With Diggles help Oliver managed to stop the bank heist with relative ease. He killed 2 of the thugs with the other 2 being arrested much to Olivers complaints, he also found whoever was behind it all was targeting Queen Consolidated. Back at the lair and back in normal clothes a heated conversation began
"Oliver you can't just keep killing guys you don't know who they are"
"I know there dangerous Diggle and they have to be stopped"
"Yes but being arrested stops them"
"Till they come back out again" Diggle knew this was a lost cause but he still had to say his piece
"Oliver it's not that simple"
"I know!" he raised his voice slightly
"Who do you think they work for?"
"I dunno they just said he was after revenge"
"So someone's clearly got it in for your father"
"Well that's not hard to imagine really is it?"
"What do you mean?"
"How can you not know?"
"I haven't always lived here Oliver and I have been a soldier so not much time to gossip"
"My father destroyed lives... 5 years ago he closed this factory above us sending production abroad because it was cheaper"
"Right..."
"Well he also managed to find a way to not pay the workers off, leaving most broke, alone, homeless and hurt. From that day, crime and poverty rates grew. He had managed to make this city worse"
"Oh dude I'm sorry that sounds rough"
"We were rich remember so it didn't matter but my father single-handedly made a lot of enemies that day and destroyed a lot of lives"
"Is that why you do this?" He gestured his hand to the lair around them
"One of the reasons..."
"Makes sense but Oliver this is getting a little too close to home I mean would the Hood not target your father?"
"Yes but I'm not ready for that just yet, I need to figure out who wants to destroy the city, my fathers company and of course keep saving it"
"You do realise it may be better to not just go for the corrupt Oliver"
"Diggle I'm one man I can't tackle all the petty criminals in this city"
"No but you don't just have to go for the rich either I saw you with those bank robbers the other night" Oliver stared at the man both knowing they wouldn't back down instead he nodded recognition at him and they left saying no more.
A while later and all of Oliver enquires had come to a dead end, and he still hadn't returned to his fathers office or even seen him at home. He had in fact spent most of his spare time with Thea trying to show her he hadn't left her. After a few weeks Thea finally snapped
"Ollie I love you but you're kinda smothering me don't you have a life of your own to deal with" Oliver smiled
"Cheeky much and hey! I just wanted to show you, you know you aren't alone..."
"Ollie seriously I know that! you don't need to spend all your spare time with me, I think you need to find something to do"
"Seriously when did you get so wise" he laughed
"You have to stop sounding surprised, I'm starting to get offended. Isn't there someone you could see?"
"Well Tommy's been working a lot lately, he actually seems more serious than I thought. Laurel well we both know I'm not ready for that conversation yet and I don't really know any other people though I do owe Felicity a bottle of red wine"
"Felicity?" she said raising an eyebrow
"It's not like that Speedy she helped me with stuff when I was working for dad"
"Well it's like 5, I'm sure if you take her a bottle of wine you could always get something to eat" she winked
"Thea... Honestly she's just a… acquaintance. I think my love life is messed up enough with Laurel and her sister Sara"
"Yes that's true at least Sara's not around at the moment you know with work, but who said it had to be a date, just you know be honest about who you are..."
"Fine" he said "but this is all your fault if she throws the bottle at me" she laughed as he made his way to the wine cellar choosing a red wine he knew would go down well.
Then he got on his motorbike making his way to Queens Consolidated. He walked into Felicitys office half expecting to find her already gone but instead she was still working
"Do you ever knock?" She said looking up
"It's not like this is the ladies room is it Felicity" she blushed lightly and he found himself smiling
"I see your friend handled the bank heist even if 2 guys got killed guess it's all collateral damage to someone like him. Not thinking of the people he's hurting, I mean he has a bow and arrow, who uses that now days just seems stupid to me" he chuckled to himself her rants always made him smile
"I seem to remember owing you this" he placed the bottle on the desk
"Thank you, but you shouldn't have" she smiled
"Shouldn't you be finishing work by now?"
"Oh I always finish late, Walt... Mr Steele asked me to finish this work off which I have just done" she smiled
"Do you want to get something to eat?"
"What? Like a date, no offence Oliver but I don't really know you and your reputation, well I'm not like that. I mean I've had my fair share of men, don't get me wrong but I don't just do sex I mean obviously I do but not no strings attached, not that I want you like that I..."
"Felicity" he was stood by her side his hand on her shoulder "no not a date just... He thought of the right words "be nice to have a friend" he smiled squeezing her shoulder gently. She saw the pain flash in his eyes he truly meant he needed a friend. She looked at his hand and he pulled it back to his side
"Okay but take away at mine? And that's not an invitation for you know any funny business"
"I promise no funny business but..."
"But what?"
"I did come here on my bike"
"Well I live like 15 minutes walk away so you can leave the bike here and we walk together"
"Okay" he smiled picking the bottle up again "we can open this, 1 glass won't hurt me" he smiled
"Okay" as she stood up, Oliver noticed her entire outfit a bright pink blouse and grey skirt with pink heels, she looked cute he thought before stopping himself.
They left and managed to get to hers in 10 minutes her entire apartment was smaller than his bedroom, they walked in silence but it wasn't awkward which took both by surprise
"Chinese okay?" She smiled at him
"Of course"
"Well here's the menu make yourself at home. I'm going to make myself comfortable not like that comfortable. I mean sweatpants comfortable, you did say you needed a friend and friends can be in sweats in front of each other" he laughed
"Okay"
An hour later Felicity was sat eating Chinese with her hair down, in sweatpants and a t shirt laughing at random TV shows with her bosses son. He looked relaxed now not on edge, she opened the bottle of wine giving Oliver a glass and pouring one for herself
"Oh my god that's fantastic! Just wow!" He smiled "so Oliver why do you need a friend?" His whole body language changed in an instant automatically seeming more guarded and wary
"Well my friend Tommy he's been pretty busy, then there's Laurel and Sara but that's complicated and then I..."
"You don't have many real friends and after being gone for 3 years, you and everyone have changed and the press are trying to make out you're the same person but you clearly aren't"
"Pretty much yes" how could she know that, he kept himself guarded even his own family couldn't see the truth in this face how could she
"Well maybe you should stop trying to be who everyone thinks you are and be who you want to be" she smiled
"You're right" he smiled softly "thanks Felicity"
"Well you know it's what friends are for but can I ask you a question?"
"Yes of course"
"Were you as bad as the press made out? Back then I mean"
"Worse. I cheated on my girlfriend multiple times and even with her sister, I got kicked out of university 4 times, spent most nights drunk and was an all round insensitive idiot"
"Don't hold back" she laughed instantly relaxing him "clearly you aren't like that anymore I mean no offence I'm pretty sure if you were still like that you wouldn't be here with me"
"You'd be surprised what I did to get into a girls pants back then" he said with a look of disgust, and clear regret
"Why'd you do it? I mean you were a trouble maker as a kid" he raised an eyebrow "if it's on the internet I can find it" she smiled softly "anyway yeh, then at 18 you seemed to just I dunno go off the rails..." He looked at Felicity sat there so innocent and debating whether to tell her the truth as if reading his mind she said "you don't have to answer you know I mean we have only just met"
"I haven't spoke about it not properly anyway"
"Well that's fine you don't need to tell me"
"My dad was hardly there when I was growing up, he was too busy at work so when I was a kid I did anything to get his attention, regardless if it was good or bad anything to get his approval. Then when I was 18 he closed the factory" Felicity nodded clearly knowing this story "we got death threats you know the usual, what the press and people don't know is that someone kidnapped me and tortured me..." Her hands went to her mouth in shock "my dad paid the ransom and I was returned I thought things would change but it didn't, so to cope I cheated, drunk, slept around, and misbehaved. It took a random girl on a bridge to make me see sense and that's when things started to change" he smiled softly, he hadn't intended on telling Felicity any of this but as he told her he felt he couldn't stop
"Oh Oliver... I am sorry" she shuffled closer to his side of the sofa gently placing her hand in his and squeezing he smiled at her response
"It's okay it was a long time ago"
"Well I should tell you that the..." Just then his phone rang, he gently pulled his hand from hers and answered the phone
"Hello"
"Oliver I need to talk to you about our nightly activities, where are you man?"
"Ermmm I'm out meet you at the... The Foundry in 10 mins"
"The Foundry well if that's what we're calling it now I'll see you there" With that Oliver hung up
"Sorry but I have to go"
"Oh" Oliver was actually surprised to hear the disappointment
"You were saying?" He said getting up placing his Chinese down on the coffee table
"Oh it doesn't matter, this was… nice Oliver and thanks for the wine"
"It was and thank you for the Chinese, next time I'll pay good night Felicity" he smiled
"Good night Oliver" she replied returning the smile, the way she light up with sincerity caught him a little off guard. He left; leaving Felicity even more intrigued to this man there was a lot more to him than everyone thought.
Oliver arrived in quick time to see Diggle stood in the middle of the Foundry
"What's up? It sound urgent"
"We need to talk about starlings drug problem"
"Which drug there's a lot out there?"
"The new one, the one that's causing these random deaths and dead bodies..."
"Okay but there's only been like 3, how do you know it's a drug problem?"
"Oliver we both know I have certain connections, I've been told the creator of the drug is in this city they need to be stopped because this drug is going to be something real bad"
"What's the drug? And who's the creator?"
"It's called Vertigo and I dunno that's what we have to find out..."
"Right I'll think about it"
"Why only thinking about it?"
"Because Diggle I don't take orders from the government" Diggle laughed
"Fair point" he smiled "But Oliver this might start to become a bigger problem than you think"
"We'll see…"
A/N: So life got in they way it's been a crazy couple of days... But yeh I hoped you enjoyed Chapter 4 :)... I wanted to thank everyone for the favourites, follows, reviews and even just those who have viewed this it is amazing :) especially as this was a bit of fun for me...
But anyway if anyone wants to ask any questions, or talk to me about Arrow or Olicity then message me here or on my tumblr :). I hope you all continue to enjoy the story as it develops... But I feel I need to say not all plots/characters/scenes etc from the show are in this, as some I couldn't get to fit quite right but I hope that doesn't deter you. Anyway thanks again and remember reviews etc make me happy and possibly make me post again soon ;) :P