Not beta'd
An high school AU
Oliver knew he was staring but he couldn't help it.
He had tried to stop , tried to get her out of his head but so far it hadn't worked ever since that bloody science glass.
It was three weeks ago when he was left partner less , his best friend Tommy had come down with the flu.
Oliver was bored out of his mind , listening to his Science teacher drone on about something he really didn't care about and he unfortunately had nothing to distract him from his of course wasn't paying attention in glass and was mindlessly doodling on his notebook when he looked up to stare at the window and there she was.
She was sitting right next to the window with the sun framing her blonde hair.
She looked like an Angel.
That definitely got his attention.
He had to admit he'd never noticed her before and after asking the kids around him, found out that her name was Felicity Smoak and that she had skipped a year.
She was pretty , even from the side he could tell and he knew from the way she dressed that she didn't realize how pretty she was.
She had on square glasses and bright lipstick on her lips which she was tugging with her teeth. He really wanted to kiss those lips.
"Oliver Queen I hope I'm not interrupting your studying of Ms. Smoak" Mr. Steele , his science teacher said in his British voice.
That caused the class to laugh and himself to blush.
He looked at the side of his eyes and noticed she had ducked her head and was blushing a very nice shade of red.
"No sir sorry" He mumbled and he decided that he had to get to know her.
It had been a hard task to do as the only class they had together was science and she seemed to disappear as soon as the bell rang.
This is why it had come to him staring at her in his lunch break as he didn't seem to have the nerve to talk to her and it was driving him crazy.
She was always with a skinny lanky brunette who was standing way too close to her and making her laugh.
"Oliver your staring at that poor girl again it's creepy" Laurel said shaking her head at him as she looked up from her legal text book.
It was just the two of them at the lunch table today.
They along with her sister Sara and Tommy had all been best friends since elementary school and were the only people who really knew him.
Even when he became captain of the Football team and dated the majority of the cheerleaders at the school he could always count on his friends to set him straight and be real with him.
"I know I know but I never get the chance to talk to her she keeps disappearing. She's like a bloody ninja!" He said.
"A ninja really? That's what you're going with" Laurel said raising her eyebrows looking at him unimpressed.
"Hey a little sympathy here , I've never had this happen to me before" He said giving her a glare.
"Well now you can be nervous and normal like as mere mortals" she said smirking at him but after seeing the look on his face she softened up.
"Look Ollie she's alone now go talk to her" She said patting his hand.
He looked at her and she was still reading the book in her hand and eating her apple at the same time.
"What do I say?" he said nervously.
"Be yourself. The real you not the jock football jerk you Oliver. I think that's the kind of guy she would like" Laurel said.
"Yeah?" he asked and she nodded.
He got up wiping his hands on his jeans as Laurels sister Sara and Tommy approached the table.
"We're you going?" Tommy said placing his tray beside Oliver's and taking his chocolate Milk.
Oliver really hadn't eaten a lot of his lunch that day.
"His finally going to Felicity" Laurel said.
"Is that the cute girl he keeps staring at?" Sara asked her sister placing her own tray beside hers.
"Yep" Laurel said indicating with her hands to him to go.
He nodded and started to head towards her his heart beating fast and he could hear the pounding in his ears.
He wonder if the whole cafeteria could hear it and for a moment he looked over to his friends to see if they could but they just smiled and gave him a thumbs up.
He approached her table slowly careful not to startle her and stood in front of her.
He waited a couple of minutes to see if she would notice him and when it became clear that she was to involved in her book he cleared his throat.
She looked up and he felt his heart skip a beat. He hadn't really seen her up close and now that he had realized just how beautiful she was.
Her beautiful blue eyes went wide and the lips that he really wanted to kiss formed into an O as she looked at him in surprise.
"Hi I'm Oliver Queen"