Chapter 10

Bruce walked out of the florist shop with one hand carrying a huge bouquet of different colored roses. He had the florist take white roses and spray paint them all different colors just for Harley. Attached to the flowers was an Ivory colored card that he wrote a special message in. He set the flowers in the backseat of his Ferrari and sped off towards the hospital. When he stopped at a light, his cell phone began to ring and he answered it.

"Hello?" he said.

"Master Bruce, I'm terribly sorry to call you while you're on the road, but Lucius Fox has called and said that there has been an accidental explosion in the BioTech Lab facility." Alfred informed.

Bruce's eyes went wide for a moment. "Was anyone hurt?" he asked.

"No sir, everyone seemed to be out during the time of the incident. Which doesn't quite make sense to me, since explosions don't happen by themselves." Alfred answered.

Bruce groaned. "Alright, tell Lucius that I'll be at work later and check it out." Bruce said. "So sorry sir, but he said they need you down there right now." Alfred said sorrowfully.

Bruce sighed a bit annoyed. Running a multibillionaire company was tough. "Okay, tell him I'll be there in a couple of hours." Bruce said.

"Right away sir." Alfred responded hanging up just as Bruce pulled into the Gotham City Hospital Parking lot.

Bruce received smiles and smirks from the women of the hospital as he passed them carrying the large bouquet of rainbow roses. When he reached Harley's hospital room, he looked in and saw her crying. He walked in and Harley's attention drew to him.

"What's wrong? Why are you crying?" he asked setting the roses on the table.

Harley shook her head and pointed to the TV. Bruce looked up at the television set and saw a woman embracing a man who was crying.

"A TV show?" Bruce asked in disbelief.

"Ye-Ye-yeah. It's s-so beautiful. That woman, her name is Joanna and she belongs to the Amberosa family of Cedargrove Town. And-and her father didn't want her to be with that man, Joshua, and so her father sent a hit-man to kill Joshua. Joanna found out and thought he was dead for five years! But, he was actually alive and hiding out. And now, they're reunited together! It's so beautiful 'cause they really love each other!" Harley said blowing into a tissue.

Harley relaxed when the TV show finally ended. "I'm sorry Bruce, c'mere!" she said holding her hands out. Bruce moved forwards and was taken into a passionate kiss with Harley's hands resting on his face. "I missed ya." she said.

"As did I." Bruce responded picking up the flowers. He saw his fiancé's eyes widen with glee at the colorful assortment of roses.

"Are those for me?" she asked putting a hand over her heart.

"No, they're for the nurse who works here." Bruce teased. He saw Harley raise an eyebrow and laughed. "Just joking, they're for my beautiful fiancé." he said handing them to her.

Harley couldn't help but blush at the lovely gesture. She smelled the roses and sighed happily.

"Thanks so much Bruce sweetheart. They're beautiful." Harley said. Her eyes then darted to a blue rose. "Oh my god they're real!" she exclaimed.

Bruce gave her a confused look. "Yes they're real, I wouldn't give you fake flowers Harley." he said.

"Nah-no! I'm talking about blue roses! They're real?" she asked looking up at Bruce.

"No, I just had the woman in the florist shop spray paint white roses." he explained failing to keep in his laughter at Harley's face expression.

"Oh. Okay. 'Cause, the thing is, Ivy and I were looking through a flower book and saw blue roses. And I thought they were actually real. She thought they would look good at our wedding." Harley scoffed.

"So you decided to plan the wedding?" Bruce asked.

Harley nodded. "Well, I called a wedding planner already. Her name is Lila and she's gonna come by the hospital later so we could talk." Harley explained with a smile.

"Well, I think you're going to be an excellent planner since you planned me the best surprise birthday party, remember?" Bruce asked with a smile.

Harley put her hand on top of Bruce's. "How could I forget? That was the night we became a couple." Harley said smiling widely. Bruce kissed Harley's hand gently.

"I love you so much Harley. I'll be back right after I stop at Wayne Enterprises." Bruce said.

"Wayne Enterprises? Why ya stopping there?" Harley asked her smile fading.

Bruce gave her a sad look. "The BioTech lab exploded. Lucius needs me down there to help investigate it and see what needs to be replaced." he explained.

Harley's eyes grew a bit. "Did Jeremy Coleman get hurt?" she asked. Bruce stopped and looked at her.

"How do you know Jeremy Coleman?" he asked in a voice that Harley didn't like so much.

"When I went out with Red, he saw me and introduced himself. He said he wanted to meet me since he never did. He told me how he worked in the BioTech department." Harley said. "Why? Something happened with him?"

Bruce shook his head. "No, it's nothing. He just doesn't really like me that much. We had an argument because he wanted a higher paying salary, but he didn't deserve it since he hasn't been putting effort at work. He's been slacking in his work, and the other workers have complained about him. I'm surprised that I still have him working for me, but I try to give everyone a second chance. With him this is probably like his ninth chance." Bruce explained.

Harley nodded understanding. "But, maybe he's changed. People can change." Harley said.

Bruce shrugged. "I'm not so sure about him. Some people don't want to change. I'll see you later. Love you." Bruce responded kissing Harley on the lips.

"Love ya." Harley said watching Bruce walk out the door. She looked at the bouquet of roses and smiled picking out a pink rose. She smelled it and closed her eyes with a smile.

"So what exactly happened?" Bruce said stepping next to Lucius.

"A chemical accident. From what I heard, someone left a chemical next to a fire that was on. And these are professionals Bruce. They know not to do that." Lucius explained.

"Are you saying this seemed intentional?" Bruce asked. Lucius looked at his boss seriously.

"That's exactly what I'm saying Mr. Wayne." he answered. They watched as workers were picking up broken and burnt pieces of wood and plastic.

"Mr. Wayne, Mr. Fox."

The two men turned to see Jeremy Coleman walking up to them with an arm stretched out. Bruce and Lucius shook his hand politely. "Mr. Coleman, it's good to see you're doing fine and not hurt." Bruce said.

Jeremy nodded. "Yes, it's a miracle. If I was in there when the explosion happened. I might be dead right now." Jeremy answered grimly.

"It's a good thing you or anyone else for that matter weren't in there then." Lucius commented.

"Do you know who could've left the fire on?" Bruce asked suddenly.

Jeremy rubbed the back of his head. "I don't really know Mr. Wayne. Everyone on the staff knows to never leave the fire on, especially when a chemical is near it! It's a pretty stupid mistake if you ask me." Jeremy said.

"It surely is." Bruce muttered.

"Well, we're going to examine the scene for now if that's alright." Lucius said.

"Oh, of course." Jeremy said stepping out of the way. "Oh, Mr. Wayne, how is Harley doing?" he asked.

Bruce turned around sharply narrowed his eyes slightly at Jeremy. "She's doing fine Mr. Coleman, thank you for asking." Bruce responded.

"Yeah, I heard about the accident and felt terrible about it. Thank god she's alright." Jeremy said.

Bruce nodded. "I'll be sure to tell her of your condolences." he said turning back around and continued walking.

Jeremy frowned at his boss' figure walking away.

"What about a Parisian theme?" Lila the wedding planner asked. "We can have a sculpted Eiffel Tower in the background were you'll be saying your wedding vows." she suggested raising her eyebrows.

Harley shook her head vigorously.

"Nah, I want a big wedding, but not too over the top." Harley said tapping her chin.

"Well, how about we do something a bit more subtle. How about a soft fairytale theme?" Lila suggested with a smile.

"Ya not talking about unicorns and tinker bell are ya?" Harley asked with wide eyes.

"Oh no, I mean white sparkling curtains and silk white sheets decorated with two layers on top of each other. We'll have it flowing like it's a fairytale and you're the princess." Lila said.

Harley pressed out her bottom lip and smiled. "I think I like that. I want to look like a princess on my wedding day." Harley day dreamed. She could imagine herself in a princess like dress with a small tiara attached to the veil. She used to play around when she was a little girl and pretend she was a princess getting married to her prince Ken doll. And when she joined the Joker, she imagined having a clown themed wedding with him. Yuck! What was she ever thinking!

"So what about your dress?" Poison Ivy said speaking up. She was slouching in the chair with her legs crossed.

"I'm gonna make it on my own." Harley said.

"That's a great idea. You'll be like Vera Wang." Lucinda said grinning widely. Harley gave her friend a smile.

"Nah, I'll be like Harleen Quinzel." Harley declared putting her fist to her chest.

Lila laughed at Harley's action. "Okay, so we have the location, which is the Church in Downtown Gotham. Your dress is being taken cared of with you. The decorations and theme is all set. We just need the food you'll have at the reception, the bridesmaid dresses, the invitations, and the grooms tux." Lila said checking her yellow notepad.

"Bruce said he'll take care of tuxedo, I already picked out the bridesmaid dresses that I think are absolutely gorgeous! The invitations and food I haven't done quite yet." Harley responded playing with her fingers.

Lila nodded and reached in her bag pulling out a food magazine. "Here," she said handing it to Harley. "Just circle the food that you want. I know this agency's food like the back of my hang and I'll tell you, it's delicious!" She exclaimed.

Harley skimmed through the magazine and circled the foods that she knew Bruce and her would most likely enjoy. She also picked out some vegetarian entrees for the guest who wouldn't be so happy about the meat portion. When she was done, she handed the magazine back to Lila.

"The invitations?" Lila questioned.

"We'll work on them with Harley." Lucinda said.

Lila nodded packing up her things. "And what would be a good date for the wedding?" she asked.

"May 27th. We decided it would be great to have our wedding in springtime." Harley said proudly.

Lila slung her bag over her shoulder and shook Harley's hand. "Alrighty, I will see you next meeting Ms. Quinzel. I hope you get better soon." she waved goodbye walking out the hospital room.

"She needs a man in her life. She seems so caught up in work all the time." Ivy said with an attitude.

"How do you know she's not content with being by herself?" Lucinda asked giving Ivy a look.

"Trust me, she seems very suicidal by the looks of it." Ivy said.

"Red, ya shouldn't be the one talking about another woman needing a man. Lord knows YOU need one." Harley said flipping through the channels with the remote. She stopped on a news report about Batman stopping Clayface from stealing thousands of dollars from Gotham City National Bank. Harley slumped back in the pillows and sighed.

"It's okay Harl, he can handle Gotham's criminals while Batwoman is out of work." Lucinda said seeing her friend's depressed face. Harley gave Lucinda a smile.

"Yeah, he is Batman after all. If he can stop that psychopathic clown, he can definitely take on some mud man and his friends." Ivy commented.

Harley looked back at the TV. She hated not being able to fight along Bruce's side as Batwoman. All she could do was hope and pray that he was alright and safe.

"Time for dinner Ms. Quinzel." a nurse said rolling in a tray of small turkey cut up and mashed potatoes on the side.

Harley sat up and positioned herself upright. "He's sure something else, isn't he?" The nurse said nodding her head toward the television set.

Harley smiled. "He sure is."

A/N: By the way, for the whole soap opera thing, i totally made it up, with the help of my mom! It might sound embarassing, but i do watch soap operas! Thanks for reading! XOXO R/R Please, it would make me SMILE LIKE HARLS!