i do not own smallville or the known characters. i own the new characters and the love plot.

sorry this wasnt up yesterday. my performing art's exam took over my life. well it's over now and the next one whould be up tomorrow

"Charlie, you have to help me plan the wedding."

Charlie squeezed her eyes shut so she could try to block out Rikki. Ever since Nate told her that he was marrying Rikki, all she heard was the wedding, the wedding, the wedding. It was pissing her off. She was glad that they were leaving tomorrow because then she couldn't have to hear anymore about it.

"Rikki what's there to plan? You've only been engaged for a few months."

"I know but I want a autumn wedding and I'm not waiting till next year."

"Why not? What's the point in getting married while you're both working? It's not like you cab have a long honeymoon."

Charlie got up off of Oliver's bed and headed into the kitchen to make herself a coffee. She hadn't long been up and she would have slept for longer. Rikki came rushing in at the crack of dawn with wedding magazines and guest list's and wedding colours and she practically kicked Oliver out of his own penthouse.

"Charlie, I'm sure the club can manage without us for a week or so. I mean Nate isn't there only star player. I mean there's Kyle, John, Sean…."

"Sean? As in Sean Bails?"

"Yeah. Wait how do you know him? He only just transferred from Tottenham Youths."

Charlie sat back down with her coffee and she cupped it between her hands.

"We were best friends when I was 14. A year later he stopped talking to me. I thought that I had done something. But I remember my last day in London and he told me the reason why he ignored me for a year."

"Let me guess. He was in love with you?"

"No I was in love with him. But he said that it was because I reminded him of his ex-girlfriend and every time he saw him. Something killed him inside."

"Oh I didn't know."

"No it's okay. It was 7 odd years ago. I've been over it for 6 and a half."

They started laughing together and Charlie couldn't believe that Sean had actually made it as a pro footballer. He always dreamed about it but Charlie never thought it was going to happen. She didn't really care. She stopped caring about Sean a long time ago.

"Look I know you don't like the whole wedding thing but I know it would mean a lot to Nate if you helped me with the wedding."

"What makes you think that I don't like the whole wedding thing?"

"It's just that Nate told me how you feel on the sacrament."

"Does Nate tell you everything about me?"

Charlie was getting annoyed now. For the past two weeks Rikki kept on bringing up things about Charlie that Oliver didn't even know. Like the fact that Charlie was shit scared of flying and that she use to break into her old school with her mates and get pissed in the science rooms.

"Well no, it's just that he thought…"

"He's done a lot of that lately hasn't he? Look not to be rude to you or anything but how I personally feel about marriage is my business. Not yours and it damn well isn't Nate's. The truth is I don't believe in marriage. If you love someone you don't need to prove it to people in the presence of God or whoever."

"So if Oliver came out of nowhere and asked you to marry him you'd say no?"

"Well…um I would…"

Charlie didn't know what to say. She didn't believe in marriage but that meant other people getting married. she never thought about herself getting married because she never thought that anyone would want to marry her.

"So you would say yes?"

"Yes, maybe, I don't know. We've only been dating for a month or so. It's not like he is going to appear out of nowhere and pop the question."

"Well you're the only one who came appear out of nowhere and you never know. I mean yeah, you've only been dating for a month but you went to school together. It's like you don't know each other."

Charlie stopped to think for a minute. What if Oliver did ask her to marry him? What would she say? She dismissed the idea because this was Oliver she was thinking about. Oliver isn't the type of guy who would settle down.

"Enough about me and Oliver. You're going tomorrow and now is the only time I get a say in how this wedding is going to happen."

Charlie put on a fake smile and helped Rikki look through bridal magazines. It was the least she could do. But now the thought of marrying Oliver was haunting her.

*****

"Nate, do you know what you're telling Oliver to do?"

"I'm not telling him to do anything. It was just a suggestion."

"Doesn't sound like that."

"Guys, you do know that I am still in the room?"

Nate and Clark stopped arguing and turned to face Oliver. They were both bored at the farm because the girl's were at Oliver's planning the wedding so they decided to come to Queen Industries and annoy Oliver.

"Is that our fault? Who ever heard of someone working on a Sunday? And I cant believed you refused to cook a roast."

Nate was looking at Oliver but Clark knew that the last part was aimed to him.

"I refused because you're on holiday. In America. Having a roast on a Sunday is a British thing."

"Well here's a newsflash. I'm British. And so are Rikki and Charlie."

Oliver ignored Nate and Clark arguing and he continued looking through some paperwork. Rikki wanted to talk to Charlie about the wedding and suggested that he went to work. He wouldn't have come if he knew that Clark and Nate were gonna turn up, start arguing and rade his bar.

"I'm not cooking a roast. You can if you want to but just make sure that you clean up afterwards. Anyways let's get back to what you just said to Oliver."

Clark looked at Nate as he was pouring himself a drink by Oliver's bar.

"Oh c'mon. All I did was ask him if he was ever going to settle down. You know become a family man."

"And I don't suppose that this has anything to do with you're sister? Just because you're getting married doesn't mean she has to."

"Aww c'mon Clark. This is Charlie we are talking about. She won't do anything unless you give her a bit of a boast."

And they continued arguing. Oliver had, had enough. For the past 2 weeks Nate and Rikki had been hinting to him to purpose of Charlie. He'd only been going out with her for a month and they want him to pop the question.

"Nate I know what you're trying to do. You're getting married and you don't want Charlie to feel alone because of it. Her and Oliver have only been going out for a month or so. I don't think that neither of them are ready to settle down."

"Can you two just stop it! My relationship with Charlie has got nothing to do with the pair of you. I know that you're family but do you really think that Charlie would appreciate you two getting involved in her life?"

Clark and Nate stopped arguing and looked up at Oliver. He was standing up behind his desk.

"Well I'm sorry if I want my sister to be happy. I'm just trying to let you know how she really feels about you. You don't see the way she looks at you. Whenever she is with you she skips a heartbeat. Or can't you see that? I've known my sister her entire life. I've seen all the boys come and go but never have I seen her, this in love. I thought that when mum died she was going to turn away from love but I was wrong. She love's you Oliver. And I just want to leave here knowing that someone is there for her. Clark can't look after her forever. He has to live his own life."

Oliver looked up at Nate and he understood what all the arguing was. He wanted Oliver to look after his sister and be with her. He couldn't do it from London and being a footballer just made it even harder. Clark needed to live his own life and he has his own troubles. Making sure Charlie was okay would just add to all of his problems. Nate wanted Charlie to be happy and Oliver was the only one who made her happy.

"I love her too Nate. And I have never felt like this about anyone before but I don't need to marry her to prove it. I mean I would love to marry her. I would love to spoil her and buy her expensive presents. And I would love to call her Mrs. Charlie Queen. But she is still Charlie. She doesn't want me to spoil her. Every time I buy her something she makes me take it back."

"But you can't take back a personalized engagement ring can you? Rikki is the same. That's why I made sure the ring I got her couldn't be taken back. It has her entails in it and do you know the best thing about it?"

"What?"

"You have to order it 5 months in advance."

Nate smiled at Oliver and poured another drink. He passed it to Oliver and held up his glass.

"To family."

"Family."

Oliver and Clark joined in with the toast. Was Oliver really ready for marriage? Better yet, was he going to ask Charlie to marry him?

*****

"Nate, we have a date for the wedding."

Charlie sat down in the kitchen drinking her coffee as she watched Rikki explain all the plans to Nate.

"Oh yeah? When then?"

"October the 17th. It's perfect. I've already booked the hall and I'm sure the church can do it that day."

"Wait. October the 17th? But that's…"

Charlie then stopped her brother and looked at him.

"I know. I'm sure she'd love it."

Charlie quickly wiped her eyes and headed up to her room so Rikki and Nate could talk more wedding plans. Having the wedding on her mum's birthday was her idea. It was a great way to celebrate her mum's birthday. It would become an even special day now. Now it wouldn't just be Hazel Hart's birthday. It would be Mr. and Mrs. Hart's wedding anniversary. She got up to her room and she saw The Green Arrow looking out of her window. She went over to him and pulled down his hood and took off his glasses. He took the coffee out of her hand and looked down at her.

"You drink way too much coffee."

"Well I need to. I mean I'm a reporter, I'm Stealth and I'm dating Oliver Queen. Cut me some slack."

"I will, after you help me."

Charlie took her coffee back and sat down on her bed. She knew what he wanted.

"I'm not helping you sneak into the Luthor mansion again."

"I don't need you to. I just need you to get me into Lex's office at Luthorcorp. There's camera's everywhere. I just need to get into the safe."

"Why though? I thought you were through with trying to prove that Lex is alive."

"I am. There is a file in there that will prove that Lex was a monster. It has nothing to do with him being alive or not. I promise."

He held up his hands because this time he was telling the truth. He needed a file that proved that Luthorcorp were providing money into facilities that tested on medeor infected.

"Fine but only because I'm not gonna sit at home and listen to lovey dovey down there."

Oliver smiled at Charlie as she grabbed the box under her bed that had Stealth's suite in it. she turned invisibly so she could get changed. Oliver couldn't see her but he knew she was still in the room.

"I love you."

"Yeah, well you better. Always risking my life for you."

Oliver laughed as Charlie was getting changed. He didn't think it was relevant to tell her that he also needed something else from the safe to prove Lex was alive.

What if there was a picture of Charlie and Lex in the safe? should Oliver see it? i think they need another fight. btw i do not own Tottenham Youths. if i did own Tottenham they would be out of the premiship lol let me know what you think and any ideas for a mission that the 2 love birds could do together? xoxo