Hi everyone! Honestly, i was a little dissapointed wit the reviews on the previous chapter. I only recieved 2 of them out of the 300+ hits i got... but those 2 reviews meant the world to me, so thank you for them. I did get a great amount of hits, and I'm just ready to update!

I really hope that you enjoy this one, especially after having some rough patches with Naley back there. This was actually a short chapter, so I'll be adding the next chapter along with it as one to make it longer. Now I will warn you all, this chapter is for mature audiences, so it might get a little "R" in there! That was your warning. The story is M, but there hasn't been much mature themes in there, but this chapter will be. Enjoy this chapter, and PLZ review- Jen

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Chapter 18:

Anytime

Haley stood in front of the stove frying fish and fighting off the headache her son was giving her. Madeline was being mommy's angel and happily reached for the colorful objects that hung from the swing she sat in. Jay, on the other hand, was being as whinny as his father could be when he didn't feel well. "Well at least I have one angelic child" she thought out loud... out loud and all the while too soon. She looked over at the five month old and saw her daughter start to dramatically shed big sloppy tears.

"At least she can't talk yet". Haley thought.

"It still itches mommy" Jay whined, lip poked all the way out.

Ignoring both children, she put two raw seasoned fillets in the grease, and stirred the corn next to it. Hearing her husband come in, Haley turned around with an evil glare on her face.

"You okay Hales?" he walked warily towards her once he saw her face.

He had gone out to pick up Jay's second prescription and tried to be as quick as possible.

"Why would you ask that?" she said coming over to greet him.

"Well Bear, our five month old is screaming her head off, and our four year old son Jason, well he's balling his eyes out on the floor. And you're just cooking."

He pulled her in for a hug, and kissed her forehead grateful that he was able to hold her in his arms again.

"I'm trying not to go crazy. Jay won't listen when I tell him to stop trying to scratch his leg, and he just got popped because I told him more than once to not stick pens in his cast to scratch it. So he's mad at me"

"And Bear?"

"Well when I declared out lout that I have one angelic child, she decided to become dramatic and cry for no reason. She's at an age where she can cry and as long as it's not uncontrollably, she'll be fine. Listen to her, it's the I want to be picked up now cry, and I needed to finish dinner." She looked over at her children that were now quiet and staring at the two of them. "They are SO your children" rolling her eyes, she went back to the stove. She took the last two pieces out of the grease, and turned the stove off.

"Okay, well you do dinner, and I'll get them ready for bed"

"Good call, but first..." coming back over, she timidly pulled his head down to hers and kissed him softly on the lips. "I'm gonna go get in the shower, can you feed them? Jay's already washed up, and Toots just needs a few ounces of water. She should go down easy."

"Yea, I got it, go ahead"

"Thank you, then we can finally talk once their down"

He simply nodded.

It had been two days since the accident at the park. Jay was kept overnight, and then released the next afternoon. Last night they stayed up with their son, making sure he was well adjusted to having the cast on his small leg. Neither Haley nor Nathan minded Jay's whining that night, they were just happy that he was okay. The doctors had put him on antibiotics just in case of infection, and a strong pain medication. Haley didn't really want him to be doped up on meds, but they had seen first hand the tears that came from the pain. Being so busy and occupied with him last night, they decided to have their talk about what had been going on the past week, tonight.

When Haley got out of the shower, she walked around cooling off in her robe, and went to Jay's room to say goodnight when she saw Nathan still in the nursery putting Madeline down. When she came back to kiss her daughter goodnight, she saw Nathan walking around quietly singing This Years Love as it played. He was such a sucker when it came to his Bear.

"Okay, Papa Bear, time for bed."

She walked to him and smoothed Madeline's soft curls down. Tucking one of her longest curls behind her ear, she kissed the baby's cheek and left out, allowing them more time to cuddle.

Now in her pajamas, Haley sat on the bed flipping through the channels as Nathan walked into the room. He walked over to the fireplace that was across from their bed, and started the artificial flames that were just for show. Grabbing a fresh pair of boxers and a t-shirt, he went into the master bathroom to take a quick shower before re-joining his wife in their bedroom.

When he was done, he was surprised to see the television off, and his wife holding her knees to her chest, a scared look on her face. He knew she had already started conjuring up reasons why things were bad between them. Her mind could go to some dark places, and he didn't want to make her believe any of them were true.

For him, it was simple. Things were just stressful. He knew they hadn't been intimate, but it wasn't that he didn't want her. He always wanted her, but the way things were lately, with him being so busy, and having to place her second, he didn't think he had a right to have her.

When she had her cesarean, the doctor told her that she would need a good four weeks to heal, a week longer than normal. With the normal six weeks after giving birth, and the extra week on top of that, he knew it would be a longer wait than when she had Jay. After the 6 weeks of maternity were up, things had already started to get hectic. Brooke would help keep Madeline, when Haley started to take four, six hour shifts a week and his working kept him busy as well. They had nearly three months that they were allowed to make love, but hadn't yet.

"I really miss you... I miss being with you so much Nathan... why... why won't you make love to me?"

There it was. He wanted to hear it, and she had been honest with him. Sure there were the obvious things. They needed to work out a new schedule where they could have more quality time and communicate with each other on a daily basis, they also needed to get away, and reconnect. He had been gone for such a long time, and as a couple, they needed to be on the right track before trying to bring their children into the mix.

"Is that really what's been bothering you?" he said guiltily.

Haley had never thought of herself as sexy. She had always been shy about that type of thing, and with horny guys at school, she never took any compliments they gave her seriously. She knew they only had one thing on their mind and they'd never get it from her. When she met Nathan things had changed. He'd make her blush, get butterflies, and feel things she had never felt before. She was truly enamored with him, and knew the feelings he had for her were more than just physical. The way her husband made her feel was beyond anything she could have imagined and opened up a side of her she never knew she had.

The thought of that feeling being gone, left her feeling empty inside.

Nodding her head, she wiped the tears from her face before continuing. "I know that having Toots really changed my body, and it might not be the same, but I've been trying to work out... and I'm practically back to my regular..."

He interrupted her before she could even finish. "Do you really think that little of me?" Taking her hand, he pulled her off the bed to stand in front of him. "I love you Haley. No if's, and's or buts' about it. I didn't marry you for your body. I married you because everything about you is what I want and need in my life. You are the most amazing wife, and perfect mother to our children. You carried them, and kept them safe inside of you. Your perfect body gave me those children, and I love it even more because of that. You are perfect to me, you're beautiful in everyway, and there's nothing that could stop me from loving you and your body." He moved closer so their foreheads were touching and whispered softly, but with such force, "Don't you ever think that there's anything you could do, say, think, or look like to make me not love you and want you with everything in me"

She was glad when his arms wrapped around her, because she could feel her knees instantly growing weak at his captivating words. "You mean that? I thought since you hadn't tried to be..."

"Haley, I've been putting you second in everyway since I got back. It's like in training they teach you to keep yourself safe, protect yourself, and be there for your fellow man second. I can't be that way here. I can't put work, myself or the kids before you. If I don't put you first then we don't work, and neither does our family. This family is the best part of me, but you have to be first, even before the kids. If there's no us, then there's no them. I'm sorry for not realizing how incredible you are, and making sure you knew that. Trust me when I say, I've wanted nothing more than to make love to you since I got home, but I honestly don't even deserve you Haley. I haven't been worthy of feeling that kind of pleasure and love from you in a long time"

He had never felt so disgusted with himself for treating his wife like she didn't matter. He knew she was the best thing that ever happened to him, and he should be making sure she knew that everyday of her life. "Your needs are important to me Haley, but the need that I have for you, the desire that I have, I don't even deserve it. But God knows I want to so bad"

Feeling her heart swell at his words, she leaned in and kissed him tenderly on his lips. "You deserve me Nathan. I promise you deserve me."

Feeling his wife's lips on his, immediately sent a surge of fire throughout Nathan's body. His loins burned just tasting her, and he knew she could feel the heat radiating off of him. "You deserve me" she whispered against his lips.

And that was all it took.

"I love you so much," Nathan whimpered as he leaned down to capture her lips in a hungry kiss.

The second he had walked back into the room, he remembered exactly why he loved this woman so much. The second he laid eyes on her again he needed her, to kiss her, touch her, and love her. Haley whimpered as well, leaning into his body, wrapping her arms around his neck. They were both crying now, the connection between them so emotional it was overwhelming. They continued to kiss fiercely, passionately, yet tenderly. Nathan held her face in his hands the way he always did, nipping at her lips, loving them with his tongue, making their connection all the more romantic.

"Make love to me," Haley rasped breathlessly against his mouth.

She pulled him into another hot kiss, seeking out his tongue with hers and seductively sucking it into her mouth, adding just enough pressure to send blood boiling to both of their loins. Nathan moaned at the contact, dipping down to pull her even tighter against him. "Make love to me," his wife repeated as she gazed up at him with big soulful brown eyes. Her full pouty lips were flush pink with his kisses and her breathing was coming out in short gasps.

In the background, a familiar tune began to play softly on the stereo.

Anytime you feel like you just can't hold on
Just hold on to my love and I'll help you be strong

But you're so afraid to lose, and baby I can't reach your heart
I can't face this world that's keeping us apart

Without another word, he swept her up into his arms and carried her to the front of the fireplace. There he set her down on the plush white lamb's wool carpet, covering her body with his. Their lips met and Nathan kissed her sweetly, tenderly, showing her second by second how much he loved her. They lost themselves in their kisses, the love they felt for one another surrounding them like a blanket. Their clothes were off but neither really knew how or when. Nathan gazed down at his wife's nude body, his eyes awash with love and desire. Haley simply gazed up at him, suddenly shy and uncomfortable under his gaze, but knowing he was honest about still wanting her.

When I can be the one to show you
Everything you missed before
Just hold on now, cause I could be the one to give you more
Let you know

Nathan's hand slowly went down her body, caressing her neck, shoulders, and breasts. He stopped when he reached her flat stomach, that now held the scar that proved his daughter existed, to place several tender, warm kisses there. He sucked softly on her belly button, causing her to let out a soft moan. Haley let out a sharp cry of pleasure as Nathan's head continued lower and finally made its' way between her thighs.

Every thought left her head. Her mind was stunningly clear as Nathan's mouth made love to her femininity. Her hands dove into his hair; she lifted herself up, her moans of desire growing louder and louder by the moment. Her head fell back; she felt dizzy and needed to close her eyes because the room was spinning about her and she felt as if she were floating. All she felt was Nathan's mouth and the incredible things it was doing to her. She sensed herself going higher and higher, climbing farther still, into the great abyss. Nathan was sending her soaring; one flick of his tongue, the corkscrew digit of a finger, and he sent his wife into orgasmic overload. Her toes curled, her back arched, her breasts quivered and she let out a soft moan of desire as she collapsed onto the carpet, her dark-colored hair floating about behind her. All thoughts of doubt and self consciousness were millions of miles from her brain. All she felt was immense pleasure, a glow of warmth that surrounded her body.

Anytime you need love baby I'm on your side (hey)
Just let me be the one I can make it alright (I can make it alright)
Anytime you need love baby you're in my heart
I can make it alright

Her chest was heaving, her eyelids heavy, as she looked down at her husband just as he peeked his sexy baby blues up at her. He was grinning. The look of pure joy on face was contagious and soon she was grinning too. She reached for him, pulling him up until they were face to face. Nathan felt her heart beat pounding furiously against his. Her forehead was shiny with a fresh sheen of sweet, her eyelashes spiky from the tears she had shed, her cheeks rosy. She looked like a woman who had just been made love to. Her eyes were wild with sensuality and full of love for him. Nathan cradled her precious face in his hands even as he fit their bodies perfectly together. For the first time in months, Haley was reminded of just how much he really loved her when she felt his hard, full shaft probing at the entrance to her womb. Haley wrapped her legs around his waist, clutching his forearms as she gazed purposely in his face. "Love me," she rasped before drawing his soft lips into a kiss. As the kiss deepened and his tongue slid its way into her mouth, Haley felt him sink into her completely, her velvety smooth canal sheathing his turgid length like a glove.

I look into your eyes, and I feel it coming through
And I can't help but want you more than I want to
So baby take all of your fears, and cast them all on me
'Cause all I ever wanted was just to make you see

Nathan moaned, blinking, his eyes becoming wide with pleasure. He panted, fighting for air as he got used to her warmth. She wrapped her arms around his head now, pulling it down to hers. She wanted to feel every single inch of his body on hers. She rubbed herself against him, wiggling her hips, tightening their hold on one another. Nathan groaned again, burying his face in her sweet smelling neck.

God, how he loved her.

He felt nothing else but the pleasure of loving her, the joy that her loving brought him and the satisfaction of sharing it together. Nathan moved his hands along her smooth, satiny arms until he found her hands and he laced their fingers together. He slowly pivoted his pelvis down, sinking himself as deeply into her as he could. He stared into her face, his eyes locking with hers, never wavering. She met his downward thrust with an upward thrust of her own. The pleasure of the contact sent intense waves of passion through both of their loins. Their mouths fused in a hungry kiss as their lower halves fused in a sexy dance of rhythmic pleasure. Nathan untwined one of his hands from hers to frame her face. She whimpered at the tenderness of his touch and leaned into his hand even as his hips worked over time pumping into hers. "I love you," Nathan rasped breathlessly against her mouth.

That I could be the one to give you
All that you've been searching for
Just hold on to my love, and baby let me give you more
You know, anytime

Suddenly, he pulled back, nearly sliding himself completely out of her. Then, without warning, he returned, slicing into her, causing her to cry out in surprised, pleasurable delight. She cried out his name, pulled his head down to hers and kissed him passionately, trying so desperately to hold on even as his powerful hips swirled her into madness over and over again. Tears were rolling down her cheeks as her orgasm hit her, so powerful she felt herself close to blacking out. Her entire body tingled, her nipples hardened to near spikes and warmth settled over her, leaving her glowing.

Anytime you need love baby I'm on your side (I'm on your side)
Just let me be the one I can make it alright (I can make it alright)
Anytime you need love baby you're in my heart
I can make it alright

Nathan felt her body tightening on his like a vise and he fought valiantly to push through it. He wasn't ready to give in yet; he wasn't ready to end the sexual rapture that they were both experiencing. He felt her go weak beneath him and knew that she had just had a monumental orgasm, she was making the little sounds in her throat that she did when she had just been sexually drained. But soon she was back at it with him, moving her hips in tune to his, grinding them, rolling, and then stopping as he did to slow it back up. She bit her lip intently as she stared into his eyes, determined to bring him off as powerfully as he had her. She was bucking her hips up at him and it was weakening his resolve. He felt the familiar burn in his balls and sped up, squeezing his wife's hand firmly as he pumped several more times before letting out a low groan and unleashing himself within her. He slumped tiredly on her breast, his hair damp with sweat, his breathing harsh and loud. She felt his heart pounding in his chest and reached down to stroke his hair. She knew he needed a few moments to recover - shit, they both did after that.

And now there's no way out
And I can't help the way I feel
'Cause baby you're the fire and I'll be waiting right here
You know my love is real, baby
Yeah yeah yeah

And as Haley gazed down at her husband sated form, she felt a smile creep to her lips that was soon accompanied by more tears. Nathan heard her sniffle before he felt the tear drop and he lifted his head up to look at her. When he saw the tears falling down her cheeks, his face fell and his heart shattered into a million pieces. He knew he shouldn't have been so rough with her, but she had felt so good.

When Haley saw his face, she shook her head, reaching for him.

"No, no, no." Her voice was hoarse from all the shouting she had done. She took his chin in her hands and forced him to look at her. His eyes were bright with tears. "I love you," Haley whispered, her voice breaking. "Thank you so much for making that so perfect for me." She crawled into his lap, wrapping both her arms and legs around him. "I promise, I'm wonderful... everything about that was wonderful"

Nathan kissed her nose, smiling. "It was pretty great, wasn't it?" His hand was stroking her bare back and the ends of her hair.

"Everything's always great with you," Haley whispered as she buried her face in his neck.

Anytime you need love baby I'm on your side, you know
Just let me be the one I can make it alright (I can make it all, make it all, make it alright)
Anytime you need love baby you're in my heart
I can make it alright, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Silence

Nothing was heard but the crackling of their synthetic fire as they lay with one another after their lovemaking. Nathan had got a pillow from their bed, and used it, while Haley was lazily draped over him, her head on his chest, one leg over his, and her hand mindlessly intertwined with his as it rested on his stomach.

"I'm sorry for making you feel like I didn't want you. It wasn't like that Haley. It's never been like that, and it never will be." He said confidently

"I was just being stupid and insecure Nathan. I should know better by now, especially with you. I know you love me"

Letting out a long sigh, Nathan pushed for her to sit up, and resituated them so that her head lay next to his on the one pillow and they were only inches away from each other.

"It's more than that Hales. Yes, i love you with everything in me, but... you complete me in every way imaginable. We are so connected that it wasn't just one of us that was miserable, we both were. I could see you hurting just like you could see me hurting." He kissed her softly more than once before pulling back. "More communication is all it takes. I want to be able to just talk to you again. I really miss that"

She leaned forward and kissed his lips, silently agreeing. She couldn't figure out how she'd gone that long without being so intimate and passionate with her husband.

"I missed you a lot. I missed this, I missed everything. Just touching you, and kissing you for no reason. I felt like I was dying inside just not being this way with you. I always want to be this way with you."

She thought back for a second on when they first started seriously dating and she was able to see him often. She had to explain to him how she'd never been in a real relationship to where she was comfortable with PDA.

"Haley, don't be shy with me. Seriously, I won't ever do something that makes you uncomfortable but if I feel the need to kiss you or just hold you, then that's what I'm gonna do. So whenever you feel the need to throw me against the wall and make out, by all means go for it" he said smirking at the last part. She walked further away from him shaking her head in embarrassment. The next day when he saw her, she was completely different with him. Open, affectionate, and clingy in a good way. She'd finally opened up to him and was able to be with him in ways she'd always wanted to be.

He leaned down and kissed her, matching the passion in her words.

If only it wasn't so late.

"So did I. Get some sleep woman, cause before Maddie gets up, I plan to give you an encore of tonight's events" he said against her lips, feeling them stretch out into a smile.

"I love you" she whispered.

"I love you too"

Kiss.

Nathan was up first the next morning burping Madeline while he watched Sports Center. He had stayed true to his word last night, and only fifteen short minutes later, had their first encore began. The encores continued through the night, and he knew that his wife was too worn out to get up with their daughter the next morning.

Once he heard the small belch, he lifted the infant on his knees and just looked her.

She was gorgeous.

Her hair was so dark and curly, now coming just to her neck. Eyes still wide like her mothers' but matched his coloring, the cutest lips and ears. They had definitely spawned a beauty. But for him, the icing on the cake was her inheritance of his wife's' high, perfect cheeks bones. Her smile was his favorite and would get her out of a lot of trouble once she got older.

He put his feet up on the table in front of him, and cocooned her in his legs. He took the blanket he had out there for her and held it up in front of his face, blocking her view of him.

Her face was full of confusion when she could no longer see her daddy. Continuing to look at the blanket for a minute longer, her lower lip started to quiver while tears filled her pretty eyes.

"Don't cry Bear, I'm just playing with you. I didn't go anywhere see?"

He continued the game for a few more minutes trying to get her to grasp that he wasn't really gone, and would always come back. It wasn't until she started to full on cry that he stopped.

"What's wrong" Haley asked coming into the living room, still sporting her pajamas. "Is she being whinny?"

She plopped down on the couch next to Nathan and leaned her head on his shoulder, staring at Madeline's disgruntled looking face.

"She's fine, she just didn't like peek-a-boo that much. When I kept putting the blanket up, to her, I'm gone, and I guess she didn't like her daddy being gone all of a sudden, cause she kept crying until she saw me again."

"Well then she is her momma's girl... I don't like when you're gone either." her voice came out as a soft whisper as she kept her eyes on their daugher.

He looked down at her, still resting her head on his shoulder, and greeted her properly with a soft, passionate kiss. He finished off, kissing the tip of her nose before staring at her. Her hair had been thrown in a messy bun. Her tank top showed off the marks he'd left on her soft skin just the night before, and she was sporting a pair of his boxers. He wanted to take her right at that very moment.

"How did you sleep?"

"Perfect, everything about last night was perfect... and this morning" she said blushing. She slid Madeline from his legs to her lap, and cuddled with the baby.

Her cheeks stayed flushed for a while, her mind working overtime. On one side, she was thinking of how perfect last night was, and on the other about what tonight would lead to. She smirked at that. If she were honest with herself, she'd climb back in bed, knowing that her lower half was satisfyingly sore; something she'd honestly missed. Her husband wearing her out was one of her favorite pastimes, and he always left her sated.

She couldn't wait to return the favor... but until then, she wanted to go out.

"Let's go out somewhere" she said focusing her attention back on him.

"I guess last night wasn't as good as I thought" he said smirking.

That earned him a smack in the arm.

"I'm serious. I want to go do something today with the kids, maybe even with Brooke, Luke and Drew. We've all been so distant lately, and that should change."

She was right, with them being so distant, it slowly started to distance them from their family. Brooke always said, "if Naley ain't happy, then ain't nobody happy" And it was true. It had been torture seeing the couple so distant and their two best friends weren't about choosing sides; therefore, they stayed away. Luke was practically the male version of Haley and they were so close. In the same way, Nathan and was the big brother that Brooke never had, and they always had each other's' back.

"How about we all go out for some breakfast, then we can go to the new Putt-Putt Arcade place that's in the Plaza Center at the mall.. The kids will love it, and it's not too much walking around for Jay. Speaking of, we have to get him walking on those crutches soon."

Nathan knew his son was growing, and he couldn't carry him around everywhere for the next month or so. Listening to his wife agree, Nathan conjured up another thought.

"And, I bet if we ask them really nicely, we can convince them to take the kids for the night" Inching towards her, he kissed her right under her chin.

"That does sound nice... and if you're good..." she sucked in a breath, feeling his tongue following his lips. "If you're good...you might get your own personal champagne room" She looked up at him through batted eye lashes that drove him wild.

She was too sexy for her own good, and she knew it. Her big doe eyes and long eye lashes were usually soft, and sweet, but when they were presented to him, all he saw was lust and sexiness. With one bat of those eye lashes, and her side smirk that she had invented long before his ever came into play and Nathan Scott was mush... hot mush.

She looked at him and could see the wheels turning in his head, and knew if she didn't stop him, they wouldn't get very far today. "Alright then, I'll call Brooke, and set it up, then get Jay ready in his bathroom, and you take ours to get Toots ready"

She was up and out of sight before he could object. He looked down at his daughter that was now returned to his lap and slobbering everywhere while chewing on her tiny fist. "Now listen up Bear, daddy's gonna give you a bath, and you're gonna cooperate this time okay? Let's make Daddy look good for Mommy today okay?"

She stared at him for a minute before pursing her lips out, then leaned forward and gnawed on his nose. "Thank you baby, daddy loves your kisses"

Nearly two hours later, Lucas and Nathan Scott parked next to each other in the semi-crowded parking lot and the two females started unloading the kids. Nathan walked alongside Jay, while the small boy got used to using his crutches, and they all made their way into the Arcade entrance. After picking out a table, Brooke and Haley, who had Madeline strapped to her chest in a carrier, went to get two pictures of drinks while the men took the boys and bought tokens.

They were all thinking back to the days before they had kids and would end up at some putt-putt place and double date. Once they came up with a plan, they all ended up watching the two older Scott men competing in a heated game of basketball; seeing who could make the most baskets. Both brothers were extremely talented when it came to basketball, but one was usually boisterous, and full of himself.

As soon as Nathan saw a few people start to crowd them, he began to talk his usual smack, and gloat to the crowd. Now what everyone else saw was different; Lucas's score quickly exceeded his brothers and soon enough the buzzer went off and Nathan squinted at the scoreboard in disbelief. Knowing it was just a game, Nathan started over to shake Lucas's hand, until his heard his son.

"Your daddy cheated!" he said, directing his anger towards his cousin.

"Did not! Your daddy lost!" Drew yelled back with just as much force, his temper stemming from his mother.

"Nu-Uh! My daddy always wins!" Cast-legged and all, Jay tried to make a dash for his 3 month-older cousin before he was captured by his father.

Both women eyed their husbands, silently telling them that this was their fault. They always fought about basketball whenever they played each other, knowing that they were both equally good; now their children were inheriting their bad habits.

"Hey," Nathan started staring at Jamie, who was fuming in his arms. "You need to calm down, you hear me? Hey!" He said turning his sons face to look at him. "Look at me. Your Uncle Lucas did not cheat okay? He won and I lost."

He watched as his brow furrowed in confusion. "But daddy, you always win" he said eying him intently.

"Not always" the small blonde haired boy threw out.

"Hey! That's enough from you as well" Lucas said sternly to his stubborn son. They all knew he was a smart ass, picking up on everything his mother said. It was something they'd been dealing with for a while.

"Buddy, I don't always win, Lucas wins sometimes too. He won this time, and that's okay."

Every time Lucas and Nathan played against each other, it always came to a tie. Growing up playing basketball together, they each knew the others moves and feel of the ball. There was usually no way one could beat the other. Of course their sons would demand to know who won, and they would each take a turn and switch off saying the winner was whoever lost last time.

"Did you almost win?" he asked sporting a huge pout.

"Jay, your daddy was really close to winning" Lucas said stepping closer to his nephew.

"I knew it!" he said smiling at Nathan, and then giving him a hug. His daddy was his hero, and there was no hiding that.

"Well, you two can't be fighting over something like a game okay? Sometimes people loose and sometimes people win, but all that matters is that you try your best. So no more fighting okay?" He watched as they nodded their heads, then turned to the women and smirked; they had already solved the problem themselves.

Snapping the carrier from her chest, Haley handed Madeline over to Nathan. "You take her, we're about to play some DDR." It was a ritual for her and Brooke to play the game every since they were in college and they loved it

On their very first double date, the guys challenged the girls in DDR, not knowing of the girls' obsession with it. The boys decided to set the level on Easy, and were shocked when the girls made it through without a miss. The next round the girls turned it up to medium, knowing the boys couldn't keep up at all. They stumbled about the huge platform, missing most of their hits, and failing miserably, while the girls once again did a perfect routine.

After putting the tokens in the machine, Haley and Brooke did two rounds of easy before they switched games. They played around for another hour or so, allowing the boys to ride the small rides and play basketball themselves, before Nathan, Maddie, and Lucas went into the mall area in search of a good snack. Every time they went to this particular Mall, they would get Churros for a snack. Both the adults and kids loved the fried cinnamon treat and the only downside, was that the stand was located on the opposite side of the mall.

"Hey man, where're you going? The stands over here." Lucas said pointing in the opposite direction that Nathan was walking.

"I know, but they're gonna want them all warm by the time we get back, and I wanna check out this shoe store before we leave."

Agreeing with his younger brother, Lucas followed him into the shoe store and immediately went in search of shoes.

"Aww, what a little cutie you have here" Nathan looked up at the young girl wearing a Foot Locker striped employee shirt, and raised his eyebrows in surprise. She was closer than he thought, and was holding Madeline's small hand that hung out of the carrier.

"A little close aren't you?" Nathan said looking to Lucas for help, who was obviously finding this amusing while still checking out shoes. Trying to be discreet, he took a hold of both his daughters' hands, and started to back up.

"What's her name?" her voice was sour and Nathan grimaced at the baby talk she'd started. "Better yet, what's her big brothers' name?" he looked at her in surprise at she batted her eye lashes at him.

"Well her name is Madeline, and ..."

"That's adorable! She must love her big brother, she's such a good baby"

Nathan looked on, wondering how she would know anything about Madeline, and how she had major balls to come on to a complete stranger. He looked down at his hand, and could clearly see his wedding band sitting there, then back up at her.

"Yea, okay so this is not my sister, she's my daughter, and I am happily married" he said hoping she didn't interrupt him again.

Before she could say anything, Lucas walked over to Nathan. As soon as she saw Lucas, Madeline let out a squeal along with a huge grin. "Hey Mads! Nate, you ready, I didn't see anything"

"Great, you're gay! Why are all the hot guys gay? And married at that? Ugh!" she rolled her eyes at them both and stomped off, clearly not interested anymore.

"Thanks a lot Luke, now everyone in here thinks I'm married to you" walking out of the store, Nathan headed to the snack stand with Lucas following close behind him.

"Yea well you'd be lucky to be married to me. I also just saved you both an ass-kicking from Haley, so you owe me"

With the two youngsters next to them playing Wack-a-Mole, Haley and Brooke started up another game of DDR. They both finished the first round only missing a few bonuses, but on the second round, Haley looked on in shock, as Brooke score slowly started to diminish, and her sister gave up and stepped off the platform.

"What's wrong? Why'd you stop?" Brooke was always little better than Haley, and never gave up on a battle, and although Haley was somewhat tired herself, she had her husband to blame for that.

"I'm too tired." She complained.

"Whatever Brooke, I'm not that tired, and I have two kids!"

"Yea, yea so tell me about last night!" she said as the two of them brought the boys back to the table and got some drinks.

"What do you mean" even though she played dumb, she knew Brooke had seen the difference in her and her husbands behavior.

"Don't you what me! You guys totally had make up sex last night"

"Shush Brooke!" she hissed out looking at the boys who didn't seem to care about what they were talking about. "We talked about everything that has been going on, got things out in the open, and we made up" Spoken all innocently.

"Oh whatever, give me details, and don't try to sugar coat them Hales, this is me you're talking to; I invented at least half the moves you use." She said sassily.

"Well what we did was beyond making love, I mean I don't even know if there are words to describe what I felt last night. It was so... so...mate-full?" she said blushing

Brooke nodded, "Nice, now where exactly did you mate and how many times?" she was always nosy.

Her blush deepened. "Since you must know, it was on the rug you gave us that's in front of our fireplace. It was so perfect... and although I could barely keep track, we went at least six times."

"Whoa, six rounds? I didn't think you had it in you Hales!"

"Hell yea I do! I'm just gonna have to refill my birth control and double up or something, cause we know how much Scott sperm can swim"

"Yea I wish I had done that" she let out a half smile.

"What do you mean Brooke, Drew is like the best thing that ever happened to you and Luke!" she eyed her sister wondering what was going on in her mind. She'd never heard her say Drew was any kind of mistake... unplanned, yea, but a mistake never.

"No Haley, Drew is the best thing that's ever happened to us, I mean..." she looked down at her hands wondering why she hadn't just kept her mouth shut.

Haley looked at her, and started to finally put the pieces together. Quitting DDR, asking Lucas to bring her not one, but two Churros, grimacing at any pork from breakfast that morning, and easily scarfing down two servings off eggs.

"Brooke, honey are you pregnant?" she asked quietly, well aware of the two children that were still there.

"Guilty" she finally looked up; tears threatening to spill from her eyes.

"Hey boys, why don't you come and play this cool race car game" she grabbed a few tokens and put enough in the slot for them to play two rounds, and went back to Brooke, still keeping an eye on the boys.

"Brooke! This is great honey, why are you so upset?

"We just got back Haley! The paints just dry in our house, and we're pregnant already. I mean I just don't know what to do, I'm just about to add another line for Lady Scott and I just don't know how I'll balance it all with Drew and a new baby. I also wanted to be able to keep Toots for you once you started back work full time. And hell just to be a wife to Lucas. First I did want a baby now, and Luke was hesitant, but now we've flip flopped. He's all for it, and I'm the one freaking out."

"Brooke you gotta think about this babe, this is a great thing! The book tour is over, Lucas is writing from home now and Drew's in pre-school three times a week; it's a great time for another baby. Does Lucas know? How far along are you?"

"I'm nine weeks, and Lucas is just a clueless as he was with Drew. I mean the morning sickness isn't that bad, and he did ask a few weeks ago if I was, but at the time I didn't know and said no. I don't know how to tell him Hales; I mean this was not officially planned."

"Planned or unplanned, this is your baby. You know how crazy Lucas is about you and Drew, he'll be thrilled!" she ran her thumbs across her face ridding the tears that had made their way down her face and pulled her in for a hug.

"Thanks Hales... now I just gotta figure out a way to tell Lucas. Can't you just do it?" she said jokingly.

"Sure, no problem!" pulling out her phone, she typed for a few seconds, then put it back in her pocket. "Done!"

"What do you mean done?" she said eyeing Haley.

"I just told Lucas"

"How?"

"The exact same way you told him when you found out about Drew"

Her mouth instantly fell open, "You told him in a text message! Haley! He made me promise to never do that again"

Lucas had been in his graduate psychology class when he'd received a text from Brooke simply saying, "What should be have for dinner tonight? I'm thinking that chicken and rice stuff Haley always makes. We'll talk about it later babe. I'm pregnant Luke, Love you" He had jumped out of his seat, and just stood there staring at his phone, while his classmates looked on. Finally his professor had gotten through to him when he began to pace the front of the room chanting "she's pregnant" repeatedly.

"Well he should be getting it pretty soon" she laughed at her best friend and sent her a bright smile. "I'm so happy for you guys Brooke!"

"I hope I have a little girl" She wrinkled her nose, her smiled equaled Haley's and she pulled her in for a smothering hug. "I'm pregnant Hales!"

Before Haley could respond, they both jumped at the loud voice they heard next.

"BROOKE!"

Turning around, she braced herself as Lucas ran over to her and lifted her into his arms; obviously out of breath. "Are you really? Is it true?" Feeling her nod against him, he pulled back and kissed her hard on the mouth, before deepening the kiss.

Haley looked passed the two, still caught up in each other, and saw Nathan coming towards her nearly out of breath, carrying the Churros and Madeline who looked confused.

"What's wrong, Luke said he got a text from you, then he just took off running, what the hell?" he looked over and saw the make out session his brother and sister in law were having and looked on confused. "You wanna tell me what's going on Hales?"

"Well babe, looks like we might be taking Drew for the night. The have some celebrating to do." She leaned up and kissed him, loving the way things were going in their life.

Her best friends were pregnant again, her marriage was amazing, and she had two healthy children.

Life couldn't get better...at least until all the kids were tucked in tonight. Haley thought, while biting her lower lip. Yea tonight would still be great.

WOW! So this is like the longest chapter I've ever written- 26 pages! I'm glad that I was able to give you a long one. I hope that you guys liked it and will review and tell me what you think... Also, I know where I'm going with this pretty much, but I would love to hear from you guys about what you might want. Like is there any scenes that you might want to see? A peek into Brucas' life? More Naley Loving? Jay and Haley? Grandparents with the grandkids? Let me know what you might want to see happen. I do have one funny chapter that I want to write, because I think it's hilarious, but I still want you guys input! So let me know and please review!

I Also want to give a big thank you to a certain person, you know who you are that was a huge help with the love scene. I'm the OTH fan that IS a Haley James from start to finish. Even being in my mid twenties, I'm proud to be a virgin and being able to keep myself for my husband is something I value the most about myself. With that scene and even reading similar scenes in FF's I usually don't. Most of my favorite stories, are rated M, but for those scenes, as great as they may be, I don't read them and can just skim over and get the gist that the deed is done lol But I had help writing this scene, because not having experienced this myself, it's something I'm not going to just write about.. Makes me prude-ish? Don't' believe so, but just being honest. It's something that I want for myself, but I hope that people that do enjoy it, have enjoyed it (sounds weird lol) But this person helped with this scene and yes, I did read it, and put in a few things and overall felt it was beautiful for this married couple to engage in… Hope you guys enjoyed this.

Also, this is the last chapter that I have pre-written so I will be updating as I update, I'm sure ill still try to work ahead of pace, but this was the last completed chapter I already had written out. 5 REVIEWS UNLOCKS THE NEXT CHAPTER! Thanks for reading!- Jen