"You know what I was thinking about in the morning while I was breastfeeding?" Haley started as she saw Nathan slowly waking up next to her in bed.
"What?" he replied with obvious 'I just woke up' confusion.
"That one night we were homecoming king and queen and now all we are king and queen of is dirty diapers and sleepless nights" Haley laughed.
"Don't you just love that?" Nathan smiled sarcastically.
"And how is my widdo teeny-tiny Rosie" Nathan said in baby talk.
"Be quiet, Jamie is still sleeping." Haley warned him.
"Can you believe it's been six months already?" Nathan said in a hush tone.
"I know, they're so big now." Haley said with a wide smile at her daughter.
"She looks like me," Nathan said proudly.
"And Jamie looks like me." She giggled.
"I am dreading the day she meets a guy like me."
"Shut up, you're a great guy." Haley scolded.
"Yeah, but, we're any parents worse nightmare, who gets married this young?" he chuckled.
"My parents are crazy I know." Haley agreed.
Haley began walking towards Brooke's house with the babies in the stroller. Nathan was out running errands so she thought this would be a good time to catch up with her.
"Brooke!" Haley exclaimed as she walked through the door.
"You look great!" Brooke told Haley.
"I know, I have the fabulous look of 2 hours of sleep." Haley joked.
"And my godchildren look even better." Brooke complimented as she greeted them.
"Howve you been? I haven't seen you in a while." Brooke questioned.
"Well, with the babies and everything, life has been crazy. And in a while you mean like 2 weeks." She laughed.
"That's long for us! In two weeks your kids grew like 5 pounds each!" she snorted as she pinched their chubby cheeks.
Haley was letting them out of the stroller as she tried to convince Brooke that they hadn't gained that much weight.
"How's Nathan? You two still intimate?" Brooked winked.
"Ew. Brooke! Must you really ask in front of my kids?"
"Well you're lucky I even said those words instead of, "still fucking my bud Nate?"" she couldn't help but laugh at that ridiculous statement.
"Brooke Davis! Stop!"
"Ok, ok. But you need to answer my question Mrs. Scott."
"Well, let's just say, I'm not getting pregnant any time soon." Haley admitted.
"For six months now?!" Brooke practically shouted.
"Yeah, well, with the twins, school, and doctors appointments, and lets not forget about his heart."
"HIS HEART IS STILL AN ISSUE, tell that boy he can have mine!" Brooke said with much enthusiasm, in fact, too much…
"I know it's weird to hear but its not that big of a deal… he knows how I feel about him, sex doesn't define that"
"Hales, I know that, but, wouldn't you just want to show him a little appreciation?"
"You think that shows him appreciation?" Haley said confused.
"You are so smart, yet so clueless about sex!"
"What? I don't understand. He's the only guy I've been with… we've talked about him with other girls, but he never mentioned that."
"Well of course, because Nathan is a decent and respectful father. There is no way he would word it like that."
"I don't want him thinking I don't value him or anything, because I do! I just, don't know how to bring that up, you know?" she started stammering.
"So you want to have sex with him?"
"Well of course, he's my husband, I love him."
"Was he always the one to bring it up before? Like when you guys were newlyweds?"
"Remember he had a heart attack the first time? Then we got separated, and only did it once while I was pregnant, but I felt a little weird about it, so we stopped."
"You're meaning to tell me that you and Nathan have had sex less than five times?" Brooked asked very confused.
"Three to be exact." Haley answered innocently.
"Oh man, how has Nathan Scott not gone crazy. Are you sure he hasn't gone blind from masturbation?"
"Brooke!"
"Well that's obviously how he's been dealing with stress! Two kids and no fucking. Man that boy realllllly loves you."
"It's not all about sex you know" Haley said like the true mother she is.
"You see, you're the girl that every person loves because you say stuff like that" Brooke said hugging her with her cheek touching Haley's
"Stop mocking me, it's not funny. I'm trying to be serious." Haley pouted.
"Ok, I'm sorry. I just get all jokey when I'm uncomfortable."
"Is it really that weird though? Like should I talk about it with him?"
"I mean, I don't know, would that be weird to have a conversation like that with him?" Brooke questioned.
"I don't think so, I think he'll understand."
"Well, alright then."
"Did you remember to take your heart medication tonight?" Haley asked Nathan as they were getting into bed.
"Yes, Hales. You asked me twice in the past hour." Nathan smiled at her.
"Sorry, I'm just making sure. You know how I worry about you."
"I'm ok with you worrying about me, you don't have to apologize." Nathan smirked as he kissed her on the cheek.
"I'm sor- oh, well, damn, I can't help but doing that." She said as she got even more frustrated with herself.
"Well, I'm gonna sleep now. Want to cuddle into my arm?" he asked her sweetly.
Haley assumed the position and rested her head onto Nathan's chest. It felt safe here, and Haley felt so at ease when in this spot.
"Nathan." Haley said a little loudly as he was about to succumb to his tiredness.
"Y-yeah honey?"
"D-d-do you think about us having sex again?" Haley spat out as quick as possible.
"Wait, what?" Nathan said as his heart started beating faster. Haley had the perfect position for her to feel the rapid change in pace.
"Like, do you miss having sex with me? It's just, we don't have much experience together. Don't you think it's a little weird? We're married and have two kids, but have only had sex three times."
"I mean, yeah I have thought about it, and of course I miss it, I just figured you didn't want to." Nathan said as he turned the side table light back on.
"I don't even really know if I do, it's just… I feel bad."
"For what?"
"You're such an amazing father, and husband, and I can't even show you how much I appreciate you in bed."
"You know it's never been about that Hales, you know I don't care about that. I love you sweetie." He said as he grabbed her left hand.
"I know that, but, I don't know. I'm being dumb" she said turning a bright red.
"Don't be embarrassed, I'm glad you feel comfortable asking me questions like that."
"So do you like… please yourself a lot then?" Haley asked randomly.
Quickly, Nathan got wide-eyed by her question.
"Now it's my turn to get red." Nathan chuckled as he could feel his face turn hot.
"How often?"
"Too often." Nathan stated.
"Can I get an estimate?"
"Like two times…." He dragged on.
"Twice a week isn't bad." Haley supported.
"…a day" he said embarrassed.
"Oh." Haley said simply, she spoke too soon.
"I know, I can stop, its just more of a habit now, I'll stop" he said breathlessly.
"Look you don't have to sweetie, I understand, you have to let off steam somehow, I get it." She said rubbing his shoulder.
"Do you please yourself?" he asked her.
Haley shook her head no.
"Of course you don't, so foolish of me to ask." He said smiling at her.
"I have no time to do that, I'm too swamped for time." She laughed.
"Just remember this, I'll do anything you're up for, so when you're ready, I'll be here waiting like I always have. That won't change Haley."
"Thanks sweetie, go to sleep now."
Nathan couldn't help but think about what Haley asked a few nights ago. It was in his mind all day today for some reason, even if a couple of days have passed, he felt so guilty about the whole situation, especially because Haley was the one to question him about it.
"What do you think the twins are doing right now?" Haley questioned as they sat in English.
"Probably spitting something up." Nathan joked.
"Yeah most likely." Haley smiled as she looked back to the front of the classroom.
"Hales, can we talk later?"
"Of course." She agreed quickly.
Class ended and it was lunch time, they started walking towards their lockers.
"What's up?" Haley asked as she put her stuff away.
"I just wanted to talk about our conversation a couple nights ago." He started.
"ok… you wanted to talk about it right now? In here?" Haley said embarrassed as she looked around at all the people walking by.
"Well, we can go into the tutoring center."
"Ok, that works." She said as she held his hand.
As they got to the tutoring center it was completely empty.
"I'm sorry for bringing that up, I didn't mean to stir up trouble." Haley said meekly.
"No, no, I told you not to apologize, I'm not upset with you or anything." Nathan tried to reassure her.
"Well, what is it then?"
"I'm upset with myself for not noticing your needs, I've been selfish these past six months, only thinking about how I would feel if you denied or rejected my advances. I wasn't thinking about us."
"What you were doing was far from selfish. You were being sweet and considerate like always." She said as her hand caressed his cheek.
"I just, want you to know that I would love to make love to my beautiful wife. And I think about it all the time. But, if you're not up for it, I understand that too. But I was thinking maybe we can plan something for this weekend?"
"Well, I'll have to think about it Nate. I'm happy with how things have been." She said scared thinking about them being that intimate again after so long.
"Ok… well I understand." Nathan was obviously not expecting an answer like that.
"Really, I am. I'm married to the love of my life, and have two adorable children with him. What else could make me more happy?" Haley smiled at him.
"Maybe sex?" He joked.
"Nathan… are you upset with me?" She said feeling uneasy.
"I'm not upset, I'm just confused. I don't understand what you want from me."
She stood there in silence. Was she really being that confusing?
"Look, one night you ask me if I miss having sex with you, then I answer you and you don't know how to feel about it, I just don't understand." Nathan started to sound agitated and it really began to upset Haley.
"I don't know what you want me to say, I'm just being honest and you're getting all annoyed with me. How do you expect me to want to be intimate with you again when you're acting like this when I just bring the topic up?" Haley exclaimed as her voice began to tremble.
"It's annoying! You say one thing, then say another, you're only answering me with open-ended answers and nothing is really being resolved." Nathan shouted back.
"Fine, I'll just shut my big mouth then." Haley responded childishly as she walked away from Nathan.
"Haley, come on!" Nathan yelled as she left the tutoring center.
A/N: Thanks for sticking around until the end! Hope you enjoyed this long chapter! Comment and let me know your thoughts. Also, predict what you think will happen next chapter!