"Are you seriously climbing through my bedroom window right now?" Sunshine closed her notebook, giving her full and undivided attention to Jax as he wiggled his way through the half opened window. She shook her head, rolling her eyes before she stood up, walking to the window and opening it the rest of the way, allowing for the young man to fit through without anymore struggle. "Why didn't you just use the front door? Or the back door?"

"I needed to see you, I saw that it was open." Jax shrugged, looking up at the brunette from his spot on the floor before he eased himself to his feet. "I did something bad Sunny. I'm so sorry."

"What?" She sat on her bed and grabbed his hands. "Are the police after you or something?" She squeezed his hands and sighed, smelling the beer on his breath before frowning. "You're drunk, just undress and sleep it off. I won't be too pissed about you drinking and driving. If you did that shit. You're in one piece."

He shook his head slowly, looking down at her face before kissing her forehead. "No, no. I didn't drive here. I walked here." He closed his eyes, enjoying the feeling of her nails dragging over the palms of his hands. "I did something bad at the party last night. I'm so sorry."

"You went to the party?" She looked up at him, pulling her hands away from his abruptly. "Jackson what did you do huh? Tell me right now."

"Yeah, I went to the party. I saw you at the party but I didn't say hi. We still hadn't spoken to each other in days." He reached forward, cupping the brunette's face before shaking his head slowly as he watched the tears start to fall from her eyes. "I'm sorry."

"Say it!" Sunny pushed Jax backwards, watching him struggle to keep himself upright. "Tell me you cheated on me Jackson!"

"I'm sorry." He looked at her, dragging a hand down her face. "I was drunk…"

"Just please, get out. I don't care if you use the window or one of the doors, just please get out of my room and out of my life." She shook her head, grabbing her blanket and wrapping it around her before falling back onto her bed. "I don't know if this will sink in right now or when you sober up but we're done. So, you can go have fun with whoever you fucked at the party."

"I'm just sorry." Jax shrugged as he moved back towards the window. "I'll see you around Sunny."

"Whatever Jackson." She glanced at him and shook her head slowly. "I really don't care to see you around at all. This just makes me more motivated to graduate and get the fuck out of Charming. You lived up to your fucking reputation and all the rumors the girls spread about you. Congratulations on that."

"I'm dealing with it." Sunshine mumbled as she flipped through a stack of paperwork, the phone being held to her ear by her shoulder. "No, dad. I don't want to talk about it or him. I'm at work and I want to get through all of this paperwork before the end of my shift."

"I really think you need to get out of town for the weekend. I'm sure your boss will understand once you explain it to her."

"No, no. I'm not going to be that person who can't keep her personal life separate from their work life." She shook her head slowly as she grabbed a stapler. "Plus, my boss is Jackson's mom. You really think she's going to let me take off?"

"I think if you toss your last name around and use it to your advantage that you'll be able to take some days off. Isn't that a thing? Being the kid of one of the Sons? Don't you get special treatment?"

"The only one that gets special treatment is Jackson and that's because his dad was First 9, his step dad is First 9 and his mom is basically the backbone of the club." She grumbled as she looked out of the office window. "I have to go, the Queen is walking my way. I love you and I'll visit you as soon as I can."

"That paperwork needs to be done." Gemma looked at Sunshine as she tossed her keys onto the desk. "See, I like when employees take initiative and get to work before I give them directions."

Sunny shrugged as she continued to go through the stack of paper, stapling the invoices to the correct paperwork. "Yeah, well, I'm just trying to keep busy and get things done before I leave tonight. I don't have a long shift. It's just four hours today."

"I was trying out someone else, one of the hang arounds. She was looking for extra cash. Family emergency. We help our own around here." Gemma smiled as she took her seat across from the teen. "I haven't been seeing you at the house that much anymore."

"Jax and I broke up." She stated matter of factly, shrugging her shoulders as she continued her work. "I'm sure you had to hear about that."

"No." Gemma shook her head as she tapped her knuckles on the desk, grabbing the girl's full attention. "I'm sorry about it. You had to do what you had to do. You're going off to college and well, Jackson is sticking around here."

"We broke up because he got drunk and cheated on me. It had nothing to do with me going off to college." Sunshine rolled her eyes. "It's fine though. I had no delusion of us working out over long distance or anything. Can I take my break please? I need a smoke."

"Cut back on the smoking, it'll ruin that pretty skin of yours." Gemma nodded. "Take fifteen minutes."

"Thanks." Sunny nodded, standing up and adjusting her shorts before moving out of the office and towards the tables. "You know, I'm seriously counting down the days until I'm out of Charming."

"You know, I seriously hate it when you try to have a conversation with me." Happy looked at Sunny before taking the cigarette from between her fingers and tucking it behind his ear. "Don't need to smoke. Chew some gum or something."

"Oh, I needed that." She shook her head slowly. "I wouldn't have a conversation with you if you weren't always around when I am on breaks. Plus, don't you wanna hear how my presentation went?"

"Nope." He shook his head slowly as he stood up from the table. "I'd prefer if you wouldn't follow me either. It'd look bad for a grown man to have a teenage girl following after him."

"You act like you're old but you're not even out of your twenties yet!" Sunny followed after Happy. "My presentation went well, so thank you for the artwork. The teacher loved the visuals a whole lot."

"You're doing it." He glanced back at her before stopping. "I'm happy to have helped you but can you not talk? If you're going to hang around me just go back to the quiet killer I first met."

"I'm just trying to keep distracted. Jax cheated on me so we broke up and it's taking every ounce of energy I have not to grab a monkey wrench and beat his face in." She shrugged. "I'll be quiet though."

Happy nodded slowly before grabbing Sunshine's shoulders. "Listen to me, I'm going to say this once and only once. You listening kid?"

"Yes, I'm listening." She nodded her head slowly. "All ears."

"You don't want to hitch your wagon to Jax or any of the Sons. Get out of Charming, make something of yourself and don't ever come back here unless you have to bury your aunt or your mom." Happy squeezed her shoulders. "Nothing good comes from being in this life, unless you want to be like the rest of the women here who have to worry and panic when their guy goes on a run."

"I hear you." Sunshine nodded again before watching Happy straighten himself to his full menacing height. "I won't be looking back at Charming once I get out. I hope my aunt will move out of here though. Then it'd be easy enough. Thank you though. I'm going to head back into the office."

"No, no." Happy grabbed her, turning her towards her truck before pushing her gently. "Don't tie yourself to a damn thing here. Not the clubhouse, shit not even me. You get in that truck, you go home and you don't look back. I'll tell Gemma you got sick or some shit. This club took your dad, you want it to take you too?"

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"I have to get out of Charming." Sunshine looked at her aunt and frowned. "I went to work today, I talked to this Son, his name is Happy. Right? He told me not to get tied down to anyone or anything here. Also, Jackson and I broke up, he cheated on me."

"Whoa, whoa." Maria looked at her niece and shook her head slowly. "When exactly did you and Jackson break up? You have two months left, you can stick it out here Sunny. Then you're free to move into your new apartment as soon as graduation is over."

"I have to get approved for that apartment first." She dropped to her aunt's bed and curled up into a ball before wiping at her face. "I'm so lost. I lost myself by being in Charming. I wanna find who I was before I got here. I want to be myself again. I want to wake up and be happy with who I am again."

The woman sighed as she pulled the teen into her arms and kissed her forehead. "You'll be happy to know that I got the paperwork in the mail today. We've both been approved. You have your apartment. You just need to go do a walkthrough again, see if it's where you wanna live for the next however many years of your life."

"I got my apartment?" She looked up at the woman and smiled before wiping at her eyes again. "I can't wait to see it again. So, how do I get over this heartbreak huh?"

"You did, that means we get to furnish it, decorate it, make it into your home away from home." Maria trailed her fingers through Sunshine's hair and smiled to herself. "You will have fun doing that. I know I had fun when I first bought this house. I was able to do everything and anything I wanted to do. My favorite thing though, was decorating your room with you. When you and your mom moved away, I'd sleep in your bed something. You know how to get through the heartbreak. You focus on yourself, your goals, your dreams and you push forward on that path. Yeah, your heart hurts but it won't hurt forever my love. I promise."

"I want to paint my room a nice gray or blue color." She wrapped herself around her aunt and smiled. "I love you so much. I hope you know that and I hope that you want to come to college with me. You can marry a professor or something. I have a nice two bedroom apartment. Just think about it."

"As lovely as that sounds, my home is here in Charming." Maria chuckled. "I'll come and visit you though. You however need to start a life of your own and the day you move into that apartment is the day your independent life starts. Keep on making me proud Sunshine."

"Sunshine and I are officially broken up. It's been two weeks." Jackson looked at Opie before shrugging his shoulders. "It's been insane. I haven't seen her. Gemma said she quit her job at the office. Has Donna talked to her?"

"No, I haven't talked to her for a few days." Donna looked at Jax from her spot beside Opie, shaking her head slowly. "She went out of town, something about her apartment at college or something of that sort. She's doing so good though. She's basically good without you Jackson."

"I didn't ask for your opinion." He rolled his eyes before taking a sip of his soda. "I'm happy that she's doing well though."

"You should worry about someone else." Donna shrugged. "Maybe you should check in on Tara or something. She's having issues with her dad being sick and her sister is being a brat."

Opie looked at Jackson and shrugged. "Yeah Jackson, maybe you should worry about your new girl and not the old one."

"Tara is the old one and new one." Donna looked at Opie and shook her head. "She's stressed, take her on a date or something nice Jackson. It won't kill you to be sweet to her. You were always going on dates with Sunny."

"Correction." He shrugged slowly as he looked at Donna. "Sunny was always taking me on dates and adventures." He looked around the diner, before spotting Tara walking in with her sister. "Hey Tara!"

"Hey guys." Tara smiled at the group before sliding into the booth next to Jax. "We've had a long day. Our dad told us to go out and eat. What've you been up to?"

"Rude." The blonde next to Tara rolled her eyes. "Hello guys. It's me, I know, I'm unrecognizable with this gorgeous hair huh?"

Donna laughed and nodded. "Pretty much so Riley. I like it though, it suits you."

"You look like a baby croweater." Opie shrugged as he looked at the blonde. "I'm being honest here."

"That's what I was going for!" Riley smiled and winked at Opie. "Thank you Ope."

"I've been dealing with this all weekend." Tara shook her head slowly. "She's aspiring to be an Old Lady. That's it. That's all she wants out of life."

"Well, she doesn't even need high school to accomplish that." Jax started, earning a smack to the chest from Tara. "I'm just saying."

"So, are you and Tara like back together?" Riley looked at Jax. "because I cannot go through another emotional rollercoaster with the two of you anymore."

"We're working on getting there." Tara smiled at her sister. "You don't have to be involved in our relationship. We haven't invited you into it."

"I'm just saying Tara! You're always so mean to me, I'm telling dad." Riley shook her head, crossing her arms over her chest. "Jackson, if you ever want the low maintenance Knowles, then you know where to find me. I'm better than Tara and Sunrise put together."

Jax laughed, covering his face and shaking his head. "I mean, I don't think we'd work out Riley. Two blondes together is a little bit tacky. If you would've kept your brown hair, then yeah. We'd have a chance to be together and be happy. I am the next SAMCRO president darlin'." He winked at her before shrugging.

"Don't' give her false hope." Tara shook her head as she squeezed Jackson's hand. "Let her find her own boyfriend. She's got enough time to fall in love."

"You heard her." Jax smiled at Riley. "You'll find a Son of your own. Maybe you can talk to Cody. He's a pretty cool prospect."

"Did you really date Sunrise?" Riley smiled at Jax. "She seems too pretty for you."

"Her name is Sunshine." Jax laughed and nodded. "Yeah, we grew up together. We dated, we broke up and here I am now. Trying to work things out with Tara. I wouldn't have it any other way either." He kissed Tara's cheek and smiled. "This is how it's meant to be."