A/N: Thank you for the reviews for the last chapter. I love reading the responses and opinions! As always, I do not own any of the SOA characters that will appear through out this story.
Chapter 9 - Perfect Guy
Sutton was absolutely heartbroken and angry, but most of all, hurt. She couldn't believe that Happy didn't trust her enough to let her into his life.
There was a small part of her that felt extremely stupid for not asking more questions, for not realizing that people only showed what they wanted you to see. She had got whisked away with the tattooed man, thinking he was damn near perfect, only to find out it was all a lie. He killed people, he was a criminal.
Wiping at her cheeks with anger, Sutton went to her bedroom to begin packing for her two week trip to Colorado, that she was now looking more foward to than before.
The brunette had pushed her hair into a high pony tail, thankful that she had already had some things packed in her small luggage case that was filled with her shower products, hair products, along with her make-up. Then focused on getting her clothes packed.
Laying the two large luggage cases onto the bed, she went to her drawers and grabbed several pairs of panties and bras and put them in one of the cases, making sure that she had enough for two weeks. Going to the next drawer, Sutton grabbed the small stack of folded over-sized t-shirts that she could wear to bed, and three pairs of her favorite jogger sweatpants, and placed them in the same suitcase and then went back for two pairs of leggings, and socks in case she wanted to run while she was there.
Moving to her closet, Sutton knew that it was snowing and cold, so she had grabbed a few pairs of her jeans, a few casual t-shirts, along with a couple of dressier ones in case they went out, along with a few caridgans and a couple of flannel shirts., and then grabbed a hoodie for when she ran, and stuffed them in the second suitcase.
Once she had grabbed her running shoes, a few pump heels, and her brown combat boots, she had zipped up the suitcases, and carried them out to her car and put them in the back seat.
When she had gotten back inside, the heart broken woman had grabbed her pillow, and then the t-shirt quilt her grandmother had made, and her backback and hooked it on her shoulder, and then headed to the living room to grab her purse, and keys, since she knew her cell phone and the charger was inside the purse, and headed outside to place them in the back seat as well.
Sutton grabbed her leather jacket from the backseat and threw it in the passenger seat, along with her purse, and shut the door, then went back inside to make sure everthing was locked up before she had left for Colorado a day early.
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Since Sutton had a long ride ahead of her, she had stopped on Main Street at the small coffee shop in order to get some caffenine, in hopes that she would at least get through Nevada and into Utah before stopping to sleep.
As she was standing in line after paying for her drink, she heard the sound of motorcycles, causing her heart to sink into her stomach as the teenager handed her the large cup of coffee.
"Thanks." Sutton forced a smile, thankful for her sunglasses covering her face as she headed out of the coffee shop and towards her car, and stopped in her tracks seeing Happy and Tig parked behind the car.
Putting her head down, Sutton hoped that for some reason she turned invisible, but that didn't happen when she saw the tattooed man approaching.
"Sutton..." His voice sounded pained, causing her to lift her head up for a brief moment, "Can we talk for a minute?" Happy questioned glancing to the opened windowed SUV and saw the luggage bags, her favorite blanket and pillow.
"Can't." Sutton stated, "I have to hit the road."
"I thought you weren't leaving until tomorrow?" Happy questioned with a worried tone, "You're upset...you shouldn't be driving, it's going to get dark soon." Happy added.
"I'll be fine." Sutton stepped further towards the drivers door and felt Happy's large hand on her toned stomach stopping her.
"Please..." Happy spoke lowly, "You know that I would never hurt you Sutton." Happy spoke gently, "If you did, you wouldn't be standing here right now." Happy added.
"It's not just that Happy." Sutton seethed, "You lied to me our entire relationship! You made me out to be a fucking fool. You couldn't bother opening up to me like I did with you, even if I did feel uncomfortable with it!" Sutton shook her head with anger, wiping her cheeks with the back of her free hand.
Happy knew that he was taking a big risk, but he leaned down and captured her lips with as much passion as he could muster up given the circumstances, and then rested his forehead against hers, "Please, don't shut me out. I know I deserve it, but just know that I did it to protect you. I'll always protect you." Happy confessed.
"Just give me some time Hap..." Sutton muttered, hating that Happy had such a hold on her when he was standing there in front of her with his dark eyes, seeing the pain and regret behind them.
"Will you at least let me know when you stop, and get there?" Happy questioned, cupping the curves of her neck, almost pleading with her.
"Yeah, fine."
Sutton shook his hands off her, and got into her car, and started it up, putting her coffee in the cup holder, then plugging in her Ipod and making sure that her cellphone was charged, and drove out of the parking space without casting a second glance towards Happy.
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"So, she slapped the taste out of your mouth, huh?" Tig commented as he was sitting in Happy's home, trying to keep him from going stir crazy, waiting to hear from Sutton.
Happy nodded, taking a long drink of his beer. He had to admit that he wasn't in the mood for vistors, especially after Sutton found out the truth, leaving him to guess where they stood with their relationship. His mind kept replaying the fear that Sutton showed when he had pulled out the gun when Esai Alvarez approached her, the small whimpers of her crying in the car, and knew that he should of been honest from the get go, but he kept trying to rationalize that he was protecting her from the club.
"Why hasn't she called yet?" Happy growled, "It's been like 12 hours." Happy snapped, reaching for his phone to call Sutton, to make sure that she didn't wreck or something, but Tig stopped him.
"Look man, I know your worried, but just give her some space. She'll call you when she is ready. She found out a lot of information today.." Tig was cut off by Happy.
"Shut up." Happy sneered, hitting the dial button on his phone and listened to it ring, and growled when it went hit the voicemail, then ended the call. Happy had decided to leave her a text message instead, hoping that maybe she was just asleep and would see it first thing.
I know you're upset, you have every right to be. I should of been honest from the start, and I'm so sorry that I wasn't. I hope that you can forgive me Sutton. Please, let me know that you're safe. - Hap
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Sutton had stopped to fill up her gas tank when she reached the Colorado border, and was in major need of some coffee. Since Sutton was use to working third shifts for the a few months, she was able to drive straight through, especially since her mind was on over drive with Happy Lowman.
"Shit, it's cold..." Sutton dug into her luggage to pull out a flannel shirt, and put it on while her gas tank was filling up, along with her leather jacket, and grabbed then grabbed a pair of black heels and slipped them on, then dug in her purse to grab her black beanie. "I need some winter clothes..." Sutton muttered to herself as she grabbed her wallet and noticed the gas tank was full, so she headed inside to pay.
As Sutton decided to get a few snacks, she walked through the small aisles, and felt her phone vibrating in her pocket, and pulled it out to see that Happy was calling her, and hit the silent button and shoved it back into her pocket.
Feeling slightly bad for slapping his so hard earlier that morning, she let out a sigh and pulled her Iphone back out and hit redial.
"Sutton..."
"Hey, did you call?" Sutton questioned, already knowing the answer.
"Yeah. Said you'd call whenever you would stop somewhere. Just wanted to make sure you were okay..."
Sutton heard the pain in his voice, causing her to frown slightly, "I decided to drive straight through, I'm about an hour away from my parents house. Had to stop and get gas, decided to get some snacks." Sutton explained quietly as she put a few different types of beef jerky into the small hand basket, and then went to look at the selection of nuts.
"You're driving straight through? Half you lost your mind babe?" Happy questioned with a worried tone.
"Yeah, it's almost six so they will be up by the time I get there." Sutton explained, "Shouldn't you be asleep?" Sutton added.
"Can't sleep. Feel terrible about today." Happy sighed, "We going to be okay?" Happy questioned lowly.
"Hap, I don't know..." Sutton sighed making her way to the counter to pay after grabbing a bottle of water and sticking it in the hand basket, "I need time to think about everything. I'm far from thrilled about you lying to me, and then everything that happened, and what you did.." Sutton sighed.
"I know. I just...I love you Sutton. I don't want to say that shit over the phone, but you need to know that I do. I've never loved a woman besides my ma in my life." Happy admitted, "Just..." Happy started but was cut off by Sutton.
"Hap, let me get to my parents, settle in, sleep for a while, and just process everything." Sutton emptied her cart to allow the cashier to ring it up.
"Alright..." Happy sighed, not wanting to get off the phone, almost afraid that he wouldn't hear from her again.
"I'll let you know I got there okay, but I'm going to turn my phone off while I'm there. I need time to think, some space, but we'll talk when I get back to town." Sutton explained.
Sutton heard Happy say his goodbyes, and then she ended the call and got the money out of her wallet to pay for the gas, drinks and food, and then headed back outside to her car, to finish the hour drive.
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Finally pulling into the U shape snow covered driveway, Sutton parked her car in front of the house, killing the engine and got out of the car and into the backseat to grab her backpack, hooking it over her shoulder, then grabbed the first luggage bag and sat it on the ground and pulled the handle up, then placed the other on top of it, and struggled to get her pillow and blanket out of the backseat, and headed towards the porch steps, to the front door and checked the door handle.
"Thank God..." Suttor sighed in relief realizing that it was unlocked and stepped inside and felt the warm heat hitting her skin.
Putting her luggage off to the side of the large foyer, then laying the blanket and pillow on top, Sutton kicked off her high heels and leather jacket, and made her way to the large living room and heard the sound of her parents voices.
"Mom, Dad?" Sutton glanced towards the kitchen.
"Baby, that you?" Annie questioned, walking out of the kitchen with a big smile on her face, "Thought you weren't coming until tomorrow?" Annie closed the distance and pulled her daughter into a bone crushing hug, followed by her father walking out to greet her daughter.
"Decided to leave yesterday afternoon." Sutton stiffled back a yawn as she hugged her father.
"Jesus Sutton, have you slept?" Rocky questioned and watched his daughter shake her head.
"You must be freezing!" Annie sighed, "Why don't you go take a hot shower, and I'll get your room ready for you." Annie stated, putting an arm around her daughter and headed back to the foyer, "Rocky, get the girls bags." Annie spoke to her husband.
Walking up the two flights of stairs, Rocky, Annie and Sutton made their way to Sutton's room that was designated for her when she would stay, and watched as her father put her luggage at the foot of the bed, and then put her blanket and pillow on the edge of the bed.
"Bathroom is still attached, through that door." Annie teased, causing Sutton to chuckle lightly.
"Alright, after I shower, I'm going to probably sleep for a bit. But, I'll need to get some winter clothes. Didn't realize how cold it was in Colorado. Use to that California weather." Sutton explained, getting into her luggage and pulling out a pair of panties, a t-shirt and sweatpants, then grabbed her shower supplies, along with her tooth brush and toothpaste.
"Just come down whenever you wake up darling. It's good to have you home." Annie kissed her daughters forehead, followed by Rocky.
Once Sutton made it into the shower, she realized that she was exhausted as she shampooed her hair, and washed her body, trying to make the shower quick. Then once she was out, she dried off and slipped on a black shirt, which she quickly realized was Happy's, causing her to frown, then put on her panties, and wrapped the towel around her wet hair, then brushed her teeth. The brunette didn't bother brushing out her hair as she towel dried it, and then pushed the damp hair into a high pony tail, and headed to the large bed that was calling her name.
Placing her pillow in the middle of the other two pillows, Sutton pulled back the covers and climbed in bed, then grabbed the quilt that she had since college, and took a deep breath, instantly smelling the familiar cologne mixed with her perfume causing tears to build in her eyes as she dozed off to sleep.
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When Sutton woke up later that afternoon, she found herself clinging to the quilt that smelt like Happy, surprised that the smell of his cologne had helped her fall asleep quickly. Opening her eyes, Sutton listened to the wind outside, and glanced towards the two large windows to see that it was snowing heavily outside.
The brunette climbed out of the bed, grabbing her sweatpants and slipping them on before heading downstairs to talk to her parents. Deciding that while she was in Colorado, she wasn't going to speak to Happy, she was going to give herself time to think, time to enjoy being with her family.
As she was walking down the stairs, she glanced towards the living room to see her parents and grandparents setting up the large Christmas tree in front of the large set of windows that faced snow covered mountains.
"Well about time you woke up, sleepy head." Bob, her grandfather grinned, closing the distance and hugging his grand-daughter.
"I've missed you gramps." Sutton smiled, then moved to hug Ellie, her grandma, "Grandma, I've missed you too."
"We've missed you sweetie." Ellie smiled, holding her hand, "Come sit down, we can watch Rocky get his butt chewed out for not doing it right." Ellie laughed causing Sutton to grin and follow her to the couch and sat down.
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Happy had never been so pissed off at himself in his entire life. He had done a lot of terrible things in his life, murdering people, sleep with countless crow-eaters for his own pleasure then kicked him out, broke the law more times than he could count, but he had never lost sleep over any of those things.
Knowing that he had lied to Sutton their entire relationship, then scaring her by pulling out a gun, seeing her care-free demeanor disappear within a matter of mintues, because of himself, he lost sleep over. He hated the fact that he should of listened to Tig and told the truth from the beginning. Now, he had tossed and turned all morning after talking to the dark haired woman, hoping like hell he was able to fix the entire problem.
Happy almost hated the fact that Sutton had this sort of effect on him, but he had to admit that he wouldn't have it any other way. It wasn't like he was getting any younger, and even though he had never thought about settling down before, but that all went out the window when he met Sutton.
"Killa, we gotta go." Tig commented to the man smoking a cigarette on his bike.
Happy gave a nod, knowing that he and Tig were heading to Tacoma for a small run that Clay Morrow needed help with, since he and the rest of the guys had to run to Nevada. As he started up his bike, he knew the next two weeks were going to drag out slowly, especially if Sutton went through with her promise of not having her phone on, and not knowing the status of their relationship.
A/N: Thoughts? Also, I decided to re-write the next couple of chapters because of the direction it was going, so it'll be a couple of days so I can get several out. My muse is strong with this story, so I'm taking full advantage.
Just to kind of clear things up on the club side, I decided to have Tig and Hap go to Tacoma instead of going to Nevada for the patch over party like in the show. So it gives you kind of an idea of where the club is at, but I promise, in the upcoming chapters, more of the club side will show.