Jax looked back at the sleeping brunette before turning his focus back on his reflection in the mirror. He looked a mess, to say the least, but it wasn't his worst look. He stretched his arms above his head and yawned, a pain shooting through his head before he rubbed his temples. Too much liquor, not enough food or water. He shook his head, his blue hues falling back on the brunette in his bed, smiling to himself a bit, he reached into the top drawer of his dresser, pulling out a white shirt and a pair of boxers before setting it on the bed. "Breakfast is ready." He mumbled, hoping she'd hear him if she was on the brink of waking up.

"What'd I tell you about girls in your room Jackson?" Gemma looked at her son and shook her head, pointing towards the breakfast table. "It's all out, you need to eat before your shift at TM, you can't keep calling out of work."

"I wasn't going to send her home drunk mom." He shook his head as he sat down at the table, his eyes grazing over all of the food. "Clay here?"

"He went into the clubhouse early." She sat down at the table and smiled at her son. "I hope you're being smart Jax, the last thing you need is a baby. You can't fit a car seat on the back of your bike. You and Tara don't need a kid."

He groaned as he dropped the piece of bacon onto his plate before looking at the woman. "You don't listen… Tara, she left me and Charming months ago. She's not coming back. So, she's not the girl who's asleep in my bed either…"

"Morning." The voice pulled their attention towards the archway. "I don't mean to interrupt a private conversation. I can go."

"Sunshine." Gemma smiled at the brunette before looking over at her son. "No, come on, pull up a chair and have some breakfast. I didn't know you were in town."

Sunshine smiled and nodded as she sat down between the pair. "Yeah, I actually might be moving back to Charming, to stay with my aunt while my mom and her husband go through their little nasty divorce. He kicked us out of the house. So, that's that huh?" She shook her head and shrugged. "I hope you don't mind that I crashed here last night."

"I'll have to call your mom and see if she needs anything." Gemma shook her head. "No, baby it's fine. You're club family. Your dad was First 9."

"Still trying to figure out why she named me Sunshine." The teen laughed as she drizzled syrup over her pancakes. "I'll give you the number of the motel she's staying at. She didn't wanna stay with family or anything. You know how she is, hates asking for help, even when she needs it."

Gemma nodded. "Sometimes even the strongest ones need help. Remember that."

"I will." Sunshine nodded before looking at Jax and smiling. "I didn't think you'd be waking up before me, that's for sure. You were so gone."

"Nothing keeps a Teller down." Jax winked at her. "We can go to the shop after breakfast, you're more than welcome to hang around. Opie and I will be working and lunch is whenever we finish a car or two."

She smiled. "Yeah, I'll come and hang around. It's been awhile since a Vellenueva has graced the clubhouse."

"They'll love seeing you there." Gemma smiled at the brunette before standing up. "I'm heading over, don't be late Jackson. I mean it."

"I know, I know." Jax nodded his head, his eyes watching as his mom disappeared out of the front door before he turned his attention back on Sunshine. "Last night was fun, though, huh?"

"Yeah." She leaned over, kissing the blond's lips softly before smiling. "Very fun. Who is Tara and why doesn't your mom want you having babies with her? Old fling? Old girlfriend?"

"Ex-girlfriend, she up and left two months ago, said she needed to get out of Charming because it's toxic." He rolled his eyes. "She'll end up coming back, even if it'll only be to graduate high school with her best friend Donna. You know her, Opie's girlfriend."

"Yeah." Sunny nodded her head slowly. "I liked her at the party last night. She was pretty cool. So, I'm taking it Gemma doesn't like her all that much. Hey, at least she likes me. That's a win for you Jackson."

"You're acting like we're going to be in a relationship…" He smirked at her. "Do you know something that I don't know?"

She shrugged her shoulders. "Maybe, maybe not. Come on, finish up your food. I'm gonna wash the dishes. We can't have your mom thinking that we don't know how to clean up after ourselves."

"Tell me." Jax pulled her chair closer to him and smiled. "I want to know what's going through that mind of yours?"

"I'm going to make you mine Jackson Teller." She smiled at him before moving out of her seat. "Just wait for it darlin'."

SOA

"Did you seriously bring your booty call to work with you, man?" Opie looked over at Jax and shook his head. "Couldn't have sent her home?"

Jax looked over at Sunshine as she stood in the office with his mom, no doubt filing paperwork for her and shrugged. "She wanted to come and hang out, see the clubhouse. She hasn't been around here for years. You know that. Plus all the guys were excited to see her."

"It looks like Gem just got herself an extra pair of hands." Opie shook his head again as he pointed towards the office. "Sunny is going to regret following your ugly ass up here."

"Shut up." He chuckled and shook his head, wiping his hands on the dirty red towel that was hanging from his front pocket. "You know she's moving back to Charming for good, I guess her mom and stepdad are divorcing, so her mom sent her to live with an aunt that's just a really good family friend."

"We're going to be stuck with Sunshine." Opie chuckled. "I know you have to be excited about it. You're rebounding nicely from Tara's sudden departure."

"She's cool, I like having her around. She's a nice distraction." Jax shrugged his shoulders. "That's all that's happening here. I don't need you saying the wrong shit and then it getting to Donna who will blab to the entire school about what I'm doing or not doing."

"Why did Tara leave anyways?" Opie looked at his friend. "Donna won't tell me."

"She didn't want to be stuck here, so she took some offer to study at a school that has more advanced classes. She wants to be a doctor and apparently Charming High isn't teaching her what she needs to learn." Jax rolled his eyes. "She'll end up coming back, her dad is still here."

"Hey, hey, hey." Sunny waltzed out of the office, a huge smile on her face as she looked between Jax and Opie. "You two want anything back from the diner? Gemma set me free, she's letting me have a whole hour for lunch. I guess I'm an employee while I'm here." She chuckled and shook her head. "So, you guys want anything or can you take an hour off too and have lunch with me. I really don't wanna eat alone."

Opie looked over at Sunny and smiled before nodding. "Yeah, we'll go to the diner with you. I'll have Donna meet us there instead of bringing me a bag lunch. I can only eat so many of her bologna sandwiches before I get sick of them. I'm gonna get cleaned off, though, don't leave without me."

"We won't." She shook her head as she turned her attention back to Jax, reaching forward and taking the soiled red towel from his hands and smiling. "Do you like playing mechanic? Or is this just another way to secure your spot as a prospect when you turn eighteen?"

"Family business, it'll look a bit bad if there isn't a Teller actually working here." Jax shook his head, reaching forward and taking the rag back from the brunette. "You know you don't have to stick around here all day, you can do what you need to then come back and hang out when my shift is over."

"I have nothing to do." She shrugged as she chewed on her bottom lip. "At least this keeps me busy, no chance of getting in trouble at all. Go, clean up, I'll meet you by your truck."

"Wait, wait." He grabbed her hand and pulled her back towards him. "You're forgetting something." He smirked before kissing her lips. "Now you can go wait by the truck."

Sunshine shook her head again and laughed. "You're a fool, I didn't say you could kiss me Jackson Teller." She thumped him on the head. "Go, clean up before I leave you and Opie. He's taking forever. Doesn't take ten minutes to wash your hands."

"Going." Jax nodded and chuckled. "Go wait, it won't take long."

"Yeah, yeah." She waved him off as she moved out of the garage and towards the beater of a truck that Jax coveted dearly. She knew it was his go-to form of transportation anytime his bike was giving him trouble. "Always with us huh JT?" She smiled as she trailed her fingers down the side of the truck before pulling open the door and scooting into the middle of the seat, hoping she wouldn't end up squished between the two teen boys.

"Where ya goin' Sunny girl?" Chibs poked his head into the window and smiled at the brunette. "Trying to escape already?"

Sunny looked at the man and nodded slowly. "It's an hour long escape. Gemma wants me back here after I eat lunch. So, I'm dragging Jax and Opie up to the diner with me. You want anything back?"

"No, no. Just wanted to see where you were going. I guess we're supposed to keep an eye out for you." He shrugged as he backed away from the door when Jax and Opie came barreling towards him. "You sure you wanna drag these little shitheads with you?"

Sunny nodded as she watched Jax and Opie climb into the truck beside her. "Yes, I'm sure I want to take them with me. I need the company, no matter how questionable they might be." She chuckled and waved at the man. "Bye Chibs."

"You're driving this truck like you stole it." Opie shook his head as he slipped a cigarette between his lips, lighting it before holding it out to Sunny. "You smoke?"

"Not those." She waved him off and shook her head as she turned her head to look at him. "Did you get a hold of your girlfriend, Donna?"

"Uh yeah, she's probably already waiting for us." Opie groaned as Jax took the cigarette. "Could've used some manners asshole."

"Love you too." Jax chuckled as he came to a screeching stop in a parking spot. "Let's eat. You're paying right Sunny?"

She followed him out of the truck and shrugged. "I'll pay since you two agreed to tag along." She smiled as she linked her arm with Jax's. "Don't go too insane. I'm not the richest."

"What?" He looked at her and shook his head. "I heard you were the richest person in the world. I really gotta stop listening to all the gossip Opie shares with me."

"Guys are the worst when it comes to gossip, you do it without even realizing it." She tossed her hair over her shoulder as she walked into the diner, stopping to look for the perfect booth before heading that direction, only to be rerouted by Opie. "What?"

"Donna is over there." Opie shrugged. "Come on."

"Alright." She mumbled as she followed the boys towards a booth that was occupied by two brunettes. She shook her head, colliding into Jax's back as he stiffened up and just stared. "Keep it moving." She snaked her arms around his waist and pressed her face against his back. "Jackson, come back to earth." She pulled him back, shaking him out of his daze. "What the hell was that?"

Jax shook his head as he turned around and started to push Sunny back towards the entrance. "Not staying here, let's go." He mumbled as they walked out of the diner and towards his truck. "Not having lunch with my ex-girlfriend. We broke up because of how she up and left for some new school… Didn't even care about me still grieving the loss of my dad either." He shook his head as he sat in the bed of the truck and looked at Sunny. "You can go back inside if you want to eat. I'm not going, though."

"Well, I'll be joining you out here." She lifted herself onto the bed of the truck and grabbed his hands. "I don't even know what you're going through on the account I lost my dad when I was still a fetus but I'm here for you Jax. We kinda grew up together, then I moved away but we're still close friends and you should know that you can talk to me whenever you need to. Hell, if you want me to go kick her ass, I will. You should stop by my aunt's tonight, though, she's going to be cooking and I know you love the enchiladas she makes."

"It sucks." He shook his head. "One day having him here, the next day having him just gone. It's like she cared more about herself than anything else. I have everyone else but I just wanted my girlfriend to be here for me too."

Sunny grabbed his hands and smiled. "I'm not your girlfriend but I'm here for you. Just a holler or a phone call away. Charming is tiny so I'd probably be able to hear you yell my name from your house." She chuckled as she rested against him. "Let's look at is this way, we're two kids of two founding members who have passed away way too young. We have to stick together because no one else understands. I may not have known my dad personally but growing up around the club and the guys, I got a good sense of who he was and what he was all about. Also, explains why I'm a big old adrenaline junky. Your dad had the best stories about him, though. So, I can relate a bit to the pain of losing him. He was like a dad to me."

"What'd my dad like to tell us when we'd get into trouble?" Jax shook his head. "Something along the lines of 'get it all out of your system now or you'll both be in jail when you're older'."

"He said that all the time but once he was actually pissed when he told us and that was because we had figured out how to make a flamethrower with a Bic and Aquanet." She chuckled and shook her head. "We grew out of the arsonist phase thank god. I still love fire just not at that capacity anymore."

"I feel like you've grown out of the troublemaker phase but I'm at the height of mine." Jax sighed as she stared off into the sky. "I'm glad you're back, though, I can't wait to see what shit we end up getting into together."

First chapters are always the hardest for me. I usually debate over if it's too short or too long. I hope this one was alright and I hope you all let me know what you think. It's been sitting in my story folder for awhile now, so I thought I'd post it on here, give it a go. My first time doing a high school AU for the Sons of Anarchy and of course, I had to pick one of my favorite Sons because his life just welcomes drama. I hope you also know my love for underused Sons and so that is why Sunshine Vellenueva is an OC. We kinda always forget the Sons that have died or were just mentioned by name but I couldn't pass up a chance to give Chico a kid. So I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see you next chapter.