Second Date. With chloeas.

[olliequeen]

Oliver stood outside the theater on the square, leaning back against the brick building casually and looking up at the sky. His mind was working over the details of the case in Gotham that Bruce had been trying to figure out, but he was just as stumped as his friend was. He frowned a little as a drop of rain hit his face and he sighed a little as it was followed by another.

He looked out to the street and smiled a bit as he saw Chloe's car pull into a parking place. He pushed himself away from the building and headed toward her as she climbed out of the vehicle.

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[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She took his hand and stood up, nodding, "they were surprisingly good," she kept her eyes on him, "what did you think?"

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He nodded slightly. "They were good, as usual," he agreed, letting her lead him out of the theater.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

They finally made their way outside and Chloe stopped, turning to look at him, "are you still up for dinner or do you have to go make arrangements for tomorrow?"

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He was glad it had stopped raining as they stood outside. "I'm definitely still up for dinner if you are," he told her with a smile.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe nodded, smiling at him, "dinner sounds great, I'm starving." She was glad he hadn't canceled on dinner, out of the things she was finding it the hardest to adapt to, was the whole eating alone thing. She simply didn't like not having anyone to talk to over dinner.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"Do you want to just take one car? Or would you rather go separately?" he asked, realizing he still had a hold of her hand.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She didn't realize, instead, she looked around for a second and shrugged, "might be easier to take one car, I don't know where it is and it's Friday night, at least in Metropolis, parking is usually an issue on Friday nights."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He smiled softly and gave her hand a gentle squeeze. "Yeah, here too," he admitted. "All right." He guided her toward his little orange sports car, unlocking the passenger door and opening it for her.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe blinked a little when she realized he was still holding her hand, but didn't let go of it until she got into the car, "thank you."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"You're welcome," he told her, making sure she was in securely before shutting the door and moving around to the driver's seat. He climbed in behind the wheel and started the engine, glancing at her sideways before pulling out onto the road.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She glanced at him and smiled, "nice car," smirking a little, "particularly your choice of color."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He raised an eyebrow. "You a big fan of orange?" he asked, keeping his eyes on the road even as a smile tugged at his lips.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Relaxing against her seat but paying attention to the way, she nodded, "my favorite color."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He tucked that tidbit of information away in his mind for later, a smile on his face. He slowed the car a little and pointed out the windshield to a tall tower in the distance. "That's where I live," he told her. "Top floor."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Leaning forward a little, she looked up at the tower, nodding "tallest building in town, what about the Queen mansion?"

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He was silent for a moment, then shook his head. "I don't live there," he admitted.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe glanced at him, trying to understand the look on his face for a second then nodding, mostly to herself. Stupid question, she didn't even think before asking, "you have a pretty amazing location here."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I'm rather fond of it," he admitted with a small smile. He pointed to a place up ahead. "And that is an amazing coffee shop. They also make fresh bagels every morning."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Squinting, she looked around, "that's only a couple of blocks from the paper, good to know." She looked around for a second, "I live over there, in the shorter building between the taller ones."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He glanced over and nodded slightly. "You like your place so far?" he asked curiously, focusing on the road once more.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe shrugged, nodding, "it's not bad, it's pretty big, but I will probably like it better once I get rid of all the boxes."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"Still working on getting all unpacked then," he surmised with a slight nod. He pulled his car into a parking space in front of The Sundown.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Rolling her eyes, she smirked, "define 'working'" She looked out the window and shrugged, "apparently parking wasn't a problem after all?"

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"Guess not. Maybe the rain earlier kept people away," he said with a slight shrug. He climbed out of the car, then moved around and opened her door for her, extending his hand once more.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She took his hand and looked up at him, raising her eyebrows, "is this the kind of treatment all your dates get?"