Title: Something Special
Author: Jasmine Shigeru
Pairing: Felicity/Oliver
Summary: Felicity and Oliver meet months before Oliver is stranded on Lian Yu.
AN: This is a retelling of Season 1.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Arrow nor do I wish I do. This is just for my entertainment and whoever wishes to read it. I am not making any profit from this and do not care to for that matter.
Rating: R
Category: Drama/Romance/Angst hopefully some humor
Something Special
By: Jasmine Shigeru
Chapter One: Meeting
Felicity Smoak took a deep breath. She was in the main building of Queen Consolidated. It was a tour she had one for a paper she had turned it. She had impressed the right people, along with some other of her fellow MIT classmates. She was in her sophomore year and was one of the youngest to win a trip to one of the nation's most prominent business. Only and 15 honor each year. In groups of 3, the students were shipped off to 5 major companies, Wayne Industries, Lex Corp., Star Labs, Merlyn Global, and Queen Industries. The companies were sent their essays and choose the students based on how they could fit in one of the companies. Unfortunately for Felicity, she got Queen Consolidated. She was really hoping for Star Labs. But now she was actually inside the lobby of the impressive building, she couldn't help but be a little impressed, not that she would consider working her or anything.
Felicity along with, two seniors, both male, had been greeted by Mr. Robert Queen himself. He smiled at them and greeted them warmly, welcoming them. He shook Professor Morrison's hand and then each of the students. He introduced some of the staff that suited their fields of study. There was Mrs. Vincent, head of cyber security, Mr. Marsh head of the IT department, and Mr. Lysander, the head of Applied Sciences. While Gregory Kincaid was solely interested in Applied Science and Willard Elliot was impressed with cyber security, Felicity would love to work in any of the departments. She was surely more qualified than the other two students standing in front of her talking to their respective interest heads. She was unfortunately left in the background, the Goth girl who cleaned up her look to not discourage any possible future employers. Gone was her, this month, and blood red strikes in her hair. Her matching lipstick was a tamer soft pink. Her heavy black eyeliner, lightly done. Her dark eyeshadow, a palette of soft grays. Her all black clothes was now a white blouse and black pencil skirt. Boots were exchanged with nude high heels. The only things she did not change were her nail polish and industrial piercing. Her nails were a dark violet and her piercing, a Sweet 16 birthday gift for Donna (her mother), was hidden by her naturally black hair. She had decided on a low ponytail with her hair covering the tops of her ears.
"Excuse," said a soft voice behind her and Felicity turned startled to see a tall young man with blond hair and the most gorgeous blue eyes that she had ever seen.
"What's going on here?" he asked with confusion, but flashed Felicity with a charming smile.
Felicity gulped.
"Um…" she said kind of speechless, which was rare for her because she was a babbler. One of the few traits she got from Donna.
"Hi?" tall, blond and gorgeous questioned obviously wondering if something was wrong with Felicity.
It was then that Felicity snapped out of her daze. She was not like this usually she told herself, which was untrue, she did not fawn over a man because of his looks.
"Sorry, what was the question," she asked. "Because I totally know you asked a question, well two actually. Could you ask the first one again?"
The young man just stared at her and smiled.
"Great, good going Smoak, you just babbled, again, in front of a totally stranger and know he thinks you're a weirdo," She began babbling, not as softly as she thought she was, to herself. "And know you're talking to yourself, which you're going to stop now."
She took a deep breath a mentally counted to 3. The young man laughed at her.
"Oliver," Robert Queen greeted the man Felicity just humiliated herself in front of. "What brings you here?"
Oliver looked of Felicity's head to Mr. Queen.
"I came to ask you a question, but it can wait," Oliver said more than a little disappointed.
Mr. Queen nodded. He walked pass the MIT group to Oliver and put his hand on his shoulder before turning to the group.
"Oliver, these young people are potential future employees of Queen Consolidated," Robert Queen explained. "They have come all the way from MIT to see our company. Everyone, this is my son, Oliver Queen."
Like the gentleman he was taught to be Oliver smiled and greeted everyone, smiling and shaking hands. When he got to Felicity he winked at her playfully.
Now seeing the two men standing side by side, Felicity could see the resemblance. From their blond hair and blue eyes. Even the slight glint of playfulness that rested in their stares. Oliver's more predominant than his fathers, but it was still in them both.
"We were about to begin the tour of some of our computer based departments. Would you like to join us?" Robert Queen said in a tone that clearly wasn't a request.
Oliver sighed heavily knowing it would be rude and disrespectful to turn down his father's 'request', but still highly tempted to do so. He decided against it. Considering it was Spring Break and this was the longest he's been in college and he wanted to ask his father for some money to go to Las Vegas with Tommy Merlyn, his best friend. Said best friend had made a bet with him. Oliver had to remain in school for 2 semesters, no dropping out until summer.
"I would be happy to," he said with a voice and smile that he hoped had not come off forced.
"Wonderful," Robert said with a bright smile. "Shall we begin?"
END OF CH. 1