Dig was thrilled that Felicity had a date but knew Oliver would not take it so well. Oliver did not realize how important the blonde was to him and would not admit his feelings for her. When they all got to the lair Felicity was missing.

Oliver moved over to her desk. "Where is Felicity?"

Dig smirked. "She is not coming in tonight. She told me to contact her if we got into something we needed her for."

Oliver grunted. "Is she sick? She seemed fine at QC."

"She is on a date." Dig grabbed the sticks.

Oliver was really getting frustrated. Does he have to pull every answer out of Dig. "A date? Is she on a date with Bruce Wayne?

"Yes, she is."

"Why would Felicity go out with Bruce Wayne?" Oliver turned red.

Dig shrugged. "Since she's a grown woman, I didn't ask her. I told her to have a good time and not to worry."

Oliver knew that stilled conversation meant trouble. "You should have told me about it so I could warn her. Why would she even agree to a date with Wayne?"

Thea smirked at her clueless brother. "Tall, dark, handsome, wealthy, great body… Should I go on?"

Oliver glared at his sister. She smiled back. "He is a playboy who will just use her and then throw her away. She should not be even be around him, no less going on a date with him."

Thea saw the opportunity to provide some truth. She saw so clearly her brother was in denial. "Are you jealous, Ollie?"

Laurel jumped in hotly. "Of course, he is not jealous. Why would he be? Felicity is just his EA and IT girl, right Ollie?"

Oliver quickly responded. "I am not jealous but worried about her. She is a friend and I don't want to see her get hurt."

"Really? Felicity is the smartest person around here. I think she can take care of herself. I would go for some Bruce myself so I can understand why Felicity agreed. Good for her. Maybe she will get some, unlike some of the rest of us." Thea was enjoying this so much. A chance to taunt Laurel and shake up Oliver.

Oliver tried to explain. "Thea, Bruce will just use her."

"Ollie, so what? She can take care of herself." Laurel did not understand why he is continuing this.

Dig was amused by the whole conversation but can see it getting out of control so he decided he better put an end to it now.

"Oliver, how about checking out that intel Felicity provided?"

"Yes, let's gear up."

Felicity felt like a real woman around Bruce Wayne. He was very attentive, asking her about herself and her work, putting his hand on her back as they walked from the limo to the table and being very charming. They talked more about the job offer and the more she heard, the more excited she felt about the challenge. Dinner was wonderful.

Bruce reached for her hand. "Felicity I am happy to finally get you over to my company but you are a beautiful woman and I would like to have a chance to get to know you better. Would you go out with me again?"

"I would love that" Felicity responded with enthusiasm.

Bruce gently kissed her goodnight and she walked in her door. Just as she is getting ready for bed she heard her phone.

A text from Bruce:

BW: I can not wait for our next date. You are amazing. Sleep well.

With a smile on her face, Felicity sent a message back.

FS: See you then.

Felicity's mind was jumbled. A wonderful new job and a chance for a new relationship but she would have to leave the team and move to Gotham. Could she really do that? She would miss the team, the excitement, and Oliver but wasn't getting over Oliver the whole reason for this? She reminded herself again that she was the nobody and gorgeous Laurel was the one Oliver wanted. She was never going to move on until her stupid brain finally admitted one sure thing and that was her and Oliver were unthinkable.

Oliver was in a terrible mood. He could not believe that Felicity went on a date with Bruce Wayne. He and Bruce had several encounters since they both ran in the same circles. He knew Bruce's reputation with women and how he had a different one on his arm every night. Felicity was smart enough to know about this. It was all over the internet. What was she thinking? He walked past her desk and she was deeply involved in something on her tablet. He noticed the flowers were gone.

"What"s going on?" Oliver was in no mood to fool around.

"I put the information for your meeting at 10:00 on your desk. Your schedule is fairly full and I made sure your schedule around lunch was light since I saw you had a date with Laurel." Felicity calmly told him.

Oliver ground his teeth in frustration.

I meant with you, Felicity. How could you go out with Bruce Wayne? Don't you know what he is?" Oliver was irritated with this game.

Felicity gave him a cold look. "A handsome, smart man who enjoys my company?"

Oliver started pacing back and forth. "He is a playboy who uses women and moves on. He is probably just trying to steal you away from QC again. You need to stay away from him."

"Uses women? Trying to STEAL me away from QC?" Felicity was furious.

Oliver could not understand why she is fighting him. "Yes, Felicity. I know he has offered you jobs before and you turned him down. This is just a new tactic to get you away from me...my company."

Felicity whipped her head around to glare at him. "Of course, Oliver, because NOBODY like Bruce Wayne would even take a second look at a girl like ME, right? The only thing he would be interested in me for is a job? And maybe you think that is only to spite you?"

"I did not mean it that way, Felicity. I just know how Wayne is and I do not want to see you get hurt. You are a friend and I am looking to protect you." Oliver saw his mistake and tried to explain.

"We are not friends, Oliver. We are nothing. I am your EA and go get info girl. That is all you see and you think others see me the same way. I need some air."

Oliver was stunned. "Wait, Felicity…"

Felicity quickly left the room before Oliver could say anything else.

The elevator closed and Oliver walked into his office. He did not understand what was going on with Felicity. Why would see say they are not friends? Did she think she was nothing? She was everything. He needed her more than she would ever know. He was not CEO material and Felicity made sure he had everything he needed so he did not look like an idiot in these meetings. She usually sat near him and sent him messages if he needed technical or other help. In the lair, they would be lost without her intel, directions and keeping them safe while out on a mission. How could she think she was nothing? He would talk to her as soon as she came back and make sure she understood how important she was to the company and the mission.

As it turned out, talking to Felicity during the day was impossible. It seemed that light lunch schedule she had mentioned suddenly filled up. Laurel was annoyed that he had to have a shortened lunch with her but he suddenly had a meeting at 1:00 that was last minute. Felicity didn't even come and tell him but sent an email with a meeting schedule instead. Oliver was going to talk to her tonight. She left at 6:00 so he made sure to get out of his office shortly after. Felicity did not even say goodbye but sent another damn email telling him she was leaving and had all his information for the next day ready.

When he got to the lair, the team was there and so was Laurel. Felicity was seated at her desk with her back to him. She was talking to Dig about the mission and how she made some new comms.

Oliver was done waiting. "Felicity, can I speak to you a minute?"

"Sure" She turned around in her chair. "What do you need?"

Why did she make this so difficult? "Can I speak to you in private?"

Laurel stated, "The whole team should hear."

Felicity turned back around and gave information to the team.

He would have to wait until after the mission to talk with Felicity. Oliver did not know when it became so difficult to speak to his blonde assistant. He was becoming worried that this might be more than a slight issue with Felicity. Dig gave him a stern look which meant "what the hell did you do?" and Oliver told the team to gear up.

Realizing he will never have the chance to talk to Felicity as long as Laurel is here he turned to her, "Laurel, you might as well go home and get some rest since we are going on patrol."

Laurel moved toward him. "No, Ollie, I will stay and wait for you."

Oliver rubbed his thumb and finger together.
"It will probably be late so we can see each other tomorrow."

Laurel reached for his hand. "Aren't you coming over tonight, Ollie?"

"You have that deposition in the morning. I will call you tomorrow." Oliver grabbed his bow and dismissed her.

Laurel ran up the stairs.

The more Felicity listened to Oliver and Laurel, the madder she became. Mad at Oliver for being an ass, mad at Laurel for being Laurel, but mad at herself for feeling so jealous and unimportant.

She made sure she left the lair as soon as the team said they were clear with no injuries or problems. Normally she stayed but tonight she was done. It was becoming harder and harder to watch Oliver and Laurel together. Laurel knowing Oliver is the Arrow made it so much worse. She was always at the lair. She took over and dominated like she was the leader and Oliver let her. Felicity would come in and find Laurel sitting in HER chair and Oliver just stood there and did nothing about it. She truly needed to get away tonight and give herself some space.

Oliver made sure Laurel was out of the foundry so as soon as the team left so he would have the perfect opportunity to get this issue with Felicity straightened out. Felicity took what he said earlier out of context and she was obviously upset about it. It still stung that she said they were not friends but this talk should take care of all of that. The last thing Oliver needed was Wayne seeing an opportunity to steal Felicity to Wayne Enterprises. He did not believe Felicity would leave him but it was never good to take a chance with Wayne. He had dealings with him before and knew how sneaky that man was.

Oliver could not believe it but when they returned Felicity was already gone. She left before they came back. When did that start? She always stayed to make sure everyone was okay. If there were injuries she helped in the med bay. If Oliver was honest, he liked Felicity taking care of his injuries with her soft hands and gentle manner. Why did she leave without waiting? Oliver was becoming very worried about the real possibility of losing Felicity to Bruce Wayne. He had to talk to Felicity and it had to be soon.