This Life Isn't Easy

"So you know anyone that would want to hurt you?" Rose stood in the parking lot of TM listening to David Hale asking her questions. The fire department had finally put out the fire and police were current,y interviewing everyone that was at the party. Rose thought it was a waste of time interviewing the club, no one would dare say a word to the cops. Jax had spent the night stuck to her side but he'd gone over to one of the firemen trying to find out what caused the fire.

"No sorry" She liked David he was a decent man but she knew this would be something that the club had to deal with, plus she knew better than to tell the cops anything.

"Rose if the club has anything to do with this..." He stepped closer to her while lowering his voice "you could be in danger. Just tell me, is this club business?", Rose almost laughed leave it to David to assume it was the clubs fault. He'd been gunning for the club since he became an officer of the law and for some reason he would always try and get information out of her. Maybe he saw her as a weak link, clearly he didn't know he well at all. She stepped closer to David and she saw his eyes light up thinking she was going to give him something.

"We're mechanics David, we fix cars and we really like our bikes. Don't see how anyone could hate us" Rose smiled as she saw David's face morph into one of annoyance. Of course he knew it was all a lie but there wasn't much he could do about it "plus it was probably just kids, a dare or something". Well that's what she hoped anyway.

"Yeah or something" He mumbled "well if you think of anything just let us know" with that he walked away to chat with the other officers. Rosalie looked around at all the firemen and police officers and decided she needed to be away from it all, Rose put up a tough front but on the inside she was scared. She thought the fact that it was her car was just a coincidence but in her gut she knew it was a message, she just needed to figure it out.

Rose looked around trying to spot her mother. Gemma was basically her best friend they told each other everything, she was Rose's pillar when things got tough. It was then that she caught a glimpse of movement from inside the TM office.

Walking into the office where her mother sat sorting through what she assumed were insurance documents, Rose threw her self onto the couch and let out a tired sigh. "Mom do that in the morning it's getting late".

Gemma looked up from the papers she was reading while removing her glasses, she looked at the worn out face of her daughter and sighed. She got up and sat back down next to her daughter who she immediately pulled into her side. Rose rested her head on her mothers shoulder blinking back the tears that threatened to appear. Moving a piece of hair from her daughters face Gemma spoke "oh sweetheart you know I can read you like a book"

"I know, it's one of your annoying talents" she sniffed trying her best to lighten the mood even just slightly.

"Annoying huh?" Gemma and Rose let out small chuckles "so are you going to tell me what's bothering you?"

"It's just...you don't think it was a warning do you? What if it's-"

"No" Gemma snapped cutting her off. Rose lifted her head and scared eyes locked onto stern ones. But even though she tried to hide it Rose could see the hint of fear within them. Gemma wasn't the only one that was good at reading people. "don't you even think that Rose Teller, he wouldn't dare show his face in this town. It was probably nothing kids playing a stupid prank"

"Yeah you're probably right" Rose mumbled resting her head back on her mothers shoulder. However something was telling her that this was far from over. In that moment everything caught up to her and exhaustion hit as she fell asleep to Gemma stroking her hair.

The older woman let a small smile grace her lips while looking at the peaceful face of her daughter, the daughter she almost lost. Gemma sighed not wanting to think about that right now, the club had enough on its plate without bringing up old wounds.

"Hey mom" Jax whisper from the doorway. Gemma quickly whipped her eyes not wanting to worry her son. "You okay?" He asked concerned.

"Yeah sweetheart nothing to worry about. Why don't you take your sister inside, keep an eye on her". Jax slowly moved to pick up Rose trying not to wake her.

"Don't worry mom I'm not letting her out of my sight till we know who did this shit"

Waking up the next morning with the sun shining on her face and light snoring to her left Rose groaned. She groggily looked over and saw Jax fast asleep in a chair looking uncomfortable. It was then that it dawned on her that she was in her brothers room, she cringed at how messy it was. Sitting up fully she raked a hand through her messy blonde hair sighing as the memories from last night came flooding back. The shock had worn off and been replaced by anger now, she had loved that car and some asshole had torched it for fun.

Hearing a loud snore to her left Rose groaned picking up a pillow and tossing it as Jax's head making him startle. Laughing Rosalie said "morning brother"

"You're a bitch" Jax smirked throwing the pillow back at her just as hard. It was obvious to anyone that met them that they were twins, they bickered and fought like cats and dogs sometimes but they were loyal and defensive of each other. They had there differences Jax was impulsive and violent whereas Rose was more levelheaded and thought thing through. However they would both do anything to protect the ones they loved, their family, the club that was their world.

"Yeah well your snoring was giving me a fucking headache. Anyway why am I here and why aren't you with Wendy?"

"Firstly sis my snoring is nothing compared to yours" that comment sent another pillow straight to his face, "secondly I didn't want to wake you up and I'm here to look after you" he ruffled her hair making Rose send him a glare.

"Aww JackJack you do have a heart in there" Rose smirked as she saw him cringe at his old nickname. "Shouldn't you at least tell your wife where you are"

"Bitch probably doesn't even know I'm gone" Jax mumbled sitting down on the edge of the bed. Jax and Wendy were a match made in hell, they were constantly on again off again that it made Rose's head spin. "Plus your more important than her"

"That fucking bitch! She's using again? Honestly Jax why did you even marry her?" Truth be told Rose has always hated Wendy and when Jax said he was proposing she couldn't have been more against the idea, but she acted nice only to support her brother. Throughout the marriage they had been constantly on and off with constant cheating. Honestly Rose didn't understand why they were together.

Jax just shrugged his shoulders changing the subject "come on let's go eat. Found some old clothes of yours that you can change into" Rose nodded deciding to drop the subject of Wendy for now. Getting up and walking into the bathroom finding the clothes sat on the counter. She grabbed a quick shower before changing into the skinny jeans and tank top. After braiding her hair she walked out the bathroom to see Jax waiting for her.

As they walked into the main area of the clubhouse Rose was surprised to see all the club members already there including the new prospect. "Morning everyone" Jax and Rose spoke at the same time, receiving greetings back.

"God I hate it when you two do that" Tig grumbled from his seat at the bar, he looked rough like he hadn't slept much last night.

"Do what Tig?" The twins spoke again causing everyone to laugh as Tig pulled an unhappy face.

"Seriously it's like the creepy twins from The Shining" Tig grumbled before turning serious. "How you doing Rosie?"

"I'm good Tig, just pissed that someone thought it was a good idea to set fire to my car" Rose gave Tig a quick hug, she'd always been close to Tig. Some people found him strange but she found him funny, some only saw him as a killer but she saw the good in him. He was like her weird uncle. Jax was baffled by the friendship, it was no secret that he didn't trust Tig as much as the others but Rose didn't care, he'd given her no reason to not trust him yet.

Tig went to reply but the sound of Clays booming voice calling church cut him off. Rose watched as the men walked into the chapel, she would give anything to be able to go in there with them, but she knew the rules no cock no kutte. She remembered how rebellious she'd been in her younger years trying to impress the club, hoping that themed change the rules. She sighed it hadn't worked but she still hoped.

"Hey" a voice from behind her startled her out of her thoughts making her clutch onto the bar in fright. She looked round seeing Juice stood by the computer with a sheepish look on his face. "Sorry I didn't mean to scare ya, just thought you'd want to look at this"

"What is it?" Rose said walking over to stand behind him leaning down so she could get a better look.

"It's the security footage from last night, can't see much but hey it's something" Rosalie watched as a man dressed in all black with a mask over his face rushed into the car park and lit something up before throwing it through her window and running off again. From the footage all you could tell was that it was a man. Rose felt her stomach twist, so it definitely wasn't kids then and it was most definitely planned.

"Do you think it's another club?" Juice asked looking at her with worry etched into his features. Rose just shook her head before going over to sit on one of the sofas, Juice not far behind. "Hey I didn't mean to upset ya?"

"No you didn't I was just thinking. This life are you sure your ready for it" Rose asked looking at Juice who just looked back at her confused " I mean on your first day as a prospect my car gets set on fire and trust me that's mild. This life isn't easy sometimes but we're a family here and you'll be part of that soon enough"

"Yeah well I uh I'm kinda used to it" This time it was Rose who gave the questioning looks "back in New York I was involved with the mafia, that's why I had to leave."

"Holy shit" Rosalie couldn't believe he'd been involved with the mafia. She'd only known him a day but to her he acted so sweet, he kinda reminded her of a puppy.

"Yeah well this is my second chance, a new life. I just hope I get patched in" Juice nervously rubbed the back of his neck. She could tell already that he'd be a good edition to their little family.

"Oh don't worry you will" she smiled

"How could you possibly know, you've known me for less than a day"

"I'm good at reading people. Now let's go get to work there's plenty to do at the garage and I need my bike fixing" She stated standing up and heading outside towards TM where her bike sat. Truth be told she just needed a distraction from the thoughts that were floating through her head. Juice was trailing behind her clearly still nervous about everything, it was clear that he was scared to fuck up.

"So can I help with the bike?" He questioned

"Nope, but you can watch. I'm not letting you near my baby until I know how good you are understood?" Rose turned to face him narrowing her eyes. Only a select few were allowed to work on her bike, it was a pride and joy. She may like Juice but she would be damed if she let a prospect near her bike.

Note

Finally another chapter! I hope you enjoyed it. I wanted this chapter to kind of show more of her relationships with her family and the club. Chapter 3 should be up soon because I really enjoy writing this.

Also I will be changing the rating of the story to an M. This is for mild smut in later chapters, also this story will contain a lot of violence, swearing and other mature themes so I think it would be best.

Lennon9091 - Thank you! I was thinking of doing a little bit of the forbidden love things just because she is Jax's sister and it would make perfect sense.

Stordec23 - Thank You! I'm glad you enjoyed it :) oh I decided that there will definitely be smut later on aha