Hey all! Thanks so much for the reviews on the first chapter! This one took a little longer than I hoped but I DO have a plan in place for this story so it'll just be me actually writing it. Just an FYI this chapter jumps a little bit over the space of about 3 months
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Chapter 2 – Friends?
"Felicity! Please I want you to meet Walter Steele. He is my VP." Robert queen pulled Felicity over to the other man, a man she had seen around but never actually met him. Felicity smiled widely at them both.
"It's nice to meet you Ms. Smoak. I've heard wonderful things about your tutoring skills." Walter had already reached out his hand for Felicity before she had a chance to speak.
Blushing, she took his hand, "It's nice to meet you too Mr. Steele. Oh, I'm not that good - It's all Thea. She is an amazingly bright you lady. I'm very proud of what she has been able to accomplish." She really was proud of Thea. She'd come a long way from the kid who wouldn't even look at her in the eyes when she started tutoring.
Robert smiled brightly at her, laughing, "Oh I wish you were around when Oliver was at school! Might have to see if you want to tutor him in his college classes." Walter and Robert laughed loudly at each other, but Felicity just smiled.
"You know, Oliver isn't at dumb as you think. He is a lot more intelligent than everyone gives him credit for…" She just smiled brightly at the two men, watching as they looked back at her, Mr. Queen just nodding his head like he honestly didn't believe her.
Sudden movement caught their attentions, pulling them over to the side of the room, Oliver standing his with hands on some girls hips – the same girl that Tommy had called him over to when they were outside – his head against her shoulder, her lips against his. Felicity rolling her eyes at the sight, she really wanted to prove his father wrong but this scene in front of them was not helping her cause at all.
Silence passed over them for a moment, Felicity knowing that she really shouldn't say any more about his son, something that would probably get her into trouble. But then Mr. Queen spoke, "How is MIT treating you Felicity? I hear you are well ahead of your subjects…" Felicity nodded, thankful to have the subject changed towards something she could actually talk about. Turning back towards Mr Queen and Walter.
"That's wonderful news, make this subject a little easier to bring up then…" Walter spoke next to her, the crease in her forehead appearing as Felicity became confused about what they were talking about. "Well Robert and I have a proposition for you Ms Smoak…What would you say to a 2-year internship with Queen Consolidated which, if at the end you enjoy what you do, would then turn into a permanent position…"
Felicity blinked back at the two men, completely unsure of what they had just said. "Are you…? What are you…? I mean…" Felicity closed her eyes for a moment, "3…2…1." Before taking a breath and opening them, finding both men looking back at her with a slightly amused look on their faces. "Yes…I meant absolutely; QC has always been a dream of mine. Yes…100 times yes Mr Queen." Her smile could not have been any wider than it was at that moment.
Walter called over a waiter, reaching for 3 glasses of champagne, one for him, one for Mr. Queen and one for Felicity, her hand hesitantly reaching out for the glass, taking it slowly, considering she was still under age to drink. But the smiles on Walter's and Mr. Queen's face told her it was ok; tonight, was going to be a celebration. "To a new future for the Queen Consolidated." The three raised their glasses, taking a drink. "Please come by QC on Monday so we can sort all the details out but I think we can arrange something that will work for you and the company." And with that both men left Felicity standing in the middle of the room, glass of champagne to her lips and complete and utter shock covering her face.
"Oh Felicity, this party is so boring! Can we go and something else?" Thea's voice suddenly caught Felicity's attention, the young girl standing in front of her before Felicity even had time to think. Tilting her head, Thea I'd Felicity closer, "What's wrong you?"
Felicity blinked at Thea for a second, still not really believing what had just happened. "I ah…I think I just got a job…your father just offered me an internship with QC…" Thea squealed and jumped into Felicity's arms, pushing her backwards slightly, "Thea…" Felicity laughed at the young girl in her arms, not realising that she had pulled the attention of both her mother and older brother who were both by her side in a instant, thinking something was wrong.
"Thea, what has gotten into you…" Mrs. Queen tired to hush her daughter, others had been glancing in their direction.
Thea whined at her mother, "But mum…" The look on her mother's face quietened her down instantly.
"I'm sorry Mrs. Queen, ah…I just told Thea that Mr. Queen and Mr. Steele have just offered me an internship and job with QC…" Mrs. Queen smiled brightly at Felicity and Thea, nodding her head knowingly before moving away, clearly it was something that she had already known about but was waiting for her husband to tell Felicity about.
Thea turned to Oliver, "Ollie, isn't that great! Felicity can be around even more now! Oh! Food…" before she ran off towards a plate of food that she had seen coming her way, leaving Felicity and Oliver standing together.
Felicity turned towards Oliver, taking in his appearance, his shirt was no longer tucked in, jacket long gone. His long hair was a mess and the red lipstick that was on the collar of his shirt also snuck it's way down the side of his neck. Clearly, he had been up to some fun in the short time since she had seen him outside to now.
"You look like you've had your fun already…you must be fast…" Her hand went straight to her forehead, closing her eyes tightly at the fact that Oliver was staring back at her, "Eugh, my brain thinks of the worst way to say things…What I mean to say is that I haven't been in here that long since I saw you outside…you move fast…I'm going to stop talking." She looked back at Oliver slowly, finding that he was looking back at her with a raised eyebrow.
Oliver smirked back at Felicity, he knew she hated when she babbled the way she was and she had always asked him to stop her from babbling but he honestly couldn't bring himself to do it, he learned so much about Felicity when she went off on a tangent. "So, working at QC…congratulations Felicity…" He leaned over, slowly placing his arms around her in a hug, giving her a chance to pull away if she wanted to. But she didn't, she just placed her arms around him, returning his hug, holding him a little longer than she probably should have.
Pulling away, Felicity brushed a stray hair away from her face, smiling brightly at him, "Thank you Oliver. That means a lot…hey you never know; we might be working together one day…" She laughed, watching his eyes darken a little and his smile faulter.
Oliver cleared this throat, looking up and over Felicity's head for a moment, hoping that it would take away from her looking into his eyes. "Yeah, I don't know about that, QC…not really my thing…" He shrugged when he looked back down at her, her head resting slightly to the side as she looked back at him, her red lips pursed slightly in disbelief. "Come on Felicity…could you imagine me in a business suit and tie?" He huffed out a laugh.
Oh too late…Felicity thought to herself to herself as she looked over him, her cheek flushing at the thought of Oliver wearing a suit, his tie hanging low around his neck and his sleeves rolled up above his elbows. "Felicity?" Her eyes snapped up towards his, suddenly realising that she had been staring at his chest. "You already imagined me in a business suit?" He smirked at her, watching her cheeks flush even more.
Deciding that he was going to take some pity on her, Oliver continued, "Nah you know me and Tommy are gonna open the best night club in the city…now that would be a job…" He looked up again, this time imagining all the nights they would be having at the bar, the drinks, the music, the girls.
"Oh Oliver…your little friend is showing…" She huffed at his distant look, her eyes raking down his body to make her point before she turned away from him, smirking to herself at the open mouth expression on his face as she spoke. But as she walked away from him, his mouth only fell open a little more, the sight of her walking away from him, the back of her dress and her ass swaying with each step she took was enough to really make his little friend show.
Felicity trotted down the stairs, the echoing sounds of loud music and people laughing had already caught her attention when she was upstairs with Thea. Oliver was throwing a 'Going back to College Party,' ironically, he was starting at this third college in as many years. The Queen parents were away for the next couple of weeks which meant that Oliver was supposed to be looking after Thea but he was more interested in partying. No surprise there really.
Turning to the younger girl, Felicity noticed that she seemed unsure of herself, looking around at the hordes of people that were too drunk to know what was happening. "You alright?" Felicity reached for Thea, her hand touching Thea's elbow, noticing that she was holding herself a little tighter.
Thea just nodded at Felicity, clearly unsure about herself around the gigantic crowd. "Hey how about you go and grab a bag, pack some stuff for the weekend and you can stay with me and I'll go and tell your brother that I'll drop you at school on Monday morning before I head to MIT…" Thea looked completely relieved when Felicity suggested that she stay with her. Felicity's heart broke a little to see the sadness in the young girls' eyes.
Thumping down the rest of the stairs, Felicity looked around at the girls in the house, short skirts, tight dresses, some wearing just bikinis, having taken use of the pool in the back yard because of the warm temperature that had found its way into Starling. Briefly looking down at herself, Felicity know she didn't fit into this world, she was wearing shorts and converse low tops, her t shirt sitting loosely around her chest and arms.
She moved around the house effortlessly, knowing the house like the back of her hand, trying not to bump into too many drunk people, not wanting anything spilled on her clothing. Sighing, she knew that this was typical of Ollie Queen and his 'friends', not that she had been introduced to any of them.
She found Oliver and Tommy easily, someone who she had met once or twice but again, Oliver had never really been introduced to his best friend officially. "Hey Oliver…" She called out, watching as the two boys, each with a girl on their laps, the girl sitting on Oliver's lap, her had her shoulder to his chest, her legs swung over his lap, her arms around his shoulders and her lips against his neck.
Oliver looked up at Felicity, finding himself smiling up at her, taking her all in. Blinking he waited for her to keep talking, "…So I'm gonna take Thea home with me. This…" she motioned around her to the people, the drinking and the half-naked girls, "…really isn't where she should be. So can you please let your parents know that I am going to take her to school on Monday morning before I go MIT…"
Oliver blinked back at Felicity, the smile dropping from his lips at her words. "Oh…yeah sure ok. Are you sure that's what you wanna do Thea?" He looked over Felicity's shoulder, his eyes connecting with his younger sister, who had her arms wrapped around her chest, holding herself tightly, getting bumped around by a couple who came running past them.
"Yeah Ollie…I wanna go with Felicity…" Oliver frowned at his sister, he hated that she looked so incredible uncomfortable at the moment. He nodded mutely at his sister, watching as she hurried away from the scene, taking her bag with her. He made to open his mouth, to say something to Felicity but she just shook her head.
"Maybe you should start to grown up Oliver. Your sister is 14 years old and here you are…throwing parties when you are supposed to be looking after her. Is this really the influence you want to have on her?" There was a slight snicker from the other sitting around the fire pit with Oliver, his mouth opening and closing again at her words. Sighing, Felicity dropped her head, "Have a good start at college on Monday Oliver." She turned on her heals, leaving him to watch her go. A sadness coming over him.
The beer in his hand and the girl on his lap suddenly becoming increasingly interesting. That should have been his first clue, Oliver had always tried to hide from responsibility, yes he loved his baby sister, yes he would do anything to look after her, yes he would do all he could to make sure she was safe but he also knew the fear of starting at a new college and the heavy weight that settled on his shoulder's knowing that his family would be putting more responsibility on him once again.
A light giggle caught his attention once more, his ear finally tearing from where Felicity had been, he brought them back the girl on his lap, a fake smile widening on his own lips as he pulled her into him, his lips crushing down against her.
Knocking loudly on the theatre room door, Felicity waited to be let in - she knew better than to just walk into a room where Oliver was, considering she knew he wasn't alone in there. There was mostly silence for a moment, the only sound coming from whatever movie was being played. But she knew he was just trying to get her to go away. Sighing, Felicity knocked again, "Oliver! Come on, I know you're in there!"
It had been 12 weeks since they had started back at college, surprisingly Oliver had been able to stay in this one for that long and Felicity was still tutoring Thea every second day, at MIT 3 days a week and QC the other two days. So far, her internship had been going amazingly well for her, Mr Queen and Walter were amazing at helping her juggle everything she needed to do and the extra money was definitely coming in handy.
Then the sound of shuffling happened, a quick "Yeah" grumbled next. And so she opened the door, instantly rolling her eyes at the sight in front of her. Oliver and whatever her name was, were on a single lounge together, him on top of her, both shirtless, with red nail marks down his back, his hair was a mess. Of course, he was shirtless, always shirtless.
Glancing over his shoulder at Felicity, Oliver smirked, "What's up?" Wow he really didn't care about the situation she had walked into. Clearly neither did the girl coz she started sucking on his neck again, his eyelids fluttered at he looked at Felicity.
"Just wanted to let you know I'm leaving now. And please remind you parents that I will be in later after dinner on Thursday instead of straight after school." But Oliver was barely paying attention, the girl's hand had slipped down his chest and into his pants - right in front of Felicity.
"Yeah...yeah ok..." was all Oliver could stutter out as Felicity turned her back and closed the door behind her, the last few things she heard was "how many girlfriends do you have?" And then a low reply from Oliver.
God this girl was turning him on. Her nails down his back, the way she bit down on his neck, he was going to take her, he was going to make her scream.
Two short, hard knocks on the door pulled his from his thoughts briefly but he turned back to the girl's breast instantly, taking it in her mouth. The way she pulled on his long hair was making him harder every second.
Two more sharp knocks on the door made him groan, a quick sharp intake of breath when he heard "Oliver! Come on, I know you're in there!" Felicity
Shuffling quickly, Oliver reached for the blanket that had fallen on the floor, covering the girl under him before calling out a "Yeah".
Keeping his back to Felicity, he looked over his shoulder when she opened the door, not missing the roll of the eyes she gave him when she had seen the position he was in.
"Just wanted to let you know I'm leaving now. And please remind you parents that I will be in later after dinner on Thursday instead of straight after school." He has heard the words that she had said but barely understood them, the girl having put her lips back to his neck, sucking the skin harshly. He knew he should be focused on Felicity right now but god it felt good.
"Yeah...yeah ok..." was all he could mumble out; the girl's hand having found its way into his pants unashamedly. God this girl was going to kill him.
As Felicity turned to close the door and leave, the girls voice caught his attention, "How many girlfriends do you have?"
His lips were back to her now, his voice was low, "She's no one. She's nothing." And just as he heard the click of the door somewhere in the background, Oliver went back to the task underneath him.
Oliver all but skipped down the stairs to the kitchen, he had slept really well last night, smirking to himself as he remembered the girl who had been in his bed. Not sure of her name but it was a fun night. Coming around the corner he stopped in his tracks to see Felicity sitting at the kitchen bench, orange juice in her hand, smiling at Raisa.
"Good morning." He chirped happily, heading towards the fridge to get himself something to drink but it didn't take long before he realises that it was only Raisa who had returned the good morning. Closing the fridge slowly he glanced towards Felicity who had her head down, suddenly focused on something that only she could see.
Glancing at Raisa, she just turned away, leaving the kitchen to just the two of them. Slowly he moved towards the bar stool next to Felicity, his knee brushing her bare one as he sat but she sat up suddenly, straightening her back and moving away from him. Felicity didn't even look at him by her side. "Have I don't something to upset you Felicity?" He honestly had no idea what could have caused her to be acting so cold towards him.
"It's nothing." The way the word fell from her mouth told him that it was something specific.
"Hey come on. What's up?" Trying to get her to look at him but she still kept her head down.
Silence stretched between them for a few more moments, Oliver deciding it was probably time to leave her alone. But as he rose from his seat, her small voice caught his attention. "I heard what you said the other day."
Glancing up at Oliver, felicity found that he was looking at her with a confused look. She sighed, "When I was leaving the other night - when you and that girl were in the theatre room - I heard you tell her that I was no one. You said I was nothing." She looked away from him again, not really wanting him to see that hearing those words from him had actually made her tear up, causing her blink a few times to try and stop them from falling.
Oliver blinked are her, he didn't really remember saying those words but at the same time he couldn't actually deny that they had been said, obviously he had some something to upset her so much. Sighing deeply, he dropped his head, "Oh Felicity. I didn't mean it that way. I don't even remember saying it to be honest. Come on, we are friends...you know me better than that."
Oh, those were clearly not the right words for him to say.
"Friends? You actually think we are friends? Look Oliver, I don't stay up late at night thinking about being friends with you. Wondering if I'd be privileged enough to even be considering a friend by playboy Ollie Queen. And if we aren't friends then so be it…but I just never thought you would actually be so cruel."
Oliver's mouth opened and closed. What the hell could he say to that? He honestly thought they were friends, he wanted to be friends with her but obviously he had actually said what she had heard and he honestly didn't know why he had said it.
Before he could speak, Thea's voice came around the corner. "Ready to go?" But she looked between the two, clearly seeing that something had happened. "What's going on?"
Felicity quickly jumped off the stool, making her way Thea's side. "It's ok Thea. It's nothing..." before moving towards the front door, really needing to leave.
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