Charlie was getting a little anxious as she sat in the waiting room of the doctor's office waiting on Happy Lowman to show up for the appointment. The brunette knew that he had been out all night and she was slightly worried that she had yet to hear from him but he promised that he wouldn't miss this appointment but she kept glancing to the time on her cell phone to see that it was getting closer and closer to ten.
"Ms. Trager?"
Charlie let out a sigh when the nurse called her name from the door, and she glanced towards the entrance of the office door and frowned and then headed towards the nurse.
"My boyfriend should be here, if he comes..." Charlie began to explain.
"If he comes, I'll bring him back for you." The older nurse smiled softly and Charlie gave her a thankful nod as she followed the woman down the small hallway.
Charlie wasn't surprised that she wanted to weigh her and stepped on the scale for a brief moment and then stepped off and followed the woman into the small exam room and sat on the exam table.
"How are you feeling? Any morning sickness?" The nurse questioned.
"I feel good for the most part." Charlie explained, "I do get the occasional morning sickness, sometimes when I smell certain things it gets a little rough and I have days where I could sleep through the entire day." Charlie added.
The nurse gave her a nod and wrote some things down and then took her blood pressure and then excused herself. Charlie decided to pull out her cell phone to call her boyfriend and felt tears building in her eyes as the call rang until it went to voicemail.
"Hey Hap, it's me..." Charlie sighed, "I don't know if you forgot or not but I'm at the doctor's appointment and wish you were here. Call me back when you can." Charlie added and then ended the call.
The pregnant woman shoved her phone back into her purse and then wiped her cheeks and locked her fingers together as she waited for the doctor. There was a apart of Charlie that hated the club for reasons like this and hated that Happy would be missing out on hearing their baby's heart beat.
After several moments there was a knock on the door and a part of Charlie had hoped that it was the tattooed man but felt a little disappointed when it was just the doctor.
"Hi Charlie." The doctor greeted her and Charlie gave her a smile back, "How are you feeling?" She questioned.
"I'm doing alright." Charlie smiled softly as she laid back on the exam table and lifted up her shirt for the doctor.
"This will be a little cold." The doctor commented before she squirt the gel onto Charlie's stomach and then moved the wand around and Charlie's eyes were glued to the small screen to see the baby, "Here..." The doctor moved the wand around a little and then all of a sudden the sound of the baby's heart beat filled the room and Charlie's eyes instantly filled with tears.
"Wow..." Charlie breathed out at the sound and couldn't help the smile that was on her face even the a part of her was so disappointed that Happy had missed this moment, "That's incredible." Charlie added.
"The heart beat is good, and everything looks great." The doctor stated, "It will be a couple of weeks until we can find out what you're having." The doctor added as she printed off some ultra sound photos and then handed Charlie a tissue to wipe her stomach off and sat up, "I'll have you set up an appointment in two weeks so then maybe we can find out what the gender is." The doctor explained and Charlie gave a nod in understanding.
Charlie adjusted her shirt and then followed the doctor out of the exam room and to the little desk where the nurse was sitting and schedule the next appointment and then headed out of the door.
As Charlie was walking out of the doctor's office she heard the sound of a motorcycle approaching and looked up to see none other than Happy Lowman flying into the parking lot and Charlie glanced to the time on her cell phone and noticed that he was almost 45 minutes late and she shook her head and didn't bother stopping as she headed to her car.
Charlie knew that Happy was approaching her as she turned the car on but she didn't care in that moment and backed out of the parking space, not missing the narrowed eyes that Happy was giving her.
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"What the hell Charlie?" Happy growled as he stormed into the house after the brunette and watched as she shrugged out of her jeans and headed straight for their bedroom, "Seriously?" Happy added.
"Seriously?! What's the point of showing up 45 minutes fucking late?!" Charlie shouted, "You fucking promised Hap, I fucking wanted you there and you fucking missed it." Charlie shook her head.
"I'm sorry alright! I tried like hell to get there in time..." Happy began to explain but Charlie shook her head.
"You didn't even bother texting me to let me know that you were fucking alive." Charlie added, "It wouldn't have killed you to send a text saying that you were okay, or even the fact that you wouldn't be able to make the appointment." Charlie added as she stormed into the bedroom with the tattooed man right on her tail.
Happy knew that he had screwed up by being late, and knew that Charlie would be extremely upset with him so he was silent as he watched the brunette woman crawl into the large bed and covered herself up with the blankets.
He decided to remain silent as he moved to shut the black curtains and then walked into the bathroom to take a quick shower. Happy knew that Charlie hated sleeping alone at night and knew that she was exhausted by the glossed look in her eyes. He knew that she had probably spent most of the morning worrying about him and he knew that he had to make it up to her somehow.
Once he had showered and put on a pair of clean boxers and black basketball shorts he crawled into the large bed and wrapped an arm around Charlie and kissed the back of her head.
"I'm sorry." Happy mumbled lowly and knew that he wouldn't get a reply from the brunette.
Happy had tried everything to get back to the appointment in time but he had been so busy with the club and trying to clean up a small explosion and hiding guns that by the time ten o'clock came, he was half way across town heading to the doctor's office. Then it didn't help that he was speeding and David Hale had pulled him over to give him a ticket and to bust his balls.
"You know I wouldn't purposely miss the appointment Charlie." Happy added a few moments later, "Is everything okay with the baby? With you?" Happy questioned and felt Charlie nod her head.
The tattooed man let out a small sigh with exhaustion starting to take over and knew that he had promised the day to be Charlie's once he had gotten back and knew that he needed a couple of hours of sleep before anything. He was having trouble keeping his eyes open and found himself dozing off as he held Charlie against him, with his large hand on her stomach.
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Charlie ended up waking up with Happy pressed against her back and his large hand stretched out across her stomach, and she silently turned to lay on her back and wasn't surpised that Happy moved even closer.
"Hap..." Charlie whispered and rubbed his arm that was near her stomach, "You gotta move." Charlie added knowing that she was close to peeing herself and she couldn't move since Happy's leg was over hers, and he had a tight hold on her.
"Shhh." Happy grumbled in his sleep as he buried his face into the curve of her neck.
"Hap, seriously, I have to pee and you're trapping me." Charlie nearly whined as she tried to push his leg off hers and sighed in relief when he unlocked his arm from around her and moved to roll onto his back.
Charlie wasted no time in jetting to the bathroom to relieve herself and when she was done she washed her hands and then brushed her teeth and then headed back into the bedroom and glanced to the clock to see that they had both sleep for almost two hours.
"You wanting to see Ma today?" Happy rasped out with sleep filling his voice as he popped his eyes open to see the brunette moving around the bedroom.
"If you want to." Charlie stated, "I'd like to let her know about the baby. I had the doctor give me extra pictures so she could have a few." Charlie added and glanced to the shirtless tattooed man.
"That's fine. I just need to shower and get something to eat." Happy stated, "I was thinking we could stop for lunch on the way."
Charlie gave the man a nod and wasn't surprised that Happy crawled out of the bed and kissed her forehead as he passed her to go to the bathroom.
The brunette had decided to get dressed in a pair of light denim jeans and then changed her shirt to a white v-neck t-shirt and then slipped on her black leather jacket and then went to the closet to put on a pair of black booties and headed out into the bathroom to put on some make-up and noticed that Happy was in the shower.
She could tell that he was extremely tired with the lack of sleep and knew that he wasn't going to be much of a talker today. She had thought about telling him that they didn't need to go to see Maria, but she knew that he would do it anyway.
Her bright eyes watched as Happy walked out of the shower with a towel around his waist and his dark eyes landed on her and a small smile landed on his face and she glanced to him through the mirror.
"What?" Charlie questioned.
"Just can see your stomach better in that shirt." Happy stated and kissed the back of her head as he walked out of the bathroom to change.
By the time Charlie was done putting on a little make up and letting her hair down from the pony tail it was in, she headed into the bedroom to see Happy completely dressed and ready to go.
"You sure you want to go?" Charlie questioned, "I know you're exhausted." Charlie added as Happy looked down to her.
"Yeah. I'm fine." Happy stated, "Where's your car keys?" Happy questioned and Charlie glanced to the dresser and pointed and the man gave a nod. "You care if I drive?" Happy questioned and Charlie shook her head no and followed the man out of the house after grabbing her cell phone and purse.
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After stopping at a small Mexican restaurant on the way to Bakersfield, Charlie was silently thankful that once Happy had some food, he was a little more talkative. She knew that he was usually a quiet man some days, but she hated that the silence was deafening sometimes.
She was able to talk to him about the appointment and explain how hearing the baby's heart beat was almost magical. There was a part of her that felt bad for mentioning it but knew that he wanted to know what it was like.
Once the two were back in the car, Happy large hand was on her thigh as he was driving, "I think once we let everyone else know, it'll be easier to get to doctor's appointments." Happy admitted, "Last night was a fuckin' nightmare." Happy shook his head with frustration.
"I know." Charlie frowned after Happy had explained what had happened on the way to eat, "Do you think that we should go ahead and tell everyone since I'm close to the second trimester?" Charlie questioned.
"It's whatever you want to do." Happy squeezed her leg as they passed the sign for Bakersfield.
The two fell into a comfortable silence as Happy made the way to Maria's house and Charlie took the time to think about telling everyone back in Charming. The truth was, she knew that she had to tell her father and Gemma, and assumed that the news would get spread like wildfire by the Queen herself.
Once Happy pulled the SUV into the driveway, the two wasted no time in getting out of the car and heading up the sidewalk to the front porch. Charlie let out a little laugh when Happy knocked on the door two times before walking into the home with a hand on her lower back.
"That's a good way to get a baseball bat to the head." Marie stated simply and then cracked a smile to Charlie, "What are you two doing here?" Maria instantly hugged her son and then hugged Charlie.
"What? We can't visit?" Charlie teased and earned a playful glare from Maria as the woman took ahold of her hand and ushered her to the couch.
"I love how I'm chopped liver the moment Charlie steps foot into this house." Happy growled jokingly.
"Oh shut up and sit down." Maria smiled as she sat next to Charlie.
"Do you guys need anything to drink while I'm still standing?" Happy questioned, knowing the moment he sat down his mother would offer to get something to drink for them.
"A cup of coffee please." Maria answered, "Water please." Charlie answered.
Happy disappeared into the kitchen for a few moments and wasn't surprised that when he returned to the living room his mother and girlfriend were chatting away without a care in the world. He sat the coffee down in front of his mother and the water bottle down in front of Charlie and decided to sit on the other side of Charlie.
"Can we tell her yet?" Happy questioned lowly causing Charlie to smirk.
"Tell me what?" Maria questioned with a raised eyebrow.
Charlie let out a little laugh as she opened her purse and pulled out an envelope that contained the ultrasound photos, "Well...how would you feel about having a grandchild to spoil?" Charlie questioned and Maria's mouth dropped open as Charlie handed her the envelope.
"What?! Are you serious?!" Maria questioned and then gasped as she opened the envelope, "Oh my God!" Maria grinned from ear to ear as she examined each picture and then threw her arms around Charlie to hug her and then began to speak in Spanish.
Charlie was utterly confused. She had learned Spanish and knew enough to get by when Maria was speaking in the language but she was speaking so fast that she looked to Happy for answers.
"She's due in June and we don't know if it's a boy or girl yet." Happy answered for Charlie.
Happy couldn't help but to smile seeing how happy his mother was for them and watched as she wiped her cheeks quickly and then put a hand on Charlie's stomach once she had unzipped her leather jacket to show the small bump that was forming.
"What are you hoping for?" Maria questioned to Charlie, "I bet if it's a girl, that one won't know what to do." Maria stated nodding her head towards Happy, causing Charlie to let out a laugh.
"He's already said that if it's a girl and looks anything like me that he would lock her in her room until she was forty." Charlie laughed.
"I wasn't joking." Happy stated simply causing Maria to glare at him, "Don't give me that look. You don't see the looks Charlie gets from men." Happy growled and shook his head knowing that if they had a daughter and inherited Charlie's looks, he would be in a lot of trouble.
Maria rolled her eyes, and Charlie spoke up, "I honestly don't care if it's a boy or girl as long as the baby is healthy." Charlie smiled.
Once they were done discussing the baby, Charlie was slightly surprised that it was close to dinner time and Happy had offered to take her and Maria out for dinner before they left.
"Oh, we are going to have Christmas at our house. We were hoping that you would come over Christmas Eve and spend the night and spend Christmas day with us." Charlie stated as they sat in the small Indian restaurant while they ate their meals.
"I'd enjoy that." Maria smiled, "Son, do you care to come pick me up Christmas Eve? I could drive but the car has been acting up and the garage I take it to isn't free until the first of the year." Maria explained.
Happy furrowed his eyes, "Ma, that's like three weeks away. Why didn't you say something sooner? I could have came and looked at it." Happy stated.
"Because I don't go anywhere hardly and when I have to go to the store Amelia takes me." Maria explained, referring to her sister. Happy gave a nod and made a mental note to come down on his next day off to work on his mother's car as he paid for their meals.
By the time they were finished eating and dropped Maria off at the house, they headed back to Charming. Happy had decided to stop off at a couple of stores for Charlie to buy a few new bras since she had complained the ones she had were hurting her.
A|N: It's an odd place to stop, but I wanted to get this chapter out today.
**ALSO I posted Chapter 80 of Perfect Guy but since it hasn't been 24 hours, I don't think it showed up on the alerts. Be sure to check it out!