A/N: Holy cow! Over 100 reviews! Thank you so much for the reviews, favorites and follows! It is truly appreciated. Also, I'd like to state, that within the next couple of chapters, things with the club will start to pick up.
Chapter 13 - Perfect Guy
"Why are you driving like your eighty years old and have never driven in snow before?" Sutton questioned with a sigh, already realizing that Happy hadn't even made it out of Colorado yet with how slow he was driving.
"If you haven't noticed, it's snowing and there's sleet." Happy stated, "Take a nap or something." Happy added, knowing that Sutton was going to become a back seat driver.
Sutton let out a little chuckle, then reached for Happy's tattooed hand, and locked her fingers with his and played with his rings, "But then who would keep you awake? You look like you haven't slept in a few days."
"I haven't. Most sleep I got, was with you." Happy stated, "Got to admit, don't like you being pissed at me." Happy added.
"I don't like being mad at you either, but I was more hurt than anything." Sutton lifted his hand to kiss the back of his hand, "Glad you were crazy enough to show up in Colorado for me though."
"I'd go across the world for you." Happy spoke honestly, keeping his eyes on the road.
"I'd do the same for you Lowman."
Happy was more than thankful that Sutton had forgiven him when it came to hiding the club stuff, along with trusting him enough to believe that he hadn't been with any crow-eaters, and understood that he wanted to keep her safe from the club. He knew that there was a lot more to talk about and a lot more to understand, but he had gotten the major points across during their conversation.
"Jesus, these snowflakes are huge." Sutton commented looking out the windshield, "You sure you can drive?" Sutton questioned, adjusting herself in her seat.
"I'm damn near 35 years old, I've driven in the snow before babe." Happy chuckled.
"Keep being a grump and I'll go keep Tig company." Sutton joked.
"I'd hog tie your ass in the backseat." Happy joked, "Can't go too long without seeing you."
"Who knew you were such a romantic." Sutton poked at his cheek, "Mister big bad biker such a softy."
"Only with you." Happy stated with serious tone, then placed his large hand on her thigh, "How's the shoulder and head?"
"My shoulder hurts more than my forehead." Sutton stated, "It's a good look for me."
"You're gorgeous either way, but scared the shit out of me and I don't get scared." Happy chuckled, trying to make light of the situation, "Pretty sure that my heart stopped when you fell."
"That wasn't anything. When I was little I was always in the hospital cause of me being clumsy." Sutton explained, "I think the worst one was when I was like five, I was running through the house, and some how hit my head on the corner of the fridge and cracked my head open." Sutton laughed, "I swear, I think my mom and dad flipped out more than I did with all the blood."
"Still can't believe you're a doctor and passed out looking at your own blood." Happy commented.
"Don't judge me." Sutton smiled, "Besides, it wasn't really the blood that got me, it was more of the cut."
"Either way, scared the shit out of me." Happy stated, "Can't see you getting hurt."
"Well, I'll try to refrain from snowboarding." Sutton teased, noticing that they were getting caught in a winter storm of snow, "Should we stop at a motel for the night or something?" Sutton questioned.
"Nah. Just got to be careful. Try to get some sleep or something." Happy stated, knowing that Sutton was tired, since she kept stiffling back yawns.
Sutton grabbed Happy's hoodie from the back seat, covered herself and then got more comfortable in the seat, making sure to avoid putting pressure on her shoulder, as she watched Happy drive down the snow road.
-SOA-
"How long was I asleep?" Sutton questioned, stretching out then wincing at the pain in her shoulder.
"Long enough for us to get out of Colorado." Happy chuckled, "Take your damn medicine, it'll help."
"I don't like the way it makes me feel." Sutton whimpered, "If it gets too bad, I'll take it." Sutton added, glancing around to see that Happy was getting ready to pull into a gas station.
"Need anything?" Happy questioned, and watched as Sutton shook her head.
"I do need to use the restroom though." Sutton grabbed her leather jacket and slipped her good arm through the sleeve, then slung the other part over her shoulder carefully.
"Careful, looks like there is ice." Happy stated as he got out of the car, and headed towards the passenger seat to make sure Sutton didn't fall.
Sutton wrapped her arm around Happy's lower back while he had a large hand on her lower back, as Tig followed beside them inside the gas station.
Happy's dark eyes looked around the store, "Restrooms are back there." Happy gestured his head, and watched as Sutton looked in the direction, "Need help?" Happy smirked and Sutton to roll her eyes to think about it for a moment.
"Might." Sutton pouted, realizing that she should of stuck to simple jeans or sweatpants instead of a pair of skinny jeans, but was thankful that Happy had followed her towards the bathroom.
"I'll be out here if you need help." Happy stated, watching as Sutton walked into the restroom and then shut the door behind her.
After a few minutes, just as Happy was about to knock on the bathroom door, Sutton opened and frowned, "Can you button my pants?" Sutton questioned, "and for the love of god, fix my panties." Sutton added causing Happy to laugh.
"Of course, I'll stick my hand down your pants in public." Happy joked, and fixed the band of her panties that had bunched up.
"Get your mind out of the gutter." Sutton warned, knowing that Happy was taking his time fixing them, and then button her pants.
"Come on, I'm craving something to eat that isn't Christmas food." Sutton grabbed ahold of Happy's hand, "You getting gas?" Sutton questioned.
"Yeah. I'll go out and pump, and come back in." Happy stated.
"Can you grab my wallet too?"
"Nope." Happy smirked as Sutton rolled her eyes, and began to scan the small aisles with Tig in the next aisle doing the same thing.
Tig and Sutton knew each other pretty well and knew that neither of them felt like talking as they were scoping out different snacks and passed what each other liked back and forth over the aisle.
"The selection sucks." Tig commented.
"No kidding." Sutton frowned, looking over the different selection of beef jerky, "Think we can convince Hap to stop at an actual store?" Sutton questioned.
"Probably." Tig chuckled, heading to the check out with Sutton behind him, letting him go first since Happy wasn't done pumping gas yet.
Once Happy had walked back into the gas station, he had eyed the selection of snacks that Sutton had picked out, and shook his head, then paid for the gas, along with the snacks.
"Can we stop at an actual store?" Sutton questioned quietly, "There selection sucks."
Happy raised an eyebrow but gave a nod, he watched as the man behind the register, and then handed the sack over to Sutton, but noticed that he had kept looking at Sutton, probably trying to figure out her injuries, causing him to roll his dark eyes.
-SOA-
"I thought you didn't like spicy food?" Happy questioned once they got out of the closest store and got back on the road.
"No, I do. It just depends I guess." Sutton shrugged her shoulders as she a chewed on a piece of beef jerky, "Want a piece?"
"Nah. But I think you should at least take half of a pain pill or tylenol or something, every time we hit a bump, you wince." Happy stated, stealing a few pieces of M&M's.
"Fine." Sutton finally caved, knowing that her shoulder was starting to hurt worse, especially after being on a bumpy road.
Happy watched as Sutton dug into her large purse, and grabbed her small bottle of tylenol, and opened the bottle, then popped a couple into her mouth. Then grabbed her camera and decided to flip through pictures.
"You're getting antsy." Happy commented.
"Yeah, just don't feel the greatest and don't want to be trapped in a car. This weather just sucks." Sutton sighed, causing Happy to narrow his eyes for a moment, then pulled out his phone and sent a text to Tig so they can stop for the night.
Happy knew that Sutton wasn't really ready to leave Colorado, and then on top of her shoulder and forehead hurting, he didn't want her getting overly anxious for the remainder of the car ride and knew that more sleep would do her a lot of good.
"Why are we pulling into a hotel?" Sutton questioned looking at the small motel.
"You need rest."
"Babe, I'm fine. We can keep going." Sutton stated, and Happy chose to ignore her as he parked near the motel office.
"Wait here."
Sutton rolled her eyes, knowing that it was pointless to argue with the tattooed man, because the truth was, she was exhausted. She hadn't slept much while she was in Colorado, and then with her cousins running rampade in the house, it made it nearly impossible for her to have a moment of silence, including her parents trying to squeeze in as much time as possible with her, along with her grandparents.
A few moments later, Sutton watched as Happy walked out of the hotel office and headed to her car, then put the car into drive and headed straight for the hotel room that was across the parking lot.
"Here, go inside and I'll get some of your stuff." Happy stated, "You wanting to take a shower?" Happy questioned.
"Yeah, I can get my bag though..."
"It's fine Sutton, just go inside. Room 134." Happy handed her a key, and watched as she got out of the car and headed for the hotel room, as Tig approached for his hotel key.
Sutton wasted no time in getting into the hotel room, and flipped the lights on, and went to turn on the heater since it was rather cold, then went ahead and went to the bathroom and started the shower in order to let the water warm up.
Once Happy had walked in with their bags, she had dug in her luggage for a pair of panties, and one of Happy's shirts that she had taken a few months ago, then watched Happy get into his bag to get a pair of boxers and sweatpants, and grabbed the small luggage holder that contained the shampoo and body wash.
"You going to join me?" Sutton questioned.
"Yeah. If that's okay." Happy stated and watched as the brunette nodded her head.
"Help me get undressed?" Sutton questioned and watched as Happy walked to the hotel room door and made sure that it was locked and then gestured for her to go to the bathroom after she shrugged off her jacket, and they both kicked off their shoes.
Standing in the bathroom, Happy carefully took off Sutton's sling, then he reached to unbutton her jeans, carefully slid them off, and watched as she rolled her head carefully. Happy moved to strip out of his clothes before he took off Sutton's shirt and smirked when her cheeks grew slightly red at his naked frame.
"See something you like?" Happy questioned, as he reached for the hem of her shirt, and pulled it up, then carefully moved her arm out of the sleeve, and over her shoulder before allowing her to throw it on the floor with the rest of the clothes.
"See something you like?" Sutton questioned back, seeing Happy's dark eyes scanning her frame, and then allowed him to slip her panties off.
"Yeah." Happy growled, knowing that he had to contain himself, especially since her shoulder was turning a dark blue and purple bruise.
Stepping into the shower, Sutton and Happy tried to stand under the sprayer, as Happy was shielding the stitches with his hand, "How long will you be bruised?" Happy frowned, seeing the different colors on her skin, and the bone itself shaped differently compared to the other one.
"Few weeks." Sutton sighed feeling the warm water on her back, allowing Happy to turn her around to shampoo her hair, then turned her back around to wash the shampoo out, "I'm so tired." Sutton yawned.
"I can tell." Happy stiffled back a yawn after watching the brunette yawn, then moved to wash himself with bodywash, thankful that he didn't have hair to wash, while Sutton put body wash on her body.
Once Sutton was rinsed off, she stepped out of the shower with Happy right behind her after he had turned off the water, and wrapped a towel around his waist, then helped her dry off.
"This whole one arm thing is going to take some getting use to." Sutton commented as she went to use both hands to use a towel to grab her hair but cringed in pain.
Happy shook his head in frustration, hating to see the woman in pain, "Just let me do it." Happy stated, wrapping a towel around her body, and then using a towel to dry her hair while she silently pouted. Once he knew that she was dry, he helped her put a pair of panties on and then his shirt, and then put the sling back on her, allowing him to get dressed himself.
Walking into the small bedroom, Happy watched as Sutton got into the medium sized bed, and made herself comfortable, and he moved to get her purse and handed it to her, "Take half of one. You've eaten enough that it won't make you sick."
Sutton gave a nod as she whimpered and got into her purse to get a half a pain pill, and made sure to put the other half back before swallowing the other, and then took a drink of water.
"Need ice for it?" Happy questioned, and Sutton thought for a moment.
"That might help." Sutton stated, "I don't want you having to get out in the cold though." Sutton tried to protest.
"Just find a movie or something to watch. I'll be right back." Happy gruffed out, grabbing a hoodie and then hit boots to slip on and headed out of the room to find the ice machine.
Once Sutton had found a movie to watch, she had thought about the time she had spent away from Happy and realized that she couldn't stay away from the man even if she had wanted to. There was something about him that made her crave him. Of course, she had let her hurt and anger get the best of her, but there was a lot of the time where she had missed him without even realizing it.
When she heard the door open, she saw the tattooed man walk in with a small towel and a bucket of ice, and locked the door behind him, then made his way to her and put the ice in the small towel and then put it on her shoulder.
"I'll take it off if you start to fall asleep." Happy stated as he kicked off his boots, and took off the hoodie and crawled into the bed.
"I don't know what I'd do without you." Sutton stated honestly, "You've been amazing to me, and I really appreciate it."
"Don't worry about it." Happy stated as he pulled up the covers, and pulled Sutton into his side, "I would do anything for you."
Sutton leaned over and kissed Happy's lips and gave him a soft smile before focusing on the movie on the small TV.
-SOA-
"Rise and Shine sleeping beauty..." Tig's voice caused Sutton to blink her eyes open to see that the shades were open, allowing sunlight in, causing her to close her eyes quickly.
"Where's Happy?" Sutton questioned.
"Went to get coffee." Tig stated, "Should be back here in a few." Tig added as he plopped down on the bed next to her, "How's the shoulder feeling cause your forehead looks like shit." Tig stated.
"Thanks Tig. Appreciate that." Sutton grumbled as she covered her face, "My shoulder hurts like hell."
Sutton was thankful that Tig had decided to not annoy her, allowing her to close her eyes again, then felt his large hand in her hair with his finger tips rubbing circles as she tried to ignore the pain that was radiating through her shoulder.
Hearing the door open, and then close, she knew that Happy had must returned from getting coffee, causing her to peek from over the covers to see the tattooed man glaring at Tig, who didn't move from his spot.
"She's in a lot of pain." Tig stated.
"Get up." Happy growled to Tig, then sat the coffee on the small table, and moved towards the bed to check on Sutton.
Sutton felt the bed dip, then looked to Happy and frowned, as he leaned down to kiss her forehead.
"How bad?" Happy questioned, seeing the unshed tears building in her eyes, and took that as a sign that it was a lot worse than it had been, and he let out a sigh, "I'll go get you ice, take your damn medicine." Happy growled.
"I'll go get the ice. You make sure she's alright." Tig commented, grabbing the ice bucket and then leaving the room.
"Hap, just help me get some pants on. I can put ice on my shoulder in the car. I just want to get home." Sutton whimpered, moving out of the bed carefully.
Happy had decided to make Sutton take some of her medicine before he had helped her get dressed, and then slipped on a zip up hoodie, and followed him out of the hotel room after she brushed her teeth and used the restroom.
"You alright?" Happy questioned was Tig was back with the towel of ice and put it on Sutton's shoulder, and gave Happy a weak nod.
"Think I slept wrong or something." Sutton stated, with her eyes closed.
Sutton had sat in the passenger seat of her car, watching as Happy put the luggage in the car, while Tig returned the hotel room keys, and then got in their cars and started their trip back to Charming.
A/N: Thoughts?
Small filler chapter while I work on re-doing the upcoming chapters. Since I wasn't too thrilled with this chapter, I'm going ahead and uploading the next chapter to give you guys something to stew over. :)
