A/N: As always, thank you for the reviews, favorites and follows. It means the world to me. Thank you for taking the time to read this story. You guys rock. Don't forget that this will be a slight time jump, and then the next chapter will be Happy's release date.
Chapter 27 - Perfect Guy
"Mom..." Sutton whined as she was walking down the stairs slowly as the pain in her stomach began to increase, and had to stop to breathe for a minute, once the pain had passed, she headed straight for the living room where her parents were.
"What's wrong baby?" Annie questioned, looking away from the movie she and Rocky were watching.
"I'm having contractions." Sutton stated, as she saw her new french bulldog puppy trotting towards her as she made her way to the couch to sit down.
"How far apart are they? Did your water break?" Annie asked a round of questions quickly causing Rocky to straighten up in the chair.
"My water hasn't broke." Sutton sighed, trying to not freak out about the fact Happy wasn't here for this, "They started about a half hour ago, but they're pretty far apart." Sutton explained, "So there's no sense in going to the hospital just yet." Sutton stated.
"Do you need anything? I can go ahead and call the hospital to have a room ready." Annie questioned as she picked Vito up from the floor and put him on the couch for Sutton.
"Can you get my phone? I need to call Tara, and let her know, and Kozik." Sutton mumbled, and watched her father get up from the chair.
"Where's it at?" Rocky questioned.
"Night stand by my bed." Sutton stated, and then realized that she hadn't even packed a bag for the hospital, "Jesus, I forgot to pack a bag for us." Sutton sighed, pushing herself up off of the couch with her mother's help and headed towards the stairs.
"Sutton, sweetheart, I can do that." Annie stated following behind her on the stairs with Vito behind them.
"I want to. What you can do is call Tara for me, and have her call Kozik." Sutton stated, walking into her room to pack a few things for herself, while her mom sat on the bed and used her cell phone to call Tara.
Sutton had decided to pack a couple pairs of loose fitting tshirts, along with a pair of sweatpants and a pair of shorts, and a few different pairs of underwear, and a one of Happy's shirts, and then put it all in a duffle bag, and felt another pain ripple through her for a few moments causing her to pause as she breathed through it. Once it had passed, Sutton regained her composure and picked out a pair comfortable clothes to go home in, which consisted of black compression pants that were a little loose, and an old college tshirt and packed flip flops.
"I called Tara, she is going to take Abel to Gemma's, and she is going to call Kozik and head over here." Annie explained causing Sutton to give a nod, "What do you need from the bathroom?" Annie questioned as Rocky decided to pack her electronics and camera in a small bag.
"Uh, there's a bag of pads under the sink, and in the drawer there's a little bag filled with different stuff for this occassion. I'm going to get Penelope's things ready. Dad, can you get the car seat and put it in the car?"
"Yeah, absolutely."
Sutton had walked into the nursery and smiled, knowing that the next time she would be in the room, Penelope would be here as well. She had went to the closet and picked out a couple of different long sleeve onesies, along with mittens for her hands, and a couple different outfits for her, along with packing the diaper bag, and felt another contraction rip through who, causing her to growl lowly.
Once Sutton had recovered from another contraction, she was thankful that her father had grabbed all the bags and took them out to the car, while she was making sure that she had gotten everything she needed packed, and then her mother had helped her down the stairs to wait out her contractions.
The pregnant brunette would be lying if she said that everything over the past couple of months had been easy, because the truth was, it had been pretty rough. The further along she got in her pregnancy, she had started fighting with Happy more, due to the fact that she missed him and was furious that he had gotten locked up, which caused numerous fights on her end, while Happy decided to keep his mouth shut instead of making it worse. She had made sure to make it to each visit regardless of how angry she was some days, and was grateful that he was toughing out her mood swings.
"How are you feeling kid?" Rocky questioned as he came back inside after putting the bags in the car, and then letting Vito outside.
"Okay for the most part, just want Hap here." Sutton frowned as her small hands were on her stomach.
"He will call as soon as he can, he always done." Annie commented, "Tara said that she was going to call the hospital for you to get a room ready. She said that she was going to come here when she dropped the baby off, and got ready."
Sutton gave a nod, "I think I'm going to take a shower, make sure that I'm clean and shit before things get too bad." Sutton explained, "Can you make sure the Vito has his bed in the cage and food and water?" Sutton questioned.
"Baby, don't worry about anything, just go take a shower." Annie stated and watched Sutton nod as she made her way out of the living room and headed upstairs with Vito following.
Heading straight for her bathroom, Sutton turned on the shower to let it warm up, and then stripped out of her clothes and put them into the close hamper, and stepped into the shower.
Sutton had let warm water sooth her aching body as she went about making sure that her legs were shaved, along with her lady parts since she didn't want to look like chewbacca when she gave birth, and had to admit that it was probably the most difficult task she had to deal with at that moment.
Once Sutton had finished, she had turned off the water and stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around herself, and then her hair, then headed to the bedroom to get her dressed in a pair of sweatpants and a tshirt, after putting on a pair of panties, and headed back downstairs while her stomach wasn't cramping.
"Why don't you try to get some sleep while you can?" Annie suggested as she watched Sutton lay down on the couch and helped Vito onto the couch with her, "Do you want a blanket?" Annie questioned and watched as Sutton nodded her head.
"Please..." Sutton yawned and before she knew it, she had been covered by a thin blanket as she fell asleep on the couch while her parents waited for Kozik and Tara to arrive.
-SOA-
"Okay, it's time..." Sutton winced as she felt her water break, causing her to cringe at the feeling, "Mom, can you go get me underwear and sweats?" Sutton questioned and watched as her mother hurried up the stairs while Rocky had let Vito out to use the restroom, and then put him in his large crate.
"Is everything packed?" Tara questioned causing Sutton to nod her head.
"Tara, thank you for being here. It means a lot to me." Sutton stated as she met her mother in the foyer and was handed sweats and underwear and headed for the guest bathroom to change.
Once she was changed, she slipped on a pair of her flip flops and grabbed her pillow and blanket along with her purse and made sure that she had her cell phone and cell phone charger and headed out of the house with Tara and Kozik while her parents had locked up.
Once everyone was in their cars, they headed straight for Saint Thomas hospital, with Sutton trying to control her breathing as the best she could, while her father drove through the streets of Charming.
-SOA-
Sutton had gotten into her room that should be staying in at the hospital and was beyond grateful that her parents were by her side, along with Tara, and even Kozik who was scared shitless of witnessing the birth.
"Shouldn't you get some pain meds or something?" Kozik questioned as he cringed when Sutton cried out during a contraction, "You're even making me hurt." Kozik added.
"Shut up." Sutton growled as she closed her eyes to breath through the pain the best she could.
"The doctor has to come in and see how far she is dialated." Tara explained quietly, "It's probably better if you don't ask questions. She might kill you." Tara joked lightly, causing Sutton to nod in agreement from the bed.
"Is there anyway you can get ahold of Hap?" Sutton questioned to Kozik, knowing that the club had several strings through out the town, hoping that some how the man could at least let Happy know.
"I can try." Kozik stated, getting up from the uncomfortable chair in order to step outside and breathed a sigh of relief when the doctor had passed him walking out the door.
Sutton sighed with relief seeing that the doctor had came in, "Who would you like in here with you while I examine you?" He questioned, causing Sutton to look at Annie, Rocky and Tara.
"Dad, you care to step outside? I don't want you seeing all my goods." Sutton stated causing Rocky to laugh along with the doctor, Annie and Tara.
"Trust me, I don't either. I'm going to go get us some coffee." Rocky stated to Annie and then kissed Sutton on her forehead then left the room.
-SOA-
"I'm gonna kill him..." Sutton growled through another contraction, almost three hours later after arriving at the hospital while her mother and father sat by her bed.
"Sutton, why don't you get some medicine?" Annie questioned, "It will help." Annie frowned seeing tears fall down her daughters cheeks, and then watched as the brunette nodded her head.
"I'll go get the nurse." Tara stated from her chair near the window, wanting to help her friend who was in pain and stepped out of the room.
Once Tara had returned a few moments later, a nurse was right behind her, with the doctor following to check to see if she had dialated further, allowing Kozik and Rocky to step out of the room.
"It looks like this little girl is wanting to take her time." The doctor stated, "You are still six centimeters. So it will be a little bit, but we can give you something for the pain if you want."
"Yes, please..." Sutton wiped her cheeks quickly.
The doctor had told the nurse the type of medicine to get, causing Sutton to roll her eyes as she moved to sit on the side of the bed to wait for the medicine to be given to her so it would help with the pain.
"Have you been able to get through to him?" Sutton questioned to Kozik who had walked back into the room with her father after getting her pain medicine.
"Not yet." Kozik frowned, knowing that Sutton was having an extremely hard time dealing with the fact Happy wasn't here, "In about two hours the prison office will be open, so I'll go through that route." Kozik explained and watched Sutton nod her head in understanding.
"You guys might as well go home and get some sleep." Sutton stated to Tara and Kozik knowing that it was going to be a while before anything happened.
"Nah, I'm not going anywhere. I ain't missing my niece being born." Kozik stated with a matter of fact tone and Tara nodded her head in agreement.
"I wouldn't be able to sleep anyway." Tara stated as she sat in a chair, "And I'm definitely not missing this." Tara stated, "try to get some sleep." Tara added.
Sutton looked to her parents and watched them both agree with Tara, and since she was started to feel the medicine take effect, she decided that it was probably wise to try to get some sleep while she still could, since she knew her little girl was going to take her time coming into the world.
-SOA-
Sutton had been in labor for almost six hours, waiting for her to fully dialate, which was starting to cause the brunette to really dislike the tattooed man who had gotten her pregnant.
"Sutton, Hap's on the phone..." Sutton blinked her eyes open from her small cat nap, and noticed that the sun was starting to rise through the window and saw her mother handing her the cell phone, causing her to hold it to her ear.
"Hello..." Sutton spoke with sleep filling her voice.
"How you holding up baby?" Happy asked quietly with a tired voice.
"Our daughter is stubborn..." Sutton whimpered, instantly missing the tattooed man, "I want you here..." Sutton added.
"I know Sutton, I know..." Happy sighed, "How bad is the pain?"
"It got pretty bad there for a bit, but I ended up getting some medicine so it's not too bad now. I'm hoping that she decided she wants to arrive soon, cause otherwise I'm going to strangle you."
Happy chuckled, "She is already stubborn like her momma, huh?"
"I blame you. She doesn't wanna come out cause you're not here. She's definitely going to be a daddy's girl I think." Sutton explained with unshed tears in her eyes.
"Babe...you got this." Happy stated lowly through the phone, "All this shit will be worth it when you get to hold our little girl." Happy stated.
"I..I know." Sutton spoke quietly, "I just, I don't want you to miss this." Sutton cried.
"Baby, if I could be there, you know I would be." Happy felt himself getting emotional, "I love you Sutton, and I'm so fucking proud of you." Happy stated, "I have to get off the phone, but I'm going to call back as soon as I can. The guard is letting me use his cell phone." Happy explained.
"Okay..." Sutton whimpered, "I love you.."
"I love you too, and give our daughter a kiss for me when she decides to come." Happy stated.
"I will. I'll talk to you later."
"Alright, you got this babe."
-SOA-
"Just two more big pushes Sutton, and your little girl will be here..." The doctor explained, as Sutton was catching her breath after pushing as Tara and Annie were on one side while Rocky was on the other, and Kozik had stepped out of the room.
The dark haired woman took a moment and then proceeded to push as the doctor told her to, and took one more deep breath and pushed again, and heard everyone start to cry with happiness the moment the little new born girls cries filled the room, and Rocky had cut the chord, and then the doctor had placed the little girl on Sutton's chest for a moment.
Tears instantly filled Sutton's eyes as she looked at the little girl who was a spitting image of herself, but had small traces of her father, "Hey Penelope..." Sutton whispered to her daughter, instantly feeling a love that she had never felt before.
"Let's get her cleaned up real quick, and we will get her back to you." The nurse commented causing Sutton to frown but knew that her daughter had to be cleaned and checked out, and hesitantly let the nurse take her.
Wiping her cheeks, Sutton kept her eyes glued on her daughter while Rocky and Annie were crying and kissing the top of Sutton's head, as Tara took pictures for her with the camera she had broughten.
"She's so beautiful..." Annie gushed with Rocky agreeing.
Once Penelope had been cleaned off, the doctor explained that Sutton was going to stay in the room for a little bit before moving her to a different room for the remainder of her stay, and then had let her try to breast feed.
"Do you need anything sweetie?" Rocky questioned, after holding his grand-daughter for the first time, while Annie was holding Penelope.
"No, I'm alright." Sutton smiled as her eyes were locked on her mother and daughter, "Tara, do you need anything? I think he's going to go get some food and drinks."
"I can go with him." Tara smiled, "Let you have a minute to breath." Tara stated, passing Sutton her camera, knowing that she wanted to take a lot of pictures, especially for Happy.
"Thank you for being here." Sutton smiled and watched as Rocky and Tara walked out of the room.
Sutton laughed lightly when Annie had tried getting Kozik to hold Penelope, "You won't break her." Sutton stated.
"I'll wait..." Kozik stated, allowing Annie to give the baby back to Sutton, and just sat in silence admiring the little girl, waiting for Happy to call back to check on them.
A/N: First off, my father's surgery went extremely well thankfully, so huge sigh of relief.
I have to admit that I'm not overly happy with this chapter. My mind has been completely scattered brained over the past couple of days so I haven't been able to fully think and sort things out in general. But, with that being said, I'm going to take a couple of days to let everything settle down in my brain since everything is okay now, and then work on the upcoming chapters.