A/N #1: Hey people! Here's another SOA story, except this one will bedifferent. It'll have the characters and some of the stuff from the show, but this is going to be like a FUN story! Okay, maybe the first couple of chapters isn't going to be so fun, but it's just, like I said, different, I guess. So, remember it's completely andtotally AU! The joys of writing fanfiction!
Disclaimer: I own NOTHING from Sons of Anarchy… just my OC's. Plus, I do not own the lyrics. They belong to Hinder. Thanks!
…Chapter One…
"I'm so not ready to go back." Isabella Romano muttered to herself as she gazed out the tiny window of the 747 airplane. She's been gone for a week, visiting her mother Eliza and her step-father Dean, over in Hawaii, since that's where he was stationed at, being in the Navy.
Isabella ended things with Kozik, after two and a half years, because he's been lying and cheating on her lately, so she needed to take some time away from home to do some thinking, about everything going on, and what she should do.
Although, she felt like an major idiot, because her Godfather warned her about Kozik's track record with women, but she was blinded by love and Kozik's charm, plus she's stubborn, and know she know's she should have listened to Tig, and even though Tig, Happy, and Jax already kicked his ass for it, she still feels like the one hurting.
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Isabella got off the airplane and went to the baggage claim, where her half - sister Megan and her two best friends Crystal and Alyssa were waiting for her. "Hey, Bella!" Crystal greeted her first, then all of them gave her a group hug.
"So." Alyssa started, as they let go of each other. "How was your trip?"
"Very annoying." she chuckled, then grabbed her two suitcases and her two duffle bags off the carousel. "My mother." she rolled her eyes. "Was trying to set me up with the locals that live in her building, plus she tried to set me up with the bag boy at the store, twice."
"Whoa." Crystal blinked her eyes. "Seriously?"
"Yeah." she nodded. "Other than that, I had a swell time." then she noticed the look on Megan's face. "What? What is it?"
"It's good that you had a great time, I mean, you deserved it, after what you've been through…"
"But?"
"But… from what Happy tells me." Megan shook her head. "Kozik isn't doing too well."
"Yeah." Alyssa agreed. "He's even bugging the hell out of Tig."
"And all he's been doing is… drinking, fighting with everyone." Crystal added. "He really misses you."
Isabella stared at them incredulously for a few seconds. "Um… it was the three of you, plus Gemma and Jax, who told me to go on this trip and to forget about Kozik."
"We know, Sis." Megan put her hand on Isabella's shoulder. "We're just telling you what's up and what you should expect."
"Oh, okay… well, let's go." then each one of them grabbed either a suitcase or a duffle bag, and walked to the parking garage.
When they got there, Jax got out of Gemma's Escalade, and gave Isabella a hug. "I missed you, Bella… welcome home."
"Thanks… I missed you too." she nodded, letting go, but he didn't, he still held onto her for a little bit longer. "Uh, Jax?"
"Yeah? Oh." he finally let go. "Did you have fun?"
"Uh-huh, tons of fun." she noticed the look on Jax's face. "Oh, God." she groaned. "Not you too."
"What?" he asked innocently. "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Oh."
"Why? What's up?" he asked.
"Nothing… I just wanna go home and possibly take a nap." she sighed as they put her stuff in the back of the Escalade, then him and the girls got in, and Jax drove home to Charming.
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About an hour later, Jax pulled up to the house. "Just wonderful." Isabella thought to herself, noticing Kozik's bike in the drive way, along with Chibs and Juice's. She got out of the Escalade and grabbed her purse. "I don't want to be here." she shook her head. "I'm going for a walk."
"By yourself?"
"Yes, Jax… I'm not in the mood to deal with Kozik right now, so when he's gone, text me."
"You know, you shouldn't be out alone."
"I'll be fine… I'll have my cell phone." she dug into her purse and pulled out her license, putting it in her back pocket. She tossed the purse to Jax and started walking, before the girls could say anything. "I'll be back."
Five minutes later, Jax and the girls walked into the house with Isabella's luggage. "Um." Juice started, scratching his head. "I think you're missing one."
"Yeah." Chibs nodded, with a confused look on his face. "Where's Bella?"
"She went for a walk." Crystal said, putting one of the duffle bags on the couch.
"Why?" asked Juice.
Before Crystal could respond, Kozik walked out into the livingroom, looking at everyone. "Where the hell is Bella?"
"Uh." Alyssa started, then sat down next to Chibs. "She went for a walk."
"Why?"
Megan went up to Kozik. "She doesn't want to see you right now."
He shook his head. "But I gotta talk to her." he started to walk away, but Megan grabbed his arm, making him stop. "What?" he sighed.
"Look, I know my sister and she needs time."
"She's had a whole week in Hawaii."
"Just… just leave her alone, for right now."
"Megan." Kozik shook his head, again. "I can't… I made a huge mistake and she needs to know this."
"You made more than one mistake, Brother." Jax said, grabbing a beer out of the fridge. "Over and over." he sat down on the recliner. "I think I can see why she left in the first place and why she don't want to talk to you, or want anything to do with you."
Kozik frowned, then Megan sighed. "Just give her time… maybe she'll come around."
"You really think so?" he asked, feeling a little hopeful.
"I don't know." she shrugged. "You know how stubborn and hardheaded she is, just like our dad."
"Well, that doesn't help me at all, now does it?" he glared at her, then walked back down the hallway, and into Isabella's room.
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Isabella had walked over to the bar on Main Street and drank a few shots of Patron. A little bit later, she noticed a guy kept looking her way, she smiled, taking more shots, then he walked up to her. "Hello, there." he held out his hand. "I'm Jason."
"Bella." she shook it and quickly let it go.
"It's nice to meet you." he sat down on the bar stool next to her. "So, what are you doing in a place like this, all by your lonesome?"
"Just thinking and drinking."
"About what?"
"Why everything is so fucked up and I'm figuring out why I let it get that way."
"Can you elaborate?"
Isabella sighed. "My boyfriend… wait, no." she paused. "My ex-boyfriend was waiting at home for me when I got back from my vacation."
"Okay, so what happened between you two?"
"He lied and cheated on me for months." she took another shot. "And I was too stupid to listen, when people were trying to warn me about him."
"Wow, I can't imagine doing any of that to you." Jason reached over and rubbed his thumb on her cheek. "He was stupid, not you, and he didn't deserve you… at all." she blushed, then he smirked. "How 'bout we go play a couple rounds of pool and get out of here?"
Isabella nodded and took another shot. "Alright… but I break first."
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"I really miss your hair in my face. And the way your innocence tastes. And I think you should know this. You deserve much better than me."
Kozik groaned as he stretched on the bed, yawning. He looked at the alarm clock and '2:34'am was staring right back at him. Seconds later, his phone rang again, and he knew who it was by the lyrics of the song. He reached over, picked it up, and pressed the talk button. "Bella, where the hell are you?" he paused. "And how come you didn't come home? You've been gone all damn day."
"Kozik, I, I need you." she said, softly with a hint of fear in her voice. "He's gonna kill me."
"Wait… what?" Kozik asked, confused. "Who?"
A/N #2: Okay, my awesome readers! That's chapter one! Like I said, this story is going to be different and it's not going to follow the story line, that much, just some of it. I just hope you all like it, like the other stories I have out there. Enjoy and as always R&R!
A/N #3: I don't know if you noticed, but I have indeed switched some things around. Had to. Plus, I will be re-writing it, to make it better than before. Other than that, enjoy peoples!