"Oh! You're the lead actress from that show... what was it called... Coffee Shop and a Kiss?!" Harley tapped her head and said, "Why are you at our school?"
"I graduated from this school. I remember mentioning it in an interview. I'm an assistant coach for the cheerleading squad now, and I was heading home after class..."
Harley turned and looked back. Gotham University's stadium was not far from the activity building, and this road was indeed the only way out of campus from the gymnasium.
"Why did that car try to hit you just now?" Christine asked, confused.
Harley wanted to explain, but she could not make it clear in a few words. She had not expected any teacher to avenge her, so she wanted to brush it off.
But Christine had seen plenty of big scenes herself and was not so easily fooled. She said, "If that car had hit you, it would have been attempted murder. Since I saw it, I can't just ignore it. We should call the police first."
Harley did not want anything to do with the police, so she gave her a simplified version of the story. To her surprise, Christine's brow furrowed even more deeply.
"Today isn't a day for the cheerleading squad's group practice. Do you know why I came to school?"
Harley did not answer, so Christine answered her own question. "Two members of the cheerleading squad got into a conflict. It escalated until a group of people began isolating and bullying one person. The coach called me over to help resolve it."
"Only after I spoke to the victim did I learn that she had refused to use electronic dance music edited by Brainiac. She thought it might infringe on electronic music producers' copyrights, so the others joined together