Miles Away. With chloeas.

[dl_greenarrow]

Oliver pressed the phone to his ear as he made his way into his apartment in Star City, setting his briefcase down on the floor. A smile tugged at his lips when he heard her voice on the other end of the line. "So what are you wearing?" he teased.

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[chloeas]

It didn't even taken her a full second to know who it was, "you know, considering I'm your employee, I could call this sexual harassment." She smirked, making it clear in her voice as she got out of the Planet building and over to her car.

[dl_greenarrow]

"You could, if you didn't enjoy this little game as much as I do," he said cheerfully, grinning. "And besides, I pay you under the table, so it doesn't really count."

[chloeas]

She grinned, ignoring the first past or his sentence on purpose, "ah, there goes my plan for getting rich fast."

[dl_greenarrow]

"Too bad, so sad," he responded, smirking. Her lack of response at his comment just served to confirm what he'd already known. "How was your other job?"

[chloeas]

She squinted a little more, trying not to lift her head too much and without turning to look at the car behind her, "there's this big SUV behind me, I made a couple of turns to see if they would go away but they are still here, I'm driving over to the police station." She started again once the light turned green, speeding a little more."

[dl_greenarrow]

Alarm shot through him and he clutched his phone a little more tightly, moving to his landline. "Hold tight, Sidekick. Calling for backup," he told her, picking up the handset and dialing Clark's number.

[chloeas]

"I'm okay" She told him even though her eyes were wide as the other car picked up speed behind her and there was only so much speed her poor old bug could handle, she made a sudden turn but no luck, they were right behind her and in a hurry to turn again, she dropped the phone on the floor of the passenger's side.

Crap! Chloe gasped as they bumped against the back of her car, "okay, I do need back up," She yelled in the direction of the phone, "I dropped my phone, I can't hear you

[dl_greenarrow]

Oliver's eyes widened with horror as he listened to the sounds on the other end of his cell line, his heart beating rapidly in his chest. He could hear her screaming, a loud crash, then the sound of metal being crunched.

"Chloe!" It was all he could do not to hurl his useless phone away from him. Then he heard Clark's voice on the other end of his landline, saying something about being on it and then both lines went dead.

"Son of a bitch!"

[dl_greenarrow]

That really didn't make him feel any better. At all. Drawing in a breath, he rubbed a hand over his face wearily. He rose to his feet and began to slowly pace the floor.

[chloeas]

Chloe shook her head a little, "look, I get that you need to feel responsible for this or whatever, but it's not your fault, Oliver. Yeah, that was probably Lex's people trying to get me to shut up, but regardless of anything you have against Lex, I have my own problems with him. I'm sure you remember what he did to my mom?" Her jaw tightened a little and she sat up on the bed, not needing a confirmation to continue,

"If anything, having you to back me up makes the whole thing safer, it's my damn fault he caught whatever I was looking into, I should have waited until I was home to look it up, but I chose to do it at work, I knew it was dangerous but I did it anyway. And I have been looking him up for weeks now, months even, and I didn't get caught until now."

[dl_greenarrow]

He turned to look at her, his expression serious. "I'm aware, Chloe." His voice was quiet. He rubbed the back of his neck and let out a breath before moving to sit down in the chair once more. He was silent for a long moment, thinking.

He looked up at her once more. "What did you find on him?"

[chloeas]

Of course he wasn't going to let it go just like that, he was as stubborn as her and Clark.

"I was looking into all the properties his subsidiaries have purchased lately, some of them seem to be in pretty remote locations, which I'm guessing can only mean one thing..." She knew she didn't have to go further.

[dl_greenarrow]

He arched his eyebrows. "Nothing at all?" There was a hint of teasing in his voice. Of course he wasn't going to take their little game farther than light teasing tonight. But if the light teasing kept her mind occupied off the fact she was spending the night in the hospital, then that worked out well.

[chloeas]

She squinted at him and shrugged a shoulder, turning her attention to the TV, of course she had underwear on, but there was nothing wrong with letting him wonder.

[dl_greenarrow]

When she fell silent, he let it drop, as well, his gaze also going to the TV, though he wasn't paying attention. The gears in his mind were already turning, determination setting in. Lex wasn't going to keep getting by with his crimes without facing any consequences.

He was going to make damn sure of that.

[chloeas]

After a while, she glanced at him and frowned a little at the look on his face. She might not know him all that well, but that look could only mean one thing, "whatever you're plotting, don't."

Hours later...

[dl_greenarrow]

Oliver opened his eyes slowly, grunting a little at the ache in his neck from the awkward position he'd fallen asleep in. Grimacing, he sat up slowly, glancing over at Chloe as she lay asleep in the bed. He stood up silently, reaching out and pulling the sheet up over her and smiling a bit before heading out of the room.

[chloeas]

A while later, Chloe woke up, rubbing her face a little as she looked around. She was surprised to see that Oliver wasn't there anymore, reaching on her bedside table, she picked up her phone and checked it for missed calls or text messages.

[dl_greenarrow]

Rubbing a hand over the back of his neck, he stepped back into the room, smiling a bit when he saw she was awake. "Thought you might need this." He held up a styrofoam cup of coffee as he made his way over to her.

[chloeas]

She looked up from her phone and over to him, her eyes widening a little as they fell on the coffee, she wasn't fully awake yet, but just the smell of coffee made her a little happier, "okay, that gives you points," her eyes were a little wide as she dropped her cellphone and held her hands out towards the coffee.