Worth The Jealousy Chapter 10
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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 10
"What?" Chloe said in a whisper as she looked up to meet Oliver's face. He had been staring at her as he sat close by, and she could feel the heat raditating off of her face.
They had been sitting next to each other, which Chloe actually wasn't sure how that happened, but now she sat here staring into his brown eyes.
She had sent Hal a quick message stating she needed to talk to him and that it was urgent, asking him if he could meet her at Watchtower; receiving a quick 'You got it gorgeous', which only made her feel worse about this whole situation. She wanted to 'confront' him about what her crew had found out, but she also wasn't about to do it in confrontational manner. She wanted to talk to him about it, and maybe see if he had a reason as to why he had in fact 'bumped' into her; the only conclusion she kept going over in her mind was that he in fact did work for someone that was against the JLA.
Clark had been on his phone on the next table, and Dinah had been typing on the computer and looking frustrated at whatever she had been typing since she kept groaning.
Here she was continuing to stare at his face, as Oliver had found himself sitting next to her and it was now a little intimidating as she looking into his eyes.
"Nothing....I just. I'm sorry." Oliver said, as he clasped his hands together and ran them back and forth, now staring at them, but quickly glancing back at Chloe; it looked like almost trying to read her expression.
Chloe furrowed her brow, not sure what he meant, since she could take that into many conclusions. "What do you mean?"
He shrugged, still holding his hands together, his eyes scanned hers as he tried to find the 'right' answer to explain what he was going to next.
"I guess I just." He stopped talking, he wasn't sure how he was going to explain that he had been in fact the leader of this. "I just don't like how it turned out, and I'm sorry he wasn't who you thought he was." Okay, so technically he did tell the truth, but he wasn't sure he was ready to open up about the whole truth. At least not yet.
Chloe nodded, looking down now, staring at the floor. "It's okay." She said, continuing to stare down and feeling her eyes getting glassy. "I guess I expect too much of the guys I like, and in the end they always let me down."
'Ouch' was all Oliver could think. He knew that was a direct punch to him, he knew she was only being honest, but it still didn't feel good. He wasn't about to whine that she hurt his feelings, because he truly deserved whatever she was going to spew at him, but he hoped she would try and see that he was sorry.
"Those men are idiots." Oliver said, giving her a half-smile, which she returned finally staring up at him, with her glassy eyes.
She chuckled lightly, wiping at her eyes. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to throw that at you, I'm still just upset about it all, and knowing that another guy has lied to me in a way hurts. I want to give him the benefit of the doubt, but how can I?"
"Didn't you lie to him about all of us though?" Oliver shook his head as she stared at him with shocked eyes. "I didn't mean it like that!" He said hoping to recover what he just said "What I meant is, and I can't believe I am about to say this, and in no way do I agree with him because I still don't trust him and I don't know who he works for, buuuut, I mean as far as the lying of who he is."
Chloe closed her eyes, putting her hands on her lap and sitting up straight. "I'm not mad at him about lying about his identity Ollie, I don't care that he lied about that. You all do that." She said, staring back and forth at all of them, knowing that in the end it was true; all superheroes hid their identities for a while, until they could fully trust whoever they opened up to about it. "I figured out your alter-ego all on my lonesome, so I'm not mad at him for hiding his masked-self."
Oliver knew the answer, and it made sense. Chloe had been hurt in the past by many things, but this was at the top of her list since she didn't understand how someone could be so closed off when she wasn't as far as their personality went and it made complete and utter sense.
"I get it. You were upset about the whole lie of it all." Oliver nodded.
"Not just that, but if he is in fact working for someone that is working against you and the gang Ollie, I don't know how I could ever forget or forgive that. If he knew my true identity before he spoke with me, and he sought after me; it will hurt that much more because he knew my life was to protect you guys, I would give my life for your secrets." with those words Oliver nodded, feeling even more horrible about the whole thing. "I just, how could I be so stupid to think that someone like that would be interested in me?"
Oliver grabbed a hold of one of her hands that she had on her lap and with the other hand closest to her he pulled her chin up to look at him in her eyes "Shhh. Hey, look at me."
Chloe had her eyes closed when he brought her chin up, and opened them with his words and comfort.
"Any guy would be lucky to have you, and those of us who were stupid enough to lose you over something as idiotic as selfishness don't deserve you." Oliver said, feeling horrible when he said that because it was the truth and that meant he didn't deserve her either. He wanted so badly to kiss her, to lean down and place a soft kiss on her lips, but he knew this wasn't the 'right' time and not to mention Clark and Dinah were a few feet away.
Chloe still didn't make a face to show she felt better, but her eyes softened. "You are sweet...but."
"No, Chloe, I am talking about myself in this category and you have no idea how badly I want to make everything right and I wish I could turn back time. I don't deserve you either, but I will fight for you no matter what."
Chloe felt her cheeks blush, and hadn't noticed their close proximity when she heard a "Mmmhmm." with a clear of a throat.
They turned to face Dinah who had one eyebrow raised. "He's here." She said, staring back and forth between them.
Making both of them stand up and shoving her elbow on the inside of Oliver's ribs. Making him wince and open his mouth as if offended by her actions.
"Don't give me that look." She said, shaking her head "Don't." Dinah said in a whisper once again as he opened his mouth to protest once more.
"So, Chloe, how do you want to go about this?" Clark spoke up, standing up and joining them.
Chloe stared at all 3 faces, feeling like she was about to throw up. "I'm not sure. I just think it's best if you weren't here." She stared at all of them, but her eyes landed on Oliver's last giving him one look that read she meant him especially.
"What? No, Chloe, the whole point of you talking to him here was so we could be here too." Dinah said and then giving Clark and Oliver another side glance.
Clark shook his head "If that is what Chloe wants, that's what we will give her."
Dinah stared shocked "What?" She looked back and forth but both men were staring at Chloe.
Oliver continued staring into Chloe's eyes "Is that really what you want and need, Chloe?"
Chloe was looking at him too and nodded quickly.
Clark softly tapped on Dinah's shoulder "Let's go."
Dinah was lead off by both men, still with shocked eyes, and probably more shocked that they weren't fighting to stay either. What Dinah didn't know is Clark and Oliver both understood her more than anybody in the world, and when she said she was fine she meant it. They were going to give her the respect she has been asking for forever, even if it meant that they didn't like it. Not to mention Clark had softly whispered 'I'll be a speedlight away' when he leaned in towards her. Oliver gave her a reassuring smile and left with Dinah still shocked in tow.
A few minutes later, the door re-opened revealing Hal's face, his smile made her hate herself. "Well here goes nothing." Chloe said in a whisper to herself.
TBC......