Chapter 3 The Incident
The study sessions were going well, they were into the second month of the arrangement and more often than not Thea would join them but today she was at a birthday party for her current bff. Oliver was acting weird he wasn't his usual affable self. At one point he put his pen down turned to her and kissed her full on the mouth and was trying to deepen the kiss then the next thing he knew her hand had made contact with his face in an almighty slap. Neither knew who was more shocked.
"WHAT'S WITH YOU? WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? This is not you. I have never, not once heard a girl you've been with say a bad thing about you. They all say how kind you are. Granted you are a man whore but as long as you and your current 'flavour of the hour' are safe, then who cares. Make sure you wear condoms ok? Never not wear a condom. You must be keeping Durex in business all by yourself! You should get some shares in that company, maybe you could get your dad's company to develop their own one and you could be the chief tester! I think it's time I call it a day, I expect an apology within the next 24 hrs or you will never see me again, well apart from school and the classes we have together but you know what I mean!"
Oliver just stood there he couldn't believe he made a pass at her and it wasn't even smooth and he didn't even think of her like that. Sandra had told him she was pregnant and he decided to lash out on Felicity. He must have scared her but she had a great slap maybe he could get her to teach Thea that. Oliver phoned Tommy to tell him what happened.
"Tommy, I completely messed up…."
Tommy told Oliver how to fix the mess he'd gotten himself into. That's why he was outside Felicity's home at 9 pm to hand deliver an invitation. She didn't open the door so he slipped it underneath, hoping against hope that she would accept his apology.
The next day Felicity turned up with an extra bag.
"I'm here and any funny stuff then you'll never be a father ok?"
"Deal!"
Oliver had spoken to his dad the previous day and told him he made a massive mistake and he needed to rectify it and would he give permission for Felicity and him to take a day off from studying. He knew his father was curious but he gave his permission for Felicity to have a slumber party at their house.
"So what did you bring to watch?"
Oliver was expecting some sci-fi programme but he was completely flummoxed when Felicity took out 'Pride and Prejudice' the BBC version out of her bag.
Felicity swept passed him into the tv room.
"I hope you have the popcorn ready Queen! All the episodes plus the extra features are coming your way! You're in for a treat!"
At some point Robert, Moira and Thea all came into the room to watch part or a complete episode. Every time Oliver fell asleep Felicity would kindly wake him up, by elbowing him hard in the ribs, so he wouldn't miss a minute. The others saw this and were highly amused. Thea stayed with them for the rest of the night. The next morning Robert and Moira entered the TV room to see all three asleep on the sofa. The room had three sofas but they were all on one, Oliver in the middle with Felicity and Thea at either ends with their legs in his lap. The remnants of their slumber party feast on the coffee table.
A couple of hours later Robert managed to get Felicity by herself.
"So what did my son do?"
"Hmmmm?"
"Felicity, I know you're smart but please do not try to play me. I know my son did something because he came down to the office, something he rarely does, to speak to me, he mentioned he messed up and wanted to fix it which is why I gave him permission to miss your tutoring session. I also noticed the red mark on his face when he came to see me. It must have been pretty bad because there is nothing on this Earth that would make Oliver watch a period drama if he didn't have to…"
Felicity had a wide smile on her face.
"Mr Queen there was a … misunderstanding between me and your son. It will not happen again because Oliver knows what will happen if he …misunderstands me again!"
"So he finished watching all the episodes?"
"I made him watch all the episodes then we watched other films, kid friendly films as Thea was with us, we were too tired to go upstairs so we crashed out on the sofa at around 3 am."
"You are one devious person. You're sure you're only 15?"
Felicity smiled.
