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It had been two weeks since Oliver and Felicity's little talk. Oliver still hadn't made any moves and neither did Felicity. Though they did participate in a little more "flirty flirt" as Felicity called it. It was little things and touches, but they were things that made Diggle roll his eyes every time he saw one of these interactions.
Oliver and Diggle were training in the foundry and Felicity was at her day job. They were training a little more aggressively than usual.
"Channeling sexual frustration there Oliver?" Diggle laughed as he ducked out of one of Oliver's swings
At this comment Oliver came to a stop. He walked over to the table and grabbed his water bottle and took a drink.
"What the hell are you talking about, Dig?" Oliver was now leaning against the table and Diggle made his way over to him.
"I mean it has been two weeks since Bruce left and Felicity made her choice..."
"Felicity didn't really make a choice, Bruce left."
"She let him." Diggle said as he caught the towel Oliver through at him.
"I told Felicity I would respect her and Bruce and not make any moves on her." Oliver ended up shouting this because Diggle was making his way up the stairs. "Dig? Where the hell are you going?"
"Tommy is upstairs and he has alcohol. I think your other best friend and alcohol are both needed for this conversation."
Oliver gave an understanding nod. He threw on a shirt and followed Diggle up the stairs. Sure enough, Tommy was standing behind the bar and talking to someone on his phone. Diggle was already sitting at the bar. He gave some kind of look to Tommy. At this look Tommy pulled out three beers.
"I got to call you back, Bruce." Tommy waited for Bruce's response and then hung up the phone, giving his full attention to Oliver and Diggle.
"What's up guys?" Tommy took a swig of his beer, he was directing the question more towards Diggle, since Diggle was more likely to answer.
"It's been two weeks since Bruce left. Two weeks since Felicity let him leave and Oliver still hasn't made a move. I think he is scared." Diggle told Tommy as Oliver just stared into his beer.
"Really, Ollie? You are a vigilante/hero, you jump from buildings, and arrow or threaten to arrow people. And you're scared to ask out Felicity?" Tommy gave a chuckle and Diggle laughed with him.
"I am not scared. I am being respectful."
"Be any more respectful and Bruce will swing back in here and get her back."
"I'm with Tommy. Oliver, at the pace you are going with Felicity, you have given her more than enough time to say yes to Bruce this time around."
The doors to Verdant swung open and Thea made her way into the club. Surprisingly Roy was not with her. She jumped up onto a seat next to Oliver and reached for his beer, which he in true big brother fashion swiped out of her reach.
"You used to be fun..." Thea mumbled under her breath. "So what are you boys talking about?"
"How Oliver is moving way too slow with Felicity." Diggle peered around Oliver to make eye contact with the younger Queen.
"Trying to tell him that slow and steady does not always win the race. Especially when your competition is Bruce Wayne." Tommy handed Thea a Red Bull.
"They were just telling me that if I go any slower Bruce will just swing in again and she might say yes to him this time."
"Well they have a point. Especially with Felicity and Bruce's history. He has asked her a lot of of things and she has usually said no, so if you take any more time she might just say yes." Thea swung her arm around her brother's shoulder and gave it a squeeze.
"What do you mean questions?" Tommy asked nonchalantly. "I mean you guys said he asked her to go back to Gotham. Unless I got worse at math that is only one question."
"Well, and when he proposed to her." Thea said as if this was not a revelation to the group.
Oliver choked on his beer and Diggle gave him a thump on the back, even though Diggle was trying to get his own breathing back to normal.
"What?" the three men all questioned Thea at the same time.
"Shit!" Thea avoided eye contact with all of them. "She didn't tell you guys that, I figured when she told me, she had already told you."
"Well she didn't." Oliver replied angrily. He didn't mean to sound so harsh but he was angry that Felicity never told him this. It also made him a little sad, Bruce proposing to her made their past more serious than Oliver had already thought it was.
Thea got out of her chair fast. She mumbled something about damage control and ran out the door. Tommy and Diggle then spent the next ten minutes convincing Oliver to not go and confront Felicity about it. They made solid points like "it's her business" and "she will tell you when she is ready." Eventually, they convinced him to go back down to the Foundry and channel his emotions elsewhere.
Felicity was turned off her computers and getting ready to leave the office. She was so happy she finally got to leave the office early. Even though her work wasn't really over since she would be heading over to the Foundry to do other work. Just as she picked up her purse, Thea Queen came bounding into her office. Felicity loved the younger Queen like a sister and had already taken too confiding her and having long "girl talks."
All Felicity could make out was a bunch of "I'm sorrys" since Thea was pretty out of breath. Felicity moved out of her way and gestured to her chair. Thea sat down and took a moment to catch her breath.
"What did you do Thea, run all the way from your house?" Felicity laughed. Thea loved that Felicity called where she and Oliver lived a house. Most people pointed out that it was a "manor" or mansion, but Felicity didn't seem fazed by the Queen's wealth.
"Verdant actually. And I drove, really fast. I was quite speedy. Anyway I ran from the parking lot, all the way to your office. The elevator was down so I took the stairs, running the whole time."
"Why exactly were you running so fast? And what were you apologizing for when came in here?"
"I told them." Thea looked hurt when she told Felicity this. "By accident of course. I thought they knew." She added quickly before Felicity could say anything.
"Told who what?" Felicity was genuinely confused.
"I accidently told Diggle, Tommy and Ollie that Bruce proposed to you once. They were talking about how Oliver was moving too slow and needed to make a move. And how if he took any longer Bruce would come ask you to go away again and you might actually say yes this time. And I accidently said how he proposed to you once. Well, it wasn't on accident, it was for a point I was making. But I totally thought they knew about that part of your relationship. I'm just really sorry." Thea seemed to have said that all in one breath.
"Take a breath Thea, that was a long winded answer. Plus you babbled a bit." Felicity gave a smile to Thea which seemed to put Thea at ease.
"That is a little bit of the pot calling the kettle black." Thea laughed. "So you aren't mad at me?"
"No. I am actually kind of happy. I was dreading telling them anyway. I now have a bit of a mess to clean up but that's fine. At least it's not secret I have to keep until Oliver and I are at the six month point in our relationship and it comes out, then it makes or breaks us. Not that I think Oliver and I will be in a relationship. I mean not that I don't want to be." Felicity started babbling, which Thea meant she really wasn't angry and was just her usual wonderful "Felicity-self."
"Whose babbling now?" Thea got up from Felicity's chair and looped her arm through hers.
Thea and Felicity walked out of Queen Consolidated arm-in-arm. When Thea got to her car she gave Felicity a big hug.
"Thanks for not hating me or being mad at me."
"It's my fault this happened so I couldn't be mad at you. Also, I could never hate you, I actually kind of love you."
"Well, that's good. Because I kind of love you too." Thea gave Felicity one final hug and got into her car.
Felicity waved goodbye to Thea and made her way to her own car. She was going to head over the club now. She had no doubt that this would end up being a long night.
Next Up: Oliver and Felicity talk about this new bombshell. Why was Tommy on the phone with Bruce? And will Ollie finally step up, because you know, slow and steady does not alway win the race.
Sorry there was no real Olicty action in this chapter. I really wanted to explore the friendships. I feel like the boys, especially Diggle would give Ollie a hard time about Felicity. Thea and Felicity's friendship is something I really did want to touch on. Plus at least Felicity and one Queen said that they loved each other.