A/N: The chapter for A Place for My Head will be updated later today. I'm working on editing it,

I couldn't get this story out of my head so I wanted to get it wrote down before I forgot about it. As always reviews are always appreciated! Thanks for reading!

PROLOGUE:

True love. That's the kind of love that Tara Knowles and Jax Teller had.

She was the only girl who would ever have own his heart. The only girl who could turn his world upside down just by a touch, a smile, and no matter how horrible he felt she could make his day better.

He was her best friend, her soul mate, her knight in a leather kutte. He swooped in when her life was at it's worst. Her father had become an alcoholic who loved his booze more than he loved her. Jax was her rescuer, always saving her from her nightmares, saving her from her reality.

The two of them were inseparable. If there was a moment when they couldn't be together both of them hated it and moped around until they could be together. They had a crazy love that was only heard about in fairy tales.

Tara had become a daughter to all of Samcro, especially to Gemma. Tara was the daughter she never had, and she loved Tara as her own. It was a bumpy road at first, Gemma wasn't sure if Tara was cut out to be an old lady but warmed up rather quickly to her.

Jax and Tara had been together for two years when things started to go down hill. Jax was a new prospect for Samcro and Tara had received her acceptance letter to a college across the country, both of them resentful of the other for taking a different path.

Tara decided against college, opting to stay in Charming with Jax.

Tara's father was not happy with this, even after all of the damage he had done to Tara, deep down inside he was proud of her for who she was, how smart she was and wasn't going to sit by and let Jackson Teller ruin her life.

"You don't love her. If you loved her you wouldn't let her throw her life away for you. You wouldn't hold her back from her greatness, the light she has is going to burn out in this town, with you. She's giving up everything she's worked hard for, she's had straight A's since kindergarten. All she's ever wanted to be is a surgeon. I've let her down, I own that. I wasn't the father I needed to be for her. You say you love her, let her go. Don't let her waste the gift she's been given to stay here with you. Let her go, son. Make her go. If you really love her, make her go. You're going to ruin her life if you let her stay here with you. Don't let this town hold her hostage like it has so many others." Tara's dad sobbed after a heated exchange with Jax.

Jax knew he was right, if he let her stay her life would be ruined. She would eventually hate him for keeping her here. He thought about all of the club hang-arounds, the old ladies, their whole life was about the club. Tara was better than that. She had so much to offer this world and he would be damned if he let her throw it away for him. He knew what he had to do. He knew it would break her heart, but in the end he knew it was for the best. He couldn't leave Samcro. He wouldn't. She would. She had to, it was up to him to make it happen. He couldn't be selfish with her. Her dad was right about one thing at least, she deserved better than this life.

She loved him enough to give up her dream for him. He loved her enough not to let her despite the pain it would inevitably cause them both.

Both determined to do what's best for the other, neither ready for the consequences that were bound to follow.

************************************************************************Chapter 1

"Hey, meet me at the clubhouse around 2:30. I need to talk to you." Tara read the message Jax had sent her. She was worried, he had been acting weird since she told him she wasn't going to college right away.

"Everything okay?" She replied back, chewing on the tip of the cap of her pen, getting more anxious the more time went by waiting on a response.

"Yea just meet me. C u then." She stared at the message, certain that something was wrong, he always ended his texts with I love you.

"Okay, I'll be there, I love you baby." She replied, finishing her last section of notes for her final on Friday.

She glanced back at her phone before class ended but he never responded. Something was definitely wrong. She just knew it.

She ditched her last class to get to the clubhouse by 2:30, she didn't know what was wrong with him but she was anxious to get to the bottom of it no matter how long it took.

She arrived at 2:25. She walked into the clubhouse noticing the panicked look Opie had once he saw her.

"Hey Tara, he's not here right now." Op stepped in front of her.

"Where is he?" She asked, looking around the almost empty room.

"He's out with JT, I think."

"On the dyna?" Tara asked, eyes narrowing.

"Yup." Opie nodded, still blocking the way into the dorm room hallway.

"I thought we were friends Op." Tears filled her eyes, she now knew something was definitely going on if Opie was lying to her for him.

"We are friends, Knowles. You know I love you like a sister." Op grinned.

"Yeah, well I say bullshit. His dyna is sitting out there right beside yours." She stepped around him.

"Maybe they took the tow..." Opie started but Tara interrupted him. "Save it." She opened the door to the room she spent so much time in lately.

She found Jax laying in bed, naked and alone. She breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hey babe, I thought something was wrong. Opie said you weren't here but your dyna was here, I was afraid of what I was walking into but of course you wouldn't hurt me like that I don't know what I was thinking. I love you." She blurted out.

Just then his bathroom door opened up and Wendy, a croweater walked out wearing nothing but Jax's Samcro shirt.

Tara was frozen, eyes darting from Jax to Wendy.

"You..How..Why." She stammered, unable to form a whole sentence. Tears streaming down her face.

"Get out Wendy, I'll see you later." Jax ordered and Wendy did as she was told.

Tara was still frozen in place, unable to make herself move. In her mind, she was long gone from this room, from Charming, from the man who had just broken her heart and didn't show any sign of remorse.

"Why?" She asked again, angrily wiping the tears from her eyes.

"It's pretty obvious isn't it? You're not meant for this life. You are meant for so much more. I want you to go to college, become the Doctor that we both know you can be." He stated, pulling on his boxers.

"This is because you want me to leave? Don't you think me leaving is my choice? You can't make me leave you." She shouted.

"You're right, I can't make you leave Charming or go to school but you and me are done. There's nothing left for you here. So go." Jax answered roughly, hiding the emotions threatening to escape. He had to do this, it was what's best for her.

"I'm not leaving you. We can get past this. I love you Jackson. You're the only family I have left. Please don't do this." She begged. She hated how desperate she sounded, it sounded pathetic even in her own ears.

"I can't make you leave. I'm not your family. Samcro is not your family. Leave the clubhouse, do not come back," He took a deep breath forcing his next words to out. "I don't want you anymore, you're not old lady material. I have to move on and find someone who will be good for me and the club and lets face it darlin that's not you. So go. Just go."

Tara nodded, unable to speak, not willing to let herself beg. She turned and walked out of the room that was more like her home than her own home, refusing to look back.

Jax Teller didn't love her anymore. He made that perfectly clear. Her time here in Charming was finished. If she didn't have him, she had no family to stay around for. Her dad sure as hell wouldn't notice she was gone. She would miss Donna, she loved her dearly but she couldn't stay here and see Jax move on without her. That would kill her for sure. Gemma would probably side with Jax, so she's lost her second mother too. He was right, she had no one.

He made the decision for her she would move away from Charming, from him, and never return. She had to do this for herself, her heart couldn't take anymore. She would change her number, change everything she could, she had to erase Jackson Teller from her heart and mind. She had to finish her finals and then she could take the money her grandmother left her and get the hell out of this place.