A/N: I wanted to try my hand at an Arrow fic that dealt with Felicity's father and how she and the rest of the arrow team deals with it. For those of you that have read my other Arrow fanfiction don't worry I'm working on the next chapter and will post it soon. I hope you like this one as well, so please read and review.

I know he only wanted to help but these were my demons and I had to fight them. I couldn't stand myself if any of them got hurt trying to help me out. I never told them about my past because that's exactly what it was my past and I thought I had put it behind me but someone couldn't stand to leave me alone and move on. I felt like I was finally able to move on with my life and he shows up again for no good reason for that fact. I haven't seen my father in such a long time, he left when I was young and I didn't have any good memories about him. He was just a thing of the past and I would rather keep it that way but in order to do that I have to face him sooner or later, which was not going to be an easy task with Oliver and John breathing down my neck every second of every day. I had to come up with a plan to sneak away from them just long enough to get rid of my father, which again was not going to be the easiest thing in the world.

At the moment Oliver was doing target practice with his bow and John was practicing on the dummy. I was stuck at my desk to work on getting eyes into the corporate building of Queen Consolidated. Oliver wanted to get his company back but we need eyes into the building in order to do so. And Oliver knew it was going to take a while to do so which is exactly why he gave me the task right when my father decided to show his face in town. Don't get me wrong I love doing all this tech stuff for him but I had so many things on my brain right now it was hard to concentrate.

"Felicity how's it going over there?" Oliver asked but I was too caught up in my thoughts to comprehend exactly what he asked me.

"Hmm, what did you say?"

"I asked how things are going over here. What's on your mind right now, you seem to be really out if it lately?" He asked with concern.

"Well can you blame me for being out if it? I have my father on my mind right now and every minute of the day. You won't let me go see him to get rid of him so I can only wonder what he's doing here. So yeah I would say I'm a little out if it lately, but things are moving forward with getting eyes in the building don't worry about that." I answer him, I didn't mean to be short with him but I was really irritated at the moment and that's what happens when I get irritated.

"I'm not worried about the company right now. I'm worried about you, ever since your dad showed his face in this town you've been on edge and I hate to see you this way. The only reason I don't want you to see him is because I don't want you to get hurt again from what you've told me he's hurt you enough the way it is." His voice was stern yet gentle in the same way, I know he meant well but it didn't change how I felt at the moment.

"Yes but I was younger then, I didn't know different. I've grown up and I understand disappointment and hurt and would not expect anything different from my father." I argued back to him.

"I'm not going to take the chance though." He said.

"What am I supposed to do, live in fear the rest of my life from things that might hurt me? Don't give me that crap because that is what we do every night, we put ourselves in potentially harmful situations and we aren't afraid of them. I understand your concern for me but I'm not a little girl anymore and I can handle myself."

"Nothing good can come from it. You go see your father and then what, he's going to want to come back into your life and make amends for what happened. I don't think so, he sounds like someone who goings to lead you on until he gets what he wants." I could tell that he was starting to get angry with me but I was getting angry with him as well so I was not letting up that easy.

"He won't lead me on, for god's sake I think I've gotten a little bit better at reading people. Why can't you trust me enough to do this?"

"I do trust you, it's your father I don't trust."

"Of course the old I trust you it's the other guy I don't trust, really Oliver you're going to pull that on me." I was really angry at this point and before he could answer me I cut him off, "You know what never mind, I have a lot of work to get done tonight so if you'll please excuse me I'm going to get back to this." I turned back towards my desk and put my headphones in to show him that I was done talking for the night.

He hated when I did that, it was like a slap in his face but I was not afraid to stand up to Oliver Queen and it seemed like I was one of the very few that did. Since I was angry I was not getting much done on my work so I was pretending to do work while the guys watched over me like hawks. They were never going to know the difference if I was working for real or not.

Another hour went by and I had had enough, I was ready to go home for the night. I just wanted to put the latest conversation behind me and go to bed. "Well guys I'm not getting much done tonight so I think I'm going to go home now."

"Just give me a minute and I'll take you home." Oliver offered.

"Don't worry about it. I can take myself home. Don't worry I'll go straight home, you can even track my phone if you don't believe me." With that I walked up the stairs and headed to my car. I got in my car and in my rear view mirror I could see Oliver get on his bike ready to follow me home. I just shook my head at him because he seriously was blowing this whole thing out of proportion, but this was Oliver just being his over protective self.

My house was only about fifteen minutes from the club so the drive went by really fast tonight. I got out of my car and locked the doors, I could see Oliver lurking in the shadows and it was kind of irritating me. "Oliver you know I can see you right, I'm home you can leave now."

"Felicity please just understand that I'm only doing this because I care about you and I don't want to see you get hurt."

"I know you care about me but I have a certain way I like to deal with my family and I wish you could see that. Night Oliver."

"Felicity please,"

"Goodnight Oliver." I opened my apartment door and walked inside away from Oliver and the rest of the world.

I took a nice long warm shower to clear my mind of everything. I always loved the feel of a nice warm shower, it always made me think a little clearer which was exactly what I needed at the moment. The shower was nice but I wasn't exactly tired yet so I put some comfy clothes on popped a movie in. I slung down on my couch and began to watch the movie but halfway into it I started to get tired. I actually was too lazy to get up and go to bed so I just let myself fall asleep on my oh so not comfy couch.

I had no idea how long I had been sleeping because when I woke the DVD menu was playing on a loop. I had the worst kink in my neck from the couch's arm but there was nothing I could do about it now the damage was already done. I started to clean up the living room when my phone rang, I had no idea who would be calling me this late at night. It was almost midnight for god's sake and I'm sure Oliver learned his lesson to not bother me the rest of the night. I flipped my phone over and it was an unknown number, my first thought was that my father had gotten my number somehow and wanted to talk.

"Hello." I answered the call and my hunch was right.

"Felicity, it's me. Your father." I could not believe that this was happening right now.

"I know who it is. What do you want from me?"

"Why do you think I want something?"

"Because I haven't talked to you since you walked out on mom and me, then all of a sudden you show up here. What else am I supposed to think, that after all these years you want to rekindle our relationship or something. I'm not having it," I was about to continue my rant but he cut me off.

"Felicity please can we just meet tomorrow for coffee or something I really need to see you and talk to you in person."

I know I wanted to confront him earlier about why he was here but I was getting a bad feeling about this phone conversation and I was starting to think that Oliver was right, that nothing good was going to happen if I saw him. Yet I felt that if I didn't meet him in person he was never going to leave me alone.

"I'm pretty busy all day, so I don't know."

"I can come to your place after you're done with work or something, whatever works for you I just really need to talk to you."

"I don't know, I'll let you know. I have to go now, bye." I quickly hung up the phone and could not believe the conversation I just had with my father. Was I really going to meet with him like I wanted to or was I going to give into Oliver and say he was right about it. I had a lot of thinking to do and decisions to make but I was too tired to think about them right at the moment so I went to bed, my thoughts were still going to be there in the morning.

I woke in the morning and I still had the kink in my neck, note to self don't fall asleep on the couch you won't like it. The thoughts from last night we're still swirling around in my head and I had yet to make a decision about my father but I had all day to think about it. I did know one thing though, I was not going to tell Oliver anything about my recent conversation.

I got dressed for the day and was just about to head over to the club when there was a loud knock on my door. It kind of startled me because it was very forceful. I answered it and was sort of shocked to see who was on the other side, "Oliver what are you doing here and why are you banging so loud on my door."

"You didn't answer your phone so I got worried." He stated. I looked down at my phone which I had put on silent last night and there were three missed calls and about five text messages.

"I didn't want to be bothered last night so I put my phone on silent, sorry. I was just about to head over to the club to get started on my work, so if you'll excuse me you're in my way."

"Come on Felicity, you can't still be mad at me. I'm sorry I kind of blew everything out of proportion but that's who I am and I tend to do that a lot."

"I know you do but that doesn't change the fact that you are still in my way and I'd like to get to work." I pushed him back out of the apartment so I could lock my doors and then I went to my car. I got in without even acknowledging Oliver behind me.

I arrived at the club fifteen minutes later and he was right behind me. I walked down the stairs and John was already there working out. I swear that is all these two do when they have nothing to do is workout. "Morning John." I said so he would know I was there.

"Good morning Felicity, and how are you this morning." He answered back.

"Ask him." I pointed at Oliver as he came down the stairs.

"That good hey, what did he do now?"

"The same thing he always does, blows everything out of this world." Which wasn't exactly an exaggeration, he does blow everything out of this world in the literal sense anyways.

"Can't we all just talk this through, I'm sure we can come up with a way to fix this tension between the two of you." John suggested, he was always trying to keep the peace between Oliver and me.

"I am all for working things out as long as he backs off a bit. But if you'll excuse me I'd like to get some work done today." I walked off toward my desk and got to work. Maybe I was being too hard on Oliver and maybe I was blowing everything out of proportion as well but I'm stubborn and hate to admit when I'm wrong if I am.

OLIVER'S POINT OF VIEW

Diggle took me by my arm and dragged me out of Felicity's ear shot so he could talk to me, well basically yell at me. "Dude what are you doing? I know you want to keep her safe but having her as an enemy is not something you want is it."

"Of course not but I'd rather have her angry with me than hurt."

"Don't you think that this fight is hurting her, she's a strong woman and I believe that we need to pull back a little on the strings? If we don't I think we might lose her all together, she's not one to sit around and do nothing about something that bothers her." He was making a point but I just felt that after everything we went through with Slade I needed to keep the people I care about close and out of harm's way.

"Dig I know what you're saying but this is too soon after everything with that went on with Slade, I can't afford to take any risks until I figure some things out."

"You better figure those things out fast man otherwise those people you care about are going to walk out on you."

"Don't you think I know that, I just need to get my company back and things will get easier." Dig was giving me his questionable look and I knew he doubted me, "I promise things will get easier, you just have to trust me."

"Oliver I do trust you, but I don't want your relationship with Felicity messed up because of this fight." He was always trying to get me to rethink my decision but I'm stubborn and it takes a lot for me to rethink anything really.

"I appreciate the talk but I'm not changing my mind just yet. Now if you'll excuse me I have to get ready for when Roy arrives."

"Roy's coming? He's actually going to show up to one of these training sessions." Dig asked in utter disbelief, Roy had a way of not always showing up when he was asked to do so but he's gone through a lot lately and he needed time to deal with things.

"Give him a break, he's got a lot going on and he's gone through a lot just like the rest of us. If he needs time to deal then so be it, I'd rather him have a clear mind when he's here training than thinking of to many things at once."

"Yeah but like you said we've all been through a lot and we have shown our faces here ready to work. It shouldn't be any different for him."

"He's younger, just give him time and he will come around."

I left Dig to continue punching at the dummy and I went to target practice with my bow. Whenever I did target practice it helped to clear my mind, maybe I was making a big deal out of nothing with Felicity but I truly cared for her and could not live with myself if she got hurt under my watch. I shot arrows at targets for the next hour and then Roy showed up ready to practice.

"Hey guys." Roy said as he walked down the stairs.

"Hello Roy, nice of you to join us today." Dig said as Roy pasted him and I shot Dig a look which made him back down.

"Ready for your training today Roy." I asked him as he set his things down on the closet table.

"I'm ready. Let's do this." He said as he grabbed his own bow and arrows. We both headed to the target area which was just past Felicity desk and I could tell that Roy felt something was up. "Hey what's up with you guys?" he asked when he noticed how she looked at me when we pasted.

"Long story but the short version is I won't let her put herself in harm's way and she's mad at me for it." I didn't want to get into it with him at the moment the less he knew the better I felt.

"She must really believe in whatever it is if she's willing to put herself in danger."

"Yeah well she's stubborn and won't think of the consequences."

"Yeah but you're stubborn as well. Are you sure you guys aren't just blowing something little out of proportion?"

"Are we going to talked Felicity's and my problems or are we going to practice?"

"Sorry, didn't mean to hit a nerve. Let's practice."

FELICITY'S POINT OF VIEW

"Finally." I let out a breath and was happy that I finally was able to get eyes into the building to see what we were up against to get the company back.

"Do we have eyes in the building?" Oliver asked, he was standing right behind me looking at the screens.

"Yes, I have eyes on your old office as well as the other main offices of the board members. Nothing too exciting seems to be happening at the moment but that could be from the fact that it is almost seven o'clock in the evening. I can't believe it took me almost all day to do this, this is something that I should have been able to get done yesterday." I knew exactly why I wasn't able to get it done faster but Oliver didn't need to know that I was thinking about meeting with my father tonight.

"The main thing is that we have it done now and we will be able to see who comes and goes within the company to see where the weak spot is to hit if we want the company back."

"Yes I suppose you are right with that one."

"Now I just have to get the club back up and running if we are going to continue to use this space. We need our front back so people don't start to suspect things." Oliver stated, he was right though. People might start to suspect things seeing that we are entering an abandoned building every day and exiting every night.

"That's going to involve a lot of cleaning my friend." John spoke up.

"Yeah I know so I'm going to get started as soon as possible." Oliver stated, this was exactly what I needed at the moment. If he was going to be cleaning in the club I could get away from him long enough to get rid of my father.

"What does that mean then? When do you want to start this massive cleanup job?" John asked not wanting to know the answer exactly.

"Why don't you guys start tonight?" they both looked at me in surprise, "What? Oliver you said as soon as possible right, then why can't you start tonight?" they didn't argue with my suggestion so maybe some part of them agreed with me.

"She's right. We have nothing else going on tonight so why not." Oliver stated.

"I guess the sooner we start the sooner this will be over." John agreed.

Oliver turned toward me now and I was really hoping he wasn't going to ask me to help, "Do you want me to take you home before we start or do you want to stay."

"Well Oliver I can take myself home, I did however drive here myself remember." I shot back.

"I know but I will feel better knowing you got home safely." Well at least this time he asked if he could follow me home rather than last night when he just followed me home. That's when I remembered that Roy was here and that he was going to be my answer out of this.

"Well if you need to know I get home safely then you can send Roy with me, that way you can stay here and clean up and you will know that there is nothing to worry about with me." I suggested and I could tell that he was having a hard time giving into what I wanted but when he figured there was no way I would be in harm he agreed to it.

"Alright, but Roy, you have to let me know the minute she is safe and in her home got it?"

"Of course Oliver, no harm will come to her."