A/N like to thank rennie75 for betaing my work
Oliver was being the best host that he could with his mind elsewhere.
He gave smiles and shook hands with his guests.
He hadn't seen any of his friends yet and he was getting anxious about seeing Felicity and her date.
"Hey buddy happy birthday." Tommy said walking up to him a drink in his hand.
"Hey man." Oliver said giving him a one armed hug.
"You seen Felicity yet?" Tommy asked.
"No, is she here?" Oliver asked looking around.
"Yeah. There she is."Tommy said and he pointed to behind Oliver.
Oliver turned around and his breath caught in his throat.
She looked beautiful with a blue dress, her hair down , and her contacts in.
He quickly adjusted his jacket as he watched her approach.
He frowned as he noticed the guy beside her.
"He looks like he's twelve" Tommy whispered as he stood beside Oliver.
" Hey Happy birthday" She said approaching him with a cautious smile.
Guilt crept inside him as he realized that his behavior was the reason that she was cautious.
"Thank you. You look amazing by the way" He said softly and he was pleased to notice the light blush on her cheeks.
"Thank you" She said and Tommy cleared his throat gesturing with his head at her partner.
"This is Barry Allen. Barry this is Oliver Queen , the birthday boy , and the charming man beside him is Tommy Merlyn." She said smiling at Tommy who took her hand and kissed it.
Oliver and Tommy both shook hands with Barry.
"Happy Birthday - this place is amazing" Barry said smiling at them.
"Thank you so how do you guys know each other" Oliver asked them.
"Oh I work with the police in criminal science and we worked on a case at the building Felicity works in. We hit it off and here we are" Barry said beaming at Felicity and she smiled back at him.
Oliver felt his stomach drop as they continued to smile at each other.
"I've got you buddy" Tommy whispered to him.
Oliver looked at him in confusion.
"Look there is Laurel, Sara[,] and Logan" Tommy said with a clenched jaw as the three approached.
Oliver shot him a grateful look , understanding what Tommy was doing for him.
"Hey happy birthday old man" Sara said giving Oliver a hug.
"How are you doing?" she whispered in his ear.
"Like someone kicked me in the gut" he whispered back.
She gave him a squeeze and stepped aside to allow Laurel to give him a hug.
"Hey man the arthritis kick in yet" Logan said giving Oliver a hug.
"What were you guys doing?" Sara asked looping her arm through Felicity's.
"I was just going to give Barry a tour of the Mansion" Tommy said clamping a hand on Barry's shoulder and started to drag him away before anyone could protest.
"So he's still ignoring me" Laurel said with a sigh as Logan wrapped an arm around her waist pulling her to his side and giving her a kiss on the temple.
"No[,] Barry was just talking about looking at the Mansion" Oliver said lamely and Laurel gave him a look of disbelief.
"Come on Smoaky , let's go find me a hottie" Sara said pulling Felicity away and giving Oliver a wink.
He mouthed a thank you to her.
"How you doing?" Laurel asked.
"I just watched the girl I'm in love with make eyes with another guy" He said.
"Sorry man" Logan said sympathetic smile.
"Yeah well what can you do?" Oliver said.
"How about not ignoring them" Laurel said giving him a smirk as she left to mingle with the other guest.
"So this where you've been hanging out?" Oliver said.
He had decided to get away from everyone and decided to go the second floor to be alone, that's where he found his best friend sitting down against the wall a bottle of alcohol in his hand.
He sat beside Tommy, took the bottle out of his hand, and took a swig.
"I'm turning into an alcoholic because of her" He said and Oliver chuckled.
"I might join you." He said.
They sat quietly for both in stuck in their on thoughts.
"She's in love with him" Tommy said with a sadness that Oliver hadn't heard in his friends since his mother died when he was six.
"Are your sure? They haven't been together that long" Oliver said.
"I was watching them and she is. I don't think she knows though" Tommy said.
"Oh I'm sorry" Oliver said.
"Me too" Tommy said.
They heard footsteps and looked at up to find Felicity standing there shifting nervously.
"I think we need to talk." She said.
