*Rated M for Mature*

The ride out of the city limits normally only took about fifteen minutes from Jayde's apartment but on this trip in particular, it took a bit longer than usual. Joker had advised Dotcom to take as many back streets as possible and to get on the interstate at a more southern ramp. So once they had made it there, the roads became more smooth and all three of them relaxed a bit as their surroundings gradually changed from buildings to small fields. Jayde noticed as they passed under a few trees that the snow had begun to melt in some places. She turned her attention from the window when Joker broke the silence.

"How's Linman holding up?" he asked rather offhandedly and Dotcom glanced from the road to the rear view mirror.

"Nursing a nasty headache but otherwise fine." He answered, before he hesitated. "He said he knew it was coming and was still surprised at how quickly it all happened. Said one second he was sitting there in the back with you, the next second he woke up in the hospital." Joker laughed, bouncing his knee a few times.

"Well, I had to make it look real." He defended himself once he had finished laughing. "Ah, bless his soul." he then added a second later. "Such loyalty."

It grew quiet for a few minutes before Joker disrupted it again.

"Is George still alive?" he asked, glancing at Jayde with a smirk. Up in the front seat, Dotcom adjusted his glasses nervously on the bridge of his nose, glancing into the rear mirror again. Joker raised his eyebrows, waiting on an answer.

"Who?" he asked bravely and Jayde wasn't surprised to notice he was actually pretty nervous at the moment.

"My pet. My spider, George." Joker answered rather loudly as if speaking to a deaf person. "Is he still alive?"

Dotcom seemed to be having a moment, before he answered calmly. "You told me that no one is allowed in your office but you." He paused, his eyes glancing in the mirror again. "I've never been in there." Joker nodded, leaning back in the seat slightly as one of his ankles crossed over his knee.

"That is correct. Good answer." He said, his head turning slightly to watch a few cars fly by on the other side of the road. "George was dead before Jayde and I went to Montana, so…you passed the test. You can live."

Jayde shook her head but immediately started grinning when she noticed the large strip of model home mansions nearing on the right side of the road. The third one down, the pale yellow one looked exactly the same as it had the first night she had come there although the normally thick, green oak trees had shed most of their now brown leaves, giving a fairly wintery appearance.

"Ah, home, sweet home." she heard Joker say from beside her and as soon as they had come to a stop inside the garage, they both got out to grab the bags from the back of the truck. He sighed deeply as Dotcom unlocked the door to let them all inside.

The house was immaculate, Jayde noticed as they stepped inside but she looked over as Joker took a deep breath in through his nose before he exhaled heavily with a contented smirk. Behind him, Dotcom seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

"So, I have work to do." Joker stated abruptly, clapping his hands together once. His eyes drifted from Jayde to the bags she was still carrying. "For now, put your stuff in the extra room upstairs and we'll…figure it out later." As he walked to the stairs, Jayde followed him to go and put the bags away but paused as he hesitated a few steps up and turned to look at Dotcom over the top of her head. He held up a finger to count things off. "I need a phone and for you to meet me in my office in five minutes. 'Kay?"

Once Dotcom had nodded and hurried off to find that phone, Joker glanced at Jayde before he continued up the stairs. "And once you've put your stuff away, I would simply love for you to go relax, my queen." He said as he turned to face her at the top of the stairs. Jayde tried not to let her slight disappointment show through her eyes as Joker grinned at her.

"But-,"

"Ah!" he cut her off, holding a finger up. "Go." With that, he pointed toward the end of the hallway toward that oh, so memorable bedroom, so Jayde went.

When she reached it, however, she stopped dead, her jaw hanging slightly as she took in the room. It did not even remotely resemble the stark white, plain bedroom it had been before and was now painted a rather nice, deep shade of pink-ish lilac purple. The canopy had been replaced with a white sheen drape hung simply over the top of the dark mahogany bed. The comforter and pillows were all the same, white, fluffy goose feather, mixed here and there with a few smaller purple ones. All of this Jayde was admiring, dumbfounded when she noticed Dotcom at the top of the stairs down the hallway, holding a cell phone, charger and notebook. When he made eye contact with Jayde, she grinned, laughing quietly when Dotcom clapped his hands together silently with a little bounce.

"I love it!" she whispered, pointing into the room.

"Me too!" he squealed back quietly.

Just then, the door to Joker's office swung open and he stepped out, glancing from Dotcom to Jayde and back again. He stepped back, holding his arm out toward the inside of his office, slowly.

"Dotcom, nice of you to join me," he snarled, smirking down the hallway at Jayde after Dotcom had stepped inside and he followed him, shutting the door behind them. "Now…here's the problem-"Jayde vaguely heard him say before his voice grew too muffled and she was too excited about this room to care.

Everything was so different, that it almost felt like being in a different house altogether, Jayde noticed as she set the bags down on the bed. Even the little objects that one normally finds in someone's bedroom were different. Next to the bed on a new nightstand sat an old fashioned, silver alarm clock that read 1:15. Several small glass containers holding one or two flowers sat in different, random places around the room, on the new white wooden shelves and on the hot-wired window sill. This new décor was definitely very chic and modern and Jayde absolutely loved every single thing about it, especially when she turned and saw a rather large, flat screen television, very much like the one in Joker's bedroom, mounted to the wall across from the bed.

"No fucking way." She muttered to herself.

There was no word in the English language to describe how relieved Jayde felt as she pulled her clothes and belongings from the bags. It seemed all that misery, loneliness and boredom she had been feeling had disappeared completely within the span of five minutes and the last ten hours had been pretty damn enjoyable so far. And upon remembering that she and Joker had not been alone together when he wasn't exhausted yet, she figured the best was still to come.

She had just finished hanging up most of her clothes in the closet when Dotcom appeared in her doorway, a huge, excited grin on his face. Jayde immediately dropped the jeans she was folding to trot over and give him a hug.

"Thank you so much. It's perfect." She told him, walking back over to pick up the jeans she had dropped while he stepped in and over to the big TV.

"Actually, I had help. One of my best friends in the city is an interior designer and had a bunch of random paint and pretty things." He explained, placing his glasses on the top of his head to turn on the television and fiddle with a few buttons. "So when I told him I had a completely plain room that I wanted to re-do, he offered to come out and help."

"Well, that was really great of you two. I love it." Jayde said from the bathroom as she put away her makeup and toiletries.

"Just don't tell Joker I had another fruitcake in his house."

After Dotcom had configured the cable on her new TV, both stepped out to go downstairs, Jayde glancing at the closed door to Joker's office as she reached the stairs. She was sure there were a lot of things he needed to 'work' on but still, this wasn't really how she would have imagined his first day back to play out. It was probably best to just be patient, she thought so she followed Dotcom downstairs and out onto the back porch.

The sun was still shining brightly and although it was still a bit cold, it was not nearly as bitter as it had been lately and Jayde admitted to herself that she was definitely more excited for spring than she normally would have been. As she sat across from Dotcom at the table, he handed her a cigarette which she accepted, then lit it when he passed her his lighter.

"I bet you were glad to see him last night." he said rather abruptly, grinning when Jayde rolled her eyes as she took a drag off the cigarette.

"Glad isn't even the right word for it." She answered. "I thought I was dreaming when I saw him."

"Yeah, I bet." He laughed. "Linman called me right before the court let out to tell me to go and put the spare key to your door under your door mat." After a pause, he went on, looking over to Jayde. "I wanted to knock on your door and tell you that he was coming but I had a feeling Joker would've wanted you to be surprised." Jayde nodded, ashing her cigarette on the ground.

"You were probably right." she replied, grinning. "I was definitely surprised."

For a good hour and a half, Jayde and Dotcom sat outside talking, laughing and somewhat catching up. There was not a whole lot Jayde had to tell him about the past three months for her, but it seemed like he, on the other hand, had stayed fairly busy during Joker's hiatus. He was in the middle of telling her about the (gay) club life he had acquired on the weekends when not busy with computer work and cleaning Joker's house when far-off behind her, Jayde heard the door to Joker's office open. She did not turn to look and instead waited for Dotcom to notice him walking up behind her on the other side of the glass.

"Jayyyde?" he growled as the glass door slid open. She turned, looking up at him. "Care to join me?"

Jayde smirked, cocking her head to the side. "Do I have a choice?"

"Noooo…" Joker answered, his inflexion mimicking the question she had just asked. "C'mon." he then commanded, turning to walk back inside when she stood up, rolling her eyes at Dotcom, although secretly, she was more than happy to go with him.

Upstairs, Joker's office was like everything else in the house and was exactly the way he had left it. Jayde glanced around as she stepped inside, having nearly forgotten about all the 'Ha's he had painted in red on the white walls. Over at the desk against the very far wall, Joker had taken a seat on a rolling stool just next to his chemistry table and indicated with his hand that Jayde should sit across from him in the large, rolling computer chair. It was still warm; Jayde figured he had been sitting here before he came to find her downstairs.

"So here's the deal," he began, leaning back against the table behind him. "If you are going to be staying here, we need to put certain…defenses up. You're going to have to maintain something of an appearance in Gotham." He paused here, hoping she was about to catch on and he wouldn't have to go into further explanation. When her face remained fairly blank, he sighed, continuing. "If you just disappear the day after I do, people are going to start to wonder what's going on. Un-for-tune-ately, the police are now very aware of your existence, so…" he paused again, leaning forward slightly as Jayde had started to nod slowly.

"So-…I need to make sure they still see me every once in a while so they don't think I'm, you know-…helping you." Joker pointed at her as he nodded his head. "Does that mean I still have to work at Starbucks?" she then asked, her eyebrows raising.

"No, I actually need you to call right now and quit." He replied, rising from the swiveling stool to cross the room to the metal surgery table on the other side. He returned a moment later, holding her cell phone. "Just tell them you've received a much sexier job offer and you just couldn't resist."

From the contact list, Jayde dialed the number for her store in Gotham and waited while it rang, glancing at Joker as he nibbled on his bottom lip, watching her. After a few moments, the voice of her boss came over the other end.

"Starbucks on 56th and Cooper, this is Molly speaking."

After a few minutes of lying and explaining that she had received a new job offer and that it did not seem likely that she would be able to finish out her shifts, her boss seemed convinced enough and wished her good luck with her 'new job'. A huge sigh escaped Jayde as she hung up the phone and handed it back to Joker, grinning.

"That felt great." She breathed, but looked up as Joker stood, nodding, although she knew he was not listening and instead thinking. A second later, he handed Jayde back the phone.

"Write down any numbers out of here that you want to keep. We gotta ditch that thing." He said, but rolled his eyes and continued when Jayde looked up, confused. "I'm pretty sure that detective has your number and if she does-…"

"They can trace the location of the phone, right, got it."

After writing down her best friend Audrey's cell phone number, Jayde handed Joker back the phone only to watch as he turned it off, took out the battery and promptly threw both in the trash can.

"Dotcom has a new phone for you to use." He explained before he pulled her chair away from the computer so he could sit down and pull something up on the screen. "Now, about your apartment." He started again, slowly, his eyes narrowed on the computer screen as he searched for something. Jayde watched his face until he turned to her, leaning back on the stool. "You're still going to have to pay your rent every month, but that will be covered by your new 'job'." His fingers raised to make quotation marks while Jayde's eyebrow raised curiously again. "You are now employed by Vector marketing as an online consultant or…some shit like that." Joker's eyes rolled. "Basically, I asked Dotcom to make a fake company on the internet so you will be getting paid by them, generously, once every month…just to keep up appearances."

After he had explained all of this, Jayde began to smirk, rolling the chair toward him slowly. She cocked her head to the side when Joker's eyes narrowed on her. "All of this is awfully smart of you, Mister Joker." She purred, now close enough to rest her hands on his knees and lean forward. Joker hummed deep in his throat, growling slightly as he took her hands to pull her closer and up out of her seat.

"It is, isn't it?" he asked, his voice low and dangerous. "Kinda hot when I do that, huh…" His hands had pulled her close enough by now that she was leaned over him slightly, their faces only a half-foot from each other. Jayde nodded, her gaze flickering from his brown eyes to his lips and back up again. He grinned a snarl up at her, his fingers moving from her wrist to reach up and trace the curve of her neck, causing Jayde to shiver slightly but continue to lean in.

As much as Joker was enjoying watching the frustration build behind her eyes as he hesitated to kiss her, her lips really were only a few inches away and they were so damn pretty and pink…So he gave in, closing the distance by applying the slightest bit of pressure to the back of her neck with two fingers. Another low hum escaped his chest when Jayde abandoned all pretense and lowered herself onto his lap, facing him as their kiss deepened.

Joker hands traveled downward along the curve of her sides until he found her hips, pulling her the littlest bit closer, just as Jayde arched her back slightly. Her fingers had come to play with the lining of his shirt up by his neck and Joker was just about to brush his tongue against her top lip when a knock on the office door across the room distracted him. With a groan, he pulled away, tilting his head back to close his eyes irritably. A second later, he shuddered unexpectedly when Jayde leaned forward to trace part of his neck with her soft tongue.

"W-what?" he called loudly, opening his eyes to glare at Jayde as she pulled back from his neck, grinning playfully at him.

"Um, I have Jayde's new phone for you…whenever you're ready." Dotcom's voice called from the other side of the room. Joker sighed, turning his head slightly to glance at his computer.

"Fine," he answered, and much to Jayde's disappointment, he grabbed her hips to stand her up before turning to the computer screen. "Go get your phone and finish putting your stuff away. I still have work to do."

For a few moments, Jayde stood there staring at him, somewhat disbelieving that she had just been so abruptly excused like that. But as Joker seemed to feel her watching him, he turned slowly, raising his eyes to look at her up and down a few times.

"Oh, don't worry, doll. We're gonna continue that later." He assured her.

So now feeling less irritated, Jayde left the room, smirking to herself.

Downstairs, Dotcom was in the kitchen, pulling a can of Dr. Pepper from the fridge when he noticed Jayde and smiled, offering her another can. She took it and followed him out into the living room where they sat down, flipping on the TV.

"Hope I wasn't um-…interrupting anything." Dotcom said a second later, winking at Jayde as she rolled her eyes, popping open her can of soda.

"No, but I kind of wish you did." She replied, looking over as he tossed a brand new Blackberry phone to her. "Oh, wow, thanks!"

"So…last night, you guys didn't…" he paused, looking over at her as she shrugged, taking a sip of her drink.

"No, he was dead on his feet. You should've seen him, he was exhausted." Across from her, Dotcom nodded slowly then laughed.

"So I should probably sleep in your room tonight then if I want to get any quiet sleep." He commented under his breath and both burst into giggles.

What seemed like a very long time passed by slowly and Jayde had by then, given in and was now laying on her side along the white couch in the living room. An hour ago, Dotcom had disappeared into his room to work on starting up that fake business so now Jayde was quite alone, still watching TV. Her boredom had just about reached it's limit and she was about to go bother Joker when she heard a door open and close upstairs.

"Dotcom!" Joker shouted over his shoulder as he plopped down onto the couch, down by Jayde's feet a minute later. She glanced down at him but back to the television when she felt him reach over and glide his hand onto the deep curve of her side while he waited for a response. Jayde ignored him at first but groaned quietly when he suddenly tightened his grip, rocking her hip a bit.

Seconds later, Dotcom entered the living room and Joker took his hand away to let his arm rest on the back of the couch.

"You called me?" he asked, sitting down in the arm chair across from the couch as Joker crossed one ankle over his other knee.

"Yes, I did. Everything set with Jayde's new job?" Joker was now carefully tracing the tip of his finger along Jayde's curvy side, down and up again, while he continued to look at Dotcom, awaiting his answer. He noticed Dotcom quickly glance at what he was doing, obviously feeling slightly uncomfortable with the affection he was showing Jayde. The corner of his top lip turned up in a snide grin; nothing made him happier than to make someone feel weird. A second later, Dotcom snapped out it, clearly having trained himself to ignore Joker's attempts to bother him.

"Yeah, everything's set. I set up a separate IP address and routing system for the-.." Dotcom began but stopped short when Joker waved his hand at him, closing his eyes.

"Ahhh, stop, I don't care how you did it, just make sure she gets paid every month. Yes?" He asked, raising his eyebrows, then nodded when Dotcom agreed. "Right, so, anything else?" he then asked again, glancing over at Jayde as she absentmindedly watched TV. "You got anything to add over there, sweet cheeks?" She turned her head and was about to shrug at Joker when Dotcom spoke up.

"There's not a whole lot to eat in the kitchen. But I figured tonight I would just go get pizza or something, then tomorrow she and I can draw straws to see who has to go to the store." He explained, grinning at Jayde as she fake-glared at him. Down by her legs, Joker was nodding slowly with his thinking face on.

"Hm…" he hummed, standing up from the couch to walk over to the stairs. "How about…Russian roulette to see who goes to the store? I kinda like that one…" Dotcom rolled his eyes at Jayde as Joker continued up the stairs, now talking to himself. "…Or maybe…whoever drinks the most bleach doesn't-…" His voice trailed off as he disappeared into his bedroom and Dotcom went to get his phone to order dinner, leaving Jayde alone, once again.

It wasn't long, however, before Dotcom came back but only to say he was leaving to go to the city to pick it up and that he should probably be back in a half-hour. Ten minutes later, Joker was still upstairs, probably 'working' again, so Jayde decided it was time for a change of scenery and went upstairs into the place she now called her room.

The bed was just as comfortable as she remembered it being and as she sank into the fluffy pillows, her hand grabbed the remote to turn on that new tv. The screen had just emerged from black when her eyes moved to the door as the Joker appeared in the way, his hair wet and in clean clothes. At first, he was smirking but it faded quickly as he immediately noticed the décor change and he stepped inside, frowning at it as if it had done him a great personal wrong. Jayde sat up to sit indian style, grinning as he noticed the flat-screen tv and scoffed loudly.

"Looks like someone let the fag out of the bag." He commented, stepping over to sit on the bed across from Jayde. She scoffed, swatting at his arm.

"Shut up, it was really nice of him!" she paused, shrugging sheepishly. "I wouldn't have wanted to stay in here if it still looked the way it did before."

Joker must have understood as he nodded a second later, leaning forward to rest his chin in the palm of his hand with his elbow on his knee. He watched her eyes for a moment, then asked, "Are you glad you're here?"

Jayde tried not to grin. There were times, rare times, but still moments in Joker's personality where he would say or ask something completely honest and up-front and Jayde always appreciated them for how genuine they were. She nodded slowly, finally allowing herself a mild smile.

"Yes, I am." She answered, glancing down momentarily as she hesitated. "Are you?" she then asked, raising her gaze to meet his.

At first, she had a feeling that Joker would shake his head 'no', just to be an asshole but a moment or two later, he nodded, blinking placidly at her. Jayde smiled in return, leaning to the side on her elbow when he decided to lay down on his back along her bed and take a deep breath. She watched him, studying him for a few moments while he had his eyes closed.

"Tre will probably be here day after tomorrow." he said after a few minutes, turning his head to look over at Jayde as she raised her eyebrows.

"Really?"

Joker nodded, linking his fingers together over his chest. "I need a new black guy since Grizz got shot and I figured, who better than my best black guy?" he shrugged, his eyes sliding shut again. "So I called him earlier and he should be leaving Chicago in the morning." Jayde nodded, but gave in a second later to lay down next to Joker on her stomach, with her head rested on her arms and good thing, too. Her elbow did a perfect job of hiding her guilty grin when Joker turned onto his side facing her and let his hand slide onto the small of her back.

It took a lot of will-power for Jayde to keep herself from letting out a soft moan when he curled his fingers around her opposite hip to pull her closer and onto her side facing away from him with her back to his chest. The fingers that had been resting on the curve of her hip tightened their hold as Joker pulled her back until her ass was right up against the dip of his lap. At this, Jayde actually did groan and let her head come to rest on the bed, exposing a good portion of her neck to him.

Joker immediately noticed this and moved in, bypassing a kiss and instead used his teeth to bite down firmly on the nape. He smirked to himself when he had to hold Jayde's hips back as she rocked them forward instinctually, whimpering quietly when he used his tongue to trace the marks he had just made. It was not long from then, before Joker found himself sliding his hand up along her ribcage, moving her shirt along with it and at some point, he had moved from her neck to her shoulder. He was just about to leave another kiss here when downstairs, the sound of the garage door opening tore his attention from Jayde. He groaned loudly, taking his hand from Jayde to slap his palm to his forehead as he rolled onto his back, definitely more irritated than the last time they had been interrupted. In front of him, Jayde was laughing, sitting up to pat his stomach.

"C'mon," she called, rising from the bed. "You know you're starving."

Surprisingly, for inner Gotham city pizza, dinner was actually pretty good and as Jayde carried dishes into the kitchen, she laughed to herself when she heard Joker burp, followed shortly by a disgusted 'ugh' from Dotcom. It seemed somewhere over the past three months, someone had decided it was just easier to use the dishwasher than to wash all of them by hand and once she noticed this, she stowed the dishes from that night with the others already in there.

Back at the table, it seemed Dotcom had already retired to the back porch for a cigarette. Joker was still seated at the table, doing something apparently important on his new phone. So she left him alone and instead stepped out back to sit across from Dotcom at the round table. Once she had sat down, he flicked his pack of cigarettes across to her followed shortly by the lighter.

"So, I think we should both go to the store tomorrow." He started randomly. Jayde looked over so he continued. "I figure since Joker wants you to still be seen in Gotham, I can drive you to your apartment building and you can walk across the street to that little grocery store. Then I'll pick you up in the basement, after."

It seemed to make sense so Jayde agreed and decided she would ask Joker about it in the morning, just to make sure. After taking a drag of her cigarette, she looked over at Dotcom then glanced in the window to make sure Joker was still preoccupied.

"Did he tell you his best friend is coming to stay here?" she asked, her voice quiet, just in case Joker hadn't wanted her to tell Dotcom. He shook his head, leaning closer. Jayde went on. "Yeah, I met him when we stopped in Chicago on our way back from Montana. Apparently, they've been pretty much brothers since they were like thirteen." She paused, glancing inside again. "He's pretty much the black version of…" her thumb jerked toward Joker sitting at the table on the other side of the glass. "He's kinda hot." She then admitted, laughing when Dotcom's eyebrows raised.

Before long, both of their cigarettes were finished so they stood to go back inside, Jayde stepping inside after Dotcom to plop down on the other side of the table from Joker. Her forearms came to rest on the table where she linked her hands together. Her lips slowly formed a grin when Joker very slowly looked up from the phone to make eye contact with her. He looked back down a moment later, sniffing once in an uninterested sort of way.

"You ladies had a nice chat?" he asked, finishing with a strong emphasis on the 't'.

"Yes, we did, actually." Jayde answered, but pushed back from the table abruptly to walk over and start up the stairs. Behind her, she was positive Joker had turned to watch her go and did not even have to look to be sure. Once she had reached the top, she gave a small toss of her head, gracefully throwing her hair over her shoulder so it all fell down her back as she knew Joker liked it a little when she did that. She smirked to herself once she had made it to her bedroom door; it was only a matter of time now.

In the large, marble bathroom, Jayde sighed in contentment at having all of her nice smelling, feminine scents and body washes there and while she waited for the water in the huge bath tub to warm, she went through them, sniffing as she went. The first few were a little too fruity for her current mood but after finding her favorite coconut and vanilla body wash, she locked the bathroom door from the inside, deciding that Joker could wait a little longer to come find her.

Joker glanced over his shoulder at the second story as he stood up from the table downstairs, sliding the phone into his back pocket. He had heard the water start running upstairs, then stop ten minutes later so figuring where Jayde had disappeared to, he went to lock the doors, turning off lights as he went. At the top of the stairs, Joker paused, straining his ear toward the direction of Jayde's room but all was silent. Dotcom had gone into his room for the night so Joker went to the door of his office and stepped inside to turn off the computer, figuring he would just have to wait a little bit longer to…surprise Jayde when she emerged from her room.

A fluffy white towel hung on the rack closest to the tub so after retrieving it, Jayde wrapped it around herself, drying off the best she could while she was still in the warm, steamy bathroom. Part of her hoped when she opened the door, Joker would be waiting in her room for her, but on second thought, she was somewhat looking forward to having to go find him.

She sighed in relief when she stepped out to find her room empty. The television was still on from earlier so after she had turned it off, she found a pair of boy-cut underwear and thin, baggy pajama pants before locating a green long-sleeved shirt with a wide cut neck that exposed her collarbones and upper shoulders. Luckily, only the very tips of her thick, black curls had gotten wet so she left her hair down and hung up the towel before walking to her door.

The entire house was completely dark and Jayde frowned slightly when she looked down the hall toward Joker's bedroom to find it too was pitch black. Feeling slightly discouraged, Jayde stepped out but immediately felt her heart beat quicken a bit. She had never been a fan of complete darkness and as she took a few steps down the hall, she started to get the feeling that she was being watched…but she was kind of starting to like it.

Her next steps into the darkness were more bold and she had just about reached the top of the stairs near Joker's office door when two hands grabbed her tightly and pulled her back. Upon instinct, Jayde had opened her mouth to scream but gasped instead when she realized Joker had pulled her back up against his chest and she leaned against him as his back met the wall behind them. Her head tilted back against his shoulder when his fingers wrapped around her neck, gently but firmly and she practically purred, arching her back against him.

Behind her, she heard Joker take a deep breath in, exhaling as he spoke against her neck. "Mmm…You smell good enough to fuck, sweet thing." He growled, letting his hands come to rest on her hips. His first two fingers slid into the lining of her pajama pants and underwear before he dug his thumbs into the small of her back deeply. Jayde hummed softly, casually digging her ass into the crotch of his jeans. She grinned when she heard Joker's breath hitch in his chest.

Taking advantage of his momentary weakness, Jayde tilted her head to the side, placing her hands over Joker's at her hips to guide them up along her hourglass shape until they reached her ribs.

"So, are you just gonna feel me up all day or are you going to actually fuck me at some point…" she cooed, grinning when Joker laughed sarcastically from behind her. A second later, she gasped when he suddenly pushed her away roughly, down the hallway toward his bedroom before he stood up from leaned against the wall to advance toward her. He lowered his head, shaking it slowly.

"You better get in that room, girl." He growled in a voice Jayde had never heard him use before and just the sound of it caused all the hairs on her arms to raise. She was walking backwards towards his room, grinning slyly at him as he stalked after her, his eyes narrowed and extra glossy as he watched her go.

Her back came in contact with the wood of Joker's closed door and she fumbled quickly behind her for the knob as he closed in on her. It swung open and the moment it had closed behind him, Joker reached out, grabbing a fistful of Jayde's hair, tilting her head back. Jayde let out a moan, bringing her hands up to grip his shoulders as he bit down hard on the curve of her neck, using his lips a second later to soothe the dents in her skin. He let go of her and Jayde stepped out of her pajama pants before she sat daintily on the edge of his bed with her legs crossed.

Apparently, Joker was having none of this and stepped over after her, uncrossing her legs forcefully to place himself between them and his hand met her throat again to push her back until she was laying under him.

With his hands now on either side of her shoulders, Joker paused to breathe down her neck, giving Jayde an opportunity to tease him. Her hands found the bottom of his shirt where she slid them up his stomach under the material until she reached his chest. In one movement, Joker had shrugged out of it and dropped it to the side, but Jayde was not done with her turn yet. Bringing her elbows up, she leaned on them while she went immediately for Joker's weak spot with her lips and tongue. She smirked to herself when Joker grunted, his hips bucking slightly. A moment later, her nails dug into his shoulders as he used her hair to pull her away from his neck, opening his glassy, dilated eyes to glare at her.

Jayde's shirt was next to go and once Joker had thrown it to the other side of the room, she shivered, bringing her hands up instinctively. He caught her wrists suddenly, pinning them tightly to the bed on either side of her shoulders while he leaned down, using his tongue to trace the delicate curve of her breast. She sighed, arching her back against his chest when he flicked his tongue lightly across her nipple.

It seemed at this point, however that Joker had made it to the end of his patience and was done teasing both of them when he let go of her wrists to reach down and unbuckle his belt with one hand. Something in the way he watched her while she watched him undo his jeans was inexplicably sexy to Jayde at the moment and she could feel her underwear sticking to her as he kicked them off before turning his attention to hers.

Her pajama pants had been easy enough to ditch and neither were really sure where they had landed as Jayde had kicked them blindly across his room. Rising to sit on his knees between her thighs, Joker looked down and grinned as one finger reached out to stroke her gently through her thin, lacey underwear.

"Hmm…" he growled, tugging the now soaked crotch of her panties to the side. "I think I may have missed this little thing." Jayde moaned softly when he pushed his middle finger inside her. He laughed quietly deep in his chest when he felt her clench tightly around it. "Seems like she missed me too."

By now, Jayde was absolutely beside herself, practically trembling in anticipation and although Joker's games were fun at first, she was surprised to find herself running out of patience now. A louder groan escaped her as she arched her back to grind her hips against him, her nails digging so hard into his back she could swear she was breaking skin.

"Joker, please just fuck me." she practically begged, knowing that was exactly what he had been wanting to hear but he only laughed again, reaching down to wrap his hand around that positively throbbing dick.

"Are you suuure?" he asked, grinning evilly at her as she cried out in exasperation.

"Joker!"

Jayde's back arched when he thrust into her, and her nails raked the back of his shoulders as he swung his hips into a rough rhythm against hers. It stung at first and she couldn't help but whimper "Ow" softly to him; it had been three months, after all. Joker did not slow down but simply laughed breathlessly, shaking his head.

"Uh-uh...You wanted it so you're havin' it. No stopping now," he growled, reaching down to press his thumb to her clit and distract her from the pain. It must have worked as Jayde moaned, tilting her head back and he felt her clench around him several times, urging him on.

A few moments passed before Joker sat up to his knees, still rocking his hips, now watching Jayde until he felt that familiar tightening sensation across his lower abdomen. It was much too soon for that so he shook his head roughly a few times, trying to shake it off but of course, Jayde did exactly the opposite of what he needed and had just reached out to let her hands glide down his stomach to his hips. He groaned, reaching down to take her hands and pin them on either side of her head. However, this did not help his situation either so he paused, pulling out of her to try and reign it in for a few moments.

His forearms met the mattress on either side of Jayde's ribcage and he fit his hands under her shoulders, pressing the curve of his nose to the underside of her chin. He was breathing hard, but not breathless and a heavy sigh escaped him as he closed his eyes against her skin.

"What's wrong?" Jayde asked, her own breathing slightly ragged. Joker laughed, shaking his head.

"Nothing, you're gonna make me cum." He admitted, reaching down to his dick. Jayde looked up at him as he sat up, pushing his hair away from his face. She shrugged, letting her fingers trace the cut lines leading from his hips, downward.

"I'm not trying to." She answered and Joker laughed again, reaching down to turn her over onto her knees.

"I know…" he growled, forcing a loud moan from Jayde when he entered her again, this time with his hands forcing a deep dip in her back as he slid them along the curve to frame her hips. Jayde stretched out, falling back to meet each one of his thrusts, pulling a deep growling groan from Joker's chest as his pace quickened.

It wasn't long before Jayde was whimpering his name, her hands fisted tightly around two bunches of his comforter and Joker groaned deeply, thrusting hard a few more times until he came with a slight shudder. His tight grip on her hips loosened and Jayde lay down on her stomach, tucking her arms underneath her as Joker collapsed on the bed next to her on his back, shaking his head as if trying to clear it of fuzziness.

"Shit, Jayde…" he groaned, closing his eyes as his hand reached up to push his hair away from his face before he went on. "I mean, damn, girl."

Jayde rose up onto her elbows, grinning at him in the dark room as he looked over at her, still gradually slowing his breathing. She shrugged innocently. "What? It seems like you enjoyed that."

"Oh, I did…" Joker answered, his voice gravely and clowny. He was about to go on and tell her off for memorizing pretty much all the little things that absolutely drove him crazy with lust and for using all of them against him to make him finish. On second thought, however, it had been three months, and she might not even realize what she had been doing so he stayed quiet but turned over onto his side.

Across from him, Jayde was seemingly half-asleep already so he rose from the bed to retrieve his boxers and her pajama pants, tossing them onto her face when he returned. She jumped but then put them on, crawling her way up toward the top of Joker's bed when he lay down next to her, handing her the forgotten green shirt he had thrown across the room.

As she nestled down into his incredibly comfortable bed, she sighed, turning over to face him. He had already buried his face into his pillows on his side facing her and Jayde could not help but grin when he opened one eye to peer at her through the darkness. For several long moments, they looked at each other before Jayde broke the silence.

"I'm really glad you're back, Joker."

His eye closed again and he did not answer, but his large, rough hand reached out, wrapping around her smaller one stretched out on the bed between them. That was all the response Jayde needed. She knew he agreed and like that, they both drifted off.

ATTN Ladies and Gentlemen, I need to explain something…I am of the mind that this site is for creativity. My version of Joker, while pretty accurate to the version played by Ledger, is also slightly different. I believe everyone has a right to vary certain aspects of the character according to what they imagine. My version of the Joker is exactly that; my version. I appreciate all of you that have decided to keep up with this sequel and I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please take the time to leave me a review to let me know what you liked or didn't like. (they help keep me motivated)

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