The mascot

It wasn't Felicity's day. It was hot and she was sweating, but she had to go to work. So she got dressed and headed to the mall. She worked at the Tech village and the job was boring. Sure she was surrounded with things she loved. But if she was asked one more time why their laptop doesn't turn on, when simply the battery had died she would throw up. But she needed the Money. She wanted to MIT. She knew she would have certainly have a scholarship, she worked certainly hard in school to earn it. But that scholarship wouldn't surely pay her caffeine addiction. So she had to suck it up.

It wasn't Oliver's day. First Laurel had dumped him. Again. She had found out that he had slept with her sister behind her back. That was apparently the straw that broke the camels back. Then after that he came downstairs to a heated fight between his parents. On Thea's birthday. Couldn't they get along just once for their daughter. So he looked for his sister and found her crying in the attic. It took long coaxing and persuasion to get her to come along. He told her wait in his car, while he got his wallet and his present for her. As he settled down in the driver's seat and saw his little sister so dejected sitting there. He made her inwardly a promise that it would in spite of everything be a unforgettable day for her.

"No no that cant be happening no" She babbled to herself in the changing room. Apparently a coworker had called in sick and she would have to cover for him as a mascot. But she had no choice, that was worse than helping middle-aged man remove the virus of their laptops after they downloaded porn. This was worse than young kids crashing into monitors because they did a race in an electronics store. That was the end of the world, doomsday, apocalypse. despising she eyed the costume in her hands. why she? Just why? There was just one thing she could do:like the penguins from Madacscar "smile and wave"

Thea immediately leapt out of the car as she realized exactly where they were. "Speedy, wait for me," Oliver shouted after her, and she came to a halt aprubt. "Worst nickname ever," she grumbled as he has finally caught up. "Rather, the most fitting. Come on. drive me into bankruptcy," he replied, laughing, "that would be true, if you had a job."

Felicity was slowly pissed. The day could hardly be worse. Here she stood in an oversized cell phone costume. Her was insanely hot. She was sweating like a ice in the blazing sun because it felt beneath this fucking thing like a sauna. To her disgust, she had to put up with stupid sayings, had been bumped into, had been almost knocked over by little boys and, and, and. Fortunately she was done in fifteen minutes. "Hey, freak" And then the grand finale came. Someone really had to hate her.

Oliver felt tired. He had been with Thea in every imaginable store and had bought her everything she had wanted. They had just stored the bags in the trunk of the car and were on their way to an ice cream parlor to complete the day, when they saw a group standing around the mobile phone mascot of Tech Village. he recognized the leader of the group as Max Fuller. The closer Oliver and Thea came, the louder became the spiteful laughter and hurtful words. And then Oliver could catch a glimpse of the person in the costume. The bastards had apparently stolen her head part. Blond hair, glasses, small stature, best of the year despite that she had skipped a grade: Felicity Smoak. With furious sparkling eyes she stared down at Fuller, even though she was smaller. "Well bitch, with whom your mother had to fuck, so you can go to our school," He seemed quite proud of himself to have found this degrading letter sequence. Oliver gritted his teeth, had something like that she did not deserve However Felicity seemed unimpressed and her gaze was along the lines of: 'This is beneath my dignity'. "Or even better whom did you have to suck the cock?" Added another. "Oh I know it, probrably Queen" The group burst into spiteful laughter.

"Hey! Nobody talks about my brother like that" With these words, Thea stalked furious to the group to which properly the riot act to read. Had the situation not been so serious, Oliver would have burst out laughing. The facial expression of the called themselves elite guys was just ridiculous. "you stay out of this, little one!" snarled Fuller, but too late Thea was already in his face. "What? Does the little princess not like me talking about her shitty brother? Suck it up buttercup! You're just a spoiled little brat, who has to buy the love of the people around her" Before Oliver Could react and punch him to the ground for saying this things to his baby sister, he had already gotten his revenge on behalf of his sister. Felicity had slapped him so hard That it left a handprint on his cheek. "Take that back, you filthy bastard!" Hissed the blonde and pushed Thea behind her. "You'll pay for this, bitch" snarled Fuller and raised his fist. Of this moment took Oliver advantage to intervene: He grabbed Fuller at the wrist and squeezed hard. "I don't think so!" Growled Oliver. "Apologize!" Fuller looked for help to his boys only to find that they had been long gone. He swallowed and muttered a faint apology. "Leave now, before I change my mind and I beat you into the ground!" Fuller quickly rushed away, crashed into the cleaning lady and plunged together with her in the fountain.

Oliver, Felicty and Thea started to laugh loudly. Thea needed to lean on Felicity for support to keep from falling, Oliver was holding his stomach and Felicity had tears in her eyes from laughing so hard. "Good riddance!" Shouted Thea after Fuller when he stumbled out of the fountain, looking like a drowned rat. He rushed amid the laughter of the trio quickly away. "That was awesome," squealed Thea bouncing up and down like a rubber ball. "You should eat with us ice cream" Felicity looked at Thea surprised. "I dont want to intrude" "Nonsense! I command you and you have to obey because it's my birthday." "THEA" came shocked from Oliver. "Please," Thea added with big eyes, "for me, "Amused Felicity shook her head." to these eyes, I can not say no. And I think I need a bucket full. Totally a bucket full after this day "She sighed," Wait here! Give me ten minutes to change. "She was just turning around when Oliver grabbed her gently by the arm," You do not have to if you don't want to "She scoffed" please as you could say no to her, "she gestured over to Thea."I'll be right back. I promise"

And as promisedshe walked alongside an overexcited Thea and listened attentively to what she had experienced throughout the day. As the ice cream parlor came into sight, Thea dashed off. "Slow, Thea," Oliver exclaimedshaking his head after her. "must be exhausting with her," said Felicity. "Yeah, but you laugh is worth it every time" Oliver Said smiling. "Thanks for the help earlier," came it from the blonde. "You protected my sister, that was the least I could do." Both had stopped and smiled at each other. "Are you coming, you lame ducks", Thea took them out of their trance, "Yeah, yeah, Speedy! Come before she stomps angrily on the floor," replied Oliver and walked over to his impatient sister. He could just barely to hear as Felicity mumbled quietly behind him: "If you look at it closely, we all protected each other," Yes, they had.

AN: I could be persuaded to continue. Leave your thoughts.