A/N: So to narrow down the next story, let's have a little vote. Jax/OC - Kozik/OC or Opie/OC - note as much as I love doing Happy stories, I think I have enough uploaded to venture into another character. So let me know what you think, and what you would like to see.
Chapter 61 - Perfect Guy
Since everyone had gotten settled on the edge of the beach closest to the water, Sutton was thankful that the water wasn't cold so Penelope could play in it for the first time. Pulling out her camera from her large purse, she was thankful that she had it charged so she could capture moments through out the day with everyone since moments like this didn't happen often.
Happy stayed close to Sutton's side almost like there was some sort of magnet pulling them back together after the morning they had together while Kozik went out into the ocean and Tig was talking Annie's ear off and Rocky was playing around with Sutton's camera after he asked to see it.
"So I was thinking..." Happy started out, causing Sutton to glance to him as she watched Penelope look for Kozik in the water, then turned her attention back to their daughter.
"What do you think of Augustus Valor Lowman?" Happy questioned, "Like you said call him Auggie..."
Sutton thought it over for a few moments, "I really like it." Sutton smiled brightly, "I think I'm sold on the name Augustus at least. Valor is different too." Sutton added as Penelope began to walk towards her with a handful of sand and a little shovel.
"Mama!" Penelope grinned throwing the sand up in the air.
"Careful baby, don't want to get it in your eyes." Sutton commented to the little girl, and got up from the beach chair with a struggle, but thankfully Happy stood up to help her, "Thanks. Didn't realize how low it was." Sutton added.
"Want to take her into the water? See how she likes it?" Happy questioned.
Sutton looked to the little girl, "P, you want to go in the water?"
Happy watched as the two brunettes had almost a silent conversation with each other in amusement since they were like two peas in a pod, "Can you grab her life jacket?" Sutton questioned and Happy gave a nod and moved towards the cooler where everything was set up and saw the little pink life jacket, and turned back towards the two brunettes to see Sutton added more sunscreen.
Once Sutton had applied the sunscreen and secured the life jacket on the little girl, Happy had picked up the little girl and hoisted her on his hip, and grabbed Sutton's small hand to lead them to the water.
"Don't go too deep or she'll freak out." Sutton commented as they walked through the water, "Besides I can't go that far because you're too freakin' tall." Sutton added causing Happy to chuckle beside her as he stopped waist deep in the water, while it was higher up on Sutton, almost covering her breasts.
"You look kinda hot in that bikini." Happy whispered and leaned down and kissed Sutton's forehead since she took the hat off.
"You don't look too bad yourself." Sutton bit her bottom lip with a smile, and watched as Happy sunk down a little to allow Penelope to touch the water with her hand.
Sutton watched as Penelope looked at the large water behind her and realized that she was going to freak out in a few moments since she couldn't see an end to the water, "Might want to take her closer to the beach." Sutton commented and Happy immediately agreed, causing the parents to take her closer to shore to prevent a meltdown.
"Here, help me sit." Sutton held out a hand for Happy to grab so she could sit in the water to where Penelope could join her, and was surprised Happy sat down with them, and allowed the little girl to walk to her mother and plop down in her lap. Sutton noticed that Happy kept looking out to Kozik who was on a little surf board that he had brought, and chuckled, "Just go, we will be fine." Sutton stated causing Happy to look back at her.
"Huh?"
"I know you want to go surf with him, so go. This is about having fun Hap, so go have fun. Penelope and I can entertain each other." Sutton explained, and watched as Happy leaned over to kiss her lips and then kissed Penelope's cheek and got up from the water to grab the other surf board and headed out to join Kozik.
The dark haired woman was slightly impressed that Penelope was so content in the small amount of water as they were playing with the water toys Rocky had bought her, and was even more suprised when her mother joined her since Annie hadn't said much since she had gotten to the house.
"She's so happy." Annie smiled at her grand-daughter.
"Yeah, she is." Sutton smiled watching her daughter, allowing the little girl to splash her some, and then would pour the water back into the ocean.
"I want to apologize for how I have been acting." Annie commented, "I know you two will have bumps in your relationship, it's just..." Annie began to explain.
"I know ma. I'd be the same way if it were P." Sutton shrugged as Penelope turned to face her grandmother and splashed water at her, causing Sutton to laugh, and watched as Annie splashed her back a little causing the little girl to giggle.
Sutton glanced out to the water to see Happy and Kozik laughing on the surf boards and couldn't help the smile that formed on her face, and glanced to her father and Tig who were taking pictures of them with the camera while Vito was busy chewing on a tennis ball near them.
After Sutton and Penelope had played in the water for a little bit, the pregnant brunette had called for Tig to help them up out of the water so Penelope could sit out of the sun for a little while, and reapplied sunscreen, and then sat in the beach chair in the sun a little since she could use a tan while Tig laid on the beach towel next to Penelope.
"Oh, I think we decided on a name for the baby." Sutton commented as she adjusted her panama hat and sunglasses.
"About damn time." Rocky commented causing his daughter to laugh.
"Well, what is it?" Annie questioned.
"We are thinking of Augustus for the first name, calling him Auggie for short. And then Happy likes Valor for the middle name." Sutton explained, "We are pretty stuck on Augustus, but the middle name could change." Sutton added with a shrug of the shoulders and noticed Kozik and Happy approaching.
"Dadda!" Penelope grinned and swung her shovel to point to her father and flipped sand onto Sutton in the process.
Once Happy and Kozik approached, "We're going to get started on the food. If I'm starving, I know you are." Happy commented to Sutton who laughed but agreed.
Thankfully they had stopped to get a bunch of different food since Sutton's cravings were all over the place, and had made sure to get something that Penelope could eat since everyone else wasn't picky.
"Is there a bathroom anywhere?" Sutton questioned looking up and down the beach to see if there were any places for her to go pee.
"There's some bushes over there." Tig pointed back behind them, and Sutton groaned.
"How am I suppose to squat seven months pregnant?" Sutton questioned mostly to herself as she struggled to get up from the beach chair but Kozik held out his hand for her to use.
"I saw a restroom place down the drive, want me to take you?" Happy questioned from where the cooler was sitting.
"I have to go to, so I can take her." Annie commented, "You said it was just down the road?" Annie questioned.
"Yeah, about a hundred feet on the left." Happy explained and watched as Sutton dug into her purse to grab the keys to the SUV, "I can watch P. Think she needs a diaper change anyway." Happy added and watched as the brunette nodded her head and slipped on her flip flops.
"Be right back." Sutton flashed a smile to him and walked with her mother to the SUV.
-SOA-
After they had ate lunch on the beach, everyone decided to get in the water for a little bit before Sutton requested to take a few photos of everyone before they finally packed up everything to head back home since Penelope was starting to get a little fussy due to not taking that long of a nap.
Happy was grateful that he seemed to be making some sort of unspoken progress with Sutton since she allowed his large hand on her thigh as he was driving back to Charming, and hoped that it would only advance from there, "You look burnt." Happy commented quietly and the brunette who seemed to have a little bit of red skin.
"I used some sunscreen, don't know what the issue is." Sutton stated, "When we get home, I'll have you put aloe on me."
Happy gave a nod, "I think it's going to storm from what your cell phone said earlier. That's why it's so damn humid out." Happy added, "Least it'll help P sleep tonight."
"That kid loves storms." Sutton rolled her head to the side to smile at him, "Hopefully it does so it'll cool it off some."
The two fell into a comfortable silence since the three people in the back seat were napping, so Sutton decided to shut her eyes to enjoy the peace and quiet for the rest of the car ride.
-SOA-
Once they had gotten back to Charming, Sutton noticed the sky turning dark, and she had to admit that she had hoped it stormed. There was just something about a thunderstorm that was relaxing after a long day in the sun. She was thankful that they had ordered food for dinner and Happy had ran into the restaurant and her parents had followed them into the parking lot to let her know they were heading back to the hotel for the evening.
Sutton had decided to check her cell phone and noticed that she had a few messages on Facebook and was suprised to see that it was a friend that she had went to college with and decided to check out the message since she hadn't heard from him in a few years.
A smile appeared on her face seeing that he was going to be in California in a couple of weeks to check out a home due to a job offer he had gotten, and wanted to catch up with her.
"Have a secert lover?" Tig questioned over her shoulder, causing her to jump slightly and realized he was looking over her shoulder at the messages.
Sutton just rolled her eyes and decided to reply back to him, not bothering with returning banter with Tig who was driving her insane on the drive back from the beach.
Once Happy had gotten into the car, he noticed Sutton was glued to her phone typing away and laughing once in a while, causing him to raise an eyebrow since she was hardly ever on her phone.
"What's got you smiling?" Happy questioned.
"She has a secret lover." Tig announced from the backseat, "He's a good looking dude too."
Happy glared to Tig, and then looked to Sutton, silently questioning what he was talking about, causing her to turn to glare at Tig, "Thank you. I appreciate you trying to start drama for your pure entertainment." Sutton growled lowly to the crazy haired man, and then turned to Happy, "He is a really good friend I went to college with. His name is Jake Fuller and he is completely gay." Sutton explained to the tattooed man.
Happy nodded his head, instantly remembering the name since Sutton had explained to him one night that they shared an apartment together off campus, and had even seen a couple of pictures of them together at a few parties.
"Anyway, he is coming out to California to look at houses and he wanted to meet up since he realized I live out here now." Sutton explained.
"That would be good for you." Happy commented, knowing that the brunette didn't have any friends outside of Tara, and knew that she had gotten lonely sometimes, "He seeing anyone?" Happy questioned.
"I don't think so. I think he just got out of a relationship a few months ago." Sutton commented, since she saw a few posts here and there of what he has done over the past couple of months, "He's a really sweet guy. I think you'll like him."
"Do I need to run a background check?" Happy questioned with a serious tone, "Don't want a psycho around you or the kids."
Sutton couldn't help the small laugh, "No. He's a nice guy. No criminal record or anything. Don't think he would even hurt a fly." Sutton explained and was thankful that Happy pulled into the driveway.
"Hap, man...you sure he is gay? I mean that could just be a cover up. I've seen weirder shit. I mean, you don't know that they didn't screw around." Tig grinned from the back seat as Sutton huffed with annoyance and stormed out of the SUV with Vito.
"Dude, knock it the fuck off." Kozik commented, and moved to get out of the SUV and then helped Penelope out of her car seat, and headed into the house with Happy following with the food, leaving Tig to grab the purse and diaper bag.
-SOA-
Happy knew that Sutton was at her wits end with Tig screwing with her out of boredom, so he finally had enough and kicked him and Kozik out of the house once they were finished eating, and disappeared upstairs to see Sutton giving Penelope her bath for the night.
"You okay?" Happy questioned as he moved to sit on the floor next to the pregnant brunette.
"Yeah, he was just getting on my nerves." Sutton stated simply, as she washed the shampoo out of Penelope's hair, "Don't get why he gets like that sometimes. Think he just likes pushing our buttons."
"He's Tig." Happy rasped, "You look exhausted."
Sutton nodded, "I am. Once I get her dried off and dressed, I'm going to take a shower and get in bed."
"I can take her downstairs with me if you want, give you some time to sleep." Happy offered, and he was slightly surprised to watch her shake her head no.
"I was going to see if you want to sleep in our bed tonight?" Sutton questioned a little quietly almost embarassed and Happy couldn't help the smile that appeared on his face.
"Absolutely." Happy grinned, "I'll go make sure Vito has food and water, and let him outside." Happy added and pushed himself up from the floor.
"Can you make her a bottle while you are down there?" Sutton hollered out to the man who disappeared out of the bathroom and heard a faint yeah.
Once the tattooed man had returned, Penelope was dried off, and dressed in her pajamas and was absolutely exhausted as she cuddled against her mother's chest. Sutton handed her off to Happy so she could take a quick shower, and wasn't surprised to find them cuddled together after she walked out in a towel.
"Shower is yours." Sutton commented lowly as she pulled out a pair of panties and an oversized tank top and headed back into the bathroom to slip them on, and then brushed out her hair and brushed her teeth quickly before heading back to the bedroom to lay with Penelope.
Once she had gotten comfortable under the covers, Penelope laid next to her, glued to her hip and she decided to turn on the TV to find something to watch on Netflix, and decided to put her glasses on for the evening.
"I swear, you take the world's quickest showers." Sutton commented a few moments later seeing Happy walking out of the bathroom showered and dressed in a pair of white boxers and light gray sweatpants.
"Not like I have a head of hair to wash like you." Happy commented as he tossed the towel into the laundry basket and made his way towards the bed and wasn't surprised that Vito was laying at the end of his side, "Swear this dog hates me."
"Nah, he just doesn't like that you don't show him attention." Sutton commented, watching the shirtless man crawl into the large bed, "I was thinking, maybe we can get another dog. I mean, Vito has P, so Auggie will need one too." Sutton tried to reason.
"Babe..." Happy groaned as he rolled onto his side to face her and Penelope, "Don't you think Vito is enough for the both of them?" Happy questioned.
"Well I thought that, but Vito is glued to P's hip, so I don't want the baby to get his feelings hurt when he gets older." Sutton explained causing Happy to roll his eyes.
"Let me think about it." Happy rasped out, and began to hear thunder rolling in, "looks like that storm is coming."
"Yeah, it's making me more tired." Sutton yawned and glanced down to their daughter to see her eyes closed, "Poor P is pooped, I don't have the heart to move her."
Happy nodded his head in agreement, "She had a fun day. I'll put her in her crib in a little while, go to sleep if you want. I'm going to watch a movie I think once you fall asleep." Happy chuckled as Sutton handed him the remote and controller for the Xbox, and watched as she took off her glasses and turned off the lamp on her night stand, and then rolled to face him and cuddled with Penelope until she finally fell asleep.
A/N: Thoughts?