"You were only responsible to pick her up from the airport"Haley complained and Dean turned around to face her.
"You never told me to" he tried to explain but it was like she wasn't listening to him at all. He would have remembered if she had told him to pick up the new nanny from the airport. He actually had a very good memory.
"I remember telling you hundreds of times at least" Haley said in an innerved manner and walked past him so he had to turn around to face her again. She was really mad at him and mumbled on and on: "pick her up, pick her up, but here I am and she is not here, nor did you bother to tell me you hadn't picked her up. This makes a great first impression on us, you know?"
Dean sighed. There was nothing he could have said to make her stop complaining. He could have sworn she forgot to tell him, but what was the point in that? Haley has been complaining about him for a while now - always finding new stuff to throw in his face.
"Was this really too much to ask for?" Haley asked and looked at him – daring him to answer her and he simply shook his head. Dean looked at his young wife, she was only 22 now and they were already married for 5 years. Haley got pregnant when she was 17 and Dean took full responsibility for what happened. Actually he was unconditionally in love with this girl. Haley has been the first girl he ever really fell for. She was sweet and warmhearted, she used to love even all his little flaws. Actually some things changed since they got their son. Haley was stressed a lot and started to get mad at Dean for all little things she found sweet the new nanny was a solution to all their problems. He wanted to take the pressure away from his wife and give her the opportunity to turn back into the girl he fell in love with.
"This should help us go after our own goals" Haley explained again and he simply nodded. He knew all that. He knew how much the young Haley James used to talk about her dream of becoming a teacher. She was awesome with kids – you could see this in her eyes. She loved playing with Jamie, but also teaching him stuff. Dean was blessed with this side of her. Still he couldn't understand all the hate he was feeling from her lately. Still he knew that it was on him now to give in and find a solution to their current problem.
"I could go and pick her up now" he suggested half-hearted, not because he was half-hearted, but simply because he was getting sick and tired of taking the blame for all the things that went wrong and Haley rolled her eyes at that.
"I never asked you to help me pick a nanny" Haley went on "neither did I complain when I couldn't find any good agency – never asked you to search for one. And now we have the perfect solution, Quinn's friend" Haley explained "and you forgot to pick her up?"
Quinn was Haley's younger sister who still lived in Tree Hill, the town where Dean and Haley used to live and also the town where they met and fell in love.
"Brooke just finished High School and she wants to try and become a designer, which is easier in L.A. than it is in Tree Hill" Haley went on and Dean sighed. This was just great a little spoiled girl will look after his son. Maybe he should have had a say in the picking process.
"She wants to become a designer?" he asked in disbelief and Haley snapped at him, probably this wasn't what she wanted to hear right now.
"You have a problem with that?" she wondered in an arrogant and cold voice, that he was getting used to for a while, but still couldn't bear.
"No" he whispered and looked at her.
"We should be happy that she wants to do that. Because this way she needs a place to stay and the salary, because her parents won't pay her anything as long as she isn't attending college" Haley went on and picked up her cell.
"Hey Brooke" she said after a while and smiled "oh you took the bus, I am sorry that no one was there to pick you up, we messed it up a little" Haley apologized and Dean still didn't feel like it was his fault. After Haley put away her cell, he looked at her knowing that this wasn't over yet.
"But this girl will still look after big James not only focusing on her illusion of the designer life?" he wondered and Haley gave him a death stare.
Alright, this probably wasn't helpful either. Dean was glad that Jamie was asleep for that. He didn't want him to see his parents fight, but now he was really wishing the little guy would wake up and walk downstairs. It would just stop Haley and this was all he wished for. They continued arguing until the door bell rang. Saved by the bell, Dean thought and turned away from Haley.
"This isn't over yet" Haley whispered and he turned around and smiled.
"Didn't think it was" he simply stated and walked for the door.
"Behave" Haley whispered and he rolled his eyes.
Dean opened the door with a fake smile on his face. Haley as well pretended to be the happy wife that she wasn't at least not at the moment.
"Hi" a brunette with a dimpled smile said "I am Brooke – the new nanny"
Dean was stunned. The girl starring back at him was 19 or something like that. She had medium long brown hair that was falling down her shoulders and beautiful hazel eyes. Brooke was still smiling and waiting for Dean to finally step aside. Somehow she pictured the family different. Sure she knew that Haley was just 3 years older than Quinn, but somehow she pictured the guy she was married to to be older, like in his thirties, but this guy was probably 22 or 23.
"Come in" the guy smiled "I get your suitcase"
Brooke stepped inside and walked towards his wife. She couldn't stop but think that the guy had a cute smile. She stopped herself at this thought. Haley looked at the brunette.
"Hi, Brooke! I am so sorry we couldn't pick you up, I hope your flight was okay" she whispered and Brooke nodded.
"Hi" Brooke smiled and offered Haley her hand. She was actually pretty tiered from the flight but still tried to impress her new boss.
"I should tell you hi from Quinn" Brooke smiled politely and Haley exhaled. The tension from the fight was finally gone and she remembered all the good things Quinn said about her best friend – and their new nanny. They graduated High School together and travelled around Europe for a while, now Brooke was done with relaxing after High School and was chasing after her dream: to become a famous designer. After all the tension was gone Haley finally remembered the good manners and looked apologizing.
"So rude of us…I am Haley" she said and looked at the brunette "and this is my husband Dean" she showed towards the good-looking blonde who was still standing at the door and offered her a smile now as he put down her luggage. He walked towards the girls and noticed that he totally was checking out his new nanny. He felt ashamed and hoped none of them had noticed, but the girl had an amazing body. He offered her his hand and she shook it.
"How old were you again?" he wondered a little too dry and Brooke smiled a little confused. He seemed like a sweet guy, but somehow he talked like she needed to impress him.
"I'm going to be 19 soon" she explained and he smirked at her. He wondered when he smirked at someone like that for the last time. It seemed to be ages ago.
"Maybe we should go to the living room?"Dean asked Haley and she nodded. Dean heard some steps at the stairs and looked up. Jamie was standing there and watching them confused. He seemed to be a little scared, but this was just his way when he was meeting new people.
"Hey big James, you're already up" Dean smiled at his son and Jamie nodded.
"Come here" he smiled and Jamie walked down and held tight to his dad's jeans.
"Jamie, sweetheart" Haley said as they entered the room "there is someone I want you to meet"
The blonde-haired boy was standing behind Dean and looked at his mum.
"It is okay pal" Dean grinned and Jamie looked up at him.
"Okay I will of course come with you, you little knucklehead" Dean picked his son up and sat down on the couch holding his boy.
"This is Brooke, she will be your nanny" Haley said and Jamie looked at the strange new girl sitting there in their living room.
"Hi" Brooke whispered and looked at him.
"Hello" he said shyly and the brunette smirked at him.
"I think we will have a lot of fun" she promised and Jamie looked up to his dad, who simply nodded.
"Okay" Jamie whispered.
"What would you like to do now?" Brooke wondered and Jamie shrugged.
"Didn't you get an awesome new game from your mum?" Dean asked and Jamie's eyes widened.
"Yeah, wanna see?" he asked Brooke and she laughed.
"Of course" she said full with excitement and Jamie ran off to the TV and got a CD-Rom of his new game.
"Is this the NBA Pro version for a Wii?" Brooke asked overexciting and the eyes of the little boy widened.
She just got some big points from the kid and Dean smiled softly at Haley who seemed as well impressed.
"So who is your favorite player?" she wondered and Jamie grinned at his dad.
"Nathan Scott" he smiled brightly.
"Nathan Scott?" she asked in disbelief and he nodded.
"He is the best" Jamie smiled and Brooke nodded. She just found a way to get even more points from her new little buddy.
"You know, I used to sit next to him in class?" she asked and the blue eyes of the boy were full of admiration.
"You knew Nathan Scott?" he asked in disbelieve and she nodded.
They talked for a while and Haley watched them. It seemed like Jamie was accepting Brooke, well actually it even looked like he was really happy that she came here. She won the guy's heart by knowing his biggest idol, but after a while Haley decided that the girl needed some rest after this long flight and smirked at Jamie.
"Hey buddy, do you want to help me cook, while you're dad shows Brooke her room?" Haley asked and the little boy sighed.
"Okay" he whispered and Haley laughed.
"Well that is the enthusiasm I was hoping for" she rolled her eyes and took his hand.
"Come on, you knucklehead"
"This will be your home for your stay" Dean said "you can bring friends here anytime you want as long as you guys aren't too loud" he tired to sound casual and put her suitcase down. It was a two-room-house. Brooke was actually used to have a whole house for herself, because her parents never were home, but she always felt like it was too big for her. This house was floated with light and she had a little living room kitchen kombi and a bed room and this was actually all she needed.
"Wow this is amazing" she smiled and looked around. They really fixed it up nicely for her.
"We hope you will feel like home here" Dean said and tried hard not to stare at this girl. She was only wearing tight jeans shorts and a simple orange tank top and stilettos. He wondered how this was supposed to be comfy for the flight, but it defiantly looked hot...nice, he meant nice of course.
"I think I might help Hales in the kitchen" he said a bit nervous and Brooke was surprise of the sound of his voice, but nodded.
Brooke was just unpacking as she heard a loud knock on her door. Jamie was standing outside grinning at her.
"Lunch is done, you want to join us?" he asked and Brooke opened the door.
"You can bet I will" she smiled and took his hand.
"So what did you cook?" she asked and the guy laughed.
"I'm only 5 I can't cook" he stated and she grinned as if she was surprised.
"Oh, right" she smirked and sat down at the table.
After Haley and Dean brought their little son to bed they walked back to the living-room.
They offered Brooke a wine and she accepted.
"So the idea of telling Jamie you being friends with one of his idols really broke the ice, though I am against lying to him" Haley said and took a sip. Brooke looked surprised.
"I didn't lie" Brooke smiled politely. They both stared at her. Sure, Dean read something about Nathan being from Tree Hill and he kind of remembered his Dad and he also knew the neighborhood where the guy grew up, but he didn't remember the guy back at their school. He thought he would go to a sports school or something like that.
"So you guys were really friends?" Dean asked surprised and also took a sip.
"We dated" Brooke admitted and Dean chocked on his wine and started to cough a little. That was embarrassing but he was just shocked.
"Wow" Haley said surprised "Quinn never mentioned that"
"Well he was a grade over me and he left before I became friends with Quinn, so she didn't know him, but from time to time he still calls me to check on me" she smiled "maybe I can get him to sign a card for Jamie"
"That would be awesome" Dean who was now getting air again said. He obviously was distracted by the brunette and he knew it didn't mean a thing, it was just a while he and Haley were intimate. So this fact of her dating Nathan Scott didn't actually bother him. It was just a surprise. He didn't think about it anymore. Why would he be bothered by the fact that Nathan Scott not only was his son's biggest idol, but also… Well, he just looked at Brooke. Nevermind.
"Your son is amazing" Brooke smiled at both of them and Dean smiled at Haley. Who would have thought that they would raise such an amazing son, through all their differences and all the troubles they went through?