This is an OC story. It will be Jax/OC. My OC's name is Serena McKnight. I do not own any of the SOA characters just my own OC Serena.

I never thought I would come back here. All the memories rushed back as soon as I saw that familiar sign. Teller-Morrow. The place I had spent a lot of afternoons and evenings as a kid and teenager. I looked around and it seemed like nothing had changed. It looked the same as when I had left it when I turned 18.

There were currently no motorcycles lined up so I slowly started walking towards the office where I knew the queen of not only SAMCRO, but charming would be. I hoped I could make it in before anyone else saw me. I started walking faster when I heard motorcycles coming down the road.

I opened the door and she looked up, "Well, look who came back from the dead." She leveled her glare at me over her glasses and then took them off when I didn't move. "You going to stand there all day and look at me or are you going to tell me what you're doing here?" Gemma looked toward the window when we saw all the motorcycles pull into the lot.

"I came for a job." I started hoping to get the conversation over before someone came in. I knew someone would because Gemma always wanted to know what happened. She was like everyone's mom including mine until I had left. "I'm going to be back in Charming, PERMANENTLY." I said and emphasizing that it would be permanent. I walked closer to her so I wouldn't be standing in the door.

"You're not going to skip out on us again?" She asked staring at me hard and giving me the "mother Gemma look". I nodded and stared back at her to hopefully show how serious I was. "Alright. You can start tomorrow. We're about to close the shop for today." She looked me up and down, "I see that you've been taking good care of yourself. Why move back?"

"I guess I just missed home." I looked at the ground and shuffled my feet around. When I looked back up at her she was still giving me the mother Gemma look but didn't ask again. She got up and hugged me.

"Well, I'm glad you're back honey. The boys were all upset when you left. You broke their hearts." She looked me up and down again. "You look good." I admit I wasn't bad looking, but I could've been better. I was 5 foot 2 and was a decent weight. I wasn't chunky, but I wasn't a stick either. I had muscle from always taking defense classes. My hair went down to my lower back and was dark brown. I had bright blue eyes and freckles. I had been well endowed since I was a teenager and a lot of people thought I was Gemma's daughter. She treated me like I was hers but my own mother had left me when I was six. Ditched me to get high and never came back. My dad was dead but he had been a friend of John Teller. He was also a member of SOA and a first 9.

I guess that is why I was always treated like family. Gemma helped to raise me with my father until he died when I was 10 and then I had lived with her until I was 16. Then I got my own place and when I turned 18 I left charming. She's always been like a mother to me which is probably how she knew something was wrong.

Gemma moved her arms and accidentally brushed my side which caused me to wince. "Want to tell me what this is about?" she said lifting up the side of my white tank top. There was a large bruise on my side and other places that Gemma didn't know about. She stared at me and I knew she would figure it out if I kept looking at her. She always did. Either she would confront me and already knew or I'd have to tell her. It was hard to lie to the woman who took me in and always treated me nice.

"Oh, I fell when I was getting off the bus earlier. They should really have better safety precautions." I pulled my shirt down just as someone was walking in the office. I turned around and saw the man I considered to be like a second dad to me. When he saw me he smiled wide.

"Baby girl is back in town!" he yelled as he scooped me up in his arms. I laughed through the pain that Clay didn't know he was causing me. He was squeezing all the bruises that my ex had tried to hide on my body. He looked about the same but his hair had gotten more gray. "Wait until the guys know you're back. We're going to throw the party of the century."

I knew this was going to happen. Luckily, I had two days before the party. I knew it would be on a Friday and it was only Wednesday today. They always had huge parties on Friday nights. There would always be the hang around women who wanted to be an old lady. I used to always laugh at them and when one thought she would talk shit I would put her in her place. "I can't wait." I said looking up at him then back at Gemma. "I have to get some thing straightened out with where I'm staying but I will be back tomorrow" I told them as I slipped from Clay's grip and started to walk out the door. I watched my converse laces swing as I walked hoping nobody else would stop me. I didn't want to see him. Not today. I couldn't face the very same reason I had left charming.

"You gonna slip out and not say hi?" I heard the old smoky voice of Piney say behind me. I sighed and turned around. I loved this man as well but looking at him was hard. I smiled at him and walked over. I saw he had his oxygen on and didn't want to make him do the extra work to get over to me. I didn't know how bad his health was anymore. "How you been doing, girl?" he asked me as he gave me a hug which again resulted in my bruises being irritated. My side was really gonna hurt later.

"I'm doing alright Piney." I said. I looked around to make sure nobody else would walk over. "I need to get going though. Get stuff sorted out at home." He looked at me for a second and nodded. "I will see you tomorrow though. I start work here tomorrow." I smiled wide as he gave a short laugh.

"You know you're gonna have a lot to do tomorrow. Gemma hates keeping those files organized in there." he laughed. "You know you can't avoid the boys forever though. They're going to hear that you're back and want to see you. They've been worried about ya" he said as he gave me another hard stare. I sighed again because I knew he was right about all of it. The boys would want to see me and I knew I couldn't avoid them forever but it was already a lot for me to just be on this lot again. Hell, to even be in this CITY again. "Get outta here. Go get your shit straight." He laughed and let go of me. I nodded and headed down the street and away from TM.

My house was small but it was nice and updated. New appliances, carpet, furniture, and the walls were all freshly painted. It was a new start for me. Lord knows I needed one after getting away from my ex. I smiled as I entered and lit some candles so I could start to relax from the stressful day I had. I was glad that Gemma didn't ask too many questions, though I know I wasn't off the hook yet. I made a simple dinner for myself and showered then checked everything was locked before I went to bed. I would need a full night of sleep for the day I was going to have tomorrow.

AUTHORS NOTE

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