Charlie was absolutely terrified when she felt a knife to her back when she was looking around at the clothes in the store, and she had thought about screaming for her father but felt the knife move to her stomach and she froze. Charlie knew that she couldn't say or do anything as she was dragged out of the store and put into a van with three masked men and sped away. She had never felt that amount of fear in her life and felt her phone vibrating in her jacket pocket and knew that it was her father wanting to know where she was. When she glanced to the man behind the wheel she noted that he was too focused on driving away and then she glanced to the two men who were too busy whispering back and forth so she quickly grabbed her phone to answer it.
That was almost two days ago and now the fear had left and was replaced with annoyance. She had finally seen the three masked men's faces. She thought she would see someone just as intimidating looking as her boyfriend, or the other men in the club but no. All three men were young adults, probably just a couple of years younger than her.
When Charlie realized that she had been kidnapped because of the club she had expected something far more scary than sitting on a couch and watching TV. She expected the men to follow her to the bathroom, force themselves on her, not allow her food or water but that wasn't the case.
Of course it was still alarming that she had been taken, but at this point it was just pissing her off because the three men were completely unaware of who they were messing with. They didn't even know just how dangerous the Sons of Anarchy actually was and she knew that they were about to find out.
She was grateful that she had been able to talk to Happy just a few short hours ago when the men had told her to call and set up a place for them to meet. Charlie knew that the three men wanted guns in order to turn around in sell for money at their own price, and Charlie wasn't even sure if the club had guns. She knew that the three men wouldn't even be walking away from the meet and she felt a little bad just because of how stupid they were.
When she had spoken to Happy, she knew that he was extremely upset by how deep his voice was and how lowly he had spoken. She knew that he wouldn't get out of club mode until they were in the privacy of their own home. The truth was, Charlie had been so terrified on the car ride that she couldn't wait to see the tattooed man and her father.
"We have to get going. Do you need to use the restroom?" One man questioned and Charlie gave him a nod.
She hadn't spoken to them much and she didn't bother learning their names. The only time she had actually said anything was when one man tried to hand her a box of old Chinese take out food that was in the fridge.
Getting up from the couch, she made her way to the small ran down bathroom and hovered over the toilet to do her business and then washed her hands quickly. Once she had walked back into the living room she made a mental note to take a shower as soon as possible after looking around the dingy house for almost two days, and then followed the three men out of the house and into the van.
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Charlie was starting to get anxious knowing that she would be reunited with Happy in just a few short moments and glanced to the three men for a moment. She knew that the three wouldn't live to see another day and she had no control over what Happy, Tig or the club did to them. She knew that the experience could have been a lot worse than what it actually was and she was thankful that she and her unborn baby had went unharmed.
"Thank you for not hurting me or my baby." Charlie stated lowly and then focused her eyes on the windshield and knew that they were pulling into an abandon warehouse parking lot.
The three men gave her a nod as the driver focused on the maze of directions she had relayed to the men at Happy's orders.
"Look, we won't tape your wrists again, but please don't try to run." The man stated and Charlie looked down to her wrists to see the bruises that she had caused from trying to break free on the car ride to the house.
Charlie gave the man a nod and locked her hands together over her stomach and closed her eyes for a moment to control her butterflies over seeing the man who she knew was going out of his mind with sorry. She had told him that she wasn't hurt but he wouldn't believe her until she was in front of him.
The moment the beat down van turned on it's final rode, Charlie's bright blue eyes found Happy's face in the line of samcro members that were standing in front of their bikes and van. Charlie took notice of the black duffle bag by Clay's feet and noticed that all of the men were wearing black with their sunglasses covering their eyes. Her eyes immediately went back to Happy's face and noticed that he had tensed at seeing the arrival of the van.
Once the van had came to a stop, all of the men had stood up a little straighter and the three men took their time getting situated before getting out of the van. One man had a hand around Charlie's arm to make sure that she didn't run towards her family and she had to resist the urge to deck him and take off running to Happy.
"Did you bring what we asked for?" The ring leader questioned and Charlie noticed the several smirks across the guys face once they all had scanned her over to make sure she wasn't hurt.
"Absolutely." Clay stated with a wicked grin, "Now, before we give you what you want, I think it's only fair that you give us the girl." Clay stated.
"After all, we are just a motorcycle club." Jax flashed his charming smile towards Charlie, "Isn't that right darlin?" Jax questioned.
"Please, just let me go over there so you can get your stupid guns and we can be done with this." Charlie requested looking up to the slim guy and watched as he hesitated for a moment before giving her a nod and letting go of her arm.
Charlie wasted no time in running towards her boyfriend who took a step forward to wrap his arm around her the moment she was against him. Her arms going around his neck the best she could and buried her face into his leather kutte and t-shirt. His large arm wrapped up to her ear and covered it with his large hand and she furrowed her eyebrows for a moment until she glanced to her father to see he had his gun drawn and within an instant she heard three gun shots causing her to jump and shriek at the loudness.
She felt Happy move and she went to take a step back but he stopped her, "Don't look." Happy stated as he turned to stand at her side and ushered her towards the black van with her father approaching.
"I'm so sorry." Tig immediately pulled her into a bone crushing hug with tears in his eyes.
"I'm fine pops, it wasn't your fault." Charlie commented lowly as she hugged her father back and heard Happy grumble something she couldn't quite catch under his breath. She knew that Happy was waiting until they were alone to do or say anything.
"We need to take her to the hospital to get checked out." Happy ordered to Juice who was heading towards the van.
"Hap, I'm fine..." Charlie tried to protest but Happy cut her a hard glare and she instantly shut her mouth.
Happy ushered her to the passenger side of the van and opened the door for her, "I'll be right behind you the entire drive. Tig is going to get the car for us." Happy explained and Charlie gave a nod in understand and stood in front of him for a moment and wrapped her arms around him, "I missed you." Charlie mumbled against his shirt and felt him relax for a brief moment.
"We'll talk later." Happy stated and kissed the top of her head roughly before gently pushing her towards the seat.
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Charlie was getting rather annoyed while sitting in the doctor's office because all she wanted to do was take a shower and lay in her own bed until she fell asleep since she didn't sleep much while she was gone. Since she didn't have an appointment she had to wait until the doctor was available to do examine her and the baby.
The brunette had began to protest until she saw the unshed tears in the Tacoma killer's eyes. Of course Tig wouldn't have been able to notice because he didn't know the signs of when Happy was upset. She had never seen the man cry but she had seen him choke down his emotions so she remained silent until she was called back.
"How are you doing Charlie?" The doctor smiled as she walked in.
"I'm doing well." Charlie smiled back softly, "Sorry for the pop up, but we're heading out of town and wanted to see if everything was alright before we left." Charlie half lied and felt Happy squeeze her hand gently.
"It's totally understandable with first time pregnancies." The doctor smiled and moved to the ultra sound machine and turned it on, "How are things going with the pregnancy?" She questioned.
"Good." Charlie smiled, "I am starting to realize what I can eat and can't eat. The best part is when something smells absolutely delicious and then the moment I taste it I run to the bathroom." Charlie joked.
"I was like that with my second." The doctor shook her head with a laugh and had told Charlie to lay back against the exam table, "It still amazes me how each pregnancy is different. With my third I could eat anything under the sun and the first I couldn't hardly eat anything." The doctor laughed as she applied the gel.
Charlie glanced to Happy who had not let go of her hand once it was just her and Tig and then glanced to her father to see both of their eyes glued to the screen and she turned her attention back to the screen.
The moment the familiar sound filled the room Charlie turned to Happy since he was hearing the heart beat for the first time and gave him a smile.
"The baby has a strong heart beat." The doctor smiled, "That's a good thing." She added so Happy wouldn't begin to worry since he was about to open his mouth to ask a question.
"The baby is completely fine." The doctor looked to Charlie and then to Happy, "Would you guys like to know the sex of the baby?" She asked.
"Yes." Tig spoke up first causing Charlie to let out a laugh and then she turned to Happy.
"What do you say daddy? Want to know what we're having?" Charlie questioned and watched as the man tore his eyes away from the screen to look at Charlie and gave her a nod before putting his dark eyes back on the screen.
The doctor began to point out the legs and arms and then zoomed in between the legs and had Charlie, Happy, and Tig try to guess what it was. Both men had decided to stay silent because neither had a clue what they were looking at.
"I have no idea." Charlie laughed, "What is it?" Charlie questioned.
"Congratulations mom, dad and grandpa, it's a boy." The doctor smiled.
Charlie grinned from ear to ear and wiped at her eyes and looked Happy when he had raised her hand to kiss it. She knew that he still wouldn't say anything until they were back home and she glanced to her father who wiped his cheeks.
Once the doctor had printed off a few pictures for them, Charlie was handed paper towel to wipe the gel off and then sat up and pushed her t-shirt down.
"Thank you so much for squeezing us in." Charlie thanked the doctor again as they left and had schedule the next appointment for January and headed out the door with Happy and Tig.
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Once Charlie had pulled into the driveway of her home, she couldn't help but to get excited about seeing Rocco and Molly and heard them barking from inside as she got out of the car.
"I'll let you two have some time together, I'll be back later with dinner." Tig kissed her forehead and Charlie gave him a nod as Happy pulled his bike into the driveway and parked beside her.
The brunette wasted no time in walking into the house after unlocking it and was instantly greeted by two extremely happy dogs, and she cried out a laugh.
"I missed you too guys." Charlie managed to pet them both until Happy walked into the house behind her and locked the door, "Yeah, I know. You were lonely, I know." Charlie chuckled as they both tried to jump on her to lick her face.
"Down." Happy growled, "Go lay down."
"Hap..." Charlie started to protest and noticed that he had taken his kutte and boots off.
Happy shook his head and moved past her and disappeared down the hall. Charlie let out a small sigh and decided to not pressure him to talk and decided to take a nice hot shower, so she made her way to the bedroom and stripped out of her clothes and walked into the bathroom to see Happy starting the shower.
"Should be hot enough in a minute." Happy stated and Charlie gave him a nod and moved to the sink to brush her teeth.
Once she had brushed her teeth, Charlie moved to step into the shower and the moment the hot water touched her skin she relaxed.
After standing under the sprayer for several moments, the brunette began to shave her legs since she hadn't been able to shower in two days and noticed that Happy was leaning agains the sink with his arms crossed over his chest staring at her as if she would disappear.
She was thankful that she had enough time to shave her legs before she spotted the tattooed man strip out of his clothes and stepped into the shower with her. She had just managed to put the shampoo into her hair and felt his large hands began to rub the suds around.
"You okay?" Happy questioned lowly.
Charlie turned around to let the water spray down on her to rinse her hair and looked up to the man.
"I'm fine." Charlie answered, "I was really scared at first but then I realized they were idiots." Charlie explained, "They didn't hurt me Hap. The worst they did was try to give me old Chinese food." Charlie tried to joke and watched as the man shook his head.
"How'd you get the bruises?" Happy questioned and grabbed her wrists carefully with his large hands and rubbed his thumb across the skin gently.
"That was me. They taped my hands in the van on the way to the house and I tried to break out of them." Charlie explained and grew quiet for a few moments, "Are you okay?" Charlie questioned gently as she looked into his eyes.
She wasn't surprised that he didn't answer her, instead changed the subject and let her know that her new clothes were in the bags in the closet along with the baby things she had gotten the day she was taken. As much as Charlie wanted Happy to talk, she knew that she couldn't push him on this one.
Once she had washed her body off, she had rinsed off and went to step out of the shower and wrapped a towel around her and glanced over her shoulder to see Happy rinsing his body wash off.
After wrapping a towel around her hair, Charlie moved into th bedroom and opened the closet door to put on a pair of new panties and a sportsbra and then grabbed a pair of sweatpants that she had gotten and walked back into the bathroom to grab her brush and put the towel in the hamper.
Charlie's eyes stayed as Happy as she walked out of the room to sit on the bed where Rocco and Molly were waiting for her and she began to brush the knots out of her hair. She could tell that he was still reeling from her being taken and felt bad for not doing something to prevent it.
"I'm sorry." Charlie spoke up causing him to furrow his eyebrows at her.
"For what?" Happy questioned as he pulled his sweatpants up over his boxers.
"I should have fought back or something. I just...I was caught off guard and froze." Charlie admitted, "I should have screamed for dad or something but I was just scared, I didn't know what to do."
Happy shook his head and ran a hand over his face and approached her, "That shit ain't your fault. Those mother fuckers had a knife on you." Happy stated, "We saw the security footage from the store, there was nothing you could have done Charlie." Happy stated, "You did what I told you to do if something like that happened."
"You...You aren't mad at me?" Charlie questioned quietly and watched as Happy shook his head no.
She watched as he bent down and rested on the heels of his feet and put his large hands on either side of her and looked up at her.
"I thought I was never going to see you again." Happy shook his head, "I didn't know what the fuck to do. I had never been so fucking scared in my life Charlie." Happy admitted, "The thought of something happening to you...to the our son..." Happy let out a sigh as he rested his forehead against her stomach.
Charlie's frown deepened when she felt his shoulders start to shake and then felt her stomach getting a little wet and realized that he was crying. Charlie wrapped her arms around him the best she could from their position.
"I'm okay, the baby is okay..." Charlie whispered as she stroked his head, "We're here and we aren't going anywhere." Charlie added trying to sooth the man.
After being in that position for several moments, Happy was able to take control of his emotions and wiped his cheeks quickly, "Hope you know you ain't leaving my side for a while." Happy rasped out and Charlie chuckled lowly.
"I kind of figured that much." Charlie smiled at him, "Will you lay with me? I wasn't able to sleep..." Charlie began to explain.
"Yeah, come on." Happy moved to stand up and headed towards the head of the bed and pulled the blankets down as Charlie crawled up the bed and past the dogs.
Once the couple had gotten comfortable in the large bed with the dogs laying at their feet, Charlie turned to face Happy and was caught off guard when he had crashed his lips against hers. She knew that he was pouring his emotions into the kiss as he deepened it for a few moments before pulling away leaving her breathless.
"Get some sleep baby." Happy murmured after placing a kiss on her forehead.
"How am I suppose to sleep after a kiss like that?" Charlie breathed out and found herself getting extremely tired as she was pulled towards him and found herself cuddling into his chest. The last thing she remembered was Happy's chest lightly rumbling from laughter before falling into a deep sleep.
AN: So baby Lowman is a boy. Feel free to leave name suggestions!