Harleen

Rebirth

It's nine-thirty in the evening on a Friday in Gotham City, a night were some of the residents start to celebrate the weekend by drinking in pubs and dancing in night clubs. However, for the now-former therapist, Harleen Quinzel, tonight will be a very different night. A life-changing event where she proves her loyalty and love by murdering Derek Hamlin in cold blood

Harleen sits in front of her mirror beside the bed in her bedroom, apply white make up to her face, her long blonde hair dangling past her shoulder blades, and dressed mostly in black clothes. She decided if tonight is the night where she sheds what's left of her former life as Harleen before embarking on her identity as Harley Quinn, she might as well do it with style

She didn't have to apply makeup to her face since Arthur never asked her too, but Harleen needed too because she just doesn't want to be the madwoman who fell in love with The Joker and be in his shadow. No. She wanted to make a name for herself, even if it means murdering people and turning to a life of crime

Not once does Harleen contemplate at the fact she is about to literally take a life, something that always disgusted her or thought it is wrong in the past. She knows for a fact that what she is about to do is the right thing, she's getting payback on the man who broke her heart and betrayed her

Arthur is going to be so proud of me when he learns how I killed Derek, serves the fucker right. All I ask is love, honesty, and loyalty. What does he do? Stabs me in the back by sleeping with that slut for two FUCKING years. Well, hope it was worth it, thought Harleen

Harleen lowers her arms and now stared at her white pale face reflected in the mirror, she gently turns her head from side to side before nodding in satisfaction

Now, what else should I add?

Harleen thinks back to both how Arthur looked as Joker with his make up, as well as thinking of how that idiot wannabe J Man looked with his own makeup. She knew she couldn't copy their exact styles, otherwise, her plans to stand out from the crowd of Arthur, J Man and The Jokerz would fail miserably

She then looked down at her makeup kit and collection of different colors, cautiously deciding on what combination of colors would be perfect to go with her new look. A light bulb goes off in her head, as she thought back to her first conversation with Arthur and how the Harlequin clown was brought up shortly before Arthur called Harleen by her favorite nickname, Harley

Harlequin............yeah thought Harleen before smiling and nodding in satisfaction. She grabbed her red lipstick and begins applying it to her face. She remembered seeing a photo of a Harlequin dressed in red and black in some old book a couple of days ago and thought it would be perfect for her new look

Once she finished coloring in her lips with red lipstick, she starts forming a line similar to the Glasgow Smile but only half of it on her right side going up to her cheeks. Harleen then stops what she is doing to take a look at her lips and smiled in satisfaction

Oh yeah, this is fucking perfect. A mix and match

Harleen placed the red lipstick down, picks up a black color, she carefully trace a large two pointed shape over her left eye before darkening it. Her smile grew wider and wider as she grew to love her customized clownish makeup. While her choice of clothing has a lot to be desired since it's mostly black, she could easily work on it later

After all, she couldn't spend the entire night working on her makeup and attire, Harleen has a very important job to do. An ex-boyfriend to see and murder, and tonight is usually one of those nights where Derek likes to drink and party before coming back to his apartment either close to midnight or early hours of the morning