We Got Family

This story has come from my obsession with SOA and has been inspired by the amazing Jax/Haley videos on Youtube.

Haley is 21 years old in this story while Jax is 27.

I changed the SOA storyline where Trinity is Jax's half sister to Peyton.

Nathan and Haley broke up after she went on tour and where never able to go back to who they where before that.

'You have a brother'.

She could remember reading those words so clearly as the small note slipped out of one of Ellie's favourite albums.

She had dialled the number on the note so many times always hanging up before the call went through.

She wasn't ready for any new family members at this point, she had already lost Anna and then just as she finally let Ellie in she lost too and now she was coming to the terms with having a brother while all her friends where dealing with the loss of a someone they all looked up to and admired.

She put the note back in the album it fell from and when she was ready she would call the number.

Months went by and she never really thought about the brother she never knew and she went on with her life but then her phone rang and everything in that moment changed for her.

It was too early in the morning for her phone to be ringing so loudly, she picked it up not recognising the number.

'Hello'.

'Is this Peyton Sawyer?'.

A gruff voice responded.

'Who wants to know?.

There was a cough on the other end of the phone.

'Jax Teller'.

The name caught her off guard and she fell silent.

That was four years ago, she was no longer that lost 18 year old girl, she had grown up in the last four years and after that first shock phone call, she and Jax had learned to communicate through letters and phone calls and they had got to know each other leaving certain aspects of their lives out but now she was 21 and wanted to know the brother she had only spoken to on the phone and seen in photographs.

She was scared to go alone and Haley was more than happy to accompany her room-mate to the small town of Charming, California and Brooke wasn't going to miss out on being by her side the moment she met her brother.

'You holding it together?'.

She looked at Brooke as they leaned against her car not moving but just staring across the road at Teller-Morrow garage and nodded unspeaking just staring.

'You know you don't have to do this now?'.

Haley commented placing a reassuring hand on Peyton's shoulder.

'I know but I've come this far to turn back now, I need to do this'.

She sighed as she crossed over the road, a row of various motorcycles lined the forecourt, across from the garage was a small bar marked SAMCRO, the sound of raucous laughter and loud music coming from within the building, Peyton didn't even look at Haley and Brooke as they exchanged worried glances as Peyton walked towards the entrance of the bar and walked inside.

All eyes went on them as they stood in the door way, the air was thick with the smell of cigarette smoke and smelled like a mix of tequila,beer and sweat.

Beyond that it was hard for the girls not to sense that maybe they had just stepped into something dangerous.

'I think we have the wrong place'.

Peyton whispered looking at Brooke who stood by her side, who nodded once as she took a step backwards.

'You ladies lost?'.

A strong Scottish accent came from behind them making Haley jump and turn to look at the man as he took a deep drag of his cigarette before exhaling the smoke swirling around her causing her to cough.

'I'm looking for Jax Teller, do you know him?'.

Peyton asked him and he narrowed his eyes at her and nodded once.

'I know Jax, I'll get him for you, Juice'.

He called out and a guy appeared who instantly caught Brooke's eye as she stared him down with a playful smirk and a suggestive look in her eyes, he saw the look in her eyes and smiled at her before looking at the other guy'.

'What's up Chibs?'.

'Go tell Jax he has a visitor'.

He replied nodding at Peyton and Juice looked at her and then turned to walk away.

There was a quick knock at the door and Clay turned in his seat and looked at the door as Juice walked in.

'What's the problem, Juice?'.

'There is some girl here to see you Jax'.

'What girl?'.

'Blonde, tall, attractive and she's not alone she has friends with her'.

A smirk appeared on Jax's lips as he put his cigarette in the ashtray.

'I better go introduce myself'.

He said standing up and exiting the room.

Chibs had told the girls to sit at the bar while they waited and had offered them drinks which Haley and Peyton refused but Brooke was never one to turn down a free drink agreed.

'You excited about meeting your brother?'.

Haley whispered and Peyton smiled.

'I am, I guess when we moved to Modesto I always thought about coming to meet him considering we are only a couple hours away but I was always scared to even though he made the first step with the phone call, I didn't want to turn up in his life only to realise that he didn't want me in it'.

'Why would you think that, you two have been talking for the last three years, he obviously wants you in his life'.

'I know but after Ellie I wasn't sure and then when he called me and told me I was a aunt everything changed and I knew that I was ready to get to know him'.

Brooke turned her attention back to her friend.

'You know if this is the wrong place, I'm all for sticking around until he shows, I'm kind of liking the leather look'.

'You hate leather'.

Peyton replied with a smile and Brooke rolled her eyes.

'No I hated Lucas dressed as Tommy Lee in leather, that Juice guy in leather on the other hand is sexy'.

'Right, well it doesn't matter because you have to get back to New York in 48 hours, so it will be me and Haley sticking around waiting for him to show'.

'A girl can do a lot of bad in 48 hours'.

Peyton and Haley both laughed at their friend and then Peyton stopped laughing as she saw him standing there his eyes narrowed for a moment and then a smile appeared on his face bringing light to his blue eyes.

She didn't need to check that was him, she knew it was from the picture he had sent her of him and his son, her nephew but now he was standing only a few feet away from her.

When Juice had told him, that a girl wanted to see him he never expected it to be her, it felt like only yesterday he found out he had a little sister but that was 4 years ago, back when he was 23 and his mum told him that his dad had a affair with another women 4 years after his birth and they had a daughter together who they decided to put up for adoption.

At first he was angered by his father's betrayal to his mother but then after losing Thomas, he didn't want to miss out on the chance to get to know her and he had reached out to her after getting her phone number, it wasn't the easiest thing for either of them but once he reached out to her they maintained contact through letters and phone calls.

Now she was in Charming looking right at him through light green eyes, a soft smile appeared on her face as he closed the distance between them.

'Jax'.

She said warmly and he pulled her into a tight embrace, she inhaled the smell of leather and smoke and then stepped back as he looked at her.

'Look at you'.

He said with a smile as he just stared at her, she was really there in standing in front of him.

Someone cleared there throat and he looked at his mum as she stood beside Clay looking at them.

'Aren't you going to introduce as?'.

She asked and Peyton looked at the older women who met her gaze with a smile.

'Mum,Clay this is Peyton, my sister'.

Gemma looked at Peyton and stepped forward almost like she was pulled towards her and touched her hand.

'I should have known, you have your John's mothers eyes, your beautiful'.

'Thank you'.

'I still can't believe that your here'.

He said as he looked down at her as they walked outside.

'Honestly, I've been fighting with myself to come and see you but then when you called me and told me I was a aunt everything changed and it became the right to time to get to know my brother'.

'I'm glad your here'.

'So this is your world'.

She commented looking at the bikes and the surrounding buildings.

'Yeah, not what you expected'.

'Would you believe I didn't have any expectations, I just wanted to get to know my brother and my nephew I still can't get used to how that sounds'

'Your going to love him, where are you three staying?'.

'Charming Lodge, it's more sleazy than charming but it will do'.

'Forget that, stay at my place I got the room and I know this town the lodge isn't the right place for three young women especially when your my sister'.

'Are you sure?'.

'Positive, gives you a chance to spend some quality time with your nephew'.

'So what exactly is the Sons Of Anarchy'.

She asked looking at the back of his jacket.

'It's what I was born into'.

He replied lighting up a cigarette, he couldn't exactly tell her the whole truth about what went on behind the closed doors of the club what he told her was true he was born into he was born to become the next president of the club once Clay stepped down.

'It seems like a real tight group, you guys are like a family'.

'Their my brothers, me and those guys have been to hell and back together'.

While Peyton was outside with Jax, Haley had to watch as Brooke flirted up a storm with Juice.

She looked around the bar at the group of unknown men to her and wondered what the story was that brought these men together and then she looked at Gemma as she stood with Clay.

At that moment her phone started to ring and she looked at it before heading outside.

'What was he like, our dad?'.

'He was a good guy and he went on doing what he loved riding his bike'.

He replied touching his own bike and then looking back at her as the sound of laughter came from the bar as Haley walked outside with her phone at her ear.

'Is your friend okay?'.

He asked looking over at her as she spoke in a low voice.

'Yeah, she had a job interview before we left'.

'What was the job?'.

'Elementary School teacher, she loves kids and teaching is the perfect fit for her'

'What about you?'.

'What about me, I'm still trying to figure out my next step but I'm living my life and enjoying it the way I was told to so for now I'm happy'.

Haley listened to the voice on the phone as the women broke the news that she was unsuccessful, she didn't really want to hear anything else as the women continued to say that it wasn't that Haley wasn't good enough for the job, she just wasn't as experienced as the person they had decided to go with.

She ended the call and walked over to Peyton and Jax as she put her phone in her back pocket.

Peyton knew from the look on Haley's face that it was bad news and she frowned.

'Sorry, Hales I know that you really wanted this job'.

'It's okay, I guess I'll just have to keep looking, it's fine'.

'There loss'.

Jax commented looking at Haley, he didn't get to look at fully in the club but now he couldn't help but check her out, she had curves in all the right places, warm brown eyes with thick lashes and a soft smile on her full lips.

'Thanks, I'm going to head back in'.

'No stay, get to know my brother, your one of my best friends'.

'Yeah, get to know me'.

Jax said with a smirk and Peyton looked at him and sighed.

'I need to use the bathroom, I'll be right back'.

She touched Haley's hand as she walked past.

Haley turned her attention up to the stars and then looked at Jax.

'You know smoking can kill you right?'.

'We all got to go out some way'.

He said with a smirk flicking the last of the cigarette away and then turned to look up at the sky.

'So didn't your boyfriend mind, you driving out with Peyton to meet her long lost half brother?'.

'Well I'd have to have a boyfriend for them to mind but beside Peyton needed the moral support I would have been here for her regardless of what my boyfriend thought'.

He chuckled.

'Well that's a good thing, I told Peyton that you can stay at my place instead of the lodge'.

'Really, what about your son?'.

'Abel is 4 months old, he's not going to mind the female company he'll enjoy it'.

'Why Abel?', it's not a very common name kind of like Jax'.

'Jax is short for Jackson and as for Abel, I just liked the name'.

Peyton was walking back from the bathroom when she saw the bike at the end of the hall and walked towards it, she turned suddenly when she heard footsteps behind her.

'I didn't mean to scare you'.

She shrugged as Gemma stood beside her.

'You okay?'.

'Yeah, I'm good I just wish I got to meet him my real dad'.

'It was a hard decision for him, he never wanted to give you up but'.

'I know the story Ellie wasn't ready to be a mum, she told me that he wasn't a bad guy and that he doted on his kids'.

'He did, he would have loved you'.

'I'm surprised you didn't throw me out of here by my hair'.

'I would have done it to your mother but not you, your innocent in all of this but I'm sorry Jax told me about Ellie passing'.

'It's okay'.

'You know you should come to dinner, get to know the family, bring your friends'.

'I'd like that'.

'My dad used have a Harley and then my mum made him give it up for a people carrier and I don't think he ever really forgave her for that'.

'I could never give up my bike'.

He looked at her as she sat on his bike, he didn't mind having her seat on it but another man, that was to far you never sit on another man's bike.

'Have you ever been on a bike?'.

'No, I've wanted to but I'm scared of something happening'.

'There is nothing to be scared of, I'll take you for a ride sometime if you want'.

'Are you good rider'.

She asked and he laughed.

'Sweetheart, you don't need to ask me that'.

After a few more hours at the bar, Haley and Peyton headed back to Jax's house following behind his bike in the comet.

Brooke had disappeared with Juice and was no where to be seen.

Jax lifted his sleeping son carefully and handed him to Peyton who stared at the sleeping baby with complete love in her eyes.

'He's beautiful'.

She said softly as she held a sleeping Abel in her arms, she stroked the skin of his cheek and smiled down at the child.

Jax stroked his hair and nodded.

'He's my life'.

'I can see that, you must be a great dad'.

'I don't know about that'.

His voice laced with honesty, would a great dad continue in the life he was in even if it put his child at risk.

He looked up as Haley walked past the room, she looked at him for a moment and then her eyes landed on Abel and then she looked back at Jax and smiled.

So this is my opener, thoughts,comments,criticism it's all welcome.

The story will be based around the growing relationship between Jax and Peyton as siblings and the relationship that will develop between Haley and Jax.

Tara will be mentioned in this story but not for a while.