December 20th, 2011
Tree Hill, North Carolina
Haley and Nathan Scott's House
"Mama, Mama, Mama!" Jamie Scott yelled, and his voice, accompanied by a knocking on the door of Haley and Nathan's room was more than enough to wake her up. Sighing, she opened the door.
"Come on in Jamie." She called, and she smiled as she saw her son's face peaking into the room, and then the rest of his body dashing into the room, his red cape blowing along behind him as he jumped up onto the bed. "Well, isn't someone excited?"
"Yeah Jamie, it's still five days until Christmas." Nathan laughed, walking into the room with two cups of coffee, one of which he handed to his wife, receiving a quick kiss as a thank you.
"I'm not excited about Christmas." He stated simply, and then, in typical five year old fashion, His jaw dropped at the complete absurdity of what he had just said. "No!" He was quick to recover. "I am excited about Christmas, but today Aunt Peyton said I could go to the doctor's office with her."
Haley sighed; she had been hoping he'd forgotten. With all the excitement of a new baby, it was a definite that Jamie would be curious, and true to Haley's guess, Jamie had been completely enthralled with the idea of a new cousin, and he had been badgering Peyton about it even since she had sat them all down and told them last Thanksgiving. Peyton had said hundreds of times that she honestly wasn't bothered by Jamie's incessant questioning and Haley did believe her, but she had to believe that it was getting a little old. Finally, Peyton, laughing had asked if Haley and Nathan had thought a trip to the doctor's office with them would satisfy his curiosity. After several days of discussion, Haley and Nathan had decided that that would be perfect, and they had agreed on a date. Today. But now Haley was nervous about it. She remembered her prenatal appointments, and she didn't want this one to be spoiled for Lucas and Peyton because they had to drag along Jamie.
But Haley had promised Jamie, and Peyton that she wouldn't resend this offer, so she smiled, and picked up her son. "Well, okay then James Lucas Scott. You go get dressed. And remember, something nice, and no cape."
"No cape?" He whined, though he was already getting off the bed and walking to the door.
"No cape. And be quick. Aunt Peyton's going to be here in a half hour." Haley sighed, sinking down into her bed. "I cannot believe that I'm doing this. I am sending my five year old son to the OB-GYN's with Peyton."
"Yeah, who would have ever guessed that this would ever happen?" Nathan laughed, struck by the complete irony of the situation. His son was going to his ex-girlfriends pre-natal appointment.
"Not me." Haley said as she too got up and got dressed, throwing on a pair of jeans and a sweater, as she and Nathan made their way out of the bedroom and into the kitchen, where they found Deb already awake and making breakfast.
"Morning mom, why are you up so early?" Nathan asked, Deb normally wasn't up until around nine.
"It's seven. Not that early… And Jamie woke me up. No, No." she added, seeing Nathan's expression, "He's just excited, don't yell at him."
"He shouldn't be waking you up."
"He is a five year old boy. And he's coming down now." She added, throwing a stern look across the room at her son, as she heard Jamie come running into the room.
He had followed Haley's instructions to the T. Dressed nicely, no cape. There certainly was no cape on the tux he was wearing.
"Oh, Jamie. Haley laughed, bending down to meet his eyes, "Honey, you didn't need to put on a suit."
"You said get dressed up."
"Not that dressed up, man." Nathan said, looking down at his son.
"Honey, why don't you come with me, and I'll get you dressed into something appropriate," Deb said, taking the little boy's hand and leading him back upstairs.
"He is so excited."
"Yeah, Haley, it's a little weird; there's something not right about that son of yours." A voice said from the hallway, as Lucas and Peyton made their way into the house.
Pregnancy looked good on Peyton, and even though she was only a little over nine weeks, she was definitely showing a little. But it did look good on her, and her smile, so rarely seen in the months before made her look absolutely stunning.
"You look great Peyton. And you two are saints for putting up with Jamie. I know it had to be a little intrusive."
"Haley, he's just a kid. We don't mind." Peyton said, laughing. She loved Jamie and she had no problem with the never ending stream of questions. Probably because she didn't have to answer any of the hard ones.
"If you're sure…"
"Yeah. Where is he anyways? We thought for sure that he'd be waiting at the door."
"He got a little overdressed." Nathan said, chuckling to himself. "He came down stairs in a full suite and tie. It was hilarious. Mom just took him back upstairs to get dressed into something a bit more fitting."
"I really love that kid, you know that?" Peyton laughed, turning when she heard the sound of Jamie's footsteps.
"Aunt Peyton!" He screamed, rushing towards her, careful, as always to stop before he hit her, and then gently hugging her, then as always, he looked up, looking silently for permission, which Peyton granted, nodding her head and laughing as Jamie put one hand on her stomach.
"Hi baby." He whispered, "It's your cousin, Jamie. I get to see you today! Isn't that cool!" Smiling, he looked back up at his Aunt, a smile on his face. "I do get to see him today, right?"
"Yes sir, you do." Lucas said, removing his arm from around his wife's waist to pick up his nephew. "You're going to get to see the first picture of your new cousin."
"Cool."
"Very." Lucas agreed, "Now, go run into the car, and make sure Derek's awake."
"Uncle Derek's coming?" Jamie asked, more excited. At first he had been slightly wary of Peyton's older brother, not quite knowing who he was, but after an incident involving a mean kid, a carrot and a slide, Derek had become his new uncle.
"Yep, and he's in the car."
"Cool!" The five year old said again, quickly giving both of his parents a hug before he ran out the door.
"Are you sure about this?" Haley asked one more time, looking at two of her best friends. "Because I can just tell him that you'd rather he not go."
"And break his heart?" Peyton asked, laughing. "Haley, I have no problem with him being there for the ultrasound, as long as you don't."
"No, of course not, but I feel bad that Derek had to get up early to watch Jamie during the exam."
"He's up every morning earlier than today. Don't worry."
"Fine. Bring us a picture." Nathan answered for her, rolling his eyes as he slid his arms around Haley's waist, and Peyton and Lucas left.
December 20th, 2011
Tree Hill, North Carolina
Dr. Ellen Mason's (OB-GYN) Office
Lucas, Peyton, Jamie and Derek pulled into the parking lot of the doctor's office with ten minutes to spare before Peyton's appointment was scheduled. Smiling, Peyton hopped out of the car, Lucas behind her, with Derek and Jamie following close behind. When the entered the office, Peyton was once again impressed by the massive place. It seemed to be huge. She made her way effortlessly to the check in desk, where she signed herself in, and was told that the doctor would be right out. She nodded, and then walked back to where Lucas and Derek, and Jamie, were sitting.
"He'll be out soon." She said, smiling as her husband kissed her quickly before turning to Jamie. "Okay buddy, you're going to stay out here while I go into the doctor's office for a little bit, okay?"
"I thought I got to come in with you." The terror was evident on Jamie's face.
"You do, but the camera takes a little bit to warm up, so you're just going to come in when it's time to take the picture, okay? Derek's going to stay with you out here." Peyton said, smiling at her nephew.
He nodded, just in time to hear his Aunt's name called. Peyton and Lucas made both got up, and Lucas threaded his arm around Peyton's waist before they mat up with the nurse. The exam went quickly, and just as Peyton had asked, they had saved the ultrasound for last. It wasn't her first ultrasound, she had had two already, but it was nonetheless a cause for excitement. Apparently for Jamie too, who came bounding into the room only seconds after Lucas had been sent out to get him.
"Well, now who is this?" The doctor asked, eyeing Jamie with amusement.
"My name's James Lucas Scott, but you can call me Jamie. The babies my cousin." Jamie proudly announced.
"Oh, really? Well then, do you want to see a picture?"
"Yeah, I promised I would see him today." He still spoke matter of factly, smiling when Peyton and Lucas both shook their heads.
"You guys talk a lot?" The doctor was prepping the ultra sound, but he was obviously still curious about Jamie.
"Every time I see Aunt Peyton."
"Well then, let me be the first to introduce your cousins."
Jamie was so excited, he didn't see Peyton and Lucas' reaction to this simple statement.
"Excuse me," Lucas said, his voice weak with shock. "You just said cousins."
"Yes, I assumed that you wouldn't want him to see only on of them. That would be unfair to the other two." The doctor looked confused as he looked from Peyton's shocked face, to Lucas' pale face.
"Other two?"
"Well, yes. Did you not know? It says in your chart that Dr. Mason told you."
"No. No, we didn't know." Peyton said speaking up for the first time. "We had no idea."
"Oh, I'm sorry then, do you still want to do the ultrasound now, or would you like to wait?" Obviously this ultrasound tech had never informed anyone that they were having triplets.
"No, now's fine." Peyton said looking at Lucas, who nodded in agreement." Go ahead," She turned her attention to Jamie. "Guess what buddy, looks like you're not the only one seeing the babies for the first time."
"We're ready." The tech said, catching Lucas and Peyton's attention. "This is baby one, this is baby two, and over here, is baby three. Congratulations!"
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