Tess-
I walked into Watchtower to see Chloe typing on a computer and Jimmy talking with Oliver just across the room. I walked past both groups trying not to be seen as I quickly ran upstairs to grab my clothes to be taken out of Watchtower, and into Oliver's apartment. As I started to pack, Oliver noticed my presence and started to walk up the stairs towards me. Once he was at the top he started to speak.
"Need any help?" he asked, I stayed quiet as we both looked up to see the power starting to drain from the lights and all the computers. Oliver stuck out his hand to help me up,
"thanks" I said looking away.
"Anytime Mercy." Oliver said with a dopey grin with me glancing back at him trying not to say anything about the nickname he called me.
"Chloe? Jimmy?" Oliver yelled over the balcony,
"down here" Chloe responded with Jimmy checking the power box,
"what happened to the power?" I asked at the same time as Chloe,
"nothing. Nothing shows to be wrong with the power" Jimmy said walking back beside Chloe and responding to the jinks of words Chloe and I said. Oliver and Chloe then went to see the power with Jimmy showing the conclusion of how all power leaving the building had no conclusion. I then headed for the doors to see if our electronic lock left the doors staying open and computers up for the grabs.
"Oliver? -" I said in annoyed voice
"- Did you lock the doors when I came in?" I asked thinking he was the one behind the lock in, he laughed and wrapped his arm around me
"no Tess, whether you think it or not as much as I would love to spend more time with you I wouldn't lock you in Watchtower, at least not with Chloe and Jimmy here." He looked over at me not dropping his smile
"Then why is the door not opening?" I asked responding to Olivers sarcastic voice.
"Here. Let me help" he said walking over to the door with Chloe and Jimmy in the middle of the room. Oliver got down to the door and tried his hardest to open it but it stayed shut leaving us locked in, I then walked up to Chloe and Jimmy hearing part of an apology
"I'm sorry that I didn't believe that you could give Oliver good tips for Tess. I'm sorry." Chloe said to Jimmy with Oliver now walking in and hearing the same thing I had heard, I looked to Oliver, and Oliver just yelled at Jimmy
"You told her!" he said making me just that much more angry now knowing it was true. I walked upstairs, and Oliver began to follow.
"Not now Oliver!" I said trying to get him to back off,
"we need to talk about this, Tess. -" Oliver started as I kept walking, and thinking about all the sweet things I thought he did,
"-Tess!" he yelled grabbing my shoulder and turning me around to face him,
"What?"
"We need to talk about this" he said trying, and failing to calm me down.
"Fine" I said giving in only because I wanted an explanation,
"Okay. Well what do you want to know?" he said lowering his voice.
"Why did you go to Jimmy for help? Why couldn't you just stick to your own playbook like a real man?" I asked still frustrated with him,
"I well... Isn't the main thing that I have real feeling for you..." Oliver said trying not to look me in the eye,
"Oliver. You better get a cookbook because the words you're feeding me aren't sitting quite right -"
"-Oh my gosh! Did he cook that breakfast?" I added with my temper getting shorter.
"Well..." Oliver said clearly nervous to tell me the truth.
"I want the truth Oliver" I said giving him no other option.
"Okay. Here's the whole truth. Jimmy did make the breakfast, and he couldn't exactly get out so he… hid under the table" he said causing me to pause and think about what Jimmy might have heard,
"Wait! -" I yelled cluing in,
"- Is that what I kicked?!" I yelled
"Well… I wouldn't really know considering it wasn't my face… but there's a good chance that it was his face that you kicked… " I turned around to pick something up and get ready to throw at Oliver but just then Jimmy walked in looking for matches and the book that was on the night table just a moment ago was now going full force towards Jimmy's face,
"Tess!" Oliver yelled at me
"What?! It wasn't meant for his face. -"
"- It was for yours" I added with Chloe seeing the book that hit her husbands face drop down to the second level where she was standing,
"Anyone missing Oliver Twist?" Chloe said walking up the stairs to hand it back.
"Great, just come on up" I said trying to get passed the people to leave the crowded room,
"Tess wait!" Oliver said chasing after me as I made my way back down to the first floor.
"Tess. Come one, stop" Oliver said halfway down the staircase. I looked up for a moment and then Oliver jumped over the railing to meet where I was standing.
"We need to talk about this Tess" he said now standing in front of me,
"No we don't, Oliver. Go away" I said thinking everything over and now more mad at myself for ever falling for him again.
"Tess stop. We really need to talk about it" Oliver said making me turn around for only a fraction of a second only so I could get out what I wanted to say,
"I made a mistake. There. We talked about it. You happy?"I said now trying to get passed him.
"What was the mistake?" Oliver questioned with me resisting to look at him and into those chocolate brown eyes.
"Did it feel wrong to have those feelings for me again?" he asked
"I'm not answering you" I stated just trying to get out of the situation, yet the lack of light wasn't helping,
"See Tess. You can't tell me that what you started to feel was wrong because it wasn't!" he said taking a step closer to me,
"Oliver stop" said softly. He stayed silent for a moment.
"Why should I?" he asked, with me not answering. Oliver then took another step, and reached down to grab my hand. His fingers wrapped around mine.
"What are you doing?" I asked as he took one last step making me back up hitting the wall.
"What I should have done a long time ago." I then realized that Oliver wanted to kiss me, and I was prepared to kiss him back, right now, after everything he'd done, I wanted to kiss him. He let go of my hand and put the other on the side of my face.
"Oliver -" I started not finishing my sentence. He then got closer only pushing me closer against the wall.
"Kiss me" he said with a grin,
"No" I answered, shaking my head. Oliver stopped smiling as a look of defeat covered his face and stepped away from the wall.
"You kiss me" I said now smiling as he ran back to the wall pushing my back against it. His lips touched mine, and as cliche as it sounds for a moment it felt perfect. It felt right, as if we were the only two people in the world. Just then some light came down the stairs, we looked up and saw Jimmy and Chloe holding flashlights while they walked down as the sun just finished setting. Oliver and I stopped. We looked at them for a second, and then looked back at each other laughing, and smiling,
"Shhh" he said soft and quiet with the only thing interrupting was our laughs was the light coming from Chloe and Jimmy. We headed back up the stairs to talk and get away from them. We got up unnoticed since the darkness filled the tower.
~O~O~
I walked down the stairs with Oliver following behind.
"Go fish?" he asked scanning the room for a deck,
"we have no power, or a deck of cards" I said trying to turn on my flashlight,
"Tess, what's wrong?" he asked grabbing my arm causing the flashlight to stay off.
"Just locked in Watchtower is all-" I said stuttering and then adding more
"- with the woman you thought was your wife, her new/old husband, no power, and you… just being you." I said turning away and thinking back to the kiss, and our talk afterwards.
"Listen Mercy, we're stuck in Watchtower, probably for the night, and Chloe doesn't love me, nor do I love her. She's with Jimmy, and they're happy. But now I want my chance to be happy, and the only way that can happen is if I'm with you."
I looked at him, to the window, and then back to him. I walked closer to him looking up into his eyes, and him looking into mine. We stayed silent, and then Oliver started to touch my chin just enough to tilt my head up to him. His lips got closer and we started kissing again this time more intense. Slow at first, and then it began to speed up. He held my back causing me to arch into the kiss. A smile then played on his lips and in one swift movement he lifted me up off the ground. I let out a small yelp out of surprises, but didn't fight it as he carried me in the detection of the guest room. He gently laid me on the soft bed then climbed on top of me kissing me deeply with one hand on my shoulder and the other on the bed to keep his balance, but then broke the kiss giving me a concerned look
"are you okay with us doing this?" he asked and I was confused, then realized he was referring to my injury. I smiled softly and nodded showing him that I would be okay for whatever we were about to do
"good -" he said as his playful smile returned now mirroring my own
"- now let's take a look at that scar."
~O~O~
I awkwardly walked out of the bedroom with Oliver walking behind me seeing Chloe and Jimmy on the floor in the middle of room with a stack of cards in between them and candles lit and scattered all around hoping they hadn't been listening in on us, I was now wearing one of Chloe's robes and Oliver was in Jimmys pajama bottoms although they were too small
"Looks like the hurricane's over, and we can finally come out of hiding" Chloe said once she saw us. I grinned awkwardly before Jimmy added more onto the already awkward situation,
"as long as you two had fun, but next time if you could not scream that loudly that would be great." I sighed and gave up the thought of them being oblivious to what had gone on in the bedroom
"I guess I could say it was a memorable night" Oliver said causing me to nudge him and then speak.
"Yeah, I mean nothing happened, just the basic; talking, playing games, and reliving old memories. -"I smiled
"-Nothing big" I then added trying not to look down. I knew there was no point in lying but that didn't mean I was about to admit it, We all stopped for another moment and then Chloe spoke.
"Ha, ha. Okay. As much as this moment is becoming beyond funny, I feel like I should shut this down before the mood gets more awkward then it already is and we can no longer offer a polite game of cards" Chloe said before Jimmy agreed and Oliver and I both sat down and started to play.
~O~O~
After the game was over it was pretty late and Chloe stood up and Jimmy followed as Oliver looked over to me implying that we should do the same.
"Its getting late-" Chloe started as she grabbed Jimmy' hand
"-Jimmy and I are going to bed you both are welcome to sleep in the guest room considering you seemed to get plenty of use out of it earlier" Chloe flashed us a smile and Oliver blushed rubbing the back of his neck as we stood, Oliver moved over to me placing his arm around my shoulder
"come on, lets go" he said as we walked back to the bedroom it was about two in the morning and we were both very tired,
he climbed into the bed then helped me up and on as well. He pulled me close and kissed me sweetly I wrapped my arm around his waist as I leaned into the kiss savoring every second of it, but sleep was calling and I laid down on him as he ran his fingers down my back holding me against him tightly as his chest rose and fell with each breath. I closed my eyes feeling my heart beat fast as a sudden realization struck me, this was it, there was no denying it now. There was no denying after that kiss let alone after sex, I had shown all of my feeling to him and now it didn't matter what I said because I couldn't take anything from this day back… I didn't want to. but maybe that wasn't a bad thing maybe Oliver really could handle "us" this time,
"so I guess this means we're together" I whispered hoping he was still awake, he was and I felt him smile against my hair
"Well it better, or the last few hours would've been pretty awkward" he said keeping his voice low not wanting to wake Chloe or Jimmy in the other room, I smiled thinking about what this meant for everyone, Lois would be pissed but Chloe and Jimmy would probably be happy for us, and Clark would just be happy that we're happy and as much as I had tried to tell myself otherwise I didn't believe that Oliver would run this time, and for the first time in a long time I let myself believe that I could be happy and loved by none other than Oliver Queen.
Oliver-
"Go fish?" I asked awkwardly while looking around for a deck.
"We have no power, or a deck of cards" she said firmly,
"Tess, what's wrong?" I asked grabbing her wrist as she tried to turn away from me,
"just locked in Watchtower is all-" Tess started, then stuttered
"- with the woman you thought was your wife, her new/old husband, a newly formed baby, no power, and you… just being you." She said finishing off her statement. I could tell she was starting to put up walls again, but this time I was determined not to let her
"Listen Mercy, we're stuck in Watchtower, probably for the night, and Chloe doesn't love me, nor do I love her. She's with Jimmy, and they're happy. But now I want my chance to be happy, and the only way that can happen is if I'm with you."
Just as I finished my sentence neither of us spoke, she looked away from me and then off to the window, then back to me. All that was going through my mind was that I couldn't lose her. At this point she was all I wanted, all I needed, and there was nothing more important than her. Just then she turned back to face me and took a step closer, stopped herself, and then took another step. She then looked away from me once more. I touched her chin ever so slightly so I could point her face back at mine. Our lips got closer, and I just couldn't help myself. We started to kiss. Slow at first and then faster. I held her back causing her to arch into the kiss. We both smiled and then I picked her up, she let out a small noise. I carried her up the stairs and laid her on the bed getting on top started to kiss her again but way more intense. I broke away from the kiss for just a moment to make sure this is what she wanted, and she was okay.
"Are you okay with doing this?" I asked knowing from experience where this was going. she nodded still not breaking the smile,
"good -" I said started to remove her clothes
"- now let's take a look at that scar."
~O~O~
Everyone was now asleep, Chloe and Jimmy in one room, and Tess and I in the other. I woke up to find Tess' arm around my hips, and her leg wrapped around mine. I enjoyed the moment for a second and then a thought struck me I still did have more 'Olsen Woo' tips to accomplish, now that I had Tess I just need to know how to keep Tess, so I leaned over to grab my phone, and with a defect of her body switching positions and arm leaving my hips. I ignored the fact that it upset me that she was no longer in my arms but I got out of bed when I realized I now could move without disrupting her sleep. I put on my slippers once my bare feet touched the cold floor. I walked over to the door, looked back as Tess just once, and then opened and shut the door slowly. I texted Jimmy saying that I needed the last four steps and when he didn't answer I went to him myself. I didn't want to wake Chloe or Jimmy up, but even more I didn't want to disappoint Tess when things are finally looking up for the whole 'us' thing so I snuck into the large dark room and shook Jimmy until he woke up,
"next step?" I questioned thinking humour would hide the fact that I'm waking him this early, and him looking more puzzled than ever when his one eye peeked open,
"Oliver? Its three in the morning-" Jimmy said in a sleepy voice,
"-this can wait" he then added,
"Tess can't though, I want to prove that I've changed." I said getting ready to shake him again if he fell back asleep
"You certainly have changed Oliver. Before you wouldn't wake me up at three in the morning for advice about girls" Jimmy replied changing sides to face Chloe's sleeping figure,
"I need this. Come on Jimmy."
"Fine. Let me sleep now and I will send you the rest of them in the morning. I'll even help you with the first one. Is that a deal?" he asked shortly before I agreed and went back to the room so I could sleep beside Tess. I wrapped one arm back around her, and curled my feet across her silky legs. I moved my face in close to her having my lips touch her shoulders. She gripped my arm and turned around to face me, her eyes opened and she yawned
"hey" she whispered softly smiling,
"hey-" I said back matching her smile
"-sorry if I woke you"
"it's okay" she said biting her lip and looking over my face, I leaned in and kissed her softly grabbing the back of her head as I felt her hands on my chest gripping my shirt causing the kiss to deepen, she wrapped her leg around my waist and I sped up at the contact as I let one of my hands leave her head and move to her hip, she pulled her face away and looked at me
"if we do this now we won't get any sleep at all" she said keeping her grip on my shirt
"I don't care" I said leaning in to kiss her again and she didn't resist at first then broke the kiss and sighed
"I don't think Chloe and Jimmy would be too happy with a cranky Tess" she said with a slight laugh, and I suddenly moved so that I was on top of her and placed my lips near her ear
"oh believe me after we're done you won't be cranky" she widened her smile and looked up at me with passionate eyes
"alright-" she said
"-looks like they'll have to cope"
Tess-
After Oliver and I woke up we got dressed and went downstairs to join Chloe and Jimmy in a kitchen full of food.
"Hey Jimmy. Nice breakfast. You know it looks alot like the one Oliver made for me the other day" I said picking up a piece of toast that was piled on a huge platter.
"Oh, he told you?" Jimmy responded, and I giving him a sarcastic look.
"Yeah he did" I added walking back to Oliver.
"Hey. Come sit down" he said grabbing my hand and guiding me to the table.
"So. We have some news -" Jimmy started once we all sat down.
"- Chloe? Would you like to do the honors of sharing the news?" Jimmy added gesturing towards Chloe.
"Here. On three. One, two, three -" Chloe said just before the big news came out. The first word was a mumble from the both of them talking, but the last word came out clear
"- Pregnant" they said with happy faces attached.
"Congrats!" Oliver said standing up giving me the chance to escape the room. I knew it couldn't be Jimmy's child, so it had Olivers. I ran up the stairs and locked myself in the closest room. All that was in my mind was that it's Olivers child. It kept running through my head.
"Get it out!" I yelled only talking to myself in an attempt to get the thoughts out of my head
"Tess?" Oliver said now upstairs and knocking on the door.
"What?" I said in a sobbing voice.
"What happened down there?" he asked. I stayed silent for a moment.
"Tess. Just let me in. I know you're upset about something. Just tell me. We can talk about it." he added with me still speechless.
"Is it the future? Did it get you thinking about the future? A family maybe?" he asked. I held in my tears.
"You already have a family" I said fast trying to think of anything but this.
"Mercy. The closest thing to a family I have is you."
"You really don't get it do you?" I said hoping he would just figure it out himself so I wouldn't have to give this another thought. He stayed quiet for a moment, and then clued in.
"Oh…" he said at a loss for words.
"That's all you have to say. 'Oh'?" I said letting out my tears.
"There's no proof that I'm the one who got Chloe pregnant. Please just come out" he said. I thought about it and started to giggle the knob, only stuttering to open it.
"Please"
he added in a soft voice. I unlocked the door and stepped back. He then opened it slowly. I saw him and my eyes started to water even more now, I looked down so he wouldn't see, and covered my eyes with my hands. Oliver walked up so he was standing in front of me, he took my hands and lowered them from my face. He saw me crying and started to hug me.
"Tess. Trust me, we are going to get through this."
he said keeping his arms around me with I holding on tighter than ever before.