A/N: The feedback on chapter 1 was unlike anything I could have imagined. Thank you so much everyone. I'm caving on the whole one viewpoint rule... at the rate I'm going, it will probably 50/50.

Disclaimer: Chapter title is inspired by "Run" by Rex Goudie

Chapter 2: We're Just Two People...

I spent the entire journey on the plane wondering what I was going to say to her. How was I supposed to face her after what happened? Do I pretend that nothing happened, or do we risk everything and talk about it?

There was only one way to find out, and there was no turning back now. I was here... Metropolis.

This is the easy part, business as usual. From plane to car, from car to penthouse, from penthouse to bed for the night. However, I was ready for whatever life was going to throw at me in the coming months.

I opened the door to the penthouse and sighed. So many sweet memories covered with a bitter ending.

I heard a creak in the floorboard while I was closing the door. Someone was here. "Hello?"

"Oliver?" I walked towards the main room and saw her standing there.

"Chloe." I couldn't believe that I actually said her name; I hadn't said it since moving.

She grabbed her purse and started walking towards the door. "I'm sorry; I didn't think you'd be here yet. I just came to grab a few things."

"No, don't go yet. How have you been?"

She stopped dead in tracks and stared at me. "I've been better, but I've definitely been worse." She smiled. "I've been busy, between the wedding and Watchtower, I've hardly had enough time to sleep."

I never realized how much I had missed her smile until that moment. "I'm glad...that you've been busy... not that you haven't been sleeping."

She laughed momentarily and then gestured towards me. "So, you've been..."

"Good, yeah, Queen Industries has never been better."

She nodded. "Yeah, I've read all about it. I'm proud of you Oliver."

"How are things with the League?"

"How do I put this? Clark's... not quite the leader you are. Other than that, things are running pretty smoothly."

We stared at each other for a couple of moments and opened our mouths a couple times in an attempt to continue the small talk, but it was pointless. I smiled at her. "I shouldn't keep you from Lois. She probably has you up to your head in errands."

She rolled her eyes. "Well, you know Lois." Before shutting the door behind her, she faced me and sighed. "It's good to see you Oliver."

"You too."

And with that, she had left. That went well I thought, but what was she doing here? She clearly wasn't expecting me. I investigated the penthouse, trying to find any clues to why she would come here when she knew I was coming back, but there was nothing. It was almost like I never left.

Good going Chloe, you just had to go back one last time. Now it's just another thing that you have to inevitably explain to him even if you don't want to.

It was hard to see him at right now. Romance was blooming around me especially with the upcoming wedding, and his presence didn't make it any easier. Dinah and AC had been dating for a year, while Mia had become Bart's new crush. The closest thing I got to a date was with a computer keeping an eye on the team.

I followed the Star City Post, even though Lois and Clark advised me against it. It was interesting to see the contrast between Oliver's reaction to traumatic events. Jimmy dies and Oliver's a permanent fixture on the society page, drinking away his life. I did ... that... and he turns into a business leader. So what's that supposed to mean?

There was no evidence that he had moved on, which was strangely satisfying and heartbreaking at the same time. I knew I wasn't just another conquest of his, but part of me hoped he wasn't suffering like I was.

Then again, it wasn't completely my fault that I didn't fully explain my answer that day; he left before I could tell him the truth.

I entered the elevator to Watchtower and tried to put the encounter behind me, but I couldn't. I knew that I would have to talk to him eventually, and we would have to try to put the past behind us, for Clark and Lois' sake if nothing else. However, I knew it wasn't going to be that easy.