I know it's been a while, sorry folks! DocWatson's got me bogged down with two Sherlock stories and now a Doctor Who story. I insisted I AT LEAST get this one posted this weekend. It won't be long and Arrow will be back on the air...YAY! and I promised myself (and you lovely readers) that I would be caught up with the series by the time it re-started...Still working on keeping that promise, but I hope to complete soon! Anyway, here's the Tommy bits from Muse of Fire...I love TomOllie...I'm beginning to see the cannon in it even more now...Enjoy the whole story (which will be posted before I go to bed tonight!

He was standing at the door when her pizza guy walked up. Tommy refused to talk to him, but he did grin at him. When she opened the door, he had the sense to look slightly uncomfortable. He wasn't even sure why he was there, except to follow through on Dear Old Dad's edict.

"Technically, I did get here ten seconds before this guy," he said with a small smile.

She paid the pizza guy and he followed her in.

"So, Tommy, what brings you by so late?"

"Well, I assumed, rightly, that you would be at home working tonight and I also assumed that you would be hungry," he said indicating the pizza in her hand, "Also rightly."

"I don't know," she said with a smirk, "This is a mushroom and olive pizza from Mario's."

"Ah! That is damn good pie!" he said with a wince.

"Alright," she said, putting the pizza box on the table, "What do you have to offer?"

"Spicy tuna on crispy rice from Toro's," he responded, not really looking at her, but knowing he had her favorite in hand.

"Ah…Damn you, Merlyn," she said with a grunt as she grabbed the bag out of his hand.

He grinned at her and she smiled slightly.

"I hope sushi was all you had in mind," she said as she opened the bag.

"Uh…Actually, there was something I wanted to ask you," he said following her slightly as she dug into the bag and head into the living room.

"What's that?" she asked.

"Will you go out with me? Like on a date?" he asked.

"You brought me dinner so you could ask me to dinner?" she said, a little crease growing between her eyebrows.

"We-well, I also did throw you a really big charity gala," he reminded her.

"See, I thought you threw it for the hundreds of people it would benefit," she said.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, hundreds of people…plus one more," he said with his patented smile. She laughed his name and he continued, "Laurel, I get it. This is all happening for us in the wrong order. You know, first we're friends for many years, and then briefly, we are friends with benefits, extremely excellent benefits…And now I am just hoping that we can be two people sitting at the same restaurant at the same table at the same time. See, when I say it like that it doesn't sound so scary, does it?"

She smiled at him and he knew once again he had won her over. But the smile tempered before she asked, "Is this a real deal or something for Daddy to see?"

He sobered and replied, "Can't it be a little bit of both?"

"Tommy, all you have to do is be honest about this," she smiled again, "You don't have to go through these elaborate wooing techniques to get me to go out with you."

He smiled again, "Thanks, Laurel."

You know what I'm going to say next, right...Does it have to be said? (Sorry DW reference for those who aren't fans...and WHY aren't you?) Anyway...read and review, please...Thanks!