Chapter 11
Bruce was packing up his suitcase to leave work when there was a knock at his office door.
"Come in." Bruce answered.
His new secretary, Alyssa, peeked her head through the door frame. "Excuse me Mr. Wayne, I know you're about to leave, but there's someone here to see you." she answered nervously.
Bruce sat down and folded his hands. "It's alright Alyssa. Send whoever it is in." Bruce said calmly.
Bruce checked his watch when he heard a voice he hadn't heard in a long time.
"Bruce."
He looked up to see Selina Kyle in a plain dark blue summer dress. Bruce sighed in frustration.
"What is it that you want Selina?" he asked standing up and gathering the loose paper on his desk.
"I wanted to talk with you. It's been a while since we've actually held a conversation." Selina said.
"What is it that you want to speak about?" Bruce asked harshly wanting her to get to the point.
"I want to talk about what happened that night." she answered.
"What night?" Bruce asked knowing what night she was talking about.
"The night that you and I had sex and left you." Selina answered calmly.
All was quiet for a moment and a lot of tension had built up. Bruce turned around and looked out the window with his hands in his pockets. "You want to talk about how you broke my heart? You want me to relive that again?" Bruce asked upset.
"No, I want to explain why I did what I did." Selina said.
Bruce turned back around and faced Selina. He held out his hand in front of him. "Go ahead. The floor is yours." he said putting his hand back by his side.
Selina sighed. "Okay, do you remember that week before when we had that huge fight about me being Catwoman?" she asked.
Bruce nodded slowly.
"Well, I was so upset and depressed about the fight that I started to take comfort in alcohol. I went to the bar and drank up a storm every night. Then one night, a man approaches me and talks to me about the problem. I told him that my boyfriend and I were just having a disagreement. He started to tell me that it was okay, and that a beautiful woman like me shouldn't be at the bar drinking away my sorrows. He said things, sweet things that made me, in my drunken state, look to him for comfort. Then...one thing led to another. And I regret it ever since. I couldn't keep the secret from you any longer Bruce. It was killing me." Selina said feeling hot tears come to her eyes, but she pushed them away.
"So, you decide to tell me...right after you sleep with me?" Bruce said in an angry voice.
"I'm so sorry Bruce. One thing led to anoth-,"
"Is that you're excuse for everything?" Bruce interrupted.
"What? No! It's the truth!" Selina exclaimed feeling a tear make its way down her right cheek.
"Selina, I can't do this anymore. You cheated with another man and I moved on. I found another love that is right for me." Bruce said.
"Harley Quinn! She's you're 'one'?" Selina asked in disbelief that Bruce would find comfort in a psychopath.
"Yes Selina, she is. You had a choice that night at the bar and you chose the worst one. So now, you have to suffer the consequences for it." Bruce said grimly.
"What about us?! All the things we've shared! How could you Bruce? I loved you, I still do!" Selina screamed with tears trailing down her face. She felt so overwhelmed with emotion for this man. If she could go back in time and correct her mistake the Lord knows she would. But she can't. Couldn't he understand how much she loved him?
"I loved you Selina...once. But those feelings are gone and are never going to return. I'm sorry, but this is the end for us. It's over." Bruce said glaring the crying woman straight in the eyes. Selina wiped her tears away and pushed a stray hair behind her ear. "Alright Bruce, if that's how you feel." she said walking towards the door. She opened the door slowly and turned around. "But, I'll always be here for you Bruce." And with that she left. Bruce ran a hand through his hair and sighed. He looked at his suitcase for a few seconds and picked it up.
Selina was on her way to the elevator when she was stopped by two women.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Selina turned to see Poison Ivy and another woman she didn't know.
"Well, look who it is. How have you been Poison Oak?" Selina said with a smirk.
"Like I asked, what are you doing here?" Ivy asked clearly angry.
"What? I'm a free woman, it's a free country. I can visit people if I want." Selina said using hand motions and looking at Ivy innocently.
"Cut the crap. You were seeing Bruce, weren't you?" Ivy said pointing a finger at the blonde.
"And so what if I was?" Selina retorted giving a bored look.
"Selina, why don't you back the FUCK OFF!" Ivy yelled. People began to look up at the loud scene happening before them.
Lucinda put a hand on Ivy's shoulder. "Pamela, calm down. People are looking." She said trying her best to calm down her friend. Selina looked at Lucinda and then back at a raging mad Ivy.
"I think you should listen to your girlfriend." Selina said slyly. Lucinda looked at Selina clearly horrified by her comment.
"Excuse me? I'm NOT her girlfriend, I'm her friend. Which you probably don't have seeing your bitchy attitude." Lucinda retorted with as much attitude she could put in.
Selina made an amused face. "Ooh, the little girl has comebacks. Very impressive." Selina said drawing out the last sentence with much sarcasm. "Now if you don't mind, I must go." she said as the elevator door opened. She walked in swiftly and smirked a smile at the two women before the elevator door closed.
"What a witch!" Lucinda said.
"Tell me about it." Ivy said. She then noticed the people still watching them. "What are you all looking at? Go on! Back to your minimum wage jobs!" Ivy said. They then noticed Bruce walking up to them.
"What happened? I heard shouting?" he asked.
"Selina who else?" Ivy complained.
Bruce shook his head. "She always has to start something." he said in a grim voice.
"C'mon, let's forget about her. Today's a special day because we have to go pick up Harley from the hospital!" Lucinda said happily.
Bruce smiled. "I can't wait to bring her home." he said.
"Let's not laze around here all day, let's go!" Ivy said as she and Lucinda each grabbed Bruce's arms.
Harley stood outside of the Hospital with a plastic bag full of her clothes in hand. She looked around and couldn't see a car in sight yet. Even though she still had a bandage around her arm, she didn't let it cloud her mind much. She sighed and started leaning back and forth in her ballet flats. She was happy that she was finally out of the hospital and hoped to not see another hospital for years. This was a big eye opener that she had to be careful, especially being Bruce Wayne's future wife. Even Bruce Wayne had people who had a grudge against him for reasons unknown. Like Penguin or as most of the society people know him as, Cobblepot. 'Hm, I wonder what he might think of my transformation. I should visit the Iceberg Lounge one of these days with Bruce.' Harley thought. She glanced up as she heard a car horn. She grinned when she saw a black limo pull up in front of her with a very happy techno geek popping out of the rooftop.
"This is the life Harley! Look at this view!" Lucinda exclaimed half of her body out of the rooftop.
"Ms. Lucinda, please be careful." Alfred said walking out of the car and up to Harley. "It's very great to see you Ms. Harley. I'm extremely happy to see you up and about." he smiled as Harley grabbed him in a bear hug.
"I missed ya so much Alfred!" Harley giggled.
"What about me?" Bruce asked walking up behind Harley. She released Alfred and wrapped her arms around Bruce, who in turn did the same. "How could I have not missed ya?" Harley asked tilting her head to the side cutely.
Bruce chuckled and gave his fiancé a sweet kiss.
"Well, isn't that adorable?" they both turned to see Poison Ivy with her hands on her hips. "What? No hug? That's hurtful Harls." Ivy said in mock hurt.
Harley rolled her eyes. "Alright, alright, get over here plant lady." Harley laughed hugging her best friend tightly.
"Uh, I'll give you a hug when you get inside here, I'm kind of stuck." They heard Lucinda say as she managed to go back down into limo.
"I believe It's time to go back home." Alfred said going back into the driver seat.
"Home." Harley said dreamily. Oh, how she couldn't wait to flip into that bed.
"So she was there seeing him, huh?" Harley asked as she was stretched out on the couch. The three women were in the living room talking (Gossiping actually) about Selina Kyle's appearance at Wayne Enterprises.
"Definitely, she was there talking to Bruce most likely, because I know she doesn't have a job there." Ivy said playing with her auburn hair.
"I'll ask Bruce later what she was talking to him about. Why can't she just move on, huh? She always has to get everything she wants!" Harley argued.
"Don't worry Harley; no matter how hard she tries she'll never get Bruce. He's yours and yours alone." Lucinda said giving her friend a genuine smile.
"That's the mystery. How hard will Selina try?" Harley asked.
"Hello ladies." They all turned to see Bruce walking up to them, hands in pocket. "What are you beautiful women talking about?" he asked putting a hand on Harley's shoulder.
"Oh Bruce, you sly charmer." Ivy flirted which caused her to receive a glare from Harley.
"You better be careful Brucie honey, your charm could get you some unwanted people." Harley said leaning her head back and looking into Bruce's blue orbs. He smiled down at her and gave her a loving peck on the lips. "Whatever you want." he said. "Let's celebrate tonight. How about we go out to an arcade with the rest of the gang?" he suggested.
Harley sat up with a jolt of excitement at the idea. "An arcade? Yeah! Let's do it!" she said with excitement on every drop of her words.
"I can never get anything out of that damn claw machine!" Harley complained as she walked around the arcade with Bruce hand in hand.
"You know those machines always get you nothing, which makes you end up wasting your money." Bruce said laughing at Harley's attitude.
"What a rip off." she said. They then passed by a hockey table and Harley smirked. "How about a little friendly competition in this?" she asked pointing to the hockey table.
Bruce smirked down at her. "What? You want me to beat you in this too?" he asked teasingly.
Harley glared playfully up at her fiancé. "Just because you scored more points on that other game, don't think you'll beat me at this!" Harley complained.
Bruce held his hands up innocently and rolled up his sleeves. "Alright, let's play."
"Beat you again Tim." Dick bragged as they walked around to find Bruce and Harley.
"Only because you're taller than me. I'll beat you in basketball one of these days." Tim countered back.
"You can't even beat me in training. What makes you think you can beat me in anything else?" Dick asked laughing.
"You'll see. One of these days." Tim said smirking. They spotted Barbara at a claw machine and walked over just in time to see the claw come back up with nothing. Barbara groaned and spun around when she heard laughing.
"These machines are rigged. That was my last token." she said with a smile. "What were you guys up to?" She asked.
"Busy beating Tim four times at basketball." Dick said proudly.
"It wasn't fair, just because he's taller than me." Tim muttered.
"It's okay, you'll hit puberty soon Timmy." Barbara said ruffling Tim's hair.
"Hey!" he exclaimed slapping away Barbara's hand.
"We were just heading over to see Bruce and Harley, have you seen them?" Dick asked.
"They're over by the Hockey Table." Barbara said in a cold voice.
"Thanks. Do you want to come?" Dick asked.
"No thanks." Barbara said in distaste walking away.
"What's her problem?" Dick asked staring at Barbara's figure walking away.
"You know what's up. She doesn't like Harley." Tim said.
Dick sighed. "Right. Let's just hope she'll get over it quick." Dick said.
"Not so sure." Tim muttered to himself.
They finally found Harley and Bruce at the Hockey Table looking competitive. The score was tied 9 to 9. They saw Harley place the puck on the table and hit away. The two male's eyes went back and forth keeping their eyes on the puck at all times until...
PLUCK!
"Whoo!" Harley screamed throwing her hands in the air. "Victory!" she shouted.
Bruce smiled widely and shook his head.
"Bruce! You lost!" Tim said gasping jokingly.
"Shut it Tim." Bruce said teasingly.
Harley bounced over to him and planted a kiss on his cheek. "The Batwoman is triumphant over the Batman." she whispered in his ear. Bruce looked down at her and smirked. "And that was her only time of triumph." Bruce said which cause Harley to roll her eyes.
"Great job Harley." Dick commented with a smile.
"Thanks Hon." Harley said in a motherly way. "Who's hungry?" she asked.
"Starving!" Tim said holding his stomach.
"What is he doing in there so long?" Harley asked. Bruce had told them all to wait outside while he went back in to get something.
"No idea." Tim said with his arms crossed holding the new game he won.
"What game did ya win?" Harley asked.
"Undead Stalkers 2." Tim responded happily.
"A zombie game? Bet I can beat ya at it." Harley teased. Tim grinned. "You're on." he said.
Harley's smile faded when she saw Barbara with a scowl on her face looking away. "Ya okay there Barbara?" she asked.
"I'm fine Harleen." Barbara responded with a flat voice.
"Ya sure? Ya seem pretty down and moody." Harley said.
"Really? Well I'm not. I just don't feel like talking. Particularly to YOU." Barbara said.
Harley had to admit that one did kinda hurt a bit. "That's fine." Harley responded cooly.
Dick glared at Barbara and she saw his 'Cut it out' face. Harley heard the door open and turned to see Bruce with his hands behind his back. Her eyes lit up with excitement of what was behind his back.
"What ya holding?" she sang laughing. Bruce chuckled and revealed a soft pink Teddy Bear with her name stitched on it.
"That's for me?" she asked with a wide smile.
"It's got your name on it." Bruce answered.
Harley hugged the bear tightly and gave Bruce a kiss. "That's so sweet! You're one of a kind Bruce." she said lovingly. He returned the kiss.
"So are you." Bruce responded.
Tim faked yawned obviously wanting the kissing to stop. "Is that the time? Let's go home." he said looking at his watch-less arm.
Bruce cocked an eyebrow and chuckled when he really saw the time on his expensive wristwatch. "It is late. Guess it's time leave." he declared.