Old Lady For The Taking

Chapter 23

Chapter 23

Happy and I spent the rest of the night in each other's arms, talking, making love and laughing. It feels so normal with him and that is how I know that moving on with Happy was the right thing. Looking across the room, I see a picture of Herm and myself on our wedding day. Happy sees me looking and says "Hey, look at me. It's okay." Looking at him I tell him, "I guess I should take that down huh?" Kissing me softly, he says "No. Let it stay. My best friend and my girl? It stays." "But Hap. That was my wedding day." I say. He smiles and says "And our's will be put right next to it." Sitting up, in shock, I asked him "Are you serious?" Smiling he says, "Yes Jules. I'm not saying right now but when you are ready, I want to marry you. Koz wasn't the only one that was in love with you. And when and if you are okay with it, I want to adopt the kids. They will always know who their Old Man was but I want us to be a real family." I am sitting there, in complete and utter shock. "Are you okay, Jules?" I just keep looking at him. "Yeah. I mean, are you sure?" I asked again. Laughing he says "Yes babe. I have never been more sure in my life." Straddling him, he pulls me down for a kiss and we start to claim each other again.

The next day, we go to Gemma's to get EJ and Anna and as we walk in the door, Gemma can tell instantly what happened. "Happy, can you give me and our girl a few minutes?" Gemma asked. "Sure." he kisses my cheek, the Gemma's and then heads into the living room with the kids while Gemma and I head to the back deck. "Okay, Sweetheart. Spill." he says. "I did what you suggested and finally slept with Happy." I tell her, blushing a little. "How was it?" she asked smirking. "Fuck Gem. It was amazing. Don't get me wrong, the sex was always amazing with Herm but with Happy, it's different. Amazing but different. But that's not all." I tell her. "Well, tell me." she says. I pull my shirt up to show her my new crow. "Holy shit! That's beautiful. What about your other one?" she asked. Showing her Herm's crow, she says "Wow baby. That's amazing." she says as she looks at the addition to the crow. "We talked last night and, when I get ready, he wants to get married and adopt the kids." I tell her and she looks at me and smiles. "That's great baby. But what do you think about it?" she asked. "Gemma, I love him. You know, I still have a picture of me and Herm on our wedding day sitting up in the bedroom and when I suggested taking it down, he told me to leave it and that we will put ours next to it." I tell her. "Wow. So, what are you going to do?" she asked. "I am going to marry my Old Man. Not right now but when we are both ready." I tell her. "Good baby. He would want you to be happy and Happy is the one he trusted the most." she tells me.

Walking back into the house, we sit down on the couch with EJ in my lap with a bottle and Anna in Happy's lap with a bottle. Anna starts to babble and starts to make the 'da da' sound. I look at Happy to see his reaction and I see him smile. Standing up, I put EJ in his swing and walk out to the back deck. A few minutes later, I heard Happy come out on the deck and I quickly wiped away the tears running down my face. Happy walked around in front of me and knelt down in front of me. "Talk to me Jules." he said and I could see the concern in his eyes. "I'm okay. Just needed a minute." I tell him. He doesn't move. "You know how you and Koz had full disclosure? Well, that applies to us too." he tells me.

Sighing, I start telling him what is going through my mind. "When Anna said da da, I always thought that it would be Herm here to hear it. But then I saw the look on your face and how you seemed so happy, I guess my emotions got the best of me." I smile at him. "Julie, I love these kids. I wish Koz was here too but, baby, I would be lying if I said that I didn't love hearing her call me da da. But if you aren't okay with that, then it won't happen." he tells me. "Happy, you are wanting to adopt my kids. I'm okay with it. I promise but I also want to make sure that when they get old enough, we tell them about their real dad but I want them to grow up having a mom and a dad, Happy." I say and I start laughing. "What's so funny?" he asked. "Just, I never thought about you and I raising kids together, being mom and dad to the same kids." I tell him. Smiling, he says, "Babe, these are our kids, now." he tells me before kissing me. "Let's go to bed, Momma." He tells me. "Yeah, let's do, Daddy."