Felicity Smoak absently tapped her pen impatiently against the folder of notes she held on her lap as she sat in the waiting room of the Queen Consolidated Industries among twenty other individuals who had also come for the job interview for the role of Head of the IT Department. Her eyes scanned the room of fellow nervous candidates wondering whether or not she deserved this job. She needed a job, yes, but it wasn't coincidence that brought her to Queen Consolidated in particular, it was revenge. Acute anger surged through her as she thought of everything she had lost and how it all tied to the Queen family and their corruption. Inhaling a deep breath of fresh air to calm herself, she brushed imaginary dust off the grey pencil skirt she had decided to wear for the interview, praying for her nervousness to disappear. She wondered whether she will be able to pull off her diabolical plan. Not only was she anything but diabolical, she was also a lousy liar – on a normal occasion this would be a recipe for disaster, but Felicity was also determined.
"Felicity Smoak?" a petite brown haired woman called out clinging to a clipboard in her hand.
This is it she thought to herself suddenly feeling very panicky. She looked at the front exit, calculating in her mind how many humiliating seconds it would take her for to reach it and bolt through them as every nerve in her body wanted to run out of this building and never to return to it again. Glancing at the heels she had decided to wear to ensure that she "looked" the part, she thought better of it knowing she would most likely end up falling onto her rear end. Adjusting her glasses she turned to give a polite smile to the woman who had called out her name, she was now looking at her with an impatient frown. Walking towards the elevators she cursed silently for her choice of attire as the skirt considerably restricted her rage of movement. The woman introduced herself as Rebecca and together they stepped into the elevator the door shutting behind them.
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The elevator came to a halt when they reached the second floor, the doors pinging open. Felicity was almost certain that the woman beside her could hear her heart slamming against her ribcage frantically, her palms feeling sweaty. The office looked even larger and plusher from the inside, glass separating all the rooms on the second floor instead of solid walls. She followed the woman through the corridor her eyes scanning the offices she passed, curiously watching the people behind the glass typing away on their computers. This was the first moment in months where she felt a twinge of guilt for what she was planning to do; these people were innocent. They were purely trying to earn a living, and if her plan worked then they would all end up jobless.
"It's the door to your left. Good luck Miss Smoak," the woman told her before heading back the way we had come.
Felicity's eyes turned towards the room that had been pointed out to her and her eyes widened in horror as her heart rate sped up by several increments. Sitting there behind the large table among several other people was Oliver Queen. She had not expected for him to be present for something as minor as interviewing for a job in the IT department, he's the co-owner of the company for goodness sake! Didn't he have more important things to do? Surely it was something the COO was supposed to take care of; at least that was what she had counted on. Just as she was about to turn on her heel and disappear, ditch this insane plan and come up with something else to take down the company Oliver raised his gaze his eyes locking with hers. He gave her a quizzical look before beckoning her into the room. Well, that was that. There was no way back. Digging her nails into the palm of her hand she took a deep breath before pushing the door open and stepping into the room.
Author's note: First time writing anything Arrow related so I hope you enjoy. Please leave reviews as it encourages me to continue the story if I know that people are enjoying it. Don't worry, I will reveal the reason behind her anger towards The Queen family, and I will also most likely add a few chapters from Oliver's POV