RP for chloeas & dl_greenarrow - Réunion

[lucytroublelane]

OOC: Following this.

Lucy stepped out of the car, her purse slung across her body, and nodded briefly at the driver. She thought he said something about taking her bags up, but honestly, she wasn't paying much attention to the man. She wasn't really paying attention to anything, which explained her being in public wearing a slightly wrinkled

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[dl_greenarrow]

Oliver knew that the youngest Lane was on her way because the driver he'd sent had called him when he arrived at the airport. Sure enough, it wasn't even twenty minutes later that she'd been ringing the buzzer from downstairs.

Shortly after he'd basically moved into the Watchtower with Chloe, he'd had a security system installed. Considering how dangerous Metropolis had become since Clark had taken off, he figured they couldn't be too careful.

He glanced toward the stairs where Chloe still lay asleep and then faced forward, watching as the elevator doors slid open. He smiled faintly at the newcomer. "You must be Lucy." He moved over to her and extended his hand.

[lucytroublelane]

She watched him approach and nodded slightly. "I must be." Lucy attempted a smile and shook his hand. "Thanks for the flight and the ride here. I appreciate it."

Fighting back the urge to simply begin peppering the guy with a rapid-fire version of 20 questions, she glanced around. She didn't see anyone else, and she couldn't help but wonder what that meant.

"So..." Despite her confusion and anxiety, Lucy had manners. She would wait at least another minute, possibly two, before she broke down and started interrogating him.

[dl_greenarrow]

"Chloe's upstairs asleep," he told her quietly. He motioned to the sofa. "Why don't you have a seat? You want something to drink?" He headed toward the kitchen, not quite ready to break the news about Lois, or about everything that had happened over the last few months.

"We've got coffee, tea, lemonade and water," he offered, still facing her.

[lucytroublelane]

Sighing, relieved, Lucy moved over to the sofa and sat down. She hadn't realized just how shaky she was until she got off of her feet.

"Water would be great, thanks. I think anything with caffeine would only make me more jittery right now."

She looked away from him and down at her hands. It wasn't nighttime and Chloe was sleeping, which was odd in itself. Her cousin never stopped going, not since they were kids. And, he hadn't mentioned where Lois was. It occurred to her, not for the first time, that she might have a clue as to what was going on if she bothered to keep in touch with her family.

[dl_greenarrow]

Nodding, he headed into the kitchen and fixed a tall glass of ice water for her, then returned to the living room. He handed her the water and sat down on the sofa. She was jittery, she'd said, and he was just uncomfortable. He'd never met this young woman before, but she was Lois' little sister. She was Chloe's cousin. He drew in a breath and let it out slowly.

"I'm sure you're wondering what this is all about." He turned his head to look at her. "It's a bit of a long story, and I haven't slept in a couple days, so please forgive me if it doesn't all make sense." He swallowed hard. "Did you know that Chloe got married a little over a year ago?"

[lucytroublelane]

Holding the glass in her hands gave her something to focus on, even as she looked over at him. She, personally, wasn't uncomfortable being around someone she didn't know. Lucy spent a lot of her life with strangers. What was uncomfortable was not knowing.

At his question, she relaxed a bit and nodded. "I'd heard she was going to. I guess I just assumed she had and everything was going well."

Guilt swamped her, but she bit it back and took a drink of the water. Of course she had assumed. It was easier than calling, easier than visiting and looking at people she'd let down time and time again. It sucked to be a coward, and to know it.

[dl_greenarrow]

He was quiet for a moment, and then he looked down at the floor, his stomach knotting the way it always did when the subject of Jimmy Olsen came up. Despite the fact he'd been going out on patrols on a nearly nightly basis, with Chloe by his side, he still didn't feel like a hero.

The guilt he felt over his own role in her husband's death, at times, was nearly overwhelming. He reminded himself he had to deal with that later. Right now, he needed to tell Chloe's cousin what had happened.

"Jimmy was...he was murdered ten months ago. By a man named Davis Bloome." His voice was quiet, and he found he couldn't look at her at the moment. "He was killed in front of her. He died in her arms."

[lucytroublelane]

Her hands shook for a moment, and she leaned forward to carefully place the glass down before she did something like drop it. She moved a slightly chilled hand across her forehead and closed her eyes.

Lucy could only imagine what that must have done to her cousin. "God." Unable to speak for several moments, she took a few deep breaths.

"That must have been so hard for her." Even as she said it, she knew it was the biggest understatement imaginable.

[dl_greenarrow]

He started to respond when he heard movement from upstairs. He quickly rose to his feet. "I think she's awake. I'll be right back." He headed toward the stairs, then paused. "She doesn't know that you're here--that you were coming," he admitted.

He quickly headed up the steps and toward the bedroom, pausing in the hallway as Chloe stepped into it. "Hey." His heart was beating quickly in his chest.

[chloeas]

She thought she had heard voices, at first, she wasn't sure, so she got up quickly, quietly and just listened, she heard Oliver's voice, but she didn't recognize the second voice, she just knew it was a woman.

Chloe stood still in the hallway, she had picked up one of the sprays from the bedside table and was waiting for the woman to talk again when Oliver appeared in front of her, her eyes were wide, here breathing fast, "who is it?"

[dl_greenarrow]

"Come on." He held his hand out to her. "It's someone you're going to want to see." His voice was quiet.

[chloeas]

She felt like her heart stopped at his words, her eyes widening more, there was only one woman she could think of that could be there, only one woman she had been searching for months, maybe, maybe someone had finally found her, her heart was beating fast as she took his hand, following him down the hallway and towards the stairs.

[lucytroublelane]

Lucy stood up when she heard them, taking a few steps forward and stopping. She was still wondering about her big sister, but right now she was concerned about her cousin.

She wasn't sure if Chloe would be glad to see her, she only knew that she was happy to see at least one member of her very small family in one piece. After having received Oliver's phone call, she'd been through a gamut of emotions: fear, worry, guilt, frustration...

The worry and the guilt were still there, but they were overshadowed by love and relief. "Chloe?"