" I'm a reporter, I'm always chasing after good stories. And yours is a fascinating one "
or
In which after leaving Gotham, Cassandra Winter finds herself chasing after another vigilante.
...
As soon as Cassandra Winter put a foot at Table Sat, Oliver Queen noticed her presence. She wasn't alone, and although he would've expected to see her with Tommy Merlyn, the one by her side was Dick Grayson. Queen excused himself for a moment, as his date Helena Bertinelli went to ask about their tables.
Cassandra was also by herself, waiting for Dick as he also went to ask about their seats. She was with her back to Oliver —funnily enough, trying to spot him in the crowd— so the soft grab on her arm and Oliver's low voice asking what she was doing there took her by surprise.
"Oliver! What a coincidence!" the woman faked surprise, she didn't even try for it to sound real, which made Oliver's annoyance grow.
"Cassandra..." the man said with a warning tone; his hand hadn't left Cassie's arm.
"I'm here on a date" she casually responded, somehow not minding the grab on her arm "Just like you, I'm assuming"
"On a date with your brother?" he questioned, raising his eyebrow "I saw Grayson"
"Alright you made that sound terribly weird" she shook her head with a disgusted face, finally releasing herself from Oliver's grip.
"The truth Cassandra, please?" Oliver asked, tilting his head and using the same tone a teacher would use when talking to a preschooler, which made Cassie roll her eyes.
"Fine, I might or might not have been asked to babysit you" she confessed, nervously bitting her lip, gesture that didn't go unnoticed by Oliver, who was fairly astonished.
"You are here to babysit me?" he questioned with wide eyes.
"I'm here to babysit you" she repeated his words, with a teeth-less smile.
"I-I" Oliver tried to say, but he was speechless —and a bit offended— "I don't need anyone to babysit me. I don't need you to babysit me"
"Well, if you'd let your bodyguard do his job, I wouldn't have to be here" she wryly replied "He just wants to make sure that you don't do anything stupid"
"It's just a date" Oliver clarified "We are just having dinner"
"A lot can happen in just a dinner" Cassandra kept defending herself "Look, Dick and I will even sit at another table, you won't notice my presence"
