A/N: Thank you all for sticking with this story. Also, thank you for taking the time to read this as well. Don't forget that this is set before all of the club drama starts up in the series.
The next morning Charlie had woke up in a terrible mood. The brunette had been up half the night trying to figure out how people who wanted nothing to do with her, wanted her to help their other child they wanted everything to do with. She had never a huge issue with the fact that her biological mother didn't want her, of course it hurt some but she had Gemma she considered a mother. There were times were she wondered why the woman didn't want to help raise her, to watch her grow into the woman she had become, but she didn't let it keep her down for long. She had tried to understand the reasoning behind it but she couldn't come up with anything logical. The more she ended up thinking about it, the more she thought that something was wrong with her since her own mother didn't want to be involved with her life.
Charlie was thankful that Happy didn't ask her a lot of questions that morning, because the truth was, if she answered his questions she would probably break down in tears. She was just glad that he had told her if she wanted to discuss what she was thinking that he would listen and that he loved her.
Once Charlie had gotten ready for the day, she had decided to meet Wayne Unser at the local diner while Happy went to Bakersfield to get Maria for Christmas. As she sat in the booth waiting on the Sheriff, she was slightly surprised to see Ben a few booths down.
Charlie glanced out the window after she scanned the menu and ordered what she wanted for breakfast and was thankful to see Wayne parking his truck on the sidewalk out front. The brunette gave him a soft smile as he got out of his truck and headed into the building.
She gave his a kiss on the cheek and watched as he sat down in front of her, and then watched as he flagged down a waiter to order a coffee. Once the waiter had returned with the coffee, Unser took a drink before looking at her.
"Is everything okay? Your call sounded kind of urgent." Wayne questioned.
Charlie let out a small sigh as she rested her elbows on the table, "Well, it turns out that my biological mother and her husband have a son who is sick. Apparently he needs a transplant of some kind." Charlie began to explain, "Tim, her husband is determined to get me to get tested to see if I'm a match. He had followed dad around a couple of days ago and dad told him off and to not contact me. Tim ended up showing up at the grocery store when I was with Gemma at six thirty in the morning to corner me about it." Charlie added, "I told him that I was not interested in helping because I'm pregnant and I'm not willing to risk my child for people who want nothing to do with me."
Wayne smiled softly, "Congratulations sweetheart. You're gonna make a great mom."
"Thanks Wayne." Charlie smiled, "I wanted to know what I can do so he doesn't continue to harass me about it, because I don't think he's going to give up and I can't deal with that sort of stress." Charlie added, "Hap says that he'd handle it, but I want to do this the righ way."
Wayne gave a nod, "I mean, I can have a restraining order drawn up but it'll take a few days because of Christmas. You have Lowen as your lawyer as well right?" Wayne questioned.
"Yeah." Charlie nodded.
"Do you think you can get in touch with her today? Explain what's going on and she can go to the judge and get it ordered." Wayne questioned, "It should be fairly easy with Lowen. She could probably have it ordered today. I would just need his name and information." Wayne explained.
"I uh...I don't have any of his information. I just know his last name." Charlie commented lowly, "Johnson. Tim Johnson." Charlie added and noticed that Ben was approaching them with his laptop.
"Hey guys." Ben smiled, "Everything okay?" Ben questioned noticing Charlie's facial expression.
"Uh, yeah.." Charlie gave a small nod.
"He might be able to help it happen sooner than I can. He's an FBI agent." Wayne commented to her in a low voice causing Ben to raise an eyebrow, "Here, sit down you make me nervous standing." Wayne moved over in his seat and allowed Ben to sit on the booth.
"What's going on?" Ben questioned as the waiter approached with Charlie's food. She waited until the waiter left and turned her attention back to Ben and explained the situation with Tim.
"He's right, I'd need some sort of information to narrow down on who to serve the restraining order to." Ben explained, "Do you know his wife's name? The town they live in?" Ben questioned.
Charlie couldn't help the unshed tears building in her eyes as she shook her head no. She felt so uncomfortable with the fact that she didn't know a thing about someone who helped create her and it had never bugged her before until now.
"Sorry for wasting your guys time." Charlie dug into her purse to put money on the table for the food she didn't eat and moved out of the booth, "I'll uh...I'll just avoid him." Charlie added as she raced out of the diner.
She couldn't help but to wipe her cheeks as she got into the car and decided to head home. There wasn't much that bugged her in life to the point it caused tears, so she had hoped that it was just the pregnancy hormones that were making it worse. As she started the car, she had decided to call Happy and put it on speaker as she drove out of her parking space.
"Hey..." His raspy voice caused the tears to spill a little more.
"Hey..."
"You're crying. What's wrong?" Happy quesitoned, "Do I need to turn around?"
"No, no...I'm fine." Charlie sighed, "I just...I got done talking with Unser. He said that I could get a restraining order but I'd need to know his information, like the town he lived in or the woman's name so they could order it for the right person but I didn't know anything besides his last name and I just...I got upset and stormed out of the diner."
"Want me to call Juice, see if he can figure anything out?" Happy offered.
"Uh...no. I just...I'll just ignore it for now. Surely to God he won't be sticking around here if his son is sick." Charlie commented.
"Babe, you barely slept last night. I don't want you to lose sleep because of this asshole. If you want me to ask Juice, I will. He won't mind, and he'll probably be able to figure out pretty quick." Happy stated.
Charlie let out a small sigh as she pulled up to the home she shared with Happy, "If you think that he can actually find something, then that's fine go ahead. I just pulled up the house. I'm gonna try to get some sleep. I tossed and turned all night."
"I know you did. I'll call Juice, try to get some rest. We should be back by 1 or 2. Gives you a good 4 hour nap." Happy stated.
"I love you Hap."
"I love you too."
Charlie ended the call and made her way into the home, making sure to lock the door behind her and smiled as Rocco and Molly came to greet her, "Come on pups, we're gonna take a nap."
SOA
Happy couldn't help but to chuckle seeing Charlie in the large bed with both dogs on either side of her and she was sound asleep. He smiled when tried to dig herself deeper into the pillow, and he hated that he was going to have to wake her, but he knew that she would be up all night if he didn't.
"Baby..." Happy moved to rub her arm and leaned down to kiss her temple, "You need to get up." Happy added as he laid a couple more kisses on her cheek, causing her to stir.
"What time is it?" Charlie mumbled with her eyes still closed.
"It's going on four. I let you sleep as long as ya could. You don't want to be up all night." Happy stated and watched as Charlie fluttered her eyes open.
"Did you get your mom's stuff in the guest room?" Charlie questioned as she tried to move off the bed but was trapped by the dogs, "Guys, move." Charlie lightly pushed both dogs, and watched as they lifted their heads and then moved off the bed.
"Yeah. She's out there watching the news right now." Happy commented, "She's been dying to see the dogs but they wouldn't leave your side." Happy added as the door bell went off causing the dogs to bark.
Charlie moved out of the bed and slipped on blank sweatpants and then followed Happy into the living room as he went to answer the door. Charlie moved to hug Maria and kiss her cheek and then watched as she began to pet the dogs who nearly crawled into her lap.
"Charlie!" Happy's growling voice caused the brunette to furrow her eyebrows, and she decided to move towards the front door where Happy was standing with his arms crossed over his chest.
"What?" Charlie questioned as she stood at the door to look at her boyfriend and then glanced to the opening of the door to see Ben, "Ben? What are you doing here?" Charlie questioned.
The brunette didn't need to look behind her to Happy to tell that he was glaring at her ex-boyfriend as she stepped onto the porch with him following and shutting the door behind him.
"Well, I uh..." Ben rubbed the back of his head nervously, "I was able to get that restraining order for you. It took me a bit to find the right guy, but Unser called your lawyer and took it to the judge. He granted the restraining order. It's for Tim and his wife so they can't come within a hundred feet of you." Ben explained, "Unser was able to find the hotel he is staying at and delivered it to him."
Charlie felt like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders as Ben handed her the copy of the restraining order, "Thank you so much. You don't know how stressed I've been about it." Charlie sighed with relief.
"It's no problem." Ben smiled, "If either of them come into contact with you, call the station and report it." Ben added, "But I just wanted to drop that off to you before the holidays."
"Thank you so much Ben." Charlie smiled.
"I'll see ya around." Ben waved goodbye and headed off the front porch.
Charlie turned to head back into the house to see Happy's dark orbs practically black as he glared at her. She wasn't sure why he was glaring at her until she realized that he realized Ben's occupation.
"He's a cop?" Happy questioned.
"He's an FBI agent. He apparently changed majors in college. I was surprised as you are." Charlie commented, "He's only here to help out with his parents. I don't think he's interested in the club."
"I thought you said you met Unser this morning?" Happy questioned, stopping her from walking towards the door to go inside.
"I did meet Unser." Charlie looked at him, "Ben was there in his own booth and didn't show up until he was about to leave. Unser said that he might be able to help get a restraining order quicker than he could." Charlie explained, "Can we please not do this? You're thinking way more into than you should be."
Happy looked to his pregnant girlfriend as she silently pleaded with him to not make it more than what it was. He knew that he was just being jealous because of the fact that they had dated before him, but he was a little pissed off about the fact that he was an FBI agent.
"Fine." Happy rasped out.
"I'm just glad that they can't bother me with getting tested anymore." Charlie commented as she moved towards the door to open it, and walked through with Happy following.
"Make sure you keep that in your purse." Happy instructed.
"That's where I'm putting it now." Charlie commented, "What are we doing for dinner? I can cook something..." Charlie offered.
"You're cooking Christmas dinner, right?" Happy questioned.
"Yeah, why?"
"Well we'll order something then. I don't want you cooking more than you have to." Happy stated as he followed her into the living room after putting the piece of paper in her purse, "Ma, what are you wanting to eat? We're going to order something since Charlie's gonna cook Christmas dinner." Happy explained to his mother.
"It doesn't matter to me. I can eat anything." Maria smiled, "How's my grandbaby doing anyway?" Maria questioned.
"Good, really good. The baby has my emotions all over the place though." Charlie commented as she curled into the couch seat while Happy sat in the recliner, "I just want to figure out a name for him." Charlie commented.
"Do you have any ideas?" Maria questioned.
"Not really." Happy laughed, "We ordered a book online to give us some ideas. We don't want something too common, but we know he'll be stuck with it for the rest of his life." Happy explained.
"It's stressful." Charlie joked, "I'm sure we'll figure it out sooner or later." Charlie commented, "Hap, can you order me Indian food?"
"Yeah, I was thinking Mexican, you sure you don't want that?" Happy questioned and watched as Charlie thought for a moment.
"I want that Indian dish I like, but then mexican sounds delicious." Charlie sighed as she scunched her face to think which she wanted causing Maria to laugh.
"Just order both." Maria suggested.
Happy gave a nod, "Ma, what are you wanting?"
"Mexican is fine with me. I'll have a taco salad." Maria told him.
Happy glanced towards Charlie already knowing what she wanted from the Indian place, "I'll have the quesadilla, beef and cheese. Make sure to get rice and guacamole." Happy gave a nod in understanding and got up from the chair in order to make the call to place the orders.
"So what's the plan for tomorrow?" Maria questioned.
"Well since it's Christmas Eve, we're going to go to Gemma's for an early dinner. Then dad is going to stay here tomorrow night for Christmas morning." Charlie explained, "Is that alright with you?"
"Yeah, that's fine. I enjoy seeing everyone once in a while." Marie chuckled, "It may only be once a year or a couple of times a year but they always make me laugh."
"They do have that effect." Charlie nodded in agreement.
SOA
Later that evening, after they ate, Maria and Charlie had decided to finish up wrapping presents for Tig, Happy and the guys, while Happy disappeared into the guest bedroom to wrap gifts for Charlie and Maria.
Once they were finished, Happy had decided to go ahead and put the presents under the tree, while Charlie and Maria had put the gifts that would be going to Gemma's in bags to keep them seperated.
When Charlie was finished helping Maria, she had went to the kitchen in order to make three apple pies, two peanut butter pies, and one blueberry pie for Gemma's party.
"Baby, you need some help?" Happy questioned walking into the kitchen and wrapping his arms around the woman as she made the peanut butter pies first.
"Can you preheat the oven?" Charlie questioned, "It won't take me long to get the other pies ready." Charlie added.
Happy let go of her after kissing the back of her head and preheated the oven, "Ma went to bed for the night. How long do these take?" Happy questioned as he glanced to Charlie, "It looks like you might fall asleep standing." Happy joked.
Charlie chuckled, "It takes about 20 mintues for the apple pie and about 45 minutes for the blueberry." Charlie commented as she covered the peanut butter pies and then moved to the counter to make the other pies.
Once she had finished making the apple pies and the blueberry pie, she stuck them in the oven and sent the timer on the oven for the apple pies and then the alarm on her cell phone for the blueberry.
"I'm going to go take a shower, could you wipe down the counters for me and I'll do the dishes once I'm done?" Charlie questioned.
"I'll do the dishes, go enjoy a shower, cause once this is done, we're gonna cuddle and watch a movie before the holiday madness begins." Happy stated matter of factly and then watched as Charlie walked out of the kitchen.
A/N: Thoughts?