A/N: Well, that was a bigger turnout than I thought I would get. That's awesome guys! I'm really glad you want me to continue with the story, because I totally adore Batman, and John Blake. I was completely blown away by the amount of reviews, favorites, and followers that I got after one day! So, I'm going to stop boring you with this ridiculous author's note, and get on with the story!
Disclaimer: I do not own Batman, or any of its characters. They all belong to DC Comics and Christopher Nolan.
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Vanillastar:I know right! I loved John Blake in the movie as well. Joseph Gordon-Levitt did an amazing job! And there will definitely be way more John/Rosie scenes in the story, so not to worry!
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Alaskasyd: Thanks! I'm glad you like it. I'm glad my idea is original, I was actually hoping for it. I didn't really check to see if there were any other Selina sister stories, but since there are more reviewers telling me the idea is original I'm guessing there isn't any. I'm really stoked that mine is the first one!
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wisegirl2772: Thank you! I believe we share a similar love for Officer John Blake. =D More John/Rosie moments to come!
megandenisefox: Hey thanks! I agree with you. Elena is completely stupid in The Vampire Diaries. I liked her character in the beginning, but then during season 2 she got so stupid. During the entire situation with Klaus, she looked and sounded like an idiot. No, Rosalie won't be like Elena. I will admit I may model her after Katherine/Katerina a bit, but probably only her attitude. I love Katherine. Much better than Elena.
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FYI: I completely forgot to add in the phrases that were asterisked in the last chapter so here they are now. They're both in Swedish.
lillasyster – Little Sister.
äldre syster – Older sister.
-IWRU-
"Rosebud you can go. Your shifts over," Terry Casey calls from the kitchen as Rosalie's replacement, Holly, a blonde waitress who wears too much makeup with a bad attitude walks into the diner. Rosalie takes one look at the blonde and rolls her eyes, which Holly responds to with a glare. Joanie and Angie had already left an hour before, leaving Rosalie with Lamont, a tall, muscled, dark skinned man, who is a very open homosexual that enjoys wearing eye make up and tight clothes, and also just so happens to be the other cook, and Missy, a brunette seventeen year old girl, with blue eyes covered by black, thick rimmed glasses.
"Are you sure? We're pretty busy, I could always stay a little longer-," Rosalie starts but is cut off by Lamont.
"Bitch, get your ass out of here before I throw you out. You've been here all damn day," he scoffs to her, and rolls his eyes at the withering look that Terry gives him. Rosalie laughs and nods, going back into the kitchen. She takes off her apron and hands it to Holly, who takes it without a word, along with Rosalie's check pad and pen. She immediately gets started working without a second look to Rosalie or Lamont, but with a smile to Terry. Holly hasn't liked Rosalie since she started working here because of her attitude and the snarky comments that she makes to her. Rosalie glares at Holly's back because of the way she snubbed Lamont. Lamont told Rosalie that Holly doesn't talk to him because of the simple fact that he prefers men over women. He says he doesn't mind because 'she's a bitch who would look like a dog without all of the makeup that she cakes on her face,' as he would say.
"I'll see you both tomorrow then," Rosalie says, with a smile to the two men who wave her off.
"8 o'clock Rosebud," Terry reminds her, and Rosalie nods, walking out of the kitchen.
"See you Missy," Rosalie calls to the younger girl.
"Bye Rosie. See you tomorrow," Missy says, and Rosalie smiles to her and walks out of the restaurant after snatching up her jacket from the coat hook she hung it on when she got there that morning. Rosalie makes the quick ten minute walk home without any trouble, and opens the door to her apartment building. The first thing she sees upon entering is a group of men conversing in the first floor hallway. When she opens the door they all simultaneously turn to see who entered, and some of them smirk when they see her. She looks away from them and rolls her eyes at the various shouts and catcalls they send her way as she climbs the stairs going to the second floor. She takes the keys out of her pocket when she arrives at her door, but finds that the door is already unlocked. She walks in and sees the familiar messy blonde hair of Selina's friend Jen. The woman is sprawled out on their couch, passed out.
"Selina?" Rosalie calls, but receives no answer. She walks over to the couch and leans over it, looking at the sleeping woman. "Jen?" she asks, but Jen doesn't even stir. Rosalie rolls her eyes and bumps the couch with her hip. "Hey!" Rosalie says loudly.
"What?" Jen snaps, tiredly.
"Where's Selina?" Rosalie asks.
"How the hell should I know?" Jen asks, rolling onto her stomach.
"Because you're always up her ass," Rosalie scoffs, sauntering into her sister's room. She hears Jen mumble something incoherent, but doesn't acknowledge it. She strides across her sister's room, to the small closet and pries the stubborn door open. She moves the row of clothes to the side to find where she kept her 'Catwoman' suit, only to find the space empty. Rosalie sighs and walks out into the kitchen. She takes out the stack of Post-it notes and writes what time she has to go to work and sticks it above the note reminding her to go to the college.
"How long has Selina been gone?" Rosalie calls out to Jen, who is moving around on the couch.
"A few hours. She told me to stay here," Jen says, as Rosalie looks around in the kitchen.
"You hungry?" Rosalie asks, and Jen sits up, looking at her with a raised eyebrow. "What?"
"Am I hungry? What kind of happy pills are you on?" Jen asks, getting up off of the couch and joining Rosalie in the kitchenette.
"Oh don't misunderstand. I still think you're annoying, and don't like you. But I'm about to make myself something, and I had a good day so I offered," Rosalie says, opening up the small freezer and pulling out a frozen pizza.
"I could eat," Jen says, offhandedly with a smirk. Rosalie begins to preheat the oven and sets the pizza down on the counter. Jen moves to observe the sticky notes on the cabinet door. "College? You still going?"
"Yep," Rosalie answers.
"My mom always wanted me to go to college," Jen says, absently.
"Why didn't you?" Rosalie asks, curiously.
"Because I'm stupid," Jen says, simply.
"Well, I won't argue there," Rosalie says, grinning widely at the older woman, who scowls at Rosalie. Rosalie removes the pizza from its packaging and tosses it into the oven and sets the timer. She walks out of the kitchenette, removing the rubber band from her hair and undoing the braid, leaving her hair in soft waves. She changes quickly into a pair of dark blue shorts and a white tank top since she doesn't plan on going out again. She takes her shoes and throws them by the front door and lies back on her bed. She picks up the pendant of her necklace and observes it quietly.
Rosalie has been wearing this necklace on a daily basis since she was sixteen. It once belonged to her mother. The necklace itself is beautiful. It's an old Victorian style necklace. A simple bronze chain, with the pendant being a bronze detailed ring, and inside a white woman silhouette, with a black background. Rosalie took this necklace when she left home, along with a pearl bracelet for Selina. The two sisters promised each other that they would never sell these two pieces of jewelry for sentimental reasons. They couldn't part with the only items that once belonged to their dearly missed mother.
The beeping oven pulls Rosalie out of her thoughts, and she goes to get up, but Jen beats her to it. Rosalie takes out a large knife and cuts the pizza into eight pieces, and Jen and Rosalie each take one and begin eating. The two girls stiffen when there's a knock at the door. They glance at each other and Rosalie makes her way to the door. Rosalie looks back at Jen confused when she looks through the peep hole on the door. She sees a man with dark, very short hair and dark eyes, wearing a gray jacket, jeans and a white t-shirt. Jen quietly makes her way to the door and looks, letting out a small gasp when she sees the man. Rosalie looks at Jen, confused and a bit concerned.
'Ex-boyfriend,' Jen mouths, looking slightly afraid. Rosalie motions for Jen to move out of sight, and Jen moves into Selina's bedroom, slightly closing the door.
"Yeah," Rosalie calls through the door.
"Open the door," the man says angrily.
"I don't think so, buddy," Rosalie scoffs.
"Where is she?" the man asks.
"You're going to have to be a little more specific than that," Rosalie says, leaning against the door, watching the man through the peep hole still.
"You know exactly who I'm talking about. Jen. Where is she?" he growls.
"Not here," Rosalie says, growing annoyed.
"Then where. Is. She?" he asks again, drawing out every word.
"How the hell should I know?" Rosalie asks, glaring at the door.
"Listen bitch, I know she's in there. Open the fucking door!" the man shouts, reaching for the door knob, but Rosalie quickly locks the door before he can reach it.
"She isn't here asshole! Now get the hell out of here!" Rosalie shouts back.
"Jennifer! Get your ass out here!" the man shouts, beginning to pound on the door. "I'll break this door down. I swear to God."
"You break this door down and you'll get your ass kicked. I promise you that," Rosalie threatens lowly. She hears the man laugh and he starts kicking the door with a booted foot. Rosalie rolls her eyes but jumps back a bit when the door cracks a bit at the bottom. Rosalie growls loudly, glaring at the split in the wood. "Knock it off!" Rosalie shouts. The man ignores her though and only kicks the door harder. The split in the wood becomes larger, and Rosalie angrily, but quickly slips on her shoes, and unlocks and opens the door before he completely breaks it off of the hinges. That's the last thing that Selina and Rosalie need is to have to buy a new door.
After she opens the door, Rosalie is immediately grabbed by the hair and thrown out into the hallway. The man strides into her apartment, and Rosalie instantly gets back up from where she landed on the floor. She rushes into her apartment, and jumps on the larger man's back, knocking him to the floor. Rosalie punches the man in the side of the face with as much force as she could put into from the position they were in. The man brings his arm back quickly, catching Rosalie in the eye with his elbow.
"Son of a bitch!" Rosalie shrieks, and the man stands up with her still on his back. He slams his back into the wall behind them, making Rosalie hit her back and head on the wall with impressive force, causing Rosalie's vision to blur slightly. Her hold on the man relinquishes, and he turns around, grabbing her by the hair again and hauling her to her feet, and he hits the side of her head on the wall. Rosalie drops the floor, trying to will the room to stop spinning. After a few moments, she regains her composure and hauls herself to her feet, finding Jen's psycho ex about to enter her sister's room. Rosalie growls and grabs the closest item that she can grab, which just so happened to be Jen's glass that she was using, and chucks it at him with surprising accuracy, hitting him in the head. The glass shatters when it makes contact from the force of the hit, and the man clutches the back of his head, and quickly turns around with a deadly glare on his face.
"You just won't give up will you?" he asks, quickly approaching Rosalie again. This time, she was ready for him, and she punches him in the jaw, bruising her knuckles. The blow to his face send him staggering back a bit, and Rosalie uses this opportunity to kick him hard, square in the chest, and then once in the stomach, knocking the wind out of him. Her head whips to the side when she hears sirens, and she rolls her eyes, praying that some neighbor didn't call the police. That's the last thing that needs to happen right now.
During her moment of distraction, the man grabs Rosalie's ankle and pulls her to the floor, making her head hit the floor again. 'I'm going to have brain damage by the time this night's over if I keep hitting my head,' she thinks. She raises herself up and sees blood on the floor. She quickly looks over and sees the man glaring at her, beginning to lift himself off of the floor. She hears the door to her apartment complex open and slam shut, and the sound of footsteps coming up the stairs. She quickly kicks the man in the side of the head and he falls back onto the floor. Rosalie looks over and sees Jen about to leave Selina's bedroom. 'No,' Rosalie mouths furiously, when she sees the man weakly moving. Jen retreats back into the bedroom.
"Christ, in here!" another man shouts, and Rosalie looks from her spot on the floor to the door.
"Hey, Officer Ross, how's it going?" Rosalie asks casually. Then another familiar face appears in the doorway. "And Officer Blake. Come on in. Join the party."
"Rosalie? What happened?" Ross asks, looking over at the nearly unconscious man.
"I'll be happy to tell you all about it once you get this dumb ass out of my apartment," Rosalie snarls, looking at the man on the floor. The two officers glance at each other and Rosalie raises her eyebrows. "He cracked my door, came into my apartment, and beat the hell out of me. Does that qualify as a reason to arrest his sorry ass?"
Ross rolls his eyes at Rosalie's words and hauls the man who was slowly regaining his composure to his feet, handcuffing his hands behind his back. Rosalie brings her hand up to rub her face and the palm of her hand is instantly covered in blood. Rosalie groans and stands up, and wobbles a little when she's on her feet. Two warm hands make their way to Rosalie's shoulders, steadying her. Rosalie looks up to see the concerned eyes of Officer John Blake looking down at her.
"I'm fine," she says, offhandedly.
"Oh, yeah. Clearly," John scoffs. Rosalie looks over and sees Officer Ross hand Jen's ex to another pair of policemen. She takes another look at her hand and shrugs John's hands off of her shoulders and unsteadily makes her way to the bathroom. She turns the water on and rinses the blood off of her hand. She takes a washcloth from the small cupboard in the bathroom, and runs it under some cool water. The washcloth is taken from her smaller hands by John, and he grasps her chin between his fingers and turns her face to him. He sets to work, dabbing the blood, dried and fresh, off of her face.
"What happened?" he asks her.
"He just showed up, looking for one of my sister's friends. I don't know why. But, when I told him she wasn't here he started trying to break the door down, thus the crack in my door. So I open the door and well…you see the result," Rosalie says as he cleans the blood off of her face.
"Why did you let him in?" John asks incredulously.
"I didn't 'let him in'. I only opened the door and he kind of forced his way in. He was going to get inside either way," Rosalie says simply. "Besides I can handle myself."
"Yeah, we saw," Ross says, standing in the door way, as John finishes with her face. She takes the cloth from him and tosses it in the sink. She moves past the two officers, to the living room where Jen sits on the couch. She sends the woman a small smile, which she returns. "Rosalie Kyle: Waitress, and Veterinary student by day, Power Ranger by night."
"Only if I'm the red one," Rosalie says, smirking.
"Is this the friend he was looking for?" John asks, and Rosalie nods. While the two officers get the information they need from Jen, Rosalie hears movement in Selina's room. She keeps an eye on the two officers, knowing that it's just Selina changing out of her suit. Thankfully the movement stops, and she relaxes, grateful that the men didn't hear anything. She glances at the door when she hears the apartment building's main door open and shut, and the sound of heels click up the steps quickly. The door to their apartment opens and Selina looks at the scene with curious eyes. The two officers go to stand up but Rosalie quickly calms them.
"It's okay. She's my sister. She lives here."
"Rosie? What happened?" she asks, quickly moving to her little sister. Before Rosalie can say anything, Ross takes over, giving Selina the run down of what Jen and Rosalie told them. Selina sits tensely on the arm of the couch next to Rosalie. She can tell that Selina is really uncomfortable with cops in their apartment, but Rosalie is almost as tense as her sister. The only thing keeping her slightly relaxed is the fact that she knows the two officers. But despite knowing the officers, and being slight friends with Officer Ross, doesn't change the fact that one slip, and they would know her sister's secret, and she would be taken to prison. Rosalie couldn't lose her sister.
When the two officers had all the information they needed, they stood to leave, and Rosalie opted to see them out.
"Call us if anything happens," John says.
"Sure, sure," Rosalie says, smirking.
"Hey," he says, looking into her eyes with a serious look. "I mean it."
"We'll be fine," Rosalie says. She smiles at him to back up her words. "And to prove my point, you can stop by the diner tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock when I'll be working to check and see if I'm okay," she says with a flirtatious smirk, one which he returns.
"Well, it is my job, so I guess I'll just have to stop by and make sure you're alright," he says, and Rosalie smiles.
"Alright lover boy we have to go," Ross says, rolling his eyes at the pair.
"See you tomorrow," John says, heading out the door behind his partner.
"Until then, Officer Blake," Rosalie says, closing the door behind them. She turns around and sees her sister looking at her disapprovingly.
"Getting close to a cop. Not wise Rosalie," Selina says, seriously. Rosalie rolls her eyes.
"Its fine Selina," Rosalie says, walking into the small kitchen, taking out a glass and filling it with water.
"No it's not 'fine' Rosalie. It's dangerous," Selina argues.
"Stop! It's fine. I'm fine. You're fine. Jen's fine. Everything is… fine. Okay? So lay off. I know what I'm doing," Rosalie says. Selina stays quiet, staring her sister down. Rosalie doesn't back down and stares intently back at her sister.
"For both of our sakes, I hope you do. What have I always told you?" Selina asks, and Rosalie adverts her eyes to the wall. "Huh?" Selina asks, more forcefully.
"No one is worth going to jail for… except each other."
-IWRU-
A/N: And there's chapter two! In the next few chapters I'll start getting into the plot of The Dark Knight Rises. More John Blake/Rosie moments in this chapter, and there will be some in the next chapter as well obviously. Thank you guys for all the reviews and favorites, and follows. I really hope I get more for this chapter! They really inspire me to write more.
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