Chapter 4 -Oliver VS. Arthur

"Dude! You should have just told her!" Bart exclaimed, throwing his hands in the air for emphasis.

Oliver sighed and shook his head. He opened his mouth to reply, but was cut short as AC walked in. "Shoulda told who what?" AC questioned, folding his arms across his chest as he looked back and forth between the pair.

Before Oliver could stop him, Bart blurt out: "Lois!" He grinned, nodding at Oliver, completely unaware that he wanted Bart to keep quiet. How was he supposed to know, Ollie had never mentioned anything about their convo being confidential. Besides, what was the big deal if AC knew Ollie was talking about Lois.

AC and Oliver looked at each other. "Lois… as in Lane?" AC questioned, folding his arms over his chest. He couldn't explain why he felt a sudden rush of jealousness and in response he could feel heat rushing to his cheeks. Why was Oliver talking about Lois? They had broken up long ago, and Lois was fair game now.

"Uh… yeah." Ollie admitted, shoving his hands in the pockets of his jeans. "I saw her a couple weeks ago…" [i]And she looked drop-dead gorgeous.[/i] He added in his mind. "I was just saying I should have told her about the League…" Oliver shot Bart a look, telling him to keep quiet and not mention that they'd really been talking about the fact he should have told Lois he still had feelings for her.

AC nodded slowly, not buying Oliver's cover up attempt; there was something he was leaving out of the story. Not wanting to push the subject too much he replied with, "As long as you don't think she'd blab about it…"

In response, Oliver could feel his blood pressure rising. He knew that AC didn't know Lois as well as him, but he would have hoped that he'd know Lois would never say a word. She wasn't like that. His brow creased and he could feel his chest puff out, "I trust Lois, she wouldn't BLAB about something like this…"

Noticing the increasing tension between the two, Bart stepped between them, "Hey bros… uhh…. How bout that Chloe… Muy Calente!"

Oliver and AC both rolled their eyes.