I'm back! Sorry it has been so long! Promotion at work has been kicking my ass! Hope you enjoy this chapter, and I am already writing the next one!

As usual, I own no rights to Happy or any SOA character, those belong to Kurt Sutter.

Chapter 21

A few weeks later found Happy and Casey sitting on the beach outside Rita's beach house in San Diego, surrounded by friends, alcohol and music. Happy was sitting next to the bonfire on a chair with Casey on the sand, leaning between his legs and beers in both their hands. Kozik was staying with them too after Hap had invited him, the two had stricken up a friendship after meeting the month prior. Currently, they were arguing over the previous months March madness while Casey chatted away with the girls about prom the following month. Tapping her hand on Hap's knee to get his attention, Casey looked up to see her man's eyes peer down at her. "We are going, right?"

Having no idea what she was talking about however wanting to continue his conversation with Kozik, Happy just nodded his head at her then turned back to the man on his right. Slightly annoyed, Casey turned around so that she was on her knees as she slowly ran her nails up his legs, to his thighs catching his attention as her hands slid beneath his board shorts. Looking back at her now, Hap raised an eyebrow and placed his hands on hers. "Don's start something you won't be able to finish." He smirked at her, knowing she was a slightly drunk from the alcohol they had already consumed that night.

Casey laughed, throwing her head back as she did so, giving Happy access to her neck. Leaning forward and putting the beer in his hand down, he lifted her so that she was straddling his lap, continuing to kiss the soft spot behind her ear. Casey loved the feeling of him being so close, his mouth on her neck, their groins pressed against each other. "I can definitely finish, I just wanted your attention first." She moaned against him.

Sitting back, he looked at her, "You have my full attention now." He said as he pushed against her a little more, causing her to gasp lightly.

"Okay, you two, get a room!" Kozik yelled, standing up and going to the cooler for another beer. "I don't want to watch this shit!"

"Jealous I took you bro away Kozi?" Casey laughed after him, getting a chuckle from both him and Hap.

"Kozi? No way! It's Kozik." Kozik replied. "No nick names."

"It's either that or Herman." She said, staring him down, getting a chuckle from all the others.

"No shit! You name is Herman?!" Cathy yelled as her and some of the others were laughing. Telling them all to fuck off, Kozik turned back to Casey and nodded, "Fine, you win. Kozi it is, but the rest of you shitheads keep to Kozik!"

Turning back to her boyfriend, Casey repeated her question about prom. Happy groaned, "I guess so. If I can do a ballet prom should be a piece of cake. Bring it on!" Getting her answer, Casey tried to turn around and finish the rest of her talk with the girls, but Happy wasn't having it. Grabbing her by her hips so that her legs would stay wrapped around his waist, he stood up. "I believe someone told us to get a room." Taking her lips in his, he started walking her back to the house, with hoots and hollers coming from behind them. Casey flipped them the bird before disappearing inside, planning on finishing what she had started on the beach.

The following morning, she awoke to the sun streaming through the window and noticed she was alone in the bed they had been sharing for the week. Getting up and putting on the standard beach attire, she walked into the kitchen to see Happy awake, making breakfast. Snaking her arms around him, she placed a kiss to his shoulder and then laid her head against his back. "I think you should get a new tattoo right there." She told him. Happy turned around and tipped her head up, kissing her on the lips gently.

"Oh yea? And what do I need to get there?" he asked as he reached behind him for his coffee. Taking a sip, he handed her the cup and watched her get in her first caffeine of the day. She handed him back the cup and stood on her tiptoes to kiss his lips just as softly as he did her moments before. "My lips." She responded as she pulled back and looked up at him. He couldn't help but laugh as he pulled her close. "What?" she asked him.

"That's some serious chick shit!" he said as he continued to laugh at her. "I'm sure we can come up with something better than that."

Casey placed her bottom lip out, causing him to moan. "I think it's cute!" she exclaimed as she put her hands on her hips. "And besides, chick shit would be putting it on your heart or something."

Laughing at her stance and the pout of her lips, he nodded his head. "Fine, but you get one too." Agreeing, she ran to put her sandals on. "Hold up girl! I'm not even dressed yet." Happy yelled after her, "And we still need to eat."

Casey ran back to the kitchen and started eating the eggs out of the pan. "Go get dressed, I want to do this now." She told him as she went to butter some toast, shoving at him, causing him to laugh again at her antics. She pushed him out of the kitchen, telling him to hurry up just as Kozik walked around the corner.

"Morning beautiful people!" he smiled, grabbing a cup for coffee and watching Casey eat like it was the last supper. "What is going on today?"

"We are going to get tattoos as soon as Happy gets dressed." Casey told him as he took the fork from her hands and dipped into the pan with the eggs.

"Nice, I know just the right shop. The owner is a true artist, love his shit. He did this." Kozik told the pair, pointing to the tribal piece on his right arm. Happy nodded in approval. "I'll get dressed and come with you guys, if that's cool? Watcha getting anyway?"

"Hap's getting my lips on his shoulder and I don't know yet." Casey said, causing Kozik to spit the food out of his mouth and snort in laughter.

"That's total chick shit bro!" he said pointing at Happy, earning him a classic cold stare. He kept laughing though as Happy crossed his arms over his chest, still glaring at him. "You don't scare me man! Knock that shit out. I'm going to get dressed so we can head out." Kozik said as he walked out of the kitchen towards one of the other rooms. Happy just looked over to Casey who was smiling, then swayed her hand at him, like she was shushing him out of the room.

Waiting outside the shop for it to open, Happy was leaning against his bike, slowly inhaling his nicotine while Casey paced in front of him. "You scared Cas?" he asked her, chuckling to himself and causing Kozik to laugh as well.

Stopping dead in her tracks, Casey bit down on her bottom lip. "Is it gonna hurt?" she asked. Happy put out his cigarette and pulled her to him, kissing her lips. "Told you not to do that because then I have to make it better, and only a little bit, like a sting."

"What do you want me to get?" she asked as she pulled away from him, watching him think about it.

"You'll see." He said as they saw a guy open up the shop and he ushered her in. Kozik started talking to the owner like they were old friends and introduced Happy and Casey to him. Happy started looking at the portfolio of the man and asked all kinds of questions about colors, lines and shading. When he was satisfied, he told the guy what he was getting and where, not missing the smirk from the man. He motioned for the trio to follow him to the back of the shop and had Casey put on lipstick and kiss some transfer paper a few times before asking Happy what color he wanted it in. "Blue!" Casey chimed in for him, "A deep blue if you can."

Kozik shook his head and nudged Happy in the shoulder, "You are one pussy whipped man." He said as Happy just nodded his head in agreeance to what his girl wanted. Taking off his shirt and sitting in the chair, the artist applied the transfer paper and began the tattoo, finishing in less than 30 minutes. Casey was thrilled with how it came out and kissed Happy. "Now, you're marked as mine, no matter where you go!"

"Your turn, get in the chair." He instructed her. Sitting down, Casey began to get a little scared, not knowing what she was getting or where. Happy worked with the artist drawing up something for a few minutes before the artist took it to place on transfer paper. Coming to her left side, Hap told her to lie on her side, then took his fingers and raised her dress up to her stomach, untied the string to her bikini bottoms, and took a seat in front of her, telling Kozik to go behind the curtain behind her. "You move from that spot man and I will lay you out." Happy said, pointing a finger at Kozik who put his arms up in defense. Happy tucked the strings between Casey's legs, causing her to shiver at his touch.

"Where Hap?" she asked. He pointed to her the area right at her hip bone and leaned down to kiss it. "Don't start something you can't finish baby." She smirked at him. Just then the artist came back and Happy helped him place it on her body exactly where he wanted it. After a few minutes, Casey felt the stinging of the needle and squeezed Hap's hands. "I thought it was just a little sting?" she asked, trying to be brave and not tear up.

"In a few minutes you will become numb to it." He told her as he stroked her hands with his thumb and watched the man do his magic. What felt like an eternity later, she was told she could stand up. Looing in the mirror, she smiled widely at the image. "You like it?" Hap asked, standing next to her and locking his eyes with hers in the mirror.

"I love it!" she said, staring at a single black happy face placed over her hip with the word "Always" surrounding the curve on top and "Forever" the curve on the bottom.

"Now we are both marked, your mine and I'm yours." He told her as he tied the strings to her bottoms back together for her. Throwing her arms around his neck, Casey beamed up at him. "I love you Happy Lowman." She said as she kissed him. Giving in, he whispered. "Love you more."

"Enough of that shit!" Kozik yelled from the other side of the curtain. "Let's see the ink!"

When they got back to the beach house, Happy and Casey stayed on the deck, out of the sun due to the recent tattoos, while Kozik walked up and down the beach, hitting on a new girl for the day. It was nice just lying there, listening to the waves. "I see why you find it so calming here." Happy told Casey as he squeezed her hand. She smiled, and looked over at him.

"So serene, so natural, you can think clearly here." She said smiling back at him. "So graduation is in 4 weeks babe, what's the plan? I know you have to have given it some thought. Break it to me here, were I'm already calm." She said as she took off her sunglasses and turned in the chair to look at him.

Happy sighed; he had been giving it some thought. "I was thinking I would start out on the west coast, up the PCH before heading north." He said as he turned to look at her. "Thinking about leaving a week after graduation, we could take a small drive together then you could catch a plane back home." Looking into her eyes, he saw a brief hint of sadness before she smiled her glorious smile at him. "Then we need to make the most of our time together before you go." She told him as she stood up, not letting his hand loose and tugged him with her back towards their room. "Let's start now."

Following her back to the room, Happy sat on the bed as he watched her pull her sundress off, leaving her standing there in nothing but the blue string bikini she had purchased for the trip that barely covered her up. Walking towards him, she lifted up the hem of his shirt and he raised his arms to help her take it off of him. Pushing him back on the bed, Casey started peppering his neck with kisses, working her way down towards his board shorts. In the meantime, Happy had untied her top, slinging it across the room and rubbing his thumbs across her hardening nipples.

Tugging on his shorts, Happy lifted his hips so Cas could pull them down and off. Looking back at him, she started stoking his length before lowering her head to lick the tip of his cock, before taking him all the way in and letting the tip reach the back of her throat. He placed his hand on her head, running his finger through her hair, enjoying every sensation she was making him feel. With his eyes closed and the swift motions of her tongue, it was only a matter of minutes before he was spilling his seed down her throat. Standing up and smiling at him, she pushed him back on the bed and held him close. Happy kissed her neck, making his way south when she took his face in hers and looked at him. "Just hold me Hap. That's what I'm going to miss the most." Those big blue eyes almost broke his heart. Kissing her softly, he rolled on his side and pulled her flush against him.

"We won't be apart forever baby, you know that." Happy whispered in her ear. Casey nodded. "You and I, this, its forever."

"I know Hap, but it doesn't make it easier." She replied, as she laced her fingers with his. "Let's just make the most of every day we have left before you leave."