A/N: Just a head's up that this chapter spans across a few weeks.


Perry smiled as after what seemed hours of waiting, she heard his bike approach the driveway of his house. He'd called her earlier that morning to tell her he was headed back to Charming and wanted her to be at his house when he got back.

"Hey babe." she greeted him as he walked through the door from the garage.

"C'mere." he said pulling her to him and pressing his lips hard upon hers. She felt his need pulsating through him and knew she was in for rough ride as he slammed her against the wall and wasted no time pushing her jeans from her hips and unbuckling his belt.

"Hap." she murmured as he ravaged his hands through her hair and kissed and nipped a trail down her neck. She pressed her hand to the back of his head in an effort to bring his lips back to hers. He growled at her efforts and hoisted her into his arms and pressed her back against the wall. She grimaced slightly as his grip on her hip tightened and then gasped as he plunged deep into her. "Oh Christ Hap." she moaned as her body adjusted to his invasion.

He groaned as he felt her nails dig into the back of his head as she rolled her hips against him meeting his thrusts, her gasps growing shorter and shriller. He gripped a hold of her hips and held them still as his need for full control took over. She whimpered and moaned at her closeness as her hips began to shudder and she couldn't help but try to roll against him to heighten her own pleasure.

"Damn it Perry." he growled as she moaned through her release. He slid from her and spun her around bending her over the back of the couch. "Fuckin' stay still now damn it." he growled as he slammed back into her hard and fast. He slapped her ass as she pressed back into him. She moaned and tried to stay still as her insides burned closer to another electrifying climax.

"Oh Christ Hap, Christ." she screamed as she felt him throb deep inside her before his impending release. "Oh Fuck." she moaned as her second orgasm built to its peak. He gripped hard to her hips and pulled her back onto him, loving her satisfied moan as he groaned with his own release. She bit her lip as he slid from her and ran his hand up under her top to her breasts, pulling her back toward him and turning her head to kiss her lips.

"Christ Hap. That was intense." she murmured still breathless as his lips drew away from her.

"Sorry babe. I needed control." he answered her.

She nodded slowly, still reeling. "I guess I kinda get that." she said still grappling with the way his mind worked at times.

He turned her around and kissed her lips once more before wrapping his arms around her and simply holding her close against him.

"Are you okay Hap?" she asked placing her hands against his chest as he drew away slightly.

"Yeah I'm okay." he said.

"Did you want to talk about anything?" she asked as he began feeling her up again.

"Nah I'm good. I just need you." he said lifting her from her feet and carrying her to his bedroom.


"It was hard seeing her like that ya know?" he said later on as they lay together in each other's arms.

Perry nodded. "I'll bet." she murmured.

"I mean I've seen her decline over the last few months but these last few days I'm not even sure she knew I was there."

"I'll bet she knew and appreciated it Hap."

"I hope so Perry. I told her about us and about the baby too."

"You told her about the baby?"

"Yeah. I didn't think she was hearing anything I was saying but I swear she smiled as I mentioned it."

"So does that mean that you're on board with it even if it may not be yours?"

He sighed. "I'm still not sold on the idea of raising a Russian kid."

"You know it's half Russian being mine anyway?"

"You know what I mean babe." he said placing his hand across her stomach for the first time.

She smiled. "I have a scan this week Hap. You should come."

"I don't know Perry. What if it's not mine?"

"What if it's not? I made a decision while you were away these last few days Hap."

"And that was?" he asked, feeling he already knew what she was going to say.

"I want to keep it regardless of who's it turns out to be." she said quickly.

He sighed. "How much longer until we can do that test?"

"A little bit less than four weeks." she answered as she placed her hand upon his that still rubbed across her belly, that had begun to protrude slightly.

He nodded. "I guess being with Ma these last few days, seeing that smile on her face when I said you were havin' a baby made me realize how much I care about you. Like I said I'm not real sold on it if it turns out to belong to that asshole but I'll try Perry."

"Thank you Happy. I still hope beyond anything that it's yours." she said quietly.

"Me too babe."

"Please come along to the scan Hap?" Perry asked.

He nodded. "Yeah. I'll try. This week is gonna be full on dealing with Clay."

"Has Jax taken over yet?"

"Nah. I haven't been past the clubhouse yet. I came straight here."

"But you think Clay isn't going to take it too well?"

"I think he has an inkling of what's going on. He'd be stupid not to. And he'd also be stupid to lay a hand on you so don't worry about that okay?"

"Okay."

"C'mon, let's get dressed I gotta get to the clubhouse."


Several Days Later ...

Perry found herself holding her breath as she watched the chapel doors swing open abruptly. Clay stalked out toward her and cast a glare in her direction. "Did you have something to do with this?" he growled.

"They told me it was more than just what's gone on with me." Perry said biting her lip and wondering why the other's weren't following him out.

She gasped as Clay grabbed hold of her chin and put his face close to hers, nearly nose to nose. "You listen up Perry. You have me to thank for all your problems being taken care of. Whatever bullshit you've fed Happy about my handling of it needs to stop."

"I …" Perry tried to defend herself but Clay's grip on her chin tightened rendering it impossible for her to speak.

"I will sit at the head of that table again. With any luck that spawn inside you will be that Russian prick's and Happy will dump your ass. Then you'll no longer be in his ear and causing problems for this club." he growled.

Perry drew all the saliva should could to the front of her mouth before spitting it in Clay's face. Clay dropped her chin in time to turn around and meet Happy's fist connecting with his own.

"You touch her again and you'll be meeting me in the ring!" Happy growled as Gemma entered the clubroom and immediately noticed the tension within its walls. Perry watched as she moved to Clay's side, to fuss over the split in his lip, only to have him push her away as he stalked toward the door.

"What's going on Jackson?" she asked turning to her son.

"Perry, we got your appointment to get to. Let's go." Happy said pulling Perry to her feet and leading her out to the lot." He also didn't want to hang around to explain to Gemma why he'd just taken a swing at her Old Man.


"You sure you're alright?" Happy asked her for what seemed the hundredth time since they'd left the clubhouse.

"Yes Hap. I'm fine. He didn't hurt me."

"I swear Perry, if he touches you again..."

"Relax. You said yourself he'd be stupid to."

He nodded. "I saw you spit in his face. Well done." he said with an approving smile.

"Did you hear what he said?" she asked quietly as they waited for Tara to return.

He shook his head.

"That he'll sit at the head of the table again and hopefully my spawn will be Russian and you'll dump my ass making me no longer a club problem."

He squeezed her hand not being able to give her the words to reassure her that wasn't going to happen if the baby was Nikolai's.

She met his eyes as the Tara reentered the room. "We can do this Hap." she murmured.

"Okay. Are you ready to see your baby?" Tara asked as she headed over to the ultrasound machine in the corner.

Perry bit her lip and drew in her breath. "Yeah." she nodded feeling unsure of how Happy was going to handle this. She was beginning to feel unsure again of how she felt, should this baby they were about to see for the first time turn out not to be Happy's.

"There's no harm in waiting until after the paternity is determined." Tara informed them yet again.

Perry shook her head. "I need to see it." she said.

"It will make any decision you may need to make in the coming weeks harder Perry."

"I know that Tara." Perry answered.

"We've spoken about it Doc. This baby is entering the world no matter who it's father is." Happy spoke up. Perry looked across at Happy surprised at his words. It was the closest he had come to accepting this baby if it turned out it wasn't his.

Tara nodded. "Okay, well let's take a look." she said picking up the Doppler and placing it against Perry's lower abdomen.

Perry smiled as she felt Happy's fingers lace through her own as the image of the baby became clear on the screen. She glanced across to Tara and frowned at the expression on the doctor's face. "Tara? What's wrong?" She asked growing anxious quickly. Happy squeezed her hand harder.

"Nothing Perry. I'm going to take some measurements before we check the baby's heartbeat okay?"

"What do you mean check the heartbeat?" Happy snapped.

"I'm sorry. Poor choice of words. As you can see this constantly moving red patch here is your baby's heartbeat. Everything is perfectly normal. I just meant until I turn the sound on." Tara explained.

Perry breathed a sigh of relief and Happy relaxed his hand around hers.

They both silently looked at the movement of the baby on the screen as Tara took measurements of its arms and legs, and then its face and torso too.

"Okay." Tara finally spoke. "By the measurements I have taken you are a little further along than I first thought."

Perry eyes brightened. "So it's Happy's?"

"I still can't say for sure. It is possible for it to measure older for dates but it is also possible that the birth control you were on failed and you were already pregnant when they took you from the hospital in Stockton. You're measuring at eleven weeks rather than ten as I expected you would."

Perry bit her lip not sure whether to take Tara's words as good or bad. Happy seemed to have brightened next to her but she didn't want to remind him that regardless the baby could still be Nikolai's. If her contraception had failed, she had still had sex with Nikolai only days before she was shived in Stockton.

"I would still recommend the paternity testing however if these calculations are correct I'd be leaning closer to the possibility that you are the father Happy." Tara said meeting the rare smile on the Tacoma Killer's face.

Perry forced a smile to her face knowing that there was still every possibility it was Nikolai's.

"So are you ready to hear its heartbeat?" Tara asked.

"Yeah." Happy answered briefly as Perry gave a silent nod.

Tara flicked a switch and the sound of a fast, distinct heartbeat filled the air. Happy squeezed Perry's hand and she knew he too was leaning closer toward believing this baby was his.

"Everything is developing as it should be and the baby is in perfect health. I can print some pictures for you if you'd like?" Tara said.

Perry nodded. "Thanks Tara." she murmured quietly.

Tara took the pictures from where they came out and placed them in Happy's hands before leaving the room.

"Hap?" Perry said cautiously once Tara had left the room.

"Yeah?" he answered as he looked down at the ultrasound pictures that he held in his hands.

"I don't want to burst your bubble but it could still be Nikolai's. I had sex with him to get him to drop the charges against you remember?" she said biting her lip.

She watched his face drop to a scowl. "I'd forgotten about that, mind you," he said pulling her to him, "I fucked you a hell of a lot more than him in that time

frame."

Perry smiled and relaxed in his arms.

"We'll take the test and we'll find out for sure but I'm feeling good about this babe." he said before pressing his lips against hers.


3 weeks later …

"So what've I gotta do?" Happy asked as he stood in the bathroom with the test kit in his hand.

"Just swipe the end of the test swab over the inside of your cheek and then put it straight into the bag and seal it up." Perry answered him.

"That's it?" He asked.

"Yes."

"I thought you said there were blood tests or something?"

"Yes. For me. You get off easy Hap." she answered.

He smirked over his shoulder at her as he swiped the swab across the inside of his cheek and placed it in the bag the test kit provided. "So now what?" he asked as he came out of the bathroom.

"We take that along with us to the hospital when they draw my blood and they'll send it off to the lab with my blood sample." Perry answered him.

"And then what?"

"And then we wait for the results to arrive in the mail." she said as he pulled her to him.

"And how long's that gonna take?" he asked.

"A little more than a week." Perry answered running her hands across his chest.

"And what if it's not mine?"

"I guess we deal with that if we have to." Perry said quietly biting her lip.

"Let's cross our fingers that we don't have to eh?" he said running his fingers through her hair before kissing her forehead. He met her eyes and saw the uncertainty in them. He knew this situation was testing her to the core and he was beginning to miss her stubbornness and the constant battle for control she used to present him with. "C'mon. Let's go get your tests done and get this over with." he said taking control and leading her to the door.

She nodded allowing him to do so.


A/N: So we grow ever so closer to finding out the paternity of Perry's baby. Happy while appearing more accepting whatever the outcome, is still grappling with the possibility of it being Nikolai's and what he'll do if it is. Perry too is fluctuating in her decision also.

Being that I'm working early in the week at the moment you can probably expect an update weekly and usually toward the end of the week. (That goes for all my stories depending on the time I have to dedicate to them.) I might add too that this update is a bonus as I was expecting to get writing time today so you are getting it about a week earlier than I anticipated.

So until next update where we will finally have an answer ...