Hadley Teller parked her blue '96 Jeep Wrangler into an open parking spot at the Teller-Morrow auto shop. It had been a year since she stepped into Charming and four years since she had been to the club house.
Four years ago on her sixteenth birthday it was the perfect Cali day. Her mom Gemma had called Hadley into the shop to help look for some random customers paper work, but when Chibs pulled up on his bike with a huge smile Hadley knew right away there was a surprise waiting for her. Outside of the club house Gemma, Jax, Clay, and her club brothers were outside waiting for her. The new prospect juice was finishing up placing a giant silver bow to the no door or roof jeep.
"Happy birthday baby girl," Gemma had wrapped her daughter into a big hug as soon as she stepped off the harley.
"Are you serious? This isn't some joke, it's really mine?" Hadley was stunned.
Her stepdad Clay awkwardly gave her a one arm hug. Even though Hadley resented him and would get into screaming matches with him every other day she was so excited and grateful she hugged him back. "Jax and the guys have been working on it since you found it in the junk yard back in August."
She looked over at her big brother Jax. He was twelve years older than her, but he treated her like the SAMCRO princess she was always born to be. Hadley blinked back some tears. For the first time in a month he truly looked happy since his ex Tara left to start a new life. "Jax! Please go for a drive with me? We can get burgers at Max." Hadley had already grabbed the keys from Bobby and was starting to grab Jax hand towards her new baby.
Of course her perfect birthday turned into SONS reality. Trigs raced into the lot bloody and bruised. "Fucking Niners tried to run me off the road."
Clay and Jax exchanged knowing looks. In an instance Clay turned from loving husband and awkward step dad to the cold hearted killer he really was. "Everybody Church now...even you prospect NOW."
Jax gave her one last look over his shoulder. "Happy Birthday kid."
"Don't get upset baby." Gemma she had come over and placed her arm over Hadley and gave her a kiss on her temple. "The boys will all get this figured out and come back to the house for your birthday dinner." Hadley nodded reminding herself Tellers don't cry over and over in her head. "Why don't you drive this beautiful jeep and me over to the salon and we can get some birthday manis and pedis.
It could never be just about her birthday or Jax being heartbroken over his first true love. Even when her mother was having open heart surgery there was still club work to be done. The Sons of Anarchy always will be first and be in charge of her life, hell she was sixteen now and still hadn't been kissed or even ask to a dance because anytime a guy even looked her Opie and Jax would follow that guy around for a few hours. The next day the boy wouldn't even look at her. But the worst thing of all was her lovely, amazing brother Thomas died because of the club.
Hadley had known for a while, but today was the day she finally decided that she would have to leave Charming to live a normal and independent life. The day of her high school graduation she sat down her family and told them she would be leaving for Berkley on full scholarship. She came back last summer for a week but the guys were in a middle of a gun trade and it brought back terrible memories. The next summer she rented a small apartment with a few girlfriends and worked as a waitress to avoid home. She even stayed in her dorm room during Christmas by herself. But here she was in the middle of spring semester in the one place she hated most.
A strong Irish accent snapped Hadley out of her flashback. "Jesus fucking Christ. The princess has returned."
Authors Note- Thank you so much for reading my 1st chapter. This is the first fanfiction I have ever written. Just a little heads up besides this flashback the story takes place Season 1 in 2008 and Hadley is 21 years old. She hasn't been back to the clubhouse since her 16th birthday. This will be a half-sack/OC story just needed to put some background info in. Hope to hear back from you.
~*DreamLoveCupcake
