Laurel stood on the balcony and looked down on the party with Felicity with a smile. She and Oliver were doing well and the Queen Gala was off to a great start. Everything was perfect. Then she saw Cassandra and Oliver in a corner of the party, away from everyone, and she frowned. She pursed her lips.
"Who's that?" Felicity asked as she saw where Laurel's eyes were.
Laurel shook her head. Cassandra could be so desperate for attention. She just couldn't believe that Cassandra had the audacity to do this at the Queen Gala. "That's Cassandra Cole," She said as she stared at them still.
"Wait, that's Cassandra Cole?" Felicity asked as she looked down in a little bit more of an excited manner, in a schadenfreude way. "Isn't that girl always sleeping with costars and directors and like constantly unabashedly flashing cameras? What the hell does she want with Oliver?" Felicity chuckled.
Laurel nodded. "His money," She said with finality and she went down the stairs.
Felicity looked over and saw what was going to go on and ran after Laurel, "Do you think what you're about to do is such a good idea?" She asked with worry in her voice.
Laurel shook her head. "Trust me, Cassandra has had this coming for a long time," She told Felicity as she picked her dress up by the darts, so she didn't step on it. "Cassandra has always had a thing for my boyfriends, especially Oliver, but not today," She told Felicity.
"How come I've never heard about this girl from either you or Oliver?" Felicity asked.
Laurel chuckled through a forced smile, "Because I underestimated who I was dealing with. And Oliver had five years to forget this woman," She told Felicity.
Felicity just followed Laurel who went straight through the party and it was like she was moses. She parted the party like the red sea and headed straight to Oliver and Cassandra.
Cassandra of course could not help but make sure that Oliver got a VIP screening of her cleavage and when she saw Laurel, Cassandra upped her game. Felicity shook her head. This girl had no idea who she was dealing with.
"Oh, look, it's your little friend and one of her loser friends," Cassandra squealed at Oliver and Oliver immediately lost whatever trance he was in.
Laurel shook her head. "Oh Cassandra, I thought I would never have to see your face again. Or your interesting fashion choices," She told her with the smile of the aristocratic.
Oliver slid a hand across Laurel's back and she shook her head. Oliver took his hand and put on top of his other one. That only meant one thing and it wasn't a good thing.
"Well, you know, Oliver and I were just talking about how amazing my new movie is gonna be. You're really gonna like it. It's about a cranky lawyer lady who finds that she can't keep her man when a hot amazing actress comes to town. Oliver even said he'd be willing to finance it." Cassandra said as she looked down to Laurel, like a trend she was so over.
Laurel nodded. "Well, as amazing as that sounds, it's not filming in Starling," She told her.
It took Cassandra a minute, but her face dropped. "You can't do that," Cassandra sputtered.
"Oh, but I can. As the district attorney, I can put as many roadblocks as I want in your path. And I will put roadblocks in front of this movie for years if I have to." Laurel smiled that gleeful smile of someone who had all the leverage in the world. Someone who the world was going incredibly right for.
Cassandra frowned to her. "You wouldn't let her do that Ollie?" She asked him as she smiled and blinked, knowing the old Oliver would have rolled over backwards for the fame and glory.
"Cass, it was nice talking to you." Oliver said as he slid his arm around Laurel's waist, surprised to see that she accepted that contact.
The smile turned into a jaw drop. "What the hell Oliver? I thought we were friends? Where did the guy I used to know go?" She asked him, sputtering more.
"Come on, Cass. We all knew that you weren't here to be my friend," He told her and he looked at Laurel and gave her a kiss, before he looked at Cassandra. "And the guy you knew, he doesn't live here anymore."
Cassandra looked between the two of them disgusted. "You know, she's an ugly hoe anyway,"
"Apologize," Oliver said through gritted teeth as he held Cassandra in the same place.
Cassandra shrugged out of his grip, "Or what? You're gonna blacklist me? Please Queen, you're not the only billionaire with a stupid girlfriend in this town. You don't own this town," She yelled.
"Oh by the way, Cassandra," Laurel said, "Say hi to all your fans," She grinned.
Cassandra looked around the room and saw all the people looking at her. "Is this some sick game of revenge?" She asked Laurel. "For trying to steal your boyfriend? Well if you were more interesting, he wouldn't have thought about straying," She told her with a tenuous grin.
Laurel smiled to Cassandra and put her hand around Oliver's waist, "Cassandra this is better than revenge. Because you did it all by yourself. And while my man can appreciate other women's beauty, he knows that what he gets at home is way more than he could get with anyone else," She said. "Now, leave."
And as Cassandra did, Laurel looked over to Felicity who shook her head. "You two are the weirdest couple I know," She told them.
"This coming from the girl who has a tattooed pierced girlfriend who lives off the grid?" Laurel asked.
Oliver kissed Laurel's temple. "You know I was a little worried that was going to be a little bit more dramatic than it was. And a lot more violent," He told her.
Laurel shook her head. "Didn't need to be. Cassandra was never a saint. All she had to do was show how much dignity she didn't have." Laurel smiled up to him.
"I can't believe you let this girl deal with that for so long, Oliver," Felicity told him.
He shrugged. "Laurel could handle herself," Oliver told her. "Besides, I think we were waiting for a time like this. Trust me, it would have been worse if Laurel had getten this chance before I went on the island." He told Felicity.
"And that would have been because I love you," She told him.
He nodded. "I know. And I love you too."