I am so sorry about the wait! It only took me about 6 months to get my butt into gear. I kind of fell off the SOA boat, after I watched all seven seasons but I've picked it up again now, hopefully, I will be able to continue this time around.

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Early Days

"It's about time I tell you about your grandfather." I said mostly looking at Abel. I knew that he remembered his father.

"What do you mean, Grandma Sophie?" Donna asked puzzled. "I thought that Grandpa Chibs was the real deal. I looked at my oldest grandchild with a smile.

"Oh, my sweet child. There's so much you don't know." I said with tears threatening to fall.

"Yes, Grandpa Chibs was a huge part of your lives but he wasn't your real grandpa." I looked at my grandchildren with hope. I wanted them to feel loved.

I looked over at Abel and I could tell that he felt the way I did. Chibs had promised me from day one to look out for me.

"Could you tell us the story about our real grandpa?" Donna asked me and I looked at her with tears in my eyes.

"Of course, darlin'" I said, kissing Donna's forehead before she sat down.

Growing up in a small town like Charming, California in the 80's and 90's was not that boring, as you would think. We had the music, the fabulous clothes, everything kids today would see as totally boring and tacky, but that's the way we lived.

We were in our own kind of world, Jax, Opie and me. We did everything together. The two boys were born in the same year of 1978 and I the following year of 1979.

We had been the best of friends since I was born. I was Jackson's friend Harry's foster sister. My mom died when I was born and we never knew who my father was, so Harry's parents took me in.

I remember the summer things changed for me. The summer we chose to be there for each other, always.

Charming, California August 1988.

This is where our story start, or not really. Jackson and I have known each other since birth and this year he finally turned ten, making me jealous, I was a year younger.

Jax's parents, Gemma and John, invited my foster parents, Mary and Piney and their best friends, Otto and Luanne to a cabin just about an hour away from Charming.

It surprised me that Mary wanted me to join them. Somehow, for no apparent reason, she seemed to hate me. I didn't really understand her behavior; I was only nine.

I was in my room playing with my new 'Superstar Barbie' I got from Gemma for my birthday a few weeks ago. Jax and Opie couldn't understand my fascination with these kinds of girl stuff but they still liked to play with me but not right now. Now, the boys were outside playing, pretending they're badass bikers, just like our fathers. Jax's little brother Thomas couldn't play outside like the other kids, so he stayed inside with me. He was a sick four-year-old and he was more than happy to play with me.

I was completely lost in my own little world, using the doll to dream about what I want to be when I grow up. I want to help people. Maybe become a nurse, that was what my mother was before she died, that's what they told me. I used the doll and Thomas, pretending to be in the hospital, taking care of them, patching them up like I've seen the doctors doing to Thomas at the hospital.

Thomas began to giggle as I wrapped his chest with bandages and it irritated me.

"Now, Thomas, you shouldn't laugh. Your wounds are serious." I said, trying to keep a straight face.

"But it tickles, Sophie..." Little Thomas argued with a smug look on his face.

"I know, but it's the only way for you to not be sick anymore." I told him and he tried his best not to laugh anymore. Thomas waited patiently for me to finish, and stayed perfectly still.

"I feel better." Thomas said, as he removed his thumb from his mouth and it made me happy that he did.

The bedroom door opened, and a woman entered, with a teary smile. She was pretty, I always thought she was pretty. This was Gemma, Jax and Thomas' mother. She was the one to tuck me in at night, made sure that I felt safe. I was her little princess and I love her.

"Hey mama Gem." I said, before going back to helping Thomas.

"Hey, sweetheart." Gemma said and kissed the top of my head. "What are you doing?"

"I'm fixing Thomas, so he doesn't have to go back to the hospital." I said with all seriousness in my voice. This was very important to me. I could tell that Gemma was sad. I didn't want her to be.

"Oh, you sweet, wonderful girl." Gemma said and hugged me. "Never change, okay?"

"Okay." I said and hugged her back, not understanding why Gemma was so sad.

"Now, if you're ready with what the two of you are doing, lunch is ready and if we don't go now, I'm afraid that John and the boys will eat everything and we can't have that, can we?" Gemma said, making me shake my head. John would always try and do things like that to me, but not this time. I sprinted out of the room, only to find John putting a lot of food on his plate.

"Uncle John! Don't eat it all! You're going to get fat." I said, stopping to poke him in the belly.

"Why, you little." John said, raising his voice, chasing me around the room. I couldn't help but laugh. We always did this. Jax and Harry came in just as John finally caught up with me and grabbed me. I started screaming with laughter, when he twirled me around in the air. I caught my foster mom staring at us in disgust. Why did she hate me so much?

"Alright, everybody. Dig in, or I'll eat this shit all by myself." My foster dad, told us. John kissed my cheek and placed me down on a chair next to him. Jax sat down across the table from me, next to Harry. Mary decided that she would sit close to me, because she didn't trust that I would behave.

"Sophie, sweetheart, please pass me the salt." Mama Gem told me. I nodded and reached for it, knocking over my glass of soda in the process, all over Mary's lap.

"Look what you did, you stupid piece of shit!" Mary yelled, jumping up from her chair. "You can't seem to do anything right!"

I felt my lip starting to tremble and I tried not to let my tears spill.

"That's enough, Mary!" Piney snapped at his wife. "The girl made an accident."

"Well, then. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, does it? You're mother made an accident, getting pregnant with you." Mary hissed at me.

"Shut up, crazy bitch!" Gemma said, but I couldn't stay there anymore. I jumped out of my chair and ran outside, ignoring Thomas crying for me and Gemma yelling at Piney for not controlling his wife.

I ran until I reached the treehouse John built for us a few summer's ago. I wasn't allowed to climb it by myself, but right now, I didn't think about it and climbed it anyway. When I finally reached the top, I sat down with my favorite bear and cried my eyes out. I couldn't understand why Mary hated me so much.

After about half an hour, I heard Mama Gem, Jax, Harry and John calling my name, searching for me.

"Sophie, sweetheart. Where are you?" I heard Mama Gem yell.

"She couldn't have gotten far." John said, trying to reassure his wife.

"I think I know where she is, dad." Jax said, running towards the treehouse.

"Jax, she's not up there, she would never go up there alone." Gemma said, following her oldest son.

"Trust me, Ma. I know my best friend." Jax told his mother, starting to climb the three. I sat there, not saying anything. I just wanted to be alone.

"Jax, be careful!" Gemma said, feeling overprotective.

"Calm down, Gem, Jax knows what he's doing." John told her. Jax poked his head seeing me sitting in the far corner, crying into my bear.

"I found her." Jax yelled down to his parents.

"Oh, thank God!" Gemma exclaimed. "I'm coming up!"

"Don't. Let Jax talk to his best friend for a while." I heard John tell her and I was glad. I didn't want to see the sad look on Mama Gem's face.

"How you doing Sophie?" Jax asked as he finally managed to climb through the door. I didn't answer him and continued to cry. He noticed me shaking, so he took the blanket laying on the little table and wrapped it around the two of us, sitting down next to me.

"Why does she hate me, Jax?" I asked, my voice muffled by my bear.

"I don't know, Soph. I don't know why she's saying all those bad words to you." Jax answered with a sigh.

"I don't know what I did wrong. I didn't mean to spill my soda." I said, finally looking up at him. Jax gave me a pitied look.

"I know you didn't." Jax said, placing an arm around my shoulder. We could tell that someone was climbing the tree, thinking it was Jax's parents, but it was Harry, stumbling into the treehouse.

"Hey. Sophie, I'm so sorry mom was such a bitch to you." Harry said and I gasped from his use of language.

"What? My dad calls her that all the time." Harry said innocently.

"You're an idiot, Harry." Jax told his best friend.

"No, you are." Harry argued back. "But are you okay, Sophie? I know my mom is hard on you."

"Yeah, I'll be fine. I just don't want to see her right now." I answered, playing with my bear.

"You know what. I don't care what mom says about you. You are my sister, and I love you. Mom can go to hell for all I care." Harry said, crawling under the blanket on my other side.

"Yes, and we will always be your family, Soph, no matter what." Jax agreed.

"We will always be family, won't we?" I stated, looking at the two boys that I considered to be the best friends a girl could ever ask for.

"Always." The two boys replied and sandwiched me into a hug.

I sat there in between the boys talking about how we would run the club when we were grown up. How we would stick together, making the club a safe place to be.

After what felt like forever, Jax and Harry finally convinced me to come down from the treehouse. I didn't want to see Mary again, though, but I was hungry and I wanted to see Thomas. When we reached the cabin, we could tell something was different. One of the cars was missing, but we thought that maybe someone had gone to the store or something.

Mama Gem opened the door, feeling relieved that I finally came down from the tree.

"Oh, sweetheart. Are you okay?" Gemma asked, getting down on her knees in front of me, kissing my forehead.

"I'm okay, Mama Gem." I whispered. Gemma only smiled and ruffled my hair.

"Come on, let's get you some food." Gemma said and followed me inside, and it was good to have her there, knowing that Mary would be there.

But I couldn't find her anywhere.

I sat down at the table as Gemma gave me something to eat.

"Thank you, Mama." I said, digging into the food, glad that John saved something for me.

"You're welcome, baby." She said softly, stroking my cheek.

Gemma and I sat there talking, when Piney suddenly came into the room.

"Hey, Gemma. Could I have a moment alone with Sophie for a minute?" Piney asked. Gemma eyed him for a few seconds, before nodding and leaving the room. I thought I would be yelled at and stopped eating and didn't dare to look at him.

"I'm sorry for spilling my soda." I said with a small voice. "Please don't be mad."

I could hear Piney taking a deep breath.

"No, honey, don't apologize. What Mary said to you, wasn't fair. You're not an accident, not at all. You're family and I'll always love you." Piney told me and I couldn't help but cry a little.

"Why is she always mean to me, and why is she saying bad things about my mom?" I asked, finally looking up at him. Piney didn't know what to say, how to answer my question.

He placed me up his lap, hugging me tightly.

"I don't know, baby. But always know, that you'll forever be my little girl." Piney whispered into my hair. "And you don't need to worry about Mary, I sent her home. I would rather have you here."

I was glad that Piney wanted me to stay.

"I love you, Piney." I said, closing my eyes.

"Love you too, kiddo. Love you too." Piney answered, kissing the top of my head.

That night, Thomas wanted me to share his bed with him, and I couldn't say no. I loved that little guy. But he's not easy to sleep next to. Thomas kept hitting me in the face and kicking me in the leg, making me uncomfortable.

I was thirsty, and wanted something to drink, so I tiptoed my way into the kitchen, getting me some water. The grownups sat outside talking and smoking, so I didn't want to bother them. When I walked back to the room, I stopped, hearing my name. I thought that Gemma had seen me but that wasn't it.

"This whole thing with Sophie is fucking messed up." Gemma said, firing up another cigarette. I could hear Piney groan.

"Gem… don't." John warned her.

"Don't what? I don't understand why it should be like this. I don't understand why this dumb piece of shit isn't telling Sophie the truth." Gemma fired back. The truth about what? I thought to myself. Daring to creep a little closer to listen more.

"Gemma, this is none of your business." Piney hissed, feeling as if he was backed up into a corner.

"It is my business. I love that little girl, my Goddaughter. This mess is all your fault, Piney." Gemma fired back at him.

"That's enough, Gem. We don't want to wake the kids. We've all done things we're not proud of." John said, trying to calm the two of them down.

"Well, I'm not the one that couldn't keep my dick in my pants, knocking up a fucking no good stripper, leaving an innocent girl on your doorstep. And you don't even have the balls to tell her that you're her father. Feeding her crap about being a foster kid. It's disgusting." Gemma huffed.

Wait. What's a stripper? I asked myself. Is Piney my real dad? Why would he lie? I noticed that Piney stood up.

"I'm going to bed." He growled and I hurried back to the room, closing it quietly behind me. I looked over at Thomas, who had moved lying like a starfish, taking over the entire bed. I looked over at Jax, sleeping like a baby in his own bed. I quietly tiptoed over to him, shaking him softly.

"Jax." I whispered. "Jax, wake up!"

"What?" I asked tiredly.

"Can I stay here with you? Thomas is kicking me out of bed." I whispered. Jax groaned but allowed me to jump in with him.

"Why are you crying?" He whispered, and I didn't even know I was.

"It's a long story, I'll tell you tomorrow." I said.

"Oh, okay." Jax said and closed his eyes again.

"Hey Jax? Never break my heart, okay?" I whispered before closing my eyes.

"I promise I will never break your heart, Sophie." I heard Jax whispered back before finally falling asleep.

Oberlin, Ohio, Year 2064.

I looked at my family, clutching onto Jax' Sons of Anarchy Cut, waiting for reactions from them.

"Wow… That Mary woman sure sounds like a real bitch." Harry exclaimed, earning a slap on the back of the head from his father.

"Don't talk like that in front of your grandmother." Abel told his son with a warning.

"Sorry, grandma." Harry mumbled under his breath.

"It's okay, sweetheart." I said, trying not to laugh at his expression.

"So, how did it go when you told Piney that you overheard their conversation?" Donna asked, intrigued by my story.

"Oh, it would be a few more years before I finally told him that I knew, sweetheart." I told her and she seemed disappointed.

"But what about, grandpa? Did he break his promise about not breaking your heart?"

I looked down at Jax's Cut again, thinking about all the times I cried over him. How many bumps in the road we had, how many fights and breakups.

"Oh, yeah. Your grandfather broke my heart a few times over the years. And my heart wasn't the only one that broke. Jax broke a lot of hearts during his years."

"How many?" Donna asked eagerly.

"Now, now, Donna. Let's not get ahead of ourselves. I told you, it's a long story. We'll get to that, but to do that, you'll need to hear it all." I said, with a sigh.

"Starting with what's to become the three toughest years of our lives… with the loss of loved ones.

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I will do another chapter, covering the funerals of Thomas and John before catching up with the seasons.

That will also be the last time I will go back to the older Sophie. She will come back towards the end.

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