A/N: Hey everyone! Here is the alternate timeline to FBC with our favorite Teller. I'm starting it off where the changes occur, which is about halfway through this chapter (Chapter 7 of FBC). I'll update as I complete the chapters. Please let me know what you guys think!
As expected Destiny had gotten a call from the school, telling her about the fight between J.T. and the other boys, and she was mad, to say the least. Later on that evening, Jax brought J.T. back to the house and Destiny entered the living room with her arms crossed over her chest as she walked in
"I got some pretty interesting phone calls today. You want to tell me what happened?" she said calmly
"I can explain" J.T. replied, "They were picking on this kid and it was three against one and no one was helping, but like his brother and I just kind of-"
"Snapped?" Destiny finished
J.T. nodded
"I know. I talked to the boys' mother and the school" Destiny sighed
"You did?"
"Yes and I talked to your brother"
J.T.'s face paled "Which brother?"
"Ray" Destiny answered and J.T. swallowed a gulp, "He told me what happened, that you haven't been sleeping again"
"It's nothing"
"Clearly it isn't if you're awake all night and losing your temper"
"I know I'm losing it ok? I can handle it"
Destiny walked over to J.T. and placed her hands on her shoulders.
"I know you can handle it. But you need to remember that you don't have to handle it alone anymore."
J.T. let out a deep exhale, glaring in Destiny's direction
"We aren't your dad. We're not going to persecute you for having feelings or needing to talk" she finished
J.T.'s glare turned into a full scowl, a low growl escaping her throat.
"My old man didn't 'persecute' me for anything" J.T. spat "He taught me that I got priorities and talking about my feelings ain't one of 'em. And you know what else he taught me? He taught me how to take care of myself, so I don't need no one for nothing"
Destiny stared in shock and opened her mouth to say something, but Lena had just come home and called out to J.T.
"Jude Teller what is this I hear you got into a fist fight at school today?"
"She was defending another student, I already talked to the principal" Destiny explained
"Really? How surprising" Lena said
"What's that supposed to mean?" asked J.T.
"I'm not surprised you got into trouble, I expected it with your track record, but I didn't expect you to do it while helping someone"
"Lena!" Destiny exclaimed
"What? It's true, she's trouble and brings nothing but trouble" Lena said definitively
"Now isn't the time to be saying things like this" Destiny tried to diffuse
But J.T. had heard enough. She stood up and slipped upstairs to her shared bedroom with Arabella.
A few hours later the yelling downstairs had only gotten louder and the girls were getting fed up. Jayme had retreated into Jude's room and Nick and Ray took their backpacks and left to Nick's dad's house for the weekend, just to get away from the yelling. J.T. was getting agitated because her moms had fought a few times before but for some reason, it was worse that night and it seemed like it was mostly arguing about her.
"-you're the one that wanted to take her in! I swear I don't get this pathological need of yours to try and fix people, but this kid is beyond repair. She's gonna end up bad just like her parents" she hears Lena yell
Arabella turns over to J.T. with teary eyes "You know they fought before, but it only got worse when you showed up" then she left the room to join Jayme and Jude. J.T. squeezed her eyes shut and slammed her head into the wall behind her, letting out a deep, ragged breath.
Finally having enough, she grabbed her backpack, phone, and keys, climbed out of her window and down the gutter. She landed on the soft grass of her yard and walked to her car, getting in and starting the engine. She pulled out of the driveway and cruised the streets of Charming late into the night.
Much later, not wanting to go back to the house she decided to head toward. She arrived at the hospital and headed up toward the NICU where Abel was. She got up to that unit and headed down the hall to Abel's room, but when she looked in the window to the room she saw a tall man, with short, grey hair standing over the incubator. She didn't recognize him, so she charged in the door causing him to turn around
"Who're you?" she asked
"I was curious" he answered looking back at the baby
"That doesn't answer my question," J.T. said harshly, reaching for the knife in her belt "This is for family and medical staff only"
"No need to get violent. What are you?" he asked putting his hands up
"The doctor. Now get the hell out" she demanded
He glanced from her to Abel then smirked "Related to Jax I see. You must be the littlest Teller"
"That's where you're wrong" she replied
He opened his mouth to speak again, but the door opened and Tara walked in
"What are you doing here?" she said, fear evident in her voice
"I was just leaving" the man replied pushing past her
Tara watched him leave, then went back to J.T. "Remember you're only here because Jax and Gemma said you can be"
"Who was that?" J.T. asked
"None of your business" Tara snapped before leaving
J.T. glared at Tara's retreating back, then went to Abel's incubator and looked inside.
"You ok little man?" she asked, Abel just kicked his foot in response "Don't worry kid. I won't let anyone hurt you. Ever."
She settled into the chair next to him and watched him as he slowly fell asleep. She watched Abel for several hours, Tara coming in to check on him again and giving J.T. a sneer, pulling out her cell phone and dialing Jax's number as soon as she left the room.
Jax was half asleep when his phone started ringing. He rolled over on his bed and picked it up without paying attention to the caller i.d.
"Hello?" he answered groggily
"Jax?" the woman's voice replied
"Who is this?" he asked
"It's Destiny. Look I'm sorry it's so late but I didn't know who else to call" she explained
Jax assumed she was crying because of the way her voice shook when she spoke
"Everything ok?"
"J.T. is gone"
"Gone? What do you mean gone?"
"We can't find her anywhere. Her car's gone. Did she go there at all?"
"Hang on, let me see if anyone saw her"
Jax got up and left his dorm, heading toward the bar where a few of the guys sat talking and drinking
"Hey you guys seen J.T. come by here?" he asked
"No" they chorused
"Not since this afternoon," said Piney
"I'm pretty sure she drove by a while ago but I don't know," Half-Sac told him
Jax sighed and put the phone back to his ear "They didn't see her but they think she drove by. I'm gonna go and look for her. Stay home in case she calls or comes back and call me if you hear anything"
"Ok, thank you, Jax. Lena is out asking around, I'll call you if I hear anything" said Destiny
Jax thanked her and hung up, then dialed his mom
"What is it?" she asked immediately
"J.T. took off. Her moms have no idea where she is" he explained
"Jesus Christ. I knew those two couldn't take care of her, that's why I told you to move her in with you in the first place"
"Mom! Relax! Destiny and Lena have been doing fine, the kid had a rough day and probably needed to blow off some steam. I'm gonna go look for her, I just need you to pay attention in case she comes to your place"
"Fine. But call me as soon as you find her. Then you and I are going to talk Jackson" she said hanging up. Jax put his phone away and left the clubhouse to search for J.T.
He drove for a few hours, passing by the school and park, but didn't see any sign of her. Beginning to really worry he headed back to the clubhouse and told Juice to track J.T.'s phone.
"She has a burner phone, there's no way I can trace it," he told Jax
"So what does that mean?" Jax asked
"It means that unless she wants to be found, we aren't going to find her"Juice replied
Jax swore and threw the chair across the room "Where else would she go?"
"I don't know. Besides you, me and Chibs, she really only hangs out with her brothers and sisters" he answered
Jax let out a low growl and his phone began to ring. He answered it quick
"Hello?"
"Jax, it's Tara," she told him
"Now's not a good time," he told her
"You're looking for J.T. right?"
"How do you know that?"
"She's at with Abel. She's been here for a few hours"
"Thanks, Tara, I'm on my way there. Keep her there if you can"
Tara just scoffed and hung up her phone
Jax turned back to Juice and told him where she was. The two men hopped on their bikes and took off to the hospital as fast as they could go.
Unfortunately for them, J.T. had overheard Tara's call to Jax, so as soon as Tara was out of sight she said goodbye to Abel and snuck out of the hospital and back to her car. Pulling away from the hospital J.T. wasn't sure where she wanted to go. She just knew that she didn't want to go back to Lena and Destiny. At least, not right then. She had clothes in her backpack and a duffel bag in her trunk full of extra clothes and other necessities. She thought back to the last letter she got from her mother, it was postmarked in Tacoma, so that's where J.T. started to go. But when she reached the highway she changed her mind and changed her direction so that instead of going to Tacoma, she'd be going back to Georgia.
J.T. was still driving when the sun began to rise. She reached for her bag to dig out her phone, but instead, she grabbed some paper that she had in there. She cussed and pulled off the road so she could grab her phone. She pulled it from her bag and dialed her dad's number, looking at the paper she grabbed as it rang. The paper was actually a picture and it was the pictures that she and Jax had taken back at Fun Town. She was thinking about Jax, feeling a bit sad that she didn't get to say goodbye to him or any of the guys before she took off. The contemplation of calling them bounced around her brain when her father finally picked up
"Yeah?" the gruff voice questioned
"Pop? It's me Jude" she replied
"Hey, hey, how you living kid?"
"California dreaming" she chuckled "You hear from Vince at all?"
"That idiot son of mine? Yeah, he's been locked up in county for the last few months"
"Christ for what?"
"Got him on a GTA and assault. He's gonna be gone for a long time"
"Damn"
"Yeah. What'chu calling here for anyway?"
"Uh, I was taking off, thinking about heading back home. Can I come home?"
Joe sighed deeply before replying "Kid you know this ain't your home no more. And as it is I ain't even your father. If you really takin off you should be tracking that mother of yours, maybe find your real father while you're at it."
The line clicked dead and tears welled in J.T.'s eyes. She tried to wipe them quickly and turned the car around, heading back for Charming. While on the road she dialed Juice's number and put it to her ear
"Hello?" he answered
"Juice its J.T. I need you to not tell anyone that it's me for a sec," she told him
"Jesus Christ, where the hell are you?" he whispered harshly
"On my way back. I can't go back to Georgia. I don't know what to do" she told him
"Why would you need to? What happened?"
"Shit went down with Lena, I'm not gonna be there much longer. Tried to go back home but I'm not wanted there anymore"
"I'm sorry kid. Come back and I'll help you figure shit out. Jax is worried like hell about you, you know he'll help you with anything you need"
"Yeah, I'll be back soon. I'll make Jax's my first stop I guess"
Juice said ok, that he'd see her later and hung up the phone.
A/N: Please let me know how you felt about the chapter!