Haylee Quinn

Chapter Twenty Three - Stay Away

I turned around and ran away as fast as I could, ignoring his calls for me. I ran over to where the goons had the van parked and quickly got in, telling them to hurry up and leave.

The guy who had made the comment before was no longer driving, my guess is Bud and Lou may have killed him or something. Oh well, the guy had it coming.

After a while of driving and barely escaping the cops, we eventually arrived back home. I opened the door and i lazily walked inside, carrying the bag that holds my beautiful new dress.

"Why did i have to run into him?" I sighed to myself.

"Why couldn't i have just had a nice day out at the mall, and not run into one of the people i've tried to avoid these past couple of weeks?!"

I mean don't get me wrong, i've wanted to catch up with Bruce for a while now. But ever since i've... changed... i've done my best to avoid him and my other friends for one reason:

They'd all do there best to convince me to go back.

It's unfair on them, i know. Me pushing away my best friends. But i feel like it's for the best. But i just don't want to have to listen to them be so disappointed in me.

"And which person would this be?" I jumped at the sudden sound of J's voice.

I didn't even realise he was here. Now he's gonna ask questions, and i don't think he'll be quite happy about the answers. And i also don't want to risk him catching my lies, i don't think he'd react very well to that.

"Oh, just an old friend i ran into today." i shrugged, gripping tighter onto the bag handle as i walked over to the couch where he sat.

With narrowed eyes he studied me, trying to figure out exactly what i'm thinking. Joker's known to be good with that, messing with people's heads.

"And uh which friend would that be, hmm?" He patted his lap for me to sit, which is what I did, and started drawing circles on my thigh like he usually does.

I mean, it's not that big of a deal... right? I mean it's only Bruce, and I don't have to tell him that we were together at one stage. Cause I don't think he'll be very happy about that.

"Oh just Bruce Wayne."

He instantly stopped drawing circles, grabbed my chin and forced me to look at him which kinda hurt me a bit. Does he have something against Bruce or what? Cause by the expression on his face I'm guessing he does.

"What?!" He said through gritted teeth.

"Well Bruce is a really good friend of mine, and we were actually..." I quickly stopped myself before I went too far.

J looks furious, I wish I knew why though. Is it something Bruce done to him? No, he wouldn't mess around with the Joker, that's just not something Bruce would do. So what then?!

"Finish it."

"We... um... well, we dated for a few years." I mumbled with my head dropped.

I felt J wrap his arms around me and pull me into a hug. Oh god not his bipolar again, it drives me crazy! Although he doesn't seem to be fazed by all this new information, which I'm happy about.

"Stay away from him princess, he'll take you away from me. And I really don't want that." He whispered into my ear.

I nodded then moved my head to look at him, smiling up at him. He leant down and rested his forehead against mine, his eyes closed and a warm smile on his face.

"So, about this date. What is it we're doing?" I whispered as he planted a kiss on my head.

"Well I was planning on a nice dinner out in the yard, if that's okay with you?"

Hold on a minute. So no blowing up stuff, no causing chaos, none of the usual. Just a nice peaceful dinner date, exactly what I hoped for. I like the sounds of that.

"That sounds great."

"Well go upstairs and get ready, and I'll meet you out there in... let's say an hour?" He asked as I grabbed the bag and we both stood up

I nodded and turned to head up the stairs, but J quickly grabbed my hand and spun me around. He snaked his hands around my waist and pulled me into a deep kiss. Nice J, real nice. I teasingly pulled away and slowly headed upstairs, a low growl escaping his mouth.

"Save some for later tonight." I called back to him as I headed to my room, smirking evilly.

I walked into my room and placed the bag on the bed, then pulled out the dress. It's so pretty, I love it! I quickly changed and headed into the bathroom to do my makeup and hair. I decided to just do a small braid crown and leave the rest out.

Moving on to makeup, I put on some light grey eye shadow, red lip stick, a bit of blush and mascara. Nothing too fancy, but still nice. I stared at my reflection and smiled at what I saw.

Every time I see my reflection I always think of my sister. To me that used to be a bad thing, but now it's not. I'll honour her memory, and show Gotham that Harley Quinn is still here. Except it's just me instead.

But if I look really closely I don't see an exact replica of her. If I think about it I look different to Harley. The shade of my eyes, the shape of my face, the length and waviness of my hair. It's all different, but that's a good thing I suppose.

And I've never liked the fact that people always think because we're identical twins that we are exactly the same. Well we're not, at all! I mean, we seriously don't need an exact replica of neither me or Harley running around this city.

I remember as kids we would cause so much trouble together. Everyone hated it but we absolutely loved it. That was when we were like ten or so, but unfortunately as you grow up you have to mature. Though now, I still like to think of myself as a kid, it's more fun that way.

Completely loosing track of time I quickly walked back into my room, grabbed a pair of red boots and put them on. I then made my way downstairs and waited on the couch for J.

Hmm, maybe he's already outside? I guess it wouldn't hurt to wait for him out there. Although, i remember what happened last time i went  into the yard, i almost got kidnapped... again.