The Wager Chapter 23/23

[brittany2922]

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Title: The Wager
Author: brittany2922
Summary:  Oliver Queen meets a beautiful reporter named Chloe Sullivan and ends up making a bet with Bruce Wayne that he can seduce the young woman. But what happens when he falls for her?
Characters: Chloe, Oliver, Lois, Clark, Bruce
Genre: Romance/Humor and some angst
Rating: T

Disclaimer: I own nothing! 

 

"Oliver… hi." Chloe said hesitantly. She stared at him not quite sure what else to say. She wasn't ready for this yet. She thought that she would have the drive to Oliver's apartment to decide what she was going to say to him, but now here he was, standing right in front of her and she seemed to have lost her ability to form any kind of rational thought.

Chloe was staring at him, her eyes wide and her teeth tugging on her bottom lip. 

"I really need to talk to you. Can I come in?" he asked.

"Yeah sure." she stepped to the side so he could enter.

Chloe closed the door behind him, and turned to look at him, "I'm sorry I didn't call you back I was just…"

"Blowing me off?"

"No, I wasn't trying to blow you off. I just needed some... distance."

"From me?"

"Yes." Chloe admitted quietly. She took a step back, and turned away from him, "I just needed…" her voice trailed off.

"Look Chloe, I know you said we could be friends, but I'm guessing that I made you uncomfortable the other day. I'm sorry if that's the case, but…"

She turned around quickly and looked up at him, "I wasn't avoiding you because you made me uncomfortable Oliver."

"Then why?" he asked.

"Because, I can't be friends with you." she said her voice lowered to practically a whisper.

He looked at her like she had slapped him, "Oh." he replied his voice as low as hers.

She saw the sudden look of pain that crossed his face and she realized he didn't understand what she was trying to say. She had to try a different approach. "I was scared."

He took a step toward her to close the distance between them, "Scared of what?" he asked.

Her heart was pounding, and she couldn't find the guts to say the words. The courage to tell him that it was the way she felt for him that had scared her away, that and her stupid insecurities and fears.

Telling Oliver the truth meant fully opening up to him and trusting him. She was torn, part of her just wanted to run away from him... and from the way he made her feel. The other part of her, the stronger part, knew that she couldn't turn away from this anymore. She took a deep breath and decided it was time to be completely honest with him. "You… and the fact that after everything that happened between us I still wanted you to kiss me."

He stared at her, his features softening and a whisper of a smile playing on his lips. "You don't have to be scared of me Chloe, or of what could happen between us. What I feel for you... it's real, and it's not gonna just go away. I will never hurt you that way again, I promise." He moved closer and placed his hand on her cheek, "Please give me a chance to prove it to you."

Chloe looked into his eyes and saw how sincere he was being. She knew that he meant what he had just said to her. She pushed aside her fears and reached out placing her hand on his hard chest.

Oliver kept his eyes on her as he leaned over. He stopped when his lips were just barely an inch from hers. "Please give me a chance to prove it to you, Chloe," he asked again in a low whispered.

Chloe knew what he was doing. He was waiting for her to tell him it was okay, that they could move past everything that had happened and start fresh, and at that moment she knew they could. She knew she could forget the past it all and have something real with the man standing in front of her.

"We'll have to take this slow." she said breathlessly.

"As slow as you need." he told her

"And I want to start from the beginning, like a clean slate."

"Sounds good to me."

"And if I'm going to completely trust you, you have to completely trust me."

He pulled back slightly and looked at her confused by her words, "what do you mean?"

"I need you to trust me enough to not keep me in the dark about problems your alter ego has."

"I do trust you." he lifted his other hand and brushed away a stray curl that she hadn't realized had fallen. Then rested it on her other cheek as he cradled her face in his hands, "Completely." He meant it she could tell he did, he trusted her. He knew that his secret and the secrets of his team mates were safe with her. That she would never betray them. "Is there anything else?" he asked teasingly, "or can I kiss you now?"

A shiver made its way across her entire body at the thought of finally kissing him. He was staring at her intently waiting for her to respond. She felt his breath against her lips, it was so warm, and just like the other day his proximity was intoxicating to her. She wouldn't let herself resist him or what they could have together any longer. Chloe lifted her hand to the back of his neck and pulled him closer until there was no longer a fraction of space between them; she gently brushed her lips against his, and pulled back giving him a shy smile.

That was all he needed, he gazed at her for a moment longer the pressed his lips against hers. At first it was soft and gentle like the one she had just given him but it quickly intensified. He moved his hand to her hips then wrapped them tightly around her waist pulling her body as close to him as possible.

Chloe felt like her skin was on fire, she had kissed men before, but nothing she had ever experienced compared to the drugging kisses of Oliver Queen. She let out a small gasp when she felt his arms move around her and he took complete advantage. She felt his tongue gently massaging against hers and she let out a small moan.

He pulled his lips from hers and slowly worked his way down her jaw line to her neck where he placed gentle butterfly kisses, before returning his full attention to her mouth, after several more minutes he pulled back, "we should stop." he said slightly out of breath.

Chloe looked at him. She was confused by what had just happened. One minute he was begging her to give him a chance to be with her and now he was pulling away.

"You said you wanted to take this slow," he explained.

"Right." she said with a quick nod as a small blush working its way across her face as she realized he must have seen her reaction to him pulling away.

"Can I take you to dinner tomorrow night?" he asked hopefully.

"Definitely," she said with a bright smile.

He gave her another short kiss and turned to leave.

"Hey Oliver?" She called.

He turned around quickly looking at her, "Yeah?" he asked.

"I'm really glad you came here tonight." she said honestly.

He grinned at her and left.

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Two Weeks Later...

Oliver sat on his couch, the TV was flickering images in front of him but his attention was focused on the small blond whose head was currently resting on his lap as she watched the movie she had brought for them.

Over the past couple of weeks they had continued to grow closer. He found himself doing all the things he used to laugh at 'serious' couples for doing, and he actually enjoyed them. They went to dinners, held hands, she had even convinced him to have a picnic in the park the previous weekend. He had already known how amazing she was and the last two weeks had only solidified that belief in him.

When the movie ended Chloe pulled herself into a sitting position,

"Oliver?" she said hesitantly

"Yeah?"

"I've been thinking... I would really like to help you and the team." She stared at him for a moment before continuing, "I've been thinking about it eer since you told me JL and the work you guys are doing."
 
Oliver opened his mouth to tell her it didn't think it was such a good idea for her to get involved but she held up her hand to silence him,"I know there are risks but I feel like this something I need to do."

"Why?" he asked.

"I really want to help you and the team with the Lex situation."

"Chloe, you can't get involved in this, It's not just risky it's life threatening work." he said sternly. The idea of her putting herself in the line of fire to work with him made his chest tighten.

"I'm already involved Oliver, try to remember you weren't the only one Lex kidnapped that day. I was there too."

"Chloe…"

"No please let me finish, I know the work you guys are doing and I think it's amazing. I just want to be a part of it?"

Oliver thought for a minute. He knew she was right about already being involved. Lex knew they were together, so she was already a part of this no matter if she worked with them or not. At least if she was working with him, he could keep a closer eye on her, he'd have a better chance of keeping her safe.

"There's no way you're doing field work." he said finally, "if you work with the team it is strictly behind the scenes."

"When you say 'behind the scenes' what exactly do you have in mind?" She asked.

"Something that'll utilize that super sized brain of yours." he answered reaching over and gently tapping her forehead with his pointer finger.

She smiled at him brightly, "will I still get a really cool codename if I'm only 'behind the scenes' because I really want a cool code name."

"Of course," he replied, "every good sidekick has a cool codename."

"Hey, I am no hero's sidekick." She tried to keep a stern look on her face but failed as the corners of her lips tugged up into a smile.

"Of course not what was I thinking?" he asked rolling his eyes.

"You obviously weren't." she teased.

"Oh now you're in trouble…sidekick." he lunged at her and pinned her beneath him and began tickling her giving her no mercy.

She giggled, "Okay fine, I'll be your Sidekick," she relented in between gasping breaths, "but I want the best sidekick codename ever... got it?" she asked pulling her hand from beneath the and holding it out for him to shake.

"Got it." He lowered his mouth to hers.

Chloe pulled away and smiled up at him before kissing him again.

She had no doubt this was where she was supposed to be, here in Oliver Queen's arms. He was a hero and he was all hers.

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Okay so that's it! I hope you guys liked the ending! There will be a sequel; I just wanna do a few other things first.

Thanks Again to all of you who reviewed! You guys really are awesome!

 

Comments

[ihearttvsnark.livejournal.com]

Aw, that was a great ending, Brittany. The sidekick stuff made me smile. Chlollie are so cute. I really liked this story. The AU angle was great and I liked how Ollie had to work extra hard to win Chloe over after he screwed up. (A smile would have done it for me, but whatevs). *waits for pm with sequel info*

As for the other thing, I think I've read most of Fina's stuff and it's not ringing a bell but I will skim through and double check.

[katibous.livejournal.com]

Hi, i really loved this ending, hope to see the sequel very soon

[kitmerlot1213.livejournal.com]

This was a lovely ending!

Good for Chloe for deciding to take a chance on Oliver and give their relationship a chance to grow.

I do have aquestion: Chloe wants to help out with Oliver and his Superfriends, but does that mean she's giving up journalism? I hope not because Chloe can be a reporter and hekp Oliver fight crime.

[awesomegeek.livejournal.com]

Awesome ending.
I really enjoyed this. I read it in one go and I've just realised it's 4.30am and I'm supposed to be up for work at 7am, LOL. At least i can claim i was reading an awesome story and that's why I was up all night.
Can't wait for the sequel.

That story was awesome

[(Anonymous)]

I really want to read about the sequal.