A/N: What's up, Peeps! Here is yet another SOA story that I thought of one morning. Since Half-Sack is probably no longer with us, I will make sure he is in this story, and this is totally AU. Now... I have no clue how the 3rd season is gonna be like, so I'll make something up and wing it, but this story will make sense. So I hope you all enjoy this and don't forget to R&R!

P.S. I own NOTHING from Sons of Anarchy... just my OC's. Thanks!

Chapter 1: The Beginning

Carly Spencer sat there in the most uncomfortable seat, looking out of the tiny airplane window, trying not to cry again.

She got a call a day before from her Grandma Irene, that her little brother Kip was killed. Carly was completely devastated, because even though they were only half sibilings, they were close when they were younger, so she did not take the news well. The last time those two talked was ten years ago. They got into a huge fight over Carly's career choice of becoming a cop. After their fight, Carly left Los Angeles, California and moved to Manhattan, New York.

It's been over ten years that Carly has been away from home and now she's a detective for the NYPD. She lives in the Upper East Side, in a penthouse with her five year old daughter Lily, her sister-in-law Rachel, and her boyfriend Kevin.

In 2003, Carly lost her husband, Ryan, two and a half weeks before Lily was born. According to Rachel, Ryan committed suicide, because a number of things. The two main reasons that stick out the most is, he felt guilty for not going inside the south building of the World Trade Center to save his fellow firefighter and best friend, the morning of September 11, 2001. The guilt would eat away at him and it caused most of his arguments with Carly.

The other reason was, while Carly was pregnant with their child, Ryan went out and cheated on her with a couple of strippers. Ryan felt even more guilty and ashamed that he took some pills with alcohol, and jumped out of a ten story building, killing himself on impact. Instead of Carly planning the arrival of their daughter, she was planning her husbands funeral.

Besides losing Ryan, Carly thought she's had a good life, but one of the things that was missing was reconnecting with her brother. Now it's going to be impossible and she'll never get the chance to tell her little brother she loves him and she's sorry.

Carly snapped out of her daze when she heard the Captain say over the intercom "We will be landing at LAX in forty five minutes. We hope you had a great experience flying with us and thank you for choosing Southwest Airlines. Have a good day." she put her seat up and fixed her tray table, then closed her eyes for a minute.

"Carly, wake up... you're home."

Her eyes shot open and she looked around. A few seconds later, she realized the plane had stopped and there was a few passengers reaching up above them to get their luggage out of the cubby.

A half an hour later, she was off the plane, she grabbed her luggage, and she was in a rental car heading to the town of Charming, where Grandma Irene lives. Carly pulled up to the house five hours later and turned off the car. She sat there for a few minutes to compose herself, then she walked up to the door, and knocked.

A few seconds later, Irene opened her door and gasped. "Oh wow! Carly, you made it." she gave her a hug. "It's good to see you."

"It's good to see you too, Grandma."

They broke from the hug and Irene smiled. "You look beautiful."

"Thanks."

"Come on, Dear." Irene told her, then Carly followed her inside to the livingroom, and both of them sat down. "So how was your flight?"

"A little bumpy, but it was okay."

"How's New York?"

"Very crowded." Carly said, with a laugh. "How long have you been living here? Last I knew... you were living in L.A."

"I've been a Charming resident for about three years now."

"That's cool."

"How's everything going in your life?"

"I have a boyfriend and his name is Kevin. We met two years ago. Me and Lily was at the park and I fell, chipped a tooth, and had to find an emergency dentist. Well, Kevin was the dentist and he fixed my chipped tooth for free."

"How nice of him." Irene nodded. "How is my great granddaughter?"

"She's five now and in kindergarden." Carly paused. "She loves it."

"That's good... so Carly, how are you really?"

"It's hard to say... it killed me when Ryan died and now it's Kip?" she paused. "What happened to him? What led him to this point?"

"Have you ever heard of SAMCRO?"

Carly shook her head. "No."

"It means: Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original." Irene paused. "After Kip was discharged from the military, he bacame a part of the club."

"Whoa whoa... wait wait." Carly started. "He gave me shit for wanting to become a cop all those years ago, but he went into the military?"

Irene slowly nodded. "Kip told me his biggest regret... was fighting with you about it. He was planning on going to New York to see you, after he got 'full membership' of this club."

A few tears trickled down Carly's cheeks. "He was?"

"He wanted to fix things between you two and he wanted to become a part of his niece's life."

Carly shook her head. "I shouldn't have left and became what I am."

"It's not your fault. Don't blame yourself for leaving and having a career."

"Okay." Carly nodded, wiping her tears away. "How'd my little brother die?" she asked. "I need to know what happened."

A/N: So here's the beginning of this one. Hope you like it and as always R&R!