A|N: Thank you so much for the reviews on the last chapter. Also, thank you for taking the time to read this story as well. It means so much to me.
Important: For the life of me I can't remember the birthdates of the Lowman kids, and I would read through the chapters to figure it out but I want to take the time to write out a few chapters for each of my stories, so I'm going to change them to something I can and will remember. I'm sorry for the change.
Penelope - July 5th & Julian - October 3rd (Now if I can't remember those, I might bang my head against the wall, lol)
Chapter 82 - Perfect Guy
It was the first week of November and Sutton loved Colorado this time of year. The leaves were still different colors of oranges and reds with leaves still falling for the winter. To make it even more breathtaking there was snow in certain areas of the state, her parents town being one of them.
The family had arrived to Rocky and Annie's home a little later than they had expected because they had to pull off a few times in order for Penelope to stretch her legs while Julian just wanted to be held by either Sutton or Happy.
"Babe, get the kids inside and I'll get the bags." Happy stated knowing that the brunette was getting antsy after sitting in the car for so long, "Take this damn mut with you." Happy joked and earned a playful glare from Sutton.
"Don't talk about him like that." Sutton pouted, "You know you love him." Sutton added as she grabbed Julian's car seat and then went to unbuckle Penelope's car seat straps when she heard the front door open causing her to look over her shoulder.
"Need help?" Rocky chuckled seeing his daughter trying to struggle to get the little girl out of her seat while holding Julian's car seat and went to grab the handle of the car seat.
"Sorry we're a little late. We had to stop a few times. P was getting anxious." Sutton apologized as she picked Penelope up and hoisted her on her hip and then grabbed Vito's dog leash.
"Wonder where she gets it from." Rocky joked, "Hap, I'll be back out in a second to help with the bags." Rocky added as he carried Julian into the house.
Sutton let out a sigh of relief when Penelope easily went into Annie's arms while she took the time to take Julian out of his car seat once her father had sat the seat down on the floor.
"How was the drive?" Annie questioned as Happy and Rocky walked in with the luggage and sat them by the door.
"It was pretty good. Not a lot of traffice for the most part." Sutton stated as the large tattooed man walked towards her, "Had to stop a few times cause P was getting tired of sitting for so long." Sutton kissed Julian's forehead before Happy had taken the little boy in his arms.
"Looks like you came just in time. It's starting to snow." Rocky commented as he kissed Penelope's head, "Oh, you guys are hungry right? Annie made food for an army." Rocky added.
Sutton gave a nod and stretched out, "Where's grandma and grandpa?" Sutton questioned.
"Oh they will be here in the morning. They wanted you to get settled first. They had some stuff to finish up at the lodge." Annie stated as she walked towards the kitchen causing everyone to follow.
Sutton couldn't help but to laugh a little seeing that her parents had a high chair for Penelope and watched as her father placed Penelope into the seat and pushed her up to the table while Happy sat next to her with Julian in his arms.
The brunette decided to sit down next to Happy in case he had trouble with Julian and Penelope, since the little girl had been known to throw food if she didn't like the taste of it.
"What would you like to drink Sutton?" Annie questioned while Rocky gave Happy a beer.
"Water is fine." Sutton stated as she leaned back in the seat some, "Do you need any help?" Sutton questioned and watched as her mother shook her head no.
"You've been on the road all day. You must be exhausted." Annie commented and Sutton chuckled.
"I think Hap is getting there. I don't think he slept last night and he woke me up at four to get on the road and hasn't slept since. He wouldn't let me drive for some reason." Sutton explained and glanced towards the tattooed man who gave her a nod.
"Well after dinner you guys can go up to your room and we can watch the kids until they go to sleep." Rocky suggested.
"We have to give them baths and I have to feed Julian." Sutton stated.
"Well once you do that then we can watch them and put them to bed. You do know that we have raised a kid, right?" Rocky questioned with a laugh, "I think we can handle watching them while you guys catch up on sleep." Rocky added.
Happy gave a nod in thanks, "If they get to be too much..." Happy began but Annie cut him off.
"We can manage." Annie smiled as she sat a water in front of Sutton and then put the plates out since the food was spread out across the table.
The adults wasted no time in putting food on their plates and Sutton had got up from the table to grab a small plate for Penelope and put different food that she would actually eat on it and slid it to Happy.
"You want me to hold Julian while you eat?" Sutton questioned and watched as Happy hesitated for a moment causing her to chuckle and watched as he handed the little boy over, "He's got you wrapped around his pinky." Sutton joked causing her parents to laugh.
"I wonder why he likes being held so much?" Annie questioned out loud, "You weren't ever like that when you were a baby and with P, she is miss independent." Annie added.
"Think he's just a mama's boy." Happy stated, "You should see him when Sutton talks and she's not where he can see her." Happy chuckled, "He'll look and if he can't see her after a few minutes he'll start whimpering."
"He is a mama's boy, isn't that right?" Sutton cooed to Julian and then kissed his forehead.
"Do you plan on letting him cry it out?" Annie questioned without thinking of re-wording it and earned a hard glare from Happy, "Oh, I didn't mean it like that... I just meant, when he gets older it might be harder to break." Annie added quickly.
"He doesn't cry." Happy growled lowly.
"Ma, he's a little too young to do the whole cry it out thing right now. He's barely a month old so I think we have some time before we have to figure out how to break the habit." Sutton explained and placed Julian in Happy's arms to calm him down.
Sutton knew that Happy was growing agitated due to the lack of sleep and gave her mother a look that meant to keep the questions silent for the night. She knew that her mother didn't mean anything by asking but she also knew that Happy would take it out of context since he was exhausted.
The table grew silent as they finished eating and thankfully it wasn't too awkward since Penelope was babbling up a storm. The little dark haired girl only knew a handful of words and the rest was still hard to understand but it was still humorous to listen to.
"Dinner was really good." Sutton commented, "Thank you."
"Yeah, thanks." Happy stated as he got Penelope out of the high chair and sat her in his lap.
"Where are the kids sleeping?" Sutton questioned, knowing that the tattooed man would wake up in the middle of the night to check on them.
"We have the cribs set up in the spair room at the end of the hall upstairs. We figured if you guys stayed or came to visit it could be used as their room." Annie explained, "Do you need help giving them baths or anything?" Annie questioned.
"No thanks. It's sort of our time to just relax with them." Sutton explained, "When we're done, I'll bring them down for you." Sutton added.
|SOA|
Once Sutton had fed Julian and Happy gave Penelope a bath and changed into her pajamas, Sutton had given a bath to the little boy and made sure that she had a few bottles pumped for her mother since she had practically begged to take care of them for the night. While Sutton had taken the kids downstairs to her parents, Happy had jumped in the shower quickly and changed into a pair of clean boxers and sweatpants. Then once Sutton was back upstairs, the brunette had taken her shower for the night and changed into a pair of sleep shorts and an over-sized tank top and made sure her hair was up in a bun after brushing out the knots.
"It's weird with the kids not being with us." Happy pouted as he buried his face into the curve of Sutton's neck as she laid on her back.
Sutton let out a laugh, "Yeah, but I like cuddling with you too." Sutton commented, "P ends up putting her fists in my face and she doesn't have heat like you do." Sutton added and felt Happy nuzzle himself against her even more.
"They'll wake us up if they have issues, right?" Happy questioned a little on edge and Sutton turned to face him causing him to let out a low growl.
"Yes Hap, but they will be fine. My dad is a pro at getting kids to sleep. You should have seen him with my cousins when they were little." Sutton put her head on Happy's chest and he wrapped an arm around her, "I promise you, they will be fine. You need to get some sleep." Sutton added.
The two fell into silence in the completely dark room and Sutton knew that Happy still couldn't relax since their son and daughter went in bed with them. Even though the kids would lay with them in bed, once they were asleep, they would go to their rooms. Sutton decided to use her nails to draw lazy circles on his stomach lightly.
"Thank you for bringing us here baby." Sutton commented lowly, "It really means a lot that you did this."
"I love you Sutton." Happy yawned out and pulled Sutton closer to his side.
Sutton let out a small smile when she realized that Happy's breathing had evened out and knew that he had finally stopped fighting sleep. She knew that her parents were capable of taking care of Penelope and Julian for the night and knew that they wouldn't wake either of them so she found herself falling asleep against the colorful chest quickly.
Kind of a filler.