Chapter 7: Better Man

They sat in the car quietly for what seemed like an hour. Chloe was just staring straight ahead as if she was trying to see into the future. Like she was hoping some great truth will be reveal. She had not seemed to realize that they have reached their destination.

Oliver was concern. He just got done with patrolling and had stop by Watchtower just to check in with Chloe. He could see that her mind was elsewhere and not on the task on hand. He offered to take her home and she kindly accepted. However, when they got to Oliver's car she had asked him to take her to a drug store. During the whole car ride Chloe has not spoken a word despite Oliver's attempt to draw her into a conversation.

Oliver put a hand on Chloe's shoulder, bring her back. "You want to tell me what's wrong."

Chloe slightly tilt her head so that she could look Oliver straight in the eyes. "I think I might be pregnant."

"That's great." Oliver said "You can finally have the family that you always wanted."

"I'm scared. What if I lose my baby again?"

"Hey, don't think like that. Just take this one step at a time."

"I don't know what to do?"

"Okay listen to me, I'm going to go to buy a pregnancy test and then we are going to go back to my place so you can take the test. We'll deal with everything else after we find out if you are pregnant or not."

"Thank you Oliver."

Oliver got out of the car quickly because he knew he couldn't do what he wanted to do. The look in her eye made he want to kiss her to make everything better but that wasn't what she needed right now. She needed him to be her friend. Despite the debate going on in his mind, he somehow managed to buy the pregnancy test and drive back to the pent house.

Chloe walk out of the bathroom and to the living room that Oliver was waiting. "Hey, everything is going to be okay." Oliver said as he she crumbled into his arm.

"You don't know that. If I'm pregnant I don't know what I'm going to do. I don't think I can handle another miscarriage." She sat down on the couch and Oliver took a seat next to Chloe. He put a hand on her forearm.

"Chloe…"

"No, you didn't see me after I lose the baby. I was at my lowest point in my life. I couldn't function. I just wanted to lie down and die. I felt like such a failure. My body had failed me. I was so close to breaking but the only thing that kept me going was you. I had to make it up to you somehow."

"You didn't have anything to make up for."

"Yeah, after you visited me that night, I knew that we both needed to move on. I just know that if I am pregnant and if my body fails me again, I….I'm so scared."

Oliver pulled Chloe into his arms. He wanted to just keep her in his arm and keep her from getting hurt. "I'm here for you Chloe and I'm not going anywhere. I'll get you the best prenatal care possible and anything you might need."

Chloe slowly pulled away. She wanted to stay in his strong protective arms but she knew she couldn't. "I couldn't ask you to do any of that. This is my problem."

"You're my friend and I will do anything I can to help you. That is why when you were peeing on that stick of yours, I called Will."

Chloe quickly stood up. "Why would do that?"

"This is a big issue, Chloe. You both need to deal with this no matter what the test says."

"I can't." Chloe began pacing the room.

"Chloe…"

"No, Oliver. I can't face failing another person let alone myself."

"You could never fail me." came from a voice by the kitchen area.

"I actually called him while I was in the store. I knew it was important for Will to be here for when the test is done."

Will quickly cross the room to where Chloe stood. He put a hand on each of her arm at arm distant. He looked into her forest green eyes and she could see the sincerity in his. "I love you Chloe and I want to be there for you no matter what the test says. Please don't shut me out."

"I don't want to get your hope up about us being a family. I don't even know if I want to have a child if I am even pregnant. If I am even pregnant, I don't even know if I could carry this child to term."

"Chloe, no matter what this test says, no matter what decision we make about this test, nothing is going to change the way I feel I about you. I will always love you no matter what happens. Let's face whatever may come to be together." With those words Chloe couldn't help but fall into his arm.

As Oliver watched the couple, he knew that Will was the better man. Will was the kind of guy that Oliver had always tried to be but he was never able to be that man. He took things too personally and could never let things go. It was because of this that he nearly destroyed himself not once but twice. It was because of this that he had hurt the person the love more than life itself. It was because of this, she was not in his arm but in this other man. Will was the one who gave her comfort. That was why he waited alone in the living room while Chloe was in the other room with the better man, waiting for the test result that would change their lives.

AN: Sorry for the long wait but I was working on my other story. I'm almost done with the next chapter so it should be up soon and you won't have to wait as long. You'll find out in the next chapter if Chloe is pregnant. Please review.