Chapter 1 the Reunion

I sat at my desk at queen consolidated and continued to rehearse my speech that in a few moments time I would be presenting to Oliver Queen.

I'd been psyching myself up all week for this moment and already knew it was going to be ten times more uncomfortable and awkward than I could ever imagine.

You can do this come on Lissy- I stood up from my seat- brushing the creases from my pencil skirt and made my way towards Oliver's office.

I slowly slipped in gaining his attention straight away ''Felicity, what's up?''- ''uhm well..''- ''want to sit down I can tell this is going to be one of your long winded rants''- if only.

I perched myself on the edge of the seat not making myself too comfortable in case I needed to make a sudden exit, I cleared my throat and looked towards Oliver.

''well the thing is- my college M.I.T is holding a reunion next week and..''- ''let me guess you want to take time off so you can go?'', ''well yeah but no that's not the reason I'm here now in your office about to make a complete fool of myself''.

Oliver raised his eyebrow and stared at me intently waiting for me to expand on my ramblings- ''well the thing is all my old friends and my ex-boyfriend will be at the reunion and well I'm going to look pretty lame going alone when there all either engaged or in serious relationships so I was wondering if you'd come along with me- not that you have to, no pressure but I just thought I'd ask..''

Oliver made it obvious that he was highly amused by my revelation hiding his sniggers of laughter under a fake cough ''you want me to come to your college reunion as your date?''-'' Felicity Smoak is asking me out on a date?''.

I sank down in my chair further- my cheeks were on fire surely it wasn't possible to be feeling this level of complete and utter embarrassment , I managed to muster what little breath I had to mumble a response ''yes if that's what you want to call it''-

Oliver smiled and titled his head ''I'd love to go on a date with you- after all I do owe you- you have saved my life multiple times'', ''that's what I was hoping you'd say''.

I scurried out of Oliver's office and back to my desk and breathed a humongous sigh of relief – the fact Oliver had agreed to do this was completely amazing- yes he'd called it a 'favor' but nevertheless Oliver Queen had agreed to be my fake date.

''you look like the cat that got the cream'' Diggle appeared at the door way with a smug grin on his face ''he said yes''- ''of course he did Felicity, I never doubted him for a second''.

''so when are you going?'', ''next Wednesday but in the mean time I seriously need to prepare Oliver in becoming a Felicity Smoak connoisseur-''. ''I think you'd be surprised how much Oliver already knows about you''.

''My college friends are all borderline geniuses Dig, they'll smell a rat as soon as they see me with someone as ridiculously gorgeous as Oliver Queen- so I need to make sure he's prepared for the intense questioning they'll more than likely throw at him''.

''Felicity I don't know how many times I have to tell you this before it will finally sink in- but your special- your amazing, beautiful and intelligent , Oliver would be lucky to be seen on the arm of someone like you- so stop putting yourself down''.

I'm pretty sure John Diggle was one of the most spectacular and amazing men I'd ever had the pleasure of knowing and I was lucky enough to be able to call him a friend.

We were back at the basement or the lair as I preferred to call it. Oliver was doing his thing on the salmon ladder and by doing his thing I meant distracting me from doing any work what so ever.

''how's the happy couple?'' Diggle sniggered as he entered the lair ''very funny Dig''- ''have you love birds started practicing your back ground story yet?'', ''what do you mean practicing our back ground story?''- ''Felicity you haven't told him yet?''- Damn

''I was going to but then Oliver started working out and I was distracted and.. ''- ''me and Dig were talking and thought we should have some sort of back story about how we met, I can hardly tell my friends I was head hunted by you to join team arrow.''

''why don't we just say we met when you started working for my company?''- ''No way my friends will think that I've only secured my job at Queen Consolidated because I'm sleeping with the boss''- ''good point'' Diggle said taking a bite of his doughnut- highly amused by this whole situation

''I have an idea we just say we met through a mutual friend- Dig- keep things simple'', ''done'' Oliver nodded his head in agreement. ''where did Oliver take you for your first date?''- ''big belly burger''- ''nice''.

''How long have you two been seeing each other?'', ''just over three months were still in the honey moon period which will support the fact were still getting to know one another''- ''Felicity Smoak you're a born liar''. Surprisingly I was pretty good at lying on demand- hell I told enough lies to keep the Arrows identity a secret- it was almost becoming second nature to me.

''Oliver what's Felicity's favorite band?''- ''one direction- her favorite member is Harry Styles- trust me I've had to endure many painful renditions when I'm out fighting crime and she forgets that she still has her head set on linked to my ear piece''- that's slightly embarrassing…

''I've got a good one- what's your favorite thing about Oliver''- what the hell was Dig trying to do to me? '' what other than his amazing looks and the fact he has truckloads of money'' Oliver shot me a disapproving look ''chill I'm joking obviously- I love the way Oliver dedicates his entire life to protecting the people he loves, it inspires me to be a better person.''

The room fell quiet and Diggle looked immensely proud of himself- I was seriously going to make him pay for this later. ''You're turn Oliver what's your favorite thing about Felicity?''- ''her ability to see some good in everybody- she's helped me to become the best version of myself''.

''Aww you guys I'm almost tearing up''- I couldn't help but laugh at Dig who was now pretending to dry his eyes on his t-shirt.

''well I guess now all we can do is hope and pray the reunion goes smoothly'' I could live in hope at least…