A/N: Yes, I know it's been quite a long while, but schools was merciless this period, so sadly I couldn't write too much. BIG, BIG thank you to all the people who reviewed and who put this story on their Favorite Stories/Story Alarm Lists. You Rock!

"Are you freakin' serious Linda?" Jay let out excited.

It was the next day, early in the morning, at about 9:30 AM. Jay was in her room, getting dressed while talking to her friend on the phone, on speaker.

The girl couldn't catch anymore sleep since she had woken up in the middle of the night. She stayed up thinking, just thinking, the whole time. What she was thinking of…Jay couldn't remember too well, but once she saw the sunrise, she automatically got up and started picking some clothes to wear, as if the whole time she just wanted to leave. She was aware of the fact that going to MCU one more time was more than stupid, but Jay only knew that both her body and part of her mind needed to go there; and that explanation was enough for her.

When Jay remembered to grab some breakfast, her phone rang and she began a conversation with one of her best friends.

"Yep, I am, Jay!" Linda said from the other end "I told dad how much we wanted to go see this concert, so he did a few arrangements and voila: Three front seat tickets and backstage passes for you, Amy and I!"

"You're dad's the best, really! Any other parent would get annoyed after being told over and over again for the past three years how 'cool, awesome and hot' Coldplay is!" Jay replied while putting on a pair of jeans shorts "Trust me: I speak from experience!" she added rolling her eyes.

"Thanks, Jay! I just can't wait a couple more months…I'm so excited!" Linda said.

Afterwards, there was a short silence on the phone, interrupted only by, what seemed, a sad sigh.

"Is everything alright, Lin?" Jay asked concerned and surprised, tightening a belt through the loops of her jeans.

"Yeah, I'm ok…it's just that…" Linda began hesitantly.

"What?"

"Well, I just think that Max isn't the one ok…"

Linda has had a crush on one of her guy friends, Max, for about two years. Jay knew fair well that her friend was almost, what you may call, 'obsessed' with him, for she would always ask around their common friends about what he does and how he feels.

"What is it this time, Linda?" Jay asked.

"I think something bad happened with him…I mean, he doesn't seem to be the same person. He became…" the girl struggled to find the right word "colder…at least with me! It's as if he fell into a sort of depression"

"Depression?" Jay let out while turning a shirt she had in her hands outside in "What exactly makes you think that?"

"I don't know for sure…last week he was all happy and bubbly and yesterday he was just gloomy for some reason…All of the sudden!"

"Maybe he's been through some hard times lately…" Jay suggested.

"But he didn't say anything to anyone! When I'm upset I always tell someone in order to get unloaded of all that negative energy. But Max…he didn't say anything to anyone, none of his friends, none of his…" Linda stated.

"Maybe he wasn't comfortable with talking to anyone…" Jay suggested, her eyes planted on the floor, in deep thought.

"Why not? I don't understand those kind of people" Linda said frustrated "Why do they close themselves like that?"

"It's not like they want to, Linda!"
"Oh, c'mon, Jay! Be serious! All you have to do is open your mouth and talk the pain away…it's that easy"

Jay didn't reply. She looked at the white shirt she was holding in her hands, in deep contemplation. The shirt had the image of a green snake with big, beady, red eyes on it. Jay stared into the two brightly-colored eyes while many thoughts were running through her head. She inhaled and pressed her lips together after looking away from the shirt, still being in deep thought.

"Jay…are you still there?" Linda asked all of the sudden, breaking the awkward silence.

"Lin…" the girl said, before licking her lips, trying to search for the right words "If I told you I have a dream…"

"A dream? You dreamt something cool last night? Tell me, tell me please!" Linda let out excited.

Jay let out a loud sigh. She then covered her torso with the shirt she kept in her two hands and said in a disappointed voice:

"Umm, Linda…I have to go now! I'm busy in town today"

"Oh…well, alright then! Maybe…maybe you'll tell me what you dreamt later today, when you get back home?" Linda suggested.

"Forget about the dream thing. It was nothing…" Jay let out sharply before they said a final goodbye to each other.

After spending about half an hour in front of the mirror, Jay grabbed her bag and left. After a few minutes of walking down the street in the hot sun, a thought struck her like a brick in the head. Her mom was where she wanted to go! Her mom was at MCU. Not to mention that, in the middle of the day, the place would probably be full of cops. How on earth could she ever get to see the Joker again? The night before was a chance in a million and she felt then that she hadn't cherished it enough!

Jay stopped in her tracks to think the situation over. Her first problem, and her biggest, was her mother. She had already been suspicious the night before when Jay asked a few questions, so returning to the unit for no reason would only make her situation worse. Jay looked at her side for a few moments and what did she see? A Starbucks coffee shop! Then, the light bulb in her head turned on. That was it! She could buy a coffee and a snack for her mother saying it was a way to apologize for leaving without permission the night before. That way, the woman couldn't suspect anything wrong and would also be less mad at her daughter's mistake. As long as she had her mother out of the way, she felt completely confident that she would reach her goal, even though the unit won't be that empty.

Jay bought a latte from Starbucks and a sandwich from a near fast-food and moved on. In about a quarter of an hour she was in front of MCU. Right after entering, she had already collided with about three persons, people seeming to be very, very busy and hectic. She walked down the corridors, trying to look for her mother's office, but eventually got lost in less than five minutes. Jay then asked a few cops who were around her for directions. A bit later, she finally found her mother, standing in front of her office and talking to a group of people.

"Hi, mom! Jay said sweetly while approaching.

"Jayne?!" the sergeant said surprised when noticing the girl "What are you doing here?"

"I just came to see you!" Jay said with a wide smile.

"Hmm…" the woman cocked her eyebrow in suspicion "And why is that?"

"Because, well…I just brought you these" the girl said showing her mother what she had bought for her "It's a way of saying 'I'm sorry' for leaving last night!"

The woman eyed her daughter for a few more moments, and then her frowned expression turned in a milder one. She even managed to smile a little, in the corner of her mouth.

"Really? You came here just to bring me this?" Williams asked. Jay nodded her head quickly. "Oh, then…thank you, Jayne! It's very sweet of you!"

The woman grabbed what Jay was holding in her hands after kissing her forehead. Then, she took a sip from the coffee and said:

"Hmm, latte! My favorite!"

"So, will you forgive me?" Jay said with a smile, batting her eyelashes.

"I already have, kid!" her mom said "And by the way…I have just a few more things to get done before going home. Could you stay around for about twenty minutes so we could go home together?"

"That sounds perfect!" Jay let out in what was almost a scream of excitement. Her mother once again looked at her in a suspicious way, before Jay added stammering, afraid of the fact that her true intentions might be discovered "I mean…it's great! I'm, umm…glad that we could go home together!"

The girl then put on an innocent looking smile. After saying a pretty unconvinced 'ok, I'll see you later' the woman entered her office and shut the door. Jay could almost jump up and down of joy. She had tamed the lion and she also had enough time to check what she had put her mind to. Jay knew that she pretty much lied to her mom just to see a psychopathic stranger, but for some reason she didn't care at all…not one bit.

She knew though, that quite a hard journey was ahead of her. Jay had to avoid all the cops in the unit and find the way to the cells in record time. But luckily for her, not many of the cops, on her way in, cared of her presence among them and the rest just knew she was Williams' daughter, so they wouldn't bother questioning her.

It took her about five minutes to find the cells again, trying to remember as much as she could from the night before. On her way there, Jay tried to avoid and hide from as many cops as possible, not wanting to risk anything. But most of them were simply too busy talking on the phone or with the paperwork to notice her. Jay couldn't believe how lucky she was! It was as if some superior force wanted her to reach her goal. At the same time though, she was very surprised by the ignorance of the cops…after all, they are there to protect us from the bad guys.

Once she reached the cell area, Jay had a sudden epiphany…it was day time, that meant that not only would the other prisoners be awake, but also the guardians. She simply stopped and thought. It was true, the prisoners wouldn't be sleeping, but what damage could they cause to her? They were behind bars! As for the guardians…well, with a drop of luck they might just be taking lunch at that our, Jay thought smiling a little. Either way, she was determined to see that man, come hell or high water. Jay then shot her head up confidently and continued to walk.

Once passing about two cells, she realized it hadn't been such a good idea to take short jeans that morning

"Hey, Al, come take a look at this!" the voice of a male could be heard from one of the cells, the words being said in an obscene way and directed towards her.

"Whoa, nice legs babe….you busy tonight?" another voice could be heard, accompanied by a few whistles.

Jay turned red in the face and attempted to cover her bare legs with her bag as she walked by the cells. She tried her best not to make eye contact with the men and just look straight forward the whole time, but she couldn't help but notice that more and more prisoners stepped closer to the bars in order to see her better when she passed by. Most of them were whistling and applauding and others kept yelling all sorts of obscenities at her. Jay had never felt more embarrassed in her entire life. She tried to walk faster in order to escape that walk of shame as soon as possible. Her mother was right: all convicts see women as pieces of meat, and that's the most disgusting thing a man could do.

After a few more steps, Jay saw something familiar: the table loaded with the Joker's possessions and the chair on which the guardian had slept on the night before, only that this time it was empty. As the noise persisted, she looked around for guardians, but not a sign of one, fact that she found pretty peculiar. She then made a self note in her mind that she had to ask her mother about it. Jay then turned to her right and approached the Joker's cell. The man was still sitting on the bench, his legs stretched and parted a little in front of him and his head rested on the bars at the back of the cell.

Jay walked so she could be right in front of him. That was the moment when all the noise, all the yelling, shouting or clapping died instantly. Even if he was locked up, the Joker still seemed to drive fear in the hearts of the ones around him. The Joker looked up at Jay, then turned his head left to look at some of the men in the other cells, who were now as silent as lambs. He then turned his head back at Jay and, with a small gesture, began slapping his hands slowly, like a little child:

"Whoo!" he let out a short squawk, before stopping himself abruptly from clapping, offering the impression he was mocking the men who had yelled like a bunch of alpha males in heats.

Jay couldn't help but smile a bit at the Joker's dry humor. But the smile was short lived, because, once again, standing in front of him, she felt like she was about to faint. So after getting a grip, with her gaze planted on the floor, she looked up at the man before her, not daring to stare him in the eyes. Her legs felt like jelly for the second time.

"I…" said Jay before pausing to bite her bottom lip "I came to see you…again"

The man didn't react in any way, he just kept staring at her the same way he had since she arrived. Then, after about a minute of awkward silence, the Joker licked his lips, smearing his make-up even more and looked at the girl's shirt, saying:

"Cobra!"

"Wha…" Jay couldn't finish, because the strong, commanding voice of a male was heard from behind her, interrupting the so-called dialogue.

"YOUNG LADY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE?"

Jay swiftly turned around with her cheeks bright red. She recognized that voice, for she had heard it many times before

"Mr. Gordon, I…"

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