Title: Operation: Arrow
Author: Miranda Aurelia
Pairing: Chloe/Oliver
Summary: Great. My best friend has a floating disorder AND my mom is having an affair with Green Arrow! - Cassie Queen is not having a good day.
A/N: I think it's amazing how much I can brainstorm when I'm trying to avoid studying. Hope you enjoy my latest Smallville fic!
Cassandra Queen had always been a light sleeper with sensitive hearing. That's why it wasn't surprising when the sound of muffled voices woke her up from her slumber.
She cracked open one eye and glanced at the clock – the red numbers proclaimed the time to be 2:03 AM.
Her original intention was going to roll over and go back to sleep when her ears picked up the sound of masculine laughter. 'Dad's home!' was the thought that immediately popped into her mind.
Oliver Queen had been gone for almost half a month already on a business trip and she'd missed her father a lot.
Shaking off the vestiges of sleep, she threw her legs over the side of the bed and grabbed her robe.
Her bare feet barely made any sound as she made her way down the hallway towards the living room. However, any words of greeting immediately died on her lips as she took in the sight before her.
She would have recognized that figure no matter what. This was the same man that the news reports all featured at least once every two weeks. The one the news reports said was the leader of the Justice League.
It was also the same green-leather-clad figure that currently had Cassandra's mother wrapped in his arms as they engaged in what looked like a very steamy kiss – which looked like it was going to degenerate into NC-17 territory very soon.
She knew that she should have yelled out or something. Too bad it was like watching a car crash, a very detached part of her thought, it was horrifying, but sometimes you just couldn't look away.
Fortunately, that problem was solved when clothes started getting removed and she forced herself to move. In record time, she was back underneath the warmth of her covers with only one thought moving on a continuous loop through her mind.
Her mother was having an affair with Green Arrow!
The next time she woke up, it was 7:36 AM.
"Cassie!" She could hear her mom knocking on her door, "Rise and shine, sweetie!"
Cassandra fought back as yawn as she slowly got up. As she got more awake, the events of the night flooded back.
'Maybe I just dreamed the whole thing,' she thought to herself crossly as she brushed her teeth, 'Mom and Green Arrow? Nah, that's impossible.'
That theory was soon dashed.
"Morning, Mom," she called out as she shuffled into the kitchen, "You know, I had the weirdest-" Cassandra stopped abruptly as she looked at her mother.
Chloe Queen was sporting a visible hickey on her neck, one that her short blond hair evidently did not manage to hide.
"What were you going to say?" Chloe asked as she took a sip of her coffee.
"Uh…." Cassandra furiously thought of something to say, "I dreamed that I was getting chased by Barney. You know, the purple dinosaur? Yeah." She lowered her eyes and started on her scrambled eyes while her mind took in this new piece of information.
'Okay, definitely did NOT dream about Mom and Green Arrow,' she thought, 'Because I'm one hundred percent sure Mom wasn't sporting that hickey before last night!'
"Mom," she asked, "Did you and Dad have a fight?"
Chloe looked a bit taken back by this question. "No. Why do you ask?"
"Nah. I'm just imagining things..." Cassandra trailed off, "Weird dreams and all."
"Let me get this straight. You walked in on your mom kissing Green Arrow," Nathan Kent furrowed his brow, "And that's why GA is now public enemy #1."
"Not so loud!" Cassandra hissed, glancing around the hallway to see if anyone had heard them. "They weren't just kissing. There was totally groping involved." Then as if she just realized what she said, she closed her eyes and groaned. "Okay, really, really, REALLY bad mental images."
"Considering you're saying that you walked in on your mom doing the horizontal mamba with Green Arrow, yeah."
She glared at him, "They weren't doing it…yet, when I was watching." She had successfully blocked out the faint moans that had followed after she had retreated to her room by burying her head under a pillow.
"I'm guessing that means I should hide away all my Green Arrow posters before you use them for target practice?" The third member of their group spoke up.
"More like burn them," muttered Cassie.
"Hey!"
"What is it with your crush on that guy?"
Tina Allen shrugged. "He's hot."
"He's….old!" Cassie spluttered, "He's probably older than your father!"
"He's still hot though. Have you seen those biceps of his?" Tina grinned, "Besides, I don't tease you about your crush on Superman! I bet he's old enough to be your dad too!"
Nathan groaned, "Can we not let this conversation degenerate into girl-talk here?!"
"Uh, hello, girl here."
"And here."
"Duly noted."
"So what am I supposed to do?!!" Cassie wrung her hands, "I've got to figure out what to do before Dad comes home!"
"You could booby-trap the pent-house so that next time GA comes in, BAM! He'll be too busy trying to get uncaught to try anything!"
"And I get grounded for the rest of my natural life if Dad or Mom get caught in one of those traps."
"Put a hit out of him?"
"With the Mafia?" Tina looked amused.
"Number one. I don't have the mafia's contact info on my cell. Two, I don't think my allowance money will cover it. Three, Green Arrow is a jerk, but he's still one of the good guys. Unfortunately," Cassie said the last part under her breathe.
At that moment, the bell rang, signaling the end of lunch hour.
"But we need to think of something – and soon."
"So we're not writing a complaint letter to the JLA?"
"You-" Cassie glared at him, "-Are not funny."
"I wasn't trying to be," mumbled Nathan as Cassie stalked down the hallway. Tina just shook her head.
TBC.