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I wouldn't make it without them!

The days of the September passed, and Chloe couldn't remember feeling this happy before.

She had Alex. She lived on the beautiful island, and she could do whatever she wanted without fear what the rest of her family would say.

The only remaining cloud in her sky was her cooking.

No matter how much Chloe wanted to learn the difficult art, cooking an edible meal remained out of her reach. It gave Alex the chance to make fun of her attempts, disastrously ending in food fights.

Chloe remembered the shock on Alex's face the first time she had poured flour on him in annoyance. It had taken him a moment to realize what had happened. His blue eyes became as round as saucers, but when she saw that wolfish smile spreading across his face, she knew that her trouble had only started.

After an almost hour-long fight, both of them, and entire kitchen too, were covered in flour, milk, and many difficult-to-identify ingredients.

But the most surprising for Chloe had been a fact that after everything, Alex had started laughing, not lecturing or cleaning. From then on, food fights became one their favorite forms of entertainment, beside reading, discussion and, of course, making love.

Chloe reddened just at remembering last night. It had always been magical, but for her, even better were the mornings when she woke up snuggled close to her husband, who played with her hair and greeted her with sweet kiss.

Chloe Diffidere's life is much better than the life of Chloe Sullivan's, she mused, packing a small basket with food.

Alex suggested a short excursion, saying that they should enjoy the last glimmers of the summer. He even he prepared the food, which, as Chloe honestly admitted, was much better than hers.

"Ready?" Alex asked, looking into the kitchen.

"Yes, now will you tell me where we are going?" she asked, excited.

Alex smiled. "You will learn when we arrive there, you nosy-head! Now come on!" He picked up the basket and opened the door for her. Chloe kissed him lightly on the cheek and smiled as she walked through the doorway. No matter what others said or thought about her husband, to her, Alex was a perfect gentleman.

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They'd been sailing down the river for about 20 minutes when they reached the small bay. "Alex, where are we?" Chloe asked, looking around.

"In a spot I discovered some time ago. You should like it," he responded, hauling the boat ashore. "Okay, now give me your hand and close your eyes. Don't you dare to peep!" Alex said, smiling at the sight of her annoyance.

"Okay." Chloe let him lead her, absolutely trusting his grip on her hand.

"We're here," he said after a bit. Alex pulled her gently until she stood in front of him. "Now you can open your eyes," he whispered into her ear. Chloe, feeling his warm breath, shuddered a little.

She opened her eyes and saw a dream-like place.

They were in small valley, completely isolated from everything by the very thick flora. The grassy hill was speckled with the all sorts of flowers, and in the center of the valley was a small pond surrounded by rocks.

Chloe embraced everything with one look. For her, this forest clearing looked like the Garden of Eden. "Alex," she whispered, resting her back against him.

Her husband enveloped her in his arms and smiled at the sight of her obvious admiration. "So you like it, then?"

Chloe turned her head and looked at him with sparkling green eyes. "It's beautiful."

Alex nodded his head and for a moment it looked as if he wanted to say something, but he only caught her hand and they went farther into the meadow.

"I'm dying of hunger!" he exclaimed, helping her to spread the blanket and taking the food out of the basket.

"At least we won't die from your food!" Chloe tried to sound light, but deep in her heart, she would like to cook something edible for him at least once.

"Hey!" Alex wasn't fooled by her tone of voice. He raised her face with his fingers. "There's a good reason why your cook the way you do," he said seriously.

"Which is?"

"You learned it intending to cook for your family. It's not surprising that you learned to prepare poisons," he explained, grinning widely.

Chloe laughed and hit him jokingly, pushing him onto the blanket. "You can see how dangerous I am!"

--

They spent time eating and laughing. The sunset found them lying on the blanket, Alex leaned against the tree and Chloe lay with her head on his knees.

"Would you like to be a millionaire?" he asked suddenly.

Chloe thought for a moment. "If I were a millionaire, I couldn't lie in the grass or live on an island, could I?" she asked.

Alex laughed. "No, but you wouldn't have to cook!"

Chloe bit her lower lip and she shook her head. "No, I'd prefer to be with you in this forest clearing than have all the money in the world."

Alex sighed.

"But you know what I would want?" Chloe asked, and she felt his entire body stiffening.

"What?" he asked tentatively.

"To learn to swim," she announced, smiling. "Will you teach me?"

Alex relaxed and smiled. "Of course, but we must buy you a swimming costume first. That is, unless you prefer--"

Chloe turned red. "I will buy the costume!"

Alex burst out laughing, seeing her blush. He tucked the lock of hair behind her ear. "Then it's decided."

--

Chloe bought her costume the next day. While Alex had wanted to buy her more, she had refused, not wanting to take advantage of him.

Chloe stopped seeing Lana and Clark. She hadn't seen anybody from her family since that day when they'd learned about her marriage, and she didn't miss them one bit.

So she turned onto the familiar old side street and decided to visit Sam Lane. When she approached the house, she noticed a man standing there; he also noticed her and smiled.

"Good morning," he said. He was a young, tall, very handsome, and dressed in harmony with the latest fashions for blonde men. "Excuse me, could you help me?" he asked. "I am looking for Lois Lane.

"I'm sorry, but who are you?" she asked, wary to tell the stranger that Lois had just died.

"My name is Oliver Queen"

Chloe gasped. Oliver…Queen?

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