THE LONELY -Part I-
**Felicity's mother visits. It's a 3 part story, the longest I wrote yet. Hope you guys like it. I kind of do. Remember this is not beta, so all the mistakes are purely mine...so be kind with my English. **
"What are you doing here" Felicity said when she opened her door. Oliver watched her with a smile.
"I'm going to stay with you tonight" he said, and then she noticed the bag he had in his hand.
"Well, thanks for asking first" she commented sarcastically, "You know, I could have somebody here, like a hot date or something..."
"Do you have a hot date?" Oliver asked looking over her shoulder. Felicity snorted.
"Considering I was with you until two hours ago, I'll have to say no" he chuckled, "it's not funny...I could've met someone, in...you know, the parking lot..."
Oliver smiled and moves past her without invitation entering her home, "The guy saw your face, I can't risk him finding you tonight, so I'm staying over...Your hot date will have to wait..."
Felicity closed the door behind her with resignation, Oliver moved to her living room and she followed him. Her table was full of junk food, some nail polish and her laptop.
"It definitely looks like I came in a bad moment...this looks like the perfect date..."
"Mock all you want Queen, but this is our dinner, so you better erased that cocky smile of your face if you want desert..." she said and then froze, "and by dessert I actually meant dessert, chocolate...not… sex..."
Oliver smile bigger and she blushed, "I know what you meant"
"Right" she said cleaning the table, "you better change in something more comfortable if you're staying tonight, I can feel you envying me, you know, me in my jammies and you all suited up"
Oliver laughed, actually laughed and Felicity tilted her head amused. "I like this you...all chilled out" He just looked at her, moving to take his bag, "You could change in my room, first door to the left" she said pointing to the stairs, "I'll start looking for our guy...I really shouldn't call the bad guy, our guy..."
"We should definitely find him first, I don't want him finding out who you are and showing up here all because I didn't do my job right tonight"
"It wasn't your fault" she said, their eyes locking. Oliver smile disappeared and brooding Oliver was back. "Oliver...it was just bad luck, who knew bad guys had the same likes in vans than us...we should put some kind of logo, so the next bad guy won't open our van's doors thinking it's his"
"Ok" he said moving to the stairs, "you start doing the research, I'll think about the logo..." Felicity laughed and Oliver disappeared on her top floor.
She moved to her couch and opened her laptop, it was time to used her programs, so she opened a few tabs and started typing when she heard a car door closing outside. All her neighbors were sleeping at this hours in night, so she walked to the window to see who it was.
A taxi was at her door, and a blonde woman with a big bag and colorful clothes was walking to her house.
Oh, crap.
She rushed to the door, opening it without second thoughts, "Mom!" she hushed, "what are you doing here?"
"Well, if this is the welcome party..." the woman said, "I came to visit you, doll" she moved past Felicity and left her bag on the floor, "You never travel to Vegas, so I came here instead"
"Mom...this is not the best time for me to have visits..."
"Why? Do you have a hot guy hiding here or something?" her mother said with a superior smile.
"Why people think I'll have a hot guy here out of nowhere?"
"Oh baby, you and I know, you're as alone as I...ever since your father left us, we learned...it's just us against the world..." her mother said with a condescending look, grabbing her cheek and twisting it, in what it was supposed to be an affectionate gesture.
"I-I have work...a lot...a lot of work to do-"
"Felicity, did you get Roy text?" came Oliver voice from her room, she froze. Her mother raised an eyebrow, "Fel-i-city?" Oliver called again this time moving down her stairs while putting a white shirt, that somehow (just my luck) got stacked on his head, letting his perfect abs at view.
"Who's this?" her mother asked in a high pitch. Oliver removed his shirt and looked at both women.
"Mom...this is Oliver, Oliver...this is my mother, Donna Smoak" Felicity said shaking her head.
"Well, aren't you some fine piece of meat?"
"MOM!"
"What? All I'm saying is that you did fine, baby doll" Donna said smiling, moving toward Oliver, "Who knew a little geek like you could get something like that?"
"Unbelievable" Felicity whispered. Oliver moved to stand next to her.
"Oliver Queen, madam" he introduced himself, "I'm Felicity's friend"
"You bet" Susan said winking at him.
"No, mom...he's really just my friend, with you please stop with that attitude" Felicity said almost yelling. Her mother and Oliver looked at her, her mother upset, Oliver worried.
"Well then, your friend here should help me get my bag to your spare room...put those muscles at work" Donna winked at Oliver and moved to the stairs eyeing Felicity's reaction.
"Sure, Donna" Oliver said. He grabbed the bag and looked at Felicity, she just nodded raising a hand to her forehead. Donna let Oliver walked upstairs first, and it was obvious to Felicity she did it to appreciate Oliver's ass.
Her mother turned to her, "I wonder now that I'm here, where is your friend going to sleep?" Felicity opened her mouth, but the older woman hissed, "You're so in trouble, girl" and she start moving up the stairs.
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It was some noise and laughter what woke her up at early morning. She left her room tiptoeing, hearing more clearly who was laughing. She walked down the stairs, eyeing the empty couch to her right, and entered the kitchen.
Her mother had her back at her, she was cooking something and Oliver was sitting on one of her chairs, smiling a goofy smile and looking at a picture of Felicity's earlier years when she had brackets and darker hair and was smiling at the camera with a small dog on her hands.
"...so Lizzy thought it'll be funny to name the poor dog Aurora, but she didn't even could said it, so we called the dog-"
"'Rora" Felicity finished for her mother making her turned around with a smile.
"Yes, Rora...it was Felicity best friend for years" she said looking at Oliver, "the poor girl couldn't even get a friend"
"Well it didn't help that every time I got a friend you decided to hang out with us and scared them away..." she said bitterly.
Donna look at her angry, and Oliver took the chance to change to subject, "So, Donna...how long are you staying?"
"Just the weekend" the woman answered, "I have tables to clean and drinks to serve on Monday"
"Well, that give me enough time to make a reservation in the best restaurant in town for the three of us" Donna squealed exalted.
"Oliver, you don't have to..."Felicity said.
"Oh, Felicity let the man spoil us" her mother interrupted her, "I'll love to go out and have dinner with you, Oliver"
"Well then, it's settle" he said, winking at Felicity. "I got to go, I have a meeting downtown...will you call me later?"
"Sure" Felicity said. Oliver rose from his sit, smiled at Donna and gave a kiss to Felicity's forehead before disappearing.
"Oh, well...Lizzy, I don't know what kind of spell you have on him, but it's damn good..."
"Mom, for the hundred time..."
"I know. I know..." her mother said moving her head to both sides, "I just want you to know...men like that, they won't stay Felicity...he'll leave, sooner or later...just like your father"
Felicity looked at her mother annoyed, "Just because dad-"
"No!" Donna interrupted her, "Not just your father...every men, all of them...They leave us, Doll...we are the kind of women they leave...just get used to it"
Felicity wanted to cry, out of anger or sadness, she didn't knew. Her mother looked at her for a minute and the turned around to clean the dishes. Felicity grabbed an orange an left the room.
Oliver wasn't like that. He promised not to leave her. She wasn't going to lose him.
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Felicity came back home after a long day at QC, she opened her door and found her mother sitting on her couch looking at her computer.
"What are you doing?" she yelled. She moved fast and grabbed her laptop from her mother's lap.
"Oh, chill" Donna said, "The thing beep for a while, I didn't knew what it was so I was trying to shut it"
"You don't touch my computer, ever. I thought that was clear!"
"What do you have in there that is so precious?" her mother said, she grabbed a glass with wine and started drinking, "I bet is all that crap about programs, and numbers, and that geek thing you like to do...I really don't understand how can you find that thing entertaining"
"Well, that's your lose" Felicity said, red angry, taping in her computer. There was a message from Lance asking to meet the Arrow, "Did you read it?" her mother shrugged, "Mother! Did you read it?"
"Yes! There was some note of a guy name Q. Lance asking to meet your friend" Donna said, "Who's that friend? What's the Lance guy talking about?"
"Nothing"
"Please tell me it has nothing to do with hacking again"
"Mom..."
"No" Donna said approaching her, "you promised!" she yelled.
Felicity closed her computer and look at her mother. She felt 12 again, being punished for trying to find her dad, for looking for answers.
"It's not that...I'm not looking for dad. I'm done with that" she said, her voice breaking.
"Good! Because that man isn't worth it. He left us, Lizzy...he just disappeared"
"I always find that intriguing...why would he just leave?"
"I told you!" Donna yelled, "He just left, no more questions...Just remember he left us, he left you...We're alone!" her mother started crying.
"I'm sorry, mom" Felicity said walking to her, "I'm sorry...I promised you, it has nothing to do with dad...he's gone...you're right..."
"We're alone in this world, honey" Donna said hugging her daughter, "No men will ever stay with us" Felicity just let her mother hugged her and nodded, "That's why you have to be careful with Oliver, he'll leave you too..."
"Mom..." Felicity said moving a little to look at her mother's eyes, "Oliver is not like that, he's being a good friend to me, a best friend...and we're good for each other..."
"Oh, Lizzy...love is just a lie…" Felicity didn't say anything.
"Come on mom, we have to change...I'm taking you to eat...the best burgers in town" and saying that she turned and walked up the stairs.
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Felicity was talking on the phone as they walked into the Big Belly Burger, "Yes Digg...the left button, no, the one to the-yeah, that one...sure no problem...Ok. Tell Oliver I'll call him later when I'm home. Bye"
"Who was that?"
"A friend" she answer sitting on a chair near the window, she waved at Carly and turned to look at her mother who was watching her with an eyebrow raised. "What?"
"Suddenly you have a lot of friends...all male..."
"It's not like that"
"Just like it wasn't with Oliver" her mother said, looking at her nails, "You think I'm stupid...but Felicity, if you need money just ask me, there's no need for you to be sleep-"
"Oh, God, No!" she practically screamed, "Mother! Digg is Oliver bodyguard and friend, he's my friend too...I had work to do on Verdant -that's Oliver's club- and because I couldn't make it tonight, he's covering for me...John was just asking some technical question..."
"Sure" Donna said, clearly not buying it. Felicity snorted, and move to the menu to pick her food, "What's good here?"
Felicity opened her mouth to say something, but a loud crush at the door made her duck under the table grabbing her mother arm and trying to hide her behind her.
"We don't want your money" a tall man in a suit, with a clown mask said, "We're here looking for the hot blonde that's sleeping with the Arrow" Felicity grunted.
This is definitely not my day.
Felicity moved to her bag, looking for her phone. She looked at her mother over her shoulder to see her scared, "Everything will be fine, mom" she said, she took her phone out and was about to call Digg, when a hand grabbed her ponytail and rushed her to her feet.
"Found her", another man with a dog mask said, "I bet you were trying to call him, uh?" he said taking her phone and smashing it to the floor.
"Hey! Let my daughter go!" her mother scream, and Felicity didn't knew if she was proud of her courage or mad of her imprudence.
"Mom, no!"
"Hey!" the first man in the clown mask said, "We see each other again, Blondie" and Felicity knew who it was, the lame thief that mistook the vans. "Grab the Arrow mother in law, we're taking her too"
"No, leave her...she has nothing to do with it"
"I don't care" the clown said, "the more the better"
"Who's the Arrow?" Donna asked, pushing the guy in the mask dog, trying to get away, "Did you got marry and didn't invite me?"
"For the love of God, Mom!" Felicity yelled. She eyed Carly, begging her to understand an call Oliver, "You know I'm sleeping with Oliver"
Donna gasped, "So I wasn't wrong...Oh, Lizzy...I thought you were smarter than that..."
"Shut up the both of you!" the clown said, "Get in the damn van or I'll kill you"
Felicity was pushed to the van, realizing it was exactly like the one Team Arrow has, at the same time the dog guy pressed her mother next to her.
"We're getting kidnapped because you're married to the Arrow guy or because you're sleeping with Oliver?" her mother whispered, Felicity just shook her head, and beg to God for her boys to hurry up.