A/N: Thank you all so much for the reviews, favorites and follows through out this story. It means the world to me that you all take the time to read this story. With updating, I haven't been able to set a specific day(s) to do an update just yet, but I will try to figure out something asap. Please be patient considering my life is chaotic right now.
Chapter 53 - Perfect Guy
It had been a couple of days since Happy had stopped by to visit with Penelope, and then ended up leaving, which made things much harder on Sutton because the dark haired little girl cried for her father for the better part of the evening.
Walking into the large home, Tig was thankful that Sutton had given him a spare key and noticed the house was overly quietly and frowned. Walking further into the home, he noticed that the living room was spotless and the TV was on, but the volume rather low and realized that Penelope was probably down for a nap.
"Sutton?" Tig questioned out loud quietly, and heard a faint sniffle coming from the kitchen, causing him to walk into the entrance way to see the pregnant brunette sitting at the kitchen island with baby books in front of her, and her flawless face red and puffy, "Ah doll, what's wrong?" Tig frowned, moving towards her.
Sutton wiped her cheeks quickly, and looked up from the books and let out an awkward laugh, "How am I suppose to raise two babies alone? I mean, our son doesn't even have a name yet. And I can't go through another pregnancy alone." Sutton shook her head, "Then, Penelope is noticing that he isn't around and it's starting to effect her acting out..." Sutton tried to hold in the tears, but she couldn't stop them from falling.
Tig frowned and moved to comfort the pregnant woman by wrapping an arm around her shoulders, "You got me kid. I'll help out as much as I can. I know it's not the same, but..." Tig started but then frowned even more when she started crying harder, "Jesus doll, I was trying to help..." Tig panicked, thinking he had upset her more.
"I-It's the hormones..." Sutton pulled away to regain her composure and wipe her cheeks again, and let out a small laugh hearing Tig letting out a sigh of relief, "Think it's because I was trying to look at baby names for the baby, and just got to thinking..." Sutton added waving a hand around, referring to the issues with Happy.
Tig nodded in understanding, "Have you heard from him any?" Tig questioned lowly moving to the fridge to get a drink, then turned back to her.
"He's called and text me quite a few times." Sutton explained causing Tig to raise an eyebrow, "He ended up calling me last night at like 2 am and almost woke P up so I sent him a text asking if he was dying and he said no, so I didn't reply back." Sutton added causing Tig to laugh, "Anyway, enough about that, what are you doing?"
"Well I haven't heard from you in a couple of days, thought I'd make sure that you guys were doing alright, eating and crap." Tig commented, causing Sutton to playfully roll her eyes.
"Yes we're eating and crap." Sutton smiled, "We've just been hanging out around the house, thought about taking P out for dinner since she's been acting better today." Sutton added.
"Well when she wakes up, I'll take you guys out. My treat. Miss hanging out with you two."
"It's only been two days Tig, it's not like it's been a lifetime." Sutton teased, closing the baby book she was reading, and followed Tig into the living room to wait for Penelope to wake up.
-SOA-
Once Penelope had woken up, Sutton had been thankful that Tig had watched her so she could shower and dress in something other than sweatpants and yoga pants, and then gotten Penelope cleaned up.
"Iggy! Iggy!" Penelope hollered once she had gotten into the living room, and rushed to his arms, causing Sutton to laugh as she entered behind her.
"So, what are you wanting for dinner?" Sutton questioned as she re-packed Penelope's diaper bag, and made sure that her purse had her keys and cell phone in it, and Vito was in the crate.
"Doesn't matter to me, you two can decide." Tig suggested, standing up with Penelope in his arms, and watched as the brunette put on her leather jacket and noticed the high heels, "How can you wear those being pregnant?" Tig questioned.
"Hey, I'll suffer. I haven't been out of the house in a few days, and I'd like to look half way decent. If that means wear heels, I'll wear hears." Sutton stated, following Tig to the front door, while he was laughing, and set the alarm and walked out of the house, and locked it up.
As they walked towards Sutton's SUV, they heard the sounds of a lone motorcycle approaching and Sutton rolled her eyes and then glanced to Tig, "Here, let me put P in the car seat." Sutton took the little girl who was looking around, and heard the motorcycle getting closer, and half rushed in order to get Penelope into the car so the little girl wouldn't have another melt down.
Once the dark haired little girl was secure in the car seat, Sutton was thankful Tig got in the driver's seat, and she headed to the passenger side door and got in and watched as Tig backed out of the driveway.
Sutton wasn't sure why she was trying to go out of her way to avoid Happy, but she definitely didn't want to have to deal with his hot and cold attitude when Penelope was in a decent mood. Of course she knew that things were rough at the moment, but she was trying to be strong without the tattooed man.
"It's him..." She heard Tig's voice lowly as Penelope was babbling in the backseat, causing Sutton to sigh and glance out the side mirror to see that it was in fact Happy following them.
"Think he'll not realize it's us?" Sutton questioned with a laugh as Tig turned to head to a Mexican diner a few blocks away.
"Nah, don't think so. Looks like he's following us." Tig commented causing Sutton to roll her eyes even harder, "Want to go somewhere else?" Tig questioned.
"No, it's fine." Sutton stated as they approached the Mexican diner rather quickly, and made sure that her purse and made sure that Penelope had what she needed in her diaper bag.
As Tig found a parking space, Sutton noticed that Happy was pulling into the parking lot and grew tense, but decided to go about her business, and got out of the car as soon as Tig stopped the car, and headed straight for Penelope's door.
Hearing the bike's engine stop, Penelope's head snapped up to see her father getting off of the Harley, and making five long strides to her, "Dada!" Penelope instantly reached for the tattooed man, causing his arms to extend and grab the little girl from Sutton.
Taking a deep breath, Sutton grabbed her purse and the diaper bag from the front seat, and waited for Tig to approach, "Come on P, we have to go eat." Sutton tried to get the little girl after she hugged her father, and knew that there was no way the little girl would move out of his arms now and let out a frustrated sigh.
"I can take her in." Happy offered to Sutton, not bothering to glance to Tig, "Could eat too." Happy added lowly.
Sutton was torn because the truth was, she didn't want to be around the tattooed man, but she had Penelope to think about, and knew the little girl missed him, so she glanced to Tig who shrugged his shoulders.
"Fine." Sutton stated simply, walking towards the front door with Happy, Penelope and Tig following her.
-SOA-
Thankfully, Sutton had decided to sit next to Tig while Happy sat next to Penelope to keep the little girl entertained while they ordered their food and waited, and had to admit that it was an awkward moment with everyone's attention focused on Penelope.
Once the food had come, Sutton could tell that something was bothering Happy, but she had to admit she was thankful he didn't bother explaining while they ate.
"How have you guys been?" Happy questioned quietly between bites of food and feeding Penelope.
Sutton resisted the urge to scoff at his questions, "Fine" Sutton mumbled as she focused on her food, and bit into something extremely spicy, and ended up giving half of her food to Tig within a matter of seconds.
"What's wrong with it?" Happy questioned with furrowed eyebrows.
"It's too spicy." Sutton explained as Tig passed her his plate.
"Since when do you not like spicy food? You ate everything spicy with Penelope." Happy questioned, a little hurt by Sutton and Tig's closeness.
"She hasn't been able to eat spicy the entire pregnancy." Tig commented, causing Happy to glare and Sutton to quickly nip it in the bud.
"Not here." Sutton nearly growled, "Could I please just enjoy my meal?" Sutton questioned and both men remained silent the remainder of dinner.
-SOA-
Once Tig, Sutton and Penelope had left the diner, Sutton was slightly surprised that Happy was following them back to her home, after paying for their meals. The pregnant brunette had been a little stressed during the meal since the two men were so quiet once she had scolded them both.
"Wonder what he is doing." Tig questioned out loud, motly to himself.
"Probably wants to spend some time with P." Sutton shrugged her shoulders, as she was rubbing her baby bump at feeling her unborn son move around.
Letting out a yawn, Sutton stretched slightly as Tig pulled into the driveway with Happy right behind them, and silently prayed he would be civil while he was in her home.
Getting out of the car, Happy moved to get Penelope from the carseat to help Sutton out, while Sutton and Tig moved towards the front door to unlock it. Once everyone was in the house, Sutton let Vito outside, and then headed upstairs to change into something more comfortable and to brush her teeth.
As Sutton was getting out of her jeans and t-shirt, she nearly had a heart attack at the sound of Happy's voice.
"Tig wanted me to tell you that he had to head to the garage." Happy stated with Penelope on his hip.
"Thanks." Sutton turned her back to him in order to slip on an oversized tank top that hugged her baby bump some, and then moved to put on a pair of sleep shorts, then turned around to see Happy still standing in the doorway, "What?" Sutton questioned with furrowed eyebrows.
Happy took a deep breath, glanced to Penelope and then back to Sutton, "I was wondering if we could talk?" Happy questioned lowly, causing Sutton to raise an eyebrow.
A/N: Thoughts? Any idea on what Happy has to say?
I know it's a little short, but it's better than nothing. Like I said earlier, I'm extremely busy trying to get my parents home in order for when my dad comes home in a month or two, so updates will be spaced out. I haven't been able to set an exact day for updates, so please be patient.