Please note i do not own the known characters. i own the character Charlie/Stealth and Nathaniel. i also own the plot

"Charlie you need to stop."

Charlie looked over at her cousin as he fixed the tractor in the Kent farm. She couldn't believe that they were having this argument again. Every night when she came back to the farm he was there waiting to pounce on her. She thought that because of her invisibility she could come home and sneak into bed without Clark hearing her. She kept on forgetting that Clark had super sonic ears and he could hear her tip-toeing through the door even if he couldn't see her.

"I'm not doing anything wrong. On the news you hear stories about The Green Arrow saving people" Charlie paused and got a cold shiver down her back. Every time she heard or said Green Arrow one was her nerves sent a cold shiver down her back. "Before he turned up they spoke about Stealth."

Clark couldn't take it anymore. Every time he and Charlie had this argument the Green Arrow was mentioned. It was bad enough that he knew Green Arrow's identity let alone keeping from someone whom he never lied to.

"Stealth's time has passed. You know it and I know it. Metropolis is getting dangerous. I don't want to worry about you. You should worry about me considering you're 23 years old."

Charlie looked at Clark. He had a point. She was meant to be looking out for him. Not that he needed it but she was the one who promised her aunty, his mom that she would. But she couldn't say no. When she was caught in the media shower 3 years ago, it was like her birthday and Christmas all in one. She had to thank her brother for it as well. He was the one who sent her to Smallville on that particular week. If it wasn't for him she wouldn't have been in the meteor shower, developed powers or invisibility and a shield and have become Stealth.

"You're right and I'm sorry. It's just hard. I was Stealth for 3 years. It's hard for me to hang up the leather for good. I love the thrill I get when I'm out there. But I promise it won't happen again."

Clark looked at his cousin. He wasn't convinced. He knew her. Too well for that matter.

"Does your sudden rush for thrill have anything to do with Oliver Queen?"

Charlie froze as she heard that name. it was just as bad as when she heard the Green Arrow. Oliver Queen. He was the rich kid in Charlie's high school years. Well for the two of them that she was there.

When Charlie was 16, she lost her mother in a car crash. Her brother Nathaniel, couldn't look after he because he was in university. The only person he could think of who could look after Charlie was his Aunt Martha and Uncle Jonathon is Smallville. That's when Charlie had to say goodbye to everything she knew in London and fly across the ocean to Smallville. It wasn't that bad because her cousin Clark was younger than her so he wasn't going to be a bother.

She fitted in school nicely but then she made the mistake of beating the golden boy, Oliver Queen in everything. She wasn't to know that he was meant to be on top. The worst part of it was that not only did she beat in the academic side, but on the physical side as well. There wasn't a sport that Oliver could beat her in. That's when they made enemies. Well only those two saw each other as enemies. Everyone else saw two teenagers madly in love.

"What does he have to do with me still wanting to be Stealth?"

Clark laughed inside. He knew that she was putting on her defensive look. Which could only mean that after 5 years she still hadn't fallen out of love with him. It make sense to Clark though. She had never been with anyone in a serious relationship.

"You're trying to distract yourself. You're gonna see him eventually. Lois told me that you're the one who was nominated to do a story on him."

"What? There is no way that I writing a story for the Daily Planet on Oliver Queen."

"Yes you are because you're the only one who knows him. You're not losing your job because you refuse to see him."

Charlie knew that she had no choice. Writing the story was the easy part. It was meeting up with for the interview that was the hard part. She knew that she was bound to bump into him eventually. She just thought it was going to be at a stupid high school reunion.

"Fine I'll do it. But only because I love my job."

Clark smiled at her and he carried on fixing the tractor. Once he heard Charlie leave the barn he took a deep breath. He knew that Charlie wasn't going to stop Stealth. He also knew that she could handle herself. Nothing could penetrate that shield of hers. He just didn't want her finding out that Oliver Queen is Green Arrow. He also didn't want her to find out that Oliver Queen was once in love with her and that the Green Arrow had a thing for Stealth.

*****

Oliver looked around in his Penthouse. Everything was in its place. There wasn't anything that looked of place. For the first time since he came back to metropolis penthouse loft was clean. He looked at the clock that hung above the archway leading into the kitchen. It was nearly 1 'o'clock. Charlie is going to be here soon he thought. He wanted the entire place to look nice. According to Clark Charlie hadn't changed since high school, so Oliver was expecting a 5ft 7 girl who didn't care how she looked or what people thought of her. He laughed to himself as he pictured her in his head. I guess it had to be me who fell in love with her in high school he thought. He didn't know why he was worried about seeing her again, it wasn't like he was still in love with her. He reached for the soda that he left on the coffee table and like the fool that he is, he spilt it all down his shirt. 'Fuck' he thought to himself. He ran towards his closet to find something else for him to wear.

Charlie didn't want to go through with the interview. She didn't want to see Oliver Queen after 5 years. She wasn't considering the possibility that he had changed. Once a rich spoilt kid, always a rich spoilt kid. Well that's what Charlie was telling herself. It didn't mean that she believed it. She took a deep breath and said to herself "Might as well get this over and done with." With that final note she entered the elevator that was going to take her up to Oliver's Penthouse.

As Oliver was about to put on another shirt, he heard the elevator shutters open. He ran back out to the living area without his top on. He wasn't bothered that Charlie would see him without a top on. He knew her and it wasn't like she was going to fall in love with him if he had no shirt on. But once he saw Charlie he wished that he had put a shirt on and make himself look a little more presentable. He didn't see the Charlie he knew in high school. The one who wore anything not caring if it was in fashion or not. No, he saw the 23 year old Charlie in a pair of low rise jeans and a pink top that fitted her like a second skin.

"Hi"

Oliver's hi made Charlie snapped out of whatever she was in. She managed to tear her eyes from Oliver's perfectly chiseled chest and look into his eyes. This wasn't the Oliver that Charlie knew in high school. This Oliver was someone else.

"Hi"

"Looks like there is a new Charlie."

"I think a new Oliver is more like it."

And just like high school, they were falling in love all over again.

A/N: let me know what you think and if i should continue. all critism welcome and i will put up chapter 2 once i know o have at least one reader lol