Hey everyone! It's sort of hard to capture Joker's personality into writing but I'm trying lol. Also sorry for my long absence I had to take a few weeks off so I could get ready for my finals. College is hard :( anyways enjoy and I'll try to write more often…. Oh! And thanks to everyone who have been leaving really nice reviews, I really appreciate every single comment and I'm so happy that so many people have read the story and I'm just so happy with results so far ^_^ . Also some have asked me about the future of the story through comments and PM. All I can say is that I can't really spoil anything right now but I do have lots of things coming, so keep reading to find out and I promise all those questions will be answered. Love you guys :)
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Chapter 10: Phone Call at 2:20 AM
Selina led Harley into the living room, where Harley shared every detail of her argument with Veronica. After a few tears and awkward silences, Selina smiled and led Harley into the spare guest room in her penthouse. You can stay here until you get back on your feet." Selina said opening the door to the room.
"Thank you, I promise I won't be a burden. I'll be out of your place before you know it" Harley hugged Selina and pulled her luggage into the room.
"You won't be a burden, I promise. If you want we can go house hunting tomorrow morning… Or I mean later today" Selina said glancing at the clock on the wall.
"Yea I really would like that"
"Ok I'll arrange everything, I know people" Selina said with a smirk and closed the door. "Night Harley" she called after the door had closed. Harley stared around the room for a bit, taking it all in. She was happy with the room, it wasn't too big and it also had a grand window that overlooked Gotham. She wanted to keep exploring the room, but the exhaustion finally hit her and the only thing she could see was the giant queen size bed in the middle of the room. She climbed on, not bothering to change clothes and she got into the grey covers. She tossed around s bit, trying to find the right position. When finally turned to her left side, Harley blinked tiredly a few times before she let sleep sweep her away.
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At exactly 7:30 am, Selina knocked on Harley's door to call her to breakfast.
"Harley, wake up. I made waffles"
Harley stirred around for a bit and her stomach growled loudly at the smell of delicious waffles. Then suddenly reality hit her, this wasn't her house. That wasn't Veronica at her door and this wasn't her bed. She shot right up, hitting her head on the dashboard as she remembered last night's dramatic events.
"Hey, you ok in there?" Selina called again
"Uhh yea, sorry. I'll be right out. Thanks" Harley answered, walking over to where she had dropped her luggage. She unzipped a large green case and began to search for something decent to wear. She finally came upon a clean blue t-shirt and a pair of sweats. She hurried to put the shirt over her head and pulled the comfy sweats on. She didn't bother to look in the mirror because if her feelings reflected her looks, then she probably looked like shit. She left the room and followed the pleasant smell and headed to the kitchen.
"Hello" Selina smiled a d began plating the fluffy waffles right out if the oven
"Hey, can I help you with anything?" Harley said as she tried to tune out her loud stomach. Selina turned and laughed at the loud cries emanating from her guest's stomach.
"Haha no it's ok, you don't have to" Selina said gently placing the plates on the dark granite table.
"But I want to; I don't want to be a burden. You already made breakfast, at least let me help serve or clean or something. It's the least I could do."
"Fine" Selina smiled "you can bring the Nutella, the syrup and the coffee" Selina pointed to where each item was and went over to the cabinet and opened it, pulling out the essential utensils. Harley stood there for a second trying to remember where Selina had pointed to. She immediately began to pull out the items and placed them on the table.
"Thank you" Harley said and ran to hug Selina, who stiffened a little before briefly returning the hug.
"You know it's no problem." Selina smiled and pulled away from the hug. She sat down and signaled Harley to join her. Harley poured some maple syrup on the waffles and Selina grabbed the coffee, pouring her cup and then reaching over to pour Harley's cup. The rest of their breakfast was a silent event. Both girls were perfectly content with a silent breakfast and didn't make an effort to try to make conversation. They just ate and let themselves drift away in their own thoughts. As soon as Harley finished her meal, she looked around again and she noticed Selina really liked dark colors in everything. She briefly glanced at her and noticed she was wearing dark clothes again and a lot of the décor was dark or leather. She didn't take much importance to that fact though, since everyone had different tastes. Selina returned from her thoughts and noticed Harley was looking around again
"Umm so Harley I made an appointment to see one of my friends. She's a real estate agent and she'll help you find you a place of your own."
"Thank you! I really don't want to be here for more than a few days, you know what they say: the dead and the freeloaders start to stink after 3 days"
"I have NEVER heard that before" Selina chuckled and stood up and started to clear the table.
"No let me do that" Harley promptly stood up and grabbed the plates.
"No really, I'll take care of it. Just go take a shower and get ready. We have the appointment in an hour." Selina said turning to the sink. Harley knew that this subject wasn't up for discussion, so instead she placed the plates down on the sink n walked to her room. She bent down and retrieved her clothes and quickly made her way into the bathroom. After taking her clothes off, she turned the water on in the shower. The window was opened and the cool breeze of the morning entered the room, giving Harley goosebumps on her bare skin.
Once she finished her shower routine, she dried herself and wrapped herself in a dark grey towel that Selina had put in the bathroom. She searched again for something to wear, looking out the huge window to check the weather and realizing it was pouring outside she knew it was warm clothes she had to search for. She found a clean pair of thick leggings and a knitted pink sweater, she looked around for the bag containing her shoes, but she couldn't seem to find them. She frantically searched the room, not realizing she was making a huge mess of the guest room.
On the other hand, Selina was ready. She too had showered and her hair and makeup were impeccable for a day out in town. She opened the door to Harley's room to inform her that it was time to go and froze when she took in the situation.
"Oh my god…." Selina managed to weakly blurt out
"I am so sorry!" Harley apologized, the embarrassment stamped on her face. "I was looking for my boots, but I couldn't find them and…. Damm I promise Ill clean it up…"
Selina laughed lightly and shook her head. "It's ok Harley, don't even worry about it, let's hurry because we have to get going"
Harley nodded and kept searching for her shoes. Selina decided to give her a few minutes of privacy and walked over to the living room. She began pacing and for some reason she had a strange feeling in her stomach. Selina often suffered from anxiety attacks at random moments but for some reason, this feeling she had seemed different. Selina sat down and tried to calm herself down. Suddenly the flip phone began to buzz. Selina knew that he didn't like when she hesitated to pick up, so she dashed for the phone and quickly flipped it open to answer the call.
"Hello" Selina said in a flat tone.
"Good morning deary" The other line said "Just calling to check on…"
"She's fine" Selina said while she rolled her eyes.
"Yea I know she is. I didn't choose just anyone to look over her. But I was informed that you are taking her to look for a home, and I just have a condition on the place"
"OK? What is it?"
"You need to convince her on a place near the warehouse"
"Ok I can try"
"Oh I'm not asking you to do it, I'm saying that she better move in near there or else"
"I… I understand"
"Good, now go"
And then like that, the phone went dead. Selina put the phone away and sighed
I hope that this girl isn't too picky… and that I can convince her… I have to.
Suddenly she turned around and realized Harley was standing right behind her
"Oh hey girl, are u ready to go?" Selina nervously stuttered
"Yea… who was that on the phone?" Harley narrowed her eyes in suspicion
"Oh, umm it was just my friend, the one who works on real state. She was um calling me to let me know that since it's sort of urgent that you find a place, that there's only a certain area that has housing available for immediate move in" Selina lied hoping that Harley didn't notice her lies.
"Oh, ok. Let's get going then. I'm sure she can explain when we see her." Harley walked over to the door and Selina followed.
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Selina nervously drove Harley to the real estate office downtown but kept cool so Harley didn't continue to suspect anything. The whole drive to the office was silent, and it seemed that the more time Harley spent with Selina, the tenser and awkward the air was growing. Harley could feel that and she was glad she was leaving soon. Harley could sense that Selina was hiding something but she had enough drama of her own to deal with someone else's.
"We're here" Selina announced, breaking Harley's train of thought
"Great" Harley said trying to sound enthusiastic. They quickly got out of the car and walked towards the huge building. Harley did not expect the real estate office to be this big. It was at least six stories high and every single story had lots of reflective windows. They reached the door and a young man quickly pulled open the glass door that led to the lobby. Everything about the lobby seemed to mesmerize Harley, the slick granite desk, the lounge chairs in the waiting room and specially the huge fish tank on one wall. Selina walked over to the granite desk and greeted the receptionist
"Hello, we have an appointment with Jane."
"Of course, what's your name?"
"Selina Kyle and Harleen Quinzel"
"Thank you, please take a seat and I'll call you when she's ready"
"Thanks" Selina said and quickly walked to where Harley was still standing staring at the grand number of different fishes the building's fish tank offered. Selina took a seat and Harley walked over to the fishes to get a closer look.
They are so beautiful –Harley thought mesmerized by the wild colors of the fishes. They shouldn't be here…. Something this beautiful deserves to be free.
"Harleen and Selina?" The receptionist called from her desk. Selina stood up and taped Harley on the shoulder.
"Harley? Are you ok?" Selina asked giving Harley a puzzled look
Hasn't this girl ever seen fishes, or what's her deal? - Selina thought impatiently
"Oh yea, sorry. I just like their colors" Harley said as she stood up
"Alrighty then… well let's get going" Selina said as she ran her hand through her slick black hair and walked over to the desk.
"Alright, Jane is ready to see you. You can take the elevator to the third floor and her office is the third door from the elevator on the left side." Jane informed as she walked them over to the elevator.
"Thank you" Harley smiled and the elevator beeped as its heavy metal doors slid opened. Both girls walked in and Harley quickly pressed the button that would take them to the third floor. Harley wasn't fond of elevators as she was always scared that one day the power would go out and she would get stuck in there.
Take deep breaths…. –Harley thought to herself as she took a gulp of air. This is just an irrational fear… like if I get stuck, there's always a panic button… right? - Harley bean to search the wall and all the buttons just to make sure that this elevator had one. When she finally found it she sighed in relief. She closed her eyes and decided to concentrate on the soothing jazz music that was playing in the elevator. Then the elevator stopped and with a high pitch beep opened its doors, freeing Harley and Selina into the third floor.
They both stepped out and Selina accidentally bumped into a man.
"Oops, sorry" Selina said glancing up that the man. Her face went pale as she immediately recognized the man. He was tall and lean, dressed in a long black trench coat and a fedora hat that covered most of his head. Harley hadn't notice the encounter and continued walking. Selina backed away a few steps and her eyes grew wide with fear. The man simply enjoyed her pure fear and simply smiled wickedly at Selina. Harley noticed that Selina wasn't following her and turned around to see where she was. By then the man was already inside the elevator and Selina was walking towards Harley, trying to conceal her fear. Harley took one look at Selina and knew something was not right. She stared past her and saw the back of the man who Selina had bumped into just a few seconds earlier. Harley didn't see anything abnormal about the man at first. Then she took a good look and from underneath his coat, she though she saw a bit of plum purple fabric peeking out. She wasn't sure if she had really seen that though, as when she blinked again, the elevator doors closed and the man was gone. Harley was confused because Selina looked like she had just seen a ghost but Harley didn't see anything she had to be afraid of.
"Are you alright?" Harley asked concerned about Selina
"Ummm… yes I am. Just elevators kind of freak me out sometimes" Selina cleared her throat trying to sound convincing.
"Oh… I thought you had recognized that man or something" Harley said as she smiled at Selina "oh and don't worry, elevators freak me out too" Harley laughed lightly and continued walking. Selina let out a big sigh, relieved that Harley didn't notice that the man in the elevator was her boss. The opened the door and Jane stood up from her desk and smoothed her black pencil skirt with both hands before giving Harley a hand to shake.
"Hello Harleen, I'm Jane, I'm so happy to meet you. Hey Selina! Anyways please sit down." Jane said in a perky voice. They both took a seat and Jane immediately got to work. And after a few minutes of talking about what happened, Jane pulled out a huge catalog of available homes, apartments and pent homes.
"I'm not sure if Selina talked to you about the only area available" Jane said looking down and pretending to read some documents.
"Yea she did" Harley nodded
Selina hadn't spoken to Jane about the conditions, so she suspiciously turned to Jane, raised her eyebrow and gave Jane a weird look. Jane briefly glanced at Selina and then looked back at Harley.
Harley looked through the catalog and Jane pointed out the ones that she could take that day. While Harley looked down, Jane now gave a weird look to Selina and Selina shot her a questioning look. Jane took a deep breath and nodded.
He was here… it does make sense that I ran into him. He should of sent Mateo to handle this… it was too risky that he came here. She could have recognized him.
"Ok… I picked out three places that I like." Harley announced
"Great! Let's go see them then." Jane stood up and grabbed her purse. Selina took a deep breath as she remembered her task and stood up and as she was about to following the others out the door, something on the floor near Jane's desk caught Selina's eye. It was a piece of folded paper. Selina bent down to pick it up and unfolded it. It was a picture and the address to a pent house in a building she had seen before. This building was a few blocks away from the warehouse. Selina nodded as she stood up, she knew that is she wanted to live, she had to convince Harley.
...
Selina and Jane did everything they could to downgrade every house that Harley had chosen, telling her that there were rats, or the neighborhood was too dangerous, even though every neighborhood in Gotham and near Arkham is extremely dangerous. But as soon as they reached the building Harley knew this was the last choice and if she wanted to get out of Selina's house soon, she had to pick this one.
They walked in and the front desk and Jane showed the receptionist her real estate license and the receptionist showed them the way to the pent house. It was a large apartment with huge windows, just like Harley wanted. The kitchen was very big and modern looking, and Harley liked that too. The neighbors seemed nice and the more of the apartment Harley saw, the more Harley seemed to like the house.
"So what do you think?" Jane asked eager for her to say yes
"I love it actually" Harley said feeling surprised that neither Selina nor Jane had said anything negative about the house
Isn't this the part where they tell me that this house is rat infested or has ghosts or something? Its weird… but they're probably tired of driving all over town and just want me to pick a house… yea that must be it- Harley thought
"Lets head back to my office to finish the paperwork and as soon as everything is approved you can move in." Jane said extremely relieved that this was almost over. It had been an extremely stressful day, not only for Jane but also for Selina as both had been threatened by the same person.
"Yea of course" Harley said and they all headed down to the car to finish the exhausting process.
Once downstairs Selina excused herself to make a call, Harley didn't think much of it but Jane knew exactly who she was calling. Selina flipped the phone open and dialed the number.
"What do you want?" the other voice answered in an impatient tone.
"It's done, I did it"
...
BUZZ….BUZZ…BUZZ
"Hello?" Harley answered in a tired voice. It has been a few weeks since she finally moved out of Selina's place and was now living on her own. Live had been pretty simple, no one had tried to stalk her or destroy Arkham and Pamela had been opening to her more and more and she was keeping away from Bruno. Finally Harley was beginning to think her life was settling and she was beginning to feel normal. It was two in the morning and it was definitely a strange hour for someone to call Harley.
"Harley! Don't hang up please. It's Veronica"
"Umm what do you want?" Harley laid back in bed and her voice sounded a little hoarse from the sleep.
"I'm so sorry Harley! I should have…." Veronica began to apologize, speaking fast and she began to run over her own words.
"It's 2 am… can't you wait to call me in the morning?" Harley answered after a long yawn
"Well yes, but no"
"Look I'm too tired to talk right now, call me another time"
CLICK
Harley rolled over and went back to sleep.
Not only 20 minutes had passed when the phone rang again
BUZZ…..BUZZ…BUZZ
Harley woke up and rolled her eyes and checked the caller id
"Unknown?" Harley said as she sat up confused on which this person might be. She decided not to answer and waited to see if this stranger left a voicemail. After a few rings the phone silenced and Harley waited for a message, but it never came. The phone rang again and Harley didn't answer. She again waited for a voicemail but none came.
Who could it be? – Harley asked herself as her stomach began to churn with anxiety. She didn't like that some stranger was walling her at 2 in the morning. She decided to try and go to sleep, because she didn't like to feel this nervous. She rolled over and closed her eyes but the phone kept buzzing and buzzing until it went silent for a few seconds and began again. This went on for an hour.
"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT?!" Harley screamed as she sat up and smacked her hands on her things in annoyance. She took a deep breath and grabbed her phone. She waited the few seconds it took for the person to call her again.
BUZZ….BUZZ…BUZZ
"Hello?" Harley asked in a shaky voice
"Well, isn't it nice you picked up"
"Who are you? What do you want?"
The caller laughed a much too familiar laugh and Harley's heart froze for a second before speeding up
"Isn't it obvious dear? I just wanted to hear your little sweet voice"
"Mr. J?" Harley muttered
"Hahaha is that what you're calling me now?" Joker laughed
"What… what do you want?"
"Wasn't I clear? Damm it Harley" Joker began to lose his temper
"This is highly inappropriate" Harley managed to say beside the fact that she was sweating from how scared she was.
"Anyways Harley-Girl, I'll see you real soon" Joker laughed one more time and the phone went dead. Harley just sat there and a terrified look printed on her face. Her heart still beating quickly and her mind running a thousand miles an hour
What? What did he mean by "See you soon?!" Does he know I moved?! I highly doubt he knows I moved… What if he goes to Veronica's house… oh my god… NO. I might still be pissed about what she did to me, but I can't let him hurt her. Not again…. – Harley's stomach dropped to the ground at the possibility. She got up and called Veronica's house.
"Pick up… Pick up … Pleas pick up the phone Ronnie…." Harley nervously whispered after every ring
"Hi! I can't pick up right now but leave a message after the tone…. BEEEP haha" The standard voicemail greeting in her phone answered.
"Fuck man!" Harley cussed as she threw on a pair of boots, grabbed her keys and headed out the door. She got in her white car and sped down the street. A million thoughts were hitting Harley's mind and she could hardly concentrate on her driving.
I should have listened to her…. Why didn't I? What if he's there right now? I could not forgive myself if something happens to her
Harley was really concentrated in her thoughts that she didn't notice that she began to drive on the other side of the road. Since it was night time, few cars were out in the street but none that had to cross Harley's path.
Suddenly, headlights flashed in front of Harley. It was a huge truck and it began hocking loudly at Harley for her to get out of the way to avoid a head on collision
"Oh shit!" Harley screamed as she pulled the steering wheel to the right and lucky for her she avoided her death.
"Too close, if I wanna save Veronica I should probably not die" Harley said to herself as she concentrated on the road ahead of her.
Soon she pulled up to Veronica's driveway and quickly shut the car off. She ran to the door, and used her knuckles to loudly knock on the door. She waited, but there was no answer. She knocked again, for a longer time but still no answer. She backed up and decided to call Veronica again.
"Please answer…" Harley muttered as the phone began to ring inside.
"Hello?" A sleepy voice answered.
"Omg Veronica open the Damm door" Harley's heart skipped a beat when she heard her voice
"What the hell are you doing outside it's like almost 4 am?!" Veronica got up from her bed and walked over to the front door. She swung it open and hung up the phone.
"Are you alright? Are you hurt?!" Harley began to examine her complexion, which seemed relatively normal. This was all too strange.
"Yes, well somewhat. Come in, I guess we can talk now" Veronica said as she stepped away from the door. Harley stepped inside and a slight feeling of nostalgia flashed through her as she looked around the place where she had lived for years. Veronica walked over to the love seat and looked up at Harley who was still looking around.
"Sit down" Veronica half smiled and Harley quickly obeyed.
"Ok so what happened?" Harley asked, narrowing her eyes. Nothing seemed to make sense anymore.
"I want to apologize for not believing you when you explained why you had a picture of the Joker; I should have listened to what you had to say. You are my best friend and j should have let you talk to me, but I was just really afraid that he was trying to kidnap me again or hurt my father." Veronica sighed and tried to avoid being dramatic and begin to cry. She wanted to be strong.
"I guess it's ok… I mean why talk about it now? It's fine; we can't go back in time and fix it. But I accept your apology… But I want to know what made you change your mind… Since every time I tried talking to you on the phone, over text, and even at work, you would blow me off and say that our friendship was over… What changed?" Harley asked crossing her arms
"Ok, this is where it's going to get somewhat confusing, so I'll try and explain everything as simple as it can get." Veronica took a deep breath before beginning her story. "Yesterday, after I came home from work, there was something in the kitchen counter. It was another Joker card. I thought you had snuck in and placed the one that you had on the counter, but when I when to put it back, I realized that they were different cards… When I walked back into the kitchen, there was someone here. I don't know how, but Nightwing snuck in and was sitting in the couch. Motherfucker almost gave me a heart attack. Anyways, he told me that he had been following the Joker and that just a few minutes before I got home, the joker had snuck in here and after a few minutes snuck out. Nightwing knew there was no one home but still wanted to make sure we were alright. I told him that you didn't live here anymore and Nightwing somehow knew you didn't. I didn't have time to ask him how he knew that because just when I was about to Batman and Robin walked right in through the front door like if they owned the place and told me that they lost the Joker when they tried to follow him and Nightwing was pissed and everyone began to argue so I turned around to get my phone out of my bag to call the police, because I couldn't handle my house full of psychopaths, but when I turned back they were all gone… They're weird. So then I knew you didn't lie and I wanted to apologize but didn't know how. So I thought about it all night, and when I finally grew the balls to call you I didn't realize it was 2am. Sorry about that… But here you are. I want to ask you to move back in" Veronica looked up at Harley, her eyes full of hope.
"Well I do appreciate that you want to apologize, but I just moved out of Selina's house a few weeks ago and got my own place. I really appreciate everything you did in the past, and I know I will never be able to repay you, but I like living on my own." Harley said and looked down, avoiding Veronica's eyes.
"Oh, it's ok I guess. I'll miss you here. But at least we work together. So I get to see you there" Veronica nodded and looked down "So why were you so worried about me?" She finally asked.
"Because after like 20 minutes after you called, someone kept calling my phone. I didn't know who it was so I didn't pick up. They kept calling for like an hour and I was getting freaked out, so I answered and it was him, The Joker. He somehow has my number and he told me that he was going to see me real soon. I don't know what that was supposed to mean. I didn't think he knew I moved, so I though he was gonna come over here and I was scared that he might hurt you. I called you and you didn't answer so I dashed over here." Harley said and her eyebrows furrowed with worry.
"What do you think he meant?" Veronica spoke up after a few seconds of silence.
"I don't know. I'm just worried that he's going to try and sneak up on me or something" Harley said as she rubbed her eyes. "Aren't you scared that he might sneak in again?" Harley asked
"Nah, how can I be scared if I got a hottie like Batman watching over me" Veronica laughed and Harley lightly joined in
"No I'm serious..." Harley cleared her throat
"Well yea, but like I said Batman and all his sidekicks got my back" Veronica smiled and Harley nodded before standing up and walked to the door.
"Well I better get going, we got work in a few hours" Harley said and Veronica stood up to meet her at the door.
"Yea I guess I better get in a few hours of sleep, I don't want to pass out in front of Crane" Veronica smiled
"How's he doing by the way?"
"He's doing pretty well actually, sometimes hard to talk to since he was a psychologist like me; he knows pretty much all the tactics we use. So I have to give extra effort to confuse him so he can talk" Veronica shrugged but kept smiling
"Oh, that's pretty neat" Harley said and she stepped out the door.
"Well, see you later" Veronica smiled Harley nodded and began to walk towards her car. She suddenly had a strange feeling that someone was watching her. She looked around and when she looked up, there were three figures staring at her from the roof of a nearby building. Her heart stopped, as she thought it was the Joker watching her. But after the wind began to blow, and she saw that one of the figures had a long cape that was fluttering in the wind behind him.
"Batman" Harley recognized and slowly waved at the figures. She didn't wait for a response as she knew that they weren't going to give her one, so she got inside her car and drove off
...
"Pam!" Harley excitedly squealed as soon as she and Pamela were alone in her office.
"Harley!" Pam said in the same exact tone
"So what fun story are you going to tell me today!" Harley basically bounced with excitement. Ever since she had been assigned to Poison Ivy, Harley had been extremely interested in Pam's past life as a criminal on the run. Harley wanted to feel free like Pam had felt when she was out there. Even though she didn't exactly know that she wanted to live an exciting life of crime like Pam's. Pam knew that one day Harley would become Harley Quinn and that she and Catwoman would team up and become the greatest villainess team the world had ever seen. But until then, Harley was still a psychologist at boring old Arkham and Pamela was still a patient there. All they all needed was time and patience and everything would soon change.
"Well I pretty much have told you all of the stories" Pam laughed lightly.
"Aww really? "Harley pouted and pretended to be upset. This, of course, made Pam crack up.
"Yep, how about you tell me something for once, I feel like you know me better than I know you"
"Hmm," Harley considered for a second "Yea, I guess you are right… Well there's nothing exciting in my life, really. I mean the most exciting thing that has happened to me recently is that I finally moved out of Veronica's house" Harley said shrugging.
"Veronica? ?" Pam said in a shocked voice.
"Shhh!" Harley's eyes widened in alarm "Be quiet! She's just a few offices down and I don't want her to hear me gossiping about her" Harley lowered her voice and continued. "Yea, she's like a good friend of mine. We met in college and she helped me out a lot, like after a few months of knowing her, I moved in with her. I used to live with my mom and she didn't give two fucks about me and Veronica made me see that I don't need her to be successful. Remember how I had that date with Bruno?" Harley couldn't keep from feeling disgusted as she said his name.
"Oh yea! You never told me how it went! And by your tone, I'm guessing it didn't go well" Pam laughed.
"It went horribly wrong" Harley rolled her eyes and joined in the laugher. "Worst date ever. He got drunk and ditched me to go hang out with some sluts that were there. I couldn't really leave since he was my ride home. But then this chick, Selina Kyle, showed up out of nowhere and started to tell me how Bruno was a man whore and that she could take me home. So I took up her offer and we were leaving buy Bruno didn't like that. He tried to hit me buy Selina beat him up for me."
"What the fuck?! You should have told me that he tried to do something earlier! Be right back! Just gonna kill some security guard." Pam stood up and walked towards the door.
"No wait!" Harley ran and blocked her way. "I think Selina beat him pretty bad, because when I finally saw him a few days later, he was all beaten up" Harley raised an eyebrow. Pam sighed and went back to her seat
"Well I'm glad that Selina was there"
"Yea but that's not the worst part… When I got home, Veronica kicked me out over some stupid bullshit and I had nowhere to go. So I showed up at Selina's house and stayed there for a few days. I found an apartment and I left. So now I'm living on my own."
Haha wow, she was living with Catwoman, and by the looks of it she didn't notice. Like no offense to Selina, but she's not really good at hiding her alter ego. I guess he choose someone good to watch over her. And I bet that her new apartment is closer to Selina's boss and that Harley has no idea. For a psychologist, she's really not that observant. Ehh she's still pretty nice though. –Pam thought
"Well that's pretty awesome" Pam concluded and shot Harley a wide smile
"Yea but that's still not the craziest part…" Harley began to continue telling Pam the story when someone walked right in to her office.
"Harley!" Bartholomew walked up to her in an exasperated voice. Harley immediately stood up to greet her boss and she was started by the his sudden entrance and his worried tone.
"Is everything alright?" Harley asked as her heart began take speed.
"Turn on the news. The Joker has kidnapped Veronica!"