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Chapter 4 (Introductions and reunions)
Oliver and Diggle were training together when the sound of the side door opening alerted them. Felicity had told them she wasn't coming in until later, so it couldn't be her. They both froze, giving each other side glances and had their weapons at the ready.
After a couple of seconds their intruder showed themselves. Before them stood a tanned man with dark brown hair, and slight facial hair, and dark brown eyes. The man wore jeans and just a plan black shirt. Although the man look a little different now, Oliver still recognized him and had a brief flashback to his time on the island.
"Slade?" He said in a dreamed state. He was kind of confused because he thought Slade had died on that island.
"Well if it isn't Oliver Queen." He says, walking over to pick up an arrow and twirl it in his hand. "Is this what you've been spending your time doing since you've got back."
"Slade?" He repeated still wondering how this could be possible. "I thought you were dead." He both stated and asked at the same time. Diggle just stayed quiet and on alert, sensing there was some history between the two.
"Well. I wasn't. To be honest I thought the same about you. I'm surprised you survived on that island by yourself."
Oliver still had his bow and arrow in hand but now had it aimed at the ground instead of him.
"How did you get off the island? I searched for you. I thought I was the only one left when I got off. And what are you doing here now?" He asked hoping he didn't want revenge for leaving him there on the island.
"I left before you did, when the clean up crew came to remove all the evidence that they were ever there. They thought I was dead too, when they picked me up."
They were interrupted once again by the door opening and closing. Oliver and Diggle shot each other a worried look. 'Felicity' they both thought.
"Hey guys, sorry I'm late I had some stuff-" Felicity stopped dead in her tracks only seeing Diggle and Oliver with their weapons raised and trained on a man with dark hair that she could only see the back of.
"Felicity get out! Get out." Oliver said not taking his eyes off of Slade. He didn't want Felicity to get stuck in the middle of something between him and someone from his past again after last time with Helena.
"Okay. Wow, I'm having a serious deja vu moment here." She said slowly backing up and remembering the time with Oliver's crazy ex-girlfriend.
Slade hearing recognition in the voice of the woman behind him and the name Oliver called her turned around to face where the female voice was coming from.
Now she could see the mans face, Felicity stopped walking towards the door.
Oliver, seeing how she had stopped walking rushed her. "Felicity. I said leave."
Felicity was totally not hearing anything Oliver was saying to her anymore.
"John?"
"Felicity?"
"You two know each other?" Diggle at the same time as Oliver. Both seriously confused.
"What the hell is going on here guys?" Pissed that they had her date at both gun and arrow point.
"Wait?" Oliver said. "John as in John? As in the guy you went on a date with John?"
"Oh don't act like you didn't know Oliver! Why is he here?"
"You've got a lot of explaining to do." He directed to Slade.
All four of them are sitting in the foundry letting all the information they'd just received settle. Turns out, Slade moved here just a week ago, and he found out about Oliver. He met Felicity at the book store but said his name was John, and they went on a date. The only reason he had lied to her was because he didn't want to scare her off. He came down to the foundry because he wanted to catch up with Oliver, and wanted he could assist with his nightly activities.
It was a lot to take in for both Felicity and Oliver. Felicity was lied to and she was trying to figure out where she went wrong in her background check. The worst part of all this was that Oliver was right. She feels like such an idiot right now. She's not exactly sure what she should be feeling, and yet alone, think of all this.
Oliver feels the same way. The biggest shock of all this, is that all this time Slade was alive during that time he was on that island. I mean, sure, Slade wasn't on that island with him the whole time, so how could he have known, but he still feels like he should have looked harder. The other thing that shock him, was him and Felicity. He was there at the place where they had their date, and he didn't even recognize him. Slade was the guy that had Felicity all smiley. Slade had kissed his Felicity. Why was he thinking like this? Felicity wasn't his. He had no right to think of her that way.
After a good 30 minutes of silence Felicity decided that she needed some time alone, so she broke the silence.
"I'm going to use the bathroom." she announced as she headed off.
Oliver lifted his head up to see her retreating form and wondered how she was taking being lied to. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Slade look between where she sat and just left. After a couple seconds it looked like he had finally decided on something. Then he got up and followed.
Oliver shot Diggle a glance, who just shock his head at him telling him no because he knew what Oliver was thinking, so he stayed put.
