Chapter 1 - Home

As Jess walked into the ice cream shop she recognized the smell of the Vanilla spray of the shop almost instantly. It had been 10 years since she had been here last and very little had changed. Jess walked to the cash register and ordered her old favorite; Chocolate ice cream with a cherry on top. She made her way to the booth at the back of the shop and kept her back to the door, she pushed a strand of her blondish brown hair behind her ear. She slid her phone into the pocket of her oversized hoodie. She moved her hand over her dark jeans, picking a loose strand of hair off her pants and dropping it on the floor. Jess glanced backwards towards the door, she couldn't risk being seen, not yet, especially since she hadn't bothered to go see her family yet. Jess hadn't even gone to see her brother, the person who knew her better than anyone else, the infamous Jackson Teller. Jax was the infamous Samcro Prince, heir to the Sons of Anarchy throne. Their mother, Gemma, was the Queen of Samcro, God have mercy on Jess if her mother found out she was back in town and she hadn't bothered to call in to see her. Jess never wanted to come back to this place but Tig had called and told her about Abel and Jess knew that her Mom needed the strength of someone who wasn't a patched member but her Mom would probably never admit that to anyone, Gemma had always prided herself on being strong and not needing help from anyone. "You always were a class act Mom" Jess chuckled to herself under her breath. With that thought in mind Jess stood up and made her way to her car. "Time to go see the family" Jess thought as she opened the door to her Nissan pulsar.

As Jess pulled up to Teller-Morrow she could see a familiar blonde haired man sitting on the table with an almost too familiar bearded man standing in front of him listening intently and nodding along every so often. The bearded man looked up and pointed towards her car with his beer to make the blonde man look. Jess parked up and got out of her car and started to walk towards the men. She stopped when she got just past the end of her car and looked up. In that moment she made eye contact with Jax "Jess?" He whispered, Jess nodded at him. Jax took off in a run and came directly at her, Jess braced herself for impact and seconds later she felt herself being scooped up into Jax's arms in a huge bear hug. As the brother and sister stood there hugging the bearded man yelled out to their mom. "'ey Gem, you are going to want to come and see this" Gemma walked out of the office and looked out towards where Jax stood hugging a lady. " Opie, Who the hell-" Gemma cut herself off as she realized she knew exactly who it was. Gemma made her way over to where Jess and Jax stood and she stopped next to Jax. Jess looked up at Gemma who had tears in her eyes "My baby girl" Gemma said quietly with a hint of a lump in her throat. "Hey Mom" Jess replied as Gemma grabbed her into a hug. The hug seemed to last forever but Jess couldn't care less, it felt good to be home. As her Mom pulled away from the hug, Jess could see the rest of the club gathering by the door to the clubhouse, she started checking them off in her head "Clay, Chibs, Tig, Opie, Piney" At the back there was a Son who she didn't recognize. The goofy smile made her smile back at him. Gemma started walking towards the boys pulling Jess with her and each member gave Jess a big hug. The whole time the only thing that was on her mind was "who was that other guy?" As Jess looked up the man walked towards her "Hey, My name is Juice. Don't believe we have met" The goofy smile crossed his lips again making her smile. "Hey, My name is Jess, I am Gemma's daughter" Juice nodded as Jax pulled her away to speak to someone else. She looked back at him mouthing the word Sorry and Juice smiled and winked and turned to talk to Chibs. As she thought about his goofy smile she smiled to herself. Jess was pulled from her daydream as Clay pulled her into a hug "Welcome back Princess" Clay whispered in an almost menacing tone. Jess looked up at him as he moved away. Clay stared at her as a sinking feeling grew in her stomach.