Worry with dl_greenarrow

[chloeas]

Not long after Chloe walked into the Planet that morning, she was already rushing out. She was just going through her morning routine, sipping on her coffee and reading the usual papers, when she saw the headline: Green Arrow injured during rescue on one of the local Star City papers

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[dl_greenarrow]

Oliver didn't open his eyes before reaching over to pick up the phone off the coffee table. He couldn't imagine why Chloe was calling two days in a row. Unless something big was going down, anyway. He drew in a breath and let it out slowly before pressing the phone to his ear. "Chloe?"

[chloeas]

"Are you hurt?" She demanded before he could even finish saying her name, her jaw tightening as she started towards her car, not that it would do any good, but it was better than not doing anything.

[dl_greenarrow]

He blinked at that, surprised by the question. How had she found out? "What?"

[chloeas]

"Are you hurt?" She repeated, her voice tighter this time, "and don't lie to me, Oliver."

[dl_greenarrow]

Oliver's jaw tightened as well. "It's taken care of, Chloe. And the answer is no." He wasn't about to let her heal him so she could be the one hurt and in pain. Not again. Not after last time when she died from healing him.

[chloeas]

She had to think of another way for him to let her close enough so she could touch him, but if she simply gave up, he would be suspicious.

"Let me look at it, Oliver, there is a lot of blood on your floor."

[dl_greenarrow]

"It's bandaged," he informed her. "I stitched it up."

[chloeas]

"What if it's deeper than you think?" Her jaw tightened and she moved to sit down next to him, a leg under her as she sat sideways on the couch.

[dl_greenarrow]

He sighed in frustration, fully aware of what she was trying to do, and determined not to let her. "Why are you doing this, Chloe? Because you feel bad? You think you owe me something?" He shook his head. "You don't. And you shouldn't feel bad."

[chloeas]

"Because I don't see a reason why you should be in pain if I can help you," she told him, trying her best not to show how much his words hurt, because although he was partially right, it wasn't really about that.

[dl_greenarrow]

"Well, you can't," Oliver informed her. "So you might as well call Clark or Bart and have them take you back to Kansas. Graduation isn't that far off, and I'm pretty sure you have at least one class today, plus work."

[chloeas]

Chloe watched him for a moment, "I can handle missing one class, you shouldn't be walking around if you had to stitch yourself up."

[dl_greenarrow]

"Give me your word you won't heal me if I do." His voice was quiet.

[chloeas]

Chloe sighed deeply and rubbed her hand over her face then looked over at him, she didn't know if she could get her power to work anyway.

"I won't heal you if you lay down."

[dl_greenarrow]

He closed his eyes for a moment, then exhaled slowly, pushing himself away from the counter and slowly heading for the sofa once more. He wasn't sure if he believed her or not, but right then he really needed to lie down because he was starting to feel dizzy and nauseous.

[chloeas]

Chloe let him walk away and didn't follow, keeping her distance from him, slightly relieved that he had agreed to laying down.

"Do you need anything?" She asked quietly, staring down at floor.

[dl_greenarrow]

He shut his eyes, his back to her, growing still and silent.

[chloeas]

Her face fell and she rubbed her hands over her face tiredly, her eyes heavy, "I should call Bart," she whispered, pulling her phone from her pocket, she could sleep when she got back.

[dl_greenarrow]

"No." There was alarm in his voice as he turned to look at her.

[chloeas]

Chloe looked up at him, her eyes teary. She was too tired, she couldn't control her emotions like she normally would have been able to, "I don't want you to be uncomfortable and I'm sorry I lied, but this stupid ability has to be good for something." She didn't know if she was making sense, but it made sense to her.