn't be a naley without her. Thank you for the positive review.
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Chapter 4.
It had been a couple of days since Nathan had moved in with LeeAnn it was already starting to get difficult. LeeAnn had been so blinded by her love for the little boy that she didn't realize all that she really would be giving up.
"Ok so there is an awesome party going on tonight and you have to be there." LeeAnn's boyfriend Chris said.
"Babe as much as I would love to my parents are going out of town tonight so I have no one to watch Nathan and I will be getting Haley." LeeAnn answered.
"I know I just miss you. Hey what if you and I had a little party of our own after we put the little shits to bed."
"Don't talk about them like that. And I really don't think that's it's a good idea I am really stressed and prob wouldn't be very much fun."
"Alright well then how about you call me then when you actually have some time for your boyfriend."
"Chris it's not like that. You know that I wish that I could spend more time with you but we will still have the weekends when Nathan is at his dads."
"Thank god for that or else we would never see each other."
"Yeah I guess. Look babe I have to go he's going to be up from his nap soon. I love you." LeeAnn said.
"I love you too babe." Chris replied.
LeeAnn just sank down into the chair and thought about how much her life had really changed. She was only 18 and babysitting was a lot different then actually raising a kid. And besides that she had to do it all on her own its not like she had a husband to help her with anything. As much as LeeAnn loved Nathan she was starting to wonder if it had been a bad idea to take him in.
LeeAnn saw that his bedroom door was partly open and as she looked in she could see him sleeping face down butt up in the air. She couldn't resist she had to go and take a picture. It was times like these that all of her doubts melted away. LeeAnn stood there just watching him sleep for a few minutes until she heard a knock on her door. She crept out of Nathan's room and quietly shut his door.
When she opened the door she was greeted by Haley lunging herself at her.
"Hey bub nice to see you too." LeeAnn said laughing.
"I am so excited LeeAnn. Are we going to decorate my room this weekend?" Haley asked.
"Yup you, Nathan, and I are going to go to the store to get paint and other things to decorate the apartment."
"LeeAnn thank you so much for taking Haley for the week. We know that you have a lot going on with Nathan and everything but we just didn't think it would be a good idea for her to miss that much preschool." Lydia James told her daughter.
"Its fine mom we are going to have a great time and it will give Nathan someone else to play with other then me." LeeAnn laughed.
LeeAnn kissed her parents goodbye and closed the door.
"Where is Nathan." Haley asked excited. The two of them had become pretty good friends in the last couple of weeks.
"He's still sleeping so how about we have some sister time." LeeAnn said picking her up and bringing her into her room.
"So this is going to be my room." Haley asked as she saw the huge room that had three beds in it.
"Yup and I made sure that you would have room for your friends too."
"Oh can I have my friends from school come over sometime." Haley asked.
"Yeah sure how about this weekend we can plan a night for you and Nathan to have some friends over to spend the night." LeeAnn suggested.
"Yay I can't wait to tell Nathan once he wakes up. When do you think that he will be up?" Haley asked.
"He should be up really soon so what do you want to do until he gets up."
"Can we dance?"
"Sure who do you want to dance too today?"
"Umm Barney." Haley answered.
"Ok lets go find your cd."
LeeAnn and Haley were dancing and laughing when Nathan woke up. He walked to the door and saw the two of them laughing and dancing to something that he didn't recognize. It made him sad. He had never had anyone to act silly like that with him at home.
"Nathan hey your up come dance with us." LeeAnn said taking his hand and spinning him around.
"Yeah Nathan LeeAnn is a good dancer." Haley said as she grabbed his other hand and they all spun in a circle.
Nathan didn't need to feel sad anymore LeeAnn and Haley were going to be there to be silly with him. And that made him happier then anything.
The three of them continued to dance and laugh for awhile until it was time for dinner.
"Ok so what do you guys want to do for dinner." Leeann asked the two kids as she tried to catch her breath.
"Oh I know can we go to my aunts café." Nathan asked
"I didn't know that Maria had a café." LeeAnn said confused.
"No it's my Aunt Karen." Nathan said laughing at LeeAnn.
"Well where is her café." LeeAnn asked.
"Oh umm I don't know how to get there." He said shyly.
"Well what is it called we can get directions off the internet."
"It's called Karen's café." Nathan said excitedly. It had been awhile since he had seen his aunt Karen.
"Ok well let me go look it up and we can head out ok."
"I don't want to go there." Haley said.
"Why not?" Nathan asked.
"I want a grilled cheese sandwich." Haley pouted.
"If you ask I bet Aunt Karen will make you one she is really nice."
"Really." Haley's eyes lit up.
"Yeah she always makes me whatever I want."
"Ok you two I have the directions lets get going I know that I am starving."
LeeAnn laughed as the two kids raced each other to the door.
"Hey you two don't out into the parking lot without me got it."
"Ok." They both yelled back to her.
The drive was short and filled with laughter from everyone. All doubts that LeeAnn had earlier in the day had been washed away and hopefully wouldn't be coming back. She knew that it was going to be hard but as long as she had these two kids she knew that everything was going to work out just fine.
When they got to the café LeeAnn couldn't help but notice how small and homely the place was.
"Karen's café how can I help you." A small older dark haired woman asked.
"Aunt Karen." Nathan yelled as he ran in.
"Nathan, how are you sweetheart. I haven't seen you in so long. I think you must have grown a whole foot." She said hugging the little boy.
"You're silly I didn't grow that much." Nathan giggled. "Oh this is LeeAnn and Haley." Nathan said pointing to the other people who had walked in.
"So you're the person who is taking care of Nathan." Karen said standing up and noticing how young the girl was. "You can't be more then 20."
"I'm 18 actually." LeeAnn laughed.
"And you Haley aren't you just the cutest little girl ever." Karen smiled.
"Thank you miss." Haley said blushing.
"So what can I get you three this afternoon?" Karen asked.
Haley shyly whispered to Nathan and he just nodded. "Can Haley have a grilled cheese sandwich Aunt Karen."
"Of course she can." Karen said smiling at the little girl that stood behind her nephew.
"And I want hamburger with…" "No bun." Karen interrupted.
"Hey how did you know?" Nathan asked.
"Nathan sweetie you never want a bun." Karen laughed. "How about you LeeAnn what can I get you?"
"Umm do you have spaghetti?"
"Sure do. So we have one grilled cheese, spaghetti, and one hamburger bun coming right up."
"No Aunt Karen I don't want the bun I just want the hamburger." Nathan scowled.
"I know Nathan I was just kidding with you."
"Oh ok." He said smiling.
The three of them sat at a booth and waiting for there food. It was going pretty good until Haley decided to throw her fork at Nathan which of course caused Nathan to get mad and throw his back at her.
"Alright you too enough of that." LeeAnn said smiling at them.
Karen come back with their food and also a little blonde haired boy.
"LeeAnn I know that I just met you but I am swamped here I was wondering if it would be ok if Lucas sat with you and the kids." Karen asked nervously.
"Sure of course. So this must be the Lucas that Nathan talks about all the time." LeeAnn said putting her hand out for Lucas to take it.
The little boy just stepped back looking terrified. "I'm sorry he is really shy." Karen apologized.
"No problem. Lucas would you like to come and sit next to Nathan." She asked getting up so that the little boy could just get in.
"Yes please." Lucas said getting into the booth.
Karen smiled and put food in front of all of them. She had made a grilled cheese for Lucas as well.
"So Lucas what do you like to do?" LeeAnn asked the shy scruffy little boy sitting next to her.
"Umm I like to play basketball." He almost whispered.
"Oh Lucas you should come to the park and play with us sometimes LeeAnn is really good at basketball." Haley said proudly.
"Could I." The little boy beamed turning to look at LeeAnn.
"Sure buddy anytime as long as it's ok with your mom."
"If what's ok with me." Karen asked walking over to the table.
"If Lucas comes and plays basketball in the park with us sometimes." Nathan exclaimed.
"I think that would be wonderful." Karen said smiling at the two boys.
"Oh LeeAnn can Lucas spend the night." Nathan asked excited.
"Oh ummm….well I don't see why not. I mean you do have your bunk beds." LeeAnn said a little caught of guard.
"Nathan you know that it's not nice to put people on the spot like that." Karen said
"No Karen its fine Lucas is more then welcome if he would like to stay the night. And I know that you might be a little apprehensive since I am only 18 but I promise you that I take children and watching them very seriously." LeeAnn reassured her.
"Oh hunny that thought hadn't even crossed my mind. Lucas is more then welcome to stay the night at your place as long as it really is ok and he wants to."
"Oh I really wants to Mommy." Lucas said in the loudest voice LeeAnn had heard all night.
"Well then lets get your bag." Karen said smiling at LeeAnn and going in back.
Lucas came back out a couple of minutes later with a bag and a huge smile on his face.
"Thank you for letting me come to your house." Lucas said shyly to LeeAnn.
"Lucas you don't have to be shy with me." LeeAnn said getting eye level with him.
"I know." Hey said quietly.
"We'll work on it." She said taking his hand and leading him out to her van.
Yes that's right 18 and driving around a van full of kids. Who would have ever thought?
When they got home it was about 2 hours before the kids would have to go to sleep. The kids seemed to be having a great time and were really not too thrilled to be going to bed. But never the less there really wasn't too much of a fight from any of them.
It was around midnight when it started to storm. LeeAnn knew that Haley hated storms so she went into check on her little sister. When she got in there she saw Haley sitting upright in bed clutching her stuffed animal Mr.Waffles.
"Come on bub you can sleep in my room tonight." LeeAnn said motioning to the little girl.
Haley didn't say a word just ran at her sister as silent tears ran down her face. The two had gotten snuggled into bed when LeeAnn thought that she heard noise coming from the boys' room.
"You stay here bub and I will be right back ok." LeeAnn said softly.
"Ok, just please hurry." Haley whimpered.
LeeAnn went into the boys' room and found the two of them huddled into the same bed with Lucas whimpering.
"Hey what's wrong Lucas?" LeeAnn asked stroking his cheek.
"I don't like storms." Lucas whispered.
LeeAnn looked and saw that Nathan was also awake and looking at her.
"Why don't you two come and sleep in my room with me and Haley."
At that both boys sprang out of bed and ran to her room. She couldn't help but laugh at them in their cute little pj's. Nathan's were blue with little basketballs on them while Lucas's were red with basketballs on them.
Looking into her room LeeAnn was glad that she had decided to get a king size bed. Getting in bed she immediately was surrounded. She was surprised when Lucas squirmed the closest to her since he had been so shy earlier. She picked him up and laid him right on top of her so that the other two could cuddle up as well. LeeAnn smiled at the three kids all piled in her bed.
"I'm sorry." Lucas whispered.
"What for little man." LeeAnn asked looking down at his little face. She couldn't help but notice that he too had bright blue eyes.
"For waking you up and taking your bed."
"Don't you be sorry about that. If your ever here and scared I want you to come and get me ok."
"Ok. Thank you LeeAnn."
"Your welcome. Night Lucas I love you." LeeAnn said.
Some people might think that she was lying. But she had loved him as soon as she had seen him hiding behind his mom at the café. She just knew that this little boy was going to be a big part of her life just like the other two little ones snoring next to her.
Thank you all so much for the positive reviews. I always love to hear from you guys and know what you're thinking. And once again make sure to let me know about any ideas that you guys have I'm writing this for all of you so I want to make sure that you get what you want.
Delia