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 was surprised to see him standing right next to her car when she got out, smiling, she cocked her head, "hey, didn't expect to see you for a few more steps."

This time, she was on time and in the past couple of days, she had felt herself really looking forward to seeing him again, of course it was because he was the closest thing to a friend she had in town, but she was glad it was finally Friday night.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He smiled back at her and offered her his arm. "Hope it was a good surprise," he said lightly. "You look great."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

After dropping her keys into her purse, she took his arm and smiled up at him, "thank you and it was definitely a nice surprise. Have you been here long? I'm actually on time today."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He shook his head a little and walked with her toward the theater. "Just got here a couple minutes ago myself," he assured her. "How was the rest of your week?"

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"Pretty uneventful," she smiled, looking up at him as they walked, "how was Gotham?"

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He paused, glancing back at her. "The opposite actually. It was rather upsetting."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

At that, she paused, frowning softly and a little surprised by his honesty, "what happened?"

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

Oliver drew in a breath and let it out slowly. "Apparently there have been three abductions in Gotham. All young high school girls, all within the last month. The police don't have any leads." Not wanting her to get suspicious about why he was so concerned about the crime, he went on. "One of the victim's families is having a benefit this weekend. So I'll be making a return trip."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Her eyes widened and she shook her head, "I'm really sorry, Oliver. Is that someone you know?"

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He shook his head a little. "No. But I feel like I should go to at least offer financial support, considering there's nothing else I really can do."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe nodded, taking a deep breath, "I know a couple of people at the Gotham Times, maybe I could ask them if they know anything?"

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He glanced at her, nodding a little. "That'd be great. I'm sure the families would appreciate any and all help they can get at this point." He was quiet for a moment. "How would you feel about going to the benefit with me?"

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She raised her eyebrows, watching him for a second, "you want me to come to Gotham with you?"

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"Only if you want to. If you don't, or if you're not comfortable with it, I understand," he told her seriously.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe shook her head, "if I have the opportunity to look into it myself, I would love to try to help those poor families." She told him, assuming by his look that him inviting her had nothing to do with a third date and everything to do with helping find those girls, which was something she could definitely admire.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"Maybe you can earn your pulitzer from it," he told her with a small smile. "The Star City reporter who saved the lives of three young women." Guilt tugged at him. He knew he was dragging her into something that was potentially very dangerous. But resolve set in. She was willing to help, and he and Bruce needed just that.

It just meant he'd have to keep her close in order to keep her safe.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"In cases like this, the Pulitzer is the last thing on my mind," she smiled softly at him and nodded, "when are we leaving?"

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"Tomorrow afternoon. The benefit's in the evening," he told her.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She nodded, raising her eyebrows, "that works for me." It was weird to think that she had only seen Oliver a couple of times before and she was already going out of town with him, of course it was a business thing, but they hadn't even exchanged numbers yet. There was just something about the man next to her that she felt like she had known him for years.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He smiled at her as they took their seats in the theater. He had been watching the paper even more closely than usual since they'd first met, and he was pleasantly surprised that there wasn't a word of any new gossip about him. That meant, in his opinion, anyway, that she was just as classy as he'd first thought. Truthfully he was more than a little impressed with her. Most women he went out with either bombarded him with questions or were too intimidated to say much of anything.

With Chloe, however, there was an even amount of give and take. It was definitely a nice change. The words an even match flickered through his mind.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe settled next to him and put her cellphone on silent before placing her purse on the floor, Lois had the habit of not paying attention to the time before she called and she was bound to at least text at some point during the play.

"Bad news aside, I assume you at least got to see your best friend when you were up there?"

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"I did," he said with a slight nod as he sat back in his seat and smiled faintly at her. "He also delighted in telling me that Wayne Enterprises is pulling in more money than Queen Industries, but I informed him that according to reliable sources--" He grinned at her. "--we were tied on the market."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Raising her eyebrows, she smiled, "and I assume your reliable source was me?"

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"Of course. You're a journalist. I assume you double and triple-check your facts." If possible, his grin brightened a little more.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She grinned slowly and nodded, "I always do, and if you ever need to cite your source's source, tell him to check forbes.com."