Chapter 2 – The Meeting
Felicity was shown into the dining room, well she thought it was the dining room, her whole apartment would have covered the floor area of whatever room she was in. She was taking her job seriously. She was contracted to be Oliver Queen's tutor for the next year. She was daunted by the responsibility but she had been a tutor before and she needed the money to go to MIT. Granted she could apply for a scholarship or even get student loans but the thought of being that amount in debt was very scary for her. So when the offer came from the Queen patriarch she jumped at it. She could get Oliver, Mr Every Lady Loves Me, Queen to study, she would make him and to be fair his dad wasn't expecting miracles, he just wanted his son to get accepted into some decent colleges without having to pay for it to happen.
So here she was on the first day of the summer break at 2 in the afternoon waiting on the elusive Mr Queen. She had to wait a good twenty minutes for him to turn up, in that time she got all her supplies organised. When he walked in she was pretty sure she stopped breathing, he was GORGEOUS, just because she wasn't his type doesn't mean she was blind. The fact that he was kind of a man whore didn't help either. He didn't seem to be the usual confident guy she saw around school.
"Hi I'm Oliver, sorry I'm late!"
"Hi I'm Felicity. I'll be your tutor for the next 52 weeks!"
"Do I know you? You look a little familiar to me…"
"We're in the same History, French and Biology class."
"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't realise…"
"Why would you? I'm fifteen, not your type plus a scholarship kid, we don't exactly mix in the same circles."
"Oh…"
"Look, I'm here to do a job and I want to help you get the best grades possible but like I told your dad it will take effort from you as well, there is only so much I can do!"
"Look I do appreciate this…thanks."
"I'm not doing this out of the goodness of my heart, your father made me an offer I couldn't refuse. So let's get started, I hear Math isn't your strong suit?"
Oliver grimaced.
"I think you'll find that an understatement!"
"Ok, where do you want to start?"
"At the beginning?"
Felicity gave him a look.
"I don't mean to be sarcastic or anything but seriously I don't know what my father offered but just for Math alone you deserve hazard pay because me and numbers do not go together!"
"Yet!"
"Huh?"
"You and numbers don't go together yet! You will but it may take a little time plus you need to practice, every day. When it comes to Math the more you practice the better it will be, honest. Would I lie to you?"
"I don't know you so yes you could lie to me!"
"Ok well, I walked into that one. Well, hmmmm let me see. My name is Felicity Smaok. I'm a scholarship kid, my mum is a waitress. I love computers, mint choc chip ice cream and sci-fi shows. I hate peanuts, allergic, fruit in cakes and people who don't treat their computers with respect!"
"Wow that was informative. What can I tell you about me?..."
"Ermm, you don't really need to tell me anything. You're Oliver Queen, best friends with Tommy Merlyn and Laurel Lance. You sleep with any hot girls, apparently you're very good… you like your Big Belly Burger and you adore your sister!"
Oliver just looked at her with his eyebrows lifted. He saw her turn red under his look.
"That's what I've heard not that I've talked about you in bed. I heard various girls in our classes talk about you and you're talent in the bedroom talk about getting a girl hot! Not that I was or ever have thought about you in that way. If I wanted to feel that way then I'd read 'Fifty Shades of Grey' which is supposed to be hot, well hotter than you…."
Oliver's eyebrows were in his hair line now and his mouth was twitching.
"Oh yeah, one other small, teeny tiny thing I have a tendency to ramble a little as you've just witnessed!" Felicity said as she pushed her glasses up her nose
Raisa chose that moment to come in with refreshments, everyone in the room heard Felicity mutter
"Oh thank god!"
Raisa met Oliver's eyes and he realised that she heard the entire conversation but didn't want to interrupt but thought now was an opportune time.
"Chocolate chip cookies and fruit juice Master Oliver."
"Thanks Raisa."
They studied for an hour and during that time Thea had come down and was trying to be an annoying little sister and bait Oliver until Felicity told her to leave or stay and complete some Math problems. Much to Oliver and Felicity's surprise Thea decided to stay and complete the problems Felicity wrote for her. Moira and Robert were watching their children study and the young lady that had them under control.
"Well that was a good start. You're much better than you think you are Oliver. Whoever told you 'you and numbers don't go together' is an idiot! Tomorrow we'll tackle Chemistry with those chemical equations, ok?"
Oliver sagged in defeat but nodded his head.
"Thea I think you have a smart brain in that head of yours but try to use your smarts for good not evil, help your brother out by not bothering him when's he's studying. I'm sure he's a great big brother and takes you for ice cream, to the movies and plays with you when you want so help him out a bit ok? If you want to sit with us that's great I'll get some more problems ready for you!"
"Thanks Felicity, you make Math seem so simple. Would you like to stay for dinner?"
"Thanks but I need to head home, another time maybe."
It was strange, Oliver thought, before the study session she was nervous but during the session she was really confident now she's back to nervous again.
Felicity turned around to see Oliver and Thea's parents standing watching them.
"Hi Mr Queen and Mrs Queen. I'll be going now. See you two tomorrow."
"So how did it go?" Robert asked his son
"It went well. Thanks for finding her dad!"
