"Good morning, Sunshine!" The high pitched female voice sounded as nails going over a chalkboard when Jack walked into the kitchen with a really bad headache.
"What you want..?" He groaned while grabbing a cool pack from the freezer.
"Nothing! Just made you some food!" Harleen made sure her voice was a bit higher and louder than usual as soon she noticed the headache of her boyfriend. She placed a bowl of cereal on the table and softly pushed Jack down on the chair next to the table. "Here, you need to make sure you don't miss breakfast!" She smiled while handing over a spoon.
"What made you so happy this morning? You know it's Monday?" Jack slowly lifted a filled spoon to his mouth.
"Oh it's nothing, I'm just happy to see my beautiful boyfriend! Or do I say... fiancé?"
"What?"
Harleen smirked and grabbed Jack's shoulders while leaning closer to his ear.
"Look at ya finger, Puddin'." The moment she said that Jack looked at his left hand and saw a ring on his finger.
"I bought rings yesterday so we can marry! I was thinking about this Thursday! What ya think?" She said when she saw the shocked look on his face.
"I uh.. we can... what?"
"Marry! The wedding?"
Jack was still shocked, he didn't even like her and now they were going to marry in less than a week?
"I can't marry you..." he said after a short silence and continued eating his breakfast.
"What? Yes ya can! God made us two ta marry each other!"
"No he didn't!"
"Why wouldn't he?!"
"Because I'm gay! I'm fucking gay! I hate you, I'm in love with a man and I don't fucking care about God or those silly rules because I'm gonna marry Bruce!" There was a silence again before he continued eating his cereals in silence.
"Well... I told you before... we can talk about that..." she said while she put a bottle of milk back in the fridge.
"We can't talk about this! You can't change me, I've been born gay!"
"How you know that? Did those chemicals turn ya into a scientist?!" Harleen snatched the bowl of cereals away and threw them away.
"Hey! I was eating that!" Jack reached out his hand but Harleen slapped it away.
"If you're gay you don't deserve my cereals..."
"Come on don't be like this, Harley, please!"
"No! You're gonna marry me or I'll kill you, get it? I. Will. Kill. You!" She stormed away and left the apartment.
"Well that went fucking great.." Jack mumbled to himself. He walked to the hallway and searched in the pockets of his jacket. When he found his phone he called a number.
"Hello?"
"Bruce..?"
"Oh hey, Jack! How you do-"
"I have a problem..."
"What?"
"Harley bought rings... she wants to marry this Thursday..."
"What? Why? She can't just make you marry her!"
"She will kill me if I don't... so uhm..."
"No, Jack, please... you don't love her!"
"You wanna be my best man?"
"Of course I want to..."
"Okay.. thanks..."
"Jack you don't have to marry her if you really don't wanna.."
"I have to, you don't get it... I'll see you later, okay?"
"Okay.. bye.."
"Bye..."
Jack hung up the phone and leaned his head against the wall. He let himself slide down to the floor and just sat there for a moment.
He looked up after someone pressed on the doorbell. He opened the door and got a big hug. "Bruce?" Jack wrapped his arms around the bigger man.
"Jack.. we need to go shopping, you need a suit for you wedding!" Bruce looked at the smiling man.
"Wait, how did you know where I live? And... is that a bruise by your eye? Oh my Bruce! What did you do?!"
"It's okay, Harley ran into me.. she said I needed to make you ready for the wedding.."
Jack frowned before Bruce planted a kiss on his nose.
"It'll be great, I promise.."
A little smile appeared on Jack's face.
In the store Jack tried on some suits, even if Bruce told he looked perfect he changed again. "You know, there are also nice dresses in the wo-"
"You're not gonna wear a dress.." Bruce immediately cut Jack off.
"Why noooot?"
"Because Harleen would kill you if you looked better in a dress than her and I know you would!"
Jack started to blush and bit his lip.
"Don't do that, you know you look good in dresses..."
"Yeah but it sounds better if you say it." Jack span around to show the suit he was wearing. It was a nice black and white suit that perfectly fitted him.
"You look beautiful." Bruce smiled and took Jack's hands. "Like always.." He leaned a bit closer, so close their noses touched. Jack giggled softly and closed his eyes. Bruce planted a soft kiss on the smaller man's lip. After Bruce pulled away Jack's smile turned into a frown.
"What's wrong?" Bruce placed his hand gently on Jack's cheek.
"I think I really love you..." two green orbs looked straight into the strong man's soul. A soft sigh slipped out of Jack's throat.
"Why is that a problem?" Bruce moved his thumb over the pinkish cheek.
"I... I don't know... maybe because I'm getting married to a stupid slut?"
"Hey hey hey, Don't call her stupid."
A soft chuckle came from the smaller man. Bruce smiled at the reaction, it felt nice to make him laugh without hurting him.
"You know what?" Bruce got his hand of Jack's face. "I'll pay your suit..."
"Bruce, you really don't have to, I have enough mo-"
"You have not... "
"How you know?" Jack looked down a bit, he knew Bruce was right but how.
"Why would you live in a small apartment, have not even a bike, and always wear two different pieces of clothing if you had enough money to buy this suit?" Bruce looked at the price card on the suit.
"Well... you're right.. I have no money... but don't you dare thinking I like you because you have money! I like you because.. I just like you..." Jack grabbed Bruce's hands and looked into his eyes again. "I like your eyes... and your deep voice.. and how beautiful you look... I just love you, not your money..."
"I know.." Bruce gently grabbed Jack's hair and kissed him passionately.
Just on the moment Bruce was about to deepen the kiss his phone went off.
"I'm sorry.. better pick this one up.." the bigger man said when he saw it was Harleen calling. A low growl left Jack's throat.
"Hey Harleen!" He looked at Jack. "Yes we've found a suit!.. yes I've told him he couldn't wear a dress." He smiled a little while Jack was frowning and pretending like he didn't listen.
"Yes... yeah... uhuh.... got it... suuure! Fine, see you in ten minutes okay? Okay see y-... she hang up. She sounded pretty angry."
Jack turned away from Bruce and crossed his arms.
"We should go okay? Harleen wants me to bring you and the suit home and then help her with invitations.."
Jack slowly nodded and took off the suit.
"Oh Honey, I think you and Bruce shouldn't see each other before the wedding. I dun't wanna him ta change your mind, yknow?" Harleen put a bottle of water in front of Jack.
"What? He doesn't! I can't not see him for 3 days!" He looks at Bruce who's shaking his head slowly.
"I just don't want it okay? Bruce whatcha think of a chocolate cake as wedding cake?" If there was anything Harleen was good at, it was changing the subject.
"Uhh I guess it's okay?" If there was anything Bruce didn't know about, it were weddings. Jack didn't even want to listen to Harleen anymore so he grabbed the bottle of water and went to his room.
Thursday:
Jack couldn't wait to marry, just because he could see Bruce again at the altar. Even though this wasn't how he expected him to see at a wedding. Jack was just about to walk to the altar. There were a couple of people standing at the altar already. Edward, an old friend of Jack who was way to enthusiast about this all, Bruce, Jack's best man, Selena, a woman with short black hair and probably a friend of Harleen, and Ivy, a woman with long curly red hair, wearing a short dress, showing way too much body. Ivy was Harleen's best person, Jack thought it was a woman but he hadn't spotted boobs yet and her jawline looked pretty masculine so he wasn't totally sure.
When Jack arrived at the altar he smiled at Bruce before looking at Harleen, who came closer, holding the arm of a man Jack has never seen before. Is that her dad? Jack thought. Jack has never seen Harleen's dad before, he didn't even know she had a dad.
Bruce sneakily grabbed Jack's hand when Harleen stopped in front of them.
The priest began. "Since it's your intention to enter into the covenant of Holy Matrimony, join your right hands, and declare your consent before God and his Church." Jack gave Harleen his right hand while he held Bruce's hand with his left hand.
"I, Jack Napier, take you, Harleen Quinzel, to be my wife." He looked into Harleens eyes. "I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and health. I will love you and honor you all the days of my life..." not one of those words sounded like he meant it.
Harleen smiled a bit while saying
"I, Harleen Quinzel, take you, Jack Napier, to be my husband. I promise to be faithful to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and health, to love you and honor you all the days of my life.".
The priest nodded. "Do you, Jack Napier, take Harleen Quinzel to be your wife? Do you promise to be faithful to her in good times and bad, in sickness and health, to always love her and honor her every day of your life?"
Jack's grip on Bruce's hand while saying
"I do..."
"And do you, Harleen Quinzel, take Jack Napier to be your husband? Do you promise to be faithful to him in good times and bad, in sickness and health, to always love him and honor him every day of your life?"
"I do."
The priest handed Jack and Harleen the rings. Jack shove the ring on Harleen's finger and Harleen did the same by Jack's.
"By now, I declare you wife and husband, you may kiss the bride."
Harleen kissed Jack but Jack didn't kiss back.
"Congratulations, Jack." Bruce smiled after all the other people left.
"Thanks I guess..." Jack sighed and looked down. Harleen sneaked up behind him.
"Jaaaackie...? Can I talk to you for a second?" She leaned on his shoulder.
"I'll uh.. leave you two alone.." Bruce slowly walked away.
"What?! What do you want?!"
"Jack calm down! Please, I have good news." Harleen grabbed his hands.
"What is it Harley?"
"I don't want you to see Bruce anymore because of the good news..."
"Nope, we're not gonna move! Fuck you!"
"No no Jack it's not that kind of news..."
"You've found a new man?"
"Nooo... I'm uh..." she hugged Jack tightly. She was happy while the next thing she was about to say made Jack's world froze and everything going black.
"I'm pregnant!"