Come Away With Me. RP for chloeas

[dl_greenarrow]

The limo pulled in front of Chloe's building a half hour after the charity ball had started. It was expected that the host wouldn't show up until later--it was his pattern. If he showed up early or on time, the media would have a hay-day. Plus, it was a four hour event. Who really wanted to be there the entire time? Except for the media and the

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[chloeas]

She had been standing in front of the mirror for about two full minutes now, she knew Oliver would be there soon and she was ready, but she couldn't get over how amazing that dress looked.

It was a full length dark green and it showed just the right amount of skin over her back and just the right amount of cleavage too. And the best part of it? It looked great on her.

Chloe grinned softly at her reflection, she had been nervous about this ball for a while now, especially since Oliver was hosting it, she had to make sure everything was perfect, but since she put the dress on, she had relaxed. She had relaxed, that is, until she heard the knock on the door.

With one last look at herself, Chloe took a deep breath and made her way to the door, opening it, a bright but nervous smile on her face. "Hey."

[dl_greenarrow]

For one of the only times in his entire life, Oliver Queen was speechless. His eyes drank in the sight of her, of the green dress on her and the breath actually caught in his throat. Stupified, he stood there for a moment with wide eyes, then mentally kicked himself. His eyes finally met hers and he grinned. "Wow," he murmured. "You're a vision."

Swallowing hard, he extended the bouquet of tulips to her, not able to take his eyes off her.

[chloeas]

Her face got hot as he looked at her, the way he looked at her. He looked amazing, his eyes were bright and she felt those damn butterflies in her stomach again, it would be hard to control herself and make sure she's not staring at him too much when he looks like that.

Especially when he was looking like that at her and holding out her favorite flowers. She held her breath as she reached for the flowers, stepping closer to him.

"You didn't have to do that..."

[dl_greenarrow]

"I wanted to. You deserve it," he told her, smiling. "Chloe, you really look amazing."

[chloeas]

Her eyebrows rose and she laughed after a second, "A.C. is sweet, but no, he was more Lois' type." Granted, so was Oliver and apparently, he was hers too...

[dl_greenarrow]

Oliver grinned, relaxing a little. "Good to know." He glanced out the window as it pulled in front of the hotel. There were reporters everywhere outside, no doubt awaiting he and his date's arrival. He looked back at Chloe.

[chloeas]

As soon as they pulled up, she realized that there had been another thing she hadn't thought of, she was used to being on the other side of this particular situation and it didn't take her but a couple of second to notice Jimmy, standing there with his huge camera and press pass.

She took a deep breath and looked over at Oliver, nodding, "definitely don't wanna trip for that one." She smiled nervously.

[dl_greenarrow]

"It'll be all right," he said, offering her a smile. "Just hold onto me and try not to look directly at the flashing lights." He winked at her, then climbed out of the limo, reaching back for her hand to help her out. Some small part of him was extremely glad Jimmy was there, that he could see what he'd lost out on. Even if Oliver and Chloe weren't really together, that didn't mean Jimmy couldn't think they were. He smirked.

[dl_greenarrow]

He smiled at her. He'd had enough conversing for the night and now he just wanted to focus on Chloe. Right after...

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have a special surprise for you tonight," a voice from the stage announced. "I'd like to introduce our evening's entertainment: Snow Patrol!"

[chloeas]

Her eyes widened as she turned to look at the stage, she stared for a second then turned to look back at Oliver, blinking a couple of times and shaking her head, if the look on his face was anything to go by, he had planned to get that exact look on her face.

"You didn't..." she whispered, remembering a conversation they had had a while ago where he randomly asked her what her favorite band was and Snow Patrol had been her answer.

[dl_greenarrow]

That was exactly the reaction he'd hoped to get. He smiled at her and held his hand out as the band began to play a slow, familiar song. "Dance with me?" His voice was soft.

[chloeas]

She held her breath for a moment, staring at him before taking his hand tightly in hers, eyes still on his face as she nodded, it was one of her favorite songs and she was still trying to get over the fact that he had done this.

[chloeas]

"Oliver..." She shook her head, sighing deeply, she wished he wouldn't do this. So maybe it wasn't Tess, maybe it was someone else, but it still wasn't her and she needed a moment to compose herself before she could continue pretending that didn't bother her.

[dl_greenarrow]

"Chloe, what's wrong?" He slowly moved up so he was standing beside her. When he turned his head to look at her and realized her eyes were shining with unshed tears he felt all the air leave his lungs. "What is it?" He touched her arm, worry now very evident in his voice.

[chloeas]

With another sigh, she closed her eyes, shaking her head and turning her face away from him as she brushed away the tear that had rolled down her cheek.

"It's nothing." She said, still looking away, "I just thought Tess might have been the crush you keep talking about and I didn't want to get in the way of anything." She was proud of herself for getting all of that out there without her voice cracking, even if she had to wipe another tear from her face when she was done.

[dl_greenarrow]

He stared at her for a long moment, a little taken aback by her words, and by the fact that she was crying. His mind swam--why would she be crying even if his crush was Tess? Unless...

Unless she had feelings for him.

Oliver sucked in a breath and reached out, turning her to face him, his eyes intense. "Chloe..."

[chloeas]

She laughed softly and looked down then looked at him, "they will never know the difference, I guess... at least when they publish their story tomorrow, it will be, for the first time in that paper's history, true."

[dl_greenarrow]

"Maybe it'll turn them into an honest newspaper," he said, widening his eyes slightly, a mock look of surprise on his face.

[chloeas]

Her hand dropped to cup his face and she grinned at him, "that would be a sign of the next apocalypse we have to stop, and I don't think I'm ready for that yet."

[dl_greenarrow]

"Me either." He turned his head and kissed the palm of her hand before looking at her once more. "You are so beautiful." His voice was soft.