Chapter 8

"Where's Nathan?" asked Lucas as he and Peyton came into Haley and Nathan's room to find Nathan no where to be seen.

"Err he has gone to the gym for the day" said Haley. "So its gonna be just us going sight seeing"

"Hmmm he still could have come" moaned Peyton. "It won't be the same without him"

"He promised to be with us tomorrow" said Haley. "Now come on lets go"

"Fine as long as we see the statue of liberty first, I wanna climb all the way to the top" said Peyton as she hopped out the room with Haley and Lucas behind her.

"Ive done that like a millions of time it's boring" moaned Haley.

"Yeah but we haven't, that's your fault for coming alone without us" said Lucas. "So tell me what the real reason why Nathan isn't here"

"Huh what, I just told you guys, he's at the gym" said Haley looking at the ground.

"Hales, I know you better then anyone" said Lucas. "You look down when you're lying or hiding something"

"Luke im telling the truth, Nathan has gone to the gym and he will be doing something else" said Haley. She hated lying to Lucas. "And its nothing to concern you guys, so don't worry ok"

"Ok"

Nathan arrived at Jake and Brooke's house, Jake let him in and they both went in the kitchen.

"Orite so what do we do, stick them in the playpen and watch basketball" said Nathan clapping his hands together.

"Nathan they are nearly 6 years old, they're too big for playpens" laughed Jake.

"So what do we do with them then" asked Nathan

"Well first we give them breakfast, let them watch TV, play outside for awhile, then go to the park and last of all McDonalds!" said Jake ticking of the days work. "Plus we can't loose them again other wise Brooke will kill me"

"Oh my god, we should get paid to be parents" said Nathan shocked. "What happened to you're social life"

"Well it's our fault to get woman knocked up at 18, so we pray the price with cute kids" said Jake.

"Cute more like devils" snorted Nathan. "Me and hales are always using protection from now on"

"Nate man you do know that condoms work like 97 percent of time" said Jake.

"What! Oh my god, I did not know that" said Nathan pulling a strip out of his pocket.

"Good god Nathan, why do you carry them around with you" said Jake. "Now put them away before the girls see them"

"What, we can always fill them with water and have a water fight" suggested Nathan.

"Ok no, we're not doing that and I don't want my kids to know stuff about this yet" said Jake.

"Oh really and you think they are ready to have the 'talk'" smirked Nathan. At the moment the girls came pounding in the kitchen.

"Daddy we're hungry" moaned Maria at Jake.

"Orite sweetie, you guys have your cereal and then watch a bit of TV ok" said Jake pouring two bowls of cereal for the girls. Once the girls finished their breakfast they went and watched TV with Jake and Nathan. Nathan seemed too bored out of his wits.

"God Jake, when will this finish" moaned Nathan. They just finished watch tweenies, Dora explora and now were gonna watch blues clues. "Its boring and stupid, I mean how slow are these children not to get any of this"

"Nate shut it and it's supposed to be educational" said Jake. "Plus I watch this everyday, so feel sorry for me more"

"Look the game is about to start and bobcats are playing, lets send the girls into the back garden to play so we can catch the first half" said Nathan. "Then we will go to the park"

"Fine… girls why don't you go and play basketball out side for awhile then we will go the park later ok" said Jake. The girls squealed with delight and when running in the garden.

"Finally now we can watch something for real" said Nathan flicking the channel to the game.

"Ok let me get some things to eat" said Jake heading in the kitchen. Nathan was watching the game and humming the theme tune to blues clues, and stops until he realized what he had just done.

"Damn you Jake, the stupid song is stuck in my head" cursed Nathan. "I swear to god im not going to babsit with you again". Jake laughs as he comes in the living room with the snacks. The both guys sat and watched the first half and then went to get the girls in so they could get ready to go to central park. The girls came in covered in dirt from head to foot.

"What the heck happened here" asked Jake as he saw the girls come in.

"What daddy" said Maria Innocently

"Where did all that dirt come from" said Jake

"What dirt Uncle Jake, I think your seeing things" said Sarah

"Yeah of course I am, go upstairs and get changed" instructed Jake, he turned to Nathan. "I swear to god these two seem to be getting smarter by the day"

"Hey they are Rachel and Brookes kids after all" said Nathan, Jake nodded with agreement. The girls came down, Maria dressed all in pink and Sarah dressed in a basket ball jersey.

"I think the next door kid has come down with Maria" said Nathan uncertainly. "I swear it was Sarah who went up or have I gone blind"

"You haven't gone blind fool it is Sarah" said Jake hitting him on the head.

"Ow… I swear she was a girl" said Nathan.

"She is a girl, she just a tomboy" said Jake. "She is my little angel"

"Well that's just stupid" said Nathan. "Now no guy is going to ask her out or summit now"

"Exactly, and I always wish Maria could be like Sarah" sighed Jake.

"Daddy can we go now" whined Maria.

"Yeah sure come on" said Jake, they left for the park.

"Wow I have never walked this much in my life" said Peyton, they just visit the statue of liberty and did shopping. Peyton brought a whole of souvenirs to take back home. "And how amazing was it being at the top of the statue of liberty"

"Yeah… such great fun… how… how tall was that thing" muttered Lucas who looked a bit pale.

"Oh im sorry honey, you never said you were afraid of heights" said Peyton soothingly. "If we had known then we would have never taken you there"

"I am not afraid of heights, it … was just too tall… plus I had a big breakfast" said Lucas defensively.

"Yeah of course you not" laughed Haley. "Come on lets get something to eat McDonalds"

"Im not though" said Lucas as all three of them walked ahead.

Nathan and Jake sat on a bench and watched the girls chase pigeons in the central park.

"Man this summer went totally whack" sighed Nathan.

"Yeah I know but there's nothing we can do right" said Jake. "I mean Lucas had to come anyway"

"Do you think it's a good idea to hide Sarah away from him" asked Nathan.

"No I don't but, it what Brooke wants and she is after all Sarah's mother" said Jake. "But sometimes I think it the best to tell him"

"Yeah?"

"Well yeah I mean he was the one who told me not to hide jenny from the world" explained Jake. "And when I came forward with her, life became a lot easier for me"

"Yeah well that's true, but Nikki isn't dating your best friend like Lucas is" said Nathan

"I hope not man, that's either you or Lucas and both of you are taken" laughed Jake.

"Well technically Nikki was with Lucas, you know she was the bar slut after all" said Nathan.

"Man lets not relive that" said Jake.

"Daddy we're hungry" whined Maria.

"What again, you two just ate breakfast" said Nathan shocked.

"Nate they're kids, they have more energy then us put together" said Jake. "Come on girls lets go to McDonalds". They all leave the park and walk to the McDonalds, they went and grabbed a table and seated the girls.

"Nate man could you order I got to the bathroom" said Jake heading towards the toilets.

"Hey what should I order them man" yelled Nathan after him.

"Meal deals fool, they're kids what else would they eat" said Jake.

"Ok you two stay here and I get the food" said Nathan to the girls.

"We want ice cream too" said Sarah.

"Fine but stay here" said Nathan going to the counter.

"Hey you two go ahead and ill be back, I just want to go to a store ok" said Haley, leaving Lucas and Peyton at the door of McDonalds.

"Oh great now where does she need to go" said Peyton.

"I don't know, lets go an order and im starving" said Lucas pushing open the door. They went and found a table, Peyton sat down and Lucas took of his jacket. "Wait here and ill order".