The Joker's Partner

Chapter 14

Marisa:

I had to leave Jonathan's place, it had gotten a bit uncomftorble since Harley's little encounter. I stumbled into my house with a major headache and laid myself onto the couch. I was tired and just wanted to eat food and never stop eating until I felt like throwing up. Yeah I guess you could say I was a little bored too. Nothing about today was going the way I wanted it to and it was stressful.

Just as I was about to pass out someone comes from behind and shoves a pillow over my face. I freaked out and grabbed at their arms. Now when I say freaked out I, more or less, flipped shit. I was done with trying to be killed today. As hard as I could, I pulled down on them and flipped them over me. I postioned my self ontop of them and put the knife that I had in my boot up to their neck.

You could say I flipped out some more when I saw it was Harley. When I was finished with her, she was on the ground bloody and unconscious. A small pool of her blood has started to form around her, not enough to get her killed, just enough for there to be damage done. I put on my 10in heels and ramed them right into her chest. A smile spread widely across my face as i felt relaxed and oddly achieved. Sure, disappointingly my heel didn't actually go through her it was going to leave a nasty mark.

I didn't even care what J would say when he saw this, everything was so calm.

Some of the men were with J and the others were downstairs so I decided to go to my room. My room was upstairs and all the way near the back of the house. I liked my privacy and the quietness that came with it. Almost no one bothered me while I was back here. Sometimes J would come by or maybe a gaurd wanting to talk but really, that was it. I used to talk with Jace on the phone a lot, but that whole idea of even seeing him again seems to be over. I need to get my emotions figured out, I don't know what's gotten into me. Fallen in possible love with the guy who kidnapped me years ago, almost fallen for a crazy scarecrow, and not knowing what to do with my feelings for Jace. I should be locked away right now, he knows that. Luke knows that, they know where I live yet they won't do anything about it. I guess they're trying to keep the one "normal" connection to life I have with me. My false name, my home, my normal day activities. Some of those aren't even real, they hardly belong to me anymore.

There was a knock on my door as I looked and stood, "Who is it?", I didn't necessary like when people came back here.

"It's me," I could tell it was J's voice so I opened the door.

"What's up?", for whatever reason I always tried to keep some informality between us.

I watched as he walked in and closed the door, "I found a lovely surprise on my way in. I went to go sit on the couch and there she was on the floor, care to explain?"

I shrugged, there wasn't really much to say, and I did not feel like talking about it. But J gave me you have to talk about this look so I sighed, "She tried to kill me, I think. No big deal.."

J, for the first time in forever, looked concerned for someone other than himself. He caressed my face in his hands, "Are you okay..", he asked almost in a whisper. I nodded and he kissed my head, his lips were soft, "Good".

"J, I-..", before I could say something to stop him he leaned down and kissed me. It was gentle, meaningful, and a side I definitely had never seen from him before. Sure we had kissed before, but never like this. I gave into it, letting him wrap me up in his arms as we kissed. I held him closer to me then shockingly I wanted so much more. Slipping my hands under his shirt, I brought one to the front and started feeling his chest. I started memorizing all the little details about his body, all the scar marks I felt of him, the cuts and swollen areas, and all those little things that people felt. The kisses had gotten deeper and more passionate but just as his shirt was coming off he stopped me.
"Later, when we're ready", he whispered, basically against my lips. Instead of letting go and leaving, J lifted me up and carried me to bed. He carefully tucked me in then watched me. Standing there watching, he looked so innocent, so unsure of things. He looked like the boy on a first day who just wanted everything to be perfect for their little princess. When he finished staring he climbed into my bed and wrapped me up in him arms again. "I'll never let her touch you again," he buried his face in my hair as he said this.
I hugged his arms around me and whispered a, "Thank you". It wasn't much but I think he heard it because he wrapped his arms around me a bit tighter.
Just a little later that night I fell asleep. I think he was snoring quietly when I fell asleep.

When I woke up in the morning I was pleasantly surprised to see J still here. He still had his arms around me but was sleeping more quietly. As I turned gently, to face him I kissed his forehead. His eyes fluttered open and he smiled a bit.
"Hello, my little Queen of Crime," J chuckled a little after he said it and I could not help but smile. Everything about him was different and I couldn't help but love it.
"Hi, my King of Crime," I replied, laughing a little.

The past week weeks had gone great. Harley was still Harley but she backed off, J and I were doing so much together, Jace and Luke hadn't bothered me, and Jonathan was keeping a respectful distance. It was all so perfect. That was until J shared with me his plans for the next mission.