January 30, 2004

Hanna slowly lifted the four day old baby out of her crib and left the nursery to go downstairs to start cooking breakfast. Happy wasn't awake yet but Hanna knew he'd wake up and immediately go take a shower before making his way downstairs. While Hanna wasn't getting much sleep because of her newborn daughter not being able to sleep through the night, Hap was getting the same amount of sleep.

The man never slept well if his woman was in a bad mood. If she wasn't sleeping, neither was he. He'd never let her know that though. He was connected to her, they both were connected to each other and they always would be. He could always pick up on her emotions, just like she could with him.

Hanna laid her sleeping daughter down in the bassinet that was sitting by the kitchen table. She moved quickly around the kitchen preparing eggs, pancakes, bacon, sausage, and Happy's favorite: cheese grits.

Turning the coffee pot on, Hanna also heard the shower turn off. A couple beats later, the blonde beauty heard the sound of heavy footsteps walking around upstairs before trudging down the staircase. Hanna quickly darted through the kitchen and foyer to meet the man at the bottom of the stairs, stopping him in his tracks. "What?" His raspy voice that made the woman's blood sing sounded through the house.

"Be quiet… Veronica is still asleep and I don't want her waking up yet." Hanna whispered, cupping a hand over Hap's mouth.

Grabbing her hips and pushing her out of his way and up against the banister to his right, he let his hands roam over her before they stopped on her ass. "I could think of better ways to wake her up if you really wanna go there."

"You still have to wait four to six weeks, sorry, baby." Hanna smirked, wrapping her arms around his neck. Her words meant nothing to the man, he wanted his woman and he wanted her now. He hoisted her up, his lips quickly finding the exposed skin of her chest and neck. The tank top she was wearing was cut low enough for him to have plenty of skin to kiss. "Hap" The word came out more as a moan than anything. The man knew she loved being kissed on the neck, it was a weak spot for her.

Happy's hands quickly found the straps of her tank top and he tugged them down her arms as best he could in an effort to free her breasts. He succeeded and his hand slowly found one of them and began to slowly massage it.

Hearing his blonde beauty hiss the way she did definitely wasn't something he expected to hear so he quickly pulled back, checking her face for answers as to why she had just hissed from him doing something that would normally earn him moans of pleasure.

"I'm sore as hell, I'm sorry…" Hanna quickly pushed her boyfriend away from her, pulling her tank top back into place as she ran up the stairs. Happy watched her run and he looked around the foyer as if the walls and furniture would give him answers. Before he could make a move to follow the blonde up the stairs, he heard his daughter's cry and he decided against going upstairs and went to find his tiny excuse for living. Walking into the kitchen, he spotted the breakfast on the kitchen table and the man couldn't help but smile. Damn her, she's too fucking to good to me.

Hap spotted the newborn squirming in her bassinet, crying. However, he didn't notice her mother standing in the other archway that led to the dining room. Hap picked up the crying newborn and quickly adjusted her to a comfortable situation, shushing her as he did so. He started to bounce her, remembering that's what Hanna would do to quiet the baby. Veronica slowly started to hush and calm down as she took in the sight before her.

Hanna continued to watch her boyfriend and his baby girl as she tried to wipe at her tears that were drying on her cheeks. It wasn't that she was having a hard time being a new mother, but it was the fact that she was afraid of losing the man she loved so much. She was scared that during the four to six weeks she wasn't supposed to have sex that he'd grow impatient and turn to a different source of release. Hanna knew how much the man loved sex and she knew that four weeks was a long time, especially without sex. She couldn't help her fears, she just had them. She was afraid of not being able to lose the baby weight and that he would leave her for someone who looked better. She had many fears of just the welfare of her relationship.

Happy continued to bounce himself affectively bouncing the tiny baby that just so happened to resemble him with her tan skin, dark hair and dark eyes. He made sure that Veronica remained calm and once he knew for sure that she was ok, he sat down in his chair at the kitchen table, watching the newborn watch him. "What are you looking at? Huh? Yeah, kid, I'm your dad… You're stuck with me. Sorry 'bout it." He spoke to her as if she really could understand him. For a split second, Hap started to think she could understand him because she looked so intrigued in his words. "I guess you know that beautiful woman that you're with most of the time is your mom… One lucky kid, ya know… She's the best thing in this crazy world. She's so smart and beautiful; I know you'll be just like her. I bet you're wondering how I won her… I don't know, kid but I'm so glad I did. I think she knows it but I love her more than life… hell, I hope she knows it. We should probably go check on her… I think I upset her a minute ago. I didn't mean to, shit I just meant to make her feel good. You wouldn't understand that and you better not understand that for a very long time. You got it, kid? You're not dating ever, especially a Son. I'll kill any little shithead that tries anything on ya." Hap pointed his finger at her and he watched her form what seemed like a smile to him. He chuckled at her and shook his head. "Jesus Christ, you're gonna be just like her... Damn troublemaker." Hap stood up and started to walk through the archway that led to the foyer but he stopped and grabbed a piece of bacon off the plate in the middle of the table. "Come on, let's go check on your Mom."

He left the kitchen, not seeing his blonde beauty take off toward the foyer and up the stairs before he could even give out of the kitchen. She may have just had a baby but she could still move quick and quiet as hell. Something she picked up from the Killer. However, having heard her boyfriend speak of her so highly had fresh tears streaming down her face as she quickly made her way in the bathroom off her bedroom and she was trying to get them to stop before Hap made it to her.

AN: I felt like it was important to let you all see Hap and Roni's relationship. Even before she was born, they had some kind of bond and connection that couldn't be touched. Now that she is here, it's important that the bond is still unbreakable. Even after Hanna takes off with Roni.

If you missed it, I posted the 3rd Installment's first chapter yesterday! It's called The Outlaw Life. Chapter 2 is going to be up later in the day. Enjoy, my loves.

Let me know what ya think of this new one, ;)