Chapter 27

Nathan walked to the basket ball court to see a little boy trying to work on his free throws, but kept missing each time. Nathan watched him closely from the gates; he has brown hair and was quite tall.

"You know you should tuck your elbows in a bit and relax" said Nathan as he walked in, towards the boy. He just stared at Nathan for a minute then turned back the hoop and took Nathan's advice, with one shot the ball went through the hoop

"Impressive…how did you know that" the boy asked

"Im a high school coach plus and played basket ball when I was young" explained Nathan

"Cool"

"So how old are you"

"Im 10"

"really…wow you're quite good for a 10 year old"

"Thanks"

"What's your name then kid?"

"Tyler"

"So Tyler you want a game of one on one?"

"Sure you can keep up…old man"

"Ooooh its soo on"

Nathan was quite impressed by Tyler, he was unlike any other kid he has ever met, and there was something different about him which intrigued Nathan.

Haley finished looking through the library and went to find Peyton, she seemed to have lost her while she was looking at the books way at the back. When Haley came round the front, she saw Peyton with a little boy talking.

"Hey peyt, you wanna head back" asked Haley smiling at the little boy

"Err not yet…hales this Alex…Alex my friend Haley" introduced Peyton; Haley smiled again and shook Alex's hand. Peyton didn't want to leave yet, she was having too much fun with Alex, getting to know him and all, some how Peyton suddenly felt really attached to him. "I was thinking that I could stay here for awhile with Alex if that's okay with you"

"Err Mrs. Peyton its okay you can go…I need to catch up with mi best friend…he must be waiting for me" said Alex gathering his stuff.

"Oh…well if it's okay with you I'd like to meet your friend" asked Peyton, she didn't want Alex out of her sight, for some reason Peyton had become protective over him.

"Err sure why not…we're gonna play some ball" said Alex leading the way out of the library. Haley and Peyton followed him to the exist, Peyton carried on talking to Alex, she bonded really well with him. Haley watched them closely with a smile on her face, for some reason she had a feeling this little bond was going to become something big. They reached to the basket ball court and Haley saw a tall figure playing with smaller figure, it hit her, she knew who was at the court.

"How come im not surprised" asked Haley to Peyton as they both saw Nathan at the court. They all got on to the court and the ball rolled to Haley's feet, Tyler came running and picking the ball up, he looked up at Haley then back at her stomach, moved to the bench and picked up all his stuff from there and put it on the floor.

"You should sit down" said Tyler to Haley then went back to Nathan who was joined by Alex.

"Awww that's soo sweet" cooed Peyton, as Haley smiled and took a seat watching the boys.

"So Peyton what are you gonna do with Alex?" asked Haley

"Huh what…what are you on about hales" said Peyton

"Nothing I just can see the sparks…it's so obvious" smirked Haley

"Hales I have no idea what you are talking about"

"You so wanna adopt him man…I can so tell it's all this pregnancy thing"

"Oh look they're all playing basket ball" said Peyton suddenly changing the subject, they carried on watching the boy play, Nathan against Tyler and Alex for about 5 minutes until Nathan stopped and came over to the girls.

"Well I can see you got cozy with little guys" said Haley giving him a quick kiss.

"Yeah…Tyler is so cool" exclaimed Nathan

"Oh goody Nathan's found his match" laughed Peyton. "I like Alex…he is soo good"

"Aha I knew it" smirked Haley "Nathan sweetie could you pass me my drink from my bag"

"Yeah sure…err I wanna ask you summit" said Nathan passing Haley a bottle of water, she was taking a sip. "I wanna adopt Tyler"

"You what" spat out Haley spilling her water.

"Whoa Haley watch it" said Peyton wiping her self. "Anyway that will be soo cool coz I wanna adopt Alex!"

"Really" said a surprised Nathan

"Omg you two have officially gone bonkers" screeched Haley.

"Shhhhh" hissed Peyton, she was afraid the boys would hear them

"Common Hales it'll be cool all we have do is sign a couple of papers and bam we have a fully grown son" said Nathan as if it was good idea

"No Nathan it doesn't work like that…first of all the adoptive agency has got to like us, then Tyler has to like us, and we have a son coming along in 2 month, how do we know if Tyler will be okay with that" snapped Haley to her dense husband. "things don't work out that easily!...and you Peyton I was right but you still have talk to Jake and Alex, its important if he does wants to get adopted"

"Why do you always ruin the fun hales…im sure Jake would be okay with it" moaned Peyton

"What will I be okay with "asked Jake, he just come back from the tour, he and Mrs. Parker gave up waiting for the rest and she had another client to get to.

"I err uh…emmm I" stammered Peyton

"Spit it out peyt what's going on" asked Jake

"Well I met this kid called Alex…who by the way is over there…the blond one-" began Peyton

"Yeah and I met Tyler the brown one" butted in Nathan.

"Yes anyway he is a sweet kid and I like him a lot…so I was thinking…if he is okay with it" said Peyton. "That we …err could emm…err adopt him" Jake starts to laughs, but stops when he sees how serious Peyton looks.

"You're joking right…I thought you wanted to adopt a new born" said Jake.

"I do…but that was until I met Alex and I really really like him Jake" said Peyton

"Look peyt I have no doubts in your decisions but you have to know he has got to like us as well" explained Jake. "We can't just adopt him like that…its his life as well we have to consider…we have to talk Mrs. Parker again and Alex of course"

"So you're cool with this then" squealed Peyton giving him a hug

"Yeah…but I still say we should sleep on it, then come back tomorrow" said Jake

"Okay totally…oh I just hope he is okay with it to" said Peyton hopefully looking at Alex playing.

"See hales why can't you be supportive like Jake" moaned Nathan.

"What wait you wanna adopt let me guess Tyler" asked Jake

"Yes but Haley is being stubborn" said Nathan

"Im not being stubborn Nathan im being logical here" snapped Haley. "We can't just go adopting kids…okay fine we'll just have to think about this Nate"

"That's all im asking" smiled Nathan giving Haley a hug.

"Yeah guys I think we should be leaving now too" said Jake checking his watch.

"Ooh do we have to" said Peyton, she just didn't want to leave Alex.

"Peyt we'll come back tomorrow okay now common" said Jake. They all bid there good byes to Alex and Tyler. Nathan and Peyton would not stop talking about them through out the whole car ride; Jake and Haley were quite surprised to see them get so attached so quickly.