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[chloesullivan]

Chloe didn't get it. It just made no sense at all. Why would Oliver send her flowers? And at the Planet nonetheless.

They had been delivered that afternoon, a huge bouquet of tulips in every imaginable color. Bright colors. Colors that made everyone in the office stop and ask her who they were from. By the end of the day, Chloe's answer of choice: 'a friend' had caused more gossip than she would have liked.

The only good thing about it was that Jimmy looked pissed every time he glanced at the flowers. Not that she cared what he thought, it was his own fault for choosing Kara over her.

Still, she needed answers, which was why as soon as she got back to the clock tower with the massive bouquet and managed to place it over the counter, she pulled her phone up and called Oliver.

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[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

His chest tightened a little and he wondered what he'd really expected. Had he really thought a bouquet of her favorite flowers would make her care anything about him for reasons besides their arrangement?

"Neither do I," he responded as casually as he could.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"Good," she said again, pulling the phone away and taking a deep breath, "I guess... thanks for the flowers, then, but you don't have to do that."

Because that kind of thing just wasn't for her, what she and Oliver had, casual sex between friends was easier to deal with, anything else was messy and never ended well. Which was why she kept her feelings far away from this whole things.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"I know I don't have to," he answered, frowning involuntarily. Rubbing a hand over the back of his neck, he felt the awkward tension beginning to stretch between them once more. He needed to get rid of it, fast. "How'd Jimmy react?"

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe paused at the question and raised her eyebrows a little, "he kept glaring at them," she told him, her voice a little quieter than usual and she had the feeling he was distracting her again.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He forced a smile into his tone. "Mission accomplished then."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She frowned at that, yeah, he was trying to distract her, "you don't really expect me to believe you did this to piss Jimmy off, do you?"

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"Why else would I have done it?" he questioned.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"I don't know," she told him, she didn't know what made less sense, that he was thinking of her, or that he cared enough to want to piss Jimmy off.

To be fair, she was surprised he even remembered Jimmy existed.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"Well, you're right. Pissing Jimmy off was just a nice bonus," he responded with a small smile that didn't reach his eyes. But it wasn't like she was looking at him, so it didn't matter.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"So I still don't know why you sent them," she pointed out, raising an eyebrow.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"Yes, you do. I told you, I saw them and thought of you so I sent them. Relax, Chloe, there's no ulterior motive involved," he said, his voice a little shorter than he'd intended to be.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She frowned at the tone his voice had taken and pursed her lips together, at lease she knew she had been right, "okay then, I'll let you go."