A/N: Thank you for all of the reviews on the last chapter. I appreciate everyone taking the time to read this story. I'm thinking about starting to wrap this particular story up soon (by chapter 100), but I will be doing a few one shots of the future between them, so it's not just a wondering what happened type of thing. Is there any sort of one-shots that you'd like to see of their future? Feel free to PM me or leave it in a review. Thanks!
"Hey baby, how are you feeling?" Happy questioned quietly as he walked into the living room to see Sutton holding Julian as she breast fed him and then glanced to Penelope who was watching cartoons as she laid on a blanket that was on the floor.
Sutton smiled softly up to the shirtless tattooed man, "I'm fine. I figured I'd come down here with him since you were asleep." Sutton commented, "What are you doing up anyway?" Sutton questioned.
"Couldn't sleep anymore." Happy replied, "Do you need any coffee?" Happy questioned.
"Yeah, if you don't mind." Sutton smiled, "I think later Venus is going to stop by with Tig for a little bit. She wants to know what to bring for Christmas dinner."
Happy gave her a nod as he walked into the kitchen to start a pot of coffee. It had been a couple of days since Sutton has been home, and he was surprised that she was handling everything so well. There was a part of him that was thankful that she wasn't falling apart, because he wasn't sure that he could handle it since he had already been beating himself up over what had happened. He knew that he was wanting to step away from the club for a while, but after Sutton had been taken, he knew that he needed to more than ever. When he had first signed up for the club, he never thought of himself having a family, so the worry was never there. Now that Sutton, Penelope and Julian were in his life, he realized even more that he needed to do everything he could to protect them. Even though stepping away from the club would have less drama, he knew that if he wasn't on runs, busy with club meetings, he would be able to stop something like that from happening.
Once he had gotten the coffee made, he poured two cups of coffee and headed back into the living room to sit next to Sutton. He knew that Christmas was quickly approaching in just a few short days and there was still a lot to do.
"What's the plan for Christmas?" Happy questioned as he sat Sutton's coffee mug down and then took a sip of his own as Sutton burped Julian.
"Well, I figured we would have Tig and Venus over for Christmas Eve, and then Christmas day we wake up, do the whole presents thing and then eat later that day. I told Tig that they could come for dinner if they wanted." Sutton explained, "Why? Did you have something in mind?"
Happy shook his head, "I figured we would wrap all the gifts. It's going to take us now until Christmas Eve to get them done." Happy joked causing Sutton to laugh lightly.
"I'll have to get wrapping paper. The last of the gifts should be coming today." Sutton stated.
"Surprised that you didn't order wrapping paper online." Happy teased as he was handed Julian and craddled the little boy in his arm carefully.
"I thought about it, but I figured it'd just be easier to pick it up at the store. Don't want it to get ruined before it gets here." Sutton commented.
Happy loved that he could just enjoy the morning with his family, and not have to worry about getting pulled away because of the club. He hadn't been able to actually just enjoy a morning with his kids and fiance since they had brought Julian home from the hospital. The tattooed man knew that he was going to have a little trouble adjusting to not being overly busy and running in ten different directions, but he was going to enjoy the time he had away from the club.
Since Sutton had disappeared to take a shower, Happy was laying on the couch with Julian on his chest while Penelope was curled into his side watching cartoons on the large TV.
"Baby, you want to go to the diner to eat breakfast and then stop and pick up the wrapping paper?" Sutton questioned, causing Happy to tear his eyes away from the TV to look at her.
Her large dark brown hair was flowing down to her back, her legs were hugged by a pair of black yoga pants, her torso was covered by a white tank top and over that was a burnt orange caridgan sweater.
"That sweater is ugly as hell." Happy commented causing Sutton to chuckle as she flipped him off.
"Do you or not? Because if not, then I can run to the store real quick and make breakfast when I get back." Sutton explained.
Happy thought for a moment, "We can go grab the stuff and then pick up breakfast and bring it home." Happy answered, "Don't feel like being out for too long. I kind of enjoy just spending time with my family." Happy added and watched as Sutton nodded her head.
Sutton moved towards the couch, "Which one do you want to dress?" Sutton questioned as Happy glanced to each child.
"I'll take the sleeping one. You take the hellian." Happy smiled as Sutton rolled her eyes and picked up Penelope causing her to protest for a moment.
"We're going to go bye bye, we gotta get cleaned up and dressed sweet girl." Sutton spoke to the little girl as she disappeared out of the room to go upstairs.
Happy couldn't help but to chuckle as he carefully got up with Julian in his arms, knowing that Penelope was going to fight Sutton on getting dressed. The little girl hated to get dressed first thing in the morning and knew if she could, she would just run around in her diaper all the time. Happy carefully made his way upstairs to go to Julian's nursery and laughed when he heard Penelope on the verge of screaming bloody murder in her room.
Once the tattooed man was in Julian's room, he wasn't no time in stripping the little boy down to change his diaper and then getting him dressed. He had decided on a long sleeved onesie with little motorcycles printed on the fabric and then put dark blue pants on his little legs. After he was finished, Happy picked the sleeping boy up and headed to Penelope's room to assist Sutton.
"P, we gotta get dressed." Sutton sighed as the little girl had ran around naked in her room causing Happy to bite his tongue to keep from laughing, "We can't go bye bye if you don't have clothes on."
"No!" Penelope shook her head as she began to play with her toys.
"Penelope Kyah Lowman..." Happy used his stern voice to catch the little girls attention.
"No!" Penelope stated.
"Here, take this kid. I'll deal with her." Happy instructed as he handed Julian over to Sutton, and then moved towards Penelope and crouched down in front of her, "Listen here little girl, we're going to get dressed and then we're going to go bye bye. If not, then you and me are going to stay here while mama and Julian leave." Happy explained and watched as Penelope scrunched her face.
Sutton watched in amusement as Happy wrestled the little girl and for a moment she had began to scream and cry until Happy was able to tickle her, causing her to laugh a few moments later.
"I'm going to go let Vito out, I'll take the backpack downstairs with me." Sutton stated as she grabbed the large backpack that they had turned into a diaper bag for both Penelope and Julian.
SOA
"I can't believe you need this much paper." Happy commented as he kept the little girl entertained in his cart, while Sutton had Julian's car seat in the front of her cart as she put wrapping paper into the back.
"I'd rather have too much than not enough." Sutton commented.
Happy just shook his head as he watched his daughter play with a little doll that he had decided to get her so she didn't scream her head off while they were in the store. He glanced to Julian who was next to them in the other cart while his eyes on his causing the man to smile as Julian let out a yawn and stretched his little body. Once Sutton had got the wrapping paper she needed, along with name tags, bows, string and tape, they made their way through the store to pick up a few more things.
"You sure a ginger bread house is a good idea?" Sutton questioned to Happy as he put four boxes of the houses in Suttons cart.
"Why not?" Happy raised an eyebrow, "A little sugar won't hurt her. It's not like we're going to let Julian taste it. We should be good. Besides, if we keep her entertained for the next few days, she won't fight us when she goes to sleep." Happy explained.
Sutton watched as Happy put a couple of different crafts in the cart for Penelope to try out and had to admit it was one of the most attractive things about the guy. She knew that Happy loved both of his children more than words could explain, but just watching him with his softer side caused her heart to flutter and she couldn't help the smile on her face.
"Come on, let's go get checked out so we can head home." Happy commented and Sutton gave him a nod as she followed him out of the aisle and towards the check out.
SOA
Later that afternoon, Sutton couldn't help but to admire Happy's idea of wanting their first Christmas together as a family. The tattooed man had decided to have Christmas music playing from the living room as he and Penelope sat at the kitchen table to decorate the ginger bread houses together.
"That's the cutest thing I've ever seen." Venus commented causing Sutton to nod her head in agreement as Venus held Julian.
"It really is." Sutton stated, "He melts my heart without even realizing it." Sutton chuckled, "How are you and Tig doing?" Sutton questioned since Tig had stepped out to smoke.
"We are doing well, thank you for asking." Venus smiled, "I don't know how I've gotten this far in life without him." Venus added causing Sutton to smile brightly.
"I'm really glad that you two found each other. You bring out the better side of him." Sutton commented, "I know Tig has a lot of demons, but I can see a change in him since you two have started seeing each other."
"That really means a lot to hear that." Venus replied, "I think he has had the same effect on me as well."
Sutton knew that Tig's relationship with Venus seemed like it was from left field, but she could see first hand the effect Venus had on him. Since Sutton had started seeing Happy, she had grown extremely close with Tig, and practically considered him as a father figure. Even though he wasn't one to speak about his emotions, she knew that he had a lot of issues that he never spoke about. She could tell just the look in his eyes that he had changed since he had met Venus, and she was thankful that he had found someone to help him through things.
The brunette glanced towards the kitchen table to see Happy speaking quietly to their daughter, and she had to admit that she was impressed with the connection the two shared. She was sure that decorating ginger bread houses was going to be a disaster but she was surprised how well Penelope listened to Happy and how she understood him so easily. Sutton found herself getting up from the couch and moving towards the two and she couldn't help but to wrap her around Happy's shoulders from behind to lean down and kiss his cheek.
"What's that for?" Happy questioned curiously.
"For you just being you." Sutton smiled to him as Tig walked back into the house, "You guys are staying for dinner, right?" Sutton questioned to Tig who looked to Venus.
"That would be lovely." Venus spoke up, "I'd love to help you."
Sutton gave a nod and glanced to the clock on the wall to see that it was getting close to dinner time and decided to move into the kitchen to see what she wanted to fix for dinner. The brunette was beyond thankful that Happy had decided to step away from the club, even though she knew he would be apart of the deal with the Irish, she had to admit it was nice not having to worry about him being pulled away for something. Since Christmas was quickly approaching, she was going to take full advantage of her fiance being home with her and their children.
A/N: Not overly long, but wanted to get this small filler chapter out. Like I said, I plan on wrapping this story up by the 100th chapter. So we still have a little ways to go, but it's getting close.