I looked away

Then I look back at you

You try to say

The things that you can't undo

If I had my way

I'd never get over you

Today's the day

I pray that we make it through

Make it through the fall

Make it through it all

And I don't wanna fall to pieces

I just want to sit and stare at you

I don't want to talk about it

And I don't want a conversation

I just want to cry in front of you

I don't want to talk about it

Cuz I'm in Love With you

You're the only one,

I'd be with till the end

When I come undone

You bring me back again

Back under the stars

Back into your arms

Wanna know who you are

Wanna know where to start

I wanna know what this means

Wanna know how you feel

Wanna know what is real

I wanna know everything, everything

I'm in love with you

Cuz I'm in love with you

I'm in love with you

I'm in love with you

- Avril Lavigne (Fall to Pieces)

Marie had absolutely no idea how she was going to tell Bruce about Batman, Harvey, and now about this job offer in Paris. It seemed that right when some partial part of her life was coming together it all crashed down right on her shoulders. It was her own personal hell. But choices must be made in life and every choice has its own consequence whether it is good or bad. On her way to Gotham Century Towers, Marie planned out her whole conversation with Bruce. Of course, she could not plan his responses but she planned her own. What made tears gush out of her brown eyes, was the fact that there was a huge possibility that he will despise her and she was terrified of that. Marie was terrified because this was the first time she realized that she was deeply in love with Bruce.

Her only hope was that he would say those three single words back. She really wanted to hear him say them. Her heart would always skip a beat when she thought of how he would say it. It would sound like something so powerful and sweet, as if honey was to pour out when he would say those words. It made her tingle inside just to think of his smooth silky voice.

But in the back of her mind, Marie knew this was all wishful thinking.

The doors to the immaculate stylish penthouse to reveal darkness. She pulled out her blackberry to check the time: it was 11:00. Marie quietly made her way around the penthouse in search of Bruce. She headed upstairs, careful not to pound on the stairs. Once she reached the study she saw that it was empty. She glanced about the hallway as she heard hushed voices speaking and she saw light coming from Bruce's bedroom. Marie made her way over to his room, she stopped once she recognized Rachel's voice. What could she possibly be doing here? Marie asked herself as she stood by the doorway. She knew this was wrong but she needed to hear what they were talking about.

"Harvey called, he said that the Batman is going to turn himself in."

Marie gasped as she heard that the Batman was going to turn himself in. But why? After he saved Marie twice, after he spoke to her, after he kissed her, Marie saw something in him that was bone chilling. She knew that he was the hero Gotham needed. Even though he didn't think he was the hero.

"I have no choice."

Marie's heart stopped when she heard Bruce say 'I have no choice.' Bruce Wayne was the Batman! How could this happen?! Out of all the people in this city she never could have thought that Bruce was Batman. She leaned against the wall and placed her hand over her heart. Her breaths became gasps and she felt her blood pressure go up. She didn't know what else to think. Marie was in total shock. The signs were there right in front of her face, when he saved her twice, when he looked into his dark eyes the night he kissed her. The way he held her as if he was holding on for dear life. How could I have been so oblivious?!

"You honestly think this is going to stop the Joker from killing people?" Despite her sudden shock, Marie continued to listen intently to their private conversation.

"Perhaps not. But I've got enough blood on my hands. I've seen, now, what I would have to become to stop men like him."

Marie looked at Rachel from behind the door. She knew all along, that's what hurt Marie the most. That Bruce did not tell her the truth since the beginning of their relationship, assuming that there ever was one, Marie thought to herself. She saw that Rachel could not help him at all with his current predicament.

"You once told me that if the day came when I was finished that we would be together.." He paused for a minute and looked into her eyes.

"Bruce, don't make me your one hope for a normal life."

Marie watched as he moved closer to Rachel, as he placed his hand on the side of her face and gazed at her thoughtfully, the way he would gaze at Marie. "Did you mean it?"

"Yes." Rachel replied quietly.

Without another word Bruce's lips met Rachel's. Marie felt as if another dagger was plunged into her heart, but the pain was more excruciating this time as she saw Bruce take Rachel into his arms. She felt angry and sad at the same time. Marie was angry because Rachel was in his arms, he was professing his love to her. Marie felt that Rachel got in the way of her happiness and she had done it twice. The sadness she felt was because of Bruce. Because she was hoping to hear him profess his love for her not Rachel.

Marie couldn't help but start to choke up and she quickly moved away from the door to go get her things from the guest room before either of them would discover she was there.

Rachel noticed as Bruce sighed when they heard footsteps and the small cry echo out into the hallway.

"Was that her?" Rachel panicked.

Bruce didn't say anything and just left the room without looking back at Rachel.

The tears continued to stream down her face as she walked into the guest room. Marie moved along the wall, trying to keep her balance but she just couldn't. She collapsed on her knees and just sobbed. The image of Bruce and Rachel kissing continued to replay in her head like a song. She felt a lot more worse than when she did when Harvey didn't show up on the day of their wedding. This was also a new discovery for her, that her feelings for Bruce were stronger than they ever were for Harvey.

Marie cried harder as she realized it. As she realized she was irrevacably in love with Bruce Wayne.

After a few minutes she managed to compose herself, the sooner she was out of this house, the better. Marie tossed the suitcase she had brought with her on the bed and began to toss her clothes in it, not caring to fold them neatly like she usually did. She was in a flutter with packing her things that she didn't notice that someone was from the doorway. From the corner of her eyes she saw him staring at her intensely. Marie could feel feel his dark brown eyes burn onto her back. The flames were consuming her rapidly that she was forced to speak.

"So, when were you planning to tell me the truth?"

Bruce could hear the sadness but he also noticed the venom in her voice and it angered him more that she found out this way.

"I was going to tell you over time. Because I certainly did not want you to find out like this. I was planning on telling you later on, when it wasn't as dangerous." Bruce looked down as he spoke.

Marie tossed the rest of her clothes inside the suitcase and turned to look at Bruce. "When it wasn't dangerous!? When in the hell did you think that would happen? Please be honest, at least with that. I mean, the way this city is, I would be waiting for a very long time Bruce!"

Bruce looked up at her and met her dark gaze. "Marie stop! I thought this was best for you! For us! I cannot afford to put you in danger. And also the fact that I didn't know as to how you were going to react. But I can see that now. Look at you, this is not you at all. Yelling all over the place. This was a mistake you should have never found out!"

Marie placed a hand over her chest. Now this was her fault? Her fault that he kept a secret from her? He was an incredibly impossible man to deal with. But now her tears were gone and it was replaced by rage. Bruce noticed that she was red hot with anger.

"You want to talk about being honest Bruce? Or what about being truthful? I sure didn't see it while you were locking lips with Rachel in your bedroom!" Marie could feel her face and bosom turning red. Blood was pulsing and her ears were hot. She must have been at one hundred and sixty heartbeats per minute.

"Marie please! That wasn't anything--"

Marie shook her head and quickly interrupted. "It wasn't anything Bruce? I heard you declaring your love to her!" She cursed at herself as her voice cracked. "So what if she left Harvey for you? Would you just leave me with open wounds? It's hardly fair!" Then Marie paused and said under her breath," But i need to be fair too." She then looked down at the wooden floor. "I kissed Harvey the other day."

She wished she could have kept her ground at being angry at him but she could not keep herself from pointing her finger at his mistakes. Even if they were bigger than her she looked up, Bruce's face looked swollen. His eyes were narrow and blank.

"You kissed Harvey," He stated. "You kissed Harvey and you yell at me for not being honest!" He walked to her and they were an inch apart. She could feel his breath on her body and she loved that. But she shook her head to keep herself level headed. "So you technically cheated twice! God Marie I can't believe you! Putting yourself on this high horse!"

"Wait, wait what do you mean twice?!" He was clearly wrong. She had only kissed Harvey that was it.

"What if I wasn't Batman? What if he was someone else. A real criminal like people think he is. You kissed him before you knew so don't get on me about Rachel! I will not be called a villain in your love life!"He had to say something about that. As much as he had willing kissed her that night and held her in his arms, he was not going to just let this go.

Suddenly Marie felt awful. She knew he was right. Before his secret got leaked to her she'd mistreated their relationship with two men. The Batman and with Harvey. And then Marie thought about Bruce and Rachel again. When she saw Harvey the last thing she wanted was to be with him. That kiss told her everything. That kiss proved she was done. That kiss made her realize that Bruce was the one she really wanted now. There was no declaring of love and no talks of leaving one person for the other. Bruce was now on her mind constantly.

She would not be the villain in his love life. That would not do.

" You will not portray me as the villain in your life. Yes, I kissed Harvey and yes I locked lips with Batman and I will take guilt for that, but I didn't make amends to an old love! I didn't ask Harvey to leave Rachel and be with me. And I certainly did not ask him to refuse a marriage proposal or anything of the sort! If anything what you did to me is worse than what anyone, and dammit I mean anyone, has done to me. You can count on it." Marie had tears of anger flowing down her cheeks as she told Bruce this. For the first time in a long time Marie lashed out at what she truly felt and she felt good about it. After two years of holding it in and now with her feelings for Bruce it accumulated over time.

" I will not be the villian in your love life!"

"Well it would be too much since you're already the villain for my family! Jim, the man who was basically my father, died because of you! People die everyday day because of you!" They were still very close to each other, their chests almost touching. But in order to keep some distance between then, Marie balled up her fists and began to beat at his chest, of course she was small and he was stronger than her that he didn't even move in inch. In fact, he let her because she was still grieving over her uncle.

She wanted to hurt him in any way possible. just like he was hurting her on so many levels. He grabbed her hands and put them in his like handcuffs. "Don't you think I know this?! Its all I think about. People dieing left and right on my expense! Because some fool wants my head! Don't you think I see the faces of people I don't even know every night. People who could die or who have already died? Don't make me feel guilty about that." Then Bruce threw her hands out of his bear claws and took a few steps back.

"Well then, it's a good thing you're turning yourself in tomorrow. I do not want anyone else I love dieing because of you." And secretly, in her mind, one of those loved ones was him.

But she pushed that thought far back in her mind.

"Oh and would one of those loved ones be Harvey. You two seem to be getting cozy," Bruce backfired.

"Don't put Harvey into this Bruce! He's no concern! You know that!"

"He's every concern Marie! Everything you do, everything I do, is compared to Harvey. Harvey is all over us!" Bruce was an inch from her face once again.

"Well, don't worry about it anymore because I will no longer be here! You wouldn't have to worry about Harvey being all over us anymore Bruce!"

Bruce ran his hand through his hair and looked at her. "What are you talking about?"

"I came here in the first place to tell you that I got a job offer in Paris to work hand in hand with one of the best heart surgeons in Europe. I came here to tell you how I felt about you and to ask you to come with me. Or even then, my love for you would have made me stay. I was going to stay here for you, I was going to stay here to be with you, but now I see it is out of the question. This is a good thing for me, I can finally live my life for me."

Bruce remained silent. Slowly taking in what she had just said. She was willing to stay for him. But the fact that she kissed Harvey and all the things she was throwing in his face was getting the best of him.

Marie's patience was becoming very thin as he didn't seem to understand that she was done with Harvey, that she was completely over him.

Then, suddenly, every other feeling she had at that moment was instantly gone when Bruce threw her against the wall and pinned her to it with his body against hers. His hands were on her body and Marie felt a wave of desire wash over her as he began to stroke her waist. She looked up to see Bruce's eyes full of rage and lust as she continued to let his hands roam her body. Bruce saw that she was becoming breathless at his touch. He couldn't help but stare at how she looked at this very moment. Her long dark brown hair was flowing freely and her eyes held love for him, but also anger. Aside from all the rage, she looked absolutely breath taking to him. Bruce could not hold back any longer and he kissed her angrily. This kiss had so much force, and love mixed with true hatred. She loathed that he did this to her. She couldn't breathe because it was so good.

But wrong for the moment.

Bruce then pulled away. "We can point fingers all night Marie, but we both know whats going on. Our hearts still belong to our first loves" And Bruce's eyes looked deeply into her's with what seemed to be sorrow.

She would not buy it this time.

"No Bruce. My heart belonged to you. And you took no better care of it than Harvey."

And with a final tear, Marie walked out the room.

A/N: Well, let me start off by saying I am going to go sob at a corner and remain there!! All I can say is things between these two will get better, I promise you! Just bare with me please. I apologize for taking long to update but school started and I had a lot of work to do and especially more busy with my birthday coming up next week, so yeah....ahahaha! Anywho, I just want to say thanks to my good friend Tyler for helping me write this chapter, she was great at this! And of course thanks to my wonderful readers and also those who add my story on alert. thank you very much!! :)

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