Chapter 24: Everybody's Changing

It had been three Months since Dan died. Nathan had finally moved into Haley's house and they were very happy. It was the end of June and Nathan Jr. and Holly were packing their stuff and heading to the airport. They were going to Florida to meet Taylor for a few weeks. Nathan just carried down their suitcases and put them in the car.

" Nathan! Holly! Let's Go!" Nathan yelled to his kids.

" One Second!" Holly yelled back at her father.

" Fine! Just Hurry! Nathan!"

" Dad! Chill! I'm coming!" Nathan yelled at his dad

After about 30 more mintutes they finally headed to the airport. Haley had to go help out with a summer program down at her job, so she was unable to drive the kids. She said her good-bye's this morning,though. Nathan instead got the pleasure of driving them. They headed down the street and got on the highway to the airport. After about 10 minutes the car started getting very loud.

" Holly, Stop it!"

" No, I like this CD."

" Well, I don't."

" Too bad!"

" Little girly girl."

" Stop! You Jerk! Your so arrogant!"

" You two Better stop" Nathan warned his kids.

" It's all his fault. Can we send him somewhere else?"

" Oh, real mature, Hol."

" Oh, you are so Dead." Holly told her brother while unbuckleing her seatbelt and pouncing on Nathan.

Nathan then pulled over to the shoulder of the highway.

"Okay. Here's how it's gonna work! You either stop Now! And have a nice vacation! Or...you could continue and come home and spend the rest of the summer with me!" Nathan said in a very angry tone

Nathan got out of the car and walked around to the other side.

" Okay, Now Nathan, Up front. Holly in the very back row. And I don't want to hear you say one more word. You got it!"

" Fine!" Nathan (Jr.) Said and went into the front.

" Hey! Why does he get to sit in the front?" Holly asked her father angry now.

" Because I said so. And that's final. Now get in the back. Now!" Nathan told his daughter.

Holly got back in the car and slamed the car door and then climbed in the very back of the truck. Nathan got in the front and they drove in silence. About a half hour later they arrived at the airport. They would've arrived there sooner but since they had to pull over. When they got there Nathan parked his car after dropping their luggage off at the terminal. He then walked Nathan(JR.) and Holly inside. He stayed with them until they got to the gate and then he had to say good-bye.

" So, you guys have fun with Taylor? Although, that could be a dangerous task."

" True. Bye. Dad." Nathan told his dad while hugging him

" Bye, Nate. Be good. Call if you need anything."

" We will. Bye, Dad." Holly then hugged Nathan.

" You two, be good. No fighting on the plane, please! I still have a reputation out there."

" Okay, fine. Bye." Nathan promised his father.

They began to walk to security.

" I love you, Guys." Nathan told his kids

" Love you too, Dad." They both replied in unison

As soon as Nathan saw that they got through security he headed out of the airport. As he began to drive he was kinda of upset with himself. Like maybe those last few minutes with Nathan and Holly were bad. Cause he yelled at them. Which he never did. That was Haley's job. He was thinking of how things have changed in the last few months. His life went in an entirely different direction then he ever imagined. He couldn't help but miss them. He's spent so much time with them lately. And for once in those few months he was driving in his car alone without one of his kids there running their mouth and changing his radio. But he was cool with that. He couldn't help but see how much Nathan was like him when he was in high school. Which scared him a bit. He was an arrogant bastard. Just like he was. He hoped his son would change soon. Just like he did. He headed down to the rivercourt to play a little basketball since he knew Haley wouldn't be home for a while. When he got there he saw his brother playing. He got out and walked over to Luke.

" Hey, Luke. What's up?"

" Nate? Hey. I thought you were going to the airport."

" I did already. My torture is over for the day."

" That bad?"

" Let's just say there was a little incident of pulling off the highway and having one sit in the front and one in the very back of my truck. Just because of..."

" Your arrogant little son."

" Hey!"

" Sorry."

" No. Your right. He's just like..."

" You were."

" Yeah. That's not very good."

" No. He's an ass. And you were too. Maybe Florida can change him."

" With Taylor?"

" True."

" If anything, it could make him worse."

" Right. Crazy Taylor. Well, hopefully he doesn't get any worse. So, anyway, you wanna play a little one on one, little brother."

" Game on. Your going down."

" Your on, bro."

Nathan and Lucas played and then Nathan headed home. When he got home Haley wasn't home yet. So, he went and took a shower and then went to watch some ESPN before Haley got home. He couldn't wait. Him and Haley had renewed their wedding vows just two months before. They decided to be together for real. They resulted to be happy. And that was the way. They had a beautiful wedding. A much bigger one than their first. It was perfect. He thought about that day as he saw a picture on the wall of him, Haley, Nathan,and Holly on that day. Just then he heard the door open. Then he saw Haley standing in front of her.

" Hey, babe." Nathan said to her as she entered the living

" Hey, Nate."

" You okay? You seem kinda...all over the place."

" No. I'm fine. So, how was your trip to the airport?"

" Well...kinda...bad. Yeah, bad. That's the right word."

" Why? What happened?"

" Oh, we just had a little incident on the highway. You know a little fight. Cause our son was kinda being an ass to his sister."

" Again? He really is your son."

" Funny. Why does everyone keep saying that?"

" Cause it's true."

" Well...maybe so. So, what do you wanna do tonight? Kid-free. This is a great three weeks."

" I know. It is Nathan. But...I kinda told Brooke...I'd go out tonight."

" Oh. That's cool. Maybe I'll go hang with Luke."

" That would be fun. So, I better get ready. Be back."

" Okay."

Haley went upstairs and then called Brooke.

" Hey, tutorgirl."

" Hey...Brooke."

" What's wrong?"

" I need to...talk to you."

" Okay. Go ahead."

" Not here. Nathan's around."

" You okay, Hales."

" Yeah. Can we go out some place?"

" Yeah. Sure."

" Thanks. Since I kinda...already lied to Nathan about doing so."

" Why'd you lie to Nathan?"

" It's a long story. I'll tell you later."

" Okay. Meet me at Karen's at 6."

" Karen's? Is that really the best place? Many people I know there."

" Haley. Chill. I'm just meeting you there. We'll go somewhere else, okay?"

" Thanks, Brooke. I'll see you in an hour."

" Okay. I'll see you then. Bye."

" Bye."

Haley hung up the phone and got ready. At 5:45pm, she went downstairs and saw Nathan still watching some special about basketball.

" Okay, so I'm going."

" Okay, Hales. Have fun. I'll see you later."

" Yeah. And, Nate?"

" Yeah?"

" Please get up and go do something. Instead of watching basketball all night."

" I will. Luke's coming over in a while and we'll figure something more to do."

" Okay. Have a good time. Bye,Nate."

Haley kissed him and walked out the door. When she got to Karen's Cafe she saw Brooke sitting at the counter.

" Hey, Haley." Karen yelled to Haley

" Hey, Karen." She replied." So, Brooke, you ready to go?"

" Yeah. Let's go."

When they got to the restaurant down by the river and were sitting and started to talk, Brooke needed to know what was up with Haley.

" So...Hales...what's going on with you? I mean, your lying to Nathan. Seem...a bit...sketchy. What's up?"

" I...just...am not feeling too well."

" Oh. Well, why don't you go to the doctor?"

" That's what I don't want to do."

" Why?"

" Cause if I do...it may make all this...more true."

" Make what true?"

" Brooke, I think...I'm...Pregnant."

Brooke sat there shocked. Haley just looked down cause she didn't want to look her friend in the face. This wasn't supposed to happen to her again. Her and Nathan were supposed to be happy with their twins. The twins were the only one's she was supposed to have. But now...everything changed. Everybody is gonna be changing because of this. And she was scared. Yet...she couldn't help but smile slightly.