All characters you recognize are the work of the brilliant Kurt Sutter!

This story is being co-written by the talented Skywasmadeofamethyst!

Chapter 1

Julie Hale groaned as she finished placing the last of her things into her suitcase. It was her last night at home before heading off to Berkley for law school. She glanced at her phone and the fifteen messages that were on it.

"All from him" she thought sadly.

"Are you sure you want to do this Jules?" Tara Knowles, one of Julie's best friends, asked as she sat down on Julie's bed.

"What choice do I have Tara? I mean it's not like I can stay here. He cheated on me, with some whore" she replied angrily.

"I know Jules, but maybe if you talk to him, you can fix things" the brunette reasoned.

"Tara, we both know that she is going to do whatever she wants, stop trying to change her mind" Donna Winston piped up as she handed each woman a beer.

"Someone's gotta try" Tara mumbled.

"Guys, I appreciate it, but I need to do this. I mean Berkley is one of the best law schools in the country, and it is far enough away from here and him" Julie replied to avoid a fight between her two closest friends.

She shook her head as her phone went off again.

"Another message from Chibs, can't he take a hint?" Julie asked no one in particular.

"Just talk to him Jules, maybe there is an explanation" Donna started.

"I doubt it! I mean he was drunk, but that's not a good enough excuse. I honestly believed that he loved me, and he blew it" she interrupted.

"Jules, he loves you, maybe the bitch tried something, he could have said no or something" Tara argued.

"Yeah, I'll remember that the next time you catch Jax flirting with one of the crow eaters, I mean have you even told him about the scholarship" Julie snapped, instantly regretting it when she saw the look in her friend's eyes.

"Sorry Tar, that was mean" Julie apologized.

"It's fine, I know I should tell him, but I have no idea how" the other woman sighed.

"You'll figure it out Tara, I mean you always do" Donna reassured her as they each took a swig of their beers.

"Come on Jules, answer" Chibs Telford said as he tried calling his girl for what felt like the hundredth time.

"Give it up man, Donna just called. Jules is pissed and not really wanting to talk to anyone in a kutte" Opie Winston said as he lit a cigarette.

"I had ta at least try Brother, I mean I made a stupid mistake" Chibs answered before dialing her number again.

Opie shook his head and headed back inside to give his brother some privacy. He knew that Chibs had been through a lot in the last few years, but being with Julie seemed to have changed all of that. He just hoped that it wasn't too late for the two of them.

Chibs took a deep breath before he heard Julie's voicemail click on.

"Hey, you reached Julie, I can't get to the phone right now, but leave it at the beep and I will call you back. BEEEEPPP"

"Jules, please baby talk ta me. I'm sorry, what I did was stupid. I know I messed up, but I promise she didn't mean anything ta me Love. Just please don't leave things like this between us Jules. I love you" he said just as the machine cut him off.

Chibs sighed, knowing that he had to face the truth. Julie hated him. After years of pain and torture because of his life in Belfast, being forced to leave his wife and child behind with a man that he hated, he had finally found someone that made him happy again. Now he had blown it, all because he had been drunk and not thinking.

"I've probably lost her for good. I'm a stupid bastard" he thought as he kept the tears at bay.

Then he turned on his heels, marched through the SAMCRO clubhouse with a bottle of Jameson, and slammed the door to his room to drown his sorrows in peace.

The next morning, Julie got up and after she said goodbye to her friends and family, began to make her way out of Charming. Before she crossed the county line, she listened to the last message Chibs had left on her phone before chunking the phone out the window as the tears streamed down her face.

Ten Years Later: San Bernardino, CA

Julie looked around the crowded courtroom before giving an encouraging smile to the woman sitting next to her.

Marsha Kellogg was on trial for the murder of her husband, a man who was known to be abusive and had a very nasty temper; and Marsha had shot him after he came after their eight year old daughter Jessie.

The prosecutor had spent two days trying to paint her as a vindictive woman who had killed her loving husband for the insurance money. Julie's job was to show that the prosecutor was telling the wrong story. After three days, the jury had deliberated, and now a verdict was about to be read.

"I hope I did my job right" Julie thought as she watched the twelve jurors, all with blank faces.

"Ladies and Gentlemen have you reached a verdict" the judge asked.

"We have, your honor" the foremen replied.

"On the charge of murder in the first degree, what say you?"

"We find Marsha Kellogg not guilty your honor"

"So say you all?"

"Yes your honor"

"Mrs. Kellogg, you are free to go" the judge said has he glanced down at Julie.

Julie smiled as the woman hugged her with tears of relief in her eyes.

"Thank you, thank you" she said over and over again.

Once the court room had cleared, Julie took a deep breath and braced herself for the gaggle of reporters that were sure to follow.

"All a part of the job" she thought shaking her head as the flashbulbs went off around her.

Meanwhile, in the small town of Charming, Chibs Telford groaned as he sat down across from Gemma Teller Morrow and Bobby Munson at the small ice cream parlor that the club was using as their base of operations for the time being. The club house that had been a part of the Teller Morrow garage for as long as Chibs could remember had been destroyed in an explosion a few months earlier, and had forced the club to find someplace else to call home for a while.

"Hey baby, you look beat" Gemma said as she eyed the Scotsman.

Over the years, Gemma had become protective of the Sons, they were her boys and she loved all of the men like they were her own.

"Aye, I just came from seeing Jackie boy, he is in worse shape than the last time I saw him" Chibs explained.

"He just lost the love of his life, now that Patterson bitch is trying to pen the whole thing on him. I know my baby did not kill Tara" Gemma growled.

"We all know that mother; we just need someone to prove it. Bobby how is the search for the lawyer comin?" Chibs asked his friend.

"Well Lowen is out, Jax scared the shit out of her after all the crap with Tara. She won't touch this case" Bobby said shaking his head.

"We need someone better than that bitch anyways" Gemma said bitterly.

"Aye and we need to find someone quick" Chibs agreed.

"I know! I'm handling it. Speaking of, I need to go make a call" Bobby said before heading upstairs.

Once Bobby made it up the stairs and was sure that no one was around he sat down and took out his phone. He dialed the number that had become very familiar to him over the last couple of days.

"Chibs is going to kill me for this, but she is the best defense attorney I know" he thought as the phone rang.

"Come on Jules, winning that case was huge! We need to celebrate" Emma Taylor, one of Julie's best friends, said with a huge smile.

"I agree, just let me get my things from my office and then we can go. Did you call Lucy?" Julie asked as she walked over to her office.

"I did, she is on her way to Carmichaels to get us a table" Emma nodded her head with a laugh.

As soon as Julie walked into her office the phone on her desk went off. She shook her head before answering.

"Hey Jan, I'm on my way out for the day, tell whoever it is, I will call them in the morning" she said.

"I would Julie, but he said it's really important" the secretary replied.

"If its Adam, tell him to call my cell" Julie groaned as she referred to her ex-husband who had their six year old daughter, Gracie, for the night.

"Um, it's not Adam, the guy said his name is Bobby Munson, he said you knew who he was" the other woman said.

Bobby only called her when it was something big, so Julie knew something was off.

"I'll take it, put him through" Julie replied as she tried to ignore the bad feeling in the pit of her stomach.

A few seconds later, a familiar voice came on the line.

"Hey Darlin" he said.

"Hey Bobby, is he?" she asked not wanting to finish the sentence.

"Chibs is fine doll. That's not why I called, but I hope you're sitting down, I have some bad news…"