A/N: Thank you for all of the reviews on the last chapter, I was slightly surprised. Also, thank you for taking the time to read this story as well. You guys are awesome!

Chapter 52 - Perfect Guy

The first night was extremely tough for Sutton, but she was able to get ahold of her emotions and realize that if Happy didn't want to be there with her, their daughter and unborn son, then she didn't need him, and most of all she didn't want him there if he didn't want to be there.

She had to even admit getting up the next morning was a little hard considering she wasn't even sure why Happy had left. The entire need time to think was definitely just a cop out, and she had to force herself to stop questioning it, and completely push all thoughts of Happy Lowman out of her mind the best she could, because now she was just plain pissed off.

Then once a couple of days had passed, and Happy hadn't bothered getting ahold of her to see Penelope, Sutton was livid. The pregnant brunette didn't bother even trying to reach out to him since he couldn't even communicate with her when it came to their daughter.

Since Sutton had hit her five month mark in her pregnancy, she had a doctor's appointment that morning that she had gotten dressed for, and now was getting Penelope ready, and knew that this was going to be an exhausting trip since Penelope was a wild child that morning.

"Come on baby, we got to go." Sutton urged, putting on Penelopes jean jacket, and managed to get her off the couch just in time to grab her little hand, "Mama's gonna be late if we don't get going." Sutton added, deciding to pick the little girl up, and grabbed the diaper bag and her purse, and made sure Vito was in the crate, and headed out the door for her SUV after locking up the house.

As Penelope was babbling while Sutton was getting the little girl situated in her carseat, she noticed that Penelope kept babbling the word 'dada' and kept trying to point behind her, "Sweetie, daddy isn't here right now." Sutton sighed, not really knowing what to say to the little girl.

"Dada!" Penelope cheered, clapping her hands with a large grin on her face, causing Sutton to furrow her eyebrows, and look up to see Happy was indeed approaching the SUV.

Sutton felt her stomach twist and turn a little, but continued to fasten Penelope into her car seat as Happy's tall frame approached behind her, "Where you two off to?" Happy questioned lowly, waiting for Sutton to move to lean in the car and kiss Penelope's cheek, and let the little girl play with his ringed hand.

Sutton glared at the man, "I have a doctor's appointment, now if you'll excuse me, we're running late." Sutton stated simply and noticed that Happy narrowed his eyes at her for a moment.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Happy questioned.

"Uh, you knew about this for the past two weeks." Sutton stated, "Seriously, we're running late, so please, get out of the way." Sutton added, kind of pushing the man away from the entrance to the door and managed to shut it.

"I'll follow." Happy announced, watching the brunette move towards the driver side of the car to get in.

-SOA-

Sutton had to admit that she was silently grateful that Happy had decided to tag along to the baby's appointment considering that Penelope was being a wild child, because the truth was, she wasn't even sure how to entertain her daughter while she was getting checked out.

Walking into the hospital, Sutton knew that Happy and Penelope were a couple feet behind her, and decided to just get through the appointment without saying much to the tattooed man. She was still trying to figure out how to handle the entire situation, and knew that it was going to be a tough road to adjust to, because she wasn't going to let Happy hurt her or their children again.

Once they had reached the OBGYN department, Sutton signed herself in for her appointment and sat two seats away from Happy and Penelope, and decided to shoot a quick text to her mother, since she had called her to inform her of Happy leaving her, which left her parents just as confused as Sutton.

When the nurse called for Sutton's name, the former couple stood up, with Happy holding Penelope in his arms, and followed the nurse back to the exam room.

Sutton couldn't believe just how awkward the entire situation was, she had never felt this way with Happy, and it was starting to take a small toll on her emotionally, but she had refused to let Happy see her hurt over his choice.

"How are you doing Sutton?" The doctor questioned as he walked into the room, causing Sutton to flash him a forced bright smile.

"I'm doing good actually." Sutton commented, seeing Happy's dark orbs on her out of the corner of her eye as he was keeping Penelope entertained.

"That's good to hear, and the baby? He giving you any issues?" The doctor questioned as he began to hook up the machine, and then helped Sutton lay back on the exam table.

"No, not really. He is moving around a little, but I don't think it's too strong right now. I'm able to actually sleep through the night now instead of tossing and turning and sleeping through the day." Sutton explained.

The doctor gave her a nod, "That's good. Seems like your in the calm before the storm." The doctor joked, referring to the birth that would be arriving in four months, "Everything seems good so far, the baby is growing accordingly, healthy as ever."

"Good." Sutton smiled, "Could you print off a few pictures, promised I'd send some to my mom."

The doctor let out a little laugh, and nodded his head in understanding. Once the doctor had printed off the pictures, he handed them over to Sutton once she had wiped off her stomach, and helped her sit up.

"Make sure to schedule your next appointment with the nurse." The doctor added, "And if you have any questions, concerns, feel free to get ahold of me."

"Thanks." Sutton smiled, and reached for Penelope who was holding her hands out for her, and sat her on her hip as she stood up.

-SOA-

Once Sutton, Happy and Penelope arrived at Sutton's SUV, Happy put the little dark haired girl into the car seat while Sutton stood behind him, making sure that he had did it properly, and watched as he shut the car door.

Her blue orbs watched as Happy turned to look at her, "You doing alright?" Happy questioned lowly, eyeing the pregnant woman carefully.

"Yep." Sutton gave a nod, then turned to walk towards the driver's side of her car, but Happy had stopped her.

"Got to go on a run for a couple of days, was wondering if I could spend some time with P before I head out." Happy slightly questioned, causing Sutton to remain silent for a moment.

"Sure, as long as you don't get annoyed that she is in to everything." Sutton stated, causing Happy to let out a frustrated sigh, "Think you could manage to watch her while I go to the store?"

"Yeah Sutton." Happy stated, allowing the woman to move to get into the car, and then headed for his bike to follow the brunettes back to the home.

-SOA-

By the time Sutton had gotten home with Penelope, she was able to use the restroom real quick while Happy had let himself into the house, and began to spend time with Penelope, allowing Sutton to go to the store. When she had left the home, she kissed Penelope's head, and didn't bother looking in Happy's direction.

While she had went to the store, she had decided that she and Penelope would take a trip at the end of the week to Colorado to visit her parents before she got too far along in her pregnancy, and while she still had energy.

Once she knew that she was stocked up on the things she needed for her and Penelope, she headed to the check out and saw Tig and Opie approaching through the exit door, causing her to raise an eyebrow when they made their way towards her.

"Hey doll." Tig greeted her, and moved to kiss her cheek while Opie gave her a nod, "Saw your car outside, was on the way to your house." Tig added, "Where's the kid?" Tig questioned looking at the empty cart.

"She's at the house with her father." Sutton commented, paying for the groceries, while Tig and Opie put the bags in the cart for her.

Sutton was thankful for Tig, especially since he wasn't asking questions about Happy and their relationship, but instead just offered to lend her an ear if she needed to vent to someone, and even offered to watch Penelope if she just needed a break. She had to admit that she loved the man in a father sort of way, and was grateful for him offering help.

"We'll follow you." Tig stated once the groceries were put into the car and they mounted their bikes, not giving her time to reply, but instead got into her car and followed the men to her home.

-SOA-

Pulling into the driveway, Sutton was a little annoyed that Happy had Penelope playing in the front yard instead of the back yard that was fenced in, and looked to the rear view mirror to see Opie and Tig pulling in behind her, causing Penelope to grin towards Tig.

The moment Tig and Happy got into a two feet radius of each other, the tension was extremely obvious to Sutton, and knew that it was due to Happy leaving the brunette for whatever reason, and let out a small sigh as she grabbed a few bags but Opie had stopped her, "I got it." Opie stated lowly, causing Sutton to realize that he wasn't going to allow her to carry anything, so she sent him a nod.

"Thanks Opie." Sutton smiled softly while Happy and Tig were glaring at each other, "Come on P, let's go inside." Sutton grabbed the little girls hand and allowed the one year old to walk her across the yard and into the house.

Since she was waiting on the men to bring in the groceries, Sutton had checked Penelope's diaper and was thankful that she was clean, and heard Tig and Happy arguing with each other on the front porch, causing her to step into the foyer to see Opie walking in shaking his head.

"Don't need you checking in on them." Happy growled, "In case you forgot, this isn't your family."

"It's not your family anymore either jackass." Tig commented, and that's when Sutton decided to step between them, trying to keep an eye on Penelope who was stopped by the baby gate at the living room entrance.

"That's enough." Sutton snapped, and turned to Happy, "Tig is more than welcome to come here, and if he wants to check in on us, that's fine with me. You and I are no longer together, so you can't dictate who comes in and out of my home. You lost that privalege the moment you decided you wanted a break."

Happy's dark eyes went several shades darker if that were even possible, and his eyes narrowed quickly, and then shot his glare to Tig who was chuckling as he entered the home with the rest of the groceries, then Happy looked back to Sutton.

"I don't want club members in our fuckin' business Sutton."

"Well I guess you should have thought about that before you brought them around. It's not my fault they think you're an asshole just like I do. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that you fucked up something good in your life." Sutton commented and stepped back seeing the tattooed man take a step forward, and she quickly realized she had pissed him off, but she was going to stand her ground, but she was silently thankful for Opie's tall frame appear in front of her.

"That's enough." Opie stated, "Think you should go spend time with your kid or leave, she doesn't need added stress." Opie added calmly.

"This is between me and her." Happy narrowed his eyes, almost standing toe to toe with Opie.

"Sutton, why don't you go inside?" Opie suggested, not taking his eyes off the man in front of him, knowing that Happy hadn't been acting the same for the past couple of weeks.

Sutton knew that Happy was in a different head space, and decided to listen to Opie and headed in the house, almost thankful that the extremely tall man had moved with her, allowing her to get into the house without Happy stopping her, and decided to shut the door so Penelope wouldn't see what could possibly happen.

Standing near the large windows, Sutton kept an eye on Opie and Happy, not being able to hear what they were saying to each other, but knew that they were getting into a heated conversation, and hoped that they wouldn't start a brawl on her front porch, and was thankful Tig was keeping Penelope entertained with a few toys.

"Don't know what has gotten into him." Tig commented, causing Sutton to look at the blue eyed man and shrugged her shoulders, not having a clue either, then turned her eyes back to the two men outside, and watched as Happy shook his head and stormed off the front porch and straight to his bike.

"Well looks like he's leaving." Sutton commented, mostly to herself, a little disappointed that he didn't spend that much time with Penelope, and silently wondering where the man she fell in love with went, emotionally.

Sutton knew that things were going to get a lot worse before they got better, and she quickly had to adjust to being a single parent again, but not only for one child, but now with another one on the way. As much as it hurt that Happy had left her high and dry, especially while she was pregnant with their second child, she had to keep telling herself to remain strong, because her children counted on her. She had officially decided to give up on questioning why Happy had left, because a lot of it was just insecurities surfacing, and she refused to entertain those types of thoughts.

A/N: Thoughts?