A Snap Shot in Time by PurpleSakuraBlossom

Hello folks! So after recently becoming obsessed with Arrow I have decided to draw up a series of one shots staring the wonderful Felicity Smoak.

Disclaimer: I do not own Arrow or any of the characters mentioned.

Chapter One: The Hidden Talent of Felicity Smoak

Oliver held in a sigh as another arrow flew through the cables running along the well behind the targets, sparks flying slightly. He could hear the stifled laughs coming from the two blondes near the computer and couldn't help but wince as Roy's temper finally got the better of him and he turned his frustrations on the two women.

"You know this is a lot harder than it looks, you don't need to laugh every time I miss!" Roy exclaimed, a fact that just seemed to set Sarah off even more. Felicity had the decency to look somewhat ashamed, but even from where he stood he could still see the humour dancing in her eyes.

"We're sorry Roy, we know it is hard. You'll get the hang of it." She comforted while Sarah barely managed to suppress a snort of laughter.

Oliver had to admit that it was nice seeing the two women bond, shame it had taken a bullet for it to happen. He had to physically shake his head to remove the thought from his head. That was not something that he was overly fond of remembering.

"I wasn't a natural to begin with. It took me a long time to get it right, you just need patience." Oliver said stepping over to the younger man before he could say anything in response to Sarah. Roy sent a frustrated glare in his direction while gesturing to the numerous arrows that littered the back wall and floor.

"I am not sure that it is patience that is going to make my aim any better." He growled out.

"Well moaning about isn't going to help it either." Sarah grumbled rolling her eyes. Oliver had to suppressed his own groan, sometimes he wondered if he really need a team. Roy whirled around before thrusting the bow out towards the blonde assassin.

"You think you're so smart, you give it a try then!" This time it was Felicity's snort that could barely be contained.

"Really?" She questioned as all eyes fell to her, "Sarah has been trained by the League of Assassins and was in a relationship with a woman whose weapon of choice was, you guessed it, a bow. You really think she doesn't know who to use one them."

"Aw shucks, you know the way to a girls heart Felicity!" Sarah gushed as she mocked batting her eyelashes causing more laughter from Felicity and a rare smile to cross Oliver's face. Roy was prevented from saying anything as Diggle came into view carrying take out bags from Big Belly Burger. A quick glance between the four of them and Diggle seemed to understand what was going on.

"Archery still not your thing?" Diggle asked innocently, trying hard to keep the smile off his face as the two blondes laughed again. Roy sent him another glare before turning towards Felicity and thrusting the bow at her.

"Alright, she might be able to laugh at me but what's your excuse?" Roy stated with a smug smile as Oliver and Sarah looked on a bit startled, clearly Roy had hit his head last time he was training. Oliver was about to step in but Diggle interrupted him by saying the words that he never thought he would hear.

"Well, the kid does have a point. Why don't you give it a try Felicity?" A look seemed to pass between the two that Oliver didn't recognise, the older man giving Felicity a nod towards to target area. Felicity shrugged slightly before standing from her chair, this is not going to go well Oliver thought with a slight wince, wondering just how badly this would go.

Oliver, Sarah and Roy watched in complete shock as the tiny blonde took the bow from Roy, stood at the mark and fired three arrows perfectly into each target. They were shaken out of their state with Diggle roaring with laughter, before moving over to give Felicity a high five.

"How…how did you?" Oliver trailed off, he was not wrapping his mind around this anytime soon. Felicity, his IT girl, could shoot arrows, what the hell? He turned towards the grinning man, "Did you know this?!" He asked incredulously. The other man let out a laugh while wrapping an arm round a smiling blonde.

"Yup! We had some spare time once we had rebuilt everything here and you were still away on the island. Turns out our girl here is a natural." He said with another laugh.

"Why didn't you say anything before?" Sarah questioned with a tight smile, there seemed to be something in her tone hinting at something, Felicity apparently knew what was meant as she sent back a slight smile.

"It was just never the right time." She replied as Roy walked back over to pick up the bow she had sat down.

"Damn Blondie, I thought you were scary before!" He exclaimed, lightening the mood once more. However Oliver didn't miss the guilty look that Sarah had sent towards Felicity, clearly there was something going on with his girlfriend that he hadn't noticed before.

"Hey," He said managing to grab her attention, reaching up to cup her face. His eyes widened surprised when she backed away sharply from him, "What's going on?"

He watched as she seemed to physically fight herself, glancing over his shoulder towards the others before answering him.

"Diggle knew." At his raised eyebrow she continued, "Diggle knew she could shoot that bow perfectly, he told her to shoot. If he hadn't been here she never would have shown us."

"I'm sure she still would have…" He trailed off feeling a little uncertain with himself, Sarah's pointed look drove her point home, if Diggle hadn't been here I never would have let her near a bow. Sarah seemed able to read his mind as she give a sharp nod.

"If Diggle hadn't have been here, we would have stopped her and she would have let us. And she would have let us because she didn't want us to know."

"But why?" Oliver gritted out frustrated as he and Sarah turned to face the laughing trio as they dug into the food sitting. Even while laughing there seemed to be a sad air around Felicity that she was trying hard to push back.

"Because." Sarah started, her tone sounding so lost and sad he was forced to turn to face her. "We broke her heart. We broke her heart and she still spends every night with us, she is still as friendly as always but at the end of the day we aren't her friends."

Her words echoed through his head for the rest of the night.

So moment number one is done! Please let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions/ requests please let me know.

Thanks!