A/N: Thank you so much for the reviews on the last chapter, it means so much to me. This weekend will be a crazy weekend, we are having family (idiots) replace a deck which will either be a disaster, or a piece of cake. So I decided to get another chapter out before next week. Thanks for taking the time to read this story.
Chapter 58 - Perfect Guy
"Wait, so he just kissed you?" Tara asked with her mouth slightly open, causing Sutton to let out a little laugh as she looked to her right to make sure Penelope wasn't throwing her food on the ground.
"Yeah. Pushed me against the counter and just kissed me." Sutton stated glancing back to Tara, thankful she had her black ray-ban sunglasses on since they were sitting outside on the patio of the small restraurant, "It made it a little harder to stay angry with him." Sutton admitted lowly to her friend who was feeding Thomas while Abel was coloring.
Tara glanced to the pregnant brunette, "You have a right to be angry..." Tara commented, causing Sutton to let out a small sigh.
"I feel a but coming."
Tara cracked a small smile, "But, if you do think about forgiving him, who is to say he won't try to leave again? I mean, did he have a reasoning behind it?" Tara questioned since she wasn't too sure what had happened, just knew tid bits of information.
Sutton took a drink of her water, and then handed Penelope her sippee cup, "Well he said that he was going to propose to me, but he couldn't think of a way to ask and I guess that spiraled." Sutton began to explain, "He thinks I deserve better than him since I'm a doctor and he's a criminal mechanic." Sutton added lowly.
Tara let out a small laugh, "Sounds like something Jax would do."
"I mean, it's one thing if it were just me. But when it involves P and the baby, he's walking out on them too, and he needs to realize that I am not going to put up with that." Sutton vented, "We've already been through so much before the kids, and with P getting taken.."
"I get it Sutton, I really do." Tara nodded her head in understanding, "You need to do what's best for you and the kids."
Sutton nodded her head, "Let's change the subject, I've been doing nothing but stressing out over that man for the past couple of weeks."
Tara couldn't help but laugh, knowing that the fellow brunette was driving herself crazy ever since Happy had came back, trying to figure out the right thing to do, for the sake of her and the kids.
"Have you thought of any baby names?" Tara questioned, "He's going to be here soon."
Sutton glanced up and down the road from where she was sitting, then looked back to Tara, "I have a couple of ideas, but I want to run them by Happy first. Can't really decide. With P it was simple. But I was thinking Keegan, and Augustus but call him Auggie for short."
"I really like Augustus." Tara smiled, "It's a unique name."
"Me too!" Abel piped up from his coloring page, causing both women to smile.
"Do you buddy?" Sutton questioned to the little blonde boy, "Do I have your approval?" Sutton added, and watched him nod his head as he went back to coloring.
The sounds of harleys filled the air causing both women to turn their heads to the road, and Sutton furrowed her eyebrows seeing Happy's truck pulling up with her father in tow.
"Probably couldn't find the right paint." Sutton joked, seeing the tattooed man get out of the truck with narrowed eyes and noticed he was looking behind her and followed his stare to see a police officer approaching them, and knew that he was new.
"Excuse me ladies, Officer Collin Henderson." He stated as he stood by the table, "Does the black SUV belong to either of you?" He questioned gesturing his head behind him down the road a few feet.
"Oh it's mine." Sutton explained, "Am I parked illegally or something?" Sutton asked confused.
Sutton noticed several Sons members park on the side of the road, and Penelope instantly noticed Kozik, and Tig, "Sorry..." Sutton stood up carefully, "Watch her?" Sutton questioned to Tara so she could step away to hear what the officer was getting at.
"No, you aren't parked illegally. It's just the owner of the business your parked in front of called and made a complaint. I was just going to ask if you can move it." He gave a soft smile.
"Oh. I didn't even know there was a business there." Sutton furrowed her eyebrows, "But yeah, I can move it." Sutton smiled politely, and felt a pair of dark eyes on her.
"Thank you. See ya around." Officer Henderson smiled and waved to Tara and the kids, and headed back to his patrol car.
Happy's dark eyes were glued to Sutton's figure and was trying to figure out who the new cop was, especially since Unser didn't inform the club of a new guy in town, and he quickly approached the pregnant woman.
"What he want?" Happy questioned with a hand on Sutton's elbow.
"Wants me to move my car. Apparently it's parked in front of a business, and the owner called in a complaint." Sutton explained causing the tattooed man to furrow his eyebrows.
"There's nothing even there." Happy commented more to himself, finding it odd, "Here, give me the keys, I'll move it closer." Happy added, taking the keys from her.
"Dada!" Penelope cheered.
"Daddy will be right back baby." Sutton stated sitting back down, "Dad, you remember Tara? This is Abel, and that's Thomas." Sutton introduced the kids.
Rocky smiled to the kids, and then looked towards the moving vehicle that Happy was moving, "That guy is determined. He got all the paint and supplies. We're going to try to get it done today if you guys can find something to do for a couple of hours." Rocky explained.
Tara and Sutton exchanged glances, "Yeah, I'm sure we can figure out something. Thought he was doing it this weekend?" Sutton questioned.
Rocky shrugged his shoulders, "Tend to not question the guy. He wants to do it today, so we're doing it today."
Sutton couldn't help the laugh that escaped her mouth as Tig and Kozik approached them with Jax from across the street, and noticed their faces were slightly tensed, but decided to just ignore it, but noticed Jax lean down to whisper something to Tara.
Since Tara and Sutton were finished eating, Jax put some money on the table for the check, and she realized that something was definitely going on.
"Dad, can you go put P in the car seat?" Sutton questioned as Happy started walking towards her, and lifted the little girl out of the seat she was in, and handed her to her father, "Thank you."
Sutton waited until her father was out of ear shot, and saw that Jax was walking Tara and the boys to her car, then looked to Tig and Kozik, "What is going on?" Sutton questioned, "It's not like you all to crash a lunch for the pure enjoyment on girl talk." Sutton stated and felt Happy's large hand on her lower back.
"Just got some intel about a possible threat moving into Charming, nothing to be concerned with." Tig explained, "We're just scoping it out." Tig added, and Sutton glanced to Happy with a slight frown.
"It's fine, you and the kids are fine." Happy rasped lowly, "It's just hear say, don't know much right now." Happy added, "So let's go back to the house and we can start getting the nursery together."
Sutton found herself nodding her head, "I'll follow you." Sutton commented lowly.
"I'm having your dad drive P back, want to talk to you." Happy stated and Sutton narrowed her eyes behind her sunglasses but nodded and began to follow the tall man to the truck.
Approaching the truck, Sutton frowned realizing she was too pregnant to easily get into the passenger seat on her own, "Need help?" Happy rasped lowly into her ear, causing a shiver to go down her spine, but nodded her head as she reached for the handle inside the truck and felt Happy's large hands on her hips.
"Thanks." Sutton murmured as she sat down and watched as the man shut the door and moved to the driver's side and got in.
Once they were heading back to the house, Sutton decided to talk since Happy was remaining silent, "Have you thought of any names?" Sutton questioned, turning to face him some, "We're going to have to think of something soon."
Happy glanced to the woman, "Can't decide really. I was thinking of just going off something you liked since I kind of picked Penelope's name." Happy explained, and Sutton gave him a nod in understanding.
"Well I was thinking of Keegan or Augustus, but call him Auggie for short." Sutton explained and watched Happy's tan face registering the names.
"Middle names?" Happy questioned.
"Haven't gotten that far." Sutton laughed a little, "I've been looking at names online and in that book we got when I was pregnant with P but nothing really stands out too much." Sutton explained as she rubbed her large stomach.
"You okay?" Happy questioned as he was stopped at a red light.
"Yeah, he's just rolling around some." Sutton explained, and reached for Happy's large hand to place on her stomach to allow him to feel.
Happy couldn't help the smile that appeared on his face, "I know you don't really want me in the house right now, but I was wondering if I crash in the house? At least until the baby gets here. I missed the last few months when you were pregnant with P and don't really want to miss this too." Happy explained, "I know you're tired and shit, and if I'm in the house, it's easier for me to get P if she wakes up. Can't really do shit from the garage."
Sutton chewed on her bottom lip for a moment.
Thinking back to the times when she was pregnant with Penelope and Happy was locked up, there were countless times when she wanted him there with her. To expierence the midnight kicks, the sleepless nights due to being uncomfortable, the times where she whispered her hopes and dreams for her daughter, and she knew that it killed a part of him to miss that. As much as she was angry with the man, she didn't want to keep that from him. It would be like he was back in prison again to an extent.
"You can stay in the house, but that doesn't change anything Hap. I'm still really upset and hurt by what you did, but I don't want you missing out on this either." Sutton started to explain, "There has to be some sort of boundaries with this. I can't have you not leaving the house because you think I'm going to lock you out or change the locks. I don't need the added stress." Sutton added.
Happy sighed at the word boundaries, "Babe, I don't like having boundaries. Never had boundaries with you." Happy stated as he pulled into their driveway, and parked the trunk behind Sutton's car that her father had drove, and turned to face her, "I love you, I love our kids, and I don't think I'd be the same without you guys. I know I fucked up and I know I hurt you and all this could have been avoided if I would have just talked to you. I'm not perfect and I'm sure I'll fuck up more, but I'm not just going to give up on us." Happy rasped out and moved closer to the brunette seeing tears fall down her cheeks and cupped them, and used the pad of his thumbs to wipe the tears away, and pressed his forehead against hers, "This has been hell. Not kissing you, touching you, sleeping next to you..." Happy added, "I'll do this your way for now, but can I ask one thing?" Happy questioned.
Sutton let out a little huff of air, "What?"
"Kiss me once." Happy stated and glanced down to Sutton's plump lips and noticed her tongue slide acrossed her bottom lip for a split second, "Please."
Happy closed his eyes, thinking that she wasn't going to, but the moment her lips touched his, he felt the familiar spark, and deepened the kiss, thankful that she allowed it. His large hand was on the curve of her neck while the other hand cupped her cheek and their tongues crashed together for a few moments, until she pulled away breathlessly with her cheeks flushed.
"Not gonna give up." Happy whispered as he pressed his lips to her forehead before moving to get out of the truck to help her out, so he could get started painting their son's nursery.
A/N: Thoughts?
So there's a new cop in town. There's some club stuff starting up, slowly. Happy has made it clear he's not going to give up. Sutton is allowing him back in the house for the time being. You think she made it clear on where she stood with him?