Every Little Thing

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Beep...Beep...Beep. That's what I hear when I wake up. I try to move my hand and feel something holding it. Opening my eyes, I see Happy sitting next to me with his head laying on my hand in his. "Hap." I whisper. His head shoots up and he is on his feet, next to me, "Babe. You're awake." he says softly. "What happened?" I asked. "You were shot. Drive by. It's been handled." he tells me. "How long have I been out?" I asked. "Couple of days." he says. "Shit." I say before I lay back farther into my pillow. "Who was it?" I asked. "Niners. Like I said. It's been handled." he tells me and I leave it at that. A few minutes later, the doctor comes in. "Morning Lacey. How are you feeling?" he asked. "Okay I guess. Pain's not too bad." I tell him. "Good. Vitals look like they are staying stable. We do want to keep you here for a few more days before letting you go home. You were hit with two bullets in the side but we got both out and there shouldn't be any complications. We did keep you sedated though so that we could make sure you rested while you were healing." he tells me. "Thanks Doc." I tell him. He walks out of the room and Happy sits on the side of my bed. "How are you really feeling?" he asked. "Pain is a little much but I can handle it. I don't like how pain meds make me feel." I tell him and he glares at me. "If it gets too bad, I will ask for something. I promise." I tell him and his gaze softens.

He leans down to kiss me when there was a knock at the door. Janie and Juice walk in. "Hey Lace. You're awake. Doctor been in yet?" she asked. "Yeah, keeping me for a few days before releasing me." I tell her. Happy and Juice are by the door talking and I see Happy run his hand down his face. "What is it?" I asked. "Babe, I have something I have to do for the club." he tells me. "I'll stay with her." Janie says and Happy looks at me. I motion for him to come to me and I pull him down for a kiss. "I love you. Be safe. I'll be fine." I tell him. Kissing me back he says "I love you. Be back soon." He walks out of the room with Juice behind him.

A couple of hours later, Happy walks into the room and Janie hugs me goodbye. He walks over and kisses me softly. "Hey babe." he says. "Hey baby." I say. "You okay?" he asked. "I am now. You good?" I asked. "Yeah. I'm good. Everyone's whole." he says. "Good." I say and pat the bed next to me. He shrugs his kutte off and lays on the bed next to me and I curl into his side. He has his arms around me and tilts my head to look at him. "I love you." he says. "I love you too, Hap. Are you sure you're okay?" I asked. "Had a chick come to the clubhouse today. Had a kid with her. Only a few months old." he tells me. "She saying it's yours?" I asked. "Yeah." he says. "Okay, so we get a paternity test and go from there." I say and he looks at me. "She left the kid. Venus has him right now. She said she was done being his mom." he tells me. "Do you want a kid?" I asked. "Never did but I know what it's like growing up with no dad. Plus, if he is mine, I don't want to lose you." he says. "Lose me? What makes you think you would lose me?" I asked looking at him. "If this kid is mine..." he starts and I interrupt him. "I know you were with women before me. We get the test done, and if he is yours, we get her to sign over her rights and I will help you raise him." I tell him. "You'd do that?" he asked. "Happy, you saved me. You have been so good to me and now I'm your Old Lady. Of course I would." I say and he kisses me softly and tells me how much he loves me.

The next day, Venus brings the baby to us at the hospital. His name is Vincent and he is three months old. Happy had called Lowen about getting the test done and getting the papers done incase he is Happy's. The nurse comes in and swabs Happy's cheek and Vincent's and I am sitting there holding him. He grabs hold of my finger and Happy is sitting there watching us. The lab rushed it through and several hours later, Lowen comes in and says "The test shows that you are his father. Do you want me to send the papers through?" Lowen asked. I spoke up. "Yeah. We want her rights taken away and I want to adopt him." I say and Lowen says that getting a judge to sign off on the adoption without us being married might not be that easy. "So, we get married." Happy says. I look up at him and he is just smiling. "Okay then. Add marriage license to the list." she says smiling before heading out. I look down at Vincent and say "Hear that little man, Mommy and Daddy got you." before kissing the top of his head and watching him doze off.

The next couple of days go by fast. Lowen called to tell us that the chick signed over all rights to Vincent and that she has everything ready for the judge to sign off on it as soon as we get married. I get released from the hospital and we go straight to the courthouse and get married. The same judge that married us, signed off on the adoption papers making me legally his mother. We leave the courthouse and head home and see that the house has not only been repaired but that the spare room has been turned into a nursery. Janie and Venus make sure that everything was done. They even stocked up with clothes and formula.

That night, I have bathed, fed and changed Vincent and am rocking him to sleep in the rocker that Venus put in the nursery for us. Happy is standing by the door, watching. "Thank you." he says. "For what?" I asked. "This. You didn't have to do this." he says referring to Vincent. "I know but all I have ever wanted was a family. Now I have one." I tell him. He walks over and says "I know but we haven't know each other that long and don't most chicks want the whole wedding dress and shit?" he asked. "Most yes. Not me. I never cared for that. Happy, I love you. You love me. I know this isn't how you conventionally get a family but, he needs a mom and dad. Now, he has one." I say looking back down at Vincent. Happy takes out his phone and snaps a picture. I look at him confused and he shows me the picture. It's of my looking down at Vincent. "Now I have a picture of the two most important people in my life. My wife and my kid." I look back down at Vincent and even in his sleep he has that Lowman scowl. "Look at his little scowl. Didn't need the DNA test after all." I tell him and he starts laughing softly before kissing me.

The next morning, I wake up and hear Happy over the baby monitor. "Hey little dude. I got you." he says. "Daddy's got you kid." he says after a minute. I get up and walk to the nursery. I take my phone and do what Happy did. I take a picture of him feeding Vincent. Sliding the phone into the pocket of my shorts, I walk over and kiss both of them softly before walking to the kitchen to get breakfast started and getting our day going.