Getting out of the car was the hardest, she was scared of what she might face ahead. She didn't want to say something to Oliver she didn't mean and she didn't want Oliver to do the same. She took her key out of the mini Cooper and looked at herself in her rear mirror. Her eyes were red and swollen from crying so much.
Entering into the Verdant she was greeted by Thea,
"Hey Felicity, next time you decide to piss my brother off give me a heads up. He is angry and he is beating the punching bag like it was Ray Palmers face." Thea placed a hand on her hip and started walking towards the bar.
Despite being as little as she was, Thea was very intimidating. "So you heard?" Felicity asked following Thea over to the bar. "Of course I heard he wouldn't shut up about it." She poured a glass of vodka and slid it across the bar to Felicity. "Here, you're going to need it, it helps with the make up sex. I know because it helps with Roy." She poured herself a glass too.
"Oliver and I, haven't slept together." She looked down at the glass and blushed.
"What? You would think the way he is acting you guys were screwing each others brains out." Thea said sarcastically. Felicity almost choked as she made the vodka go down her throat.
"I mean we did something sexual but it didn't go into intercourse. Wait, Oral is considered inter…." Felicity blushed. She twirled her glass and downed the rest of the vodka.
"TMI, Felicity Smoak. I don't need to have visual pictures planted in my head. Ugh I think I might take a tequila shot after that." Thea leaned against the bar and dazed off before finally speaking.
"My brother must love you Felicity, and seeing you with Ray made him pretty angry. I haven't seen him this angry since I told on him and Tommy for crashing dads car." Thea rest a hand on top of Felicity's. "You need to go down stairs and talk to him about it. He thinks you were defending Ray. I know you weren't but men don't think the same way woman do. In fact they mature slowly than we do."
Felicity gave Thea a warm smile. She couldn't believe how much Thea had grown. Who would have ever thought Thea Queen would be giving her advice. She slowly slide off the bar stool and placed the empty glass down on bar.
"You know what? Thea your right." She grabbed her purse and walked over to the Foundry door.
Before she could reach the key pad, Oliver swung the Foundry door open. He stood in front of her with no shirt and dripping in sweat. Felicity tried to brush off the butterflies that began to form in her stomach.
"Your late" Oliver said looking down at her.
Felicity had chosen to ignore the way he had just addressed her and proceeded to walk down the Foundry steel steps. The Foundry didn't look the same any more. They were in the process of moving the Foundry to another location. Oliver had gotten his family mansion back and found a hidden room down stairs in the basement. It had two large rooms and must have been used as an old wine cellar or a maids quarter. It was perfect and well hidden. No one would think to push in a brick that was hidden behind a bookcase. The first thing Oliver did was set up Felicity's computers. Her computers remained the same the only difference was the large monitor that covered an entire wall. The monitor let felicity show the team anything she wanted with just a click of a button. It also let a Felicity, keep an eye on the live video surveillance from the glades.
It was an idea he received when he visited Bruce Wayne in Gotham. Felicity began calling it The Oracle station. They moved into the new Foundry slowly not wanting to draw any unwanted attention to the Verdant. For now they worked from the old Foundry.
She looked down at the table were her computers use to be. Before she could say anything Oliver spun her around to face him. "Why? " he asked
"Why what?" Felicity asked, very confused of what he was talking about.
"Why did you let him kiss you?" he placed both hands on his hips and glared at her. Felicity couldn't help but laugh at how much him and Thea were alike.
"This isn't a joke, Felicity. This is serious. " he fixed his eyes on to her. "I finally allow myself to become serious with you and you do this to me."
"OLIVER, I DIDNT LET HIM KISS ME." Felicity yelled. She could feel the tears starting to form. She sat in her chair and placed her face on her hands. Her ponytail falling to the left side of her face.
"What is that?" Oliver asked.
Felicity looked up at Oliver with tears falling down her face. "Whats, what Oliver?"
"Those bruises on you neck." He lowered himself to get a better view. "Are those finger marks?"
Felicity jumped up out her seat. "RAY FORCED ME TO KISS HIM. I DIDNT KISS HIM BACK, SO HE GRIPPED HARD ON MY NECK OLIVER AND KISSED ME." She started crying hysterically.
"Felicity, Im sorry I over reacted. I just walked in and saw him pull away from you and panicked." He started advancing towards her.
"No Oliver, stay away from me. I cant believe you would actually believe I would kiss him back. Then you accused me of taking his side. I just didn't want you to lose your company. I have always stood by your side no matter what. You should trust me, Ive never done anything to make you not trust me."
Oliver ran his fingers through his hair. He picked up the almost empty wine bottle and threw it across the room. It hit a brick wall and scattered into pieces. "DAMMIT" he yelled. "I could kill him, I could kill him with my bare hands for leaving those bruises on you. For even kissing you." He pressed his closed fist down on Felicity's old work station.
She wanted to reach for him and tell him that she was ok. But the truth was, was she didn't even know if she truly was. As much as she tried to get her body to move she couldn't.
"He's going to pay for what he did." Oliver stood up and grabbed his shirt from the chair and threw it over his head. He grabbed his jacket and walked over to Felicity and placed a kiss on top of her head.
"Oliver?" she asked
He removed a strand of hair away from her face. He looked into her eyes for a moment and turned and started walking out of the foundry.
"Oliver, what are you going to do?" Felicity questioned him.
"Im going to make sure he doesn't hurt you again." He was half way up the stairs and didn't even stop to look back at her.
She started running up the stairs after him. "Oliver, wait please." she begged.
She tried to pull him back but he kept walking. "Oliver, no don't please."
Thea stood behind the bar for a moment in shock of seeing them both the way they were. When she heard Felicity ask him to not leave she followed behind Felicity.
"Oliver what is going on?" Thea asked. They were all standing in the verdant parking lot. "Go inside Thea, and tell Diggle I said to keep Ray away from Felicity."
He jumped on his bike and started the engine.
"OLIVER, PLEASE NOT FOR ME." she cried. Thea was holding on to her pulling her back.
Before he put on his helmet he looked at her with a hurt look and said. "You keep saying that Felicity… but everything I do, I do for you." with that he put his helmet on and drove away.
"OLIVER." Felicity cried. She fell to the floor crying out his name. Thea wrapped her arms around her and attempted to calm her.
NOTES FROM AUTHOR
I updated this chapter. Ive been busy with my summer semester...
