Just a little something floating around in my mind.. might get some more chapters, if there is enough interest in it!
(also, no beta so every and all mistakes are my own..)
Hope you enjoy it!
disclaimer: I do not own Arrow. Unfortunatly I still have to work for a living...
"What time does your plane land?" … "No, so I can leave you standing in the arrival hall like a moron! Of course to pick you up! You're my best friend and I haven't seen you in forever! You work too much."… "I do not! I swear to you Wings, I will kick your ass if you ever say that to me again!." … "Yeah, yeah, whatever. I'll see you at 6 then." … "I'll bring a banner, or a megaphone. Or both." … "Bye."
She hangs up, big smile plastered on her face and turns to Oliver, who's been standing in the doorway of her office for the last 5 minutes. He looks… annoyed… or constipated, those two faces really look alike.
"Need something boss-man?" she asks him, still grinning like an idiot. "Yeah.. uhm... those documents on the Ferris deal, I need to look them over before the meeting." She turns her chair around to grab the folder she'd been meaning to give him half an hour ago, before the phone call. "Sorry, I was planning to bring them to you, but then…" she waves her hand vaguely at her phone, while shrugging. "I got interrupted."
"I noticed. I've been trying to get your attention for at least 10 minutes. So… who was that?" He tries to make the question nonchalant, but there is something in his tone that suggests he's not at all as detached as he would like her to believe. She tilts her head a little, trying to size him up, but his face is carefully neutral.
"An old college friend, who's visiting Starling on business and a little catching up. Speaking of, I'm taking off a little early today if you don't mind, got to go to the airport."
She looks at him with those big blue eyes, and what is he supposed to say? No? You can't go pick up your friend because I'm scared about this stupid meeting and if you're not here to help me focus I might screw this up beyond compare? So he does what he does best. Plasters a smile on his face and says: "Of course you can go." He turns around and heads to his office, smile long forgotten.
Since Oliver has to attend some or other gala for god-knows-what there is no Arrow business tonight either. So she makes dinner reservations at Table Salt for her and her friend. Sometimes she didn't mind being Oliver's EA, because when she calls, she always gets a table.
At 4 she takes her bag and heads out of her office. Oliver is still in the Ferris meeting, and it looks like it might take a while. She steps into his office and writes him a little note, not wanting to leave without saying goodbye.
Oliver, thanks for the night off! Have 'fun' at the gala, try to stay for at least an hour, you do have an image to uphold. Call me if there is an emergency, but only if it's life and death!
G-W
She took to signing notes for him with G-W, because she still thought it was funny (although not at that time), him calling her Girl-Wednesday instead of Friday. It became a joke of sorts between them, one that often left other people standing and staring at them with raised eyebrows. But she didn't mind, she and Oliver were friends and as such, were entitled to certain inside-jokes.
She got at the airport at 5.45, which left her enough time to stop at the coffee shop and buy herself a tall mocha something or other, and her friend a plain black coffee with 2 sugars. And they called her boring. She snorts.
She was standing in the middle of the arrival hall, looking around slowly, trying to spot her friend before she was spotted herself. She knew that was impossible because her friend had eyesight like an eagle and she… did not. All of a sudden, a hand covers her face, and a familiar voice whispers in her ear. "Where is my banner?." She jumps a little, but really she shouldn't be surprised her friend got the drop on her, it always happened. But since she was training with Oliver and John, she'd hoped she wouldn't be caught so off guard this time.
She turns around slowly, a huge grin spreading across her face, and hands over the coffee. They walk out of the airport side by side, talking about everything the other has missed in the years they were separated. It really felt like old times.
After dropping off the luggage, and her friend trying to convince her that a hotel would have been just as fine; they went to dinner.
"You know, I'm sure my billionaire boss has a nice spot in the IT department for a genius programmer like yourself. I could pull a few strings, get you an interview." Felicity looks up at her friend. "Well, I already have a billionaire boss and even though I'm not all that pleased with the EA thing, I love working at QC and I would never leave my friend like that." Her friend looks pensive at that for a minute. "You're right, I shouldn't have suggested. But, if you ever change your mind, there is enough room in Gotham for 2 brilliant minds, and Wayne Enterprises would be lucky to have you."
After that, they went back to talking about everything and nothing. Not wanting to go home just yet, she takes her friend to the one place she knows will let her in, no matter what; and give her free drinks on top of that. So she suggests Verdant to end their night with. They dance and drink ("Okay, just one more, I mean in Wings, I have a meeting in the morning and don't need a hangover as well!" "Don't be a baby Smoak, just drink!") and generally have a good time.
All of a sudden she feels a hand on her shoulder, and turns around. Looking straight into Oliver Queen's very displeased face. "What are you doing here Felicity, you said you were going to hang out with your old friend from college." He shoots an angry look at the man she was dancing with. She smiles up at him and says: "I am." She pulls Oliver a little closer. "Oliver, meet my friend Wings; or as other people might call him; Richard Grayson."
So, BFF Grayson…
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