The floor boards faintly creaked as tiny feet sneaked their way a crossed them. The feet belonged to a little girl with dark red curls. She could hear the screams of her parents through the paper thin walls. She clutched onto her teddy bear, afraid that she was going to get caught out of her bed.

"God damn it Sharon. If you mix the wrong chemicals together you're going to blow this whole fucking place up." Growled the girl's dad.

"I know this Jeffery; I'm not a dumb ass." The girl's mother, Sharon snapped back.

"Now hurry it up. We won't get paid tomorrow if this batch isn't ready. We have Lillium to feed." He snapped.

"Oh my fucking god. It's always about that twit isn't it?" she hissed.

"Well if you would have gotten that damn abortion like I told you so we wouldn't have to be stuck with her." Jeffery yelled.

"If you wouldn't have blabbed your fat mouth, my mother wouldn't have found out! You're the one who ruined our lives not me!" she screamed back. There was a smacking noise heard and then Sharon started to scream.

Seeing her chance, the little girl bolted past the open door way and to the rusty front door of their house. She slipped outside and almost tripped going down the front steps but she made it outside all in one piece.

"Pheew." She sighed as she loosened her grip on her teddy bear.

She skipped down the side walk while humming 'Mary had a Little Lamb' under the moon light. She wanted to go to the park down the street to swing on the swings, just to get away from her abusive parents for awhile. She couldn't sleep with all that screaming going on.

She made it to the park and made her way over to the swings. She froze when she realized someone was perched up on top of the bar. She looked up to see a boy, a little older than her, looking up at the sky with his eyes closed. His dark blonde hair was glowing from the moon light.

Suddenly he opened his eyes, sensing he was not alone. He spotted her down on the ground gaping up at him. His eyes were a bright green with hazel swirled into them.

"A-are you an angel?" the girl asked after a long awkward silence of just staring. The boy raised his eyebrow and just stared down at her.

"Far from it kid." He finally said. He flipped backwards and swung down from the bar.

"Whoa..." she breathed, amazed by his short performance. She finally got a good look at his face and realized that his right eye was swollen. "What happened to your eye?" she asked innocently.

The boy frowned down at her. "None of your damn business." He hissed. She took a step back from him startled by his cold tone. "What's a little girl like you doing all alone out here?" he asked.

"My parents were fighting again." She said. The boy nodded slowly in understanding.

"My dad did this to me." He said pointing to his eye.

The girl frowned and looked down at her teddy. "Here," She said as she held the stuffed bear out to him. "Curly bear will make it all better."

The boy looked down at the bear with confusion. "How will that take away my problems?" he spat.

"Well... whenever my daddy punishes me, I always have Curly bear to cheer me up. I didn't think you had a curly bear of your own to talk to, so I thought you would like mine…" she mumbled as she looked down at her feet.

A grin suddenly broke out a crossed the boys face. "Nahh. I will be alright. You can keep it." He said with a chuckle.

"Really? Are you sure?" she asked.

"Ye-p." he said popping his 'P'. She smiled brightly and ran over to the swings. "Wanna swing with me?" she asked.

"Sure." He said lazily. He walked over to an empty swing and sat down on it.

"Did you sneak out to?" the girl asked.

"You sure do ask a lot of questions." He said.

"Well, I like you. You seem like you would be a great friend." She said.

"You shouldn't trust people you don't know so easily." He said.

"Well… then why don't we get to know each other so we won't be strangers!" she said happily.

"…"

"Would that be alright?"

"…"

"Hey are you alright?"

"…"

The boy just sat there frozen staring wide eyed at this little girl with red curls and bright blue eyes. Nobody, nobody, ever wanted to be his friend. But now here was this little girl, with a worried look in her eyes, staring kindly at him. He liked her too.

"Uhh… my name is Lillium, but you can call me Lilly." She said holding out her hand.

The boy seemed to snap out of his frozen state and smirked down at her. He grabbed her hand and gave it a shake. "Jack. My name's Jack." He murmured.

The girl pointed to her bear sitting in her lap. "You already know curly bear." She said as she stuck the bears paw in Jacks hand. He awkwardly shook it.

"What kind of name is Curly Bear anyways?" he said.

"I dunno. I came up with it when I was eating curly fries one time. It just stuck." She said with a shrug of shoulders. It was quiet for a moment before jack busted up laughing. Lilly soon joined him.

And thus a friendship was born.

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Lilly moaned in her sleep as the Joker carried her to his room. She was staying in his room tonight.

"Got yourself all drugged up didn't you? I originally though-t you weren't going to turn out like your mother Lilly! Tsk, tsk, tsk." He said with a giggle.

He kicked open his door and it smacked against the wall with a loud 'bang' causing Lilly to stir awake.

"Ehh? What's… going on?" she said sluggishly.

"Don't worry Baby cakes. Were home!" he said with excitement.

"Wha?" she said as she tried to get out of his arms.

"You shouldn't party all the time with your friends. Sheesh." He said rolling his eyes. He threw her down on the bed and began undoing his shirt.

"W-what are you … do-doing?" she said with half lidded eyes.

"Were going to bed missy. You are so grounded." He cackled.

He went over to his closet and pulled down a wrinkled white shirt down from the shelf. He walked back over to where she was on the bed, trying to sit up straight, but failing miserably. He lifted her up in a sitting position and leaned her up against him. He started to unzip the back of her dress when she started trying to push away.

"N-noo." She slurred.

"Now don't be shy. It's nothing I haven't ah, seen before." He said.

Once he got her dress off her he pulled the shirt over her head. He laied her back down on the mattress and tugged her arms through.

"There." He said as he stood back up, checking out his handy work. She had only the white shirt and her red underwear on.

He plopped down on the bed beside her and pulled her over to him. She tried pushing away but her with her drugged up state, she wasn't able to. She accidently got her hand caught in his undershirt.

"Whaaaooo. Hunny, hunny, I'm not in the mood right now!" he said with an evil smirk.

"Sick... pervert." She mumbled.

Lilly didn't have the strength anymore, her head slumped down onto his shoulder and she was out like a light.

"Well this will be ah, interesting..." the joker said with a dark chuckle.

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I was sore.

So sore that I wanted just to lie there forever, wherever I was at, and sleep forever. I couldn't remember anything after I passed out in the jokers van. So I decided to sleep in this warm cushy spot. I snuggled closer to the warmth source and sighed deeply.

Wait? Warmth? This warm thing is breathing.

I felt around and felt hard abs. My eyes bulged open only to find myself tangled up with the joker himself. I let out a small 'meep' and tried to untangle myself from him. Then I realized something.

I JUST FELT UP THE JOKER.

I felt my face get red and started to mentally smack myself. His eyes were closed and his breathing was peaceful. He was asleep! Thank the heavens! I let out a sigh of relieph. He didn't really look all that bad. He actually looked familiar… huh.

Now how the hell am I supposed to get away from him! We were facing each other; his arm was underneath my waist, his other on top on my side. I was pushed up against his chest, my legs tangled in his. Fuck my life.

Could this get even worse?

Suddenly his eyes popped open and gazed into mine.

I think I just jinxed myself.

His gaze trailed down to our position and a wide grin broke out on his face.

"Good morning love." He said with a menacing but playful tone. I let out a wild scream while I tried to push him away. That only caused me to fall off the bed. I landed on the floor on my back, my feet stuck up in the air.

"Ouuchh…" I groaned.

All I could hear then was the jokers booming laughter. His head popped over the side of the bed, he had an amused grin on his face. I however, was scowling.

"Try not to ah, hurt yourself, kid." He said with a smirk. Jack used to call me kid…

"Why the hell am I in your bed?" I growled as I got up from the floor.

His face went from amused to anger in a second. Fear started to twist around in my stomach, but I wasn't giving up that easily.

"You're not a morning person are you?" He said with a cold tone.

"You wouldn't be either if you had to share a bed with a maniac." I spat. I expected him to slap me but all he did was grab his chest and groaned.

"Oh! Right in the heart! Darlin you wound me!" he said while slumped over.

"Well that's just peachy." I said with a growl.

"Oh? So you like wounding people? Never pegged you as the type Lilly." He said as he stood and walked over to his closet. He stopped then and turned. "Ohhh wait. I totally ah, forgot! You are violent aren't you? I'm so proud!" he said with a sparkle in his evil eyes.

"What are you talking about?" I asked with uncertainty.

"You did kill your second kidnapper with my knife last night? Don't you remember? Geez, even I would remember my ah, first kill." He said spinning on his heal and heading for the closet again.

I… killed someone…?

The joker turned to see Lilly on her knees, tears spilling over her horror filled eyes. He walked over to her and bent down.

"Why are you getting all emotional? That's a great achievement in my book." He said with an evil smirk.

Her eyes snapped up to his. "It is maybe to you... but to me... I... I..." she looked down at her hands and began to cry.

"Why is it so bad that you killed one lousy sleez bag?" he asked while rolling his eyes.

"Because... because... I'm turning into YOU!" she yelled as she pushed him away. Anger bubbled with in him. He grabbed her neck and slammed her into the wall.

"What's so bad about me huh? Why so serious Lilly?" he said as he pulled out his knife. He stared down into her frozen eyes. "The world is full of horrible people Lilly. You will never get away from them." He growled into her ear.

It was silent for a couple minutes; all you could hear was lily's gasps of breath. "But..." she started, breaking the silence. "If you know… that there are… so many horrible people. Why not... do something to stop it?" she said between breaths.

The joker suddenly burst into fits of laughter before he jabbed the knife into her mouth, causing it to spit her lip. She whimpered as blood dripped down her chin. "And what be like the Ba-tman?" he said with laughter.

"All he does is save the people that are in danger, but me, the Joker. I drill pain and fear into people." He said while pulling the knife out of her mouth. "That. Makes people listen. Don't you think?" he said as he trailed his fingers along her 'J' scar.

She closed her eyes tightly, tired of staring into his face, wanting him to stop touching her stitches. He let go and watched as she slid down the wall before he walked over to the door. "Don't do anything stupid while I'm gone sweet cheeks!" he sang before he walked out the door, locking it.

"If you use pain as a method to make people listen… then you will forever be alone. And no one will love you." Lilly whispered to herself.

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Well! That went well didn't it? Sorry this is like… soooo late. I had like no inspiration.

This chapter was full of drama! I wanted Lilly and Jack to have a conversation like they did when they were little. Little spoiler hint there for the next chapter!

I have decided how I'm going to end this. I have it all planned out and all I have to do is type it out!

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