Languages

Chapter One: Meetings

A/N: This is my first fan fiction for SOA, and my first one in general in a long time. Please note I obviously do not own any of the SOA characters, only the ones I come up with. This first chapter is just an intro and if you like it please comment or not I am making it a point to stick this one out to the end. Also this starts S4 EP 1.

Arabella walked into Saint Thomas, after another sleepless night. She was studying hard for her final nurses exam and today would be her last day shadowing an NICU doctor, Tara Knowles. She stopped by the nurses station in the ER, Vicky her only nurse friend was fiddling with her phone. "Vicky, who is the new guy you're texting?" Ara smiled at the women as she rounded the corner.

"How do you know I'm texting a guy" She smirked at her friend.

"The smile gave it away." Arabella laughed as she leaned over the counter to catch a glance on the phone as Vicky pulled it away laughing. "Nope, it's a guy from LA, so he is super fancy business agent and he is going to get me out of here." Vicky said as she tied her hair back. At that moment, her NICU Doctor walked by, "Arabella, let's go, we are busy today!" The dark haired women asked.

She nodded, "So we have a few interesting cases, a 5 year old with a heart condition, and then the usual stomach ache some asthma. You know the usual." She said she began to walk towards the children's unit.

The day seem to drag on as the two checked in on a few children, it was almost five pm and Ara was ready to call it a night and head back home. Next Monday would be her exam and she would be a fully registered nurse at Saint Thomas, thankfully she passed her interview the only thing holding her back was the stupid exam.

"What's wrong?" Dr. Knowles asked, as Ara seemed more unsettled, in the locker room as she was changing. Ara explained about her exam and how she just needed this weekend to be over so she could finally put this chapter of her life to rest.

Tara Knowles laughed as she zipped up her jeans, " You need some fun or you'll run yourself ragged." Ara laughed as they walked out of the locked room and into the ER, she explained she had to take care of her ailing mother for the weekend, as her phone rang out.

"Allo?" She said in the phone and Tara looked up at her noticing she was speaking French or maybe Spanish, no it was definitely French she decided as she tried to decipher what the young pretty nurse was saying. Tara finally looked at the girl; she was petite with long stark white hair, one hundred percent dyed. She was wearing ripped light blue jeans and just a black tank top.

Arabella finished her conversation and looked at Tara to tell her good night, but Tara spoke up first. " I didn't know you were French?" She asked as Ara looked a bit confused.

"Oh no, It's a long story, but mother used to be a linguagest at Charming Community College, so when I was little she started teaching me all kinds of languages," Ara explained as they walked to Tara's car. Ara was tired and slouching, regretting on not bringing her mother's car to the hospital.

"Actually Ara, I have a son who is starting Kindergarten and I really would love if you would help him with languages" She asked sheepishly.

"Yes I could really use a few extra bucks," Ara said sarcastically, but Tara took it one hundred percent seriously.

"Please, it would really help Abel, he is a shy kid but he is so smart it's ridiculous. " Ara rolled her eyes, and agreed, "Fine Tara, I know how to read and write in French, Spanish, and Russian. Those are my best and most fluent languages and I knew a little bit of Hebrew so if you really want your rugrats to learn it, I need to brush up." Ara finished, in one breath. Tara laughed.

"Wow, so why a nurse here, you could be in any city?"

Ara explained while her mother did encourage her to explore she wasn't doing well, her mother, Billy Samson, had a busted hip and she wasn't able to move around well and was always in pain. Tara nodded; it was too expensive to hire another nurse to help her at night and with her medication.

"Where is your car?" Tara asked looking around, Ara explained she lived pretty close by and it was only a 20-minute walk to her house.

"Why don't I give you a ride? Maybe you can meet the kids at my house, I'll make dinner?" Tara smiled, and Ara agreed, with a disgruntled fine.

During the drive, they talked a little bit about family and Tara admitted to the rumor that she was in fact well more than dating a guy from the Sons Of Anarchy. She swore up and down they were just a motorcycle club and the rumors about illegal activity were just that rumors. "Wow, you know as long as I lived here I don't think I ever actually met a Son before." Ara said meekly trying to get a hint if she'll be meeting one today. Tara said Jax's her more than boyfriend never really was around the house if anything she'll meet his mother Gemma. Who to Tara was always unfortunately always around.

"Someone doesn't like the stepmother?" Ara laughed as she played with the end of her shirt. Thankfully she switched out her scrubs she always looked like a hot mess in them.

They pulled up to a nice house, with two bikes in the driveway already. "Oh I guess you'll get to meet your first biker." Tara laughed as a little boy started banging on the screen door. She opened the door and the kid almost but jumped into her arms. "Ara, this is Abel and he is your new student." She said putting him down and he shyly walked behind his mother.

Ara leaned down so she was eye level with him, "Abel, Bonjour!"

He leaned closer to his mother and waved to her, instead of saying anything back, "Ok, we'll work on it" She laughed standing back up and almost running into a giant. "Oh my god I am so sorry, she said as the giant of a man caught her to make sure she didn't fall right on her butt.

"Ara this is Opie." And as she finished her sentenced a blond man with a kutte with the words V President on it. "And this Jax." Jax looked up Ara and the first thing he commented on was the hair.

"Nice hair." He laughed at her stark white long hair. She twirled a strand around her finger. "My mother would prefer if I dyed it back to my auburn but I kind of like it." Ara giggled, and blushed when Jax gave her his signature smirk.

Tara wanted a word with Jax, she gestured for the Opie and Ara to go inside for a quick minute.

Abel tugged on his father's leg and demanding to be picked up, and he complied. "Hey Abel, want to hang out with me for a second." Ara asked as he slowly nodded to her.

Jax put him down and he obediently followed them inside.

"So you a friend of Tara's, doctor too?" She laughed and shook her head, she told him that she was a lowly student taking her exam to be a nurse and if all were well, she would be one on Monday. Opie nodded, and Abel sighed looking bored with his toys. "Honestly Tara recruited me to spend some time with Abel, She thinks I shouldn't be home alone all the time." Ara tried to make some conversation and Op agreed. She turned her attention back to Abel.

"Okay Abel, Repeat after me, Hello." Ara sat down in front of him with Opie watching the two curiously. He repeated looking at her like she was an idiot. "Okay, Now say Bonjour." She said in a slightly accented voice. He repeated again. "Wow Abel you can say Hello, in two different languages, and Hola is hello in Spanish, Privet is Russian and Hela is Yiddish but to be honest that's about all i know in that language." Abel laughed and started asking questions with how do you say. Ara finally said, "Alright Abel, I promise I'll teach you everything I know!"

"Damn, I should you recruit you with some of my kids." Opie said as he got up as Jax walked in with Tara. Abel ran to him screaming papa in a cute accented voice. "I see you tried to teach him something." Tara said as she grabbed him to take him in to his bedroom for nap.

"Hey nurse, how well do you know Russian?" Opie asked grabbing Jax's attention.

"First, Arabella, not nurse, but I will accept Ara, and second, pretty much fluent, I can read and write and speak conversational pretty well." She said, "Why?"

The two men gave each other a look and shook their heads, and told her not to worry about it. "Babe, we'll be going to the club for a little be back to put the kids to bed." Jax stated and Tara asked him about dinner and he shook his head, "Club Stuff" He replied as the two guys left the house.

"Well you better stay, otherwise I am probably going to go insane with boredom."