Chloe made up an excuse to leave the watch tower before the meeting. She couldn't put on the façade again in the same day. She wandered the streets of Metropolis in the pouring rain. She was soaked to the bone with the cold rain, but she couldn't feel a thing. She was numb through and through. She made sure to give the guys enough time to say what needed to be said, and for Oliver to linger behind hoping to see her if just in passing. She entered the tower, breathing a sigh of relief at the sight of an empty room. She pulled off her wet jacket and tossed it on top of the desk, then she walked over to the bar, pouring herself a glass of red wine. She took a sip before dropping it to the ground. She heard a noise from up stairs. She grabbed the gun from the drawer, that Oliver had bought her. She slowly made her way up the steps to the room she had remodeled into a bedroom for the late nights that she pulled from time to time.

She used the nose of the gun to push the halfway open door up. She entered the room, her heart racing.

"Wow, Tower, watch were you point that thing." A.C. said grinning.

Chloe dropped the gun at her side, and grabbed her chest. It took her a minute to realize that A.C. wasn't wearing any clothes. "Could you please,…" She motioned for him to cover up.

He looked down at his bare body, and grinned. "Sure." He grabbed the towel from the bed and wrapped it around his waist.

"What are you doing here? I thought that Oliver was putting you up at the hotel." Just saying his name left her heart breaking.

He shrugged. "I live everyday in a hotel. I wanted to sit comfortably on a nice cozy couch and maybe chat a little when you got her."

Chloe grinned. "That would be nice." She and A.C. really never said too much. It would be nice to get to know him a little. "I can make some coffee and order a pizza."

"Great. I'll get dressed and be right there."

"That's a good ideal." She turned to walk out the door.

"Chloe,…"

"Yeah,…" She paused.

"Your soaked. Don't you think it would be smart to change too."

She grinned and grabbed a pair of p.j.'s she had laying on the dresser by the door. "I'll see you down stairs."

* * * * *

Chloe and A.C. sat up talking for hours. He had told her about the time he rescued a dolphin off the coast of Mexico. And about the time that he and Cyborg had spent the weekend in Hawaii scamming for girls. It was nice to have some one to sit and talk to. Lois was busy with Clark, and Clark was busy with everything-else.

"So, Chloe, tell me where all these roses came from. Who is the lucky guy trying to win your heart?"

Chloe felt the lump rise in her throat. She had let her memories of Oliver fade to the back of her mind, while A.C. shared his life with her. Then just like that, they raced back into her head. "Would you like some more coffee?" She asked standing up.

A.C. reached out and took her by the arm. He stood up and looked down into her hazel eyes. He slowly brushed the side of her cheek with his other hand. "Tell me who my competition is." He leaned down gently and softly let his lips meet hers.

Chloe stood emotionless. It was as if she was frozen in time. His lips moved hers slowly, as his hands wrapped around the small of her back, pulling her into his body. She wanted to shout and scream. She wanted to slug him in the gut. To tell him to stop. But all she could do was remember how Oliver had hurt her. She was imagining Oliver's hands on Tess like A.C. was on hers at that very moment. She brought her hands up to his cheeks. She allow herself lips to move with his.

She suddenly stopped. "A.C.,"

"What the hell is going on?" Oliver said as he stood in the door way. His hands on his hips and his facing showing his rage. "I made one mistake. I slept with Tess and you go behind my back and get even with my closet friend. How could you?"

"You and Oliver?" A.C. asked.

Chloe nodded as she stepped away from A.C. She looked over at Oliver. "Ollie, it's not like that."

"Well it sure as hell, looks like it from were I stand." He took a deep breath. "I loved you. Two wrongs don't make a right, Chloe."

A.C. stepped between Chloe and Oliver. "Hold up, man. You slept with Tess. You have this amazing woman here, and you slept with Tess! You have problems."

Oliver felt his hands form a fist. "Your about to have problems."

"Oh, yeah."

"Oh, yeah." Oliver said closing the gap between them.

"Stop it. Just stop it." Chloe screamed, as she forced her way between them. "Oliver, it was just a kiss. It was innocent."

"Chloe, I came here to make things right. I thought that I could make you see that I don't wanna live without you. I wanted to ask you to marry me." He took out a diamond ring and showed it to her.

Chloe tried to fight back her tears. "Oliver,"

He placed it in her hand and closed it up. "Shh…. I just want you to think about it."

He turned and walked over to the door. "I was scared. Loving you scares me." He said as he closed the door behind him.

"Loving you scares me." A.C. mocked. "What some bull shit."

"Shut up, A.C.." She said as she looked at the ring in her hand.