A/N: Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter. It means the world to me that you all take the time to read this story. As always, I do not own any of the SOA characters that will appear through out this story.
Chapter 47 - Perfect Guy
It had been a couple of days since Tara had unloaded her personal problems on Sutton, and the brunette had to admit, it made her extremely uneasy for the sake of Happy's well being, especially if Clay did kill a former member of the club. She had already been on edge about the club being mixed with the cartel, but now it was much worse.
She knew that she had promised Tara that she wouldn't say anything to the tattooed man, and even though it wasn't her place, she felt like she needed him to know, in case something had happened, so she was slightly torn. It didn't help that they had agreed on full disclosure once they had worked things out the first time. So there was a part of her that knew that if Tara had found out she opened her mouth, she could risk losing a friend.
"Hap?" Sutton called out, glancing in the large bedroom.
"Yeah?" Happy hollered from the bathroom, causing her to head towards the half shut door.
"Can I talk to you for a minute?" Sutton questioned, gently opening the door a little to see the man getting dressed from his morning shower.
"Everything okay?" Happy questioned slightly concerned.
"Yeah, guess so." Sutton walked into the bathroom and decided to sit on the counter space near the sink, "Just kind of want to bring something to your attention, but you can't say anything to anyone. So this is just me talking to you as my boyfriend, not me talking to a son." Sutton added, knowing that she had to seperate the two for him.
"Okay..." Happy raised a curious eyebrow, giving her a nod telling her to continue.
"So, you know how Tara came to the house the other morning, right?" Sutton questioned watching the tattooed man and watched him nod his head, "Well, she told me that while they were all in Belfast, a woman that Jax's father was seeing gave him letters that Jax didn't know about. Tara ended up finding them and reading them." Sutton explained, making sure the tattooed man was following the story, "Well, she thinks that Clay killed John Teller." Sutton stated, causing Happy to furrow his eyebrows, "Just wait..." Sutton knew that the man wanted to say something, but she wanted to finish, "Well, I guess Gemma found out about the letters, started questioning her, then Clay found out and actually threatened her." Sutton stated.
"So she wanted to drag you into their family drama why?" Happy growled first, "Jax know about this shit?" Happy questioned.
Sutton shook her head, "I told her that she needed to tell Jax, but she said she couldn't right now, but she wanted me to know because she could trust me, and if something ever happened, I was suppose to tell Jax."
"Jesus Christ." Happy shook his head, getting ready to start on a rant.
"Remember, this is me telling you as a boyfriend, not a club member." Sutton warned, causing Happy to brace himself against the counter for a minute.
He knew that Sutton wouldn't bring it up to him if she thought that Tara was just trying to start drama, and knew that his pregnant girlfriend was worried for the safety of her friend. He had to admit that he was a little shocked about the news, but it was somewhat hard to believe due to the fact that it was common knowledge that Tara hated the club before she had left town.
Running a hand over his face, he glanced to the woman who was watching him closely, "Just..." Happy let out a sigh, "Stay away from Gemma and Clay. If Tara comes to you again, tell her that you don't want to know anymore." Happy stated, and Sutton went to protest but Happy cut her off before she could speak, "I'm serious Sutton. I ain't risking something happening to you or our son because she won't tell her old man." Happy stated.
"Okay." Sutton sighed but agreed.
"I'm giving her a week to say something to Jax, otherwise I will." Happy added a few moments later, "She shouldn't of gotten you fuckin' involved, especially pregnant."
"Well, I mean, I would probably of done the same thing." Sutton shrugged her shoulders, "I mean how do you tell someone you love, the father of your children that their step-father was behind his father's death? That's fuckin rough Hap."
"Don't care, she shouldn't have involved you." Happy stated, "I've been trying to keep you out of the club shit as much as I can, but it's like it doesn't fuckin' matter."
Sutton knew that Happy was upset about the fact that her friend had unloaded some serious issues onto her, and knew that the man was extremely serious about giving Tara a week to tell Jax, so she decided to change the subject.
"You still wanting to go look at paint for the baby's room?" Sutton questioned, "Kind of might of ordered a few things offline last night when I couldn't sleep." Sutton admitted, smiling when Happy chuckled.
"What did you get?" Happy questioned, finally finishing getting dressed and then began to brush his teeth.
"Well, I got a couple motorcycle canvases we can hang on his walls. Some fabric to make him a blanket, uh a few onesies." Sutton started to list, causing Happy to grin as he brushed his teeth.
Once Happy had spit the toothpaste out, he used mouth wash quickly, "Go see if P is up from her nap, and we can head to see about paint." Happy stated, thankful he had the day off.
Sutton grinned and walked out of the bathroom and into Penelope's bedroom to see if the little girl was awake from her early nap since she had fought sleeping the night before, and was surprised to see the little girl starting to stir in her crib, so she decided to sit in the rocking chair to wait for her to start babbling.
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Happy and Sutton had decided to travel a couple of towns away in order to have a larger selection of baby supplies and paint, since Charming was a small town and didn't have a lot of choices.
"What color are you wanting?" Happy questioned as they were looking a the different color strips for their son's room.
"I'm thinking gray, teal and navy blue." Sutton stated, unlocking her Iphone to get on pinterest to show Happy the color scheme she was talking about, "What do you think?" Sutton questioned.
"I like it." Happy nodded, "You sure about the color though?" Happy questioned.
"Yeah." Sutton nodded, "Besides, we'll probably have to paint it again when he gets older." Sutton added, and watched the tattooed man pick out the paint strips for the colors while she was keeping Penelope entertained in the cart.
Verifying the colors he had picked out with Sutton, he led them to the where the paint was made and told the work how many gallons he needed of each, "Wait here, I'll go get the rollers and stuff. Might as well get them while we're here." Happy stated looking to Sutton.
"I'm going to go check the movies with P." Sutton gestured her head a few aisles down, "So I'll meet you back here in a few?" Sutton added.
"Yeah." Happy nodded, and watched as Sutton began to push the cart towards the movie aisle, causing him to walk around the corner to get the supplies for painting their son's room.
Almost two hours later, Happy and Sutton had finally gotten out of the store and had headed to the car to load up everything that they had purchased.
"How is it that we come here for paint, and we end up buying half the damn store?" Happy questioned as he put the sacks into the hatch of the SUV while Sutton put Penelope in her car seat.
"Well, those movies were a good deal, then they had some cute clothes, and P is always growing, and plus, it's not like we can live without groceries." Sutton stated.
"What about the candle warmers, those wax things and the dozens of bras and shit you got?" Happy questioned, "Pretty sure you added more make-up too."
"Hey, don't put all the blame on me. You bought shit too, and you're the one who had to get an extra cart for the things you wanted, plus the toys your daughter convinced you to get" Sutton stated with a laugh.
"Well that crib was a good deal, besides it was the only one left and it matches the theme you want. You'll thank me later." Happy smirked to his girlfriend,"And you try saying no to that face." Happy pointed to his daughter with a laugh, "Get the car started, I'll go put the cart up." Happy added, tossing the woman the keys and then shut the hatch.
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By the time they had made it home, Happy had decided to stop to get take out since Sutton was sound asleep in the back seat with Penelope snoozing away too.
Once he had gotten the food, he decided to wake the brunette so she was half way awake by the time he pulled into the driveway of their home.
"If you get the food and P, I'll get most of the stuff from the back." Happy explained, watching the pregnant woman nod, covering her mouth as she let out a yawn.
"Okay, thanks baby." Sutton stated, moving to get Penelope unbuckled from her car seat, and lifted her out of it, and then moved to get out of the car, then walked around to the passenger side to get the bags of food.
Getting inside and letting Vito out of his crate, and out into the back yard, Sutton had decided to put Penelope on the floor in the kitchen so she could put the food on plates for them, and carried them into the living room, and grabbed drinks for everyone before letting Vito back into the house, and grabbing Penelope and headed into the living room to wait for Happy.
Once Happy had brought almost all of the bags in, he had made one more trip for the rest, causing Sutton to hold the door open for him as he laid the crib against the staircase and then took the rest of the bags into the kitchen.
"Let's eat, and then I'll go through everything." Sutton stated, and followed the tattooed man into the living room.
Sitting out on the couch with Penelope between them, "What do you want to watch?" Happy questioned, turning the large flat screen TV on.
"Put it on a cartoon for now, once I put groceries up, we can watch a movie. Think P will fight sleep tonight cause of her naps." Sutton explained as she began to eat her Indian food, thankful that Happy had stopped at two different places for food.
Happy wasn't surprised that Sutton had scarfed down her food, causing him to shake his head as she got up from the couch with her plate so she could put the groceries away.
"Could of actually enjoyed your food." Happy joked, causing Sutton to flip him off playfully as she disappeared into the kitchen.
Sutton had decided to start with the actual groceries that they had gotten and put them away in their proper places, and then spotted the bags of clothes and toys and sat them on the kitchen table, and then went to the bag that contained different items like the wax cubes and new candle warmers and movies and sat them on the table to get them off the kitchen island.
"Babe, you think when you're done eating, you can open P's toys?" Sutton questioned, knowing that she didn't have the patience for how securely toy factories packaged different toys.
"Yeah." Happy mumbled as he was eating, and making sure Penelope was eating her food while she waddled around near the coffee table.
Sutton was about to go through the clothes she had gotten for Penelope, and their unborn son but stopped when she heard her cell phone ringing, causing her to move towards the kitchen island where it was charging to see Tara calling her.
Letting out a small sigh, Sutton decided to answer the phone.
"Hello?" Sutton answered on the third ring.
"Hey, I wasn't interrupting anything was I?" Tara questioned.
"No, I was just putting groceries and stuff up. What's up?" Sutton questioned.
"I was wondering if maybe you could see if your parents have an available room in Colorado for us, we're kind of wanting to take a little vacation, just to get out of town for a bit." Tara spoke quietly, "I plan on telling Jax then while he's away from everything."
"I can call and ask then text you to let you know. I'm sure they do. Winter is usually the more busy time for them." Sutton explained.
"Thank you. I really appreciate it Sutton." Tara spoke geniunely.
"It's not a problem, let me give them a call and I'll let you know." Sutton added, hearing the fellow doctor say her goodbyes and then hung up the phone.
Sutton was proud that Tara was going to tell Jax about what she knew, and was thankful that it didn't take Happy to get her to tell the truth about what was in the letters. Sutton just hoped that she would explain everything she knew before anything got more out of hand as she typed out a text to her mother about rooms available.
A/N: Thoughts?