A/n: So as always I don't own SOA. I had another story line literally dream into my head this afternoon. I haven't started writing it yet, but I was curious if someone would want to read it and give me their thoughts on before I posted it. 4 more chapters on this story. Thank you for the reviews!

Chapter 6

A couple months later….

Karen walked around dusting the shelves of the video store. She was almost done. All she had to do was finish dusting and vacuum and she could lock up for the night. The last couple months had been quite amazing. For the most part she goes to school, trains, then goes to the video store to close up. Jax is with her for the most part, at least in getting her to and from places. Other than him and the guys at the club she didn't make any more friends. Tara made sure of it. Even though she was not the reason of their break-up Tara made sure she was shunned from becoming anything more than the new girl. Karen was ok with this though because she didn't need a lot of friends. Summer would be coming up soon and she would keep herself training and working. Summer also meant her birthday in August and she would be 18. She hoped soon Jax would take their friendship to something more. They had the chemistry and had a lot in common. Karen was caught in her duties and thoughts not paying attention to her surroundings like normal…she didn't hear Jax's bike pulling up.

Jax was running on little to no sleep. He woke up every morning to make sure Karen made it to school safe. Tara had not made it easy on her. The other kids in her neighborhood wouldn't even walk with her to school. She had been out casted. Jax blamed himself for it, but there was nothing that he could really do, other than what he was doing. He worked at the garage during the day and dealt with club business. When Karen got out of school he would get her and bring back to the garage so that she could continue to train. Her fighting ability was actually very impressive from the parts that he saw anyway. He usually dropped her off at work around 7. Jax was starting to get impatient though. He knew that Karen turned 18 in August. He was thinking that he may not be able to wait that long to show how was feeling about her. It was extremely weird for him too. Since he had met Karen other than sleeping with Tara a few times he hadn't slept with anyone else. He wanted her like he had never wanted anyone before. Jax pulled his bike up to the curb in front of the video store. He could see Karen doing the closing duties of the store lost in her thoughts. Right now would be a perfect moment to surprise her and start their relationship off. He thought she was looking mighty sexy with her boot cut jeans and long sleeve pink casual shirt on. Just looking at her gave him wood. He made sure to look around the block before entering the store, making sure no one was lurking. The rapes had lessened but hadn't completely stopped. In his world he knew that things with Karen and this group of assholes were not done yet. He knew they would see her as the reason for one of their men dead which meant revenge was coming. He hated knowing that. Karen hadn't asked anything and was blissfully ignorant to this.

Jax took the opportunity to walk about behind Karen. As placed his hands on her hips and was getting ready whisper a pleasant hello into her Karen turned around and pushed him hard in the chest quickly followed by a strong right hook. "God damn't darlin. Chibbs certainly has you prepared" He cussed. Karen placed her hand over gaping mouth. "Jax I am sooo sorry. I didn't know it was you!" She said reaching down to check out his face and help him up. "It's ok darlin. I know you are learning well though. Damn you through a better punch than Tara, and I have taken a few from her." Jax said standing up. Karen had been paying close attention to Chibbs. He was curious as to what she would have done to someone had it not been him. He immediately changed his decision to make a move on her tonight…she was liable to put him in the hospital. Jax chuckled at the thought of it. "Jax I really I am sorry. I didn't mean too….let me vacuum and we can go to my house to put some ice on it." Karen said quickly finishing up the closing of the store.

Jax and Karen pulled up to her house, Jax's face still red from Karen's right hook. When they walked in Collin could immediately see something happened. "Is everything ok?" He asked as Karen pointed motioned for her finger for Jax to follow her to the kitchen. "Yeah Jax surprised me at the store and well I reacted." Karen stated reaching into the freezer for a bag of frozen peas. Jax took a seat at the kitchen table as Karen placed the peas surrounded by a towel on his cheek. Collin started laughing. "Glad to see that training is payin off. No one will want to mess with my baby girl." He said walking back to the living room. Karen held the bag to his face and looked him in the eyes. "I really am sorry. I should probably pay more attention to what's going on around me. I should have known it was time for you to pick me." Karen sighed, she hated that she had done this to Jax. "It's ok darlin…really. I should have known better than to surprise you." He paused for a moment. "Now with your permission and totally not coming from behind you may I finish my surprise?" Jax asked. Karen nodded. Before she could finish her nodding Jax had pulled her into his lap and laid the most passionate kiss on her lips. He pulled back and when Karen when to stand up he kept her firmly on his lap. "I like you a lot darlin…more than friends. I would like to know if you would like to see where it goes with me?" He asked bluntly. His heart pounding in his chest. Karen didn't answer with words. She dropped the frozen bag of peas on the table and grabbed Jax's face with both of her hands and drew him into another longer kiss. When she pulled away he could barely hear her whisper. "I thought you would never ask."