A bright smile crossed Bart's face. He couldn't wait to see Chloe again.
"Alright I'm on way. Don't go anywhere okay? Just don't get yourself into trouble."I hung up. Bart was feeling a lot emotions, but there was one that made Bart feel awful. Guilt.
He was happy to go see Chloe again and knew that she was safe, but as much as he wanted to go see her, he knew others would want to see her too. Boss man was pretty upset, so was Clark, I know they would be extremely happy to know where Chloe is and all, but I promised her I wouldn't tell anyone else.
Chloe closed the phone after Bart had hung up and promised to be there soon. Chloe thought back to the last time she saw Bart in Clark's barn. It was one of the times the Justice League had been together as a group. He had grown up so much! Ever since they first met in the Talon when they were in their teens, Bart had always liked Chloe. And Chloe always thought it was just a crush phase he was going through, but now every time he was near her, she sensed he wanted to be much more than friends. Why they never dated was beyond Chloe. Guess because he never asked her out. Chloe thought. She pulled her car over to the side of the road to wait up for Bart. She hoped he didn't get lost.
Bart ran like he never ran before. Like his life depended on it. He needed to see Chloe, even if she was a few seconds away.
Finally he saw her; the back of her head. He could tell she was worried, and quite impatient. She checked her watch. Bart came up behind her, and lightly tapped on the shoulder.
Thoughts swam through Bart's head as he gazed into her eyes. I remember the first day I saw those eyes, the ones I got lost in.
It's like I never wanted to look away. From the first day, I knew it was love. Even of she was in love with someone else; Clark, and Oliver. I would always wait for her, and maybe one day, she will finally realize. Without realizing, I opened up arms, ready for a big hug.
Chloe was checking her watch to see what time it was and she wondered if Bart would really show up. Once he sees how much trouble I'm in, he'll want to go somewhere far away, she thought then she felt a light tap on her shoulder. Chloe was wearing black dress pants that day, and a Turquoise silk shirt. Her blonde hair was in waves. When she turned to see who was behind her, it was no longer the young boy she met in the Talon years ago even though she knew it was the same person. Bart had grown up a lot. He no longer had blonde highlights, instead his hair was brown and he had the most gorgeous eyes she had ever seen, brown. Bart had also gotten taller since she last seen him. She had seen him when he last got together with Clark and the other Justice League members and was even grownup then but they never really had the time to just be alone and talk. Chloe's face lit up excitedly. She was so glad to see him! She ran into his arms and hugged him back finding herself just a bit shorter than he was. "Bart it's really you! I'm so glad you came". she hugged him tight almost afraid he might disappear. She didn't want him to see how tired and worn out she was from running.
Chloe ran straight into my arms. I embraced her like she was just going to disappear. Bart truly did miss her, even if they had seen each other a couple of times with the Justice League and all, but other than that him and Chloe never really spent any time together. Like one on one. Bart reluctantly let go Chloe; he felt like never letting go. Finally, Bart had a good look at Chloe, and god, was she drop dead gorgeous! She was wearing black dress pants, a turquoise silk shirt, and her beautiful blond hair was in nice waves. Suddenly, the thoughts inside Bart's head weren't so innocent anymore. OH MY GOD! Chloe looks just...amazing...no...amazing is an understatement! There were no words to describe her. Maybe it's because I hasn't seen her in a while, but she looked just fantastic. God! Her lips are killing me right now! No Bart! I mentally slapped myself! You are here on personal, and important, and life and death situation here. Its not the time to think about this stuff! I kept on scolding myself. I probably looked like and idiot in front of her.
Chloe took the time to check Bart out in front of her. Bart was so incredibly handsome! and was even sexy in his own way. Of course he wasn't anything like Oliver and Clark, but Bart had his own charm and his own share of good looks as well. How can I be thinking of things like this? She wondered. I just broke things off with Oliver! Chloe had sent Oliver and the others separate video cds a few days ago to let them know she was doing okay, and that she just needed to be on her own for awhile and live a new life. She had also told them not to go looking for her, that it was too dangerous. That must have been why Bart had called, she thought. He had seen the video that Clark and Lois had gotten. The other separate video was to Oliver and telling him all the reasons why her and Oliver shouldn't be together, including the part where she had caught him making out with Tess a number of times when they were alone. But to feel this way around Bart Allen all fluttery inside and her heart racing a mile a minute, was it love or just physical attraction? And besides, what if Bart didn't feel that way about her? She could get hurt all over again! "Bart, it's so great to see you. I wasn't sure if you were actually going to come". she felt this urge to kiss him to, but it felt a little too soon to do just that. But she did feel strangely drawn to him like fate pulling them together. Trying to find her voice again Chloe said "I take it you saw the video?"
"Yup." Bart replied casually. Bart was angry that Chloe even thought that he wasn't going to show up. What does she mean that she thought I wouldn't come! Of course I would come! Does she not know that she means my whole entire life for me! God, I just feel like kissing all her doubt away! Whoa! Slow down there Bart, she just broke up with boss man, you wouldn't want to push her too far. I mean, she might not even feel the same way about you; for all I know, she might just think I'm some sort of obsessive crush! I guess Chloe just needs some time. Speaking of time, where exactly are we going to run? I hope its just the two of us, no interruptions, no other people...just the two of us. Now I don't want the place to be too small, but not too big either. What am I thinking! We're running here, not picking a place to move in together! Well, I hope we can pick a place to stay, maybe after all the stuff is done, and we defeat checkmate, then maybe we can. Yeah right, she would probably just want to move back when all of this is over. I just realized I haven't talked for a while now. Must be getting a bit awkward for her."So Chloe, where exactly are we going now?"
Chloe scratched her head and rubbed her chin thoughtfully. "I haven't really thought about where I want to go, I just want to be far from Kansas. As far as the Government thinks, they believe I'm dead. So I guess for awhile they won't be coming after me but if I stay in Smallville or even Metropolis, they are going to know that I'm around. And if I'm operating as Watchtower, then that'll be a hint I'm still alive. So I'm thinking that maybe we could go move to California and I could change my last name or something. Or we could go move to Washington D.C. There is some nice apartments there and top security." And I can become a reporter at a newspaper again she thought once this thing with checkmate is over. She rambled on and on hoping she wasn't boring Bart.
The corners of Bart's lips turned up. GOD! Chloe looked so sexy when she scratched her head, and rubbed her chin! I couldn't even focus on what she was saying, only how her lips moved! I wish I could just kiss them! I could only get a few words that were coming out of Chloe's moth, something about moving to California, or Washington DC. WOW! That would be great! In California, we would probably be at the beach a lot, that means I get to see Chloe in a bikini!
"Chloe, wouldn't it be better, if we moved somewhere out of North America, and maybe somewhere to Chile, or even Argentina maybe? So you know, we could be far enough away from everything."
Chloe thought hard about what Bart had said. He had a point that if they moved far away, the Government would never be able to find them and it could be just them. And Chile didn't sound so bad. "You know, that doesn't sound like a bad idea! But how are we going to get there? Fly on a plane, or?" she was confused. They could drive their partway in her car but soon they would have to abandon it and find another vehicle once they got to Chile.
"You've got a good point there." Bart put his thinking face on. When he was younger, everyone used to say how he was so cute with his little pouty lips and lost eyes. So he always put his thinking face on just to impress the ladies.
"Well, I guess we can drive part way, then we can book a private jet or something. Or maybe, instead of booking a jet, we could make new passports, and just take a plane to Chile. If we need to do anymore traveling, I'll just scoop you up and run you there. Yeah I guess that would work." Bart was imagining the whole scenario in his head. Chile would be amazing, and we could always move around, and see all the cool new paces. Also, Brazil is not far from there if I run, so we can even visit there. Heard there food's amazing. Me and Chloe could live in a small apartment, or condo, just the two of us. Yeah, that would work.
Chloe grinned real big. Maybe this running away and finding a new life to live wasn't going to be so bad or too scary after all. She thought. In fact, being with Bart to experience this new life sounded like it was going to be exciting. "Sounds like we've got it all planned out. I don't know about you, but this sounds like it's going to be exciting!" Chloe felt giddy all over like she was about to embark on some new adventure. Then it dawned on her that her and Bart would probably be living together. Well, he won't be a problem because we're really great friends thought Chloe. Living together wouldn't be so bad and it's not like she'd be alone, she'd have someone to protect her and who better than Bart Allen? "You know Bart, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm glad your coming with me. I don't think I could handle it being all alone". she looked at him as she drove.