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Happy was on his second cup of coffee when Koz walked into the kitchen inside the clubhouse.
"How was your first night?"
Happy grunted, Lily kicked in her sleep and he had spent most of the night watching her sleep, she was a tiny version of Jen, it was both terrifying and exciting.
"That exciting, huh?" Koz asked as he poured a cup of coffee for himself.
They sat in silence until Lily came running into the room, Happy jumped up thinking she was hurt.
"Piddle." She said.
"What?" Happy asked.
"Piddle." She said as she shifted from her left leg to her right.
"What does that mean?" Happy asked as he looked over at Koz who just shrugged.
"I need to piddle." Lily said almost pleading.
"I don't know what that means." Happy said as he looked down at his daughter, both frustrated and worried.
"Do you need the bathroom?" Koz asked, trying to help. He genuinely liked the little girl, and it was obvious she was upset.
Lily just looked at Koz, then she looked up at Happy.
"Piddle." Lily said as she began shifting again, this time more severely.
"What the fuck does piddle mean?" Happy yelled. Happy was well known for his short fuse, today was no exception.
Lily's eyes began to pool up and she looked up at him sadly.
Christ you're going to make her cry again. Calm down, obviously Jen knew what piddle meant. Where the hell is Sherri when I need her?
Happy pulled out his phone and dialed Sherri's phone.
"Hello?" Sherri answered half asleep.
"What does piddle mean?" Happy demanded.
"What?" Sherri asked confused by the bizarre call she was getting early in the morning.
"What does piddle mean? Lily keeps saying it and I have no fucking idea what it means."
"It means she has to pee Hap."
Happy looked at Lily, "You have to pee?"
Lily just looked at him, confused.
"She's not answering me." Happy said, his voice nearly to the 'whine' stage.
"Show her where the bathroom is and she'll be fine." Sherri said as she hung up.
Happy looked down and saw Lily shifting her legs and that she was trying to cross them, yep she had to pee.
Piddle = I have to pee. Got it.
Happy took her hand and walked her to the bathroom and made sure no one was passed out in there, before he left her in there.
He stood outside the door and didn't hear anything after a couple seconds, he took a deep breath.
"Lily you okay?"
"No." her little voice said from the other side.
Oh Christ!
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"My tights won't come off." She said almost crying.
"What's wrong?" Koz asked as he joined Happy in the hallway.
"Her tights are stuck."
"Well get in there and help her." Koz said as he tried to hide his grin. It was almost too perfect that Lily needed help in the bathroom. Happy's first Mr. Mom experience was going to be a dozy.
"You get in there, you've been around kids before."
"She's your daughter."
"She's gonna be naked. Naked little girls is wrong." Happy said as he glared at Koz. Happy knew he was a sick individual, killing was second nature to him, but people who got off on little kids was beyond sick in his mind.
Koz rolled his eyes, "Christ Hap, she's your kid. It's not kiddie porn to help your kid out of her tights. I'd do it, but you have to learn how to do this yourself."
Koz walked down the hallway leaving Happy to fend for himself.
"Your an asshole." Happy yelled at Koz's retreating back.
Koz flipped him the bird and kept walking.
Happy took a deep breath and then knocked on the door, "Lily? I'm coming in."
"Okay."
Happy opened the door and saw her standing in front of the toilet, her pink dress pushed up and her black tights were stuck, they had rolled up into the band of her underpants and she couldn't get them down her legs. Happy knelt down and helped her get them down to her ankles.
He picked her up and put her on the toilet and went to the sink and let her do her business. He heard the tell-tale sound of her taking care of business and felt glad that he had been able to help, even if Koz and Sherri had to help some.
"What do you think of this one?"
Happy looked around the apartment and shrugged, "Guess it's alright."
Sherri rolled her eyes, "Jesus Hap, you've said that to the last seven I've shown you."
"What the hell am I supposed to know about apartments?" Happy asked getting frustrated.
"You said two bedrooms, it's got two bedrooms."
"Okay." Happy said.
"You said bathroom with a tub, it's got a tub."
"Okay." Happy said.
"It's in a good school district."
"Okay." Happy said.
"It's four miles from the shop."
"Okay." Happy said.
"It's perfect!" Sherri said, exasperated.
Happy looked around the apartment again and sighed, "What if Lily hates it?"
Sherri smiled, "Well we can take her to see it later if you want, before you decide."
Happy nodded, "She has to live here too."
Sherri nodded in agreement. Happy was slowly getting more and more used to Lily. He hadn't yelled at her since the piddle incident last week. Everyone at the shop had fallen in love with Lily since the night she arrived. A bunch of hard-ass bikers that read her bedtimes stories, if only Sherri could get that on video!
Sherri looked down at her watch, "I've got to pick Lily up from school, we can come back after dinner, okay?"
Happy nodded his head.
Lily walked into the apartment and looked around, "Do I get my own room?"
"Yes." Happy said as she watched his daughter walk around the room.
She disappeared down the hallway and then she went into one of the bedrooms. She came out with a smile on her face and Happy couldn't stop his own smile from spreading on his face.
"You like it?" He asked.
She came running at him and jumped into his arms, "I love it!"
Happy hugged her to him and kissed her cheek, "Good, then it's all ours."
"Yah!" Lily said as she looked over at Sherri with a smile.
