Claire Teller's parents had persuaded their 6-year-old daughter to get a "healthy" and "safe" hobby outside of her father's MC, the Sons of Anarchy. Her hobby later grew into the one and only passion she had besides the Club; ballet.
Claire's father was Jacob Teller, the brother of the Sons of Anarchy's President and founding member, John Teller. Her mother was Debra Delaney, also known as DD, and was the sister of another Sons member,Big Otto. Her aunt was Gemma Teller, the Club's matriarch, and Claire probably looked up to her more than her own mother. Claire had grown up in the shadow of the Sons of Anarchy compound and the club ran deep in her veins. People knew not to fuck with her.
Claire had quickly developed a deep love for ballet and excelled in it but she hated school and her grades showed it. In an effort to improve her education, her mother and Aunt Gemma started home-schooling her at the clubhouse. Claire preferred this tremendously; that's where her whole family spent all their time, why couldn't she too? A mini dance studio was even built in the back, complete with mirrors and ballet barres, as a 9th birthday gift. Subsequently, Claire was nick-named the Sons Biker Princess; she liked being known as a princess.
When Claire wasn't dancing she spent most, if not all, her time with her older cousin Jax (John and Gemma's son) and Jax's bestfriend, Opie Winston (son of another member, Piney). Claire might have been a good 5 years younger than Jax and Ope but they didn't mind having her tag along, she was good at keeping secrets. They found Claire to be quite the amusement; one minute she'd twirl, dance and jump around them like a kitten and the next be climbing over and under fences getting dirty, all the while helping them play harmless pranks around their little town of Charming. She loved spending time with the big boys; they taught her how to shoot a gun (that's where her secret keeping skills came into play).
"I like Opie. A lot." A 10-year-old Claire blurted out to her cousin, Jax, one day. She was spinning herself around on a bar stool in the clubhouse.
"Oh yeah, weirdo?" Jax asked, looking at her through squinted eyes "I think he's too old for you." Jax took a cigarette out of his pocket and lit it.
Claire stopped spinning and looked at her cousin through a furrowed brow "YOU'RE too old, Jax! I never said I wanted to marry him, geez!" she crossed her arms and stuck her bottom lip out; her face was hot with embarrassment.
Jax took a quick drag and chuckled. "Oh, stop it, crybaby. I was just messin' with ya. Besides, I think everyone knows you like Ope."
Claire's mouth dropped open but no words came out. Jax was right, the little girl hadn't been able to hide her crush from anyone, and although this was the first time she had admitted to it, everyone that hung out around the clubhouse knew that Claire had had a crush on Opie for years.
"Hey now, Jax, I didn't know that… I just thought she liked climbing over Opie like a jungle-gym just for the hell of it." Said a husky voice from behind Claire, she looked over her shoulder and saw Opie's father, Piney, standing behind the bar (he hadn't been there a minute ago); Piney gave Claire a playful wink. Her eyes widened with even more embarrassment when she realized that the guy following him through the door was Opie with a smile on his face. Claire clenched her teeth, dropped to the floor and ran down the hall to the mirrored studio.
One day, an 11-year-old Claire and a 16-year-old Jax sat at one of picnic tables in the compound, playing cards with SoA member, Tig. Jax looked at his hand and then at Tig, who had a shit-eating grin lurking on his face. "You cheated, man." Jax said tossing his cards on the table with a smirk. Tig and Claire started giggling. At that second, Gemma Teller rushed out from the Teller-Morrow Motorcycle Repair Shop's office and flew over to Claire, tears streaming down her face, and wrapped her arms around the little girl.
Claire's parents were dead; and apparently, Gemma's husband, Jax's father, was critically injured as well.
The three of them had been hit by a semi-truck. Claire's mother, who was riding tandem with her husband, had been thrown off and her skull cracked open; every bone in her father's body had been shattered- they were pronounced dead at the scene. Jax's father succumbed to his injuries and passed away two days later in the hospital.
Claire moved in with her Aunt Gemma and Jax. She stopped caring about her schoolwork but ballet became even more important- her mini studio was the only place she could go to escape the leather and chrome clad world around her.
By the time Claire was 15 she was spending her down time causing havoc around Charming. She had multiple SoA tattoos on her body, including the entire Reaper on her back. Both Jax and Opie were now Prospects for the club. Gemma had remarried Clay Morrow, the new president of SAMCRO.
