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[olliequeen]

Oliver's mind had not been on work the entire afternoon, especially when he'd gotten a message from Chloe stating that Stuart had woke up, and that she was going to go talk to him. His stomach was tight with unease as he waited on the doorstep. It never felt right to just barge in on her. Watchtower was her place, and while she'd always made it clear he was welcome, it just felt wrong to let himself in.

So he reached up and rang the bell, looking up at the security camera and offering her a grin. Not as wide as it could have been, but a grin nonetheless.

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[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Looking over at the camera, she raised her eyebrows a little at the smile on Oliver's face. Between her conversation with Clark and the news Stuart had given her, her mood was less than cheerful.

She had just stepped in herself so she was just a couple of steps from the door when she walked over to open it, "you really should start using your keys, especially when I'm expecting you."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He shrugged a little, sliding his hands into his pockets and stepping inside. "I know. You tell me every time," he teased lightly, glancing around before turning to face her. "But I don't like to just barge in."

He paused a moment, then smiled a bit more. "I didn't really enjoy having it done at my place," he admitted.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

With a faint smile, she nodded, it was nice that he wanted to respct her place like he did, didn't see a lot of that going around, "we should make a deal then, if I'm expecting you, you can come in, otherwise, you knock."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He met her eyes and nodded a little, smiling faintly. "Deal." He drew in a breath, seeing something in her eyes that he couldn't readily identify, and that only served to heighten his sense of unease.

"Did you talk to Stuart?"

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe nodded, walking over to her desk and and opening her purse, finishing out her cellphone and checking for messages, mostly to have something to do, "he didn't have much to say, but he did tell me one thing."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He watched her, a slight frown on his face as she moved away from him and busied herself with her phone. "Which was?" he prompted, following her farther into Watchtower.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Dropping her phone into her purse she turned to look at him, "when Tess woke up," she paused, watching his face closely, she couldn't help being nervous about this.

Oliver had been around so often since he got back and since things were not going well with Clark at all, the last thing she wanted was to push away the one person she felt the most comfortable around lately, even more so than Lois since there was a very limited amount of information she could share with her cousin...

With a deep breath she leaned into one of her desks, crossing her arms over her chest, "the only thing she said about the dream was 'Chloe kills me'."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He studied her, trying to read her body language and the expression on her face, and all he could figure out of the emotions she was feeling was anxiety.

So when she uttered the last words, he grew still, blinking a couple of times to try and absorb that bit of information. After a moment, his eyebrows furrowed, a frown settling on his face.

"In the future Lois experienced, you killed Tess?" His voice was uncertain.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She kept her eyes on his face for a moment, studying him closely, silently then nodded, "that's what Stuart heard." Her voice was as void of emotion as her expression, trying to read his instead.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He shook his head a little. "Well, that future's already null and void because Lois came back. She didn't stay gone, so..." He frowned a little deeper, having a difficult time figuring out where she was going with this.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Watching him for a moment longer, she nodded, slightly relieved that he wasn't freaking out or feeling betrayed by her future self's actions.

"That's all Stuart was able to tell me."

As much as she didn't like or trust Tess, she didn't want to have her blood on her hands, she didn't know what would have let her to kill the woman, but she hoped her future self had had one hell of a good reason to turn into a murderer.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He was silent for a moment, then he slowly crossed the distance between them and leaned against the desk beside her. "I don't know everything that happened in the freaky future trip that Lois took, and I don't really want to try and fill in the blanks," he admitted.

What he'd heard from Clark had made him feel ill, and even now the thought of Earth being taken over by Zod and all of those people dying...of Chloe dying...it was imagery he still didn't want to think about.

He drew in a breath and looked at her sideways. "You thought I'd be what, mad?" he asked uncertainly. "For something that you haven't done?"

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe raised her eyebrows a little as he voiced his conclusion, half in shock, half in surprise that he would be able to read her that well when she was doing her best to remain neutral to the information.

"I know she means something to you, Oliver." And that really bothered Chloe a lot more than it should and while she wasn't going to lie, she wasn't planning on telling him that either.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He sighed softly and fell silent for a long moment. She wasn't wrong. "Yes, but we're talking about a world where that never actually happened, Chloe. It was a hypothetical." Assuming Clark didn't screw up with this insane notion of befriending the local psychotic alien, anyway. But that wasn't something he wanted to contemplate right then.

"It'd be like you getting mad at me for something I did in a dream you had."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

After watching him for a second, she allowed herself relax a little, nodding and looking down for a second before meeting his gaze, "I'm guessing Tess won't see things that way."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

At that, he tensed a little, a shock of alarm flooding him at her words. Shit. He held her gaze, his expression suddenly changing and growing very serious. "No. She won't," he agreed.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

With a nod, she held his gaze before turning to look at the screen on her computer, "Stuart opened the access to the security cameras of the mansion so I can keep an eye on her at all times," she glances at Oliver then back at the screen as it divided in four, showing different angles of the study, "I'm sure I will know if she's planning something."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"Don't count on it." His voice was quiet, grave. He looked at the screen, feeling more than uneasy now. "She's far too smart to let herself get caught like that." He drew in a breath and let it out slowly. "She's not like Clark or even me. Lex made her his protege for a reason. She's always a step ahead."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe turned to look at him again, frowning hard, "she doesn't know I'm watching her, Oliver, she trusts Stuart, or at least did, so much she dragged him in with her to look into Lois' brain."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, and when he didn't cooperate like she wanted him to, he shot him, Chloe." He gave her a look. He pushed himself away from the desk and rubbed the back of his neck, lost in thought.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She turned her eyes back to the screen, frowning, she knew he had a point and that yes, Tess was definitely going to attempt something against her, but she wasn't going to let herself freak out just yet. She had managed to get what she wanted from the woman once before, she could keep an eye on Tess and keep herself safe.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He was silent for a long moment. "I'm moving in." It wasn't a question or even a request. It was a statement of fact.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

That made her stop, her eyes wide as she turned around, confused and looked over at him, "what?"

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"I said I'm moving in," he repeated, turning to face her.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"To the Watchtower?" She frowned slightly, still not really being able to process his words.