AN: Trying something different with this story... I see there isn't many Oliver/OC stories so I decided to write one. It may be a little slow going in the start for me because I want to see what kind of reception I get from it. The story will at times run along the same path as the show with my added twist to it and there will be times that I will stray from the show to let it work for my story. There will also be mature scenes in the other chapters (the reason for the M rating)Please leave me a review if you can, I would love to know what you think.
Disclaimer: I own nothing you recognize from Arrow... I only own my OC and any other made characters.
Things have been a bit crazy around Starling City for the last five days since Oliver Queen was found alive after being presumed dead for five years. He was once again the hottest topic of the city and every billionaire that knew the Queen family. Emilee Merlyn was happy for the Queen family and for her brother because he got his best friend back. Emilee on the other hand wasn't quite sure what to feel about his return for many reasons. Tommy could tell something was wrong with his sister but wasn't sure of what exactly it was that bothered her. All he did know was that her mood change started five days ago when word came out that Oliver Queen was alive.
"Emilee come out to dinner with me." Tommy said popping his head into her room that she stood in when she was at the mansion. He found her doing what she has thrown herself into for the last five years… work. "Baby sister answer me."
"I promised dad I would get this work done before I go into the office tomorrow." Emilee said shaking her head. "Maybe we can go tomorrow night." She said looking over at him and he was pouting at her. "Tommy don't do that to me, it's my job as the youngest to do that to you."
"Then come with me and I'll stop." Tommy said pouting even more at her.
"Fine but I don't want to be out late." Emilee said shaking her head as she pushed away from her desk and slipped her peep toe heels back on her feet.
"We won't be out late." Tommy said smiling as he walked away from her door.
Emilee sucked in a deep breath and slowly exhaled it as she followed Tommy down the stairs. She knew very well if Tommy had his way they would not return back home until well after midnight and she was prepared to fight with him about it. Even though Emilee was two years younger than Tommy she had seemed to be the one that was much more mature between the two. Unlike Tommy Emilee actually worked with their father at Merlyn Global Group and Tommy did enough partying for the both of them.
The two siblings talked about random subjects as he drove until she had noticed the familiar route he was driving. "Tommy why are we going this way?" she asked looking over at him.
"We're going to dinner." Tommy said not taking his eyes off the road ahead of him.
"This is the way to the Queen mansion." Emilee said in a stern voice as she watched Tommy cringe from her tone. "You never mentioned dinner was with the Queen family."
"You didn't ask." Tommy said shrugging as he still refused to look over at her as he pulled into the long driveway leading to the home.
"I didn't know I needed to ask." She snapped at him as he put the car in park then finally looked over at his not so happy looking sister. "There is no reason for me to be here, Olivier is your friend."
"Ollie was your friend also." Tommy said raising his eyebrow at her. "Why are you avoiding him?"
"I'm not avoiding him… he just returned home today." She snapped as she flung her door open and stepped out. "Let's get this over with."
Tommy was confused by Emilee's sudden attitude change, from what he could remember Oliver and Emilee were almost as close as he was with Oliver. Now she acted as if she didn't care one bit about him and that concerned him. Emilee walked ahead of him until they reached the stairs then she stopped to let Tommy move to the front. Rather than knock or ring the bell Tommy had walked in the home like it was his own. Emilee slowly walked in behind her brother then came to a stop when she saw Oliver standing with his back to them.
"What did I tell you? Yachts suck." Tommy said chuckling as his own attempt at a joke.
Oliver slowly turned to face them with a smile across his face. "Tommy Merlyn." He said softly as Tommy moved closer and the two of them hugged.
"I missed you, buddy." Tommy said patting his back.
Oliver glanced over Tommy's shoulder and saw Emilee standing there looking at them with all emotion voided from her face. "Emilee Merlyn." Oliver said as Tommy pulled back then Oliver walked over to her.
"Hello Oliver." Emilee said sticking her hand out to him in an attempt to remain civil with him. "I'm happy that your family has you back."
Oliver looked down at her extended hand for a moment before he accepted her hand shake, he knew a hug from her would have been a long shot but he had still hoped for one. "It's nice to see you again also." He said with a forced smile.
Emilee shook her head as she pulled her hand from his. "I thought I could do this but I can't… Tommy I can't stay." She said backing away towards the door. "I'm sorry I have to go."
"Emilee…" Tommy called out to her as he went to follow her out but Oliver stopped him.
"Let me." Oliver said softly and Tommy just nodded as he watched Oliver jog out the door behind his sister. "Ems…" he called out as he followed her down the driveway. "Emilee… please."
"No Oliver." Emilee said shaking her head as she continued to walk.
"I'm sorry." Oliver said as he walked behind her.
Emilee abruptly stopped and spun around to face him. "You're sorry?! Exactly what are you sorry about?" Emilee snapped at him. "Are you sorry that we were sleeping with each other behind Laurel and Tommy's back or because you were also sleeping with my best friend behind mine and her sister's back?"
"I'm sorry for everything." Oliver said shaking his head. "I didn't want to hurt you."
"Well you did Oliver." Emilee snapped at him. "I mourned the loss of my best friend and the asshole that played us all like fools… I also accepted that I was nothing more than another notched on your belt but now looking at you makes all that pain come back again."
"Ems I'm a different person now."
"So am I." Emilee said softly. "I truly am happy for you and your family…"
"But?" he asked.
"I can't stand the sight of you." She said shaking her head as she turned away from him.
"Emilee we are at least fifteen miles from your house, you can't walk that far."
"I already texted my driver and he is on his way to pick me up." Emilee said glancing over her shoulder at him then turned away again. "Just tell Tommy that I'm not feeling well and I called for my driver and he doesn't have to worry about me."
"Alright." Oliver said shrugging his shoulders as he began to back away. "I am sorry."
"You said that already." Emilee mumbled as she started walking down the driveway while pulling her phone to call her driver.
That had gone exactly like Emilee had expected and she was doing her best to keep from crying. Her driver picked her up but rather than go back to the Merlyn mansion Emilee had him drive her to the apartment she kept in the city. Part of her wanted to leap into Oliver's arms and hug him tightly but the part that hated him was much stronger. Emilee knew what kind of playboy Oliver Queen was when she first slept with him but that didn't stop her for falling for him. The relationship between the two had started out as a night of drunken anger sex but for some reason they kept coming back to each other. Emilee tried her hardest to keep all feelings out of it because he was with Laurel but she failed miserably at it. Finding out he was with Sarah when the Queen's Gambit went down tore her to pieces and it took her a few years to pull herself back together.
The next morning there was a knock at her apartment door waking her. "Emilee Merlyn, do not make me use my key." Tommy yelled from his side of the door as he knocked again, harder than his last knock.
Emilee walked to the door and opened it as she heard him pulling his keys out. "Why are you so feisty?" she asked looking at him with a raised eyebrow. "What are you even doing up this early?"
"I was concern with my so called ailing sister and to my surprise when I get home last night to check on her she is not there." Tommy said walking pass her and further into the apartment. "Rough night?" he asked lifting the empty bottle of bourbon from the table and turned to face her.
"I can explain." Emilee said walking over and taking the bottle from him.
"Please do." Tommy said sarcastically.
"I didn't want to concern dad when I walked in without you so I came here instead."
"And the booze?"
"I just wanted one glass but that turned into one too many."
"More like the whole bottle." Tommy said shaking his head. "Ems be honest with me… what is wrong with you?"
"Tommy I am fine." Emilee said walking over to lean back against the couch. "It was hard seeing Oliver alive while my friend is still gone. Why was Oliver spared but Sarah wasn't?"
"I wish I knew the answer to that." Tommy said walking over to her and pulled her in for a hug. "I'm going to pick Ollie up and we're coming to the city, why don't you meet us for lunch?"
"I have so much to do, dad needs me to attend a couple of meetings and send out some emails for him then I have to take care of some other crap that keeps confusing me." Emilee said shaking her head as she pulled out of the hug. "Tommy I think I'm just going to stay here in the city for a few days."
"Why?"
"Just need a little space and some alone time."
"You'll call me if you need anything?" he asked as he leaned over and kissed her temple.
"Always." She said with a smile as he walked to the door. "Love you Tommy."
"Love you too Ems." Tommy said glancing back at her before walking out the door.
Emilee stood there a few moments before she pushed of the couch and went to her room to get ready for work. Last night when she arrived at the apartment memories of her and Oliver being together there had come on in full force driving her to drink them away. It had been years since she let those memories get to her but seeing him alive and breathing was something she never thought she would see again. When she arrived at Merlyn Global unusually late her father was sitting in her office waiting behind her desk and looking slightly angered.
"Where have you been?" he asked with a slight edge to his voice.
"I stood in the apartment last night so I had to run back home to retrieve my laptop and everything else I had left there last night."
"Do not start this rebelling again! I expected it from Tommy but not you." he snapped at her as he stood up from her desk.
"Dad I am not rebelling, I was alone at the apartment and I forgot to set my alarm." Emilee said shaking her head as she walked over to lay her things on the desk. "I've gone through all the plans you had sent me and still don't understand them." Emilee said changing the subject from her tardiness to work. "Unidac Industries has asked me to sign off on something you told them you needed but I have no idea what they are talking about and I'm not understanding why it matters if it will auctioned off soon."
"Emilee just sign off on it and I'll explain it all to you when the time comes." Malcom said walking around her desk. "I've explain to you that there will be a lot of things you don't understand but I still want you to sign off on it all for me."
"I just hate putting my name to things that don't make any sense." Emilee said shaking her head. "But I guess I can do it."
"Do you trust me?" Malcom said coming to stand in front of her. "Emilee do you trust me?" he asked again in a stern voice.
"Yes dad." Emilee said looking up at him.
"Very well, just do as you are told then."
"Yes, I will send Unidac everything they need this afternoon." Emilee said reluctantly.
"When you receive the plans of everything I asked for send it all to my personal email." Malcom said leaning forward to kiss his daughter's forehead as she nodded at him. "Will you be home for dinner tonight?"
"No, I'm going to stay in the city for a few days to get myself back on track here at work."
"Good idea." Malcom said walking out of the office.
Emilee's day had gone from bad to good then to worse when she found out about Tommy and Oliver being kidnapped. She had quickly gone to Tommy at the Queen mansion when Detective Lance contacted them at Merlyn Global. Emilee raced to the Queen mansion when her father had decided it wasn't important enough to cancel his meetings. When she got there a sketch artist was drawing out Oliver's description of the man that had saved them. She stood silent near Tommy as Detective Lance questioned them.
"So that's your story… a guy in a green hood flew in and single-handedly took out three armed kidnappers." Lance said sounding like he didn't believe Oliver's story. "I mean, who is he? Why would he do that?"
"I don't know. Find him and you can ask." Oliver said sarcastically.
"Yeah… what about you?" Lance asked Tommy showing him the sketch. "You see the hood guy?"
"I saw..." Tommy paused a moment and exchanged a look with Oliver, Emilee was quick to notice the exchange before Tommy continued. "Just movement, everything blurry… I was kind of out of it."
"Yeah… it's funny, isn't it?" Lance said calmly to Oliver. "One day back and already somebody's gunning for you. Aren't you popular?"
Moira was not liking the way Detective Lance was speaking to Oliver so she changed the subject. "Were you able to identify the men?"
"Scrubbed identities, untraceable weapons. These were pros." Detective Hilton said answering her getting everyone's attention on him.
"Yeah, well they probably figured you'd pay a king's ransom to get your boy back or a Queen's ransom, as it were." Lance said sarcastically. "After all, a parent would do anything to keep their child safe."
"I don't find your tone appropriate, Detective." Moira said shaking her head at him.
Walter decided to step in to calm things back down. "If Oliver can think of anything else, he'll be in touch." He said standing up. "Thank you, gentlemen, for coming."
Detective Lance let out a humorless chuckle as he stood up and Oliver also stood up. "Your luck never seems to run out, does it?" Lance said staring Oliver down for a moment then they left.
Emilee had still been quiet through it all and watched as Oliver had seemed upset and Tommy stood there looking at him with a slight knowing look. That had intrigued her but Tommy had stood up before she could question either of them.
"I think we should be going." He said looking over at Emilee and she nodded as he walked over to talk to Oliver.
"How are you doing Emilee?" Moira asked as she stood up and shook hands with Emilee.
"I've been doing well Mrs. Queen." Emilee said politely. "My father sends his regards."
"I'm sure he does." Moira said with a little edge to her voice that no one noticed.
"I'll be in the car." Tommy said patting Emilee's shoulder as he walked pass her and Moira.
"I'm right behind you Tommy." Emilee said with a small smile.
"Are things going well for you at Merlyn Global?" Moira asked getting Emilee's attention back to her and catching Oliver's also. "Malcom praises the work you do for him."
"Yes ma'am, my father is bias but thank you." Emilee said with a smile. "I should be going."
"Be careful." Moira said bringing a confuse look to Emilee's face. "It can be dangerous out there, look what happened to Oliver."
"Yes ma'am." Emilee said with a forced smile.
"I'll walk you out." Oliver said walking over to Emilee and she politely shook her head. "I insist."
"Ok." Emilee said softly not wanting to bring attention to them.
Emilee and Oliver walked silently next to each other to the door, when she reached to open it Oliver quickly placed his hand over hers stopping her. "You work with your father now?" he asked softly. "I thought you wanted to go to school for photography?"
"Things don't always go as planned." Emilee said looking over at him. "It was more beneficial for my father if I helped at Merlyn Global."
"But it's not what you wanted." Oliver said shaking his head.
"We don't always get what we want." Emilee said with a slight edge to her voice and Oliver sucked in a deep breath. "I really shouldn't keep Tommy waiting much longer." She said as Oliver slowly exhaled.
Oliver nodded his head as he opened the door for her to leave. He stood there watching as she slid effortlessly into the Bentley next to Tommy. Emilee Merlyn was so different from what he had remembered, the young lady he had seduced that drunken night had turned into a woman he didn't recognized anymore. It had been just meaningless sex with her and he felt bad for all the times he had done it. His friendship with Tommy and his relationship with Laurel were on the line every time but Emilee was like a drug to him and he never could get enough. He felt the same yearnings every time she was close and he knew he had to stop before things got to far again.
Emilee glanced out the window at Oliver and locked eyes with him as the driver began to drive away. She was sent into a memory filled daze until Tommy broke the silence. "Did dad send you?" he asked.
"It depends on how you see it." she said with a force smile as she looked over at him. "I came because I was worried about you."
"He was too busy to come himself." Tommy said nodding in a knowing way, Emilee placed her hand on his knee and squeezed it lightly. "Thanks Em."
"We will always have each other." Emilee said smiling at him. "The Merlyn Two all the way to the end and beyond." She said chanting their childhood motto bringing a laugh from Tommy.
"Yes the old Merlyn Two." He said smiling as he pulled her into a sideways hug and she giggled softly. "Love you Ems."