Linda Parker puts her textbook in her book bag then slowly closes her locker. Behind the small door, Barry Allen leans against the neighboring locker with a small smile on his face. Linda jumps at the sight of her best friend, making him laugh. She hits his arm as a small punishment.

"I am sorry. I just couldn't resist." She shakes her head and Barry pushes himself off the locker. She readjusted her book bag and moves her hands as she signs a question. "Where is Felicity?"

"Felicity, my lovely and girlfriend left early to go help her super cool, and hot best friend." Linda rolls her eyes at the last comments. Barry puts up his hands in his defense. "Seriously Barry! You know that she doesn't see him that way."

"I am just saying." Linda turns and two friends begin walking down the empty school hall. "I thought Felicity's best friend lives in Star City."

"He does, did. I am not really sure what's going on. All I know if Felicity went to go and help him move. Speaking of which, what are you doing this Saturday?" He turns his body and starts walking backwards. "Nothing."

"Good, cause Felicity has planned a hangout." Linda scrunches up in her face in confusion. Barry makes a guilty face and quickly signs to her and she nods her head with a smile. "Sorry, I forgot that I am next to your bad ear."

"Bad ear?" The two best friends begin laughing. Barry turns back around as they near the double doors. He opens of them and Linda goes out first, then Barry. She turns to look at Barry. "So what's the hangout for?"

"The hangout is for Ollie. Felicity wants to make him feel welcomed and she thinks it would be a good idea if we met him, and be friends." Linda raises an eyebrow as Barry puts his hands down and looks at her. Again, he puts his hands up in defense. "I swear this is not a set up. I promise. Not after last time which by the way, Cisco is still mad about."

"Mad? Cisco ignored me all night on our date." Her hands move so fast, Barry had a hard time keeping up. "Ok, first you need to slow down. It's hard to understand you when your hands are moving so fast. Second of all, how was I suppose to know he was taking you to the arcade?"

She stopped walking and glares at her best friend. Barry takes a step back. "He is your best guy friend! You know him better than I do!"

"Yeah well, Cisco has never been good with the ladies and I thought you guys would be a good match. Felicity thought it was a bad idea." Linda gives him a look, Barry knows too well. "And you still went along with it?"

"I am sorry. You know I feel bad." Linda nods her head and two continue walking. She looks up and sighs, her mom nowhere to be found. Barry looks at her then looks forward, then looks back at his best friend. "Do you wanna come over? You know Joe doesn't mind."

Linda puts on a smile and turns to her best friend. "I will be fine, plus my mom says I can't be over there all the time. It isn't my home."

"It will always be your home, Lin. You and I both know that." He bumps her shoulders as they come to a stop. "At least let me walk you home."

"I will be fine. I promise and I will text you when I get there." Barry nods his head and the two shares a hug, and then quickly pull apart. "Be careful."

Linda nods her head and turns away, and walks down the right side of the sidewalk as Barry walks down the opposite.

AA

Linda quietly opens the door to the apartment and walks in, then quietly closes the door. She looks around the dimly lit room and finds it empty. She lets out a small sigh of relief as she walks further into the room and towards the kitchen.

"Linda! Is that you?" She stops turning her head and waits for a moment, then walks into the kitchen. Down the hall, a short distance from the kitchen, a woman walks out of a room and heads towards the kitchen. The woman stops at the kitchen's entrance and looks at Linda, anger written all over her face. "Linda!"

Linda turns around and faces her mom. "Didn't you hear me call you?"

She puts down the pitcher to respond. "I didn't hear you."

"You're not deaf, Linda. Not completely." Her mom crosses her arms across her chest. "I can only from one good ear from an angle, it didn't completely heal from the accident."

"Ugh! Stop waving your hands like that. You know I don't understand whatever you're trying to tell me." Linda puts her hands down and looks down, hiding her shame. Her mom sighs in frustration. "Anyways, your home and I am going out. So clean up the place and take care of your brother."

Linda looks up and begins to ask a question, but her mother is already walking away. "Also make sure you feed your brother."

The teen lets her hands drop and stares at the spot her mom just occupied. Quietly, her little brother shuffles to the kitchen and stands close to the wall. He looks up at his older sister. "Linda."

Able to her brother's soft voice, Linda turns and quickly puts on smile. "Hey Alex."

"Is mommy leaving again?" She walks to him without saying a word and kneels down in front of him, so that she is at his eye level. She nods her head as a yes. Alex puts his hand down in sadness. She touches his arm and he looks up at her. "We are going to have fun."

A small smile appears on the boy. "We will have grilled cheese sandwiches and we can build a fort."
Alex giggles at her suggestion. "Can we have ice cream?"

She does not move for a moment and makes a face as if she is considering the question. Her expression quickly changes and a big smile appears on her face. "Of course! Now go put on your pajamas and I will get dinner started."

Alex runs out of the kitchen as Linda stands up and watches head to his room. She turns her head and looks in the direction of her mom's room, her heart pounding as she turns back into the kitchen.

Felicity looks around the room as she steps, holding a lamp as she slowly moves in a circle. "So remind me again, is this bigger or smaller than your old room?"

Behind her, Oliver Queen walks into this room with a large box in his hands. He puts the box and turns to Felicity, who still holds the lamp in her hand. He looks at the blonde in disbelief.

"Really, Felicity?" Felicity spins and looks at her best friend in confusion. Oliver points at the lamp and she looks down at it. "That's all you carried in here."

"Hey, I am sorry that I am not all strong and muscles like you. Plus all your stuff is super heavy so I grabbed the lightest thing. And you didn't answer my question: is it bigger or smaller?" Oliver sighs and takes a quick look around. "It's bigger."

Felicity nods her head and puts the lamp down on a bedside table. She looks at her best friend. "Your mom got a good settlement, didn't she?"

Oliver gives her a small smile. "Yeah I guess, it helps that dad cheated on her so in order to stay quiet, he gave her whatever she wanted. That's what I have been told."

Felicity sits on the mattress and watches as her best friend moves around his room, opening one box and begins unpacking. "So I talked to Barry."

Oliver laughs at the mention of her boyfriend. "That must have a great conversation. You know he loves me."

"I swear you two, can't grow up. Anyways, I told him that you had moved here and that you didn't know anyone. So it would be great if we had a hangout, you know. You can meet our friends and you can make new ones. What do you say?" Oliver stops and looks at her, an eyebrow raised. "You want me to meet your friends? You don't think I am going to stand out?"

"You will but I know they will like you. I like you." Oliver gives her a soft look and puts his hand over his heart. She returns the gesture. "Barry doesn't like me."

"He likes you, Ollie. He just doesn't like the fact that you are super handsome and fit, that's all." His smile grows wider. "You think I am handsome?"

Felicity falls back on the mattress and groans. Oliver laughs at her reaction and walks over to the bed. He looks down at her with a smile. She looks at him. "Wipe that smile off your face."

"I can try but I don't think I can. So you are going to answer my question?" Felicity puts a hand over her eyes. "No I am not. It will just make your head bigger than it already it is."

"Fine." He moves away from the bed and goes back to unpacking. Felicity shots up and looks at him, an idea coming to her. "Hey, are you and Laurel done? You know for good?"

Oliver stops and slowly turns around to look at her. "Why are you asking? Did she call you?"

"First off, Laurel wouldn't call me and second, as your best friend I can ask." He sighs before answering her question. "Fine, Laurel and I are done for good. When I decided to leave against her wishes, she decided that we are done for good."

Felicity nods her head quietly and makes no comment, surprising Oliver. "What no comment?"

"Nope, well, its not the good kind so I am not going to say anymore about that. What I will tell you is Barry has this best friend and I think you like her." He puts a picture frame on the dresser. "You're going to set me up with one of your friends?"

"Yes, she is Barry's best friend and I think you two will be good together." He stares at her for a moment. "And Barry is okay with this?"

Felicity bites her lip. He sighs. "Barry doesn't know, does he?"

"No, he doesn't but you need to trust me. Linda is an amazing person." They stare at each other for a minute then Oliver nods his head, giving in. Felicity's smile widens and jumps up from the bed, and walks over to Oliver. "I promise you, you won't be sorry."

Oliver nods his head silently as Felicity walks out of the room, yelling for his sister.

AA

Barry walks around his car as Linda climbs down the last steps of the apartment complex. She looks up and smiles at her best friend. "So changed of plans."

Linda looks at him with confusion. "What happen?"

"Nothing. Felicity-

"Hey! You said it was fine to go!" Felicity steps out of the car, interrupting her boyfriend and moving her head to get a look at Linda. "Hey Lin!"

Linda waves to the blonde as Barry rolls his eyes at Felicity's outburst, and turns to look at her. "You didn't give me much of a choice!"

"Don't be a baby, plus he invited you so I don't see the big deal." He sighs and turns back to Linda, who still looks at him with confusion. "Oliver invited us to go and watch some kind of karate tournament, because FELICITY forgot!"

Linda starts laughing as Felicity begins to shout again. Barry shakes his head and looks at her. "Anyways, I hope you don't mind."

"I don't mind. It might be fun." Barry sighs in defeat and two best friends head towards the car. Barry walks around to the driver's door as Linda climbs into the back seat. Felicity turns her body in the front passenger seat and smiles at Linda. "Hey, Lin, sorry about the change of plans."

"It's okay, so what exactly are we going to go watch?" The car door closes and Barry starts the car. "It's a judo tournament. Oliver is super into Martials arts and stuff."

"Is he any good?" Barry scoffs at the questions as they leave the apartment parking lot, and enter the main street. Felicity glares at Barry for a moment then returns her attention back to Linda. "He is super good. He has a ton of trophies and I think a black belt, I could be wrong."

"You don't get black belts in judo, genius." Linda looks at her best friend in confusion, and Felicity signs Barry's statement and Linda nods her head. Barry looks at his best friend in the rearview mirror with an apologetic look. "Sorry, Lin."

"It's ok." Linda sits back as Barry gets onto the freeway and heads to downtown Central City.

It took twenty minutes to reach downtown and to the venue. Barry slowly enters the parking lot and quickly finds a free parking spot. Once parked, the trio climbs out of the car and look to the venue. "This is different."

Felicity and Linda turn to Barry who walks around the car and joins them. "Are you sure this is the place?"

Felicity looks at Barry with an annoyed look. "Of course it is. I have been here before when they had tournaments in Central."
Barry puts up his hands in defense, making Linda laugh as they start walking towards the venue. As they approach, Barry opens the door and two women walk in and Barry follows. Linda looks around, speechless at her surroundings. "This is amazing."

She looks at Felicity, who stands beside her with a smile. "Yeah it is. Come on you guys, it's this way."

Linda and Barry follow Felicity down a short hall, leading towards a large room with a large mat in the middle. Barry and Linda stop at the entrance as they look around the large room, impressed at the place. Felicity stops and looks behind her, smiling at them both. "Are you guys okay?

"Yeah, I have just never seen this large training room dedicate to karate." Linda nudges Barry, gaining his attention. "It's judo."

Barry rolls his eyes at her. "Does it really matter? It's the same thing."

Linda shakes her head at they walk into the room and head towards the stands. They climb up a few steps then down a row, and take their seats. The room slowly starts to fill up with spectators and competitors. Linda looks to the competitors and observes each one, including the coaches, looking for Felicity's friend. Barry looks at his best friend.

"Are you looking for Oliver?" Linda looks at her friend in surprise, but then shakes her head no. "I don't know him, Barry."

Barry smiles and looks towards the mat. Once he spots Oliver, he points him out to Linda. "That is him over there. The blonde guy with the sort of army buzzed haircut."

She giggles at his comment about Felicity's best friend. "Be nice, Barry."

Barry just smiles and sits back as an announcer comes forward and starts talking. Barry starts interrupting to Linda the best he can, but after awhile she puts a hand on his arm. He smiles at her and nods his head, and tours to the competition that soon begins.

AA

The trio walks down the stands and follows the crowd out. Linda and Felicity hold onto Barry as they make their way out of the building. Barry turns to the girls.

"Ok, I will admit: that was better than I thought it was going to be." Felicity crosses her arms at her boyfriend as Linda looks at him with a raised eyebrow. "We could tell."

"Shut up, Lin." Barry looks over their heads, trying to spot Oliver in the crowd. Felicity turns to look for only a moment then looks back at Barry. "He will be here. He was checking on something with his coach."

"Does he practice all the time? He is really good." Felicity smiles. "Yeah, he does. He has been practicing more since his parents' divorce started; it keeps his mind off things. That's what he tells me but I think he practices so he doesn't have to deal with it all."

Linda nods her head as she turns around to look at the crowd, and spots Oliver walking towards them. She grabs Felicity's arm and tugs it, drawing the blonde's attention. A big smile appears on Felicity's face as she leaves Barry and Linda, and runs to Oliver. Linda looks at her best friend's face and finds a sour expression. "I know-

"They're just friends, Lin. That's all, really close friends." Lin puts her hands down as they watch the interaction between Felicity and Oliver. After a few moments, Felicity pulls Oliver over to them and stands in front of Linda, and Barry. "Ok Oliver, you already know Barry."

The two men raise a hand at each other as a greeting and Oliver's eyes turn to Linda. Felicity looks to Linda. "Oliver, this is Linda. Linda this is my best friend, Oliver."

Linda smiles at Oliver and starts moving her hands by instinct. "Hello, it's nice to meet you."

"Linda says nice to meet you." Barry steps up just as Oliver puts his bag down and face Linda. "It's nice to meet you too, Linda."

The trio is taken back by this sudden communication. Felicity looks at Oliver as Barry groans and turns around. "Of course, he knows sign language."

Felicity briefly looks at her boyfriend before returning to look at Oliver. "I didn't know you knew sign language."

Oliver looks to the blonde as he leans down to grab his bag. "I needed a language credit and sign language seemed interesting. It was the only class I excelled in."

Felicity just shakes her head as Barry turns back to them. "So shall we go and get lunch?"

Oliver looks at Barry and smiles. "If you don't mind, I brought my own car. I can just drop off my stuff in there and go with you guys."

"Sounds good." Barry puts a smile until Oliver turns, and walks away from them. He looks at Felicity and Felicity puts up her hands. "I swear I did not know."

Linda breaks out laughing, followed by Felicity. Barry shakes his head and turns around, letting them laugh. Oliver returns and looks at the trio in confusion, especially the girls. He takes a slow step forward as Linda and Felicity try their best to stop, then glances at Barry. "Is everything okay?"

Felicity and Linda stop laughing as Barry turns around, and they all look at Oliver. "Yeah, everything is fine. We should head out before Linda and Felicity die from laughter."

The girls break out again in laughter as Barry walks away and they follow him, holding onto each other. As they reach Barry's car, Felicity and Linda break apart and climb into the car. Oliver and Barry do the same. Oliver looks at Felicity and Linda, who slowly recover from all that laughing. "So you want to tell me what is so funny?"

Felicity turns her body in the front seat; finally calm from the laughing but has a smile on her face. "Barry was very surprised that you knew sign language. He was very impressed. Not everyone knows."

Oliver looks to the rearview mirror and catches Barry's eye, and smiles. "Sorry, Barry."

"Don't be sorry, Ollie. It's just another thing that makes so you awesome." Felicity looks to Barry for confirmation and support. Barry glances at his girlfriend and sighs. "Yeah, another thing that makes you awesome."

She glances back at her best friend for a moment then turns back in her seat. Linda smiles at Barry, who catches her eye in the rearview memory and shakes his head. "So does Big Belly Burger sound good?"

Linda looks at Barry with some confusion, unable to hear his question. Out of habit, Felicity turns in her seat and translates for Linda. Oliver watches this quietly as Linda responds and Felicity replies back, and he smiles at his best friend. Barry looks into the rearview at Linda. "Until what time?"

Linda tells him and he nods his head as he turns into the restaurant. Barry parks the car and the four climb out. Barry and Felicity walk in front and Linda, and Oliver in the back. Oliver glances at Linda and lightly nudges her, getting her attention. "Was this your first time watching a judo match?"

"Yes, it was very interesting." They walk into the restaurant, following Barry and Felicity. "Do you practice a lot?"

"Yes, about five times a week, sometimes more." Linda nods her head and the two stop the conversation as they glance over the menu. Barry and Felicity order first as Linda moves to the next free cashier. She takes one look at the menu then orders. After she finishes, the employee looks at her with shock.

"I am sorry but I didn't get that." Linda scrunches up her face for a second then nods her head, and gets ready to turn. Oliver quickly comes forward, grabbing Linda's hand, and holds on as he orders for her. "She wants a number one with a small ice tea."

Linda stares at him as he orders for her, and for himself. Oliver hands the lady money for the order then thanks her, as he turns to at Linda who looks shock. He laughs at her expression. "I hope you don't mind that I paid for you."

"Thank you and you didn't have to do that." He smiles at her as they walk away and make their way towards Barry, and Felicity. "I wanted to."

Linda nods her head and says no more as they join Barry and Felicity. Barry looks at his best friend, who sits beside him. He doesn't say anything but turns back to the conversation with Felicity and Oliver. "You didn't tell me, how did Tommy take the move?"

"You know Tommy, he wasn't too happy especially since I moving near you." Felicity smiles at his response. "You did tell him that it's not my fault you're moving, right?"

"I did but he doesn't believe me, he still thinks you had a hand in it." Felicity shakes her head as she looks at Barry and Linda. "Tommy is Oliver's best guy friend and is always competing with me."

Linda smiles at the blonde and raises her hands. "You should just say it, you're winning."

Felicity laughs at Linda's comment. "I know I am and it feels great."

Oliver and Barry shake their heads in silence, both have an amused smile on their face. Near the registers, an employee calls out their orders. Oliver and Felicity get up and walk away. Barry turns in his chair and looks at his best friend, and gently taps her arm. Linda turns and looks at him.

"Everything alright?" Linda nods her head. "Yeah, Oliver just threw me off a little bit."

"What do you mean?" Linda moves in her chair to face Barry, glancing towards the counter, where Oliver and Felicity still are. "He paid for my food, which is super nice but unexpected."

Barry sighs. "He does that, it's his way of flirting with girls. Felicity told me that he has a charm with girls, but never truly committed to a relationship."

"I thought you said this wasn't a setup." Linda's expression slowly changes into disappointment. Barry puts up his hands in defense before answering. "It's not, at least not from me. I told Felicity not to set him up with you, because of his history. I swear."

Linda didn't respond as Felicity and Oliver returned with their food. Felicity grabs her food and pushes the tray to Barry. Oliver pushes his tray of food towards Linda, and she grabs her food. The four of them eat in comfortable silence, taking breaks to make small comments. The peace of their meal is interrupt by Linda's phone ringing. She puts her food down and pulls out her phone, and find it's a face time call from her brother and answers.

"Linda, where are you?" Her brother looks at her with concern. "Alex, what is it? What's wrong?"

"Mom is mad and she keeps yelling because you didn't tell her where you were going, even though you did." Linda sighs at the information. Barry leans to Linda and gets in view of the camera to see Alex, and puts on a smile. "Hey, Alex. Are you okay there, buddy?"

"Hi Barry and no, Linda can you please come home?" Barry's smile disappears as Linda's brother continues to silently cry. In the background, Linda's mom begins to yell. "You tell your sister, she better come home now!"

"Linda." Alex whispers in fear and Linda nods her head. "I will be there soon, okay? Just go to your room."

"Okay." Linda ends the call and looks at Barry, who is already standing up and looking at Oliver. "I am sorry Oliver, but we are going to have cut lunch short. I need to take Linda home."

"No problem." Oliver looks at Linda with a small smile as they stand up and gather their food.

Linda walks out of the girls' locker room with her tennis racket case strap across her chest, and the tennis racket resting on her back. She holds onto her book bag strap as she walks down the hall. Behind her, Oliver Queen walks out of a classroom and spots her. A smile appears on her face. "Linda!"

Linda continues to walk down the hall, a good distance away to hear Oliver call for her. He scrunches up his face in confusion for her lack of response, and runs after her. He slows his pace as he approaches her and reaches out, tapping her shoulder. Linda turns around in surprise but put on a quick smile. "Hey Oliver."

"I yelled your name right now, but I am guessing you didn't hear me." She scrunches up her face for a moment, but nods her head. "Sorry, my hearing aid doesn't pick up noises from far away."

He glances at her tennis racket and looks back at her. "I didn't know you played tennis."

"Yeah, I have been playing since I was eight. I don't mean to brag but I am the number two player in the city at the moment." Oliver laughs at her bragging and puts up his hands. "I didn't know, I am going to have to see you play to make my own opinion."

"There is a game this weekend. It's across town. " He opens the door for her and two exit the school. "I will be there. I hope everything is okay at home."

She looks at him for a moment, until the events of Saturday afternoon come back to her. "Yeah, sorry about that. I am just needed at home a lot, plus my mom forgets when I go out. But everything is fine. Thank you."

"Hey guys!" Oliver and Linda turn to see Felicity walking towards them. They stop as she approaches them. "Hey Lin, how did practice go? The coach wasn't too hard on you."

Linda laughs at the comment. "No Felicity, your dad was good and if he is being hard, he just wants me to be the best. Plus, at least I am willing to take the criticism."

Felicity groans. "No one will ever let it go. I do not have ability to play sports, cheer I can do but play sports, no."

Oliver puts a hand on Felicity's arm for comfort. "You're the best cheerleader we got."

Felicity rolls her eyes at the comment, continuing to make Linda laugh. Her phone vibrates, stopping Linda and making her sigh at the message. She looks up at Oliver and Felicity with a sad expression. "I am sorry guys but I got to go, I will see you guys later."

"Bye, Lin." She walks away with a wave and turns her back to them. Oliver watches her go, sad to see her leave. Felicity observes him and recognizes that expression on his face. "Oh no, do not even think about it mister."

Oliver turns back at looks at his best friend with a confused, but innocent look. "What?"

"Don't give me that what? You can't date Linda." He rolls his eyes at her and Felicity gives him a stern look. "I am not kidding Oliver, Linda is off limits."

"Seriously, we are just friends. I do not see the harm in being friends." The blonde raises an eyebrow, not buying his innocent excuse. "Oliver, please do not go there. Linda is sweet and kind, and I don't want to see her hurt. She has gone through enough. So please, just don't."

Oliver nods his head and Felicity walks away, as he turns to see Linda disappear down the sidewalk.