When Tara Knowles was nineteen she left Charming to pursue her dreams of being a doctor. Accompanying her was her fourteen year old sister Taryn. After Tara finished she went right back to Charming and once again got back together with her high school love Jax Teller.
Seven years Tara was gone. Four for Pre Med, and the other three and the other four was for Medical School. She specialized in Neonatal and became a pediatric and had a job at St. Thomas.
Taryn on the other hand wanted to travel and do things on her own. She ended up in Chicago pursuing her love for art. Tattooing to be exact. She didn't have any ink on her, but she loved creating art for other people, and art for her to look at in her books.
Then she met Josh Khon. An ATF Agent in the area. She thought that he was safe because of his career. She never told anyone how much the MC scared her. Tara didn't even know.
At first things were great. He supported her dreams of pursuing her dream of being a tattoo artist along with a painter with water colors. Maybe even become the next Picasso.
That didn't last long at all. Things started to change as they got more and more serious. First of all he would call her all the time. Then he would get mad if an outfit was too revealing, in his eyes. Finally he even said that when it came to working in the tattoo shop to only work on women, and not men.
Taryn knew then that Josh was getting out of control. She stood up to him, and told him that while she was a hundred percent faithful, she also had a dream she wanted to pursue.
Then he said that all she could do was be a second rate loser since she never went to college, and that art wasn't shit. Then it got physical. Taryn just took it and took it. That was until she found out that she was pregnant. Sneaking to the abortion clinic she took care of it, and then broke up with Josh.
After that he began stalking her all over Chicago. All Taryn wanted was to be on her own, and not run to her older sister. That was why when Tara went back to Charming Taryn decided to pursue what she was passionate about.
It was that fateful day a couple weeks later when Josh found out about the abortion. He kicked the door in of Taryn's apartment and proceeded to scream at her, and beat the living shit out of her.
A neighbor called the cops, and he was arrested. Taryn went to three different priecents before she could get a restraining order. Then in the middle of it all she got the call from her sister saying that their dad was dead. She wasn't surprised. He was known as the town drunk, and that would take a toll on him and eventually become his demise.
Taryn decided that she would just go back home and move into her dad's house. Josh would get out of jail eventually and come after her again. Time go to home. Though she was going to try her best to stay away from the club. She would go to the local law enforcement.
~Charming~
When Tara Knowles left she was nineteen, but as soon as she got her degree she came back. She stayed in touch with Jax explaining to him that she was going to come back. She was just going to school to do what she wanted for a career since Jax chose to become a member of SAMCRO.
Eight years later Tara was back and the two picked up right were the left off, and now Tara was thirty weeks pregnant with their son Abel. Tara was the top surgeon at St. Thomas Hospital in the Neo Natal unit. Tara was broken out of her thoughts when the door of Jax's and her house opened and Jax's mom Gemma walked in.
"Hey baby. What are your plans for today?" Gemma asked.
"Well I'm going by dad's house to go through it, and then I'm going into work for a couple hours. What about you Gemma?" asked Tara.
"I'm gonna go by the German's to get those steaks for that dinner, and I am going to need you to bring a salad. Also I'm going to tell Jax to go by the storage to see what baby stuff you guys can use." said Gemma.
"Okay I'll see you at dinner Gemma." said Tara. "Though if I need to by new stuff let me know, and I will cause I can more than afford it with my salary." she added.
"Okay baby. You know you should get another car besides your dad's Cutlass. I have an Escalade SUV you can use if you need to when you have Abel." said Gemma. As much as she got along with her future daughter in law the two kinda have had a tit for tatt or a "I'm right" relationship with a bit of bickering.
"I have ten weeks to figure out a new car. I'll be fine." said Tara as she hugged Gemma before getting into the Cutlass and leaving. Driving to her dad's house she felt sad. Frank Knowles was a total pack rat along with being the town drunk.
As Tara was sorting things out she had gotten a call on her cell phone from Margret Murphy. There was a twenty nine year old woman who had overdosed, and she was thirty weeks pregnant. Tara was needed to do the surgery.
Taryn pulled her Blue 2007 Lincoln Navigator into the parking lot of Saint Thomas Hospital in Charming. She was there for two reasons. One to see her sister, and let her know that she was home, and two to get herself checked out after driving for three days non stop after getting the living shit beat out of her by her ex boyfriend.
"Hello I'm looking for my sister Dr. Tara Knowles. Also do you have an Urgent Care in here? I need to get checked out because my ex boyfriend beat the shit out of me, and I just came off of a three day drive from Chicago." said Taryn.
"Well it's Dr. Teller now, and yes we do have an Urgent Care. Your sister was called in so she should be here soon." said the Receptionist as she took Taryn's insurance, and other paperwork.
Tara brisk walked down the hall following the stretcher as she was calling everything out. Dr. Tom Namid was her assistant in this. "Okay we have a twenty nine year old female who was brought in via ambulance. She had overdosed on something in her kitchen floor and was bleeding out on the floor." said Tara.
"It's Wendy Case-Trager. Next of kin is her husband Alexander Trager. Get him on the line." said Tom.
"Get the ER ready. The baby is in distress!" Tara called.
Dr. Fawn Trager-Johnson finished looking Taryn over, and as a strong woman who came from a biker father, and an alcoholic mother with a younger sister who was just not all there, and a bit of a grifter, well sometimes in her line of work she realizes she has a heart.
"Son of a bitch. Sorry. Listen I hope you got a restraining order on his ass. You are lucky you didn't have any additional damage from the road trip." she said. Okay sometimes Dr. Johnson took some things personally when it came to her patients, but that was because she cared, and she hated with a passion certain things, and an abusive partner was at the top of her list. Well a close second to a child abuser.
"I did. Though I need to see if it's for here also. I guess I'll go talk to Charming PD." said Taryn.
"I would." said Dr. Johnson as she got a text on her cellphone that pissed her off, and she kicked the wall in frustration. "FUCK!"
"What's going on? Sorry If I'm overstepping." said Taryn.
"No it's fine. My fucking stepmom is a drug addict, addicted to Heroin. She was shooting up while pregnant with my baby sister, and she overdosed, and was brought in." said Dr. Johnson.
"Wow that is messed up. Though I think things will work out in the long run. I'm tired of being negative because of Josh. I'm trying to be positive." said Taryn.
Since there was no other place to stay, well besides Jax and Tara's house, Taryn began working on her father's house after she got out of urgent care at Saint Thomas. She had some busted, but not quite broken ribs, and that was about it. Besides emotional, and mental trauma because of the words Joshua Khon said she was just fine.
Hearing something as she was going through her dad's things, she grabbed the Baretta she had been carrying since Josh stepped over the edge. Pointing toward the door and worried that he found her she gasped in relief when saw it was her thirty week pregnant sister.
"Shit Taryn what the hell!" Tara exclaimed.
"Sorry." said Taryn.
"Sorry? Shit you could have shot me. What the hell is going on?" Tara asked her little sister.
"Well you called, and said dad died so I decided it was time to come home." said Taryn.
"Why? You were doing great in Chicago. Some of your paintings have been selected for a couple art museums, and well your a sought after tattoo artist." said Tara.
"Chicago wasn't working for me anymore so I decided to move back into my childhood home. You came back." Taryn threw in there.
"Who beat the shit out of you?" Tara asked.
"It's nothing. Don't worry about it. I'm going to see Unser about it later." said Taryn.
"Either tell me now or I'll get Jax involved." said Tara.
"Fine. Keep your fucking mouth shut though. I met this guy in Chicago. I thought he was a good guy. Though he got possessive, and then got violent, and I tried to end it, and he started stalking me. I got a restraining order on him after he did this to me after I aborted his child." said Taryn.
"Shit. The club must know about this." said Tara.
"The club doesn't need to know shit! Only Charming PD does." Taryn argued.
"Okay, but you're coming home with me." said Tara.
"I'm fine staying here at dad's." said Taryn.
"Don't make me call my husband." Tara threatened.
"Fine. You know the club scares the shit out of me right?" Taryn asked.
"Ridiculous if you ask me. You have nothing to fear from them unless you are a rat. Though what will you do for work?" Tara asked.
"Well do you remember my best friend Pam Davis? Well she is engaged to Freddy, and they own a tattoo and piercing shop. I sent Pam some of my art and she called right away and offered me a job, so I'm good." said Taryn.
"Sis you are coming home with me." said Tara.
"Alright." said Taryn feeling tired as the two sisters walked out of their father's house, and got into their respective cars, and drove off with the younger one following the older one.
A/N: Freddy is the tattoo shop owner in Season 2 when Weston was taken out, and I made up the name Pam Davis for his girlfriend. I hope you enjoy something different.