Chapter 2

Day one – continued.

Opie pulled in to what just looked like an old automotive shop. The only difference was a huge barbed wire fence around the exterior and a lot of scary bikers. Tara couldn't help herself but she gripped Opie a little tighter. She didn't know she would have to be meeting the entire SAMCRO community today. Her first day. Talk about overwhelming.

Opie parked his bike next to a huge row of other Harley's. "Don't worry Tara. This happens sometimes; it's nothing to worry about. Just stick close to me." Opie tried to reassure her. He grew up with this, he could only imagine what it all looked like to an outsider.

"Thanks Opie." She said, gathering her composure and getting off of the bike. She saw Gemma pull into the garage followed by Chibs and Tig on their bikes and then the Teller-Morrow garage gates were sealed tight.

"C'mon, let's go and find Jax and Piney." Opie led Tara through a crowd of people, all staring at her. She could hear a few of them gossiping. 'that's the princess' and 'can't believe that crow-eater got pregnant' was heard. "Ignore them Tara, they're just jealous." Tara faked a smile as he led her into the 'clubhouse'. It just looked like a big basement to Tara, a bar in the corner, pool table and some couches. "I'll give you the tour later, there's Jax."

Tara looked over to where Opie had pointed. Tara swallowed loudly. This was Jackson? The boy she would have to live with? His dirty blonde hair fell into his eyes as he talked to some girl. A crow-eater perhaps? Tara had no idea what that was but this girl looked the part.

"Ope!" Jax called and came over to them, leaving the girl he was talking to completely behind. "Crazy shit huh?" He looked to Tara, just a scrawny little fourteen year old girl. "Hello Darlin. You must be Tara."

"Uhhh, yeah. Tara Knowles."

"Not Winston?" Jax said with a smirk. Opie punched him in the shoulder. "I'm just messing with ya darling. Welcome to the family. Can I get you a drink or something? Beer?"

"I'm fourteen"

"I'm fifteen"

"I'm fine thanks."

"Suit yourself." Jax left and went back over to the girl he was talking too, who had to be at least twenty. He grabbed himself a beer.

"Is he always like that?" Tara asked Opie.

"Unfortunately; cocky comes with being the president's son."

"Let me guess; everyone calls him the prince?"

"Now you're catching on." Opie put one arm around Tara's shoulders and led her over to where Gemma was talking with an older man.

"Dad, could you put down the beer and say hi to your daughter." Opie said, pissed that he hadn't come over to meet Tara when he clearly knew who she was.

Gemma looked to Piney and then to Tara, giving her a sad look. Tara thought that maybe staying with her would be a good thing after all.

"You look a lot like your mother." Piney said, looking Tara up and down and then returning to his beer.

Both Gemma and Opie noticed Tara's eyes well up with tears. "Ope, why don't you take Tara up to the roof or something?" Gemma said quickly.

"Yeah, good idea. C'mon Tara."

Tara was more than happy to leave her 'father'. Opie led her through the crowd of people and up to a set of attic-type stairs leading to the roof. It was there that Tara let the tears fall. Opie instinctively put his arms around Tara. "Hey, I'm sorry about him. He can be a bit of an asshole."

"I just really miss my mom." She whispered through her tears.

"I'm not going to pretend I know how you're feeling, but I'll be here for you ok?"

Tara wiped at her tears with her hoodie sleeve. "Thanks big brother." She said with a smile. She took a look around at her view of more and more bikers. "All of these people are going to be staying here tonight?"

"Yea. Most of them will pass out in the clubhouse, but we all have our own rooms in the back. You can have my room and I'll sleep on the couch or something."

"Thanks for everything Opie."

"Of course. Tara; you're my family now. And believe it or not, but all these people are your family."

The two of them just sat there for a while.

Downstairs Gemma was giving Piney shit for how he treated her daughter. "How dare you only say one thing to her. She's your goddamn daughter Piney!"

"I didn't ask for her to come here Gemma."

"Yea well she's here and she's a sweet kid. Super smart. They're putting her in a higher grade at school. You'd know all of this if you had talked to her."

Jax listened in the background. He too probably should have been a little nicer to Tara. She was his best friends sister and she would be living at his house. And she had just lost her mom. He knew a little bit about losing a parent. It sucked. He looked around the party and couldn't find her anywhere so he told himself he would make sure to talk to her tomorrow, make her feel welcome in this crazy new life of hers.

End Chapter

A/N: So Tara meets Jax. Briefly. I also made Piney out to be kind of an ass, but I feel like he may have acted that way if this were to really happen to him. I know he liked Tara on the show but this in an AU. Hope you liked it. Please review!