A/N - I love Thea lol, I hope I didn't make her -too- wild though. I went for amusing, hopefully managed to get some right. She had to be the push they needed, though sadly there still isn't much interaction between our fav blondes just yet. I don't know how many chapters there will be yet, we shall see. Hope you enjoy, and thank you for reading!

Note: Oliver is still in street clothes here, too, no uniform yet.

Officer & Hygienist

Thea Queen lands in the chair next to her brother, grumping the whole way. At least she was allowed to go to school late today because of her dental appointment, but that did not in any way mean that she actually wanted to be here this morning. No, her brother dear had more or less forced this trip upon her, and since their parents were...gone, well, she kind of had to listen to her brother.

"This isn't where mom and dad went." Thea complained, not at all trying to hush her voice to prevent her being overheard. She really didn't care who heard her - she didn't want to be here, and that was going to be made known.

"That was a private practice, Thea. They aren't taking any new adult patients and you were gonna be aging out; besides, we couldn't afford it anymore anyway." Oliver reminded her, keeping his voice down as he glanced around the waiting area. Not that he was...looking for any blon- anyone in particular. No. He was just making sure he wouldn't have to apologize for anyone over hearing Thea's not entirely nice comments. He refused to dwell on the disappointment that surfaced every time a door opened and no blonde ponytail was revealed.

After several minutes of her brother's strange fascination with the two doorways of childrens' and general practitioners, Thea began to catch on that there was something she was missing. Narrowing her eyes at Oliver, she turned to him and asked,

"Are you...looking for someone?" Her mind immediately flashed to either meeting an informant, which here of all places would be really weird, or observing a suspect - things above his paygrade, and stuff he usually wasn't supposed to be doing anyway, but that was the way her workaholic brother was these days.

Imagine her surpise when a distinct shade of pink tinged her brother's skin starting from the base of his neck upwards. Thea felt her jaw slide open, because...

"Are you blushing?"

"I am not. It's...warm in here." Oliver's narrowed gaze snapped to hers, and his immediate reaction was defense. So, in Thea's eyes, it must be true. He wouldn't react that way unless she hit a sore spot. Plus, it was not terribly warm in here, even slightly chilly actually. This dentist visit had just gotten interesting.

Thea grinned and leaned back in her seat, arms folded. She was so going to enjoy this.

"So," Thea began after a moment of silence, "is she a dentist or one of the hygienists? Oh, or a record keeper?"

"There is no, 'she,' Thea." Oliver answered, leaning forward and rubbing his hands together. He was ansty. This was good.

"Pretty sure you're not into dudes, so, I'm still going with a 'she,' unless you want to tell me something brother mine..."

"Thea!" Oliver flicked her arm lightly causing her to laugh and lean away from him, muttering 'fine, fine.'

Silence.

"If you tell me what she looks like, I could put in a good word for you." Thea couldn't help but add, her expression as she grinned at Oliver quite cheeky. Before Oliver could even form a reply, the door to the gerenal offices opened and there stood a blonde in a ponytail, dark-rimmed glasses and a colorful blouse. She was looking down at the file in her hand, but a quick glance at Oliver and Thea knew this was the woman he had been looking for. There was a liveliness in his eyes she had never seen before, at least, not since long before...well.

The liveliness in his eyes belied the fact that he was frozen in place the moment the blonde woman looked their way. Poor guy, he may have even stopped breathing.

"Thea Queen?"

"No 'she,' huh?" Thea leaned in and whispered as she stood, turning towards the woman and giving her a smile. Her words seemed to knock her brother from his stupor, and he was reaching a hand out to her, saying, "Don't-!" his eyes wide, but she just smiled sweetly at him over her shoulder and carried on, stepping past the woman. She glanced back just in time to see the timid smiles exchanged between the two blondes. Ugh, good thing she came today, because these two needed serious help.

When she saw the name Thea Queen on the sign-in sheet, Felicity will not deny how seeing the name - the last name - made her heart rate increase. She did not make it a practice to sneak a peek at other patients' charts, but she'd never seen him before and with a smile like that...she was only human, after all. And female. And he was...

Oliver Queen.

Who now possibly had a wife. Or daughter? She would be really old to be a daughter though, a bit young for a wife but who was she to say. And she really needed to quit rambling in her head because the young woman in question was standing right in front of her.

"Thea Queen. I'm sure you saw my dorky brother out there, he was here a couple weeks ago and has now finally succeeded in dragging me in." The young brunette said, sticking out a hand for Felicity to shake. Shifting the file over, Felicity smiled slightly absently as shook Thea's hand.

Brother. Oh. Why hadn't she thought of that?

"Pleased to meet you, Miss Queen." Felicity greeted, shaking her hand with a smile.

"Thea, please. 'Miss Queen' makes me sound old." The two women chuckled as Felicity steered the younger woman towards an open room in the back.

"Ok, Thea. So this is a general check up, right? Have you been having any issues, any pain or sensitivity?" Felicity asked as she attended to some things around the desk area of the little room.

"Other than my stubborn and oblivious brother, no."

"Oh, I meant more with your teeth. Which would be why you're here." A pause, then a nervous laugh. "Well, anyway, I hope you're not biting your brother." Felicity said with a hint of humor in her tone.

"Once upon a time." Was Thea's speedy and flat response, followed quickly by, "More importantly, are you single?"

"Excuse me?" After the moment it took for her thoughts to recover from the subject whiplash, Felicity's response sounded quite incredulous. She could not believe the question that this teenager had just asked her - had she heard right?

"Well I don't see a ring and I'm asking on behalf of my usually broody brother - I saw the looks back there." Thea informed her, crossing her arms as she stood her ground.

"That...is none of your business." Felicity said, waving to the chair for Thea to finally sit. "You don't know me and I don't know either of you. If your brother is so curious...then he should be the one to ask, and maybe I'll answer."

"So, that was not a, 'no,' then?"

"Thea. Sit." Felicity admonished, pointing to the chair before turning back to prepare her tools.

"Fine. I'm not one to push." Thea proclaimed as she sat, the unmistakable sound of a snort coming from the blonde behind her. Then she continued, "May I have a name, at least? You know mine." And here Thea put on her very best puppy dog face. Felicity glanced at her a moment, then sighed, somewhat happy she'd forgotten her name badge today. Like she frequently did, actually...

"Felicity. Now, lean back and open up."