Abundance of Short Skirts
Felicity looked at herself in the mirror and she definitely did not like what she saw. The dress was too short and revealing in so many places that she could feel the cold draft sting her. The colour of the dress was a beautiful deep blue which accentuated her skin tone, the length of the dress way above her comfort zone and the plunging neck line which flaunted her assets in an unflattering way. Her hair was tumbling down her shoulders in soft curls with bold makeup adorning her face. Her lips were even more darkly painted than usual with her eye shadow matching the colour of her dress. She definitely looked the part. They had been tracking down a drug ring and finally had success in getting the name of the one who called all the shots in Starling City. When Felicity tracked him down, it turned out that their target, William Fox, was part of many illegal activities including prostitution, assault and kidnapping. So they decided to expose his entire operation but William Fox was a paranoid man. His house was adorned with state of the art security and his bodyguards, two of them to be precise, never left him alone. He was careful in his dealings and never left a digital trace or a paper trail hence Felicity had a hard time finding any dirt on the man. Oliver had become like a growling bear when two weeks passed with no avail so Felicity came up with this plan.
William Fox did have a weakness for blondes and every two weeks he would send some of his bodyguards to pick up an escort from the streets. He never preferred the ones from agencies. His bodyguards knew that they had to pick up the prettiest blonde around and their boss will be happy. And that's how Felicity found herself in that awful dress; looking the part. She looked into the mirror one more time and as she walked towards the rest of them waiting for her in the training room she kept chanting to herself that all she had to do was get in, copy all the files from his computer and get out with Oliver, Digg and Roy right outside the mansion listening in on her every move. She had done this before, she could do it again. When she came into the training room and cleared her throat slightly, all three men turned and looked at her with mouth slightly ajar. Felicity could feel herself turning red. She looked at Oliver and saw that the look of shock had turned into one of anger.
"Hell no; no, no, no. You are not going out in that dress, Felicity. I know I shouldn't have agreed to this plan in the first place. Look at that dress; it does not even have a back, it's too short and not to mention the front. No way in hell you are going out in that dress."
"Oliver, I have to look the part. And we can't go back on the plan now. We have been planning this for a week now. I can do this."
Felicity could see Oliver was having a hard time keeping calm. She could see his jaw tick with the anger coursing through his veins. When he spoke, his voice was dangerously close to that of Arrow without the modulator.
"Digg, get some sense into her. I will be waiting outside."
Felicity saw Oliver leave after giving her a dangerous glance which meant that she won't be getting a chance to argue on this and this made her angry. Oliver could not always get his way, this was her plan, her mission and she was going to see it through. That's why when Digg approached her; she cut him off before he could speak a word.
"I am doing this, Digg; with or without you. That man out there deserves to be behind bars. I can't let him plunger more girls into that world and I won't."
"I know, Felicity. I also know that you have done this a lot of times but I seriously have my doubts right now after seeing you in that dress. You go and stand there on the street and it's going to be a riot. I don't have the confidence that I can save you from every one of those sleaze bags so imagine how Oliver must be feeling."
"I will be fine and I promise that I will bring out all those moves that you have taught me if anyone approaches me."
Felicity placed a kiss on Digg's cheek and squeezed his hands to assure him that she could do this. She saw Roy looking onto them with a nervous glance and walked up to him.
"Are you sure you have to do this, Barbie? You do know that if something happens, the bear out there will go extra growly."
"I have to, Roy. This man is targeting girls who are Thea's age and I can't allow any of that. You know that better than anyone, don't you?"
"I do; but be safe; because who will protect me from Mr Growly Pants out there other than my overprotective mamma bear."
Felicity gave a small smile listening to this. She would never get tired of hearing Mr Growly Pants.
"Besides, what do I have to worry about when I have the three of you?"
It took them an hour more to convince Oliver after Felicity had relayed the plan to him for the tenth time. When they reached the place where Fox's bodyguards picked up the girls, Felicity hooked on the communication links and walked out onto the street. She could feel Oliver's eyes on her as she stood at the footpath waiting for their target. The other girls were definitely intimidated by her and Felicity could feel the plan working. She had to look confident and unnerved. That's the kind of women Fox liked. Fifteen minutes into the time frame, she saw three guys walking up to her with a sly grin on their faces.
Felicity talked into the comm link. "Guys, we might have ourselves some strays."
The three of them stood in front of her and Felicity could smell the stench of alcohol off their clothes. She smiled to them, a small smile because she had to maintain her cover before backing out and trying to get past the three who had closed in on her.
She did not even make two steps further when one sticky hand stopped her by placing it on her wrist.
"Let go before you regret this."
"Weren't you waiting for customers? Don't act so coy now. Come on, we will pay double. Have we met somewhere before? You look familiar."
Felicity was grossed out. She tried wrenching her hand free but for someone who was wasted, the guy had a strong hold. So she got ready to bust out all the moves she could think of but before she could even kick their asses, the other two guys came around and held her by her waist on either side. All of them had a strong grip and then they started dragging her away towards their car. Felicity stepped on one of the guy's foot with her heels and did the same with the other one. But that did not stop them; in fact their grip on her became tighter. That was going to leave a bruise.
"Let go of her while I ask nicely."
Felicity let out a deep breath when she heard Oliver's voice. He stepped in front of them, sharply dressed as Oliver Queen looking every bit like the CEO of Queen Consolidated. One of the guys who were holding onto her waist let go of her, walked up to Oliver and laughed at his face.
"And who the hell are you? Do people as rich as you even bother to come out to this part of the Glades?"
"I am asking for the last time, let go of her."
"Oh yea, if we don't what are you going.."
He never got around to finishing his sentence because the punch Oliver landed knocked him out cold. The other two got enraged and charged at him letting go of her but Oliver knocked them out as easily as the first one."
Felicity swore that she saw a glint of Arrow in his eyes as he approached her. He looked at her wrist and saw the bruise; which was making itself known. His face clouded with anger and Felicity knew that if she was not here, those guys would need a visit to the hospital. Oliver held onto her shoulders and looked her over checking for any other injuries. She placed her hand on his face letting him know she was okay and her voice dissipated some of his anger.
"Oliver, I am okay. Nothing has happened so don't think about beating those guys to a pulp, got it?"
"Let's get out of here."
Oliver took her hand in his and started leading her away from those guys towards their vehicle when Felicity stopped him.
"Oliver, we need to do this today. We will have to wait another two weeks if we don't do this. His men are not here yet so we have time, let me.."
Felicity did not get an opportunity to complete her sentence because Oliver's lips were crashing on hers. It was a desperate kiss which wanted to make sure that she was with him so Felicity kissed him back with as much fervour as she could. When he let her go, his eyes conveyed worry, relief and; was that a little bit of jealousy she saw in them?
"Felicity, please listen to me on this one. We can get him some other way but for now let's go home and get you out of that dress because every minute you stand out there, guys like these are going to flock around you. No one will be able to take their eyes off of you."
Felicity nodded and let Oliver steer her towards the vehicle. She could see the relief on Digg and Roy's faces when she got into the van. Half an hour later, she was out of that dress and in a comfortable Captain America tee and jeans. When she came out of the bathroom, Oliver was waiting for her outside with her wedding ring in his hand. Felicity loved the emerald encrusted ring in the shape of an Arrow. Oliver had it custom made even after she told him to no go so extravagant but this was Oliver she was talking about. He always said that when it came to her, nothing was too much.
"I feel so nervous whenever you don't have our wedding ring on."
"That is because you always think that everyone is going to start hitting on me if I don't have the ring on."
"It has happened way too many times already. Of course, I am going to think of it that way. I leave you alone for a minute and you become the centre of attention for every man. How am I supposed to not get nervous over this, can you tell me?"
Oliver wrapped his arms around Felicity's hips and brought her closer till she was flush against him. Felicity looked at his face and saw the smile forming on it.
"It's your fault for putting a restraint on such a wild woman."
"Well, what can I say? I am into all sorts of wild. But I am serious about this. Next time, you go out there wearing a dress like that; you might give your husband a heart attack."
"Just admit that you were jealous, Mr Queen."
"Of course I was. Have you ever seen someone as pretty as my wife, Mrs Queen?"
"I have it on good authority that she is the prettiest. Though next time, she might have to go out with a wig because people seem to recognize her."
"Well she is the woman who finally put a leash on the wild Oliver Queen. Of course she would be the talk of the town."
And with that Oliver leaned in and kissed her, a slow and embracing one. They broke apart when Roy came in and started making disgusting noises.
"I swear; you guys seriously need to get a room. Who would believe that both of you have been married for five years now with two kids? You guys are so into each other that it's disgusting."
"We are leaving now. Don't blow up the lair when we are not here, okay?"
"Ya, Mr Growly Pants. I am so glad that Mamma Bear is here safe and sound to save me from you."
"We are still going with these names?"
"Of course we are. I think it's kind of cute."
"Wouldn't be you if you didn't. Come on, let's go. The kids will be waiting."
They reached the mansion and went inside. Bella and Robert were sleeping as Thea read them a story.
"Hey. I am guessing things didn't go as planned since you guys are back so early. It was my brother who screwed it up, didn't it?"
"Well guessed Thea. Go ahead and give a lecture to your brother while I put the kids to bed."
Oliver kissed his kids goodnight as Felicity tried to put on pyjamas to their three year old twins and went down to have a talk with his sister.
"Speedy, was it you who gave her that dress?"
"Of course I was. She told me she was playing an escort and I helped her look the part. She gathered too much attention in that, didn't she?"
"Unwanted attention."
"Relax, big brother. She is wildfire and she is yours so don't be too sore. I am off, got a date with Roy. Ciao."
Oliver walked his sister out and went up to his room. Felicity was still with the kids so he went to take a shower first but as he passed beside their bed he saw her gym bad open with that darn dress on in the bag.
Felicity was tired and she needed a good night's sleep. The kids were a handful today and it took her little over half an hour to get them to sleep. When she entered her room, she could hear the shower running. Oliver was taking a shower so she walked herself to the closet and that's she saw that the dress she had worn today was laying on the floor with a hole in the middle of it. The bathroom door opened and Oliver stepped out in a towel. Felicity walked up to him with the dress in her and crossing her hands across her middle she demanded an explanation. Oliver explained to her that the dress had an unfortunate accident with the scissors all the while having a goofy grin on his face. Felicity could not help but laugh looking at his face.
"What am I going to do with you, Oliver Queen? You are worse than our kids."
"Then I should be glad that I have you."
Oliver closed the gap between them and lifted her up in his arms as he placed a string of kisses along her neck with the dress and his towel forgotten on the floor.
After the explosive season finale, I thought the least we could do was read and indulge in beautiful moments which are yet to come between our babies. Prompts are welcomed and needed. Thank you all! And please do review! They are turning out to be my bloodline.