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Chapter 21

"Tink, What the hell are you doing here?" Oliver asked in shock and disbelief.

"I..."Chloe stuttered feeling speechless and totally unprepared.

She watched as his gaze fell on her now evident bump and she self consciously ran her hand over it.

Oliver ran his hand over his face he couldn't believe what he was seeing. Chloe was pregnant!

"So this is the reason you just vanished of the face of the earth is it." The quick feeling of relief that she was alive faded and Oliver was full of resentment and anger, fuelled more by the adrenaline and alcohol running threw his veins.

"Claire what is he talking about?" Bruce asked confused looking back and forth between the two of them.

Chloe couldn't answer, she just wanted to turn and run but she knew that was no longer an option. She couldn't run forever and now she needed to face up to Oliver and her future.

"Her name isn't Claire, its Chloe as in MY Chloe." Oliver stepped closer towards her. "5 months I looked for you, do you have an idea what I've been going through? I thought you were dead." He almost spat out.

"What you've been going through?" Chloe finally snapped back. "What about me Oliver? How do you think I felt leaving everything behind like that?"

"I don't Chloe and that's my point you never gave me the chance too. You didn't explain anything you just took off."

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Lex had been observing the argument from a far. He had assumed it was just Oliver having a drunken scuffle at first but walking towards the group, he had been shocked to see Chloe too.

'This could be interesting' he thought. "Maybe I should just go and say hello." he smirked. This was going to be priceless and he just couldn't help himself.

Walking up to Chloe, he placed a hand on her shoulder. "Well, well, well. This is a surprise. Got over your little disappearing act I see."

Turning around to see who had interrupted Chloe's face fell. "Don't you ever fucking touch me again!!?" She spat angrily, snatching her arm away.

"Chloe, I never meant any harm just greeting an old friend."

Oliver, who had drank to much alcohol to deal with what was going on around him, felt his blood boil at Lex's audacity to actually approach and touch Chloe. As if in auto pilot, he stepped in between her and Lex and punched him squarely on the nose.

Grabbing Chloe by the arm and leaving a bloody Lex behind him he marched off. Chloe tried desperately to pull her arm out of Ollie's grip, "Stop!" she demanded.

Oliver turned and looked at her "I think we need to talk away from prying eyes don't you?"

Chloe bit her lip but nodded her acceptance.

They continued heading towards the door on the far side of the room, Bruce was behind them still confused and demanding some answers so Ollie let him in before shutting the door.

"Can some one please explain what the hell is going on and what does Lex Luthor have to do with it all?" Bruce asked as Ollie sat down in one of the dining chairs that were scattered around the room.

Bruce looked at Chloe, "Is it true?"

Chloe nodded her head trying desperately to find her voice to answer him.

"I was dating Ollie but then I found out I was pregnant." Chloe said slowly resting her hands on her bump. "I panicked. It was a fairly new relationship and I didn't want Oliver to feel trapped. I knew my friends and family would be disappointed in me so..." Tears began to fall down her cheeks.

"So she took off!" Oliver snapped. "Played me and her friends against one another and just vanished into thin air. No note, no explanation, nothing. Clark and Lois have been in pieces by the way, in case you were wondering."

"Of course I have. I missed you guys so much Ollie, but I was scared. I didn't know what to do."

"So you decided the best thing to do was to leave. You should have come to me and given me a chance. For Christ sake Chloe you're carrying my child. I had a right to know at least. Did you really think I would push you away, that I wouldn't want our child?"

There was an awkward silence as Chloe tried to calm herself.

"Well did you?" he demanded.

She really didn't have the energy to fight. She just needed to make Oliver understand why she did what she did. But he was too drunk to reason with and they had both been unprepared for this.

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Slowly the missing pieces of the puzzle became clear to Bruce and he was amazed he hadn't figured it out earlier. Even though they were fighting and emotions were raw, it was clear how much Ollie and Chloe fitted together. They were clearly in love and at that moment Bruce knew this wasn't his fight anymore. The only thing he didn't understand was how Lex was involved in this mess.

"And Lex…?" Bruce asked. "How is he involved in all of this?"

"I met Chloe when I was the Green Arrow." Ollie replied. "She was investigating a case at a warehouse. It was one of Lex's schemes and when he found out she knew the Green Arrow he took her hostage."

"He wanted me to reveal the Green Arrow's identity and when I refused Lex..."

Chloe couldn't say it. She broke down and her head filled with flashbacks from those few days.

"Lex hit her, tortured her, hid her behind a wall in the mansion and tried to force himself on her."

"And you didn't kill him." Bruce couldn't comprehend what he was hearing.

"Oh I came close believe me. I just couldn't believe he had the nerve to even come near Chloe tonight let alone touch her."

Ollie ran his hand over his still bright red knuckles.

"Well I think Lex and I need to have a little chat." Bruce headed towards the door. "You two need some privacy."

"Bruce wait," Chloe walked towards the door. "I'm sorry, I never meant to hurt you and I just want to thank you for everything you have done. I love you like a brother and I want you in my life but I understand if you don't want to ever see me again."

Bruce kissed her forehead and whispered "Don't worry you won't get rid of me that easily." He then disappeared out of the door in pursuit of Lex.

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Bruce was appalled and furious when he left Ollie and Chloe. He had no idea that Lex had got this bad he knew he had serious faults but it would seem he had definitely crossed over to the dark side from what Ollie had told him.

Seeing Lex holding his bloody nose and his vapid brunette fussing over him just pushed Bruce over the edge he was desperately trying to cling on to.

He headed straight for Lex and grabbed him by the collar of his jacket and pushed him up against the wall.

"You sick son of a bitch, is that how you get your kicks these days by forcing yourself on women," he snarled. "It would seem you really are following in your father's footsteps huh Lex?"

"I don't know what Ollie has told you but…"

"Don't you dare try to deny it Lex I can tell its all true from the petrified look on Chloe's face and the smug one you are trying to maintain," Bruce looked over at one of his security guards and called him over.

He let go of Lex and began straightening his jacket and said in a quiet tone, "You're a real low life do you know that Lex? This nice gentleman here is going to throw you out like the scum that you are. And if I ever, EVER hear that you have gone near Ms Sullivan again I will personally see to it that you suffer and you will learn the true meaning of the word torture!"

The security guard grabbed Lex by the arm and escorted him out of the building.

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Chloe took a deep breath as she turned back around to face Oliver who was now pacing the room.

Taking a deep breath she asked, "How would Lois have taken the news to find out I was pregnant Ollie. She is like a sister to me I was afraid she would never talk to me again."

Oliver didn't care what Lois would have thought they would have dealt with it. "So it's definitely mine?" Ollie snapped. He knew he was lashing out but he couldn't help it.

Chloe could not believe what he had just said.

"Ollie please let's not do this. Of course the baby's yours." She walked over to him and placed her hands on his arms.

Oliver couldn't look at her he was so angry with her, "And all this time you were here with Bruce." Oliver laughed to himself.

"No not with Bruce. My friend Susan lives here, I bumped into Bruce one day in a coffee house."

"That was convenient for you."

Chloe took a step back away from him. "What's that supposed to mean?" She demanded.

"Well, come off it Tink. Bruce was smitten with you, he was willing to take our child on as his own and you seriously expect me to think you didn't lead him on."

"But I didn't." Chloe cried "It wasn't like that."

"Oh come on you deliberately played hard to get didn't you Chloe, make sure you reeled him in properly this time. You must have this seducing down to a fine art Tink first me and now Bruce who's next AC? I could give him a call let you get a head start."

Chloe's temper snapped and with raging hormones she slapped Ollie clean across the face.

Ollie stood stunned for a brief second, his hand running across his now tingling cheek.

"You know what, Bruce is welcome to you!" He spat out before leaving the room and a sobbing Chloe.

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Bruce saw Ollie come storming out of the room and knew things had not gone well. As he approached Ollie who was heading for his jacket he asked him "well?"

"What happened?" He asked following Ollie as he got his jacket from the back of the bar stool where he had previously been sitting.

"She's all yours!" He spat throwing his jacket over his arm and heading out the door.

Bruce was disappointed in his friend he knew he had been drinking and he knew Oliver could be pig headed sometimes, but still Bruce had expected him to face up to his responsibilities and handle things a little better with Chloe.

Heading towards the other room Chloe emerged before he got there her face was all red and puffy from all the crying. She looked up at Bruce and began crying again he pulled her into a much needed hug and told her that things would work out.

"I don't think so Bruce he said some pretty terrible things and then…" she began choking a little on her own tears. "And then…then I slapped him."

"Alright," he soothed. "I think it's time we got you home I will ring my driver and he will take you home ok?"

Chloe managed to nod through her tears.

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Settled in the back of the Limo Chloe started going over everything that happened this evening. Hardly believing how things had turned out and feeling gutted that it had gone so bad with Ollie. But then could she blame him after the way she had left with no explanation as to why or where. And what was all that about seducing Bruce she had hoped Ollie knew her better than that. Chloe kept turning things over in her mind she knew she had hurt Ollie but he had certainly hurt her tonight with some of the things he had said.

Maybe he didn't want her or the baby? Maybe she had killed the love he had for her with the way she had left without a word? Part of her wanted to go home cry and lick her wounds but the other part wanted to go to Ollie and demand they sort this out if only for the sake of the baby.

Suddenly it struck her the one thing she had not said and it should have been the first thing that left her lips.

Lowering the glass in the back of the Limo she asked the driver to turn the car around and take her to the Westbury Mayfair Hotel. If Ollie was staying in Gotham that's where he would be she was sure of it. Chloe needed to see him, she needed to tell him she was sorry and most importantly that she loved him more than anything else in the world.

TBC