Blood & Lace

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Waking up the next morning, I hear the alarm go off. Normally I would groan and lay there but today is the day we are getting married. We both get up and shower together, enjoying each other while we do. We start getting dressed. He puts on a pair or light colored jeans, a gray plaid flannel shirt, and his kutte. I put on a pair of dark wash skinny jeans, a gray flowy top and my favorite ankle boots. After doing my hair and makeup, we head out the door and to his bike. Pulling up at the courthouse, Daddy and Aunt Lu are waiting for us. "Hey Daddy, Aunt Lu." I greet them as I hug them both. Happy hugs both of them and Lowen walks up. "Here's your marriage license. The Justice is waiting for you in his chambers. Congratulations you two." she says before handing me the paperwork and we walk inside.

"Lucille Danielle Munson, do you take Happy Victor Lowman to be your lawfully wedded husband?" the Justice asked. "I do." I say smiling. "Happy Victor Lowman, do you take Lucille Danielle Munson to be your lawfully wedded wife?" he asked and Happy answered with "Hell yeah I do." We all laugh, including the Justice. After a few more words, the Justice says "I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss your bride." Once he says that, Happy pulls me to him and kisses me passionately before whispering in my ear "I love you Mrs Lowman." I look at him and smile and says "I love you too Mr Lowman."

After we get married, Daddy informed us that we were to be at Gemma's the next day for the family dinner that he talked her into letting us at least have our wedding night to ourselves. This is why I love my Daddy. We ride back to the house, I offer to cook dinner but he just orders takeout instead and we spend the rest of the night making love.

***Three months later***

I wake up and Happy is already gone to work. I had been sick for the last couple few mornings and every time I get sick, Happy smiles. Evil bastard. I decide that I want to lay in bed all day but then something tells me to get up and clean up the house. So, that is what I do. I get up and clean the house. After it's clean and laundry is done and put away, I start dinner. Happy walks in as I am done cooking. "Hey baby." he says kissing my cheek. "Hey babe. Dinner's done so get washed up." I tell him. As he walks back in I put his plate and a beer in front of him and get my own plate and water. Sitting down I just look at me plate and Happy just sits there smirking. "What are you smiling about?" I asked. "You. You can't even look at your plate. You get a test?" he asked. "Yeah but figured you would want me to wait until you got home to take it." I said. "Yeah I would. You need to try to eat though." he says and I know he's right even if it's not going to stay down long.

After dinner, he helps me clean up the kitchen and we head to the bathroom. I pee on the stick and we wait like the box says to. After three minutes, I tell Happy, "I can't look at it." He picks it up and looks at the results. Picking up the box, he looks at the instructions to make sure he is reading it right and then smiles. "Hap? What's it say?" I asked. He turns it around and shows it to me. Positive. "Really?" I asked. He smiles bigger than I have ever seen him and pulls me into a tight embrace. "Really Momma." he says softly into my ear and I feel the tears rolling down my face. After we both calmed down, I called Tara to see if she could check me out and confirm it and she said she could see us that afternoon.

We walk into Tara's office and she takes us to an exam room. She has the nurse draw blood and they run the test and she comes back in to tell us that I am indeed pregnant. Pulling over the ultrasound machine she says "Let's see how far along you are and check on the baby." Turning the machine on, she puts the gel on my stomach and starts moving the wand around. "Good strong heartbeat. That's what we want to hear." Tara says and I feel Happy's grip on my hand tighten a little. Moving the wand a little more, we see this little blob on the screen. "See this here? That is the baby. Looks to be measuring about ten weeks." she says and prints out the pictures. Handing us the pictures she smiles and says "Congratulations guys. Here is your prescription for your prenatals and I will schedule your next appointment with Dr Lane." She hands me the prescription and leaves the room. I look at Happy and he's looking at the ultrasound pictures and then looks at me and there is actually a tear falling down his cheek. "I'm gonna be a dad." he says. "Yeah baby. You are." I say smiling.

I call Daddy and Luanne and asked them to come to the house. They show up and Aunt Lu asked "Is everything okay baby?" I smile and say "We have something for you." Happy hands them both a wrapped gift and they open them. Once they see what is in the frames, they look at us and wrap us both up in hugs. "This is wonderful news baby. Just perfect." Luanne tells me and I start to tear up. "Babe, you okay?" Hap asked. "Yeah. Fucking hormones. I knew this shit was coming." I tell him laughing. This is going to be a long pregnancy if I can't keep my emotions in check.