4

Happy and Koz spent the next couple days painting Happy's new apartment before he and Lily moved in.

"It's nice." Koz said as he walked around the apartment.

"Lily likes it, she's excited about having her own room."

Koz smiled at Happy.

"That's all that matters." Koz said, trying to hide his grin.

Happy caught his smile and punched his arm playfully, "Asshole."

They were in the middle of painting when there was a knock on the door. Happy looked over at Koz who shrugged, we aren't expecting company. Happy pulled his gun and had it ready when he looked through the peephole.

A thirty-something brunette was standing there holding a pie. Happy put his gun away and opened the door.

"Hi!" The woman said cheerily.

"Hi." Happy said cautiously.

"I'm Elaine Peters, I live above you. Hope you don't mind?"

"Mind?" Happy asked. Why would I mind if I had neighbors?

"That I'm on top of you?" The woman flirted with a smile.

Is this woman for real? Does she think this line is going to work on me?

"It's a free country, you can be on top of you want."

She giggled and Happy resisted the urge to slam the door.

"Oh, this is for you." she thrust the pie toward him.

He took it and looked down at it, as if he had never seen a pie before.

"It's to welcome you to the building. I can only imagine how hard it is to be a single father. It must get really lonely taking care of a child by yourself." Elaine cooed as she looked up into Happy's eyes.

Koz came to the door and saw Happy holding a pie.

"Pie, nice." He said as he took it from Happy.

"Oh, hi there." Elaine said as she smiled up at Koz.

He nodded at her and she grinned like a Cheshire cat.

"I'm Elaine. I was just telling your friend here that I live above him and that I hoped he didn't mind."

Koz looked confused, "Mind? Why would he mind?"

Happy was glaring at Koz trying to get him to shut up so she wouldn't have to do her whole lame-ass flirting routine again.

"That I'm on top of him." She said with a giggle.

Koz smiled, "I like to be on bottom, in fact I prefer it"

She blushed and tried to look shy, but didn't quite manage it.

"I prefer to be on top." Happy said as he glared at the woman and then at Koz.

"Of course you do." Koz said as he rolled his eyes. Happy was always in control of a situation whether it was a killing or a roll in the hay with some bitch.

The woman's face suddenly flashed with recognition.

"Oh, I had no idea. It's nice to meet you both." She hurried away without looking back.

"What the fuck was that about?" Koz asked as he looked at Happy.

"No fucking clue, but the pie smells good." Happy said as he shut the front door.

Lily was adamant about painting her own room, even though her small arms were no match for a paint roller. She had decided that her colors were going to be white and pink walls with purple trim. No one would ever think a boy lived in there, that's for sure.

"I want to do it." She said.

"Let me help you." Happy said.

"No, I'm a big girl I can do it." she insisted.

"Lily..." He tried.

"I can do it!" She said, her voice getting upset.

"Fine." he said, knowing that arguing with her was only going to make her cry and him feel like a Grade-A asshole.

He left her in her room with a paint brush and a small can of paint, he went across the hall to his room and finished the trim in his room.

Twenty minutes later Lily's arms were tired and she wandered away from her paint job and went to the living room. Someone knocked softly on the door, so she opened it and looked up at the woman.

"Hello." Lily said.

"Hi." the blonde woman said as she looked down at the girl.

"Lily is someone at the door?" Happy called from inside the apartment.

"It's a lady." Lily called back.

Happy rushed into the living room and saw the door wide open and a cute blonde at the door.

"I told you never to open the door for strangers Lily." Happy said, his voice low and dangerous. He was going to have to drill into her head, if she ever opened the door to the enemy it would be over.

Lily rolled her eyes and walked away from the door and into the kitchen.

"Sorry to bother, but I wanted to welcome you to the building. I'm Peyton Michaels I live below you. Here are some cookies I baked."

Happy nodded his head. The blonde was good looking, nice tits, her mouth looks good too, probably gives pretty good head. Maybe I'll give her a try out when I can get Sherri to take Lily.

"Where is my favorite girl?" Koz yelled as he came down the hall.

Lily pushed passed Happy and ran down the hall toward Koz.

"Uncle Koz!" Lily yelled as she jumped into his arms.

Koz kissed her cheeks and hugged her, "I've missed you."

"You were gone a long time."

"Five whole days." Koz said.

Koz saw the blonde at the door and Happy talking to her and smiled at Lily, "Who's that?"

"Some lady that knocked on the door. She brought cookies."

"She's pretty." Koz said as he went to the apartment door and went in past Happy and the blonde.

"I'm Peyton, I live below them." the blonde said as she pointed to Happy.

"This is my uncle Koz, he and my daddy are special kind of friends." Lily said proudly.

The blonde smiled knowingly and then spoke to Happy. "I think two gay men adopting a child together is a beautiful thing. Let me know if you or your partner needs anything." with that she walked away.

Koz and Happy looked at each other in shock, gay couple adopting kids! Holy hell the woman in the building thought they were a gay couple, could it get any more awkward?

"Daddy what's gay mean?" Lily asked as she munched on a cookie that Peyton had just dropped off.

"It means two boys or two girls who like each other." Happy said after trying to find the right words.

"Like you and uncle Koz?" She asked.

"No!" Both men said quickly.

"You are his friend, you like him, you're both boys." Lily said trying to figure out what gay meant.

"It's when two boys like each other and kiss each other." Koz said.

"Oh." Lily shrugged and walked away.

"Great all the pussy in the building thinks I'm gay." Happy said as he scrubbed his hands over his face.

Koz looked over at Happy and chuckled.

"What's funny about this?" Happy asked, his voice deadly.

"If I was a homo, there is no way I would fuck you. I am much better looking then you" Koz said trying to find the humor in the situation.

"You're an asshole."

"Yeah, but just don't touch my asshole." Koz said as he walked into the kitchen to get a cookie.

I wonder if I could kill him and hid the body before anyone missed him. Happy thought as he locked the front door.