Disclaimer - The characters of this fanfiction, as well as the 'Sons of Anarchy' world belong to Kurt Sutter, with the exception of Boo Trager, who is an original character created by me. I make no profit from this work.

I was looking at old reviews on the main story and saw one that suggested Boo should have run away after Clay beat the hell out of Tig. At the time I considered it so here's a drabble showing her running away followed by the plotline of the story should this have happened. Enjoy

Runaway – Boo flees Charming

Boo waited until the house was empty to leave.

In the week since Clay had beaten up Tig, she'd withdrawn all the money from her account, packed a bag, brought train tickets to Arizona.

Where she was going after that, she didn't know.

She knew she'd upset many people by leaving but she couldn't live with Clay any longer, not after his years of neglect, not after what he'd done to Tig.

She took little with her, just the basic essentials – clothes, a jacket, a torch and the like - as well as a photo album filled with her most treasured pictures, including the one picture she had of Chibs.

No matter what happened she wanted to remember him: his smile, the way he called her darlin', the time he'd kissed her cheek…

She also took her Teller-Morrow shirt, to remind her of Tig.

Boo took great comfort from that shirt, it smelt like the mechanic and holding it close made her feel connected to him.

Her days were soon filled with endless train and bus journeys, nights spent under bridges, takeaway teas for warmth and the cheapest ready-to-eat food Boo could find.

All too soon, her money ran out…

What would have happened in the story, had I taken it in this direction –

By the time Boo's money has run out, she is deep in the heart of Texas in a small town not dissimilar to Charming.

She had $1 and is going to use it to contact Gemma but she sees a 'help wanted' sign in a local automotive repair shop and enquires. The elderly couple who run the shop are hesitant at first, but Boo convinces them her name is Alexis Telford and that she's 18. She tells them her parents kicked her out after her highschool graduation. After showing the couple – Jan and Robert – her mechanical skills, they hire her and offer her their spare room.

She soon settles in with them, they are kindly and like grandparents to her. She is a popular mechanic at the automotive shop and gets on well with all the locals. She studies in secret on her laptop, completing many courses online, including her GED.

She ends up in the small town for years. She is settled and content there but not one day passes when she doesn't think of Tig or Chibs. She has two relatively long term boyfriends in Texas. She often fantasizes she is making love to Chibs while having sex with them.

For a long time, almost two years, the club work tirelessly in trying to find her, although Clay's enthusiasm seems somewhat forced. As time goes by, they search for her less and less until it is just Tig and Chibs keeping up the search for her.

Chibs thinks of Boo often too, worries for her, wants to find her. He finds it odd that he is so connected to her considering he knew her for so short a time.

Tig becomes increasingly volatile and reliant on alcohol. He misses Boo and blames himself for her leaving. He continues to search for even despite the fact he has convinced himself she's dead. His relationship with those in the club – bar Chibs – becomes very strained, especially his relationship with Clay. He remains a loyal member of SAMCRO however. He and Chibs bond over their desperate search for Boo.

Almost five years pass. Boo is 21, still working for and living with Jan and Robert. She has saved thousands of dollars as they treat her like family and don't let her pay for a thing. She's also written a novel in her spare time which is published just after she turns 21 – it's a love story about a vigilant criminal for a striking resemblance to Chibs that falls in love with the daughter of a criminal he tracks down and kills.

Chibs travels to Texas around this time to attend a bike rally that an old army buddy will be at. On his way home, he breaks down and pulls into an automotive repair shop in a small town…

Boo comes out to greet a customer and is instead met with the sight of Chibs. They immediately recognize one another and embrace awkwardly. Boo soon bursts into tears so Chibs gives her a proper hug and kisses her cheek, reassures her that if she doesn't want to anyone to know she's in Texas he won't say a thing.

Chibs begs Boo to come home with him after she tells him all that has happened to her. He tells her how distraught Tig became after she left, how much of a state he'd been in since then.

Seeing Chibs makes Boo miss Charming, Tig and all that was there terribly. She wants to go back with him yet she wants to stay with Jan and Robert, who she has become incredibly close to.

The elderly couple make the choice for her after they meet her 'uncle' and discover he wants her to return home with him. They want to retire, sell up shop and move to Florida but didn't want to leave Boo with no job or home. They talk with her and she decides to return home with 'uncle Filip' and helps them to sell their home and business, which only takes a few days as there were buyers already interested. Jan and Robert take down Chibs address and promise to contact Boo once they are in Florida. As a parting gift they give her $20,000

She and Chibs start the long journey back to Charming a week after they first meet again. No one in Charming knows Boo is returning; they want it to be a surprise.

Since they first saw one another again, there has been sexual chemistry between Boo and Chibs which has been kept at bay because Jan and Robert believe they are related. The pair are incredibly attracted to one another and a day on Chibs bike together only makes things worse. The share a motel room that night and have sex. They do this on every night of their journey back to Charming but it remains just that, sex. During the day they do not talk about it and they are strictly friends.

Chibs offers Boo a place to stay until she can find her own apartment, which Boo accepts. They arrive in Charming late at night but Boo insists on being taken to Tig's first. Tig can't believe his eyes when he sees Boo, he hugs her tight and cries a little, as does Boo. They tell one another how much they're missed each other.

Boo tells him she will return in the morning so they can talk. Tig offers to let her stay at his, but admits his apartment is 'a bit of a mess'. Boo says she's already staying with Chibs and nods her head at him; he is waiting for her on his Dyna outside Tig's apartment. Tig smirks at Boo at once, gives her an all-knowing look and says 'You're fucking him aren't you doll?' his words more statement that question. Boo confirms this by going bright red.

She and Chibs fuck when they return to his apartment. The next morning she goes to Tig's, as promised, and spends the whole day catching up with him. He tells her he understands why she ran away and assures her that he isn't and that he was never mad at her. She returns to Chibs apartment in the evening and they again, fuck. The day after that, Boo returns to Teller-Morrow and lets her family know that she's home.

A week later Boo is all settled in her new apartment, she takes a job as a reporter for the Charming newspaper.

She and Chibs continue to have occasional, meaningless sex but their relationship goes no further for a long time. Her relationship with Tig is much the same as it was before, he is still like a father to her but closer to a friend. She is also able to build somewhat of a relationship with Clay and reconnects with everyone in the club.

The night Donna dies Chibs shows up at Boo's apartment at 3am, drunk and in a state. Thinking he wants comfort sex and needing it herself, Boo lets him in. Boo soon realizes that he isn't after sex when he just sits on her couch and tries in vain to tell her something. He struggles to get the words out but eventually tells her that he's in love with her. Boo shrugs this off as 'drunk-talk'. Chibs is hurt by this but before he can insist that he really does love Boo, he passes out. Boo tenderly takes off his cut and boots, covers him with a blanket. She goes to bed but can't sleep; Chibs words rush about in her head all night long. She soon comes to the realization that she loves Chibs. She doesn't however, trust that he loves her as he was so drunk when he told her.

Nothing is said between them the next morning and their casual sex abruptly stops. They however, stand together at Donna's funeral. Halfway through the service, Boo takes Chibs hand in hers, laces their fingers. As Jax disrupts the service, Boo tells Chibs she loves him. He returns the sentiment at once. This time Boo believes him.

The couple is in the process of moving in together when Chibs is blown up. As Boo waits for Chibs to wake, she has his crow inked on her shoulder blade. She shows it too him after he wakes. Chibs knows then that he and Boo are for life. After Fiona's visit – in which she and Boo almost come to blows – Chibs asks Boo to marry him. Boo doesn't give him a real answer, she just says 'Ask me again after you're divorced'. Chibs promises too.

This is as far as I planned for this version of the story but I know that at some point, I'd have Chibs and Boo marry. Jan and Robert would be invited and they'd tell Boo they had always known that she wasn't who she said she was but choose not to question it as she obviously had her reasons for lying and leaving her family. They felt it was their duty to take her in and watch over her until she felt ready to go home.

What did you think? Do you want more of these alterative scenarios? If so are there any you'd like to read about? What would have happened if say, Tig had refused to take guardianship of Boo for instance? Let me know!

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