Meanwhile 50+ floors lower. Felicity Smoak was carrying box with her personal stuff out the QC building, when she, being her natural clumsy self, bumped into someone "Ouh… I'm so sorry" she started to apologize when she noticed who she had run into.
"Felicity?" asked the familiar voice of Tommy Merlyn. When Tommy had found out about team Arrow, he had been totally disapproving of that they were doing, though while he worked as the Manager of Verdant, he learned to be friends with everyone, even with Felicity.
"Tommy?" she asked looking at him and then around "How are you? You here to see Oliver?"
"Yeah, is he up in his office?" Tommy asked small frown crossing his face when he noticed the box in Felicity's arms.
" I don't know… probably, you should ask his new EA" she said and walked past him to the exit.
Tommy looked after confused, he knew Oliver wouldn't fire Felicity, not on his own free will, or clear mind.
"Felicity…" he rushed after her, soon walking by her side to her car "why did Oliver fire you?"
"Because Laurel needed a job" she said unlocking her car and putting the box with her stuff in it. Tommy Merlyn was not going to be the one, she would end up crying her problems out to.
"Laurel?" he asked stopping Felicity, trapping her between him and the car "he replaced you with Laurel? Didn't he at last let you get back your old spot... you know the IT god's position?"
Felicity shook her head "no, that position already belongs to Drew Berryman, and well I checked, the company can't afford another IT specialist"
Tommy looked at her "let's grab a lunch, I could call my father and ask him to hire you, you're brilliant, IT girl, and I'm sure if QC let you slip out of their fingers, then Merlyn Global would make sure you don't slip their fingers"
Diggle rushed trough Oliver's office door, almost breaking the glass "she just walked out with Tommy Merlyn"
"with who!" Oliver looked at him surprised.
" Tommy Merlyn, he was on his way to meet her, but he ran into her, and then they left together, well, that's all I could gather from security footage."
"Why would Felicity leave with Tommy?" Oliver asked collapsing down in his chair, as he twirled his pen between his fingers.
" Ollie? I'm going for lunch, do you want to join me?" sweetly asked Laurel, blinking her enormous lashes.
Oliver looked at her, and then at Dig, and then back at her "yes sure..." he got up and followed her out. Even if he was having lunch with Laurel, his mind kept traveling elsewhere, wondering what Tommy was plotting, ever since Tommy had broken up with Laurel because of him, they weren't exactly the friends they used to be, and he knew that Tommy could be very reckless and could cause trouble, and adding it all upset Felicity, he hoped Tommy was not going to do anything stupid or dirty to repay him for his pain.
"Ollie? Did you heard what I just said?" annoyed asked Laurel while they were sitting in one of the many fancy restaurants around the town, Oliver didn't even remembered how he had gotten there, he looked at Laurel giving her small smile.
"Sorry, I must have zoomed out, you know, a lot of work and everything"
"it's okay, anyway, I was asking you about the party, you know, the annual party at QC?" she asked eating.
"Right, party, what is it about it?" he asked reaching for his glass of water.
"Well I just asked you if you wanted it to be held at the Verdant"
"I'll ask Thea about it, she kind of has stolen that place from me, but anyway…" Oliver froze, catching glimpse of familiar faces in the mirror behind Laurel's back. It was Malcolm Merlyn and Tommy Merlyn and Felicity Smoak. The sight of those three together, entering the place, caused him to choke on his water.
Laurel noticed the new arrivals too, her face turned all ugly with jealous and angry expressions mixing together.
Malcolm, Merlyn approached their table "well look at this, I can't even leave my office without running into someone I know" he joked, not really making anyone laugh, but himself. "Thank you for your IT Goddess, as my son calls her"
Oliver looked behind him as Tommy was pulling out chair for Felicity to sit. "She still works for QC"
"well according to Company's data, not anymore" Malcom grinned darkly down at the couple "have a nice lunch, Oliver, Ms. Lance"
Oliver watched him walk away, and sit to join Tommy and Felicity, obviously engaging in deep conversation about something.
Later that evening Oliver rushed down the stairs in the Arrow cave, god how he hated that name, he hoped to see Felicity, but he only found, half sleeping Diggle in front of her computers.
"Where is Felicity?"Oliver asked looking around.
"Home?" he looked at Oliver with sleepy eyes "she said and I quote – Mr. Queen fired me, as far as I am concerned there is no more businesses left between us"
Oliver frowned putting down the arrow he had just picked up to sharpen "what? She.. what… she went to work for Merlyn's… if anyone, I should be upset"
Diggle laughed a little and shook his head "I sure quote Felicity a lot, but mate… you really should pull your head out of your ass, go apologize her, tell her that you want her to continue the arrow business, offer her paycheck for this, I don't know.. You're the one who knows how t charm the women"
"very funny Diggle, but felicity is not your average girl" Oliver reminded his friend.
"Well then you'll just have to get creative" he said and turned back to his napping.