The other Lance girl

Disclaimer: I don't own Arrow, I'm not sure if I can even lay full claim to this story idea because there are an awful lot of Oliver and Felicity knew each other before the island stories out there, this is just my take on it.

Summary: Felicity Lance had not always been a Lance; her life began as a Smoak. She was adopted when she was nine and had lost everything. She went from being an only child to having two amazing Sisters. Laurel was always perfect while Sara was a free spirited wild child and Felicity; well Felicity was just the other Lance girl. When tragedy rocks not just the Lance's but Starling City as well Felicity has no choice but to step up and become the woman she never thought she could be.

AN: Hi everyone, have been gone for what feels like ages. My mum's lap got a virus and seen as that's the computer I write on I was kind of stuck. On the bright side I have loads of this story prewritten so at least I shouldn't be gone for so long again

Chapter 6

Honour thy Father part 1

Oliver had been back in starling city for just over a week but legally he was still dead. He would not be fully resurrected in the eyes of the law until a judge said so. That was why Felicity found herself sitting in a court room for the first time in her life.

A lot of people assumed that with a cop for a Father, a lawyer for a Sister and a couple of trouble making millionaires for best friends she would be in and out of court rooms all the time but that really wasn't true.

As much as Felicity loved her family she had never particularly wanted to see them in action and as for Oliver and Tommy, she had made it clear to them the first time they got themselves in trouble that she was not going to stand by them when they were in the wrong. She may not have been to court before but she knew how important perceptions could be for a case and having a local detective's daughter on their side could sway things in their favour. While Felicity always wanted to help her friends she also thought that justice should always be served even if it was against those she wanted to protect.

Felicity had managed to avoid court rooms pretty well right up until Oliver landed himself in one without actually breaking the law. Sitting there with Tommy's arm wrapped around her for both moral and physical support she hated every moment of her first court experience.

To his credit Oliver never once mentioned Sara's name but listening to him recount what he had gone through Felicity couldn't help but picture her Sister suffering the same fate only she didn't get rescued at the end of the story like Oliver did.

Now she understood why both her Dad and Laurel were too busy to come with her. They had warned her she wasn't going to like what she heard but Felicity hadn't believed it would be as bad as it was.

As soon as Oliver was declared alive Tommy was up and pulling Felicity out of the room. He didn't wait to see if Moira and Walter were coming too, he didn't even stop to congratulate Oliver and his lawyer all that mattered was the woman who had spent the last hour sat beside him trying valiantly not to cry.

Once they were out of the imposing room and he was sure there was no press around Tommy pulled Felicity into his arms and she finally gave in to her emotions, with a huge sob she buried her head in his shoulder.

"Your OK" Tommy soothed rubbing her back "I'm here, I've got you, your OK"

"No I'm not" Felicity sighed as she pulled away from him "I'm crying again, I hate crying and it is all I seem to do lately" she spat more angry at herself than anyone else.

"Oh Princess" Tommy chuckled as his stubborn friend wiped her tears away "I the last week you had your best friend come back from the dead, got confirmation that you baby sister isn't going to come back like I know you always secretly hoped she would. Got in a fight with your big Sister over your retuning best friend, got kidnapped, got shot and only then did you and Laurel make up. If anyone has a good reason to come over all emotional it's you"

Felicity gave a slightly hollow laugh she couldn't help but sort of love that while he was trying to cheer her up Tommy somehow made her life sound like a soap opera.

"Thanks Tommy" she said giving him a small but genuine smile.

"That's my girl" he smiled back giving her one more tight hug before Oliver and his family joined them.

"Are you OK Felicity?" were the first words out of the newly resurrected millionaire's mouth.

"I'm better than I was" she assured him with the biggest smile she could manage, given the situation it wasn't exactly huge but Oliver appreciated the effort.

"Well now that is all done with, onto the company" Moira announced as she led the way down the court house stairs. Felicity was sure the older woman had more to say but Oliver didn't give her the chance to continue.

"Actually Mom that was heavier than I expected it to be" he admitted "can we do the company another day?" he asked?

"Of course Sweetheart" Moira assured him in what Felicity and Thea called her I don't like this but I'm going to let it go voice. "Queen consolidated isn't going anywhere" she concluded. To anyone else that would have sounded like a reassurance but Oliver, Tommy and Felicity knew her well enough to understand that what she was really saying was "You can't run from this forever".

Moira and Walter moved away quickly leaving the three youngsters behind.

"Last week you couldn't wait to get to work" Tommy reminded Oliver.

"Yeah" Felicity agreed "what's changed?" she asked. Truthfully it didn't really matter to her as long as Oliver was happy, that was the most important thing but it was nice for her not having all of her work mates knowing that she practically grew up with the heir to the company.

She wasn't sure how she had kept such a low profile for so long but she knew as soon as Oliver stepped foot in the building any and all anonymity she had would be gone.

"Last week I wasn't thinking clearly" Oliver told them as he followed his mother's path down the stairs "and right now lunch with my two best friends is sounding pretty good" he said shooting them a charming grin.

It sounded good to Felicity too but unfortunately she never did things by half's. This morning may have been her first time in a court room but it wasn't going to be her last, in one day she was going from never to twice. She was helping Laurel on a CNRI case and she was due to meet her in just a few minutes.

"Oh I wish I could come Oliver but I actually have plans with LAUREL" the last word of her sentence was both explanation and greeting because at that moment her sister came marching around the corner. She was flanked by her co worker Joanna and a pretty but stressed looking blond that Felicity knew to be her client Emily Nocenti. Laurel froze so quickly that Joanna and Emily nearly slammed into the back of her.

"Oh boy" Felicity muttered "this just got just got awkward". She had really thought that Oliver and Tommy would be gone before Laurel turned up but clearly she was wrong.

"Laurel" Oliver gazed at the beautiful brunette "what are you doing here?" he sounded genuinely surprised. Both Tommy and Felicity shared an exasperated look, she was a lawyer what did he think she was doing here.

"My job" Laurel told him coolly not even glancing at the others with him. The tension between the two exes' was so thick that Felicity thought she would scream if someone didn't break it.

Thank goodness for Joanna. "Hi" she grinned reaching across Laurel to shake Oliver's hand "I'm Joanna De La Vega, I work with Laurel" she introduced herself.

"Oliver Queen" Oliver said retuning the introduction.

"I know who you are" she assured him before also introducing Emily, while Oliver shook the blonds hand Laurel apparently decided that exchanging names wasn't enough of an introduction for Oliver and Emily.

"Oliver is my Ex boyfriend" she explained "He is also a cheating scumbag who was sleeping with my Sister before getting her killed in a ship wreck that he somehow survived" she spat.

Suddenly everything was awkward again, this time it was Tommy who came to everyone's rescue. "Hey" he smiled reaching out to shake Emily's hand just like Oliver had "Tommy Merlin, I'm the scumbag's best friend" he said by way of introduction making Emily laugh.

Felicity figured what works for the gander is good for the goose or something like that so she followed suit.

"Felicity Lance" she grinned also shaking Emily's hand "the scumbag's other best friend and Laurel's other sister" Emily did laugh again but she also looked kind of wary too "I know it sounds like an episode of Jerry Springer but I promise it's not" she rushed on trying to put Emily at ease the way the boys had.

Behind her she heard Tommy mutter something that sounded distinctly like the word "yet". Felicity wanted to be cross with him but Emily looked far less like she wanted to bolt so the techno wiz kept quite.

"Felicity has actually been helping us with your case" Laurel said to Emily smiling in that calm professional way she usually did when she wasn't being blindsided by Oliver Queen. "She has been doing some research for us" she explained.

"Some" Joanna cut in "she's been doing all of it, none of our legal techs were brave enough to cyber snoop on Martin Sommers" it wasn't until she was done talking that the young lawyer realized what she had said.

She slapped her hand over her mouth but it was too late. Her statement wouldn't exactly fill Emily with confidence and worse yet it might scare Felicity away, leaving her and Laurel fighting an uphill battle all alone.

Thankfully both blonds surprised her, Emily looked sad but no more so than before and Felicity just gave her a reassuring smile.

"I haven't actually found anything of any use yet" she admitted "Sommers's encryptions have encryptions, but I promise if he has left so much as a crumb of cyber evidence I will find it" she swore.

The tiny IT expert sounded so sure of herself that for a moment Joanna couldn't help believe that despite all the difficulties they were facing Martin Sommers was going down. None of the woman noticed the worried looks clouding the faces of both of the men.

Tommy was full of concerned he had heard rumours about Martin Sommers and he didn't like the thought of the girls involving themselves in anything that could draw his attention.

Oliver was a little concerned but he was mostly angry. Martin Sommers's was on his list that meant he was dangerous. Since his return Oliver had learnt that Laurel prided herself on going after the worst of the worst that Starling had to offer. It didn't surprised him that some of those on his list were also on hers, what did surprise him was that she had bought Felicity into this.

Danger was a by product of Laurel's job, you strike out at bad guys they were going to strike back Laurel knew and expected that, Felicity didn't or at least she shouldn't. Her job didn't involve inherent danger.

True she had been tight lipped about where it actually was she worked and no one else would tell him either. All she would say was that she worked in IT.

"Felicity can I speak to you for a moment" he asked gently pulling her away from the group, the fact that Tommy followed them was a surprise but not an unpleasant one, Oliver was pretty sure the other man would have his back.

"Felicity are you sure this is a good idea?" Oliver asked as soon as they were out of ear shot of the others. "This Sommers guy sounds like a real piece of work; maybe you should stay out of this and leave chasing the bad guys to your Dad and Laurel"

Felicity was shocked by Oliver's suggestion but Tommy cut in before she could say anything. "Oliver's right Princess" he said softly "Martin Sommers is not the type of person you want after you"

"Are you both kidding me right now" Felicity hissed at her friends "Martin Sommers is a dangerous man so I should not help take him off the streets, how does that make any sense?" she glared at them.

"He needs to be off the streets" Tommy agreed "but you can't be the one to do it Felicity, it's too dangerous" he insisted.

Felicity had had enough of this, she couldn't believe what she was hearing, she spun on her heels to head back to the other women but Tommy wouldn't let her. "You could end up dead" he hissed holding on to her arm so she couldn't run away from them.

"Emily's Father is dead" she snapped snatching her arm from Tommy grasp "He found out what Sommers was doing and he was going to be the man to stop it but now he can't because he is dead, Sommers had him killed"

Her furious statement froze both of her friends to the spot "we have suffered losses, everyone of us has lost someone that we loved" she said far more calmly "and we all know they are never coming back but we at least we know what happened to them and where there could be justice there was, Emily doesn't have that. How can you ask me not to help her get it?" she sounds genuinely bemused.

After a moment of silence Felicity gave them each one of her most disappointed looks, before rejoining Laurel, Joanna and Emily.

"We are so in the dog house" Tommy sighed as he watched all four women disappear behind a huge set of wooden doors.

"We were just trying to keep her safe" Oliver countered as he led the way outside.

"I Know that, you know that and deep down I think even Felicity knows that but she won't back down she just so stubborn, she is probably more determined to help than ever" Tommy said with a weary shake of his head "what are we going to do?" he asked sounding really worried.

Oliver knew exactly what he was going to do but Tommy couldn't know that. Luckily he had more than one plan. "I have an idea" he said softly "it will make her safer but she is going to be even madder at us than she already is" he admitted.

"We are going to tell her Dad aren't we" Tommy guessed.

"Yes we are" Oliver agreed with a nod of his head, Tommy knew him well but not as well as he thought. Yes he was going to rat Felicity out to her Dad as if they were still the kids they had once been but he was also going to hood up and scare the living daylights out of Sommers. He would get the man to admit to every crime he had ever committed.

Oliver left Tommy to make the call to Detective Lance while he headed to the car he that he knew would be waiting for him. Honestly he felt a little bad for ditching Diggle yet again but Martin Sommers had a date with the Hood and Oliver would hate to be late.

More to come soon thanks for reading and let me know what you think.

Millie xXx