Fall To Pieces

Author's Note: Yeah, I got nothin'.

It had been a couple of days since the car incident and Eddie had forgiven the girls and Bruce never called the cops. Selina sat on the railing of the balcony, her feet dangling over the edge. The sun was starting to set and the only thing she could think of was calling Bruce. She'd already deleted him from her cell phone but the number was permanently burned into her brain.

Ivy stepped onto the balcony and leaned against the wall. "You going to be alright?" she asked.

"I'll be fine," Selina replied as she turned to face her. "You look spiffy."

"Another classy night at the Iceberg Lounge," Ivy replied sarcastically. "I'll be home later if Harley asks. I'm not sure if she's coming home or not. She's been spending a lot of time at Eddie's. It kind of worries me."

"It shouldn't. Eddie's a good guy."

"Yeah, but he's still a guy. And Harley has a bad track record with guys."

"Don't worry about her. Go have fun with Harv," Selina said as she hopped off the railing and walked into the apartment.

"Alright. If you need anything call."

"I will," she replied. "Have fun."

"You seem preoccupied," Harvey said.

Ivy snapped up and looked at him. "I'm sorry?"

"I said you seem preoccupied. What are you thinking about?"

"Nothing. Everything. I don't know," she replied with a laugh.

"What a conundrum."

"No, I'm just thinking about how much everything has changed. Harley left Joker and started up with Eddie, Selina and Bruce split, then there's you and me. I just wonder what will happen next. I'm kind of scared," she explained.

Harvey reached across the table and grabbed Ivy's hand. "You shouldn't be. You and me, we're solid."

"Selina and Bruce were solid."

"Selina is one of us and Bruce is one of them," Harvey said pointing to a couple of civilians sitting a couple of tables over. "They weren't meant to be."

"Who said we were?" she joked.

Harvey smiled and squeezed her hand tighter. "I love you."

Selina was bored. She wanted to put on her costume and prowl but a run in with Batman wasn't what she needed right now. She waltzed down the hallway and noticed Ivy's door was cracked. "I've never been in here." She walked in and was surprised to find it mostly void of plants. There was a small rose bush in the corner but that was it. The bed was large and the bed spread wasn't green but white with blue flowers. It was classy. She had a vanity on the opposite wall. It was white too and had cosmetics spread across the top.

Her next stop was Harley's room. "Wow!" she exclaimed as she stepped in. The bed was covered in clothes at the moment, you couldn't even see the sheets. Above the bed hung a poster of Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's; on the opposite wall hung Marilyn Monroe. Harley had a vanity too and on her mirror was a picture of Edie Sedgwick smiling and laughing and on the table top, in a frame, was a picture of Bettie Page. Selina looked at the walls and noticed there were other pinups and actresses. There was even a picture of Marie Antoinette. And of course, on the nightstand was a picture of Harley and Eddie. "Cute," she said as she sat it back on the nightstand. "What's this?" she asked as she picked up another picture. It was her, Harley, and Ivy at a table at the Iceberg. Selina laughed and sat it back down.

"Where are you going?!" Harvey yelled after Ivy as she tried to hail a cab.

"Home!" she yelled back.

"What is going on with you?" he growled as he grabbed her arm.

"Nothing! I'm fine! You're the one that messed everything up!"

"How did I do that?"

"You couldn't be happy just sleeping together, you wanted to be together, so I gave in and now you're not happy being together! Oh no! Now you want to love me! Well you can't!" Ivy screamed. "I don't do love. That's Harley's thing."

A cab pulled over to the curb and Ivy got in. Harvey didn't say anything he didn't stop her. He just watched as she drove away.

"Hey there gorgeous," the driver said.

Ivy looked up and realized that this was the same guy that dropped her off at Harvey's when she decided to be with him. "Hello again."

"You look pretty down in the dumps."

"Bad night," she replied.

"Your boyfriend dump you?"

"No, I dumped him."

"Sorry to hear that. So where am I taking you?"

"Are you avoiding the Iceberg?" Harley asked.

"Me? No, never. Why would I avoid the Iceberg?" Eddie replied nervously.

"Because Joker tossed you out on your butt," she replied as she took a sip of her drink.

"Who told you?"

"Jervis. I bumped into him earlier."

"Some best friend," Eddie sighed.

"I can talk to Joker and…"

"NO!" Eddie barked.

"Sor-ry," Harley replied.

"I don't want you talking to him as it is and I don't want my girlfriend fighting my battles. I'm already considered weak I don't need it to get worse."

"You're not weak. You're just too smart to resort to violence," Harley said. "And personally, I think brains are way sexier than brawn."

Eddie smiled, leaned across the table, and kissed her. "This is why I love you."

Harley dropped her fork and froze. "You love me?"

"Very, very much," he told her.

"I love you too!" she giggled.

They sat silently for a moment. Eddie couldn't believe a woman, other than his mother, loved him. Never had a girlfriend said I love you.

"You know, I've been thinking," Eddie began.

"When do you ever stop thinking?"

Eddie raised his eyebrow. "Very true. Anyway, I was thinking that maybe we should move in together."

"Really?!" Harley asked in disbelief.

"Yeah, I mean I have a rather spacious place and we've been together for quite a bit and it just feels right."

"I'll think about it," Harley replied but in her mind she already said yes and she was picking out a color for the bridesmaids.

Ivy burst in through the door. She kicked off her shoes and stared at Selina.

"I wasn't in your room!" she blurted out.

Ivy adopted a confused look and shook her head. "He said the four letter word."

"Damn?" Selina asked.

"Love. L.O.V.E. Who says that?" Ivy cried as she plopped onto the couch.

"People who love each other. Normal people."

"Yeah well, people not like me," Ivy replied.

"So what did you say?"

"I ran out of there and grabbed a cab."

"Oh yeah, that's a rational response. What the hell is wrong with you?" Selina asked.

"Me? I'm perfectly fine it's Harvey that messed up a good thing!"

"You're nuts."

Ivy got up from the couch, put her shoes back on, and walked out the door.

"All I said was I love you, and she gets all crazy and leaves! Then she yells at me on the sidewalk and hops in a cab. I don't get it! Don't women want men to tell them they love him?" Harvey asked.

Bruce looked at his phone is disbelief. He thought that the end of him and Selina would be the end of his connection with the rogues. "Harvey I don't really know. I mean Pamela isn't a normal woman. She has a lot of baggage," Bruce offered.

"Yeah, but, oh I don't know. Should I call her? Maybe I should call Selina and ask her if Pammy cooled off."

"Try calling her tomorrow. She'd be calmer then."

"Maybe you should call her," Harvey tried.

"I think I'm number one on all their shit lists. You may have dropped the l-word but I cheated on Selina."

"Yeah, what the hell were you thinking there?"

"Tell you the truth…I didn't want to be with Diana. I just felt bad because she liked me and she was visiting and I used to want to be with her so I thought for one night what could it hurt?"

"Does she hate you too?" Harvey asked.

"Not so much now. I calmed her down a bit."

"Is that you or me?" Harvey asked.

"What?" Bruce replied and then he heard the beeping. "Oh, that's me. Hold on." He clicked over. "Hello."

"Brucie! I need help," Joker cried.

"Oh god. Hold on," Bruce told him as he clicked back over. "Alright, tell me all you know about the Joker."

"What?" Harvey asked.

"He is on my other line. I need to know what is going on."

"I haven't heard anything. You need me to let you go?"

"Yeah, I'll call you back." Bruce clicked back over, took a deep breath, and smiled. "What can I do for you Joker?"

"It's Nigma! Harley's dating Nigma! I tried to forget about it but I can't. What do I do?" Joker whined.

"Look…I…Have you tried talking to her?" Bruce asked.

"Hey Bruce," Dick began as he walked into the room.

Bruce held up a finger. "Joker, you have to either forget about Harley or talk to her. Get some closure. Try being her friend. It's better to be in her life in that way than to be nothing."

"Oh my god, you've lost it," Dick laughed.

Bruce gave him a pleading look.

"I don't know Bruce. She probably won't take my calls. Can you talk to her?" Joker asked.

"I'm sure I'm on her shit list right now."

"Oh yeah, I heard about you and Selina. I'm surprised she let you live," Joker replied.

"Yeah. Try calling Harley. If that doesn't work then…I'll….I'll see what I can do," he sighed.

"You're a good friend," Joker replied.

"Yeah, bye," Bruce said as he hung up the phone. "How do they get my number?"

"So you're fixing the rogues' romantic lives why?" Dick asked.

"Because I'm afraid not to when they call."

"I heard the Gotham underworld was all messed up. What's the latest?"

"Well, Harley and Joker split, she left him not the other way around, and now she's dating Riddler. Poison Ivy and Twoface started something but then he said I love you so she flipped out. I cheated on Selina with Donna so she hates me. And then there's this waitress at the Iceberg named Holly and she loves Nigma but he doesn't know so don't tell. Oh and to top it all off Harley Quinn, Selina, and Poison Ivy all live together and they're all best friends so not only does Selina hate me but so do they and I'm sure they will kill me if I see them," Bruce explained.

"Things were never this fun when I was here."

Ivy sat in the backseat of a cab with her arms folded across her chest and a scowl on her face. She wasn't going to apologize to Harvey she was just going to explain how this could never work between them. She got out and stood on the sidewalk in front of his place. She took a deep breath and somehow found the guts to knock on his door.

"You're crazy. I mean that you're god damn crazy," Harvey growled.

"I want to talk."

"I don't want to listen anymore Pamela. I'm done listening. I'm done trying. I'm done caring," he replied.

"Yeah, your love for me ran real deep," she said sarcastically.

"I do love you!" Twoface snapped.

"Maybe it'd be easier reasoning with you than Harvey!" Ivy snapped back.

"Get in here then."

Ivy stepped in and made her way to the living room. She tossed her coat and her purse onto the couch and folded her arms across her chest again. "Why can't you understand I'm just not the relationship type of girl?"

"Bull shit! You had no trouble the first time we dated."

"I was trying to kill you!" she cried.

"Murder aside, you at least tried."

Ivy rolled her eyes. Dealing with Twoface wasn't going to be easier than dealing with Harvey. "Can I get Harvey back please?"

"Why? So you can reject me again?" Harvey asked as he took a seat on the couch.

"How can you love me? You don't even know thing one about me?"

"Tell me thing one then. And thing two and three while you're at it."

"You wouldn't understand," Ivy told him. She grabbed her things and started for the door. The tears were welling up in her eyes.

Harvey put his hand against the door so she couldn't get out.

Ivy pressed her forehead against it and started to cry. It scared Harvey for a second. He took his weight off the door and placed his hands on her shoulders.

"I'm sorry," he whispered. "I…go ahead and leave. Don't worry about me anymore."

Ivy turned around and leaned against the door. "The last man who told me he loved me did this," she said as she held up her arm.

In the light Harvey could see the slight green tint and the dark green veins that ran through her arm.

"What are you going to do to me?" she asked.

Harvey had no words. He couldn't tell her he'd never hurt her. He couldn't promise she'd always be happy. He couldn't comfort her without lying so he did the next best thing, he held her. He let her cry into his shoulder.