Chapter 36

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        Harley and Joker walked around the local grocery store, looking around for the popcorn. When they found it, they were disappointed when they found out there were several different flavors of popcorn, too. There was regular, lime, simply salted, mega butter, barely buttered, low fat, high fat, too much fat, not enough fat, corndog, and grape, because everything has to have a grape flavored version of it. This reminded Joker that he needed to buy Jolly Ranchers and only eat the cherry and watermelon flavored ones, because when he ever ran out of lipstick, it made his lips red. Besides, it made his breath smell nice.

        "What do you think, girl buddy? Grape, high fat, simply salted, or regular?" Joker asked Harley, who was equally confused.

         "Let's rule out grape and high fat. I might not have a diet, but that doesn't mean that I'm going to risk losing this perfect figure I have going on," Harley replied, striking a sassy pose. Joker looked down at his chubby ball that he called a body. He wasn't ashamed of his body, yet compared to Harley's and Batman's, it was pretty pathetic. Still, he would rather eat chocolate chips straight from the bag as a snack than look like a supermodel. The two settled on simply salted and they prepared to leave. At least, not before picking up a bag of M&M's first. Okay, two bags, but they were hungry. When they paid (begrudgingly) and headed to their car, they ran into an unexpected run-in.

        "Oh, if it isn't young billionaires themselves," Harley greeted Richard Grayson and Bruce Wayne, who were just about to walk into the store as well.

         "Hey Harley! Wow, do you skate everywhere?" Richard asked the female villain, his eyes lighting up at the sight of her skates.

          "Yep, sure do," Harley responded. Joker stared at Bruce, not sure if he wanted to be the one to speak first.

           "Wow Joker, it's been a while. How long has it been, 5 hours?" Bruce joked, which made Joker blush and giggle.

           "That was actually yesterday, but I appreciate the fact that you attempted to be cute, I mean funny," Joker replied, rolling on his feet.

           "What can I say? I know you so well."

          "Really? I thought that we'd only met a few times."

         "Uh, that was another joke!"

         "Your tone didn't indicate that."

        "Since when did you become a master at recognizing my tone?" Bruce asked, figuring that if Joker could recognize his tone so well, that it was a mystery as to why he hadn't figured out his secret identity.

         "I mean, it's kind of hard to not to considering that your face is plastered on every TV station ever. Speaking of which, good job on that car commercial.

          "Which one?"

           "The one where the wind blows through your hair and it makes you look pretty.... good at driving."

           "Oh, I know what you mean."

         At this point, Joker was blushing up a storm. Harley had noticed, and she was mentally rolling her eyes. She poked Joker in the arm and made a kissy face, signaling him to tell the other man his feelings. Joker wasn't picking up the memo. Harley groaned and took out both of her pointer fingers, pressing them together. Again, the clown was not picking up on the signals. Harley face palmed herself, rethinking giving up on her job for Joker.

         "Excuse us, I need to talk to my friend here for a minute," Harley said, grabbing Joker by the shoulder and turning him away from the other two.

         "What are you waiting for, this is the perfect time to tell him your secret!" Harley whisper yelled at her friend.

          "If I tell him now, he'll think I'm crazy and he'll never want to talk to me," Joker responded. Meanwhile, Richard had grabbed Bruce by the shoulder and had turned him away from the other two as well.

            "What are you waiting for, this is the perfect time to tell him your secret!" Richard whisper yelled at his father.

          "If I tell him now, he'll think I'm crazy and he'll never want to talk to me," Bruce responded.

       An old lady passed by the scene on her way to buy some prunes. She couldn't help but overhear their conversations and noting the similarities. Even though she wanted to ask what secrets the two were hiding from each other, she wasn't about to admit that she was intruding on their personal life. She also found it odd that two of the fellows happened to be either pale, hair-dying goths or clowns. It had been 25 years since the circus had come to Gotham, so she figured it was the first one. No wonder they were keeping secrets, kids these days were never honest with each other. She shook her head and went to go get her prunes.

           Joker and Harley eventually told the others that they had to go home and prepare for movie night, which was tomorrow. Joker asked Bruce if he wanted to join them, but Bruce, very nervously, said that he had something planned, which Joker hoped wasn't a date. Still, he had just broken up with that green-haired chick, so he might not be ready. That meant that he wouldn't want to date Joker either. Well, it wasn't like he could date him anyway. Right while he was imagining his future love life, Harley informed him that they had arrived at home. Joker snapped back into reality to walk back indoors. Ivy was preparing some bean dip when they entered the kitchen. Harley and Joker realized that they hadn't told her that they had agreed on popcorn. Harley walked up and talked to her friend, while Joker grabbed a bag of the M&M's he bought and went to his room (another word for his office) to binge eat. After all, it had been a long day of doing barely anything.

Author's Note:

So.... do you like my picture? It's okay if you don't, but I would appreciate feedback. I don't know if there's anything else to say...


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