Chapter 11: Selina's Penthouse

For the rest of the night, June was with Rick, after what she had felt when she saw Harley again that night, she had to try to find a way to tell her fiancé that they could not continue their relationship. Clearly, the problem was always the same, June could never be 100% sincere about everything that was happening. Rick, for his part, was still joking with his comrades, completely oblivious to the young woman's internal her feelings for queen of Gotham and the terrible news that Enchantress could have been completely fooling her and hiding inside her, June was not having the most relaxed of the nights.

Especially there was a moment in which June had to refrain herself a lot that night and was when a group formed by Lena, Harley, Selina and (for her surprise) Doctor Pamela Isley, and the girl who almost had dragged Lena, began to dance as if the serious and formal party was completely alien to them. The song was no other than 'Addicted to You' just the same song that Harley Quinn had sung in the car a few days ago. As if she were thinking the same thing, Harley turned a moment to look at her and smile from the distance, and damn it! that smile drave her crazy, and she could not help but return the smile. Although the moment was interrupted by the voice of her boyfriend who kindly whispered

- You can go and have fun with them if you want - Rick whispered.

- I barely know them - the archaeologist denied. It was true, from that group she only knew Harley and she did not know if that was really a good thing - I'll stay here with you, we could dance, you and me.

- You know I don't dance - Rick denied surprised of the request of his girlfriend - Also, I have to go and monitor the exterior of the building. I think you've got along well with the Doctor, right? - He asked, oblivious to everything and that made feel June even more guilty.

She was not an unfaithful person, in fact she considered herself the opposite, but she had went into the mouth of the wolf by herself.

- No, I'll just sit here - she said, sitting down in a chair beside a table - These shoes are hurting me, better if I've got some rest.

- As you wish - he replied, confused - I'll be back in a while.

She was not an unfaithful person, in fact she considered herself the opposite, but she had went into the lion's den by herself.

- No, I'll just sit here - she said, sitting down in a chair beside a table - These shoes are hurting me, better if I've got some rest.

- As you wish - he replied, confused - I'll be back in a while.

The truth was that it had been more than half an hour, and Rick had not come back when she found Selina sitting next to her, and June get nervous, since she had not listen the woman (who dressed quite similarly to Lena, with a black dress and a black mask but even more provocative) while she approached to her. When she saw her, June looked at the group of friends and discovered that there was no trace of Harley either.

- Where is...? - she asked in a whisper to Selina although she knew that nobody could listen to them in that moment.

- If you refer to Harls, she's in the room 512 - she said giving to her a set of keys - If you refer to your big man, he will be indisposed during a good while.

- Is him fine? - she asked a little scared - what have you done to him?

- Ey! Don't be a party pooper Doc! We are not the bad ones - she tilted her head and smiled - Well, yes, that's exactly what we are ... but he is fine and tic-tock tic-tock - she played - The time runs - Selina said leaving her alone once again.

During a few minutes, June was torn between stay there or go to that room. Unconsciously, she was hoping that Rick should return, but she had to trust that the man was fine. She had to do it if she wished to meet Harley at the room and... Hell! Yes, yes she wanted to go to the room 512!

So she got up and looked side to side and saw Waller very busy with a men she did not know. June supposed the man belong to the bureaucracy, so while she was busy, June could leave the room without arousing suspicion. Just before leaving through the door, she ran into the distance with the complaisance look of Lena Luthor. Harley had once said that she was alone, but that night it had been proved that the delinquent was wrong, there were people who cared about her, in a healthier way than the Joker.

June thought that her heart was going to jump out of her chest, as she crossed the hall of the hotel to take the elevator that would take her to the room. She realized that the room number was indicated on a button of the elevator in which there was a lock, and she had two keys. June made sure which one of the key could be, she put it in the keyhole and the elevator moved.

During the elevator ride she realized that she looked like a teenager in love for the first time and that even scared her more and more. She must have felt that for Rick, but those feelings had nothing to do with the feelings that she had for her fiancé. When she arrived, she knew that on the other side of the door she would meet Harley. June began to think about what had happened the last time they had seen each other, how the desire could with them and how fear made her run away and not return to the floor, which still belonged to her. But the truth is that June wanted to see her and after the news that Zatanna had given to her, all June could think about was feeling safe with Harley. A complete irony, wasn't it? But she felt protected with Gotham's biggest delinquent. What would Harley think of that news? What would happen this time?

Finally June took courage and opened the door, finding Harley looking out the large window of that penthouse. The room was dark, but the lights of the moon and the city were reflected in the Harley's whitish face (already without the mask), and June could only think about how beautiful she was with that red dress. Curiously, to the eyes of June, Harley looked more as a goddess under that light than as a normal person.

- Harley, are you crazy? - she asked a little frightened, the delinquent simply nodded to that question.

- Why are you at this Waller's party?

- JuneJune, I thought that by now you'd know the answer to that question - she joked - For you, of course - she shrugged - You've not returned to the apartment and I missed you - she smiled wistfully - Also, this Hotel had always good views.

- Have you been here before? - June asked surprised. The Belle Monico Hotel was the best-known hotel in all of Gotham City.

- This is Selina's penthouse, - she explained - So yes, I've been here several times.

- I guess ... well, you two ...

- I told you that you were special JuneJune, don't get jealous - she smiled broadly while June looked at the floor.

- What did Zatanna tell you?

- So you know her name huh? - June questioned and approached to her.

- Sure, but it's fun to mess with her ... much better than throwing her out the window- She fell silent as she realized she was talking too much.

- What did you say? - she questioned her.

- Me? No, nothing - Harley said caressing June's arm - And then?

- Can I first do something that I'm dying to do? - June asked, getting braveness from where she could, but simply, the power that Harley had on her was countless, she needed to do something despite of any consequence.

- Ahead, I'll wait here - Harley said crossing her arms and looking back out the window, but she felt like June drew her towards her, and hugged her with all the strength she could, letting herself be embraced by the delinquent's arms. Harley put her hands on June's shoulders. - Wow, Doc Moone! I didn't know that you wanted so hard to see me! - she exclaimed, opening and closing her eyes repeatedly - But I'm not like others - she smiled proudly - You're not going to escape so easily, what did Zatanna tell you?

- Enchantress continues inside me - she explained in a thread of voice - She's still inside me, her magic at least, and she's struggling to get out.

- Hey! I remember what happened, okay? I ripped its heart out of you and Rick destroyed. We killed that crazy witch with love for the psychedelic spectacles. I was there! - Harley exclaimed, coming up the back of June - Have you felt anything weird?

June was thoughtful, and there were flashes of how many times Enchantress seemed to be calling her from within. She had been quiet for a long time, June had not seen her in the mirror since that day in Midway City, but now, everything was into doubt. Was it true that Enchantress was under her skin?

- It's like she's in me like a nightmare struggling to get out - she was devastated. What if all her struggle had been in vain? What if she had done one of her tricks to disappear, but now all of June's suffering had been in vain?

Harley passed her arms around June's waist and hugged her from the back, whispering and asking to her to calm down, that was when June realized that she was crying.

- Listen to me, everything will be alright okay?

- What if it is true and she comes back out of control? - she asked, looking at Harley with tears in her eyes, but allowing the delinquent to embrace her so affectionately.

- I'm here, I'm not going to let her go out of control, nor hurt you - she whispered - Do you understand me? - Harley was trying to keep calm - You kept it at bay and all it's going to keep being this way, you're stronger than her, my little explorer.

- It was not the only thing she told me - she tried to calm down with the caresses and the whispers of Harley - She told me that she'd create an amulet, but it could only used by the person I trust more and...

- We'll give it to Chloe - she said without thinking - You trust her, dont you? - she asked, turning her around and looking into her eyes - Chloe'll know what to do.

- It's you, you have to do it - June explained her with a tear running down her cheek -

Zatanna told me it must be the person I love the most.

- But Rick... - she denied - You have not broken with him, or anything like that, I've seen you at the party - she swallowed - what about him?

- I'm going to tell him that I cannot continue with him, after the party - she said - It's not the best way to start the year, but Har ...

- Don't say anything June - she put her forehead in her partner's - This between me and you, you risked everything for me, and I will protect you from the Enchantress - she promised - And don't worry about to explain it to Rick. You can do it when you're really ready.

- How's Lucy? - June asked her trying to get out of that almost defeatist conversation, while she separated herself from Harley. Those signs of affection on Harley's part had left her doubly agitated, because she had never been so affectionate with her, without sexualizing the moment by a spicy remark or some of her crazy things.

- You've got her affection - she smiled proudly - That lovely dwarf is the best thing in the world. I bought her an archeology game for Christmas - Harley winked at her - Because she says that she wants to devote herself to that when she grows up - she smiled - and between that and her car with a tutu, she's the happiest little girl in the world.

- You did it well Harley - the arqueologyst smiled - You've done great with her - she assured her by kissing one of her hands. It was a sign that despite the fact that her hands could be drenched in blood, as a mother she had always done the right thing for Lucy . And sure, that Lucy had noticed that she was an archaeologist and she'd thought about being devoted to the same when she grew up... that, filled June with pride. Even without being it, she felt part of a family. She realized that the family that she did not want to raise with Rick, she almost glimpsed it in her relationship with Harley and Lucy.

Both supported her backs in the glass of the window. Harley's bracelet started to vibrate and the delinquent looked at it and put a twisted gesture, when she turned up her gaze, she explained.

- It's twenty minutes to midnight - Harley said, looking into June's eyes - I think we should get down, Rick is already looking for you.

- How do you know about Rick? - she asked curious.

- Well, we were entertaining him for a while - she laughed funny - But don't worry, he is safe and sound.

- You know that you have to give me many explanations, right? - June crossed her arms.

- I'll give them to you all in due time, JuneJune - Let's go down to the lobby and finish the party, but before the end of the night, you can dance a little more with your ugly boyfriend.

- First, he's not ugly - she denied - And second, Rick doesn't dance - she denied again serious.

- Wait a minute! - Harley exclaimed opening the eyes due to the surprise - That's why I haven't seen you dance during the whole night - she thought - So, you'd come here dressed as a goddess, and you're not going to have your dance... Can I have this dance, please? - she asked holding June's hand.

- Harley we have to go down - she reproached her but affectionaly.

- No way I will allow you to end the night without dancing. If your boyfriend doesn't want, it must be me - she smiled broadly amused - And you know that when I want something I get it.

- There is no music - she pointed out.

- Selina has a radio, we'll do one thing - Harley thought aloud - We'll turn it on, and whatever song sounds first, we'll dance. So, we still have a few minutes for the dance.

- Whatever it is? - June looked at the stereo.

- Even if it's a hip hop song, Killer Croc showed me some dance moves while we were going to rescue you.

- I don't even want to ask about that - she gestured with her hand. If it were not Harley, she would doubt her state of mind. But being her, she knew what there was and no one was going to invent anything new about the delinquent. That's the way June liked her, she could not deny it. She loved the crazy side of Harley Quinn, although she tried that crazy side did not become a psychotic side. So far everything was under control, so he enjoyed that madness.

- Ready? - Harley asked about to press the play button and when June finally nodded several times, it began the song. 'Can You Hold Me' by NF and Britt Nicole was the first song to appear on the radio, and both could notice how it was aligned with their feelings. Like everything they did together, that moment was magical.

"Just wrap me in your arms, in your arms

I don't wanna be nowhere else

Take me from the dark, from the dark

I ain't gonna make it myself

Put your arms around me

Put your arms around me

Let your love surround me

I am lost

I am lost"

They ended the dance with their foreheads together.

- I don't want to leave - June refused.

- I don't think that Selina'd enjoy to have us as her tenants of her room - she teased -But I assure you that everything will be fine.

- How are you so sure? - she questioned her.

- Since I met you everything has changed for the best - Harley assured - Together we can make it work it.