She woke up to Marcela's angry voice, and Happy's panicked one coming from inside the house. "Where did she go Ma?"

"You mean after you knocked her down and took off? I taught you better then that Happy Alberto Lowman, to never put your hands on a woman."

"Did she leave Bakersfield? Who did she go with? Was she hurt?" Devon walked into the house, Happy's back was to her. Marcela gave her son a look.

"I don't know." She walked into the kitchen, looking at the two Lowmans. Happy spun around looking her up and down, pulling her into his arms.

"Where the hell have you been?" His hands ran over her body, looking for injury.

"I fell asleep on the back porch. I never left the house, I was waiting for you to come back."

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..."

"It was an accident, I know you didn't mean to knock me down." She wrapped her arms around his neck. "We'll figure this out with your mom." He laid his head on her chest, she kissed the top of his head. She just stood in the kitchen, with him in her arms, comforting him. She held her hand out to Marcela, the older woman took it, squeezing it, the two woman looked at each other, with a mutual understanding.

Marcela knew that Devon would take care of her son, once she was gone. Devon knew she'd have to be strong for both Lowmans, she accepted this because she loved Happy.

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The next morning she woke up, to his dark eyes staring at her. "I love you." He captured her lips, pulling her on top of him, his arms holding on to her tightly. She returned his kiss, her hands touching the sides of his face.

"I love you too!" His hands slowly started to explore her body, he rolled her over to her back. Looking up into his eyes, she could see that he needed her to let him love her. To let him be in control, she wanted him, she didn't try to stop him, when he started to get a little to rough. She knew it was a part of him feeling in control, because everything else was out of his control.

She cried out in pain, it snapped him back to who and where he was. He blinked his eyes, looking down at her, his hands caressing her face. "Jesus! Why didn't you stop me?" There was some anger, and frustration in his voice.

"I'm fine baby...it's nothing." He rolled away from her, sitting on the edge of the bed.

"The fuck it is! I've hurt you twice now in less the twenty-four hours." She sat up behind him, wrapping her arms around him, kissing his shoulders, trailing kisses up to his neck.

"I landed on my ass yesterday, I have plenty of padding back there, so you didn't hurt me. And you were just a little rough, I wasn't ready...please stop blaming yourself. You've been dealt some pretty bad news..." She pulled him back, kissing him, he tried to pull away but she was having none of it. She slipped around straddling his lap, wrapping her body around his. "Finish what you started."

He stood up, holding her in his arms, pushing her against the wall, he looked into her eyes, as he entered her.

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The next day she sat down with her mom, getting ready to deliver the news that they needed to plan the wedding in six months. "So baby, we do you and Happy want to get married?"

"Six months." She closed her eyes, waiting for the explosion. "No, I'm not pregnant! We have our reasons."

Gemma looked at her. "Are you sure you're not pregnant?"

"Yes, I'm sure!"

"Well then, we need to make a list and get busy then." She was surprised that it was that easy, that there was no major explosion on the short notice. Within the hour they had a to do list made oft hings they needed to get done. Starting with the most important, a location for the wedding and reception, and a dress. The food, music, and everything else was further down on the list.

Between Tara, Gemma, and Devon, the three of them could get it pulled together in six months. She leaned against the kitchen counter, drinking a cup of coffee, she heard the front door open. Coming out of the kitchen, she smiled seeing Happy standing in the living room, he walked over to her, pulling her into his arms.

"Did you get everything taken care of?"

She laughed. "We have a to do list made, we start on it tomorrow. In six months, we'll be married." He smiled at her, leaning down kissing her. "So, when should i ask you about wearing a suit." He's eyes narrowed at her, he growled at her, pulling her against him.

"That's not going to happen." She smiled at him, cupping his face. Trailing kisses along his neck, her hands moving under his shirt. "That's not going to work."

"I wouldn't do that to you! I'm just messing with you." She laughed, he picked her up carrying to their room.

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The three woman set out for Bakersfield to go dress shopping, Devon wanted to include Marcela in the activity. She tried on five different dresses before she found the one. She came out wearing a tulle ball gown, with capped sleeves, there was delicate beaded applique on the bodice, it laced up the back, and had a chapel train. The sales girl picked out the veil, it was a mid-length with a filigree comb.

When she walked out of the dressing room for the other woman to see her, her mom and Marcela, teared up. "Baby, you look beautiful."

"Thanks mom. What do you think Ma?" She stood in front of Marcela, smiling.

"You look stunning hija!" Marcela held her hands. "My son is a lucky man." Tara was smiling at Devon, as she turned in a circle.

"I think this is the one." Devon stopped twirling around, smiling at the other woman. "We can mark dress off our list." She went back to the dressing room, so the seamstress could pin the dress. She carefully took it off, getting back into her street clothes, going back out to meet her family. They then looked for dresses for Gemma, Marcela, and Tara.

The trip was successful, they went to lunch before returning Marcela home. She kissed the woman good-bye before leaving. "Call me if you need anything, promise me."

"You don't have time to take care of an old woman."

"I mean it Ma! You call me, I'll make the time to come take care of you." She hugged the woman, before walking out the door, slipping her number into the woman's billfold as an in case of emergency contact. She climbed into Gemma's caddy, and they drove home to Charming, she closed her eyes, falling to sleep. She didn't realize how tired she was, she slept all the way home.

She felt arms lifting her out of the caddy, she opened her eyes, meeting dark ones. "I can walk." She heard him laugh as she laid her head against his chest, he carried her into the house.

"Did you find a dress?" He laid her down on the couch, her eyes opened looking up at him.

"Yes, but I'm not telling you anything about it. You have to wait. Your mom approves it, she found her dress today too."

"She drove up here to go shopping with you, she shouldn't be exhausting herself that way." She sat up looking at him.

"I know, that's why we went to Bakersfield to go dress shopping. That's why I'm looking for locations for our wedding there." He leaned down kissing her.

"Thank you for including her." She smiled at him, wrapping her arms around his neck.

"I love your mom.." He pulled her into his arms. "I wanted to make sure she was included in today's activities." His phone rang, pulling it out of his pocket he left the room to answer it. She got up from the couch, going into the kitchen to start cooking their dinner. He came in behind her, his arms circling around her waist.

"That was ma, she said you looked beautiful. She wouldn't tell me anything about your dress." Turning around she looked at him.

"Well of course she wouldn't, they all promised me they wouldn't tell you anything to you." He picked her up, smirking at her.

"I have my ways of getting you to talk!" He sat her on the counter, trailing kisses down the side of her neck.

"No, not going to tell you anything." She pushed him away, jumping off the counter. "Go away, I need to cook dinner."

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Happy was on a run, a week later, when Devon got a call from Bakersfield Memorial that Marcela had been admitted to the hospital. She packed a quick bag, dropped Sam off with Tig, and took off. She told her Ma, where she was going and why, she didn't call Happy, because she didn't want him to worry while he was out on the road. He was due back home in the next twenty-four hours, she left word for him to call her.

She went straight to the hospital as soon as she got to Bakersfield, rushed in looking for the woman. "Are you family?" Some snippy nurse asked.

"I'm her future daughter in law, and emergency contact." She glared at the nurse. "Now tell me her condition!"

"She fell in her house, she has a fractured pelvic bone and pneumonia. Nothing we can do about the fracture, the pneumonia we can treat. She's in Room 300E" Devon found the room, she sat down beside the bed, taking Marcela's hand. The woman was asleep, she brushed her hair away from her face. All she could do was sit here and watch her sleep.

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Happy went home when he got back to town, instead of going to the club. The house was dark when he got home, it was late, she should have been home. Pulling out his gun, he entered the house. Sam didn't come to greet him, he quietly entered the house doing a room to room search. Getting to the bedroom, he saw the drawers open, and clothes hanging out of the drawers.

He looked in the closet, her bag was gone, pulling out his cell phone, he called her. It went to voice mail, it started to eat at him, that she ran again. He had no clue to why, just that she was gone. He slammed out of the bedroom, down the stairs and out of the house, getting back on his bike, he rode to the club.

He went straight to the bar getting a beer and whiskey shot. "What are you doing here? I thought you'd be at home with your fiancee!" Chibs slapped him on the back.

"She's gone, and not answering her phone."

"Shite! Any idea where she ran to or why?"

"No!" He drank his beer, ordering another shot of whiskey, downing it. "This running shit is getting old!"

A croweater was hanging off of Chibs, she was smiling at Happy. She reached over, touching his arm. "I can make you forget all about her baby!"

"Get off me whore!" He glared at her. He felt his phone vibrate, seeing it was Devon, he walked outside to answer it. "Where the fuck are you? Get your ass back to Charming!" She had to count to twenty three times before she could say anything, and then he opened his mouth again. "Fucking answer me!"

Gemma walked up behind him, her arms crossed over her chest, staring at him. "She's in Bakersfield at the hospital, taking care of your mom. You might want to apologize to her instead of screaming at her." She went inside, leaving him sitting on the table. He put the phone to his ear.

"Devon? Hello." She wasn't there, she already hung up the phone. He went inside, drinking a couple of cups of coffee before he left for Bakersfield. He had just fucked up and he knew it, he just hoped he hadn't lost her because of it.

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She was laying on the couch in Marcela's hospital room, she'd been leaving to go back to the house to shower, she'd grab something to eat, then come back to the hospital. Then when she had called Happy back tonight, he'd snapped at her, she would have been fine if he would have let her speak, but he snapped on her again. At that point she hung up on him, she'd call him in the morning, and tell him about his mom.

She'd been laying on the couch for hours, giving up any hopes of sleep, she made her way to the nurses station for a cup of coffee. She stopped when she saw her fiancee walking towards her. She was exhausted, and didn't have it in her to fight. He stopped in front of her, looking down at her.

"I thought you ran off again, when I got home and you were gone."

"I didn't call you while you were out on the road because I didn't want you to worry."

"I'm sorry, for how I talked to you on the phone." She closed her eyes, laying her head on his chest. "Have you slept at all?"

"Not really, I've been staying here with your mom..." His arms pulled her close to him.

"Thank you for coming to be with her. I'm going to go look in on her, then we're going back to the house so you can sleep." He walked her into the room. "What happened?"

"She fell at the house, fractured her pelvic bone, she has pneumonia. There's nothing they can do about the fracture but they can treat the pneumonia." He leaned down kissing his Ma on the forehead.

"Let's get you back into the house and into bed." He wrapped his arms around her, his hands cupping her face. He leaned down to kiss her, she pulled away, going to the couch, to pick up her purse.

"I'll meet you at the house." She turned to walk out of the room, he watched her go, rubbing his hand over his face. He left the room, trying to catch up with her, he didn't want her walking by herself, at this time of night. He caught up with her as she was walking out the door, his arm snaked around her waist.

"You're riding with me."

"Hap,I don't know if I can even hold on I'm so tired."

"I'm not going to let you fall." He guided her towards his bike, once he was on he helped he on. She put the helmet on, wrapping her arms around him. She leaned against him as he drove through the streets heading back to his childhood home. Pulling up in front of the house, he turned off the bike, she climbed off, taking off her helmet, she handed it to him.

She turned to walk into the house, he scooped her up in his arms, carrying her inside the house. She cupped his face, leaning in to kiss him. "I love you Happy. I promised you I wouldn't run."

"I'm sorry baby!" He kicked the door shut. "Let's go to bed." She laid her head against his shoulder, just wanting to curl up and go to sleep next to him. They'd sort all this shit out in the morning, she could understand where he was coming from. They would work it out, and move on, half the fun of fighting was making up. She let out a sigh as they entered the bedroom.

"I forgive you for being an asshole! Now you can make it up to me!" She smiled up at him, as he dropped her on the bed.

"I plan on making it up to you several times." He lowered himself to the bed. "Now, where should I begin?' He smirked at her as he undressed her, pulling her close.

AN: There you go my loves, two chapters in one night! I'm working the next two nights, so no update until Friday, unless I'm ables to squeeze a short one in during lunch. Welcome to the new favs and follows, thanks for the reviews, keep them coming!