The Return

This story starts 11 years before season one. David LaBrava is Happy and he is 20, Elena LaBrava is his younger sister she is 9. Their Father bolted when Elena was a few months old, he used to beat on their Mom. Samcro took her in and that's how Happy became part of Samcro. Jax is 16.

Family History and Choices

David LaBrava was standing outside Clay Morrows house trying to figure out how to tell his 9 years old sister that she no longer had mother. He knocks on the door, Gemma answers.

"Hey, what happened is Evie ok" He shakes his head but shows no emotion. Gemma pulls him into a hug. "I'm sorry Baby"

"Where is she"

"She's in the front room with Jax...Do you want me to come with you"

"No it's okay, this is something I have to do" He turns to face Clay who had now entered the room

"Hap, what happe..."

"She didn't make it Clay"

"Sorry to hear that Happy" Clay grabs his shoulder reassuringly "Were all here for you brother what ever you need."

"Thanks Clay" Happy walks towards the front room, he sees Jax lounging on the sofa with Elena tucked under his arm. Jax turns to face Happy as he hears him approach.

"Hey"

"Jax"

"She's asleep man, do you want me to wake her." Happy takes a seat on the opposite side of his sister, he brushes a piece of her brown hair out of her face. He couldn't help but notice how beautiful she was.

"No she looks so peaceful, she deserves a least one more peaceful night sleep"

"Your Mom..."

"Didn't make it bro"

"Know how you feel man" Jax had lost hos dad 1½ years ago, in a biking accident.

"I'm okay I just have no idea how I'm going to tell her"

"She'll be fine, at least she still has you. And you know everyone will be there for you both. Were your family always will be"

The following morning everyone left the house so they could give Happy and Elena some space. Happy had finally managed to tell Elena about her Mom, he told her that her car was hit by a lorry and that she hadn't made it out, but she didn't understand. When Happy told her she had gone away to heaven she just kept saying she would come back.

The fact that their mother wasn't coming back finally hit Elena on the day of the funeral. She hadn't stopped crying most of the day and whenever anyone tried to comfort her she would scream for her brother. That night Elena slept in Happy's bed. And from that day forward the two became inseparable.

Over the years Happy had become more involved in club, and as Elena got older she too embraced the club life as that was really the only life she knew and she loved it. She accepted what her brother did when he wasn't fixing cars knowing that sometimes hard decisions had to be made. Whatever the club did illegally, in some twisted way she knew they were doing it for the greater good. But not everyone saw the club the same way. Most people in Charming loved and respected Samcro, but some people hated everything they stood for, thinking that they were just biker thugs. Some kids liked to point this out to Elena at school.

Elena was 13 when Happy started teaching her to defend herself. One day some 15 year old girl decided to show off in front of her friends and tell Elena what she thought of Samcro, and how she thought that they were bullies and killers. Elena hated anyone talking bad about her family so she tried to hit the girl, but she was to quick and strong and the girl ended up getting the drop on Elena and smacking her sending Elena to tumbling to the floor. Happy was fuming when he picked up Elena and saw the cut on her lip. He dragged her back inside the school, he went straight to the Principles office a gave him a piece of his mind. Once they were back home Happy made sure she was okay and told her that she needed to defend herself, he told her that the next day he was going to teach her how to fight back.

At 16 years old Elena thought that she was more than capable of looking after herself, but Happy disagreed. It seemed the older she got the more protective he got.

"But why do I have to go, it's just one night I'll be fine"

"Elle I'm not budging on this so you might as well save your breath. Your staying at Gemma's"

"But Hap"

"Elle go get your stuff ready we have to leave in 30 minutes"

"Fine" Elena gets up from kitchen table and walks up stairs to her room making sure to slam the door behind her. Happy just shock his head and chuckled to himself.

35 minutes later Elle reappeared downstairs with her bag in hand. "Your late and you've changed" Happy asks noticing her new clothes

Elena new that if they were going to Gemma's then Happy would be meeting Jax there. And although she never mentioned it to another living soul apart from her best friend Rachel, she had a major crush on Jackson Teller, even though he was 7 years older than her. When Happy had delivered the news to her that she would be staying at Gemma's because he had club business to attend to she was wearing sweats pants and smurf t-shirt, there was no way in hell she was going to let Jax see her like that. She changed into a pair of light blue jeans and a yellow strappy top, which completed her tanned skin. She also quickly ran the straighteners over her long brown hair. She put on some lip gloss, not to much though she didn't want Happy to get suspicious.

"Yeah I spilt something on my shirt, so you know new shirt new pants" Elena lied

Elena placed her duffel bag over her shoulder, as she climbed onto the back of Happy's motorcycle. She loved riding with Happy it was like their thing. They always went for rides together if they wanted to clear their heads, most of the time they would end up in some random town, they would normally find some diner to eat at, always joking about the décor and the hicks in the town.

They pull up outside Gemma's House Elena notices that Clay and Jax's bikes were in the drive way. As she takes off her helmet she flattens her hair back down making sure she didn't have helmet hair. As they walk up the drive way they pass a young blonde girl, she was looking over her shoulder waving to someone in the door way she looked like the cat who got them cream. As they got closer Elena realised that it was Jax standing in the doorway.

"Jesus Jax another one"

"Yeah her name was Haley or Hallie something like that not sure, all I know she was pretty good in the sack"

"Hey man don't talk like that in front of my sister" Happy pushes Jax jokingly. Jax attention now falls onto Elena who was standing behind Happy.

"Sorry sweetheart, you know your my favourite girl right" Elena feels herself blush slightly and quickly bows her head.

"Don't believe a word he says Elle, he's a dog" Jax laughs as Happy pushes his way past him. Jax grabs Elena's hand as he follows Happy inside.

"Hey baby" Gemma gives Elena a hug

"Hey Gemma" Elena takes her bag off, placing it on the Kitchen counter. Elena turns to face Clay who had just walked into the kitchen.

"Hey Clay"

"Hey" He places a kiss on Elena's cheek "So you boys ready"

"Yeah" Happy and Jax answer in unison.

Clay walks over to Gemma and they share a kiss. Happy Gives Elena a hug before cupping her face in his hands and kissing her forehead.

"I love you" Happy whispers to her

"Love you too" Happy runs his hand over Elena's hair before saying goodbye to Gemma and following Clay outside.

Jax comes over to Elena and places his hand on her waist and kisses her cheek. He walks over to Gemma as gives her a kiss before he disappears outside. Gemma turns back to look at Elena who she notices was blushing. Gemma had come to realise that Elena had a little crush on Jax for a while now she hadn't mentioned it to Happy because she knew he would over react, but she hadn't told Elena that she knew either, she figured it would only make her embarrassed.

"There's some ice cream, in the freezer if you want some"

"Cookie dough flavour" Elena's asks

"Would I get you anything else" Gemma replies knowing that Ben and Jerry's cookie dough was her favourite

"Thanks Gemma" Elena skips towards the freezer.

Gemma grabs Elena's bag, and takes into the spare room that she had already set up for her. She unzips her bag to get out her Pj's when something else caught her eye. Gemma checks the hall way, it was clear. She opens the letter and starts to read it.

"Jesus" Gemma says to herself.

Gemma walks into the front room where Elena was. She was curled up on the sofa watching T.V while munching on the ice cream, and laughing at something on the T.V. Gemma stood there watching her getting lost in her thoughts. Happy had done such a good job in raising her, most people would have gone off the rails living through what Elena had, maybe she might have without Happy being there for her and supporting her. Happy was never one for showing emotion, that was why he had the nickname killer, but when it came to Elena he was different, she managed to break through his cold exterior. He would do anything for that girl, and she would do anything for him that's how they worked. And Gemma knew that was the reason Elena was hiding the letter.

Elena finally realises she was being watched. She smiles at Gemma, but her smile quickly fades when she sees the piece of paper Gemma was holding.

"I think we need to talk Baby" Elena doesn't stay a word. Gemma takes a seat next to her on the sofa, Elena places her bowl of ice cream on the coffee table, before turning to face Gemma.

"This letter is dated the 21st that's over a month ago, why haven't you said anything, the closing date is 3 days away"

"Because it's not important, I'm not going"

"Baby this is a once in a lifetime opportunity"

"I'm not going Gemma end of" Elena snaps.

She loved Gemma to bits she was always there for her when she needed help with something that Happy wasn't equipped to deal with. Like when she first got her period, and boys. But right now Gemma was over stepping her mark, that letter wasn't her business and it was her choice, and she had already made her mind up.

"It's because you'll have to leave Happy isn't it."

"Gemma, I've made my mind up, I don't want to talk about it"

"Your Mom..." Gemma didn't get to finish her sentence as Elena jumps up off the sofa, Gemma could see her eyes filling with tears at the mention of her Mom.

"I told you that I'm NOT GOING. And don't talk about my MOM"

Elena runs to the spare room and slams the door shut. She drops onto the bed and sobs into the pillow. Gemma falls back into the sofa, she could hear her crying in the next room, but Gemma knew Elena wouldn't appreciate her coming in and trying to comfort her, the only person who could calm her down was Happy.

Clay and Happy return. Happy always spent the night on the sofa when he returned from club business. He liked being there when Elena woke up in the morning, normally at home she would be the first to wake up and she would always climb into his bed, some times she even spent the night in his bed. She still suffered from nightmares about their Mom and the only place she felt safe was wrapped in Happy's arm.

"Hey Sweetheart what are you still doing up, everything okay" Clays asks walking over to Gemma who was having a cigarette while sitting at the dinner table.

"Yeah, where's Jax" Gemma asks noticing that he wasn't with him

"Where do you think, he's at the bar probably hooking up with another crow eater" Happy answers, Gemma shakes her head

"Gem, he's just doing what most lads do his age" Clay states

"Well I don't like it, he's better than that, using women. Its all that bitches fault that he's acting like this. Tara fucking Knowles"

Tara was Jax's high school sweetheart, Jax loved her to pieces, but she couldn't handle being in Charming or being involved in Samcro so she left to go to Chicago. They were 19 at the time. Jax was heart broken and his way of dealing with his pain was to sleep with every girl he saw.

"Crow eaters aren't like normal women they know what there getting into they know the deal." Happy tries to explain

"Would you like it if some guy treated Elena like that"

"That ain't ever gonna happen she ain't dating till she's like 40" Clay and Gemma laugh but Happy face stays the same, as the thoughts of some guys hands on his sister made his blood boil. "On that note I think I need a beer"

"So you never answered my question what are you doing up."

"Well I need to talk to Happy" Happy arrives back at the table with 3 beers.

"What is it, is Elle okay."

"She's fine now"

"What do you mean she's fine now" Happy snaps

"I found this" Gemma hands Happy the letter she had found.

"I didn't know about this"

"No she has been hiding because..."

"Because what Gemma" Happy snaps

"Because of you"

Elena was restless, she looks at her cell it was 4 in the morning. She couldn't lie there any more trying to sleep. She decides to get up, she ties her hair into a high ponytail, before slipping out of her room. She sees Happy sleeping on the sofa he looked so peaceful. She takes a seat at the dining table. Her eyes were glued to the sofa in front of her. She looks towards the front door where she heard someone enter, her body tensed wondering who it was she was about to go and wake Happy when Jax appeared in the kitchen, her body relaxes and she goes back to staring at Happy.

"Hey Ellie bean what are you doing up?"

"Well your Mom found something of mine, something I haven't told Happy about, and I'm just sitting here wondering if your Mom told him"

"Well is it a good thing or a bad thing?" Jax questions as he takes a seat next to Elena.

"Depends on how you look at it I guess" Elena could feel Jax eyes looking at her, encouraging her to continue. Elena looks at him.

"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to"

"I..um... I won a scholarship for a 4 year course in New York at Berkeley College studying Criminal Justice."

"That's fantastic, we need someone to help the club out now and then" Jax jokes

"You don't understand it's an early admittance because I've been excelling in all my classes. Which means if I accept I have to leave in about a week" Elena blinks trying to hold back her tears

"Oh"

"Yeah"

"So I'm guessing the problem is Happy, or more you having to leave him"

"I don't think I can do it, I don't think I can leave him"

"I understand that." Jax moves closer to Elena "But what do you want"

"What"

"This course do you want to do it"

"Well it is a great opportunity but..."

"But were back to the same point again, leaving Happy"

"Exactly"

"So talk to him, it might give you some perspective. And if you decided you don't want to go then don't"

"Your right"

"Of course I am" Jax and Elena laugh "Come Ellie Bean, you need to go to bed, and I need my beauty sleep"

"You can say that again" Elena jokes. Jax messes up her hair before throwing his arm around her walking her back to her bedroom.