A/N: Thanks for the reviews on the last chapter, and thank you for taking the time to read this story. Don't forget that Clay had been voted out of the club for the death of JT, and Gemma had nothing to do with it, which I will eventually cover more of as well. Also, at this point I'm not following the series, I'm kind of just going with the flow and adding things from the series and of my own, and things with Tara will eventually be explained.
Chapter 73 - Perfect Guy
"Sweetie, we're going to go pick up your grandparents." Rocky stated as he watched Sutton give Julian a bath with Happy giving Penelope a bath, "Do you guys need anything while we're out?" He questioned.
Sutton thought for a moment, "No, not that I can think of. You've guys bought everything in the store just the other day." Sutton joked with a laugh, "Thank you though."
Sutton finished up giving Julian a bath and wrapped him in the towel carefully and headed to the bedroom and watched as her father headed out of the room as she laid Julian on the large bed and grabbed a diaper and his lotion.
"Babe..." Happy rasped out with Penelope in his arms wrapped with a fluffy towel around her, "When do your parents go back again?" Happy questioned causing Sutton to chuckle a little as she put on Julian's diaper.
"Monday, just gotta get through the weekend." Sutton stated, "I know they are getting to you, but just ignore them, if you feel trapped go outside with the kids. They won't mind."
"Don't want to be rude since they've done so much for us." Happy stated, "But honestly, I'd like to be able to cook my family food in our kitchen without feeling like I'm walking around on egg shells." Happy explained as he put a diaper on Penelope, and then wiggled her aztec leggings on, and then put on a gray t-shirt on her.
"Here, let me brush her hair, she'll scream bloody murder if you do it." Sutton added, moving Julian towards Happy while Happy moved Penelope towards her mother, and then passed her the brush for the little girl.
Once both of the kids were dressed and Penelope's hair was brushed, Happy and Sutton took the kids downstairs in order to wait for Sutton's grandparents to arrive.
"It's a good thing we showered this morning before the kids got up." Sutton yawned a little, "I'm already tired." She added with a laugh causing Happy to agree as he turned on the TV for Penelope, and moved to the kitchen to get her a drink.
"Gotta admit, I'm ready for it to just be us." Happy commented as he sat back down on the couch.
Sutton nodded, "Sometimes they can over stay their welcome. It's more mom's doing than dad's. She likes to be in control of absolutely everything." Sutton added, "Don't get me wrong, we probably would have been more exhausted without their help since we brought Julian home, but at the same time, I can only handle so much of not doing stuff on my own."
"You act like I don't know you babe." Happy joked causing Sutton to chuckle and shove his arm playfully, "It'll be weird when it's just us in the house." Sutton added.
Happy nodded in agreement, "You do know that things will pick up again with the club right? I know you hate being by yourself and with two kids...but I promise it won't be like it was before with me being gone all hours of the night. I won't let it happen, don't want shit to get that bad again." Happy explained and Sutton looked at him a little shocked.
"I'd really like that." Sutton commented, but she was silently not going to hold her breath with the theory since the club didn't really care for the family time with the children since most of the men didn't have children or had older children who were use to the fathers not being around.
-SOA-
That afternoon, Sutton watched as Ellie and Bob, her grandparents practically worship the ground the kids walked on, causing her to laugh lightly. She wasn't surprised that they came in with bags full of gifts and clothes for each child, causing Happy to get a little upset at the amount of presents.
When Sutton noticed that he disappeared outside, she decided to give him some time to cool down and then headed out into the back yard to see him smoking a cigarette in a lawn chair.
"Hey handsome..." Sutton approached the tattooed man who looked grumpy, "Don't have to put it out because I'm out here." Sutton added seeing the man move to put out the cigarette but stopped him as she sat down.
"They still spoiling the kids?" Happy questioned causing Sutton to smile a little.
"Yeah, basically." Sutton commented, "I've tried telling them a thousand times to not go over board with presents, but they're set in their ways." Sutton added and Happy nodded his head in agreement.
"Just don't want the kids to think they will always get presents, let alone that many presents when they come to visit or we go to visit them. I don't want them to think that they are going to be showered with gifts."
"I know babe, I completely agree." Sutton sighed, "I think it's just because Julian is new, and they don't want Penelope to feel left out. Once they're older, we'll have to have a talk with my parents and grandparents, and make sure the kids know that they aren't always going to get a load of presents. It's not something we can really control at the moment, so we might as well not stress over it."
Happy smirked, "Hate when you're right sometimes" he said as he took a drag of his cigarette.
"Sometimes? Psh, I'm always right." Sutton joked as she stood up, "I better get back in there to make sure they aren't trying to get the kids to plot against us."
Happy put out the cigarette and stood up, "I'll come in with ya, I think Tig and Kozik might stop by, they have to head out of town for a couple of days." Happy added as they walked across the yard to the back door and headed inside.
-SOA-
Later that evening, after everyone had ate dinner, Sutton heard the sounds of two motorcycles approaching and knew that it was a matter of time before Penelope had noticed as she leaned into Happy's side.
A few minutes later the door bell rang causing Vito to start whining, and Julian instantly began to whine in Sutton's arms, "I'll kill them if he starts freaking out." Sutton warned to her boyfriend who moved to answer the door.
"Not if I beat you to it." Happy grumbled as he stepped over the baby gate, making sure to not hit Penelope who was standing at the entrance waiting to see who had came to visit.
Once Tig and Kozik had walked into the home, Tig and Kozik headed towards the living room, and the two began bicker who held Penelope first.
"Chill out guys." Happy warned, "And if you ring that door bell again, I'll break all of your hands." Happy threatened to both men.
"I told him not to ring the door bell." Kozik spoke up as he stepped over the baby gate while Tig picked up Penelope after he stepped over the gate.
"Dude, you wanted to..." Tig glared at the man as Kozik moved to sit next to Sutton to look at Julian, and then greeted Sutton's parents and grandparents, "kiss ass..." Tig mumbled, causing Happy to glare at the older man.
"Seriously, if you can't stop your bitching then you can leave. Don't want to deal with your shit tonight." Happy stated and Tig nodded his head.
"Sorry, been a rough day." Tig commented as he moved to greet Sutton's parents and grandparents and then moved to sit on the floor to play with Penelope.
Once the two men arrived, Sutton was a little surprised that her parents and grandparents had decided to leave to head back to the hotel for the evening, and knew that her parents were going to let them spend time with the kids alone for the night since they were heading back to Colorado at the beginning of the week.
"Think they left early cause of their bickering?" Sutton questioned to Happy as they stood in the kitchen putting up the left over food, "Kind of surprised to be honest."
"Probably." Happy stated, "I'd leave too if I wasn't use to them." Happy added with a laugh.
"Have they figured out anything about the new business? Things have been kind of quiet when it comes to the club since we've been busy." Sutton questioned.
"Nah, no one has really said anything about it. Still trying to find shit out I guess." Happy shrugged his shoulders, "Still don't want you to let your guard down though. Don't trust anyone outside of the club.
"That doesn't surprise me at all." Sutton commented, "It's not like I go out too much or anything, so I don't think you have to worry about it."
Happy raised an eyebrow, "You gonna keep the kids locked up like their in a castle or something?" Happy questioned causing Sutton to laugh.
"No, not at all. It's just getting cooler and I don't want either of the kids to get when I start running again, I'll take them with me and then stop at the park like I did with Penelope, so they aren't held captive."
Happy shook his head with a laugh, "Let's get the idiots to leave so we can put the kids down and spend some time together. Figured you'd want to catch up on Netflix or Hulu."
"Sounds perfect." Sutton smiled as she wrapped her arms around Happy's waist for a moment before they headed into the living room after Happy let Vito outside.
"Yeah yeah, we got the hint." Tig waved a hand, "You do know that we could hear you assholes." Tig added causing Sutton to chuckle.
"Sorry, we've just been around everyone non stop, we'd like to enjoy our alone time with the kids." Sutton explained as both men said bye to the children, and then moved to kiss Sutton's cheek.
Happy had led the men to the front door while Sutton let Vito in with Julian in her arms while Penelope was laughing at Vito as he walked into the house, and then headed upstairs with the kids, with Happy right behind her a few moments later.
A/N: Kind of a filler chapter.
