Chapter 10: The Worry Husband
After leaving Chloe, Oliver could not remember what happen afterwards. He did not know how much time passed. He could not remember the last time he ate or slept. He did not know where he had been or how he got from place to place. All he knew now was that he was being tossed on top of a roof by his wife's alien best friend. He had mange to roll into a sitting position against a vent.
"Oliver, what the hell are you doing?"
Oliver knew he wasn't referring to him leaving Chloe. Oliver had stop a mugger from attacking a woman with short blond hair by bring the attack onto himself. Of course Clark, or Superman, had come to an armless Green Arrow defense. "I was handling it."
"You were getting your ass beat." Oliver saw the shift in Clark. Clark's face soften and his body had relax. "What are you doing?"
"I was doing my job. What else could I do?" Clark understood. Although Chloe had banned Oliver from the hospital, Oliver was still worried. He was Chloe's husband and he had been worried despite the strong front Chloe had put up. Oliver was not used to doing nothing. Oliver needed to feel in control or he would have gone crazy just watching Chloe in pain. Oliver had tried not to show it but he was stress. He was worried about the treatment and its affect. He was worried it wouldn't work. He was worried that he could lose Chloe. He had put up a strong front for everyone and no one had seen through it.
Clark looked at Oliver sadly and Oliver wished he could just beat the look off of him but Oliver knew better. He made a mental note to carry kryptonite with him from now on. "Be there for her. Be there with her."
"It's not enough!"
"It's more than enough." Clark continued in his calm voice.
Again, Oliver wished that he could hurt Clark. He wish he could make him feel the pain he felt. Chloe was supposed to be Clark's best friend. She had always been there for him; supporting him and always helping him in his time of need. That was Chloe. She was the rock. She was always there for everyone. She was selfless and always put everyone else need above her own. She didn't deserve this.
Oliver knew that this past month had been difficult for Chloe. Chloe had banned him from going to the hospital with her but it was because she had thought that it was too much on him. Through it all, she had been thinking about him and how it was affecting him. He knew that Chloe had asked Clark to look for him not because she thought that he had abandoned her but because she had been worried about him.
Oliver lost it. He screamed, not of anger but of pain. He screamed that of a man who was having his heart rip out of him. The floods of tears came rolling down. He swear that if Clark tried to comfort him he would punch him in the face even thought he knew it would hurt himself more than it would Clark.
Clark stood his distance from Oliver. He knew that Oliver needed his space. At time like this he often questions his gift. What was the point of it all if he could not stop the people he loved from dying; if he couldn't keep his friend from suffering from such pain.
Clark didn't know how long he stood there but he stayed. He had told himself that he was going to bring Oliver home to Chloe. He had promise Chloe he would bring Oliver back. "Are you ready to go?"
"Do you know where I put my bike?"
"You totaled it in Gotham. To say the less, Bruce is not happy. I could give you a lift if you want."
Oliver has seen Clark give Lois a left before but he needed to get back home to his wife. "Boy scot, if you mention this, I will find the largest kryptonite possible and shove it so far up your ass, your future grandchildren will feel it."
Clark only frowned at Oliver's comment. He chose not to say anything. He super sped them to clock tower. "I'll get Lois and we'll be on our way."
Oliver continued to stay outside on the balcony. He knew if he went in now, Lois would yell at him and he didn't need that right now. He already knew how much he screwed up.
Oliver felt her presence before he even saw her. She wrapped her tiny arms, which got even tinier in the past month, around him. He turned around and wrapped his large arms around her. He gently gave her a sweet little kiss on the lips. "I love you sidekick."
"Love you too Hero.
"We have to talk."
"Yes, we do."
AN: Hope you all enjoyed. Next chapter is going to be called The Worried Couple. Please review!