Worth The Jealousy Chapter 7
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Title: Worth the Jealousy
Pairing: Chlollie (of course) aka Chloe and Oliver.
Characters: Chloe, Oliver, and Hal. There will be other people mentioned or on there but for now those are our 3 main characters.
Disclaimer: I don't own ANYTHING. It's all for fun.
Author: Chlollielove4 aka Suses
Rating: I'll say R for now just in case.
Prompt: Chloe wants to be in a full on relationship with Oliver, but he has commitment issues. He runs away and later finds out that she isn't sticking to being 'single' forever. Will he fight for her or will jealousy be too much?
Chapter 7
Well Chloe was very wrong, it seemed like luck was never on her side. Her throat constricted as she walked into Watchtower and her eyes landed immediately on Oliver.
He was sitting writing something down, and concentrating on whatever it was he just wrote down.
She saw that AC was missing, but everyone else was there. All eyes were on them, and her heart dropped as she saw Oliver's expression. He looked like someone had just hit him in the face, she might as well have.
As angry as she was with him, she didn't want to hurt him like that; it was almost instinct. She spent so many years protecting all of them that even now as upset as she was with Ollie, it still made her want to go to him and tell him it was okay.
Instead she just stood there, hoping someone would say something, when no one did she touched lightly Hal's hand and pulled him to come in to introduce him to everyone....well besides Clark, who he had already met.
"Hey everyone, this is Hal. Hal Jordan. He wanted to meet everyone, so I thought why not show him our workspace."
Chloe looked over at Clark and saw his annoyed expression, and then back at Oliver who looked like he was ready to throw up.
"Hey man, what's up?" Victor came over and shook his hand.
Hal smiled back and took his hand gently shaking it back.
"You the boyfriend we've heard quite a bit about?" Bart shot back and nodded a smile, but Chloe could see he wasn't happy either.
Hal smiled at Bart and nodded, placing his hand on the small of her back; almost in a reassuring way, he was nervous.
"Yeah, I am. I'm finally glad to meet you all, this place is amazing." Hal said, looking throughout, and noticing all the computers.
"Yeah, it's all thanks to a certain tiny blonde right next to you. She's what's made this place great." Dinah said, walking over and patting Hal on the shoulder.
Hal nodded and looked down at Chloe almost with pride.
"Hey, man. It's good to see you again." Clark said, but instead of shaking his hand or acknowledging him further, he walked over near where Oliver was, almost as if saying he was on his side.
Chloe raised her eyebrows at him, and Clark shrugged very lightly almost not noticeable but Chloe saw it.
Hal nodded once more "Well I'm sorry to have crashed your day guys, I just wanted to finally meet my girls friends that she has so highly talked about."
Chloe smiled, but knew that Hal was only saying these things to make everyone like him, especially considering she hadn't mentioned most of them up until a while ago.
"Hey man it's cool, we like new people." Bart said, which Chloe again knew it was Bart just being nice considering they didn't really like new people at all.
Hal's eyes landed on the one person who hadn't acknowledged him at all. Oliver.
Hal nodded towards him "You must be Oliver?" it was more of a statment than it was a question, and Chloe felt her heart start to beat faster when she saw the way he stared at Hal.
Oliver nodded, but instead of shaking his hand or doing anything else he walked up to Chloe and stared down at her.
"Can I speak with you real quick." Shooting a fast look at Hal, noticing the irritation evident in his eyes "in private" He said making it worse.
Hal shifted in his position and pursed his lips.
Chloe wanted to close her eyes, to tell everyone to calm down or something that helped this situation, but nothing would be 'okay' at this point.
Chloe didn't know what to say, if she said yes, then Hal would be upset; if she said no, then Oliver would be upset. She wasn't sure which one she wanted to hurt 'more'. How the heck was she supposed to make this kind of choice.
Both men were staring at her, and her heart felt like it was going to explode.
"Um..." Chloe, looked at Hal and then back at Oliver. "Yeah, that's fine, we can talk." Chloe finally spoke up. Noticing immediately that Hal was not okay with that answer, like she knew he was not going to be. She needed to know what Oliver wanted to talk to her about, and at this point it meant more to her than Hal being upset.
She saw Oliver's face, and it read happy, which made her a little annoyed and a bit giddy that he was that happy to see her not necessarily 'picking' him, but deciding it was in fact okay to talk.
She could sense the tension in the room, and she could tell everyone was a little on edge with everything.
"I'll be real fast, okay?" She said, looking over at Hal, and placing a hand on his arm, trying to say it was all going to be okay.
He half-smiled, which she knew he was definitely not happy.
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"What?" Chloe said, a little harshly, but she also wanted to get to the point.
Oliver had brought her to a small 'closet' type area, that they stored stuff they didn't really need but that one day they might. He saw her turn on her heel and say those words, it hurt him but he knew that winning her affection and trust back would mean she would be rude to him; he was okay with that as long as she wasn't with that guy.
"I just needed to talk with you...without someone."
Chloe sighed, pushing her hair out of her eyes that had fell when she turned quickly. She knew he was jealous, and the face he was giving her proved he still cared for her.
"Okay, fine, but what about?" This time, crossing her arms, but not in a pissed off way; more of a matter of fact.
"I meant what I said last night, I'm not going to stop trying."
Chloe shook her head "Well Oliver, that's all fine and dandy, but you treating Hal like that isn't winning you any points."
"So there are points I can win then?"
She groaned "Ugh! Don't, okay, just don't."
"Okay, okay, I'm sorry." He put his hands up in defeat.
"You are right, I get it. I was stupid for running away, but what I told you last night was true. I was scared, I had only felt these 'feelings' with only one other person and they were never this strong, and I think the thought of that scared me because I didn't realize how much you meant to me; honestly Chloe, the thought of one of my enemies trying to hurt you because they find out that you are with me is petrifying. I didn't want to lose you, but I thought the best thing for you was to walk away."
Chloe stared at his confession, in all honesty, it hurt more now knowing that he did it for those reasons. She thought when he left originally it was because he was selfish and didn't want to commit, but all this time it was to protect her. God, why did he have to say these things to her?
"I know that still doesn't make it okay, I get that. I don't expect forgiveness right away, but I need to know that I still have a shot to win your heart and trust. I know that is asking for a lot, but I need you in my life Chloe. I will understand if you don't want to be with me anymore, or if that Hal guy is what you want, but I think that you aren't meant to be with him, and I think in your heart you believe that is true as well. So, the only question I have for you Chloe; do I still have a shot?"
Chloe felt her tears starting to push past, and she didn't want to let him see her cry anymore, but at the same time the things he was saying were not only confusing her, but it was also almost exactly what she wanted to hear. The thought that Hal was standing a bit ways away made her heart tug at her.
"I can't. I need to get back, I'm sorry." Chloe said, wiping away at one of her eyes.
She could hear the disappointing sigh that came out of his mouth when she turned to leave.
She reached the door, and stopped. Something was rooting her to that spot but she couldn't quite place it.
She turned to see him still staring at her. His puppy dog eyes were staring a her in the saddest way she had ever seen them.
"There is still a shot."
She said it so quickly that she couldn't believe they came out. She gave him one last look to see that he was staring at her with wide eyes and those 'sad puppy dog eyes' turned into excited dog eyes.
Before he could say anything, she exited the room. Leaving Oliver standing there with a huge stupid grin on his face. "There is still a chance." he repeated those words slowly out loud.
TBC....