Authors Notes:

EDITED: I had to edit this chapter

as I realised no one was able to read it.

I don't think anyway's.

Chapter 23: Not a Baby

Harleen look away feeling immensely embarrassed. She walked over to the kitchen started make herself a tea.

Harleen grabbed her cup and started putting in spoonful of sugars. Unfortunately her time as Harley Quinn made her addicted to sugar. She felt presences close to her so she turned around and found Steve standing behind her. She managed to show him a little smile before turning around to continue making her tea.

Steve walked up next to her and watched as she added a big spoonful of sugar.

"You shouldn't have too much sugar. You could end up really sick."

"I know." Was all Harleen could say before she shovelled in another big spoonful of sugar. Silence occurred for the next spoonful and when she finally placed her sixth and final spoonful into the cup, Steve broke the silence.

"That's too much sugar; you're surely going to end up back in the hospital. You don't want to end up back in the hospital do you?" Steve said innocently. That was the final blow for Harleen. He had hit a pressure point within her mind. She threw her cup in the sink stormed away from the kitchen and said,

"You don't need to baby me, Steve. I'm not a child. Just because I do something wrong doesn't mean I need someone to constantly watch over me. So just back off. By the way, I don't think I want you to accompany me to my next AA meeting." Harleen said with sharpness in her voice. She stormed off towards the stairs, leaving a shocked Captain standing.

"Well you really did it this time Cap." Tony said before awkwardly turning back towards the TV.

"I'm just trying to look out for her. I don't know what I did to make her so angry." Steve said more to himself.

"Well for starters Harleen seems to be the girl that doesn't like to be told what to do and she also seems like the girl that doesn't need a babysitter. Don't worry pal, she'll come around eventually." Steve just nodded before walking slowly towards the elevator.

Bruce exited the elevator noticing that Steve looked really upset. He didn't say anything but just nodded towards Steve and walking towards the rec room. Banner looked around and saw Stark sitting on the lounge with a glass in his hand watching football.

"Hey, what happened to Steve? He looks really upset." Bruce asked Tony.

"Hey Doc, didn't see you there. Steve got yelled at from our dear Dr. Quinzel." Tony said chuckling a little.

"Oh ok." Was all Bruce could say. He walked over to the kitchen and noticed a broken cup in the sink.

"You know there's a broken cup in the sink right?" Banner asked Tony.

"Yep, that's Harleen's. She'll regret that in the morning. She loved that freaking cup." Bruce started to pick up the broken pieces. The cup used to be black with red around the edges, it also had a picture of a jester's hat and written underneath it was Harlequin. Bruce noticed that every time Harley would pick up the cup it would make her smile.

Bruce started to throw the pieces in to a bag. When Steve came in and said,

"I'll do it Dr. Banner." Bruce turned around and saw the sorrow on Steve's face and stepped away from the sink and let Steve take over. Steve started picking and placing the broken pieces into a bag. When Steve was finished he walked up to Tony and whispered something into his ear. Tony reluctantly nodded and handed a pair of keys to him. Steve started making his way towards the elevator.

"I'll been there soon gramps." Tony said smirking towards Steve.

"Thanks Stark." Steve said before he disappeared behind the elevator doors.

"Well Doc, I've got things to do. But we're still on for four-thirty right?" Tony asked Banner.

"Yeah, I'll see you at four-thirty."

Harleen sat in her room fuming. She didn't know why she was so angry at Steve. She decided she blamed it on the withdrawals. Plus she needed Steve; he could help stop her from caving into her desires for alcohol. Harleen decided she was going to go back down to the rec room and apologise to him. As she got down to the rec room she saw Clint and Natasha.