Hey gusy, I'm really sorry for the long wait. But I moved into a new flat and it was quite busy the last weeks, so I hadn't much time to write. But here's the next chapter, hope you like it and btw thanks for the previews, it always makes me happy to read them.
A/N: Oh soemthing else. I don't know about you guys but the more I have to see Carrie at the screen I have the longing to jump at this bimbos throat and to strangle her. And this "kiss" in the last episode nearly drove me on the edge. I really hope Haley soon realized what a bitch her nanny is. I really hope everything works out soon.
Although I loved last episode, the interaction between Brooke And Jamie was so adoreable. I love them together. Anyway I only want to let you know that, toolaugh
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Almost two weeks past, since the party and the conversation between Haley and Nathan. It really wasn't like Haley expected it, but at least he talked to her, but this was the first and last time. When they met each other in school, they gazed at each other, at least one thing Nathan could finally do, but that was about it. Furthermore Haley had to deal with Rachel and her aspersions when Haley was around and finally there was her pregnancy which she had to deal with, too. Of course she wasn't alone after all, she had Brooke, Lucas and Peyton, but what Haley really needed was Nathan, but this was only a desire which was at the time nearly impossible. The whole week Dr. Turner called Haley, because of a new appointment, but Haley didn't answer any of the calls. She won't go to one of these appointments without Nathan, but she was still too afraid of telling him, that's why she still wore the sweater and these ugly pants or "ew's", like Brooke called them.
Haley walked out of the school and searched for Peyton who would give her a ride 'home'. Peyton's wasn't exactly Haley's home, because home was only where Nathan was, but since she couldn't go back to the apartment, Peyton offered her to live with her until everything would be okay, so Haley got the room next to Peyton's.
"Hey girlie, let's get home." Peyton greeted when Haley finally found Peyton's car and got into it. "Yeah, okay. Umm, Peyton is it okay, if Brooke comes over tonight? She wants to spend some time with me, so I invited her. If it' not okay I totally understand this and I can go to Brooke, or…"
"Haley it's cool. I don't mind. I mean since this party I think things between the two of us are better now. I mean I'm aware it would never be the same again, but at least we can talk to each other like normal people, so it's cool and besides I'm out tonight. Luke and I have our 3 months anniversary." Peyton cut Haley off.
"Oh yeah right, Lucas told me. You so will like what Luke planned." Haley said while trying to sound joyful. But when Peyton mentioned their anniversary, she thought of her own one. In less then 3 months Nathan and she will have their one year anniversary. She prayed that everything would be fine until then.
"She did not insult you again in front of all?" Brooke asked outraged when Haley told her that Rachel insulted her again today. Haley only nodded. "Uhh I really start to hate my own cousin, I have no clue that she could be that bitchy." Brooke said while facing Haley. "You can't choose who your relatives are, Tigger. So…oh no!" Haley said but then was cut off of the ringing of her cell phone. Haley only threw a pillow over it, to damp the sound.
"What's the matter Tutor girl? Wouldn't you answer it? Maybe it's important."
"No I won't! It's my gynecologist Dr. Turner. He called me the whole week, because of an appointment, but I don't go! Ow Brooke!" Haley declared when Brooke suddenly smacked her.
"Are you out of mind? You have to go to this appointment Haley! It is an important thing so answer the damn phone!" Brooke nearly shouted. "You don't understand this Brooke, I can't, not without Nathan!" Haley denied. She really couldn't go. It only let her recognize that she was alone with their child. After Haley's statement she only earned another smack from Brooke. "Brooke stop it!"
"No! Not until you're saying that you go to this appointment!" Brooke pressured again. Haley wanted to say something but was shushed of Brooke. "Haley, I'm serious. You have to go to that appointment if you want I accompany you, but you have to go. If something is wrong with this child you'll never forgive yourself and I know you want the best for this kid. So do it for the child, do it for you and do it for Nathan." Brooke said now really serious while taking Haley's hand and putting it on her belly. Haley was silent for a few minutes to take Brookes words in.
Haley knew that her friend was right and when she realized that, she could smack herself, for being such a selfish person and not putting the health of her baby first. "Oh my god, Brooke I'm such a terrible mother. How could I put my own interests first? I really don't deserve being a mother." Haley said while tears started pouring down her cheeks. Brooke put a hand on Haley's cheek and wiped away the tears with her thumb. "You will be a great mother I know that. So start with being one now with taking the damn phone and calling your gynecologist and make an appointment and that for tomorrow you crybaby! Oh and I want that you finally wear those beautiful maternity clothing or I force you to go naked, but not in those ew!"
It was Saturday morning and Haley and Brooke were actually sitting in the waiting room of Dr. Turner's surgery. Like the first time she was here, sitting with Karen her legs were shaking up and down. "Haley all will be okay, but please don't be nervous, because you make me nervous, too." Brooke said while putting a hand over Haley's. Haley stopped shaking her legs but she started chewing her bottom lip. She was really nervous about this appointment and added to that she really wore her maternity clothes. She couldn't believe that Brooke forced her to wear it in public, where everybody could see her. "Mrs. Scott, please!" Haley winced when she heard her name. Instead of Haley Brooke jumped up and Haley only looked at her. "Come on you coward!" Brooke said and pulled her friend up. "I'm not a coward, Brooke." Haley replied when Brooke pushed her into the surgery.
It was the same blank cold room Haley entered with Karen before and the same grey armchair was waiting for her. Haley sat down on it and Brooke took a place next to her. Again Haley started chewing on her bottom lip and this time she was fiddling with her wedding band, too.
A few minutes later Dr. Turner entered the room and sat down next to Haley. "First of all, good morning Mrs. Scott and second of all it's about time that you finally appeared here. I tried to call you about hundred times, what was the matter that you didn't pick up?"
"I'm really sorry, but I was kind of busy. I wasn't in town the last two months. So I couldn't come to any of the appointments, but I visited several surgeries." Haley lied. The truth was she wasn't at a gynecologist since her last visit at Dr. Turner's. "At least that is something and I'm glad that you finally make it to come here, because I really have to check on the baby, because in this time of the pregnancy there could be really many complications occur." Dr. Turner declared while putting on all his machines.
Haley swallowed. She really didn't want to know what these complications are. Dr. Turner arranged that Haley should free her belly so that he could make the ultrasound. When the doctor put the gel at Haley's naked belly, she felt this familiar cold. When the monitor went on Haley and Brooke looked immediately at it and Brooke took Haley's hand promptly. Haley looked absolutely mesmerized at the picture that the screen showed. She could see all of her baby, the little feet and the petite hands, everything. She noticed that Brooke gave her hand a short squeeze and when Haley looked to her friend she found Brooke totally lost in this little human, too. "Okay, it seems that the little person is really well evolving and as far as I can see really strong and tall for this part of the pregnancy. Seems that your child comes totally after the father." Dr. Turner announced without tearing his gaze away from the screen.
Haley looked away from the screen. Strong and tall like the father. Nathan would be proud, Haley thought sadly. "Umm, your baby is evolving extremely good Mrs. Scott, but I have one last question." Haley's eyes shot up to the doctor and she gave him an asking gaze.
"The baby lies pretty good, so I could tell you your baby sex, of course only if you want that." Haley looked immediately to Brooke and than back at the monitor. "My baby sex?" Haley said unbelievingly. "Yes, but I totally understand if you want that the father is here, too." Haley went quit for a moment but then smiled at Dr. Turner. "No, it's okay, I want to know it."
Dr. Turner slid with the instrument a few seconds more along Haley's more and more growing belly. "Your husband plays basketball right?" Dr. Turner asked a bit casually. Haley nodded. She thought the doctor would tell her the baby sex and not that he asks her about Nathan, what, by the way, wasn't really easy for her right now.
"I know that Nathan is a really good player, I'm at the games as often as I have time, so I really hope your Son has his talent."
"O-our Son? It's a boy?" Haley asked and looked then to Brooke who had a large smile on her lips. "Yeah you going to have a boy, congratulations and he's a really strong boy, like his parents." Dr. Turner said.
Haley laid there a few moments more when she finally snapped out of her thoughts. The doctor removed the gel from Haley's belly and Haley pulled down her shirt. Dr. Turner declared Haley a few things and that she should come again in three weeks. Before they said good bye the doctor gave Haley an ultrasound picture and then Haley and Brooke went out.
"Oh my god! It's a boy, a cute little boy. Maybe another boy toy." Brooke said smiling while bumping Haley softly in the side.
"Ew, Brooke I really won't imagine that my son will be one day a womanizer like Nathan." Haley said giggling. She couldn't believe that she will have a boy. In a few months she will be holding a little boy in her arms which hopefully would have Nathan's eyes. She held the picture tight into her hands and stared at it. It was her boy, their boy. At this moment, when she saw the new life that was growing in her, Haley finally knew what she has to do. "Brooke, could you drop me at Lucas'? I have to tell him that he will have a nephew and then I have to do something, which I should do a long time ago."
"You have what? A boy? Haley that's amazing! I can't believe I'm having a nephew. Hopefully he's as handsome as his uncle." Lucas said ecstatically and with the last statement he ran a hand over his hair. "Don't be so cocky." Haley smiled while smacking Lucas playfully.
"So what's the matter with this outfit? I mean, usually you wear those other stuff, or means it that…?" Lucas asked but then trailed off. Haley sighed.
"Well, Brooke said something to me last night and Dr. Turner said it this morning in the surgery, they said I'm a strong person and that I have to be strong for my son. I think I'm finally ready to admit it in front of Nathan. I mean I owe him that and I owe it my son either. And by the way, look at me, it's not like I'm having a chance any longer to hide it. So you said if I'm ready you would come with me, so?" Haley said. She really was ready to stay in front of her husband and say that she was pregnant with his son.
Lucas pulled his best friend into an embrace and caressed her hair softly. "Of course I come with you Haley, I promised to you. You know that you can always count on me, I'll be there for you." Haley sighed when she replied the embrace.
She was so relieved that she had a friend like Lucas who always stands up to her and be with her all the time, anyway she was scared of what was waiting for her, when she finally spoke to Nathan. "Thanks Luke, that means a lot to me, but…" Haley said but then trailed off. "But what Haley?"
"I-I'm, I'm just scared Luke. What nothing happens as it supposed to be? I mean what if he doesn't want this child or…" Haley began but was shushed of Lucas.
"Haley I totally understand that you are scared, but Nathan is a good guy, although at this moment it doesn't seems like that, but he's not Dan and he'll never be. So have a little faith, okay? And now come on." Lucas assured his best friend and stood up from his bed. Haley hesitated for a moment, but then gave him a small smile and let Lucas led her out of the room.
Nathan was lying on the couch on his apartment, staring at the ceiling while fidgeting with the colorful bracelet that he once gave Haley on their first tutoring session. Ever since Haley left town almost 3 months ago, it became a constantly habit in his everyday life. Every time he was alone he pulled it out of his pocket, where it was all the time, and fiddled with it, thinking of Haley. It always let him went back to the great days the two of them had, but also it reminded him of the day, Haley left town. He still could not figure out why she left and why she didn't tell him the whole truth the other day at the beach. It made him going insane, it really does.
He snapped out of his thoughts when he recognized a soft knock on the door. Maybe it's just Rachel, he thought bugged and didn't move. The knock continued a moment later, but only a bit more intense. Nathan sighed and got up to open the door, after he put the bracelet back into his pants pocket. "Rachel I said I don't want to…" Nathan started saying, but abruptly trailed off when he saw who was standing in front of him.
"Hey" Haley said looking up to him.
"Hey" Nathan only said not looking away from her. One second ago he was drawn into his thoughts about her and the next moment she was standing right in front of him. There were a few seconds between them when no one said anything.
"Do you mind if I come in? I have to speak to you." Haley then spoke. "Ummm actually I don't know what you want to say, because I thought we were clear the other day, but sure." Nathan said in his harsh voice, again. Haley nodded and shoved herself pass Nathan and into the apartment.
When she looked around she noticed that the apartment looked still the same, except of the loads of pizza boxes and empty beer bottles. "So what do you want?" Nathan asked when he closed the door and sat down on the couch again. Haley stood there in silence. She looked down at her stomach, which was covered by a black coat she was holding in front of. She chewed on her bottom lip, not knowing how she wanted to begin.
"Haley? What do you want? I haven't the whole day, I have to prepare for the game this evening." Nathan inquired urgently.
"Umm, the reason I am here is because I have to tell you… umm it has something to do with the thing I wanted to tell you three months ago…."
"Haley come to the damn point! I haven't the whole day!" Nathan interrupted her when she started rambling. "I-I am pregnant, we are pregnant Nathan. I wanted to tell you the day we came back from the Game, but than we got into this fight and you disappeared and I was scared to tell you at the phone. Could you please say something? How do you feel?" Haley spilled out while pulling the coat away from her belly. When the words exited her mouth she was kind of relieved. She finally had the strength to admit it in front of Nathan. She hold her breath in expectation that Nathan said something to her, but his face was totally bare and unreadable.
Nathan sat their in complete shock. He wasn't sure if he had heard right. Did Haley just say that she was pregnant? How could this happen? Why happened it now? He was only 18; he was still in High School and now his wife got pregnant? Nathan turned his gaze to Haley who was there standing in expectation of some words. He didn't know how to react, he didn't even know if he liked the fact he's getting a dad in a couple of months. "Nathan could you please tell me how you feel about that?" Haley called Nathan back to reality. Her voice was a bit desperate, because she couldn't read Nathan's expression and she was a bit scared of that that he was saying.
"you'd should tell me that fact three months ago, that's how I feel, Haley." Was the only thing Nathan could say without looking away from Haley. He then got up and walked to the door and opened it. "I think you should leave." Haley looked shocked at Nathan.
He could not be for real? Haley told him that she's pregnant and all what he wanted was that she left. "Nathan you can't be for real?" Haley asked. "Like I said Haley, just leave, I have to think over all this." Slowly Haley felt the tears prickling in her eyes. He just rejected her. Haley tried to keep her self-control and turned around. She was going to leave when she stopped one last time and pulled a picture out of her coat and pressed it against Nathan's chest. "By the way; it's a boy."