A/N: As always, thank you so much for the reviews, favorites and follows. It means the world to me that you all take the time to read this story.
And, yes, I will be having Tara/Sutton time within the next couple of chapters, so don't worry.
Chapter 22 - Perfect Guy
Over the past couple of days, once the new home was in their name, Happy had decided to paint the rooms that Sutton wanted repainted with the help of Rocky and Kozik while Sutton and Annie had started to pack up their things at the old home in order to move in.
Since the living room, dining room, and kitchen were already freshly painted, Sutton only wanted the master bedroom repainted from a white to a gray, and then decided on a light turquoise blue color for the nursery with white trim, since she wanted to add different colored decorations that were kind of girly for their daughter.
Standing in the new large kitchen, Sutton had to admit that she loved it. The dark hard wood floors stood out, while the white cabinets were bright, and the walls that were around the cabinets and cupboards were painted red matched perfectly to the dark marbled counters and matched the large kitchen island.
"Babe, what are you doing with the stuff at your place?" Sutton questioned to Happy as her and her mother were unpacking the dishes and silver ware.
"Thinking about going through it, bringing some stuff here then getting rid of the rest." Happy explained as he washed his hands off in the sink, "Kozik is wanting to rent the place from me, so might leave some stuff. Haven't thought about it yet." Happy added.
Sutton gave a nod, "The movers should be here any time, if you want, after that, we can go over to your place to pack what you want." Sutton offered, and Happy shook his head.
"I can do that." Happy stated, knowing that the woman was beyond tired since she had been working around the clock to get their new home in order, "Besides, all the stuff I actually need is already upstairs." Happy added, referring to his clothes since he had been staying at Sutton's for most of their relationship.
"Alright." Sutton yawned.
"Sweetie, why don't you go lay down on the couch? You didn't get much sleep last night." Annie commented, "Besides, your father is going to get your grandma and grandpa from the airport here in a bit."
Sutton looked between Happy and her mother and knew that she wasn't going to get out of taking a break so she found herself nodding her head and headed into the living room and straight for the couch that Kozik and Happy had brought in.
Happy followed the pregnant woman into the living room and realized that the large space had enough room to add his black furniture that had matched Suttons, "Gotta a couch and chair that will fit in here." Happy commented, covering Sutton with a blanket.
"Okay, it looks a little silly with all this room and only my couch and chair." Sutton laughed lightly looking around, thankful that the living room had been finished, with their TV hanging on the wall above a small fire place, "Can you wake me up in like an hour? I still have a lot of stuff to get done."
"Yeah, sure." Happy leaned down to kiss her, "Get some rest." Happy watched as Sutton closed her eyes rather quickly, causing him to chuckle as he left the living room and headed into the kitchen to speak with Annie and Rocky.
"She asleep already?" Rocky questioned quietly.
"Yeah. She's running herself ragged." Happy replied as he pulled out his cell phone to text Kozik to ask for his help, "Since the rooms are finished, I'm gonna try to get this shit done for her. Don't want her driving herself crazy trying to get everything done." Happy explained.
"I can unpack the stuff for the bathrooms and the sheets, put them in away while Rocky goes to get my parents." Annie stated.
Happy gave a nod, "I'm going to have Kozik help me with the stuff at my place, have the movers bring the stuff here, and let her sleep as long as she can." Happy explained.
"Alright, well make sure the movers don't wake her cause she'll turn into a grizzly bear." Rocky joked.
"Tell me about it." Happy chuckled, knowing that the brunette was getting rather moody with the lack of sleep.
"Okay, I'll be back soon." Rocky grabbed Sutton's car keys, "The GPS in that thing works, right?"
Happy gave Sutton's father a nod, and followed him out of the house just in time to see the movers pulling up, and went to stop them to explain that they had a few things to get from his place, and paid them a couple hundred dollars in order for them to not complain about it.
-SOA-
When Sutton woke up on the large leather couch, she furrowed her eyebrows to see that it was dark outside, causing her to growl as she sat up. Listening for a moment, she heard voices upstairs, and then looked around the living room to see that Happy had added his couch and chair to the living room, and realized that she slept way past an hour.
Getting up from the couch, she made her way across the living room towards the stairs and headed up to find her boyfriend and parents.
Following the voices, she smiled seeing that her grandparents and parents were in the completely finished master bedroom as Happy was unpacking a box of clothes.
"About time." Bob grinned, "I wanted to wake you for the past two hours but no one would let me." He added as he engulfed her with a hug.
"How long was I asleep?" Sutton questioned as she hugged her grandfather and then moved to hug her grandmother.
"About four hours." Happy stated, "Wanted you to get some rest." Happy added moving towards her to kiss her forehead, "House is unpacked though, just gotta finish this box."
"How in the hell did I not wake up?" Sutton questioned seeing that someone had hung up a couple of photos in the large room.
"Trust me, we had to check to make sure you were still breathing." Annie chuckled, "You slept straight through the movers, these three men trying to hang stuff, and your father yelling at the movers for almost dropping Happy's TV." Annie explained.
"Guess I was more tired than I thought." Sutton stretched her back out as she placed a hand on her stomach, "Thank you guys for doing all of this. I could have done it."
"Non sense." Ellie commented, "You've been trying to run yourself ragged." Ellie added.
"I put my bed in the spare room." Happy whispered quietly to Sutton, who glanced up at him, "Figured it could be used for a guest room or something." Happy added.
Sutton gave a nod, "Well, let me at least order you guys food or something. You haven't eaten have you?"
"No. We were waiting for you to wake up before we decided on dinner." Rocky commented, "Come on, let's give them a minute." Rocky ushered her mother and grandparents out of the room and downstairs.
Sutton smiled up to the tattooed man, "You are the sweetest man ever." Sutton stated matter of factly, and swore that she had saw the intimidating man blush slightly.
"Told you that I'd help you out as much as I can before I leave." Happy cupped her cheeks and leaned down to kiss her, "Every thing is done except for the nursery." Happy added.
Sutton gave a nod, "We can make a list of what we need and do some shopping." Sutton grinned from ear to ear knowing that Happy hated shopping, but was surprised that he gave a nod, "What has gotten into you?" Sutton chuckled, knowing that Happy would be agreeing to anything over the next couple of days.
"Just want to make sure you know that you aren't alone in this." Happy stated, "Let's go, I know you're starving." Happy put a hand on her lower back and ushered her out of the room and headed downstairs.
-SOA-
Happy wasn't surprised when Sutton couldn't decide on what to eat, so she ended up ordering a few different things from the Pizza place that they all had agreed on. He also knew that when she couldn't finish it all, she would push it off on him, which he never minded.
"You making that list?" Happy questioned as they were all sitting around the dining room table eating, seeing Sutton typing away on her phone.
"Yeah." Sutton nodded as she continued to type away on her phone then pausing between bites of her food.
Happy knew better than to order her to eat instead of fiddling with her phone, because she was on a roll with making a list of everything they would need for their daughter.
"Aren't you going to have a baby shower?" Annie questioned, causing Sutton to look up.
"Probably not." Sutton stated, "I don't have that many friends here, and Hap will miss it." Sutton explained and Happy felt extremely guilty for having to go to prison in several days, "Besides, I've been shopping for clothes and stuff online, so all I really need to focus on is a crib, changing table and stuff like that."
Happy had decided to excuse himself from the table, not being able to handle the reason Sutton wasn't going to go through with a baby shower, and the with the realization that he wouldn't be there for her during the pregnancy and birth hitting him hard.
Throwing his trash away, Happy had stepped out side on to the back deck and made his way to the porch steps and sat down, letting out a sigh, then pulled out a cigarette and lit it up.
The truth was, Happy was scared shitless on becoming a father. He knew that Sutton would be a great mother, and had zero doubts on that, but with him, he didn't even know where to start. It wasn't like he had a father growing up. He never really had a father figure in his life, which probably led him to the life he lived now. The one thing that was absolutely devasting to him was the fact that he wouldn't be there for her first moments in this world. Happy knew that it wasn't something that he could really control, but he hated the fact that he was going to miss out on so much, and to so much stress onto Sutton.
"Hap?" Happy heard the familiar sound of Sutton's voice, causing him to put the cigarette out, and felt her hand on his shoulder as she sat down, "What's wrong?" Sutton questioned quietly, looking to his worried face.
"Thinking of these next fourteen months." Happy admitted, "The hell am I going to do when I get out Sutton? Our kid won't even know me."
"Babe, she will be a few months old. She will know who you are. Don't over think things." Sutton stated gently.
"Gonna miss out on so much." Happy quickly wiped his cheeks, "Feel like I'm already failing her as a father."
"Hap, look at me..." Sutton saw the unshed tears building in his dark eyes, seeing him so emotional caused her heart to ache, and watched as he turned to look at her, "You aren't failing her as a father." Sutton stated matter of factly, "You are doing what you have to do in order to get your shit taken care of." Sutton added, "She will be like four months old when you get out, you aren't going to miss all that much. Just some sleepless nights and dirty diapers." Sutton tried to joke.
"Don't want you to resent me for it." Happy spoke lowly.
"I promise you, I'm not going anywhere, our daughter isn't going anywhere and neither of us will resent you for handling what you have to do." Sutton spoke honestly.
Happy gave her a nod, "I want to finish the nursery before I go in, and get shit squared away so you guys are set when you have her." Happy explained and stood up, "Come on, let's go inside." Happy added holding out a hand for Sutton to grab and helped her up, and followed her into the house.
"They decided to leave for the night, give us some time to ourselves." Sutton answered Happy's silent question.
"I'll lock up, go ahead and go upstairs, I have fourteen months to fit in a few days." Happy smirked when Sutton blushed, but headed up the stairs knowing that she was going to be extremely tired the next morning.
A/N: Another short update, I know. However, I needed to get a couple of things squared away with this before I do a small fast forward in this story. Also, I have started watching "The Originals" on Netflix, and I'm extremely surprised it's waaay better than Vampire Diaries, so on that note, anyone read Klaus/OC or Elijah/OC stories? Let me know, because I'm debating on making one eventually.