Previously on THE FRIEND ZONE-

Oliver and Chloe are best friends with the potential to be something more. Chloe broke down due to forgetting the anniversary of Jimmy's death. Oliver comforts her and Chloe feels uncomfortable, she gets over it and they go to the diner with Clark and Lois. Oliver persuades Chloe to be his date to a fundraiser, Chloe ends up getting drunk. The day after she get kidnapped by Lex due to him wanting to know how to turn on and off her powers. The Justice League save her and her and Ollie fall asleep. The Justice League continue to bet on when they will get together. Lois think something is up with the recent killings and the team investigate into it, coming up with nothing. Chloe, finds a witness and goes to interview him, he agrees but only if they go to a restaurant, Oliver sees and get jealous. The two argue and Chloe quits. Lois talks to Chloe and Oliver, but the two continue to argue. The witness dies and the two meet unexpectedly in a coffee shop. Chloe rejoin the team but Chloe and Oliver are still at odds. Oliver realises he loves Chloe and is determined to do something about it.

THE FRIEND ZONE

Chapter Nine

Chloe had tolerated Oliver over the past couple of weeks but had made no effort to spend any time with him; much to his annoyance. The team had been spending a lot of time together so at least Oliver got to see her if not talk to her. They were attempting to find any leads on the Human Bowling Ball. The group sat with each other for hours going through papers, scanning computers and chatting while trying to find a lead.

"I've got it," Victor exclaimed. "It's Lex."

"Lex?" Oliver questioned.

"Lex," Victor confirmed.

"Lex?" Clark asked.

"Lex."

"Can everyone stop saying Lex! Victor are you sure?" Chloe asked.

"They're all related to him somehow, they either worked for him or went to school with him. They're all linked. I didn't realize it until now because someone has recently changed the records, probably Lex's men. When I noticed that they didn't fit and delved deeper, I found it was a cover," Victor said.

"Wow, well done," Chloe complemented, "I mean I always thought it could have been Lex but there was no evidence. I am a bit surprised though; it's not really his style is it?"

"Using a meteor infected person to do his dirty work, maybe they're being forced to do it." AC offered while the others nodded, surprised that Lex would actually work with a meteor infected person.

"Sorry to leave at such a crucial point but Lois and I have a date," Clark said gesturing to the door.

"It's probably time to call it a night anyway, we'll pick it up tomorrow," Oliver said as the others nodded. Over the next ten minutes everyone left except Chloe and Oliver.

"Hey, Chloe, what you working on?"

"Updating the database," Chloe answered as the computer began to flicker before it turned off.

"What happened?" Oliver asked confused that an extremely expensive computer had jus switched off for no apparent reason.

"It's gone it's all gone," Chloe murmured. "The database, I spent hours and..." Chloe trailed off and buried her face into her hands and started to cry.

"No Chloe, please don't cry," Oliver said.

"I just can't do it all, it's all too much and..." She said as Oliver enveloped her in a hug. "I'm sorry; it's not about the database, everything has just been... I just feel this emptiness and everything is so stressful at the moment..." Chloe trailed off.

"Chloe, its ok things will get better," Oliver said unsure what to say. Ten minutes ago they had barely been talking to one another.

"I really missed you," Chloe said, her voice being muffled into by Oliver's chest.

"I missed you too Sidekick," Oliver said smiling at her.

"This is stupid," Chloe said at the look on Oliver's face. She added, "I mean the arguing…"

"Agreed, I'm sorry."

"Me too, I..." Chloe trailed off yet again and struggled to think of the right words, "want to be close to you as before. I'm sorry I said I needed time, and I was wrong."

"Chloe it was my fault. I shouldn't have assumed that he was your boyfriend, I guess I was just jealous." He sighed.

"Jealous?" She asked. Sensing that Chloe wasn't ready for to hear the truth yet he back-tracked.

"I mean that, if you had a boyfriend we wouldn't as be as close anymore. Turns out that I managed to cause that all on my own," Oliver admitted.

"Oliver its okay, I'm happy we're friends again," Chloe said beaming. Oliver moved his hand to brush away the tears on her face.

"Me too, and seeing as we're such good friends will you be my date this Saturday? And before you say no, it's to open a hospital. It's an hour thing and we can go and grab some dinner afterwards," Oliver said, practically pouting.

"Ok, Ok, I'll go just don't let me get drunk," Chloe reluctantly agreed.

Chloe got ready for the hospital benefit thinking about Oliver. She had really missed him. Hospital benefits weren't really her thing, but she was glad to see Oliver outside the realm of Watchtower.

"Chloe, open up," Oliver called.

"Coming," Chloe shouted, attempting to run to the door in heels.

"Hey, Ollie," Chloe greeted.

"Wow you look beautiful," Oliver said grinning at her blushing.

"Thank you, I'll just grab my purse," Chloe said returning a minute later with it. The car ride was reasonably quite, a couple of comments were made but there was no constant flow of conversation. Oliver ushered her into the hospital, where groups were mingling. They made small talk and Chloe felt out of place but she wasn't going to let anything bring her down.

The two moved around, before an employee made a speech and Oliver cut the ribbon making a short speech about how he was happy to donate the money. He came back afterwards as the two continued to talk, Chloe leaning into his arms that were around her shoulders.

Wait, Chloe thought, since when had she started to lean in to Oliver's touch. She had just missed him that was the reason she attempted to convince herself with. She couldn't possibly have feelings for him could she? No that wasn't possible, Oliver was a friend, nothing more. There were a million reasons why they shouldn't be together. It just wasn't in the cards, Oliver was supposed to... Actually Chloe wasn't sure who Oliver was supposed to end up with, but she was certain it wasn't her. Did she have feelings for Oliver, well he was kind, intelligent and she would be blind if she didn't see how good looking he was and... She stopped suddenly is in realization. She had feelings for Oliver Queen.

How had she possibly come to that conclusion in the space of a minute? They had been friends for years and she had been completely blind? Was she just setting herself up for more heartbreak? Oliver couldn't possibly like her. It just couldn't be possible. She really needed to talk to someone about it.

The rest of evening went quickly, the two had dinner and he took her home. It was all a bit of a blur to Chloe really. As soon as she got home, she text Lois 'Chocolate Cake,' it was their message for: 'Boy emergency, get your ass over as I need someone to talk to.' Admittedly Lois used the phase far more frequently than Chloe but she was glad that Lois was there for her. 'Ok x' she text back. Chloe sat on the couch in anticipation.

"Lois I'm in love with Ollie," Chloe said as soon as Lois walked briskly in.

"I know," Lois said simply, and if Chloe hadn't been completely frantic it would have made her laugh.

"I can't be in love with Ollie," she said shaking her head in denial.

"But you are," Lois insisted as she sat on the couch as Chloe paced up and down on in front of it.

"How can you know this, when I didn't until a couple of hours ago?"

"Well my dear cousin there a couple of things you need to know about our family; being blind is a family trait. I mean look how long, it took me and Clark to get together, although I still blame part of that on Smallville," She said.

Chloe laughed, Lois always knew how to make light of a situation, "If it helps the Sullivan-Lane family also have a thing for heroes," Lois said laughing.

"He's the Green-Frickin'-Arrow," Chloe said as if it had only just hit her that not only was she in love with a billionaire, but also the Green Arrow. Lois laughed at the look on her cousin's face.

So this story is going to be wrapping up within the next few chapters, but I hope to post a new Chloe/ Oliver story soon and I can just say thank you for all the wonderful reviews they mean alot, please one this chapter, anyway hope you enjoyed it :)