"Happy, she's fine!" I said as he shook his head and continued carrying Freya out to the car. I rolled my eyes and hurried behind him with her diaper bag. He had been on the road for over a week and didn't understand why she doesn't cry at night. It was only his second night home and he was flipping out.
"Ryder cries all the damn time, Kat. She never cries." Happy growled as he put her in the car seat. I sighed and climbed in the passenger seat, knowing better than to think I could convince him she was okay.
"Could you at least slow down, Hap?" He looked down at the speedometer and slowed down to just twenty over the speed limit. I put my hand on his thigh and looked back at our sleeping baby. She had been the dream child ever since we brought her home seven weeks ago. I could already tell she was going to be a daddy's girl because any time he would leave, she'd get fussy. Just because she didn't cry at night didn't mean she didn't know how to throw a fit of epic proportions.
"Hap, what's wrong?" Jax said as he holstered his gun and rubbed the sleep we'd interrupted out of his eyes. I gave him an apologetic smile as Happy asked for Tara to check Freya over. Jax nodded slowly and gave me a quick look before letting us in and going to get Tara out of bed.
"She's a baby, Tara. Where's the getting up every two hours and not getting any sleep?" Happy growled as Tara tried to look like she was checking Freya over. There was nothing wrong with her and Tara knew it.
"There's nothing wrong with her except being an exceptionally adorable baby, Happy. She does cry, you know. You should be happy she doesn't keep you up all night. If you want that I'm sure you can trade with someone." Tara said with a little laugh. Happy's eyes darkened as he shook his head.
"I'm sorry about waking you, Tara. I'll see you tomorrow. Well, I guess it's later today now." I said as I gave her a tight hug. She had been helping me a lot with adjusting to motherhood. She nodded and gave Freya a quick kiss on the forehead.
"I'm sorry, Kat." Happy growled as I put Freya back down in her crib. I covered her up in her soft, pink blanket and smiled at how beautifully her warm, golden skin contrasted with the pale pink. She had my eyes and nose with Happy's dark hair and dimples.
"Don't apologize for being a good dad, baby. I do feel bad for her when she's a teenager though. You realize she's beautiful, right?" I ran my hands under his kutte and around to his back as I put my head on his chest. I felt him nod before he planted a kiss in my hair.
"Yeah, she takes after her mother." He rasped as he wrapped his arms around me and bowed his head to my shoulder. I blushed a little and shook my head. He argued silently by nodding his.
"Let's go to bed." I said with a yawn. He pulled back and smirked at me before picking me up bridal style and carrying me into our room. I giggled as he tossed me onto the middle of the bed. I watched him start to undress and my smile started fading.
"Happy, I still haven't lost all the baby weight." I said quietly as he hovered over me. He shook his head and grabbed my chin between his thumb and index finger.
"Katerina Lowman, you gave me a daughter less than two months ago. You're fucking beautiful and five pounds isn't going to change that shit." His eyes were intense and dark as he stared into mine. I swallowed self-consciously and nodded. His mouth crashed into mine and I immediately forgot about how I had to lay on the bed to zip my pre-pregnancy jeans.
"I need you, Happy." I moaned as his hands moved beneath my shirt and pulled it over my head. His mouth peppered kisses down my sternum and to my naval before he undid my jeans. He smirked and massaged my breast with the hand that wasn't ridding me of the denim separating him from what he wanted.
"Your tits gonna stay like this?" He asked as I kicked my jeans off my feet. I rolled my eyes and nodded with a smile. I had decided not to breastfeed and they hadn't lost much volume over the last few weeks.
"Please, Hap." I moaned as his hand ran over my longing sex. He nodded and caught my mouth with his to keep me from protesting again. It had been almost four months since we'd had sex and his slow teasing was driving me crazy.
"It's been too long, babe. I'm not gonna last this time." He growled as his fingers slid into me and pressed on the spot he knew I loved. I felt my muscles tensing and arched my hips up towards him. He quickened the flicking of his fingers and moved his thumb down to massage the sensitive bundle of nerves.
"Oh, Happy, god." His name was like a prayer dripping from my lips as sinful pleasure ripped through my body. He didn't take his eyes away from mine and the chocolate orbs only served to intensify the energy barreling down towards his magical fingers.
"Are you sore or anything?" He asked as he kissed my chest and slid his fingers out slowly. I shook my head and knew where he was going with the questioning. Any normal day he could take it easy or fuck me hard, depending on his mood and what I wanted but I knew that tonight was going to be deep and rough. I didn't want anything less.
"I'm good, Hap." I rolled over onto my stomach and let his arm wrap around my waist and pull my hips into the angle he wanted. I felt his teeth nip at my bottom and giggled. He was adamant about my workouts not minimizing my new booty size.
There were no words between us as he slammed into me. I moaned and clawed at the sheets as I he buried himself deeper and deeper. He hand one hand on my ass as the other rubbed up and down my spine. My breathing quickened and I barely had any warning before I tightened around him and fell into another earth shattering orgasm. I heard his moan like growl and felt his pelvic bones rock against me as he rode out his own release.
The sun was coming up after the third round and I knew Freya would be waking up at any minute. Happy rolled over to his side and ran his hand down my naked torso. His finger tips sent sparks through my body and goose bumps popping up on my arms. He smirked and kissed my palm that was resting on his cheek.
"Go take a long bath or whatever you want, Kat. I'll deal with the hellion." He rasped as his eyes wandered over my face. He had told me a long time ago that he had to memorize my face every so often so that he didn't ever forget how lucky he was.
"She gets the hellion side from you, sweetheart. You could make breakfast if you're feeling domestic today." I winked and kissed his lips before he could bitch at me for the comment. His eyes closed as he deepened the kiss and I prepared myself for round four. Our daughter had other plans and her little whimpers and whines started coming through the monitor.
Right on cue, Harley ran into the room and gave a huff like bark to get our attention. He had made a point to always sleep either in the hall between Freya's room and ours or right outside of her door. Happy pulled back and kissed my forehead before waving at Harley and climbing out of bed with a yawn. I smiled at the new tattoo of Freya's name on his back. It was right over where his heart would be on the front side.
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"Ay brotha! How's the little one?" Chibs asked as I walked into the clubhouse. I nodded and sat down on the barstool next to him.
"Perfect like her mother. You been home since we got back?" I asked as he offered me some Jameson. I took a cup of coffee from Phil instead. Chibs shook his head and poured himself another two fingers of liquor.
"Lauren told me not ta come home unless I was giving up the road pussy." Chibs said gruffly. I set my mouth in a straight line and nodded. Getting in to relationship shit wasn't something I usually did but I was tired of seeing Lauren moping around my house with Ryder.
"You could probably start with giving up the bitches here. You've got a son at home to, brother. You don't want to work shit out with Lauren then fine but don't stop being a dad to that kid." It was a sore subject for me since Ma had brought me up on her own after my own father walked out when I wasn't even talking yet.
"Aye, I know. Jacky boy said the same thing. I love tha' woman and Ryder but I can't be what she wants." He said with a shrug. I tapped my thumb on the bar top to keep my hand from shooting out and throwing his the bottle he was drowning himself in against the wall.
"You can't be a father and her ol' man? Maybe you should have thought about that and wrapped it up, brother." I shoved away from the bar and headed out to the garage. Katerina's 350z was in for a tune up and new brakes and I really didn't want to be around that version of Chibs. He was always the level headed one and seeing him ignore his new family after he'd lost his first back in Ireland pissed me off.
I was on the last rotor and brake replacement when I saw my truck flying onto the lot. Katerina normally drove her Armada so seeing the Raptor on the lot put me on edge. I could see her shaking as she hopped down from the driver's seat. Harley didn't wait for the tailgate or command to get down and jumped out of the bed of the truck to stick to her side.
"Kat, what's wrong? Where's Freya?" I asked as I cupped her face in my hand. Her face was streaked with tear lines and my thoughts went to the darkest place they could.
"She's in the truck, she's fine. It's Lauren." She sobbed and slammed her head into my chest. Harley started barking and lunging at Bear, a mechanic that he wasn't familiar with. I snapped and called out for him to calm down. He was obviously on high alert and feeding off of Katerina's energy.
"What about Lauren, Katerina? You gotta talk to me." I said, pushing her away just enough to get her head off my chest. She took a deep breath and shook her head as new tears started to flow.
"We went over there to pick her and Ryder up to go meet Tara and the boys at the park and the door was laying on the floor. The whole apartment is thrown around and shits broken everywhere. Ryder was screaming and crying in his crib and." She started sobbing and shaking her head again as I started to understand why both she and our dog were flipping out.
"And what, Katerina? Where's Laruen?" I searched her eyes and felt my muscles start to tense. She sobbed and shook her head.
"There was blood sprayed on the wall by the nursery. She's not there, Happy. I have Ryder with me but Lauren's gone. I don't know if it's her blood or what. Please, Happy." I knew she wanted me to find her best friend. They'd been fighting off and on for the last few months but Katerina loved her like a sister.
"Kat, I need you to get Freya inside and call Kiara to get her ass down here. Jax will have us on lockdown until we fix this shit. Do not say anything to Chibs, Katerina. Go straight to my dorm." She gathered her senses once I'd given her instructions and nodded as we headed over to the truck. Harley was already going to give it away that something was wrong but I didn't want an inebriated Chibs jumping on my wife.
"Gemma! Get Ryder and take him into the office." I barked as she got out of her Navigator. She raised a brow at me but nodded and got the little boy out of the back seat and headed into the office quickly.
I walked into the clubhouse behind Katerina, Freya and Harley and waited until I heard my dorm room door close before I went over and talked to Jax. He nodded as I filled him in quickly and quietly.
"Chibs, brother, I need to talk to you." Jax said as he motioned towards the double doors that sealed off the chapel from the rest of the clubhouse. I stepped aside and instructed Phil to get on the phone and let everyone know we were locking down, now. I walked back into chapel as Jax led with telling Chibs that Ryder was fine.
"What do ya mean she's gone? Where tha fuck did she go? Get off me, Hap." Chibs reacted almost as badly as I knew he would. Jax didn't even tell him about the blood on the wall and I was having a hard time getting him to hold on.
"We're going to find her, got it? You flipping your shit ain't helping her or your kid." I growled as he took a wild swing at me. Jax grabbed Chibs' shoulders and shook his head.
"Juice is on his way and we'll track her phone while Happy and Tig go to your place, okay? You gotta chill, brother." Chibs nodded and moved over to his seat at the right hand of Jax's chair. I got the nod from Jax and headed to out to grab Tig and get on the road.
A/N: Just wanted to take a minute to thank everyone for your continued support of this fic! If you can't tell, I'm focusing most of my creativity and time towards it until I can get this part finished. I've decided that I will continue it into a part two eventually. I'm not quite done with this part though so never fear :)