Chapter 22

After All

After all the pain ya' put me through
I can't stand to see the sight of you
And you won't drown me in your misery
You'll have to find someone else
To be your company

Facts first this opinion
Nothin' never'll last forever
So when she said she was leavin' this time
I smiled and said
I'd let her
Never in my life am I so glad to see
Somethin' end
So in retrospect to everything
Well I'm hysterical it did, well it did

Cuz' after all the pain ya' put me through
I can't stand to see the sight of you
And you won't drown me in your misery
You'll have to find someone else
To be your company

It's not a question of love and hate
You made our life together so desolate
Well I'll just call this my resurrection
My savior from self destruction

Cuz' after all the pain ya' put me through
I can't stand to see the sight of you
And you won't drown me in your misery
You'll have to find someone else
To be your company

Yea….yea….yea
They say that misery loves company
Yea….yea….yea
They say that misery loves company

Cuz after all that ya' put me through
I never want to see you again
Cuz I have come to terms
This aint no life or death
Situ ~ ation

Cuz' after all the pain ya' put me through
I can't stand to see the sight of you
And you won't drown me in your misery
You'll have to find someone else
To be your company

After all the pain ya' put me through
I can't stand to see the sight of you
And you won't drown me in your misery
You'll have to find someone else
To be your company

Saving Able

"Tighten the gap! Tighten the gap!" Lucas screamed at his players. "Quentin get back on D!" Nathan and Skills watched the Ravens players practicing and listen to Lucas screaming his head off. Nathan looked to Skills and raised his eyebrows questioningly.

"Luke? Man calm down it's a practice" Nathan told his brother.

"Calm down? Calm down he says!" Lucas mocked as he slapped the rolled up papers against his leg. "Do you realize we play Masonboro this week? Do you realize how tough they are?"

"You know damn well I do but you're going to give yourself a coronary big brother." Lucas turned to his players and blew the whistle. "Alright hit the showers!"

Nathan followed his older brother to his office and as Lucas sat down in the chair behind his desk Nathan closed the door and moved to sit in the chair that was left.

"Are you going to tell me what's bothering you?" Nathan asked quietly.

"Nothing!"

"That's bullshit Luke! What in the hell has happened?"

FLASHBACK

"Lindsay?" Luke said.

"Hey, Luke. I just came by to get the rest of my things and I had something that I wanted to talk to you about."

"Lindsay before you say anything there's something that you should know. I don't want to hurt you by saying this but I should be the one to tell you. Peyton and I are back together."

Lindsay's head snapped up. "What?"

"Yeah we're back together. I love her Lindsay. I'm sorry but it's true." Lucas told her.

Lindsay's eyes filled with tears and she nodded her head. "I always knew it. I can't say I'm surprised. I just…. You know what? Never mind. I wish you the best Luke. I need to go. Here's your key. I'll never forget you" she said as she kissed his cheek and exited through the door. Just before she closed the door she stopped. "Lucas? There's something that I need to tell you. I think I'm pregnant" she said as he stood there staring at her in disbelief.

END FLASHBACK

"Nathan I do not want Haley to know about this ok?"

"Ok" his brother nodded.

"So what are you going to do Luke?" Nathan asked.

"I honestly don't know." Lucas said. "You guys were right! I love Peyton but how can I turn my back on Lindsay if she's pregnant."

"Wait! Do you think she's lying?"

"She won't return my calls. I've not told Peyton yet so that's the reason I don't want you to mention this to Haley."

"Luke, I won't tell her but man you've got to get some type of plan together before Lindsay tells her. This will worry Hales, to death you know that"

"I know" Luke said as he placed his head in his hands. Lucas couldn't bare the thought of being in the same exact position that Dan had been as his father. He knew he had no choice but to be there for this baby whether he was with Lindsay or not. How could he just leave Peyton and marry Lindsay? No, that wasn't an option. There was no way he'd give her up again. He'd made that mistake once and there was no way in hell he'd do it again.

……..

Nathan and Haley walked in to the living room. "Hey buddy." Nathan asked his son. "Your mom and I need to talk to you. Think you can pause that game?"

"Not if I'm in trouble."

"You're not in trouble Jamie. We just heard that you got into a fight at school today."

"A kid grabbed my cape. He wouldn't let go of it…. And he said it was stupid."

"Sounds like that kid is stupid" Nathan frowned at his son. "A man should know never to grab another man's cape."

"Your cape kiddo is not stupid. Hey you know when I was younger I had a poncho… that everybody else say was really ugly, but I really liked it so I kept wearing it. And that's what you should do. If you really like your cape you should just wear it whenever you want and ignore what everyone else says."

He looked over at Haley when she told Jamie about the poncho she used to wear and remembered when they first started dating. Haley was holding Cammie trying to gently rock her to sleep. The sight warmed his heart so he smiled slightly at his wife. His little girl was just as beautiful as her Mom. Sometimes Nathan had a hard time believing he had actually done something awesome enough to have his family and he thanked god every day for it.

"But what if he keeps picking on me?" Jamie asked.

"Oh well I can teach you how to deal with bullies" Nathan said with a serious look on his face.

Haley trying to diffuse the situation sat up quickly. "And what your father means by that is if someone is picking on you, you should just walk away. Right honey?"

Nathan took a deep breath as he eyed his wife. "Yes. Yes she's right."

"But I want to be tough like Daddy." Jamie said after thinking only a second about what his father had said.

"Hey! If you can learn to walk away, you'll be tougher than I ever was." He smiled at his son and glanced over at Haley for her approval of the way he handled the situation.

………….

"What happened to just walking away?" Nathan asked as he smiled at his wife. Haley was standing in front of him with her hands on the counter and her back to him.

"I know but you didn't see her. She was such a bitch!" Haley said frustrated.

"Sounds like you made that pretty clear" Nathan said as he crossed his arms. It was a good thing Haley wasn't facing him. He couldn't stop the smirk from creeping upon his face.

Haley turned around to face her husband and Nathan immediately straightened his face. "Jamie's been through so much lately. The last thing he needs is some bully picking on him."

"He'll be fine. He's a tough kid. But you know what? I'll take care of it. In the meantime just…. Try not to kill anybody. Ok slugger?" Nathan slightly smiled.

"What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to call his Mom a bitch and then push her. Oh wait! You already did that!" he smiled. Haley deadpanned a ha ha at Nathan and turned away. Nathan walked up behind her as he pulled her back against his chest. "Look I don't know what I'm going to do ok? But I'll take care of it. I'll think of something"

Haley turned her head slightly to her husband. "I'm sorry"

"Oh are you kidding me?" he asked as his eyes searched the ceiling "My girl? Is a bad ass. That's hott!" He said and then leaned down to kiss her as he pushed her further into the kitchen counter.

As the kiss grew more intense, Nathan reached down and placed his hands on her waist. Within seconds he lifted her up to sit on the counter. He placed his hands behind her knees and pulled her legs open so that he could step between them, his lips never leaving hers.

They both eventually had to pull away for much needed air. Nathan moved his lips to roam openly over her neck. After several moans from Haley he worked his hand up her leg, destination known.

As Haley felt Nathan's hand moving up the inside of her thigh she gasped with anticipation and then licked her lips. When Nathan's fingers ran lightly over her folds against her panties, she dropped her head back, allowing him more access to her neck.

"I want you right here Hales. Right Now…"he whispered against her tender skin just before he again started nipping the flesh over her pulse point. He felt her shiver against him. He knew she was feeling better now. "I'm going to take you right here on this counter top baby" he whispered as he reached down to lower the zipper on his jeans.

Haley's body was humming like a finely tuned clock. God what her husband could do to her. She loved when he talked like that it totally turned her on even more than usual.

Nathan took his throbbing erection in one hand as his other moved Haley's panties to the side. Still kissing her neck, he slowly entered her. "God Hales" he hissed.

Haley's moan could not be contained as she felt her husband pushing so deeply into her. It was a feeling like no other.

As he continued pumping in and out of her, he still moved his lips on her neck only drawing back slightly to whisper "You feel so fucking good Hales. God baby."

Nathan knew she was close. He could feel her sheath slightly quiver around his cock. The tingle at the base of his spine only spurring him on until he felt Haley's walls grip him and heard her scream "Nathan" Like so many times before it was his undoing. He thrusted deeply one last time as the sensations carried him away, shooting his warm seed deep within her.

Totally spent, Nathan's face was buried in the crook of her neck. While Haley's arms were wrapped around his own. "Oh Nathan" she whispered.

"I feel the exact same way baby" he returned. "I always said I'd make good use of this counter" he smirked as he felt Haley's smile.

"We better move. Deb will be bringing Jamie and Cammie home soon" she said.

"Do we have to? I'm not sure I can move."

"Yes baby we have to. You know we can't get caught like this" she giggled.

"Haley, if it wasn't our kids I wouldn't give a shit who knew. My Mom sure as hell can't say a word after the other day!"

FLASHBACK

"Oh you naughty man" Deb smiled as she unhooked her bra.

"Mom? Awww Damnit Mom!" Nathan shouted as he slammed the bedroom door.

END FLASHBACK

Haley giggled again. "I still can't believe your Mom was flashing Skills on the webcam"

"I know" he shuddered. "That was just….UGH" he shuddered again. "Hales, don't mention that when I'm inside of you. It could give me a complex. The last thing in the world I want to happen is impotency due to scars!"

…………..

Six weeks later….

The doctor walked in. "You're definitely pregnant. We need to begin scheduling your neonatal appointments. Make sure you get this prescription filled and I'll see you in one month.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW!!! I actually got two last chapter. I know there was a delay in updating but I honestly spent two days in the hospital or it would have been done sooner.