Thanks for the support everyone! I just wanted to drabble a little bit… I just wanted to say that this idea for a story came to me randomly and I decided to try and base it in SOA sooo its still a little tricky to get everything flowing. I love to write and so that's why I decided to do this. Writing relaxes me so I try and write whenever I get free time. I'll update as much as I can. Let me know if you have any ideas or certain situations from the series you want me to include. Again though… THIS IS COMPLETE AU so some stuff will be made up etc etc etc. Anyway.. Hope you like the chapter!

Annie woke to the sound of her alarm going off the following Monday morning. She had spent the remainder of the weekend cooped up in the house with her boys since it had rained the entire time. She stretched her body and reached for her phone; it had been two days since she had head from Jax. Not that he owed her an explanation but it was definitely out of the ordinary for him to miss weekend breakfasts. Annie couldn't dwell on Jax any longer when she heard the pitter patter of little feet running toward her door. Aiden and Ryder jumped into her bed for morning cuddles and the three of them started talking about what the plans were for the day. After the boys finished breakfast and Annie poured a large thermos of coffee the three of them were out the door. The sun was shining in Charming California and Annie was thrilled.

By the end of the day Monday Annie still hadn't heard a word from Jackson and was starting to get a little worried. She decided to stop by Gemma's and see if she knew what was going on since he hadn't returned a single one of her calls. As soon as the car stopped in the driveway both boys beelined it for their grandmothers front door. Annie went up the walkway and went into the house. Clay was already sitting on the couch ready to watch The Cat in the Hat (Annie knew the big bad SAMCRO pres secretly loved the movie and used his grandsons as an excuse). Annie continued into the kitchen where she knew the matriarch would be and started helping her with the floral arrangements she was working on. "Have you heard from JAx?" Annie asked with a slight worry to her voice. "Yeah.. He went up to see Jury for a while." Annie knew what that meant. Jax was in Reno partying away doing God knows what with God knows who, but she wasn't sure why. Ever since Jax and Wendy filed for divorce he had kept his head on straight and kept his ass in Charming. "You okay baby girl? You looked like you were miles away from me." Annie looked at Gemma and gave her what she hoped was a convincing smile "Of course I am, I just worry about him..ya know?" "I know you do sweetie, but he can take care of himself. Trust me.. I still worry about him all day every day and we both know I would kick his ass if I though he needed it. He probably just needed a new stable of pussy for a while." Annie couldn't help but feel her heart clench at that thought.. NO. Jax was not her worry or concern and he could do whatever he wanted.

Annie and the boys stayed at Gemma and Clay's until the movie was over and both boys had fallen asleep. After getting her kids to bed Annie decided to go out back and sit under the stars. She set down a blanket and laid on her back staring at the sky.. she closed her eyes and was instantly invaded with a memory she wished never had happened…

Annie let out a sigh of relief when her mom and Gemma said they would take the boys for the day and the night and she could pick them up in the morning. Annie had never spent a night away from them but she was looking forward to this.. Mason Andrews was a very sweet guy that Annie had known from living in the small town. His father worked at the post office and his mother owned a hair salon in town. He came from a large family and was always very nice to Annie whenever she saw two had hung out together as friends over the years. He was tall with broad shoulders and dark hair, he had a wonderful smile and beautiful green eyes. Annie had ran into him earlier in the week and he asked her if she wanted to go on a date to the carnival a couple towns over. At first Annie was going to say no but then decided that she could really use a night out. She was a nineteen year old mother who busted her butt day in and day out.. She definitely deserved this.

Annie decided to curl her hair in loose waves with a small amount of makeup. She chose a pair of dark skinny jeans that fit like a glove and a black cami that showed off the tiniest bit of cleavage. She wore plain black flip flops and added a few pieces of jewelry, she looked in the mirror and was actually impressed with herself. She heard a knock on the door and opened it to see Mason standing there in simple blue jeans and a white t shirt that hugged his masculine frame quite nicely. He revealed a bouquet of white roses and Annie smiled. "Wow. You uh… you look beautiful." Annie blushed "You don't look to bad yourself." "You wanna get outta here?" Annie grabbed her small leather jacket and they were off.

They pulled up to Annie's place around midnight and Annie had a nirvana feeling. She had so much fun with Mason and realized that she really liked him. He opened her car side door and walked her up to her front door. "I had a really nice time with you, I really needed this… so thank you." Mason smiled a tiny smile at her. "I hope that means we can do this again.." Just as Annie was about to press her lips to his her front door was ripped open and a very pissed off biker stood in the doorway. "What the hell are you doing here!?" Annie hissed at Jax. He ignored her and snarled at Mason "She's off limits Andrews.. stay the fuck away." He grabbed a hold of Annie's arm and dragged her into the house, slamming the door shut so loud it made Annie jump. Once she gathered her bearings she looked at the blonde man standing in front of her. "Who do you think you are!? You cant just barge in here and scare away my date like that!" Jax stalked toward her and towered over her small frame "I can and I did. What they hell were you thinking anyway? Going out with him of all people!? All of his brothers are cops he was probably using you." "No he wasn't.. he never asked me a single question about you or the club! He like ME! Why do you have to ruin everything for me?" Annie screamed at him. Jax stepped closer and she stepped back until her back hit the wall; Jax placed both hands next to her head and trapped her. "Ruin everything for you..? If you wanted to be a slut in this town all you had to do was say so darlin.."

Annie could smell the liquor on his breath and knew he was saying these things because he was drunk and angry, but at the moment she didn't care. Annie pushed him away from her and he stumbled a bit and then she slapped him right across his face. "Get. Out. Of. My. House." Jax ran his hands through his hair and down his face "Annie… I didn't mean that.." "I SAID GET OUT! I don't want to see you. Don't come back here Jackson I don't need you nor do I want you here." Jackson walked out of the front door and Annie sunk to the floor with her knees brought up to her chest and sobbed herself to sleep right in her entryway.

Annie shook her head to clear her mind out of the past. That was the last time she saw Jax before he came back to Charming weeks later with a wife in tow. Annie knew something had to have happened in order to make him run.. She just didn't know what it could be. As she continued to look at the stars.. her mind filled with wonder as to what the man who plagued her thoughts was doing at that exact moment…