A/N: Since the show is so new and there's only been one episode to date I do have to add in a few OC's and make up some things just because I haven't been introduced to them all yet

A/N: Thanks for the reviews everyone! Glad to see some other people are digging this show as much as me! I've put in line breaks, which denotes a change in scene and POV. I don't really like using them but it helps readers with the story. Hope this makes the difference.

"It was the sexiest thing ever when he put that jacket on. Sally, the things he did to me…Seriously, I've never had such an intense orgasm in my entire life." Melanie listened to the conversation with only mild interest. Emily was the town whore and listening to her personal life wasn't even on a blimp on her priority radar.

The bar she was currently working at was still pretty empty since it was early evening. She spent this time cleaning up the bar and the shelves that held the liquor. Yeah, she was living the life now. Bartending at small bar in Charming, California with a bachelor's in History, taking care of her alcoholic mother and still in love with a man who cheated on her with a meth whore who almost killed their child. Nice.

"Emily, you are the luckiest bitch ever. How many people can say they got fucked by Jax?" Sally said. They laughed loudly.

"Well, apparently quite a few. Aren't you one of them, Melanie?" Emily asked. Melanie was now standing there staring at them. It was a deliberate job at baiting her and back in the days Melanie would have probably jumped over the bar and beat the seat out of both of them. But she was a different person and she wasn't going to be coaxed into a fight, especially by a couple of sluts like Emily and Sally.

"Yeah obviously I was with Jax and you know that. Luckily I was there before his taste changed to the nasty, stank and overused bitches he's with now." She said. She threw down the towel she was using to clean and walked away from them. She heard them start to say nasty things about her but she didn't want to hear anymore. Fuck them and fuck Jax. She should have known he was just another asshole. God, and to think that she was actually thinking he was trying to make things better. She didn't know why she was wasting her time trying to be his friend.

Shit just seemed to be piling up lately. First Wendy and her fucking habit almost killing the baby, then finding his father's old stuff in supply, and now trying to make things a little better for the Son's and the shit hitting the fan. Last night at the convenience store had been fucking trippy shit and for what? He had just wanted to teach that fucking asshole a lesson and look what happens – a fucking axe in his head. That was crazy.

Jax looked over at the sleeping form of Wendy and tried to figure out why he was even there. He didn't really care for Wendy anymore. At one point he thought that he loved her but it turned out to be just a passing feeling of lust. With Melanie back in the picture he wasn't so sure about things anymore. Could he make things right with Melanie? Would she give him another chance? Would he fuck it up like he had done before?

He got up from the chair and after giving Wendy one more look he walked out of the room. It was time to move on and moving on meant leaving shit. Wendy was one of those things he needed to break free from. Completely.

By nine o'clock the bar was beginning to pick up business. People were off work and it was a Friday night. Time to cut loose and get trashed.

Melanie was filling the drink order for one particular table when she looked up and saw Jax and a couple of the boys walk in. She quickly turned her back and grabbed a bottle of tequila from the shelf. Fuck him. She finished pouring the shots and put all the drinks on the tray for the server. Her attention was grabbed by a guy waving at the end of the bar so she went there and got him the beers he requested. By the time she had finished Jax, Opie and Juan were standing before.

"Hey, Opie. How you doing? How's the family?" Melanie asked smiling brightly at him. She had always liked Opie. He was just a sweet guy. He smiled.

"Doing good. Adjusting to me being back but doing okay. Donna wants you to stop by sometime." He said. Melanie nodded.

"I will. I'll call her."

"Hey." Jax said grabbing Melanie's attention. Melanie fixed him with a cold glare.

"What?" She asked. Jax frowned.

"What's the matter?" He asked. Melanie crossed her arms in front of her chest.

"You're what's the matter, Jax. I should have known you were still a fucking asshole. I don't know why I bother being social with you. You manage to fuck everything up." She turned walked from behind the bar heading outside to have a smoke.

No sooner had she lit her cigarette then Jax come out of the door and approached her. He looked pissed but she didn't care. She didn't have to explain herself to him.

"What the fuck is the problem?" Jax asked. He was standing close to her, invading her space and she took a step to the side.

"Don't worry about it. It's nothing, just me being upset about something that no longer has anything to do with me." Melanie replied.

"Tell me." Jax said. Melanie shook her head. Why was she getting upset? She'd done the pissed off thing with Jax before and she didn't want to do it again. There was no reason for her to be upset.

"Emily was here tonight, bragging about how well you took care of her. For some stupid reason I got upset about it. I don't know why though, it's not like I have any claim to you." Melanie said. She took a final drag from the cigarette and then crushed it underneath her sneaker. She moved to pass him and head back into the bar but he grabbed her upper arm.

"Forget about Emily. I don't want to be with her." Jax said. Melanie rolled her eyes.

"I don't care who you want to be with." Melanie said and shook her arm free from his hand. She turned to face him. "Like I said, it doesn't matter to me anymore." She said.

In the span of about thirty seconds Jax had grabbed her face with hands and was kissing her. Her mind was slow to react and for the briefest of moments it caught up, she let herself enjoy the kiss. The way his tongue dragged across her bottom lip before she opened her mouth to let him in. The way their tongues glided over each other. She'd always loved kissing Jax. Just when she felt herself start to lean into him her brain reacted and she put her hands on his chest and pushed hard. He stumbled back a few feet and she wiped her mouth.

"Don't do that again, Jax." She said and she walked away back into the bar.