Ch 7

The next day Kerry and Happy drove Kathryn to the airport.

"I gotta tell you something." Happy said as Kerry drove back on the highway.

"Ok."

"We are going to be arrested soon, Opie and Piney and Chibs will be out with Kozik."

"For what?"

"Some dumb shit that happened before we got together, we shouldn't be in too long a year or so at most."

Kerry gripped her knees.

"Can I visit you?" She mumbled.

"I don't know, it's going to be hard-"

"Hap, I can't go that long without at least seeing you. I love you." She said her lip quivering.

"Don't cry." He said taking one of her hands and kissing it. "When we get home we're spending the rest of the day in bed. I have everything set up for mom and aunt Harriet and I'm leaving money for you, not that you need it."

"Jax is going to miss the baby being born." Kerry said softly.

"Tara has you, Gemma, Lyla, and the guys that are out. It'll work out. I-I should have told you this before I gave you my crow, I should have given you an out."

"I don't want an out. I want this. I want us. I want you."

When they arrived back at the house Happy handed her a folder.

"Incase anything happens to my mom. It's all in here. I put a duffle bag in the closet with some cash, if you need more let mom know she had access to my accounts I didn't have time to put you on them."

Kerry didn't say anything but put down the folder and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"I'm going to miss you so much." She said softly.

"Let's not do this now. I want this." He said cupping her breasts and then moving his hands lower. "And this."

"Happy, I need you." She whispered before kissing him as they backed up against the wall. Kerry's shirt was almost off as the doorbell rang and then banging on the door.

"This better not be anyone from the club or I'll kill them." Happy said stalking to the door and swinging it open.

It was a group of young girls selling girl scout cookies. Kerry quickly adjusted her shirt and took over.

"It's Ms. O'Brien from school." One of the little girls said.

"Hi girls."

"My neighbor is in your class. Her name is Tina."

Kerry smiled.

"You must be Rachel, she talks about you all the time."

The little girl smiled.

"Really?"

"Yes."

"Tina thinks your great as does her mom. I'm Sandy." The mom said shaking Kerry's hand.

"Nice to meet you."

After buying a few boxes the girls were on their way.

"Come on, girl. Your mine for the rest of the day."

In the early afternoon Happy surprised her when he offered to make dinner.

"Stay here, no, on second thought come down stairs. If I say stay in bed the food will go to waste." Happy pulled on his boxers and tee shirt and walked out of the room.

Kerry checked her phone. Kathryn had texted saying she was back in New York. Happy made a chicken stir-fry. Kerry had joined him in the kitchen watching him cook.

"What?" He said looking up to see Kerry smiling.

"This is nice. Did your mom teach you?"

"Yea, it took a long time of her trying to teach me before I learned. She said it would be worth it some day and here we are."

Kerry put her arms around his waist.

"Do you like dogs?"

Happy chuckled.

"Love them."

"Good, I think I'm going to adopt one after my trip with Mary. I grew up having a dog and I miss it."

"When I get out I want to meet your friend."

"Ha…. she's my opposite just like Kathryn. Mary is a good Catholic girl. The only things we have in common are chick flicks, a love of Disney, and we are both teachers." Kerry said with a laugh.

"You two met in high school?"

"Yea, we were in the same home room. She was pretty quiet and found her place with the campus ministry and I was in with the athletes. We were friendly in school since we had a few classes together. I lost touch with her after high school but we ended up in the same masters program and have been close since then."

"Besides the guys in the club, you, and my mom and aunt are all I have. Your lucky to have friends and your cousins and uncle."

"I'm sure you'll meet them sometime. My uncle wants to visit sometime and one of my cousins is thinking of moving out here and trying to get in with Pixar since he's an animator and also does some graphic design."

After dinner the pair ended up back in bed before having another quickie in the shower before heading to TM. Everything happened quickly, Jax returned and then everything seemed to spiral out. The guys were calling Jax a traitor and a rat. Tara was hugging and kissing Jax as ATF arrested him. Gemma was sobbing. Happy looked to Kozik.

"Keep my girl safe." He said as Kerry looked on helplessly. She managed to hug him one last time as the guys were shoved into a van.

Kerry who was in shock was trying to comfort Gemma who was a mess. Tara looked like she was barely holding herself together. Gemma and Kerry took to drinking before Tara made sure they were all home safely. Kerry curled up in the bed hugging her pillow as she cried.

The next day Tara and Gemma filed Kerry in on what had happened. The guys would be in jail for 14 months. Stahl and Jimmy had been found dead. Kerry and Tara now had dinner together almost every night. They took turns between houses. Gemma sometimes joined them. Kerry spent Sunday afternoons with Harriet and Helen. She usually cooked with them or brought over enough food to last the week.

Gemma visited Clay weekly and Tara saw Jax often. Kerry asked Lowen about Happy and at first he did not want any visitors. Gemma who was with her when Lowen passed on that piece of news tried to comfort her.

"I told him I wanted to see him. Gemma, why is he doing this?" Kerry muttered wiping her cheeks not wanting Gemma to see her cry.

"Go ahead and cry. You have every right to. Honey, I bet Happy thinks he's protecting you. The next time I go I'll talk to Clay and he can pass along the message that you want to see him." Kerry nodded as Gemma rubbed her back. "It's not always easy being an Old Lady."

It was nearly 3 months later when Happy allowed Kerry to visit. She did her best not to be emotional but tears started to spill from her eyes and right away Happy tensed up.

"Don't cry. I can't do this if your crying." He said looking away.

"I've just missed you so much." Kerry said looking down at her hands trying to calm herself. "Your mom and aunt are doing good." Kerry mumbled.

"Good, I'm glad. Is everything ok with you?"

Kerry finally looked up.

"Yes, I got my permanent teaching license for California since I was working on a transfer license. I've been helping Ellie and Kenny with their school work. Piney was worried about them."

Happy looked out the window not knowing what else to say.

"I don't think you should come back right away. I don't like having you come here." Happy said as Kerry bit her lip.

"Ok." She said softly.

"It's not that I don't want to see you, I do but this place isn't good and you shouldn't have to be here."

"I'm here for you." Kerry said with a frown.

"Your taking this the wrong way. I mean your too good to be here." Happy said standing up. "Thank you for visiting. I'll see you when I get out." Happy motioned for the guard as Kerry gripped the table.

That was their first "fight" and instead of going home she went to visit Helen. Helen could tell by Kerry's face what happened.

"Oh Kerry, dear, my son isn't the easiest to get along with. He thinks that not letting you visit is the best course of action and he'll stick to it. I am glad you two are together. He is a different man, it's been years since I've seen his eyes light up the way they do when you two were together. I'm not getting any younger and my health isn't what is used to be. Give him some time and maybe he'll change his mind, he doesn't let us visit either." Helen said squeezing Kerry's hand.

In July Kerry flew to Anaheim for her Disneyland trip with Mary. After the first night in the park Kerry had a few too many drinks and broke down in tears. She didn't say much but Mary was worried about her. The next morning Kerry popped a few ibuprofen and acted if the night before never happened. Mary returned to Charming with Kerry. She looked at the life Kerry was building for herself and after meeting Gemma and Tara she decided that her friend needed the extra support.

"If you can help me find a job in the next week I'm moving here." Mary announced after returning home from church.

Kerry was sitting on the couch holding a picture frame, it was a picture of her and Happy from the clubhouse the night Kathryn visited. It was the only picture she had of him, they weren't even looking at the camera when Gemma took the picture. Kerry hugged her friend and then quickly grabbed her computer and searching for jobs. While she searched Kerry called a few of the teachers she worked with and one of them knew of a position open in Stockton at a Catholic school.

Mary found her resume on her e-mail and after meeting with Mary she was offered the job. It was for a half day preschool teacher and the additional hours in the day she would support the kindergarten classroom. Mary was thrilled and Kerry offered her the guest room. Kerry offered to fly back to Boston with Mary to help her pack and such but Mary said she would do it on her own. Gemma was glad to see Kerry's disposition change with the news of her friend moving.

Tara had become distant during her pregnancy. Kerry had been helping Lyla with planning the wedding but they had nothing in common except they were both in love with someone in the MC.

The months seemed to tick by. Happy didn't ask for another visit and Kerry had decided to start training for a half marathon to keep herself busy. The longest road race she had done to date was a 10k and due to her competitive nature she had placed second in the race for her age group. The guys had been in over a year when Happy got called in by Lowen. Gemma and Tara with with her.

"What's going on?" Happy asked. Gemma looked visibly upset and Tara had an arm around Gemma.

"We're here about Kerry." Lowen looked at Tara but Gemma started talking.

"Kerry's in the hospital. She'll be ok but your mom asked us to come and tell you."

"What the fuck happened?"

"Has Kerry mentioned any health problems?" Happy nodded. "She is in the hospital because of her endometriosis. Gemma was the one who found her, she was curled up on the couch and was in a lot of pain. Kerry had surgery this morning and they removed the endometrial growths, the doctors were hoping for a laparoscopy which would have been less healing time but an open surgery was needed. Kerry will be in the hospital for about a week and then she go home. Luckily Mary, who just moved out, is going to stay with her. We'll of course be helping out."

"How's my mom and aunt?"

"They are perfect. Kerry took great care of them."

"Shit, I feel like a real idiot now. When she came to visit I was hard on her-"

"Hap, she's a fighter. Kerry hasn't given up on you. The poor girl was so upset thinking she couldn't have children-"

"Kerry had a great doctor and that won't be a problem if you two want to have little ones in the future." Tara said as Happy wiped at his cheeks.

"Fuck." He muttered taking a deep breath. "She's really ok? When I saw you all sitting her and you said she was in the hospital, shit I almost died." Happy said wiping another tear. "I love her so much, Gemma. Tell her that."

Gemma nodded with a smile.

"You'll be telling her soon. In 2 more months." Lowen said standing.

"I'll tell her." Gemma said as the three woman left.

The last two months of the sentence seemed like an eternity to Happy. He was on edge and the other guys had to stop him from starting fights and extending his sentence. The day they were released Jax, Clay, Bobby, Tig, and Happy were met outside Stockton with their bikes.

"I'm going right home." Happy said as Phil shook his head.

"Kerry's at the clubhouse with Gemma and everyone else. I told her you'd come home and she wanted to be with everyone else." Kozik said as Happy and the other guys climbed on their bikes.

As the MC arrived in Charming they were stopped by the Sheriff Roosevelt. Wen the bikes rolled into the TM lot all the Old Ladies and children were assembled. Kerry who was sitting at the picnic tables with Mary winced from getting up quickly.

"Take it easy." Mary said as Kerry rolled her eyes.

"Are you ok?" Gemma asked as Kerry nodded. Everyone were greeting their Old Man and Happy took his time walking over.

"Are you ok?" Happy asked looking at his boots.

"I'm better now. I've missed you." Kerry hugged him and moved away quickly as Mary rushed over.

"Come on and sit."

Before Kerry could move Happy scoped her up.

"Come on, we'll go inside." Happy said as Mary followed.

"Hap, this is Mary. Marry, this is Happy."

"I told Kerry we should have waited at the house. She's just getting around the house on her own without any pain meds. She has a follow up this week." Mary said as Tara came in.

"Are you ok?" Tara asked as Kerry nodded.

"I'm fine, just moved too fast. I'll rest for the rest of the afternoon until the wedding."

"Is that really a good idea?" Happy asked kneeling down next to the couch.

"I can't do that to Lyla. Tara and I are her bridesmaids."

"Your as stubborn as your Old Man." Gemma said handing Kerry a bottle of water.

"I'll be ok. I just need to move slower then usual."