Note- This is a continuation of my SOA fanfic titled "From Love." Please read that first to understand this story.
Disclaimer- I do not own any of the characters in the sons of anarchy universe, they all belong to the ingenious Kurt Sutter. I only...
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The long drive felt like an endless stretch of highway, broken up only by frequent stops at gas stations. My Camaro, despite its petite design and quick acceleration, was a gas guzzler, making the 28 hour drive even longer than it needed to be. Each time I stopped, I caught myself feeling both excited and apprehensive about the move I was making. Every sign along the way reminded me how far I was from Houston, and also how close I was to being back in Charming.
It took a whole day and a half, and when I finally came up on the "Welcome to Charming" sign around noon, I floored the pedal, as I was just ready to reach my destination already. I soon exited the highway, and it felt like stepping back in time as I took in the familiar scenery, the further into town I drove. The same dusty streets, the same western style storefronts, the same mountains in the distance. It all looked exactly how I left it, like nothing had changed even though everything had.
I thought about everyone who was still there as far as I knew. The club, Gemma, Renae, Tyree, Polo. I hadn't kept in touch with any of them as much as I would've liked, and I wondered what they were all up to these days.
Chibs, my surrogate father, was club president back before I left, and Bobby was his VP. The last time I spoke to Gemma she was still her same old self, working at the shop. Renae, was still dating Juice, and had just landed a job at some dentist office as a hygienist, like she'd always wanted, but that was well over eight months ago. I hadn't spoken to Tyree since before I left, but as far as I knew he was still a cop. And Polo... Polo was working at TM as a mechanic two years ago. I wondered if he was still there, still the same reliable, goofy, shameless flirt that made me laugh when I needed it most. I hadn't told anyone I was coming back as I wanted it to be a surprise.
Then I passed the cemetery... The one where my mom had been buried. My gaze lingered on it longer than I intended as I crept past it, and I could feel my heart sink into my stomach as I thought about how she was taken away from me too soon. God I missed her, and just knew she would be so proud of me if she had been here to see the woman I'd become.
I found myself thinking about Eli too, despite the bitterness that flared up whenever I did. I thought about how he could've done something when Jax was being framed, but didn't. And to add insult to injury, he testified against Jax, and basically helped put him in prison. That was like the match, that lit the fire, that burned the bridge between me and him. We hadn't spoken since that day in the courthouse. He didn't even know I was in the military, and if he did, he didn't hear it from me. I could feel the bitterness trying to make its way to the surface but I pushed it down, not wanting to dwell on the past.
While riding through Charming, I noticed my car starting to jerk. I guess it wasn't that surprising, being that I had been on the road for damn near two days. My baby was bound to need some attention after a trip like that, and I knew exactly where to go get it looked at... TM. A small smile formed on my face as I decided to head up there, and see how everyone was doing. I wondered if things up there had changed at all since I left.
