Hailey sat in the living room, gazing at the TV. She was watching the evening news. Of course Harvey Dent would be the center of attention. Her brother always was a show off. He never did like being second best. Hailey felt herself smile. Harvey always came in second behind her. Now look at him.

Harvey was successful. He could live his life the way he wanted to. Everyone loved him. Not to mention, everyone needed him. While, Hailey was the less fortunate. She married her heart school sweetheart. Only to find out, that he was a man of his word.

She let out a sigh as the news moved onto the latest disaster. The Joker was once again, causing chaos. Hailey was really getting tired of hearing about it. The people in this city have no clue what they're getting themselves into. Trying to catch the Joker. He was never going to stop.

"Sources conclude, that the only way to stop the Joker. Is to have Batman turn himself in." The news man stated. Hailey couldn't help, but laugh. She threw a pillow at the TV. "Yeah right! Like that will do anything!"

The front door burst open. Hailey jumped and turned around. "What the hell are you doing?" She asked. One of her husband's henchmen stalked in the living room. His name was Luke. The annoying one too. "Hello? Luke! You can't just barge into my apartment."

Luke gave her the finger. "Shut up, Hailey. Boss told us to come here."

Hailey stared at him. Her mouth was hanging open. She shook her head to snap out of it. "Us?" She chocked. "Who the hell is us?!" She yelled.

Luke didn't answer. He just pointed to the front door. In came three more henchmen. Hailey's eyes grew wide. She jumped off the sofa. "Hell no! Get out!" She screamed. Luke rolled his eyes. "Ignore her. Come on in you guys." He said. Hailey glared and pointed to the door. "Get out of the apartment right now!"

Each of the men ignored her. They threw their clown masks down on the floor. Hailey screamed in frustration. She had just cleaned the house this morning. As soon as she shut the door, there was a knock. She threw it open, expecting another idiot. "Hey."

Hailey breathed out a sigh of relief. "Hi Tom." She smiled. He handed her a bouquet of flowers. They were yellow roses. Her favorite. She stuck her nose in them and inhaled. "Oh they're so pretty."

Tom smiled. "I knew they were you're favorite."

Hailey smiled again. She reached out and pulled Tom into a hug. "Oh thank you. So much. I really needed something to cheer me up."

Tom frowned at her. "What's wrong?"

Hailey shook her head. "I am just so sick of everything. I'm tired of having my apartment be a hotel for criminals!" She breathed heavily and Tom patted her shoulder. "It's okay, Hailey. Calm down." He assured her.

There was a crash in the living room. Tom could see that Hailey was ready to flip out. He gripped her shoulders. He looked past her. In the living room, he could see that a vase had broken. "Please don't flip out." He whispered.

Hailey closed her eyes and nodded slowly. She heard the elevator button 'ping'. Her eyes popped open. She looked up frantically at Tom. He stared back at her. He quickly dropped his hands from her shoulders. Hailey slipped away for a quick second to hide her flowers in the kitchen.

Tom moved to the side, while waiting for her to return. Hailey came back within seconds. She quietly closed the door. Just in the knick of time. The elevator doors slid open. Hailey's eyes immediately locked with a set of green ones. She looked down at the floor, nervously.

Tom stuffed his hands into his pockets. He kept his eyes focused on Hailey. He didn't dare turn to see who had came out of the elevator. Even though, he could take a pretty good guess of who it was. He brushed his hand against Hailey's tan skin to reassure her that things were okay.

Hailey sighed slowly at Tom's touch. She looked up when a pair of footsteps stopped. "Well don't let me interrupt this little pow wow." She glared at him. He was dressed in his usual outfit. Purple suit and make up.

"I was just stopping by." Tom replied. He glanced over at the Joker, who was staring him down.

Joker let out a high pitched laugh. "Oh I'm sure." It took him a second to gather himself together. "Well… don't let me stop you." He headed for the door, bumping shoulders with Hailey.

Hailey took that as a warning. "I better let you go." She whispered, when the door was shut.

Tom nodded. "You're probably right." He took Hailey's hand and rubbed her fingers. "Hey. Um… Harvey, Rachel and I are having dinner tomorrow night. We'd like it, if you came."

Hailey nodded. "I'll see what I can do."

"Alright." He kissed her hand softly. "Night."

Hailey sighed. She watched Tom walk down the hall to the elevator. Once inside, he gave her a small wave. She waved back, while opening the door.

As soon as she was inside, Luke yelled to her. "Sorry about the vase, Hailey!" Hailey glared at him, while she went to pick it up. She glanced up towards the kitchen. Joker was sitting at the counter, watching her. "Let me give you a hand there." Luke said, reaching down.

He picked up the biggest piece and dropped it again. "Oops." He whispered, before laughing hysterically.

Hailey threw the pieces of vase that she was holding, on the floor. "I'm done!" She yelled. She walked by the kitchen doorway. As soon as she reached her bedroom, she slammed the door shut.

Within seconds, the door was reopened. "What do you want?" Hailey asked, sarcastically. Joker cocked his head to the side, to look at her. He sucked his cheek in and stared at her. Hailey rolled her eyes. "I want them out!"

Joker shook his head. "No. No. No. They need to stay here."

"Where the hell are they supposed sleep? We only have two bedrooms! And one of them is ours! Where are they going to sleep? Huh? Are you going to kick me out of our room?" She asked. Joker rolled his eyes.

"I'm not going to kick you out of our room. It'll only be a couple of days that they're here." He licked his lips and leaned his head to the side. "Besides. You seem to be enjoying yourself with that Tommy Boy."

"His name is Tom. And I'd appreciate it if you'd leave him alone." Hailey stated.

"I don't give what his name is!" Joker stormed. He threw the remote at the window. The remote cracked and fell to the floor with a thud. "I don't want him over here again." He warned.

Hailey stared at him, unbelievably. "Oh please. He's my best friend. I'm not going to let you boss me around like some pet."

Joker glared at her. He picked up the flowers that Tom had given her. "Did yah honestly think… that you could hide these from me?" He held the flowers up loosely.

Hailey reached for the flowers. "No stop. Please don't." She held her hand out. Joker looked at her. With that, he let the flowers fall to the ground. The glass holder broke and most of the flowers had bent. Hailey dropped to her knees. "I'll do more than that, if he ever comes around here again." Joker said. He walked towards the door. He stepped on the flowers, crushing all but one of them.

Hailey felt small tears run down her cheeks. She picked up the one flower that was left. "I'm done." She whispered.