CHAPTER 6: Hidden Feelings

The first thing Felicity hears in the morning was rain pouring down, heavily. She can feel someone's breath in her face, she slowly opens her eyes to see Oliver snoring lightly. She is tucked in his arms and their legs are tangled together.

She lifts her hand to move his hair out of his face, he lets out a sigh and snuggles into her neck. Laying her head back down she traces his chin with her fingers. His eyes finally open, only half way but he can still see her making him smile. He kisses her nose and pulls her closer.

For the moment they didn't think about where they were, who they are with or how they were laying. All they did is take pleasure of each other's embracement, like they were meant to hold each other this way.

"Oh my god."

The spell between them breaks and they sit up worried. Sara is still as a statue with a disgusted expression. They don't realize why until they see Roy half on top of her and Thea on the other half. Roy and Thea are holding hands between each other while Sara is under them.

Oliver and Felicity burst out laughing while Sara glares at them. Thea and Roy begin to wake up, the second they wake up Sara pushes them away and runs to the kitchen. Roy gives her a confused look but Felicity just laughs into Oliver's chest.

"What happened?" Thea asks still practically sleeping.

"Nothing. Nothing happened." Sara yells from the kitchen.

"Okay," Thea yawns happily then snuggles into Roy but he is still looking at her for explanation.

Oliver chuckles, "You and Thea were tackling her to get to each other."

Roy doesn't say anything but a blush goes to his cheeks. Felicity's mouth drops when he keeps getting redder than his usual jacket. Oliver and Felicity try to hold in their laughter but the second they look at each other it comes tumbling out. He has an arm around her as she tries to use his chest to hold in her giggles.

"We bought breakfast!" Laurel yells as she runs into the house, the rain keeps falling.

"Damn, it said it would rain at night but not in the morning," Tommy says as he holds a bag of food, he must have went with her.

Oliver helps Felicity up as they follow them into the kitchen, it is still raining hard. Checking the clock on the wall she reads 9:00 a.m.. As the group looks in the bag they find out the two bought breakfast burritos from Taco Cabana.

Digging into the food Diggle asks, "Okay, so what's the gameplan now?"

"Well, we have to leave around 4 p.m. since it's an 3 hour ride home and we got school tomorrow." Roy thinks out loud while getting a plate of burritos.

"And the rain is probably staying this way for the time being." Laurel points out while picking the unions from her burrito.

"What should we do then?" Thea asks with a mouth full of eggs.

Felicity lights up like a kid, "We can play hide and seek like in the movie The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe and maybe Thea will find the wardrobe."

Everyone gives her a plain look and keeps eating.

"What?"

Boring. That's how the gang can describe Sunday. It's nothing compared to yesterday.

Thea is building a pyramid with plastic cups in the kitchen while Roy is trying to make them fall. They are off lee close for just being friends. No one comments however but Oliver is making glares Roy's way. Looking at Roy now they could tell he has a sunburn, Thea however has a nice tan going on.

Sara is laying on the ground with her feet on the couch as she plays on her phone. Laurel just finished her nails and starts painting Sara's toenails on the couch. The two bicker like sisters, Laurel will offer her boyfriend sweet smile when they make eye contact. The Lance sisters are slightly tanner but nothing to brag about.

Tommy is trying to braid Laurel's hair on the couch. He has the worst sunburn out of the group, he wasn't complaining though. Diggle is watching sports news while Felicity and Oliver are fighting over the radio channels. They wouldn't be fighting if the rain wasn't still pouring down.

"Oliver, no one want's to listen to that crap." Felicity snaps as she tries to change it.

"Who the fuck is even listening." He defends and looks around the room, "See!"

"Well, what are we supposed to do." She argues getting more and more irritated with the man next to her.

"We can always look for Narnia."

"Don't sass me!"

"You're the one who wanted to find a MAGIC wardrobe."

"So? I bet you're the reason it's raining."

"Oh, I'm sorry I made it rain."

"I knew it was you."

"Felicity…."

"Leave me alone." She groans and stands up.

As she walks away she realizes they're all still in what they slept in. Tommy and Oliver are wearing pajamas pants. Diggle is wearing sweats, Thea is wearing small shorts and a tank top, Sara is wearing a sports bra with pajama pants. Roy is wearing the pajamas Felicity made him bring and Laurel is the only one who actually changed. Felicity is still wearing Oliver's shirt.

"Felicity, come on." Oliver groans before following after her.

She goes up the stairs, once on the next story she begins opening doors as she goes by them. This house shouldn't even be qualified as a house, it's a freaking castle. They all had rooms on the bottom floor so she hasn't gone upstairs until now. She thought for a moment that they should come back here in the spring.

Oliver finally reaches her and walks beside her, "What are you doing?"

"Looking for a wardrobe." Felicity answers simply as she opens another door.

"Oh, Felicity. What am I doing to do with you?" He looks at her with loving eyes.

"Felicity what are you looking for? All you're doing is opening and shutting doors." Oliver complains bored as hell while she keeps doing the same thing over and over.

He doesn't know how long it's been since they started wandering the halls. He is starting to think she's lost and is now looking in rooms just to find out where they were. He hasn't heard any commotion down stairs so the group is still probably bored out of their minds.

"I told you, I'm looking for a wardrobe." She says like it was the easiest thing.

"Felicity…." Oliver breathes out frustrated.

"Check this out!" She squeals running into a room making him follow her.

The room is huge, it was 2 times bigger than her own apartment. Turning on the lights she sees tons of arcade games. On one side there was a flat screen TV with a couch and a mini bar. On the other side was pac man, pool table, shuffle board, dart board, Foosball, and even a wardrobe looking thing. One wall is covered in window, they could hear the rain hitting it.

"I forgot about this room." Oliver blurts out behind her.

Felicity goes behind the bar and sees a wine bottle unopened. Oliver goes over to another switch and turns on the games. She opens the wine and she pours two glasses. Opening the drapes Queen realizes they're two doors to a balcony. He wanted to open it but it's still pouring cats and dogs.

Oliver turns to see Felicity finish filling the second glass, coming over to her he leans on the bar curiously, "What the special occasion?"

"For finding the wardrobe."

"Whats are we toasting?"

She hands him a glass, "Anything you want it to be."

Oliver looks down at the glass of red wine, she always did love red wine. He looks up at her, her hair is all messed up, she wearing her glasses in his big shirt. He looks at her like it's the first time and for some small reason he forgets about everything else. It's something that just keeps happening when he's around her.

"Any day now," She speaks up with a genuine smile.

"For getting hit by that car." Oliver finally says.

"What? Why?" She frowns in confusion.

Oliver looks at her for a moment before smiling, "Because of that we've never been closer."

Suddenly a smile appears on her face and she taps his cup with hers. She left warn, loved even. Something she hasn't felt in awhile. She shouldn't be feeling this way around him, he has a girlfriend for god's sake. But the way he's smiling at her sho couldn't seem to care.

"Oliver… You have-"

"I know, I know… I'm just glad to have you around."

"The feelings neutral."

Oliver lets out a laugh and takes a sip of his wine, she does the same. As they take another sip Tommy and the group come walking in. They stare at each other for a second longer before turning to their friends. They all look around the room like Felicity did when she found it.

"Oh, thank god we found you. For a moment we thought you guys actually found Narnia." Thea laughs jokingly while looking around the room.

"Woah, check this place out." Roy mouth drops as he stands next to the youngest Queen.

"Hey," Laurel kisses Oliver on the cheek as she looks around, "This place is awesome."

Felicity looks between them for a moment then chugs the rest of her drink. She fills herself twice as much as she poured the first time. Taking her glass she walks around, she glances back to see Oliver and Laurel on the couch now snuggling.

She didn't know why she kept feeling uncomfortable seeing them together. She shouldn't be to be honest. It's moments before the gang showed up that has her thinking of reasons though. Taking one last look at Oliver she faces down to her glass.

Diggle comes next to her and gives her a knowing look, "I know how hard it must be for you to watch them."

Since Felicity has moved to Starling City in Sophomore year he could see the chemistry between Oliver and her. He has always been with Laurel for the two not to notice. Diggle guesses after the car incident they started seeing it like he did. They just didn't realized what it was yet.

She looks up at him, "I don't know what-"

He gives her a stern look making her stop talking for a moment.

She sighs shaking her head, "It doesn't matter anyway."

"It matters to him." Diggle blurts seriously.

She gives him a small smile, "And did he say that?"

"Yeah, because Oliver is so forward with his feelings." Diggle answers sarcastically with a smirk knowing he's right.

She looks at him for a moment before Roy yells to her, "Felicity, come here so I can beat your ass at pool."

She gives Diggle a small smile then turns to her roommate giving him a challenging look, "Bring it.."

"Challenge accept!" Roy grins just as he sets up the game.

"I love Sunday football." Diggle says as a game begins.

Him and Roy are sitting on the couch with a bag of chips in between them. The TV is so big that they had to move the couch back so they wouldn't get a headache. The sky has cleared up but no one has noticed. They were to focus on the many games around the room. Everyone showered and change now, Laurel is down stairs making lunch for all them.

Felicity bends down getting ready to hit the nine ball, she's playing against Oliver at the moment. So far she has beaten Roy, Tommy and Thea at pool. She steadies herself while concentrating on the ball she wants to hit.

She is about to hit it when Tommy bends over her from behind and wraps his arms around her, "Hey beautiful."

She hits the ball in shock and stands up quickly, the ball hits off of the wall next to Oliver. Thea and Sara burst out laughing. Oliver however is looking between Felicity and Tommy uncomfortably. His best friend has a winning grin on his face.

Tommy still has his arms around her, he grins into her ear, "Tough luck."

"You- I-Tommy!" She spins around to face him, her face is practically boiling, she begins to whack him with her pool stick.

"Ouch- Felicity!" He laughs as he tries to take her stick away.

He pins her to the wall so he can finally get the stick out of her tiny grasp. He throws the stick to the side still pinning her to the wall. She tries to act like his body isn't affecting her but the goosebumps give her away. He notices making his smirk get impossibly bigger.

His hands go to her waist as he whispers, "If you wanted to be close to me all you had to do was ask."

Felicity blushes while putting her hands on his chest to push him away but instead holds onto his shirt, "Why does that sound more like an invitation?"

He dips his head closer to hers, "Because it is."

His hands go to her cheeks as his head comes closer, her heart starts to race. He's going to kiss her, he's going to kiss her. So making things come to her mind. Tommy is so close to her, she can feel his breath on her face- Suddenly he cries out in pain. Turning around he sees a ball on the ground, he looks up at Oliver in surprise.

Oliver just shrugs bored, "Sorry. It slipped."

Felicity's mouth drops in disbelief. She knows damn well that Oliver just hit Tommy with a pool ball purposely. She turns to the girls to see their reaction, Thea's hand is on her mouth as she looks at Oliver. Sara is trying to cover a smirk while shaking her head in shock.

"So it just split." Felicity almost yells at him as she sees Tommy rubbing his back.

"Well yeah..." He looks to the girls sitting at the bar, Diggle and Roy are leaning forward toward the TV seriously.

"You're unbelievable."

"How?"

"This is just like what you did to Ray. I thought we were over this!" Felicity takes a challenging step towards him.

"We are! I got hit by a car because of that." Queen takes a step closer as well.

"Then how do you explain hitting Tommy with a ball when he was about to kiss me?"

He laughs with no humor in his voice, "I don't know life is just funny like that. But whatever, do what you want."

"Damn right I will." She declares and walks to where Tommy was standing then grabs his shirt.

She slams her lips into his, for a moment he is utterly shocked but in the next second he holds her waist tightly and pushes her onto the wall they were just on. Their tongues fight for dominance, Felicity lets out a groan making Tommy growl in delight. After a moment Felicity lets go of him and walks past Oliver in rage. She stomps out of the room, Oliver's face is boiling, his knuckles go white by his sides.

Tommy eyes are wide, did she just?...

Sara high fives Thea, there's my girl! Show Oliver he doesn't own you!

Thea smirks when she looks at Oliver, poor guy…

Roy and Diggle turn around right when Felicity storms out. They had been so into the game they didn't even notice Tommy kissing Felicity against the wall seconds ago. Sarah and Thea look at each not knowing what to do. This was the first time Oliver got jealous and Felicity didn't let it stop anything.

Diggle looks at Oliver confused and worried, "What the hell happened?"

"Ask them!" Oliver roars as he tries to find Laurel.

"Felicity kissed Tommy." Thea vaguely explain as she rethinks what just happened.

Tommy is still silently shocked, Roy then speaks up, "And she just stormed out?"

"Yeah…" Sara answers looking between the teenagers.

Roy quickly gets up, "I should talk to her."

Tommy finally gets out of his dazed expression and moves to the door, "No, let me."

"Fine but if you hurt her-" Roy starts his big brother act.

"Roy!" The girls yell at him, it's already a little late for the speech anyway.

Tommy pats Roy on the back then follows Felicity out the door. Laurel passes Tommy with a plate of sandwiches and a few bags of chips. She glances at everyone curiously. Oliver comes back into the room when realizing his girlfriend went back in. He sees not sight of Tommy and Felicity and starts getting frustrated.

Looking around Laurel asks, "Where's Tommy and Felicity?"

"Don't know he went after her." Sara is the first to answer.

"Good for them." Laurel smiles brightly thinking they should get together.

Oliver suddenly walks toward the door, all he sees is red. Thea gives Sara one last high fives as they get up to play a new game of pool. They didn't care if Felicity gets with Tommy, Oliver or even Diggle as long as she got with someone they are happy. Secretly though Thea wanted Felicity and Oliver to date, but Sara wanted her with Tommy.

"What are you doing?" Diggle gets up and follows the Queen's son out the door.

"Bring Felicity back up here." He demands not knowing a better answer.

"She is with Tommy, Oliver." John defend closely behind his friend.

"I don't care if she with with Tommy, we need her here." Oliver argues while going down the stairs.

"We need her here or do you need her away from Tommy?" Diggle asks honestly.

Oliver gives him a look before searching for Felicity with Diggle follow after him. Honestly, he didn't know what he was doing. He just didn't like how all his friends kept encouraging Tommy and Felicity, even his girlfriend wanted them together. He didn't like it one bit, so he didn't the one thing he could. Follow them.

Felicity sits on the counter in the kitchen. She tries to open the tub of ice cream, she knows it's cliche but all she can think about is ice cream. She felt like an idiot, she didn't see the point to anything she just did.

She felt like she should have just push Tommy away when she had the chance. What does this make Tommy and her now? What about Oliver and her? She didn't know what to do, this is why they needed parents here. Maybe then she wouldn't be feeling what she felt towards Oliver and she never would have kissed Tommy.

"Hey Barbie." Tommy lightly knocks on the wall as he makes his way to her.

"Hey." She says softly as she keeps trying to open the tub of ice cream.

Tommy sits next to her on the counter and helps her open the tub, "Are you okay?"

"Just peachy." She sends him her forced smile.

He shove her a little, "No need to lie."

She lets out a sigh, "I just…. I don't know….. I don't know what to do."

He puts an arm around her, "That's cool, I don't know what to do plenty of times."

She laughs pitifully while looking up at him, "That's probably because you're a millionaire but Thank you."

"Well, billionaire but that's not the point- and no, thank you. That kiss...was well...Wow." He laughs nervously scratching the back of his neck.

She looks up at him guilty, "About that…"

"I know, I know. A one time thing." He shrugs like it's nothing.

She snuggles closer to him, "You're the best."

"What most women say." He chuckles looking down at her with a sad smile.

She lets out a breath glancing at him curiously. Is that what she want it to be? A one time thing?

Oliver watches as Tommy helps open the ice cream tub her the girl that wasn't his. He's about to go into the kitchen when Diggle stops him. Things could get out of hand and John couldn't have that. Not when Oliver didn't even know why he's jealous and Felicity didn't even notices her want for his attention.

Oliver shoves him, "Now is not the time Diggle."

"Oliver, you don't have your head on straight. Now is the perfect time before you screw it up." He explains to him but Ollie barely listens to him.

"What do you want me to say?" Oliver turns to him completely frustrated, "Yes, it bothers me she is with Tommy. Yes, it bothers me she is with my best friend and not me but I made the decision to be with Laurel."

"I know it hurts seeing Felicity spending so much time with Tommy but that is no reason to ruin what might or might not be there," Diggle points out trying to get Queen to calm down, "You have ruin so many options for her, you can't do that to Tommy."

"Diggle, I just- I want her to be happy," He blurts out truthfully.

John puts a hand up on his shoulder, "If that were true you'd be with her man."

"Hurry up Felicity! We're all ready!" Sara yells in the sadist voice.

"Hold up!"

Felicity is almost done packing, just a couple more things are left. Everyone is getting the bags loaded. She puts the rest of her things in the bag and zips it up. Checking the time she hears a knock on the door, she turns to see Oliver.

She turn back around with her back to him slightly annoyed, "Come in."

"Can we talk?" He sits on her bed as he tries to get her attention.

"That's what we're doing," She states as she walks into the bathroom to get her brush.

"I'm sorry."

She turns around and sees him staring at the floor, crossing her arms she asks, "Are you saying sorry to the floor?"

"No, I'm saying it to you." He looks up at her then stands up, walking over to her he softly holds her elbows, "I'm sorry."

"For what exactly?"

"For getting in the way when guys talk to you." He takes her hand and pulls at it softly, "I have been selfish, rude, immature and I telling you that was the last time I pull a stunt like that. Please, forgive me."

She smiles up at him and hold his cheeks, "I forgive you."

He chuckles grabbing her bag, "Thank you, for giving me another chance."

She puts on her jacket, "That's what friends are for."

She walks out the door and Oliver stops for a second with a sad expression thinking, Friends, that's all they are. That's always how it's going to be.

They're half way home, she is with the girls while Sara is driving. Oliver and Tommy are in his car, Roy and Diggle are in the other. Felicity is in the passenger seat, Sara sits in the driver's seat, Thea and Laurel are in the back.

"So Felicity…. You and Tommy?" Laurel smirks in the back seat.

No one has bothered to mention about the two kissing until now. Probably because it's the perfect time to ask about it. No boys, stuck in a car together, perfect time.

Thea squeal at her words, "You should have totally seen them, they were practically swapping spit."

"No way." Laurel lights up super interested.

Felicity groans and sulks in her seat, "It was a small kiss."

Sara laughs loudly, "Bullshit and you know it."

Smoak covers her face in misery, "Just kill me now."

"Why?! You kissed Tommy Merlyn." Thea grins at the embarrassed blonde.

At that moment Felicity found herself thinking of Oliver, for a second she thought what it would be like if she kissed him instead. Since the accident she's been having more and more thoughts of him. Knowing full well she shouldn't be.

"So, he has kissed lots of other girls." Smoak points out while looking out the window, not liking the way the words tasted in her mouth.

"But you're different." Sara comments while looking at the road.

"How?" She asked totally confused while glance to her.

"Because he actually wants to date you." Laurel laughs like it's the stupidest question in the world, "How can you not tell?"

"What makes you think he even wants me? I kissed him remember." She questions the girl's theory.

Thea begins to lightly hit her, "You are such an idiot. Out of all the girls in here he only flirts with you!"

"So?"

"He came after you when you ran out."

"Oliver did too."

"And Diggle."

"Diggle went after Oliver."

"Well-"

"Thea. Stop."

"So Oliver." Tommy begins slowly as he drives with Oliver in the passenger seat.

"Yeah?" He says with no care in the world.

"I was thinking since you have Laurel I should get a girl." Tommy says, "Not like a one night stands but like an actual girlfriend this time."

"That would be great! We could go on double dates," Oliver lights up at the idea, Tommy never had stable girls.

"Yeah….I was thinking my girlfriend should have nice lips," Tommy shrugs not knowing how to drop the girl's name on him.

"Like Sara's?" Oliver smirks but begins to think of Felicity.

"Felicity does too-"

"No."

"What?"

"No."

"Why not! You're with Laurel."

"Fine." Oliver folds his arms.

"Fine, yes or fine, no?" Tommy raises an eyebrow.

"Fine." He repeats defensively.

"God Oliver….."

"And the Cowboys lose to the Steelers."

"I TOLD YOU! 50$ BITCH!" Roy yells in the car in excitement.

They are listening to the Cowboys VS. Steelers game on the radio. They almost drove into a tree a dozen times because of it.

"Fine, take it. They just got lucky." Diggle demands as he throws two $20 and a 10 dollar bill his way.

"Thank you! I will be taking Felicity and I for a treat when we get home." Roy grins as he kisses the money.

Diggle raises an eyebrow knowing exactly how to push his buttons, "What is it? Your 30th anniversary?"

"What? No." Roy folds his arms grossed out.

"What sorry I just though since you're mama's boy," Diggle teases, "Felicity has a good little kid, brushes his teeth and everything."

"Oh shut up. I know what you're doing and it won't work," Roy defends.

"Well, Felicity isn't the only girl who has you wrapped around their finger," Diggle smirks.

"Don't say it."

"Say what?"

"Nope. Stop."

"I bet you wouldn't say that to Thea."

"John!"

"Just thinking out loud."