STATE OF AFFLICTION

by: rockrevival

Author's Note: I, in no way, own Sons of Anarchy. I wish I did though. I only own my own characters and anything else you do not recognize. Now on to the story...

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Chapter Two: My Concern is the Future

"Yeah. I'm actually looking for someone. He works here." She started, as she lightly played with her purse currently hanging from her shoulder.

The girl heard a loud noise coming from the other side of the garage, turning her attention towards the noise rather than the man in front of her. One of the workers had dropped a tool. However, the distraction lasted for only for a moment. She then turned her attention back to the matter at hand. "I'm looking for Winston. Opie, in particular."

The worker than waved it off. "He's not working here."

She nodded. She knew Opie had been in jail for the last five years but she expected him to go back to work at the Teller-Morrow garage. It was where they all worked, or where she assumed they all worked. But then again, she knew almost nothing about them besides the fact they were a motorcycle club. "Do you know where he's working at?"

He nodded his head, giving her an indication that he wasn't sure.

"Okay well then, thanks anyway," she told the man before she turned around to head back to her Hummer.

"Kendall?"

It was faint, but she thought she heard someone say her name but she knew that couldn't be. She looked around as she walked to the garage but she didn't see anyone else that would know her. Surely she was just hearing things.

"Kendall?"

She heard it again, this time it was louder. She whipped her head quickly to where the voice was coming from, knowing someone really was calling her. And that's when she saw him. Jackson Teller, otherwise known as Jax.

She couldn't say they were close knit friends but they did know each other. Jax was Opie's best friend and that was enough for Kendall and Jax to know each other. How he recognized her, she had no idea. She hadn't seen him in the last five years, before Opie had gone to jail.

Jax walked closer to her and eventually was at her side. "Hey. What are you doing here?"

Kendall kept her sunglasses covering her eyes. She knew it wasn't polite to talk to someone with her sunglasses on in most cases but this was Jax in front of her. Futhermore, it was way to sunny to take them off. "Hey."

She gave him a quick hug and then proceeded to tell him her reasons for being in Charming, rather than the East Coast. "I'm acutally looking for Opie. Know where he might be?"

He nodded his head. "Oh. Yeah. He doesn't work here. Got a job working for someone else," he told her, "Something I can help you with?"

"No. I got it handled. I'll just drop by Donna's I suppose. Wait for him there." She had to say she hadn't been in Charming a lot during her lifetime but she did talk to Donna a ton of times. Both when Opie was in jail, and times before he started his time in Chino. "Thanks though."

He nodded, looking around. "No problem. So I don't see your car. Need a lift?" He asked her, thinking she had taken a cab to the garage.

She laughed. "I got rid of that piece of junk. That thing couldn't make it cross country." She pointed over to the black Hummer. "That's mine."

Jax whistled. "A Hummer? Who did you sleep with to get paid that much money?" Sure they weren't the closest as she was with some of her good friends but Jax and Kendall still joked around with each other. He got a small slap on his shoulder for his comment, a laugh accompanied with it. "So how long are you staying?"

Kendall shrugged. "I'm not really sure. It all depends."

Jax nodded, "Well if you need anything, you know where to find me, alright?"

Kendall nodded, and then told Jax that she was heading over to Donna's place.

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Gemma was in the office of the garage, keeping the paperwork in order. Clay had just walked in, peering at the window. "Who is that?"

Gemma looked up at Clay, not sure who he was talking about. The Queen of Samcro noticed he was looking outside and followed his line of sight. There with Jax was a petite brunette and she knew it wasn't Tara. "I don't know. She does look familiar."

She stared at them for a few moments, not noticing Clay had left to take care of some club business with Tig and Juice. She finally went back to her seat behind the desk, still staring at the window. She saw Piney pass by and then it occurred to her.

The girl talking to Jax was Kendall Costigan, Piney's niece and Opie's cousin.

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Kendall Costigan got stuck at a red light when her phone started ringing. She quickly grabbed it from the dashboard, looked at the caller ID and ignored the call. She wasn't in the mood to talk right now and in fact, it was the reason she was in Charming.

She heard beeping behind her and glanced at the traffic light. It had, indeed, turned green. She put her foot on the gas and continued to make her way to the Winston household. Surely Donna would be home. Or at least she hoped she would be.

Over the most recent calls with Donna, she had been working non-stop trying to get her head above water. But Donna was still drowning, metaphorically at least. She had tried dozens of times to get her to take some of the money she had offered and for awhile Donna had refused. But she eventually did take a small amount so they could continue to live in their house.

Kendall didn't mind in the least. Donna was family, despite the fact her family didn't agree with the whole motorcycle club. She wasn't blood related to Piney, just Mary and Opie and of course, his two children. Her mother stopped letting Kendall see Opie after he went back to his father after Mary left with Opie in tow. She was young at the time so she couldn't exactly speak to him without her mother knowing. As soon as she turned eighteen, she tracked them down through Mary.

Her Aunt Mary had given her the phone numbers, knowing that they were family and Kendall would track them down if she really wanted to. She wasn't one to stand in the way, although she did advise against it.

Donna had promised to pay the girl back but Kendall always remembered telling her, "Not to worry about it." Afterall, Kendall didn't want them getting kicked out of their house.

Before she knew it, Kendall had arrived at the house. It was a Saturday so she knew her cousin's children, Harry and Ellie would be home. She knew they would remember her; she sent them pictures and spoke to them often.

She parked her SUV outside of the house, next to the curb, and shut it off, working her way to the front door. She rang the bell a few times and waited for an answer.

Not long after, she heard squeals of excitement and yelling. If she made it out correcty, she knew they were saying her name. The door quickly opened and was greeted with hugs from both of the children.

"Hey. Is your mom home?" She has asked them, as she tried making her way into the house with the children hugging her.

Kendall's question was soon answered as she saw Donna enter the living room. "Hi," greeted Donna, as she told her children to let Kendall go with a wave of her hand. "It's great to see you."

Kendall nodded. "You too. I was actually going to ask a favor."

"Hey why don't you kids get something for Kendall to drink, huh?" Donna asked her kids, or more so told them, so she could talk to Kendall. Soon after they left, she turned to Kendall. "So what's up?" She took a seat on the couch and motioned for Kendall to take a seat as well.

"I was kind of hoping I could stay here for a little while," Kendall told her, knowing Donna would understand she meant in the same house.

Donna looked worried. "Is everything okay?" As far as Donna knew, Kendall had no problems so it concerned her that she would drive all the way to Charming when she could just pick up the phone and ask beforehand rather than doing everything at once.

Kendall nodded. "Yeah. Just a tiny vacation."

"To Charming?" Donna waited a few seconds. No one visited Charming for a vacation. It's name was anything but Charming. "Of course you can stay here." Donna didn't even have to think about it. Kendall was like her sister.

"Thank you so much."

"Yeah. But everything is okay?" Donna just saw Kendall nod her head once again. She wasn't convinced that everything was okay with her but she had no other choice to believe her. She would have to ask Opie later.

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Author's Note: I didn't mean for it to take this long to get the next chapter written and posted but I kept changing who she knew. First it was Half-Sack, then Bobby, back to Half-Sack and now Opie and Piney. Added in Jax since Opie and him are supposed to be best friends in the first season. So it's up now and you don't have to wait for me make up my mind. The only decision that has to be made next is who will take interest in her or vice versa? Let me know who you guys want; it might help me decide.

I've also changed the car that she drives.

Thanks for all of the reviews for the first chapter. I wasn't exactly expecting them, or for it to be added to favorite/alert list just yet. But I greatly appreciate it. Keep them coming.