Authors Note: First published story. I'll keep posting as much as I can.
All rights reserved to Kurt Sutter. Charlotte is a fictional character, and has no tie to kurt sutter or Sons Of Anarchy.
Chapter One:
Four years, it had been four years since Charlotte, Charlie, Winston had last seen Jackson, Jax, Teller and here she was on her way back to Charming. Charlie was 18 when she left for college in Virginia and she remembered the day she told Jax she was leaving like it was yesterday. He had just turned 20 and everyone was celebrating his birthday, with, as usual, a typical SAMCRO gathering. Gemma was in the kitchen cooking with Clay fawning over her. Tig, Chibs, Bobby, and the rest of the guys were in the living room making jokes about a crow eater who had made her way through all of them. And then there was Jax and Charlie, making out in his room. No one noticed they were gone, no one knew they were together and they planned on keeping it that way.
Charlie felt Jax's hand sliding up her shirt as they continued to make out, their tongues sliding together, his body pressed against hers like it belonged there. She didn't want it to end, but she had to tell him. She had gotten her acceptance to Washington State, and she was going to go, she needed to make something out of her life. Charlie ran her hand up his back and gripped at his shirt, lifting up against him and pulling her mouth away from him "Jax…" she whispered as her hand slid up into his long blonde hair. He pulled away and looked down at her, a smirk on his lips "yeah babe?" He managed to get out before he started pressing his lips to her neck. Charlie let out a small moan and tried to keep her thoughts on track "We need to talk." She said and that caught his attention. Jax pulled back and leaned on his one arm as he looked at her, knowing that something bad was going to come out of this talk. "I got my acceptance letter to Virginia, and I'm going to go…" She said quietly as her eyes searched his, looking for his reaction.
They weren't officially together, as far as anyone knew they were just best friends, but to her he meant much more to her then that and she hoped that he had felt the same way, although he had never said it. Jax rolled onto his back and looked at the ceiling. He had so many thoughts running though his head. She was going to go and live a life that he would never fit in; he was an outlaw it was in his blood. He got off the bed and fixed himself, barely looking at her "Congratulations" was all he said and he walked out of the room. Grabbing his cigarettes off the counter and a beer he made his way into the living room and joined into the conversation, acting like nothing had even happened. How was he supposed to react? His best friend, the girl that he was possibly in love with was leaving and not just a few hours away, but across the damn country. He downed a good part of his beer and let his thoughts wonder.
Charlie's eyes were glued to the door that he had all but shut in her face. She had known he wasn't going to react well, or at least she thought he wasn't. But no reaction at all? That she wasn't expecting. She laid back on his bed, her heart in her throat and tears in her eyes. Maybe he didn't care about her as more than a friend. Her stomach dropped as she heard a knock on the door "Bean are you in there?" That had to be her dad, Piney; he was the only one who called her that. She got up and wiped the tears out of her eyes and shook her strawberry blonde hair out, "Yeah dad" She said and opened the door, with a fake smile spread across her lips "Sorry, I was looking for something I left here the other day" she said and walked out into the party with him "It's okay hun, we were just wondering where you disappeared to, and when you were going to share your good news with everyone." Charlie smiled up at her dad and shrugged her shoulders lightly. "I don't know dad, its Jax's birthday, I don't want to take away from his celebrating." "Oh come on bean, you know Jax won't see it like that, everyone will be so excited for you." Her dad retorted, and she knew she wasn't going to win this battle. "Okay, I'll tell everyone now." She said and gave him another smile. He kissed the top of her head and told everyone to come into the living room, that there was good news to be shared.
Charlie was standing in front of everyone all of their eyes glued to her, all but one, Jax. She took a deep breath and told everyone that she was accepted to Virginia and that she would be leaving this summer to go. Everyone was so happy and giving her hugs. Gemma was so excited that she was going to throw me a going away party. They all pointed out that they weren't happy that she was moving across country because they would all miss her, however, everyone was so proud of her for going to make something of her life. Jax just looked at her, he was happy for her, he truly was, but he wanted to be a part of her life and now everything was changing.
To Be Continued