Gotham University was located just outside Gotham City, it was the time of year for the freshman's to arrive. They were all crammed into a small mini bus on their way to university, they took it as an opportunity to get to know each other. There was a boy who sat at the front, he was well built for his age and was extremely wealthy, and his name was Bruce. In the seat behind him was a short blonde girl chewing on bubble gum, her name was Harley. Way at the back was a boy who had blue skin and no hair, he was named Victor but preferred to be called freeze. Sitting across from Harley was a skinny boy named Edward and a couple of other people spaced out around the bus.
"I heard that there are heaps a' freaks at this school" said Harley "No offense freeze"
"Are you implying that I'm a freak?" replied Freeze
"I said no offense"
"Well you aren't too normal yourself" said Edward
"How?!" Harley asked slightly aggravated
"It's just because you have part of your hair dyed blue and pink, that's not something a normal person would do" Edward replied
"What's wrong with my hair?!"
"Something the poor have, the rich need and if you eat it you'll die"
"What the fuck are you talking about?" Harley asked in confusion
"Nothing, the answer is nothing"
"So…then you're obsessed with riddles"
"Obsessed is a bit of an over statement"
"More like an understatement" said Freeze
They all started laughing at Edward accept for Bruce, Harley leaned over the seat "Hey ya wanna talk or are ya just gonna sit there like a potato?"
"I'm here to get my degree and get out" Bruce replied
"You're quite the downer aint ya?" Harley giggled
Bruce didn't reply, he just sat in his seat listening to the others talking. They arrived at the university three hours later, Harley ran out of the bus and kissed the ground. She threw her hands into the air "Finally I'm out of that fucking bus!"
Harley stood up but as soon as she got up she was knocked back down by someone running into her "Hey watch it you ass hole!" Harley yelled as the boy kept running, the boy was wearing a purple leather jacket, fingerless gloves and black jeans with bright green hair. Suddenly he was tackled to the ground by another boy who was wearing a suit that was half black and half white.
"Take it easy Harv it's only a coin!" the green haired boy said before he was punched in the face by the other.
"Give it back now!" the boy in the suit said grabbing the other by the collar
"I lost it"
"You what?!" he asked and began to punch the boy before he was pulled off by what looked to be the principle.
"What's going on here?" she asked
"He stole my coin and threw it away!"
"I didn't throw it away I lost it" the other boy replied
The suited boy lunged at the other but the principal pulled them apart "Harvey, I think it was about time you stopped obsessing over that coin and J" she said turning to the other boy "You shouldn't be stealing things, we've been over this multiple times"
She let go off the two boys and the one named Harvey stormed off probably to go find himself a new coin, J stood up fixing his clothes after being tackled to the ground. He turned to where the principle was heading which just so happened to be the bus Harley was standing in front of "Oooo! Newbies!" he yelled running in front of the principle to the bus.
Harley looked him up and down, he was tall and thin but muscular. She then looked at his face, his skin was almost pure white, he had two tattoos on his face one said 'damaged' and the other was a J. He also had two piercings on his face, one on his lip the other on his eye brow and quite a few in his ears. This is clearly the rebel of the school Harley thought.
"Hi I'm Jack but most people call me J" he said holding his hand out to Harley. He smiled and Harley noticed that he had a silver grill, this boy is so strange she thought I like it.
Harley shook his hand "The names Harley" she said staring at him.
"Harley" he said testing the name "I like it…I'm gonna call ya 'Blondie'"
"O…kay"
"Good evening students my name is Joan Leland, I am the principle at this school…" she began.
"And my names Jack" Jack interrupted
"Yes this is Jack, a good example of what not to do while you attend this school"
"Oh that hurts Leland" Jack said sarcastically
"Jack please make yourself useful and perhaps take one of the freshman to their dorm or something"
"Well, if you insist" Jack said as Principal Leland rolled her eyes. Jack walked through the crowd, observing the freshmen up and down like he was making a major life decision. He finally stopped in front of Harley "I'll take the dame" he said turning towards Leland, Harley growled under her breath at Jack. Jack looked at her then back at Leland, he had obviously heard her.
"Alright just don't…hurt her ok?"
Jack gasped dramatically "I would never!" he then broke in to chuckling. He bent down and picked up Harley's bags, he started walking through the campus taking massive steps with his long legs, Harley had to jog just to keep up with him.
"What's in your bag? Rocks? How much shit do you need?" Jack said obviously referring to the weight of her bag.
"I like to read, there are a few books in there" Harley replied
"A few?! More like a whole library"
Harley giggled and Jacks face beamed back at her "So what major are you studying?"
"Arts" he replied simply
"Oh" was all Harley said
"Something wrong?"
"No it's just I assumed…" Harley began
"No…no…you don't just assume things, here let me show you something" Jack said bending down and picking up a rock, Harley bent down next to him watching him scrape the word 'assume' into the concrete "You see when you assume something, you make an ass" he said underlining the ass in 'assume' "out of u and me" he concluded underlining the other words in turn.
They both stood up "You know you're not really the bad boy you make yourself out to be, you're actually really smart"
"Hmm" Jack said in acknowledgement "What's your major?"
"Medical, I'm studying psychology"
He scoffed at her response "Oh my god" he said picking up her bags again.
"What?!" Harley said angrily
"I can't believe I have a crush on a girl who wants to be a shrink" He said opening the door to her dorm building.
"Are you hitting on me?" Harley smirked walking into the building
"Maybe"
"You are!" she giggled pushing him playfully
They both laughed as they walked down the hallway, they stopped at one of the dorm rooms "This is your room"
They both walked into Harley's room to find two of her roommates already there. There was a girl laying on her bed reading a magazine, she had black hair and wore all black clothes and the other girl was sitting at a desk, she had green skin and red hair. The red haired one stood up "Hi I'm Pamela but people call me Ivy you must be the freshman"
"Yeah the names Harley" Harley smiled shaking hands with Ivy
"And that's Selina" she said gesturing to the girl laying on the bed, Ivy looked over Harley's shoulder at Jack "I see you've met the clown"
"Oh uh yeah" Harley said stepping out the way of Jack
"Clown"
"Weed" Jack and Ivy said acknowledging each other's presence.
"Are they ok?" Harley asked Selina
"They hate each other"
"Thanks for snitching to the principal on me, I got five more days of detention cos a' you" Jack said in a less joyful tone then before
"You mutilated my babies!"
"Mutilated is a bit harsh, I prefer viciously murdered"
"Wait wait, what babies?"
"Everyone in the school has some sort of obsession" Selina said not looking up from her magazine "Ivy is obsessed with plants"
"Selina loves cats and J is obsessed with this stupid pack of cards" Ivy said pulling an old worn down pack of cards out of Jacks jacket pocket.
"Give 'em back" Jack growled holding out his hand.
"I think I might keep them" Ivy teased backing away from Jack smugly.
Suddenly Jack ran towards Ivy and held her against the wall by her neck, Ivy dropped the pack of cards but he didn't release her. She started to choke and Selina tried to pull Jack off of Ivy "Let her go now!" Harley watched in horror.
Jack stopped letting Ivy slide down the wall to the floor and Ivy massaged her neck, Jack picked up the pack of cards from the floor. Jack apparently was still extremely angry at Ivy because Jack grabbed her head and slammed it onto the desk knocking her out "That's for touching my stuff, bitch" Jack poked his head out the door and saw Leland walking down the corridor straight for the room he was in.
"Shit, shit, shit, shit…" Jack said as he began to climb out of the window.
"Hey come back here!" Harley said jogging toward the window but he jumped down to the ground before she got there. She looked out the window to see Jack running across the lawn in front of the building. He was way too fast for Harley to catch up with him "Damn it" Harley said before closing the window.
Leland came into the room "What's with all the commotion?" she asked.
Selina looked up from Ivy "That psychopath Jack Napier tried to kill Ivy!"
"Did she do something to upset him?"
"No she…" Selina began
"She took his pack of cards away from him" Harley interrupted
"I'll have a talk to him"
"Talk?! He needs to be punished!"
"Selina you know what he's like" Selina looked back at Ivy and ignored Leland, Leland turned to Harley "Harley could I talk to you for a moment"
"Sure…" Harley replied slowly following Leland into the corridor and closing the door behind her "Am I in trouble"
"No of course not, I needed to talk to you about Jack"
"Oh um what about him?"
"This sort of behaviour is quite…common so it might be best to uhh…stay away from him for the time being."
"Alright" Harley said in disappointment, she kind of liked him.
"He's a malevolent and troubled individual, please be careful around him"
"I will" Harley nodded before coming back into the dorm room where Ivy had regained consciousness and was sitting at the dining table with a bag of ice on her head. Harley sat across form Ivy "Feeling better?"
"Not really, I should have known better then to intimidate a psycho"
"Intimidate? I think you were the one that was intimidated, more like you aggravated him" Selina said sitting at the table also. Harley went over to her bed to unpack her things but she couldn't get the look in Jacks eyes out of her head.
