I Choose Her

An argument

🌿Poison Ivy's Point 🌿

When we arrive at a local museum I hear Joker, down the street, robbing a bank. So unoriginal.

"Is that-" Harley whisper and I whisper back, trying not be caught.

"Ignore it and come on, Harls." I say walking inside.

"But I-"

"Harley!" I loudly whisper. She runs to my side. I pick the lock of the museum doors and walk inside. "Okay, there are camera there." I point "There, and there." I point to all the cameras.

"Are you sure that's all of them?" She asks.

"Yeah, I did my research. Plus, Selina taught me a thing or two about the layout." I say, walking down a hallway, trying to avoid all the cameras. We hear heavy footstep down the hallway. I turn to look at Harley and place my finger over my lip, indicating for her to be quiet. The footstep stop. The silence surrounding us grows louder. I feel my heart beating through my chest. I feel full of adrenaline and excitement. I love heists. I smile at the thought of it.

"Why is it so silent?" Harley asks.

"We don't want to get caught." I reply.

"When I was with Joker, we always made a big entrance an-" I start to walk off as she continues her irrelevant story. I find the chemicals I need and make my way over, quietly and carefully stepping. I step behind the red ribbon and carefully pick them up from the display casing.

"Hiya, Red!" Harley says from behind me, causing me to jump and almost waist the substance. I catch I the glass it is in before it hits the floor.

"You scared the hell out of me, Harley!" I say a little too loud.

"Hey! Who's there? Show your face!" Says the security guard, quickly approaching us.

''Shit, shit, shit. Run to the car, hurry!" I say to Harley as I sprint to the car. She follows behind. We jump into the car before the guard had time to catch up. I start to drive as I see the guard trying to frantically get his key out for his car. I drive down the street, past Joker and I watch as Harley eyes are steady on him and his car. The car ride is silent until I break that. "Harley, you literally and metaphorically bend over backwards for that man. He'll come back to you. I am not saying to get with him if he does, but I do not want you crawling back to him. It is tiring for me to watch. I bet it is more tiring for you, you just don't want to admit it, do you?" She remains silent. "Hm. Look, what I am trying to say is you are better than him. You don't need him. You've been thriving without him." I sigh. "He does nothing for you and never will." I say. We finally arrive home and I step out of the car. Harley does the same and I walk to the front door to unlock the door. I step inside, place my keys down and working in my lab for the rest on the day. Lots of trials and errors but I will get this, for Harley.

♦️Harley Quinn's Point Of View♦️

Once we get home I sit on tha couch. I notice Ivy going inta her lab, knowing she won't come back out until I am asleep. I don't know if she does this ta avoid me or what. I watch a bit of TV before headin' off ta bed in ma room.

I wake up in a cold sweat from a nightmare. I quickly sit up. Breathin' heavily, I check out tha room I am in ta make sure I am alone. I get up an' check tha time. 12:23pm. As I walk outta ma room, I look down both sides of tha hallway. Nothing changes from when I went ta bed. That means... I head to Ivy's lab an' lightly knock on tha door. I hear thuds an' a groans comin' from Ivy before she opens tha door.

"Oh, hey Harley, did I wake you?" She says with a sweet smile as she takes off she gloves an' pushed up ha goggles.

"Well, I, uh- yeah." I take a deep breath want to come off as more confident an' fearless, like the red head before me. I stand up straight, poke out my chest an' hold ma head high. She notices ma changes an' laughs but I choose ta ignore it. "I was just checking up on ya. When are ya headin'nta bed?" I ask.

"In an hour, possibly, you know-"

"Check the time." I interrupt. She is surprised by this but does what I say.

"Oh, yeah, I'll go to bed now. Thank you." She gives a slight nod "Oh, and next time you want to lie to me..." She says, poking out her finger, placing it in the middle of my chest. She pushesma chest  an' stops me from poking it out, now making me feel small. "...dont."

"Lie? Lie about what?" I ask.

"I know you don't care about when I am going to bed. You probably had a nightmare, hm? Honestly predictable." She raises an eyebrow an' stares inta my soul. Her emerald green eyes hold my attention.

"I do care! I-" I begin.

"No, no ya don't." She lets out a chuckle. "You're a deep sleeper. Don't lie, Harley." She finished as she takes off tha rest of ha gear then walks upstairs. I walk up them too. 

"You're just making that stuff up as you go! You don't know much of anythin' about me!" I feel rage take over.

🌿Poison Ivy's Point Of View🌿

Don't know much...? This... I take a deep breath and try to compose my anger but I can't. I don't know why I let this get to me but it did. The only person I care about is telling me I don't know her.

"I can read you like a book, Quinzel, but apparently I don't know you well, hm? You know who doesn't know much? Your so called 'lover'. Why am I letting you bother me? Fuck. Give me a break." I stare at her and she stares back. "I said go." My eyes narrow and my fist balls up. I know I won't and physically cannot bring myself to lay my hands on her like he did. I see Harley's eyes forming tears. This break my heart but not my act. I wait for her to leave, and she does.

"Fuck this..." She storms off to her room. She slams the door behind her. I exhale. I walk to Harley's door. I knock. No reply. I knock again.

"Harley, can we talk? I'm sorry." I wait. Still not respose. I open her door. "Harley, I-" she isn't in here and I get chills up my back. Just to make sure I look on the other side and even under that bed. I check the closet before I feel a cold gust on wind. I look at the window, it's cracked open. "Dammit." I try to connect with the green to find her but I feel frantic and rushed it is hard to keep forcus. After a few minutes of trying I finally find her. She's at a... a park? I grab my keys and get into my car. I drive to the park where Harley is. I find her sitting on a bench, luckily alone. I get behind a tree and watch her as times flies by. She looks in my direction and when she does I hide behind the tree. "Don't get caught, don't get caught..." I peek back at her and notice she is gone. "Huh? Shit. Where is she."

"Boo!" I hear a soft voice behind me making me jump and quickly turn around. "Ya got caught." Says Harley, smiling at me.

"Harley! I'm sorry. About what I said, back at the house. I apologize. I-" 

"Ferget it!" She says smiling.

"Wha-?" I look at her confused.