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Harley quickly got dressed for work and headed downstairs with her briefcase. She was wearing a sky blue ruffle shirt and a black pencil skirt with black heels. But today, she decided to curl her hair and keep it out.
She walked into the dining room and saw Bruce being served his breakfast by Alfred. They both looked up and smiled.
"Ah, good morning Ms. Harley. Did you have a good night sleep?" Alfred asked.
Harley smiled and nodded. "Of course I did Alfred. It's always warm and cozy in this house." Harley responded setting her briefcase down on the floor next to her chair.
"I'm glad to hear that." Bruce said getting up and giving Harley a sweet kiss on the lips. Harley responded and deepened the kiss softly. When she pulled away she put her arms around Bruce's neck and tilted her head cutely.
"So, where did you go last night?" Harley asked.
"I forgot something at the office, I had to also talk to Lucius Fox, and he's the electrical and tech expert at Wayne Enterprises." Bruce said smoothly. Harley nodded. "Oh good, I was hoping that it wasn't another girl." she teased.
Bruce hugged Harley tighter. "Never." he said which made Harley kiss him again with a smile.
"So how many girlfriends have you had excluding me?" Harley asked as she was taking out his schedule in his office. Bruce chuckled nervously and Harley raised an eyebrow.
"How many?" she asked sitting down on his desk.
"I had quite a lot to be honest. But they weren't that serious." he answered truthfully.
Harley nodded slowly. "What about Selina?" she asked.
Bruce looked at his girlfriend. "We were in a serious relationship. A very serious one." he said.
Harley thought for a moment and asked a question that had been on her mind for quite some time.
"Did you sleep with her?" Harley asked.
She noticed Bruce stiffen a bit.
"It's alright Bruce; I'm your girlfriend you can tell me anything."
Bruce sighed. "Yes. We did." he said. "But that was just lust for her, I actually loved her." he said looking down at a couple of papers he was signing.
Harley smiled and put her hand under his chin and tilted his head up to meet hers. "Don't feel ashamed of that Bruce. That was in the past and this is the now. Remember like you've always been telling me, to forget the past and work on the here and now and to work towards the future. And you don't have to worry about me ever doing that because...because...I love you."
Harley couldn't believe she just said that! But, she meant it.
She REALLY MEANT IT!
This man in front of her cared for her, a care that can be called love. The love she's been searching for all this time. She just hoped he felt the same way.
It was silent for a moment or two, but Bruce got up and kissed Harley passionately. She guessed he felt the same way. When they broke apart, they gazed into each other's eyes smiling.
"I love you Harleen Quinzel." he said.
Harley couldn't help but smile. Those were the three words that a girl waited to hear.
Those three words that actually meant something.
Harley couldn't help but grin, and kiss Bruce again on the lips. "You have a meeting in ten minutes on the fifth floor." she said. Bruce smirked. "They can wait."
"The damn bitch wasn't there! No doubt, she's probably screwing around with Bruce! He's probably hiding her now! What the hell are we going to do now Joker?" Veronica screamed at the madman.
Joker shook his head with a grin on his lips. "Don't worry sweets, we'll get them. In the meantime, let's have some fun tonight." he said.
Veronica scowled at him. "Don't call me sweets, and what kind of fun?" she asked eyeing the clown carefully.
"Well, we're kind of low on cash, how about a robbery at Gotham's most famous bank?" he suggested.
Veronica put a finger under her chin and tapped it a couple of times as if she was thinking hard about something.
"Why not?" she said smiling. "I guess it would be kind of fun. But let's not get off track now." she said.
"Oh don't worry my dear, we'll never forget our goals." he said chuckling evilly.
Veronica just rolled her eyes. "Oh dear god."
"Let's go out tonight." Harley suggested as she walked towards the limo in Bruce's arm.
He smiled down at her. "Where would you like to go?" he asked.
Harley put her finger to her lips. Bruce thought that it was cute how she acted like a kid sometimes.
"Well, how about movie?" she asked looking up at his handsome face.
"Sure, which movie?" he asked.
"There was that new scary movie called Unknown Number. We can see that." she said.
"Scary movie? You won't be scared?" he asked smirking.
Harley blew a raspberry and scoffed.
"Me? Oh please, I've seen scarier things. *Cough* Joker *Cough*." she said coughing between.
Bruce laughed which made Harley smile. Oh god how she adored his laughter.
"Alright Harley, we can go see that." he said opening the door for her.
"So, what do you think?" Harley asked twirling in her red dress with a jacket over it.
"Looks great Harls." Ivy said.
Harley told Bruce that she would meet up with him inside the theater because she wanted to stop by the hospital to see Ivy.
"I am really happy for you." Harley smiled.
"Thanks. And don't worry, as soon as you get out, we'll go house hunting for you 'kay?" Harley said hugging her friend.
"Definitely. Now go! Go! Don't keep your man waiting." Ivy said pushing Harley off with her arm. Harley blew a kiss towards Ivy and left the hospital.
Harley entered the movie theater and looked around for Bruce. She saw a tall man leaning against the wall eating some popcorn and wearing a cap and sunglasses. Harley giggled and walked over behind the man.
"Bruce Wayne!" she said with a gasp in a whisper.
Bruce jumped a bit and turned around. He relaxed when he saw it was Harley and put an arm around her.
"That wasn't very funny you know." he said. Harley laughed.
"No your right, it was hilarious! Let's go quickly!" she said tugging him towards the theater. They both went inside the theater and found seats in the back.
"That was crazy; you'd think she would sense that the killer is behind her. I mean, she turns her head and she can't even see him out of the corner of her eye? That's great." Harley said as her Bruce walked out of the movie theater hand in hand.
Bruce laughed. "Yeah, it's always the blondes that die first." he teased.
"Hey!" Harley said putting a finger up. "When I was a blonde I was very smart. I wasn't a bubble headed blonde bimbo." she said sticking up for blondes. "And the couple that was doing it. Having you know what. They always die!" Harley said.
They walked for a while until they reached a corner store. Harley smiled and put her hand in her pocket. "I'll be back, stay here." she said going inside the store and left Bruce outside waiting.
Bruce looked around and saw that the night was calm in Gotham. It was a very good thing too, because he would get to spend more time with Harley then do Batman business. He smiled at that thought. Bruce had never felt such love for a woman before, except for Selina Kyle. But Harley, she was something special. She had that type of character about her. She acted like a child sometimes, which would make any person fall in love with her. How the Joker would let a woman like Harley go, Bruce couldn't comprehend at all. Bruce began to think about his other job as Batman. If their relationship was to get serious, how could he be able to keep a secret like that from her? But how would she react? Would she be scared? Would she be angry? 'Would she turn her back on him and go tell the Joker?' Bruce couldn't bear the thought. He was hoping that the thought would never come true or even come to his mind again. Even Alfred had told him that he's changed ever since he began dating Harley. And he had to admit, Alfred was right. With the whole Batman persona and his job at running the company, Bruce had become stoic and unemotional at times. But once Harley entered his life as Bruce Wayne, he felt happy. He hadn't felt true happiness in a very long time.
"I bought this for you." Bruce turned around to see Harley holding out an ice cream bar for him and one for her in the other.
"It has a chocolate coating on the outside and vanilla on the inside. Mine has dark chocolate in and out." she said.
Bruce took the ice cream bar and gave Harley a peck on the cheek as a thank you. Harley giggled and began to bite the chocolate coating off. They found a bench not too far away and decided to rest there. Bruce looked over to see that Harley had already finished devouring her ice cream bar.
"You're done already?" he asked in disbelief. Harley smiled and nodded.
"Yep, I love ice cream!" she said.
"Under two and a half minutes, that must be a world record or something." he joked.
Harley hit him on the shoulder. "That's not funny." she said.
"No you're right, it was hilarious." he said cocking his eyebrow. Harley pursed her lips together and squinted her eyes. "Touché." she said.
After a minute of joking around, Harley decided to bring up a serious subject. "Ivy told me that when the Joker invaded her house, he brought along a friend." Harley said licking some of Bruce's ice cream which he offered to her.
Bruce furrowed his eyes. "Who? Clayface? Killer Croc?" he asked naming some criminals.
"No, none of them. A woman who dresses exactly like him, except more...feminine. She wears white paint and black paint around her eyes. Like if the Joker was a woman, he would look exactly like her." Harley explained.
'Joker already recruited another person.' Bruce thought to himself.
"Looks like he twisted another person's mind." Bruce said.
"Looks like." Harley nodded. Bruce got up and took Harley's hand. "Come on, it's late. We should head home."
At that moment he finished, Harley let out a big yawn. "But I'm not tired." she said. Bruce grinned playfully. "Sure you are. Let's go." Harley obeyed and held onto Bruce's hand making him lead the way.
"Hello Lucinda, I'm back!" Harley said walking into the Gadgets and Gizmos store.
Lucinda looked up and smiled brightly. "Well, I haven't seen you around in a while." she said crossing her arms.
"Yeah, well you know work and all." Harley shrugged.
"Can I talk with you in the back for a moment?" Lucinda asked. Harley stopped and looked around. "Uh, okay." she said.
'What does she want?' she asked herself. When they reached the back, Lucinda shut the door and locked it.
"I know your secret." Lucinda said. Harley rolled her eyes.
"Yes, yes, I'm dating the world's most famous billionaire Bruce Wayne." she said in a mocking voice.
"No." Lucinda said walking forward. "You're Batwoman!" she exclaimed.
There was a silence between them for a moment until Harley busted out in fits of laughter. Even though she was faking it.
"Me? Batwoman! HA!" she said.
She looked up and saw Lucinda glaring at her so she stopped with the laughter.
"It all makes sense. The grappling hook, the boomerangs to look like bataraangs. You're her!" Lucinda said.
Harley sighed and knew she was defeated.
"Okay, I'm Batwoman. But please don't tell anyone!" Harley begged.
If secret got out about her being Batwoman, all hell would break loose in Gotham City.
Lucinda smiled again. "No I won't! Never! I want to help." she said.
Harley looked at the woman with a confused look. "You want to help me?" she asked with uncertainty. Is she for real?
Lucinda nodded. "Yes! I'm a wiz at technology and different types if equipment, I can help make you weapons and update them too. I can even build you a car like Batman's!"
Harley looked at the woman with a blank stare. She WAS for real. Harley began to think deeply on this one. She did help me before and she looks like she can be trusted. Maybe another friend wouldn't be so bad. Harley looked up and smiled.
She held out her hand. "Welcome to the Batwoman team Lucinda." she said. Lucinda grinned and took her hand and shook it with excitement.
"So, we're clear right? If you spill anything about Harley being Batwoman-you die." Ivy said.
"Red!" Harley exclaimed.
Lucinda put her hand on her chest. "On my life." she swore.
Ivy smiled and nodded. "Good. Now we're all on the same page."
Harley had taken Lucinda to the hospital to introduce her to Ivy.
"So what type of gadgets do I need?" Harley asked.
Lucinda smiled. "Okay, so what does Batman have that you don't?" she asked. Harley thought for a moment.
"A car, which is what Harley doesn't have either." Harley responded in a dull voice.
"Shut up Harls! You have a fucking limo! That's more than enough!" Ivy said. Harley glared at her friend.
"That's Bruce's you weed." Harley taunted.
"A car! Yes! That's perfect. The Batwoman Mobile!" Lucinda said making hand gestures.
"Just like Batman's?" Harley asked.
"Just. Like. Batman's!" Lucinda declared. "But it'll take a month or two."
Ivy shook her head. "No problem." she said.
Harley scoffed. "Yes problem! Where would I hide it? I can't hide it in Bruce's car garage. C'mon!" Harley said.
"You can hide it in my secret garage." Lucinda suggested. Harley and ivy looked at the techno woman. "Secret garage?" they asked in unison.
Lucinda nodded. "Yeah, I live alone and had some spare time. So when I figured out you were Batwoman, I thought you would need a car. So under my real garage is a secret one that can hold your car on a platform. When I press a button, it reveals it. And I also made a tunnel that helps you exit through another tunnel away from my house. That tunnel would end up in another alleyway. I just haven't built the car yet because I though you wouldn't agree to me helping." Lucinda explained.
"Boy, you sure do have a lot of time on your hands. Don't you have a life?" Ivy mocked.
Harley hugged Lucinda. "She sure does Red!"
A/N: OKAY, IF THERE'S A MOVIE OUT THERE CALLED UNKNOWN NUMBER, THEN I DIDN'T KNOW! I JUST MADE THE NAME UP! R/R! XOXO. WELL WELL, NOW LUCINDA KNOWS ABOUT HARLEY BEING BATWOMAN. NOW HARLEY'S GOT TWO PEOPLE ON HER BATWOMAN TEAM. NICE RIGHT? DO YOU THINK LUCINDA HAS SOME KIND OF RELATION TO LUCIUS FOX? TELL ME! AND YEAH, LUCINDA IS LIKE THAT KIND OF HAPPY-GO-LUCKY GIRL THAT WHEN PEOPLE INSULT HER, SHE DOESN'T GIVE A CRAP! LIKE IT? HATE IT?