Authors Note: I wanted to try to put a song that goes along with each chapter so here's Mad World by Gary Jules: watch?v=hW93CV6m-JU I kept thinking of this when I wrote daily routines it made me think of the daily races part and I felt like the song was kinda fitting because it's talking about how everyone goes in circles and their mad which I felt like is relateable for Harley being stuck in the same daily routines.
I mentioned my daily routines before, and this is really where I have to start, with my daily routines. You might it's not important but it is because this is where I started to fall. You see I was paying rent with money from a part time job at the school library, I was an A student in my last year of college at Gotham Academy ready to graduate with a BA in Psychology, I was good at staying away from what people would labeled as "the wrong crowd", I was, what you would consider, a model student.
Don't get me wrong I had hobbies too, gymnastics which I loved, but I hardly ever had time for it anymore. Not since I had started college and was completely consumed by my studies. Which was funny you know since I was originally going to be a gymnast but that's a story for another time.
Getting up at the start of the day wasn't bad at first. Especially when I had friends. That made it easier. Something to look forward to. Reasons to get out of bed each day abounded in my head. Classes, homework, work, friends, and if I was lucky some spare time.
I'd get up, pull my long brown hair up in a clean bun, throw on an ironed button up with a pencil skirt that matched my black glasses and be out the door by 7am. After that I would spend the first half of my day attending classes. When I was in between or waiting I would do my homework or study for upcoming tests.
The last half of my day was spent on working my shift at the library which was always dull. Everything was always so quiet the sound of a chair being pulled out turned every head in the library. Not that there were many heads to turn. The library wasn't exactly the "cool" place to hang out. Now and then my friends would sit in to study but it wasn't like I could talk to them or anything so it didn't really matter. After that I would drive home and walk to my apartment, always weary of the dark alleys of Gotham, and waste the rest of my night doing schoolwork and studying.
And that was it. Sometimes my friends would study with me between classes or if we had a group project to work on we would meet up outside of class but besides that that was it.
Falling asleep yet?
I bet that was boring just listening to wasn't it? And I had to live like that every day for years. Years! I skipped every party, dance, event, everything. Not that I was ever invited to anything like that anyways but I heard about them. I always heard people talking about how much fun they were having but I never put much stock into it. I thought they were stupid. Little did I know the only point in life is to have as much fun as you can.
Authors Note: Sorry if that was kinda boring I promise it gets more exciting later thanks for reading guys! Don't forget to leave a comment :3 Thanks!
I'll try to have pictures later too just gotta work on them. Also I made Harleys hair brown on purpose because in the animated series she said that shes not a real blonde, she dyes her hair so I thought it'd be kinda cool to incorporate her dying it into the origin story
Also to the person who said Harley is a psychiatrist not a psychologist, thank you I know I also don't think I ever said anywhere that she's a psychologist so I think maybe the psychology major thing thru you off? I'm sorry if it did it's because you need a BA in college before going to medical school to become a psychiatrist. I know psychiatrists usually get their BA in biology or chemistry but I put her in psychology so sorry if that confused anyone. I put her in psychology instead because even though she's listed as a psychiatrist psychologists are typically the ones who talk to a patient and focus on psychotherapy which I feel like is what is going on in all of those great harley joker meeting scene whereas psychiatrists are the ones who prescribe medication so I feel like she would have had a focus in psychology to get that extra great psychotherapy training. But that's just my opinion again sorry if that confused anyone.
