Felicity Merlyn

A/N: So I haven't posted in a while, and might be a little rusty. But I had this idea in my head and decided to write it. I hope you like it.

Felicity Meagan Merlyn had a pretty good life. She had an amazing older brother who at times could be a pain but that's what siblings do right? They fight then they makeup. She had a pretty good relationship with him; her father on the other hand was a different story. He hadn't really been the same since their mother had died and he never really recovered. He usually just threw himself in any work project he had even if it meant late nights or long business trips. The further away the better it was like he didn't care anymore. They rarely saw them especially on holidays her and Tommy were lucky if they got a gift for Christmas. But she wasn't that close to him to begin with. Ever since she had the opportunity to study abroad she took it immediately. She was at the top of her class and ahead in her grade level which meant that she could graduate early and eventually head to college. So now here she was on her way home to visit her brother who she hasn't seen since her freshman year in high school. Sure they would call, text, and even skype each other but she missed him and she wanted to go home.

It had been so long since she'd been in Starling City, and she missed so much of it. It was her home, the place where she grew up. And she missed her friends so much; she wasn't used to not seeing them. She grew up with them after all. It had been her, Tommy, Oliver and Thea for as long as she could remember. Sure things changed as they grew up, the guys got interested in girls and then it was more her and Thea together. Eventually things changed when they were teenagers and started to get crushes for themselves. Although she wasn't expecting for her first crush to be on her best friend's brother. Things had been complicated to say the least. She was more awkward with him and babbled a lot more when he was around. Then he started dating the cheerleaders or the popular girls which Felicity was anything but. So that was just another reason on her list on why she wanted to leave Starling and go to Paris so she could start over and make something of herself. So when she first arrived in Paris she told herself that things would be different and she'd make at least one new friend and maybe have a boyfriend or two? Shortly after she met a couple more students in the same class as her. Barry, Caitlin and Cisco who were there on scholarship from Star Labs. They'd become fast friends and she and Barry had a thing for a while but decided that they were better off as friends.

Now it was a couple years later and she had finished her last year in college, it was time for her to come home. She boarded the plane and stuck in her headphones and drifted off to sleep and awaited her long flight to Starling.

"Ladies and Gentleman we have now arrived in Starling City." She heard as she awoke from her nap. Felicity stepped off the plane and headed to the front desk to get the car she had rented for when she had arrived home. As soon as she got in her car she punched in the GPS coordinates and drove home.

Half an hour later she arrived to 'Merlyn Manor' a place she hadn't been to in years. It felt kinda weird to be honest. But as soon as she parked she grabbed her bags and headed inside.

"Good evening Ms. Merlyn." said Meredith the maid.

"Meredith, I've told you it's just Felicity. And besides you've known me my entire life it's okay to call me by my first name."

"I know, I'm just used to tradition and calling you by your first name seems a bit informal."

"Meredith, please I insist. You're like my grandmother now please give me a hug."

They hugged each other then broke apart.

"I've missed you Meredith."

"I've missed you to Ms. Felicity."

"So is my brother home?"

"He was out late last night, I'm not sure if he's gotten in yet."

"That's just great, I come all the way from Paris to see him and he's not even here!"

"I think I'm going to go upstairs to unpack and shower."

"Would you like me to make something for you?"

"Actually that sounds really great Meredith Thank you. I'll be down as soon as I'm done"

She finished unpacking and took a hot shower. The water felt so good against her skin after being on that long plane ride stuck in a seat for hours. She finished her shower and got dressed in her favorite comfy pajamas. She headed downstairs and smelled something amazing.

"Mm, Meredith that smells amazing! What is it?"

"It's your favorite, Spaghetti with meatballs. And homemade garlic bread along with a side salad."

"My gosh, Meredith this is amazing! I've missed your cooking!"

Go get seated and I'll bring in everything shortly.

"Okay."

Meredith placed everything on the huge table and served her the salad first. Then came the food, her favorite thing to eat, it was one of her favorite comfort foods to have well that and mint chocolate chip ice cream.

Felicity finished eating and headed back upstairs to her room. After such a long day she was glad to be back in her nice comfy bed. She set her alarm for the morning and hoped her brother would be home tomorrow.

She awoke the next morning to her phone alarm beeping. She got up and headed to the bathroom brushed her teeth and got dressed for the day. She picked out one of her favorite dresses, a pink flowy dress that went to her knees along with a pair of white strappy heels. Felicity went downstairs and sat at the dining room table.

"Good morning, Felicity."

"Good morning, Meredith."

"Would you like some coffee?"

"Yes please!"

As she poured the cup Felicity asked

"So is my brother here today Meredith?"

As if on cue…

"Ah! Good morning Meredith, is breakfast ready? I'm starving." Tommy said still half asleep and in the middle of his yawn.

"Yes, Mr. Merlyn it is. But I think you have a visitor."

"Really who?" He said as he turned and fully opened his eyes.

"Only your favorite sister!"

"Lissy! You're home!"

"Yes, Tommy I'm home." She said as she hugged him.

"You sound kinda mad, what did I do now?"

"Well for starters I came in yesterday and you weren't even home! So I had to wait here all alone for you to finally return. And to think you're my favorite brother!?"

"Liss, I'm so sorry, and I'm your only brother so you're kinda stuck with me. So am I forgiven?" He said as he gave her his sad puppy eyes.

"That hasn't worked on me since I was a kid you know. But… I might just forgive you if we spend the day together and you catch me up on everything that I've missed since I've been gone."

"Deal!"

"So where were you last night, that was so fun that you couldn't bother to come home?"

"Well lets just say that it involved me and these girls at the club and one thing lead to another and then there were these two twins and Liss it was…"

"Ew! Gross I don't need the details!"

"Well you asked!"

"There's a line Merlyn! Besides you wouldn't want me telling you about my sex life now would you?"

"No! (A) Because, your my kid sister. And (B.) You don't have one and are not allowed to have one!"

"Well there was this one time with Barry and he did this thing with his…."

"Lissy! Really point taken! Ugh, too much info!"

"Ha! Now we're even!"

"Wait a sec, isn't Barry that guy in your class? You told me you two were just friends?"

"Oh look, breakfast is here!"

"We're not done talking about this!"

"Pretty sure we are!"

After breakfast

"So what do you want to do today Liss? Today I'm all yours!"

"Well for starters I want to see the city! I know that may sound kinda lame but I feel like everything's changed since I've been gone and then I want to catch up with Thea!"

"Okay that sounds great we can do that."

"What's first on the list?"

"Um, how about we go to the park? We haven't been since we were kids."

"Yeah that sounds like fun, and actually they've done a lot more add-ons. So it's more like a boardwalk."
"Really!? Well that's even better."

At the boardwalk

They arrived to the boardwalk and Felicity was having so much fun taking everything in, from the city she grew up in. It was sort of like a nostalgic feel to it.

"Having fun Liss?"

"Yeah, this is great. I'm getting a bit hungry though, do you want to have lunch?"

"Yeah sure, what did you have in mind?"

"I was thinking we could go to the café and grab something?"

"Okay, let's go."

Café

They grabbed a booth in the corner.

"So what can I get you two?"

"I'll take a lemonade and a caesar salad please."

"And I'll take a burger with fries."

"So while we wait for our food why don't you tell me about the things I've missed out on?"

"Okay, what do you want to know?"

"Tell me what you've been up to?"
"I'm still working at the company as you know but I haven't told you that on my free time I've been invested in a new club that we've opened up."

"We?"

"Yeah me and Oliver are partners, we manage the club together. Although lately it's been more him because I've been working late at the company. In fact I was there yesterday managing it."

"Uh- huh, 'managing' that's not how it sounded to me this morning."

He smirked at her and said

"Well, what's work without a little play?"

"Wait so you and Oliver are working together at this club? What's it called?

"It's called Verdant."

"Interesting, you know Verdant in French means green?"

"Really, I had no idea. Ollie picked the name."

"So how is Oliver?" She said trying to sound subtle but could feel the blush rising in her cheeks.

"And Thea of course."

"Well Ollie is Ollie, he's still a ladies man, as well as your brother. On time he works with his father at QC and then we have the club to manage. And Thea well she had a rough patch but she's come a long way since. She has a new boyfriend actually Roy something. Anyway he seems to be a good guy at least that's what she says."

"You know you and Oliver will never approve of who we date right?"

"That's because there is no one good enough for the two of you."

"Right, well that's what big brothers are supposed to say right?"

"Well it's true."

"Maybe, with my dating record. But Thea's always been the better one when it's come to guys; I'm more of the one who completely embarrasses herself. It's amazing I even dated anyone in Paris."

"You dated!?"

"Oh, look the foods here!"

"Always changing the subject Liss! We will continue this conversation at some point you know!"

"Eat your burger Tommy, you don't want your food to get cold now do you?"

After they ate they headed back to the manor. When they got there Tommy's phone starts to ring.

"No-uh! Remember no distractions Mister!"

"Felicity it could be important?"

"Nope!" She says with a pop on the p.

Before he could answer she snatches his phone from him.

"Felicity, No!"

"I'm sorry but Tommy can't come to the phone right now he has very important plans."

"So uncool little sister!"

"Well I haven't had time to annoy you, and it's been so long since I could. So get used to it big brother!" She said with a smirk.

"So who was it anyway?"

"Don't know, but I'm sure whoever it was will see you tomorrow."

"So I say we spend the rest of the night with a movie and some ice-cream?"

"Deal, but I get to pick."

"Fine! But nothing scary, I hate horror movies."

(The next morning)

She woke up in her room, not so sure how she got there though. She remembered watching a movie with Tommy and then she must have fallen asleep and he carried her up to her room. He always did that even when they were little.

So she decided that she was going to start her day with a swim, so she got dressed in her light blue bikini that had this little wrap that came with it. Grabbing a towel she headed downstairs to the pool. She stepped into the pool and felt the cold water on her and it felt so good to be able to do some laps. She finished her last lap and she could hear her stomach growling, realizing that she had skipped breakfast and was hungry. She dried off a bit and grabbed her wrap and tied it over her waist before heading into the kitchen.

Meredith heard the doorbell and went to see who was there.

"Good afternoon Meredith, is Tommy here?"

"Mr. Queen, yes I believe he is here. I'm not sure if he's up yet though. I can go up and check?"

"Ok, but you really don't have to I can wait."

"No, No it's fine really. And besides while you wait I think there's someone else you should catch up with."

"Really, who?"

"It's a surprise; she's in the kitchen I believe. I made some lunch, why don't you go in there have some food and I'll be in there shortly."

"Okay."

Felicity walked into the kitchen and saw that Meredith had made lunch and was grateful because after that swim she was famished. She grabbed a plate from the top shelf and started making herself a plate of fruit along with her chicken salad. She turned around to grab a fork when she got startled from someone entering the kitchen.

Oliver walked into the kitchen only to see a very beautiful blonde that was reaching up to grab a plate to make herself lunch. And as she did that he could see that the way she stretched he could see her long legs reach up and then his eyes wondered up to her bottom that when she stretched he could see her bikini bottom ride up a bit. He wondered just who she was and what she was doing here in Tommy's house. She must be one of the girls he had picked up at the club last night. He was about to ask when he cleared his throat.

"Ah! Oh my gosh you scared me."

"Sorry, I didn't mean to. I was just looking for Tommy when Meredith sent me in here."

"Meredith sent you?"

"Yeah, I didn't mean to interrupt your lunch or evening."

"No, right it's fine. So you're here for Tommy? Are you one of his friends?"

"Yeah, we're really good friends actually. And so are you right?"

"Um, I wouldn't exactly say that."

"Let me guess, he picked you up from the club and you fell for his charm?"

"Ha- ha no! You're kidding right!?"

"Actually, no and I could see why he would you're very pretty and so not like the typical girl that he brings home."

She could feel herself begin to blush and hoped he didn't notice.

"Well I'm not most girls and besides Tommy would never have a chance with me. That would just be wrong on so many levels and besides I think that the lack of serious girlfriends he has had should say something. Besides who would be able to put up with his dirty clothes, obnoxious jokes and lack of commitment. And I'm rambling again aren't I? Which will end in 3,2,1."

He couldn't keep in the small laugh that came out of him. Who was this girl and why hadn't he ever met her before? Still there was something familiar about her that he just couldn't figure out.

"I'm sorry I didn't catch your name? She said.

Just when he was going to tell her…

"It's way too early! So anyone want to tell me why I'm up this early!?"

"It's 12:30 Tommy! So it's not early it's the afternoon."

"Well I don't get up till at least 1-ish. And you would know that if you we're home more."

"Well know that I am I can change that."

"Good luck with that Liss!"

Tommy turned to now notice that Oliver was there.

"So, man what brings you here so early?"

"Well to be fair I did call but someone answered your phone and said you were unavailable."

"That would be her." He said pointing to Felicity.

"Oh, that was you? I didn't know, but to be fair I haven't seen Tommy in years and what's one day compared to all the days you've spent with him."

"Wait, now I'm confused. You haven't seen him in years because?"

"Seriously you two don't recognize each other?"

"Ha! This is so funny!" Tommy said in between laughing.

"Now do you want to fill us in on the joke?" Oliver said.

"Okay, okay just give me a second."

He cleared his throat and said.

"Oliver Queen, re-meet my sister Felicity Merlyn"

Felicity was drinking some of her orange juice when she spit some out when she heard what her brother said. She looked over to Oliver, only now starting to see the features in his face that she remembers wondering how she could ever forget.

Oliver simply froze with his eyes wide and couldn't believe that this girl in front of him was Felicity and she just looked so different. Before she left he could remember her being shorter, with glasses and not quite developed into her body. But now staring at her all he could see was a taller blonde with wavy long hair that went passed her shoulders and she wasn't the little girl he remembered growing up with. But he did no one thing. That everything was about to change…