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Chapter 5

About a week had passed that the girls had not spoken to the guys. The guys were a mess, the girls were a mess but they had not choice but to pull a brave front for their children.

It was the day that the kids were going to spend with their fathers, after they were having a sleepover with Skills and the guys so that Haley and Brooke could get out a bit.

"Ding dong," the sound of the door bell echoed throughout the house. Haley and Brooke looked at one another while Haley got up and made her way to answer the door.

"Hey," Nathan greeted with a light smile. Haley nodded at him but nothing more. Jamie ran down the stairs to see who was at the door. Once he saw that it was his father, his face lit up as he ran over to him.

"Daddy!" the little boy shouted with happiness.

Nathan swept the boy in his arms and hugged him tightly, "Hey buddy! Oh daddy's missed you so much."

"I miss you too daddy."

Lucas watched the moment between his brother and nephew and couldn't wait any longer for his turn until he noticed his little girl. "There's my princess," he said as he lifted her in his arms. "Thank for letting us come over and take the kids."

"Haley and I told you both that the only connection any of us have to one another is Jamie and Summer, other than that, we all have separate lives," Brooke stated to Lucas and Nathan.

Nathan looked over at Haley curious to what her expression was. She looked down while Brooke spoke.

"Haley can I talk to you?" Lucas asked his former best friend. Haley hesitated but then decided to go, after all she had grown up with Lucas.

"What do you want?" she asked coldly. "I get why Brooke's made at me, but why are you made at me?" he asked, clearly confused.

"I cannot believe your asking me this question, Brooke's my best friend and what you did to her is not right." Haley told him, shocked that he would even have to ask such a question.

"I know that but I thought you were my best friend?" he asked her hurt

"I am, I just...you and Nathan have really hurt us and I see you differently now. You'll always be a great friend but right now I just can't understand this whole situation. You've always been better then this and I guess I thought more of you, especially now that you have a family, but I guess I was wrong about you both."

"Look I'm the bad guy, but Nathan didn't do anything that bad," Lucas said, defending his brother.

Haley's eyes squinted, "Kissing another woman that isn't his wife isn't that bad? This coming from the man who slept with another woman and still expects his wife to forgive him. Look you guys came here for the kids not to lecture, so go and have fun with your children."

Lucas and Haley walked back to where Brooke was standing alone, "Where did Nathan go?" Lucas asked. "He's in the car with the kids, he tried to talk to me and I told him if he even tries to make excuses my shoe would end up so far up his butt that it would come out of his mouth."

"Tell me you didn't say that in front of my son," Haley asked with wide eyes

"No I sent Jamie to get his things." Haley gave Brooke a small smile, "I'm going to say goodbye to Jamie."

"Good idea, I didn't even say goodbye to Summer," Brooke explained following Haley outside. Once the girls approached the car, Nathan immediately got out.

"Did we forget something?" he asked puzzled. Haley nodded, "No, I just wanted to kiss my son goodbye."

Haley hugged her son, "Call me when you get to Uncle Skills house okay? Have fun sweetie and I love you so much."

Jamie returned the hug, "I love you too momma, and if you need anything call us."

Haley smiled at her baby boy, "Thanks baby." She kissed the top of his head and stood by the side of the car with her arms folded across her chest not taking her gaze off of Jamie while Brooke said her goodbyes.

"Bye my baby girl, mommy loves you and I'll see you soon," Brooke said giving her daughter a sweet kiss on the forehead.

"Bye Brooke," Lucas added but Brooke just focused on her daughter, "Bye baby girl."

Lucas closed the door; he knew it was no use.

Nathan turned his head around, "So buddy where do you want to go?"

"Daddy can we just go somewhere that we can talk?" Nathan stared at his son, "everything okay Jimmy Jam?"

Jamie nodded, "Yea I just want to talk."

"How about we go to the park, I can let Summer play and you two can take a walk or something, is that okay Jamie?" Lucas asked.

Jamie smiled, "That's good Uncle Lucas, thank you."

The boys arrived to the park. Lucas brought Summer to the slides while Nathan and Jamie went to sit and talk on the bench. "Buddy bothering you buddy?"

Jamie played with his fingers before looking up to his dad, "Daddy why is momma so sad?"

Nathan felt like someone had just punched him in the stomach and sucked the air out of him. He never in a million years thought that Jamie would ask this question. How could he explain to his son that he was an ass and that the real reason was because he made out with another woman. That's why his mother was so sad. He was not prepared to answer his son's question but he knew that he had no choice but to and with the truth.

Nathan took a deep breath and stared at the sky, "I'm afraid that I'm the reason why mommy's so sad."

Jamie was shocked by his fathers words, "You? What happened?"

Nathan finally made eye contact with his son, "Daddy did something really bad to hurt mommy and now she doesn't like me very much."

"But I thought that you and mommy loved each other, always and forever?" the little boy repeated those words that he always heard his parents say to one another.

Those words stung Nathan, "I do love mommy, and I always will but mommy deserves better than daddy. I've been really bad to her and sometimes when people do bad things, their love fails."

"Will mommy ever be happy?" the little boy asked, concerned for her mother.

Nathan smiled, "I hope so, I wish you're mommy all the happiness in the world and I hope that someday soon I can be the one who makes her happy again."

Jamie did not return the smile he was so confused and saddened, "But what if you can't?"

"Well I'll tell you that I will never give up on her, not ever. I love mommy so much and I will love her forever and ever." Hearing those words coming out of his fathers mouth made Jamie let out a small smile.

Changing the subject, Nathan quickly asked his son, "So buddy, it's your day, what would you like to do?"

"Nothing, I hate it when you and mommy are not happy," he said while getting up and walked away.

Before he could get any further, Jamie turned around and met his fathers eyes, "Mommy cries every night with Aunt Brooke, I know she doesn't want to cry in front of me. Sometimes I can't fall asleep because I hear her in the middle of the night crying and it makes me sad. The other night she had the picture of me, you, and her and she was holding onto it while she cried."

Jamie then turned around again and went to play at the sand box alone. He mostly just sat there with a pout on his face but he felt better then sitting beside his father

Lucas walked over to his nephew, "Hey buddy, do you think you can watch Summer for a second?"

"Sure," Jamie replied. Lucas walked over to Nathan, "What's going on? Is he ok?"

Nathan looked at his brother, "My 5 year old son just asked me why his mother was so sad."

Lucas frowned, "And what did you tell him?"

"That it was my fault and I'm the reason why she's hurting. Then he told me that he hears her cry every night and that he hates it when she and I are unhappy."

Lucas sat beside his brother, "It's a tough age, he's old enough to understand what he see's but not old enough to understand the meaning behind it."

"Well this just has made me feel even more like an ass," Nathan said staring at his son.