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Ch 17

The next morning Kerry went for a run and when she got back Dan was sitting on the doorstep holding a tray with three coffees.

"How far you run?"

"5 miles."

"In this heat?" Dan asked as Kerry opened the door.

"Still going to do a 6k, maybe even a half marathon."

Kathryn was sitting at the table with her computer.

"Nice of you to answer the door."

"I was in the shower." Kathryn said as Dan put a coffee for her on the table.

"We have bridesmaids dress shopping in like 2 hours."

"Figures, I didn't see or heard from you except a text with the date of the wedding. I was bored out of my mind yesterday."

"Maybe you can go by TM today. Happy is back sometime today or I'd invite you over for dinner."

"Kathryn, how about we go for dinner? Not a date or anything."

Kathryn nodded.

"I'll give the love birds some time alone."

Kerry smirked and went to go shower.

"Kath, I need to add some people to the wedding list. I invited John and his wife, they are going to fly out. Maybe a few more friends from back home, they are getting back to me today."

Kathryn grinned.

"You got it. I'll get Gemma in on it, it'll be a nice surprise. I was wondering if she'd invite John since she flew back home for his wedding. Aren't they having a baby?"

"Tessa is 5 months along but they both love Kerry. We did all live together for a year."

Kathryn put Dan to work calling one hotel in Lodi and she called the other. Dan ended up getting a better deal and they put aside a floor of rooms at a discounted rate. Kathryn called and reserved a room for her and Mike. She then called Uncle Mike to tell him the information. Dan called his family and by then Kerry had come down the stairs. She went into the kitchen and started lunch since they were going to the mall later on. Dan took to telling stories about Kelly's kids. Kathryn went off to do some work until they needed to leave to pick up Lyla.

"So I should tag along-"

"Nope, go relax a bit before dinner. Want me to drop Kath at the hotel or-"

"How about TM? I'm going to go over there now."

Kerry raised an eyebrow as Dan smirked. Kerry took Kasey for a quick walk. Kathryn had texted Lyla when they were on their way and this time she was outside Cara Cara.

"Hey ladies! Kerry, that dress is great. You looked beautiful!"

"Thanks Lyla."

They met Mary at a mall in Stockton and after some browsing they found perfect dresses. The dresses were light blue with straps and ended right above the knee.

"Kerry, we'll need to get white shoes and have them died because trying to match the dress will be tough."

"What about black?" Kerry said as Kathryn nodded.

"Great idea."

"We could all get matching heels." Kerry said as Mary nodded. Kerry went to a few stores before she found heels that weren't too high. "These are perfect!" Kerry said trying on a pair and walking around a bit.

"We did it!" Mary said as they all walked to the car. "How was your head after the concert?" Mary asked as Lyla chuckled.

"I felt like I was hit by a truck but it was a fun night."

"Kerry, how were you?"

"Fine, I took some Motrin when I got home and was fine in the morning."

After saying good-bye to Mary Kerry drove to TM. Dan was sitting outside at a picnic bench sipping a beer with Opie.

"Look at that." Kathryn said as Kerry shrugged.

"He wants in."

Lyla chuckled.

"I think Dan could be a Son."

"Maybe, it's him trying to keep an eye on me too." Kerry said as Kathryn laughed.

"Someone needs to."

Kerry got out of the car as did Kathryn and Lyla. Lyla was carrying her dress and a bag with her shoes.

"I see someone has been shopping again." Opie said as Lyla kissed his cheek.

"Dress shopping."

Gemma came out of the office.

"Hi girls, did you find something?"

"We did, it took awhile but we found dresses and shoes."

"Good, the counts are starting to come in so by tomorrow we should be able to call the venue."

Ellie came running out the clubhouse with Kenny chasing her.

"Kerry, we have some Harry Potter questions!" Ellie said as Kerry grinned.

"Awesome. Have you two finished the first book?"

"Yea, I'm on the second." Kenny said as Ellie nodded.

"Cool, we'll have to plan to watch the movie then."

"Yes!" Ellie dragged Kerry away to ask her questions as Opie chuckled.

"Who would have thought my kids would be excited about reading and school?"

"Kerry has been a good influence on all the kids. Piper actually doesn't fight me about his homework. The kids that have her for a teacher are pretty lucky." Lyla said. Kerry and the kids came back outside 15 minutes later.

"Dad, can we go over to Kerry and Happy's for the movie on Thursday?"

"I'm free Thursday afternoon and I can pick them up. Piper can come too."

"Sure, do you know what your in for?" Opie said as Lyla smiled.

"Of course, we can bake cookies and have some popcorn and watch the first movie. It'll be fun."

"I remember when that movie came out I got dragged along to see it and it was all kids."

"John went too."

"You two go into it and I was like what is going on. I didn't like it at the time but I watched it again a few years later and it's a decent movie."

"I couldn't watch it with the snake." Kathryn said shaking a bit.

"The snake is only in it for like 2 minutes."

"But it's a big snake and I just can't." Kathryn said as Dan went to hiss and Kerry hit the back of his head.

"Och!"

"Don't." Kerry said pointing at him.

"See what I have to deal with? Abuse!" Dan said rubbing the back of his head.

"If you do that Kath won't sleep, she'll be up all night. It's a bad phobia." Kerry said as Kathryn nodded.

"I wish my sister was nice to me, she was a beast." Lyla said with a sigh.

"We weren't always close, we were when we were young then in high school Kath spent most of her time trying to get me in trouble because I won't let her tag along with me."

"You got to have all the fun I was just stuck at home." Kathryn said with a pout.

"Not all the fun, you had your modeling thing and your skin wasn't tough enough to roll with my old crowd."

"That's true, you would have been appalled by some of the shit that went down back then. Hell some of the guys used to yell out shit at some of the girls when they showed up, never your sister though. One time of them said who wants to blow me and she walked up to him and kneed him so hard he was seeing stars. I think that gave her the most street cred and after that she was part of the crew. Hell we never let outside people in and here was a Townie hanging in Brighton. She got my respect when one of the first nights she came around with Jessie, my psyco-ex. Kerry and her friends were all dressed up and we were playing basketball and needed one more player. This one kicked off her shoes and joined the game. Kerry might be on the short side but she can hold her own on the court."

"Ugh, Jessie no one has mentioned that name in years." Kathryn said with an eye roll.

"That's the girl you beat up, right?" Opie asked.

"Yea, Jessie and I grew up together. She went to an all girls school for high school and kinda lost her mind a bit. We were friends but opposites, Jessie was super girly and wasn't a major Townie."

"Look whose back!" Kath said nudging her sister as a truck pulled in.

"PDA time." Dan muttered as Kerry flipped him off. "I think it's just about dinner time. I'll bring her home around 9 or 10."

"Still treated like a kid." Kathryn muttered following Dan to his car.

"Hey bride to be!" Kozik said jumping down out of the truck. "Hap's on the phone with Clay, he'll be a few."

"Everything went well?"

"Oh course, it was an easy move just like last time. So July 1st is the big day. I'll do my best to make sure Happy is looking his best." Kerry chuckled. "By best I mean dark jeans and a black shirt."

Happy got out of the truck as he closed his phone.

"I'll let you two catch up." Kozik said walking towards the clubhouse. Kerry walked over to Happy as he grabbed her hips pulling her close to him.

"I've missed you." He whispered before kissing her. "Let's go home. I can get my bike tomorrow."

Kerry handed over the car keys as Happy drove to the house. When they got home and in the house Happy scooped up Kerry and carried her up the stairs.

"Three weeks until the wedding. Fuck I never even wanted that till I met you. Being with you keeps me going even with all this shit going on with the club." Happy said softly as Kerry smiled.

"I love you, Hap."