Chapter – 3 – The Dick

An: I do not own Arrow.

It was official there was not enough time in the day. Felicity officially had to split her time between QC and Palmer Technologies to ensure that they were able to launch on time. Felicity had taken a more hands on approach in the development of the prototype. At current pace they would be ready for the set launch date. The work on the prototype was already enough work for one person. When you added her QC work to that, there simply was not enough time to get everything done. She was working well past midnight every night.

Monday night or early Tuesday morning, Felicity decided to pull herself away from her office in QC. Her eyes were already drooping by the time she reached to the mini. On her usual way home, she was met with a roadblock. They were working on a busted water main and the police officer was redirecting traffic for a few blocks. She switched on the GPS and let it guide her home.

Suddenly her car started to sputter and shut down. She checked the gas, she had half a tank. She popped the hood of the car and got out. Maybe something had come loose. She used the flashlight on her phone to shine into the car. She didn't see anything.

"What have we here?" a gruff voice said moving out of the shadows.

It was the first time Felicity realised that she was on a deserted street in an area she didn't know. Maybe it had not been her best idea to get out of the car without her taser.

"Uh nothing," Felicity said closing the hood.

She noticed two other guys behind the car. She knew she was in trouble. All traces of sleep disappeared as her brain started running scenarios to get out of this mess. She eased around so the driver's side of the Mini but the men were closing in on her. She wasn't sure if she could make it to the door before them.

"Hey," a familiar voiced called out.

She saw The Dick in his red hoodie. He was walking towards her. He had probably just left the apartment building and was heading home.

"Everything ok here?" he asked.

"No, my car needs help," Felicity said pointing to it.

The Dick laughed. She was clearly in trouble but the first thing she mentioned was her car.

"Get lost boy," one of the men said.

"This is none of your business" the other one said. The men that were behind the car were now next to Felicity.

"She's a friend, so it is my business," the Dick said coming closer.

One guy pulled out a switch blade but The Dick still kept coming towards them.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you?" he said.

"Why wouldn't I kid?" he asked

"Cause that cop car the pulled up with its light off might arrest you," he replied.

"There is no cop car at this hour of the night out here kid," the man replied.

The Dick stopped three feet in front of the man with the switchblade, "give me the girl,"

"Tough luck kid," the man said swinging his knife towards The Dick.

Felicity isn't sure what happened next because she stamped her stiletto clad foot down on the guy on her left and kneed the one on the right. She wasn't going to wait for The Dick to either win or lose. Two policemen appeared out of nowhere. One headed to subdue the man The Dick was fighting and the other one cuffed the men that were next to her.

S-2

They were all taken to the police station. The Dick had apparently called Sara's father before he announced his presence to the group. Captain Lance had sent his nearest cruiser before he himself arrived and took both her and Roy to the police station to make statements. There was apparently a gang of men raping women in The Glades and they suspected these men were part of that gang. Captain Lance strongly encouraged her to make a statement so that they could hold the men for questioning long enough for the DNA testing to be done to confirm if they were the suspects in the other cases.

"Thank you for the help Roy," Felicity told him after they had given their statements.

"No problem. Men like that need to be put away," he said.

"Roy," a young brunette said running in through the door. She was followed by the Jerk and a man she recognised as Tommy Merlyn,

"Are you ok?" she asked him. "I heard there was a knife fight,"

"I'm fine. One of the guys had a switch blade but it wasn't anything I couldn't handle," he boasted.

"And you Felicity," Thea questioned looking intently at her. Felicity was surprised to be addressed, especially by her first name.

"I'm fine,"

"Good next time stay in the car and call a wrecking service," The Jerk said angrily.

Felicity wanted to respond but he was right.

"Tommy Merlyn," Tommy said introducing himself. He took her hand and kissed it. "I'm glad I finally get to meet you. I've heard a lot about you"

"You have?" Felicity asked confused. Who would be talking about her?

"Yes," Tommy said, "You're even move charming than I thought you were?"

"That's enough Tommy. Ms. Smoak had a long night. She probably wants to go home," The Jerk said.

"Yes I was just about to call a cab," Felicity revealed. The Captain had impounded her vehicle for her. She would call the leasing company to collect the vehicle from the police station.

Both Tommy and Thea made noises of protests. Soon she found herself being dragged by the younger girl, who was much stronger than she looked, to a black Bentley driven by a chauffeur. The Jerk probably pulled the poor man out of bed.

"It's my Bentley and my driver, I'm taking shot gun, you four get the back," Tommy said.

Ok she was wrong about whose car it was but did she really have to sit in the back with The Jerk and the boy she formerly referred to as The Dick. She tried to see if maybe she could get an end spot next to the door with maybe Thea on her other side but the men had other plans. Both girls were placed in the middle. She did get Thea on one side but she had The Jerk on the other. Couldn't Thea maybe sit on Roy's lap so that Felicity didn't have to be pressed up against the Jerk?

Tommy started talking, she wasn't sure about what. All she could concentrate on was the heat she felt radiating off The Jerk. Her mind instantly supplied an image of her cuddling up to him under the sheets. She was always cold at nights. He would be the perfect heater to have in her bed. When Tommy stopped talking and stared at her she realised she had said that out loud! Felicity buried her head in her hands bemoaning the fact that her brain to mouth filter failed yet again but then at 3am in the morning what did she expect.

Fortunately, they were already stopping in front of her complex. As soon as the Jerk stepped out, she said a quick thank you and high tailed it up to her apartment, taking the stairs instead of the elevators. As soon as she made it to her bed, she collapsed and let her dreams carry her far away from her present world.

S-3

The next morning, Felicity nearly threw her alarm clock against the wall. She had barely gotten any sleep but she had to get out of bed. She had plenty of work to do. After a quick shower, she pulled on some clothes and rushed out the door. She called a cab while she waited for the elevator. When she walked out of her building she was greeted with the sight of The Jerk leaning casually against the side of a silver BMW. The car was sleek and new but Felicity couldn't pull her eyes away from The Jerk.

He was a very fine physical specimen. The sleeves of his white shirt were rolled up on his forearms and he hadn't even buttoned the top buttons on his shirt yet. She could see a suit jacket and tie hanging up in the back seat of the car. He would probably finish getting dressed at the office. She envied the fact that he looked like he had a full night's sleep instead of the few hours she knew he must have had.

She was disturbed from her observations by a car horn. Her cab had arrived. Before she even reacted to the cab, The Jerk walked over, pulled a few bills out of his wallet and handed it to the driver. The driver looked delighted and drove off.

"That was my ride!" Felicity cried in disbelief as she watched the taillights of the yellow cab get further and further away.

"You were his best fare of the day," The Jerk said with that annoying smirk.

Felicity marched up to him, "how am I supposed to get to work," she asked angrily.

He was unperturbed by her anger, simply opening the passenger door for her and asking her to get in.

"I'm not getting in your car," she said stubbornly.

"It's not my car. It's yours. There was an oversight in your contract. You should have been provided with a car. HR will have the updated contract on your desk before lunch. Technically, I can't hand over the keys until then," he said.

"You're giving me a car?" she asked in disbelief.

"Technically it belongs to the company even though you drive it. I can't have one of my most valuable employees driving around in an unreliable rental," he told her with a wink.

"It was a leased car not a rental," she responded ignoring the way the wink sent a wave of butterflies through her stomach.

"What the difference?" he asked her. "It still wasn't your own,"

"This isn't my own either," she blurted out.

"Touché," he said, "Are you getting in or not?"

Felicity relented and slid into the car. The first thing she noticed was the new car smell. The second was how comfortable the leather interior was. She may or may not have let out a small moan as the heat from the seat relaxed her muscles. The Jerk, though she might have to start thinking of him as Oliver for his foresight, had turned on the seat warmer for her.

He slid into the driver's seat with ease. One hand landed on the steering wheel and the other let the hand brake down before moving to the gear shift.

"It's a manual," she said looking down at his right hand. His forearms were really defined.

He gave her a guilty smile. He obviously hadn't considered if she could drive a manual. "Is that a problem? I can get it changed today,"

"No, I know how to drive stick. When you're not stuck in traffic or on a hill it can be fun," she said. Her neighbour was ex-military and he forced her to learn to drive a manual car because he told her she would never know when the skill could come in handy.

"Fortunately for you, there aren't any steep hills here. I can't do much about the traffic though," he said as they pulled smoothly away from the pavement. The engine had been running and she hadn't even realised it.

"I'll survive," Felicity said relaxing further into her seat.

"The car has an emergency system so if it shuts off for any reason, is in an accident or doesn't start when the button is pressed, it will call for road side assistance and notify me via message of any problems,"

Felicity nodded watching the road intently. He didn't drive fast even though Felicity knew the car could easily exceed the speed limit. She asked him to pull over at the coffee shop so she could pick up a cup. She was definitely going to need it today. Realising it would be rude to buy herself a cup and not get him one as well she asked him what he would like. She shouldn't have been surprised when he said he took his coffee black.

She brought their coffee but with both hands occupied she couldn't start drinking hers right away. When she reached back to the car, Oliver reached across the car and opened her door for her. She handed him his and carefully got into the car. They were on their way quickly and Felicity decided to put the coffee in the cup holder in case she spilled it all over herself. She was already running a tally of embarrassing acts in front of Oliver. She didn't need to add anymore. She closed her eyes for a little bit and the next thing she knew, they were parked in the underground parking at Queen Consolidated.

"We're here?" Felicity asked tiredly.

"Yeap," Oliver said with a smile. "You got a little drool on the side," he said pointing to the corner of her mouth.

Felicity's hand flew up to her mouth where she found a trail of moisture running from the corner of her mouth down her chin. She should have just drunk the coffee. That would have been less embarrassing.

"We were almost to the office. How did all this happen so quickly?" she asked herself horrified.

"I kind of made the block a few times. You looked really tired," Oliver said to her sheepishly.

Felicity reached for her coffee immediately to take a sip and was met with cold coffee.

"How many blocks did you make exactly?" she asked.

He gave her a small smile, "enough." He opened the back door and retrieved his jacket and tie. He fixed himself properly, removed his coat hanger and empty coffee cup and then threw her the keys.

"HR says the contract is ready. You can get the keys now. Enjoy the rest of your day Ms. Smoak,"

Felicity stared dumbfounded at his retreating back. When she reached her office and looked at the time she realised he had driven her around for an hour!

S-4

Felicity had no idea what kind of hours Thea kept so she consulted Lucas. He told her the girl worked for her father at Merlyn Global and he was extremely strict with her punctuality. She left the building at about the same time everyday but her return hours varied wildly. He suggested that 7:30am would be a good time to catch her before she left for work. Felicity nervously knocked on the girl's door. She waited about twenty seconds before she heard someone calling out that she would be there in a second.

"Hi," Felicity said when Thea opened the door. The younger girl was dressed in a pencil knee length skirt and a flowery blouse. She was the epitome of elegance and Felicity was thankful she hadn't seemed to interrupt her morning routine.

The younger girl watched her curiously, "hello Felicity."

"I'm sorry I know it's early but I was wondering if I could get your advice on something and I didn't know what time would be a good time to catch you and I can't really camp out in front of your door to wait for you since I have work at QC and Palmer Technologies not that I would camp out in front of your door because that would be stalkerish and I'm not a stalker," Felicity said trying to explain her presence in front of the rich girl's door.

"Relax its ok. What exactly do you want advice on?" Thea asked shifting her weight from one foot to the other.

"I want to thank Roy properly for what he did but I don't know him very well so I don't know what he would appreciate," the blond IT expert explained.

Thea smiled widely, "Meet me here, 9:45am on Saturday and we'll go shopping together,"

"Ok," Felicity readily agreed.

She would have to rearrange all of the work she had planned for Saturday but it would be worth it. Roy had helped her out of a tough situation and she really wanted to thank him for it. It was very courageous of him to step in and try to keep her safe before the cops arrived.

S-5

This was her fourth lunch date with Cooper. Felicity had been scheduling them in places that were on the route between QC and Palmer Technologies. Today they were meeting at a little cafe that served gourmet sandwiches. She was dressed in a grey dress with yellow squares on the side. Cooper was already seated waiting for her. She knew she was fifteen minutes late.

"I'm so sorry Cooper. Work has been so hectic lately," she said kissing him on his cheek.

"I understand," he said. His eyes roamed over her dress. "You look exceptionally beautiful today,"

Felicity blushed. Cooper always said the sweetest things to her. "Thank you. You're not looking too bad yourself mister."

She sat down opposite him and immediately started scanning her menu. She had finished programming a particularly tricky piece of code at Palmer Tech that morning and she had an afternoon meeting with her staff to discuss other projects they were working on. She couldn't really afford to dilly dally.

"I was thinking perhaps instead of doing lunch, we could do dinner next," Cooper said hopefully.

They had been sort of seeing each other for a few weeks now. She knew the proposal for dinner was a step to move their budding relationship forward. She was positive that after the project launch she would have more time to dedicate to the relationship but she didn't want to put him off by shutting down his attempts to forge a deeper relationship. You're supposed to hold on to a good man when you find him. Not so many men would have been this patient with her.

"Dinner sounds good," Felicity said. "Where are you thinking?"

"Table Salt," he replied easily.

"Friday night?" Felicity asked.

"I was thinking Saturday night, I have a massive software update on the servers after work on Friday," he told her. Any major updates or server work was usually done after work hours when most staff wouldn't be using the system.

"That sounds great," Felicity said thinking she could pick up a new dress for her date at the mall with Thea on Saturday. Cooper said he needed to leave to start preparations for the update so he took his sandwich to go. Felicity ate her sandwich quickly, paid the bill and then headed to the office.

S-6

Saturday morning was turning out much different to how Felicity had planned. They had been at the mall four hours already and Felicity had yet to step foot in a men's store. In fact, they had been in the current store for the last two hours trying on dresses. Felicity had caved early and started trying on everything that Thea had pulled out for her. If it weren't for Thea's presence, she would have been kicked out of the store already. There were so many cute dresses. Of course she knew she could only afford to buy one, she didn't think it would be that big of a deal since Thea already had a pile of clothes she was going to buy.

Felicity had a hard time choosing which dress would be the lucky one to go home with her. She would wear the dress on the date with Cooper that night. There were at least three red dresses that looked great on her as well as a black, purple and green. Before Felicity could decide, the dresses were swept up by the store clerk and taken to the cash register. The Clerk started scanning them into the system.

"Hey, I wasn't finished choosing which one I want," Felicity said kind of embarrassed that she was forced to admit that she was only buying one.

"Ms. Queen-Merlyn instructed us to charge all to her account," the clerk said.

Felicity's head snapped towards Thea, "the point of this trip is for me to find a gift for Roy, not for you to buy me dresses,"

"I know but you looked so good in all of those dresses. Trust me, I'm not buying these for you, I'm buying these for my brother," Thea told her.

"Neither of your brothers can fit into those dresses, well maybe Tommy might squeeze into one but definitely not Oliver. He's a giant!"

Thea grinned like a Cheshire cat, "so you've been watching my brother?" she teased gently.

"Thea," Felicity said sternly. She was not getting caught up in that trap. Her mouth rambled enough as it was, she didn't need to add more fuel to the fire.

The younger girl sighed, "The green one would go good with a nice black jacket, you can wear it to your product launch. The purple one can be worn to the meeting with the board, one of the red ones for the banquet Isa-ugly is going to throw, the other two red ones for dates and the black one for my birthday that's coming up soon." Thea had already worked out where Felicity would be wearing her new wardrobe.

"Thea I can't let you do this for me?" Felicity protested.

"We are friends are we not?" Thea asked.

"Yes," Felicity replied. She would like to think after the four hours they spent together they had bonded a bit.

"Good, cause I don't have many friends anymore," Thea said sadly.

"You don't?" Felicity questioned surprised. She thought for sure Thea would have a large circle of friends.

"There are many people that want to be my friend but don't have my best interests at heart. I used to associate with them until Roy came along. He showed me who my real friends were and that's surprisingly a very small number," Thea revealed to her.

"Roy definitely won't like me," Felicity said gesturing to herself.

"Quite the contrary, he likes you. He thinks you have sass and says you won't take shit from anyone though he's a bit disappointed in your taste in men. He and Cooper don't get along."

"Speaking of Roy, the point of this trip was for me to find a gift for Roy," Felicity pointed out.

"Oh, this is your gift to him. You've spared him the torture of accompanying me. Trust me, he'll love it. He's not the type of guy that likes people giving him things. He likes to play this tough guy that doesn't need anything or anyone. I'm hoping that eventually he'll think differently and let people see how great he really is but until then he's a work in progress."

Felicity smiled at Thea. She spoke so passionately about Roy. You could feel the love in every word she said about him.

"The mall closes at 8 we better get going to the next store," the brunette said as she handed off the bags of clothes they brought to one of her bodyguards.

"Thea that is six hours away," Felicity said a bit worried.

"Didn't I mention that when I shop, I shop until the mall closes?" the younger girl asked.

"uh no," Felicity says beginning to realise that she is definitely in over her head.

Thea just shrugged before dragging her to a shoe store. They apparently needed to get shoes to go with the dresses.

"I have a date at 8 Thea," Felicity blurted out. She didn't really want anyone knowing about the date but since Thea planned to shop till 8 that would definitely hamper her date preparation.

"We'll pick up a dress for the date at the next store and I'll help you get ready,"

"Didn't I already get two red dresses for dates?" Felicity asked confused.

"Those aren't for this date," the younger girl told her cryptically.

S-7

At 7:55pm Cooper knocked on her door. She let Thea answer it for her since she was putting the finishing touches on her make-up. She had brought a nice blue dress at one of the other stores that Thea had dragged her to. It was very modest but showed some of her curves. Felicity thought it was very conservative for a date but Thea assured her she looked good, especially with the fancy braid, the younger girl had put her hair in.

When Felicity exited the bathroom she found Thea and Cooper openly glaring at each other. She was confused because besides the comment Thea made about Roy not liking him, Thea hadn't said anything bad about him. She had been very excited to help her get ready. They had a lot of fun preparing particularly when it came to styling her hair.

"Is everything ok?" she asked hesitantly.

"Great, I'll just be on my way. I hope you enjoy your date Felicity," she said walking towards the door. Just before she closed it shut, she popped her head back inside, "don't forget as soon as you get back to come upstairs and tell me how it went,"

Felicity rolled her eyes. Thea had insisted on knowing the details of her date as soon as she returned unless they were going to continue you their date in one of their apartments. She didn't want to cock block her. Felicity assured her that that was not happening tonight. Thea had seemed pleased with that answer.

Cooper escorted her downstairs to a black Ford Mustang. He opened the door for her and she slid inside. She immediately missed her car. She had grown very attached to the BMW and all of its high tech features. Soon the engine roared to life. Felicity was sure when Cooper took off he left her stomach behind at the apartment.

"Relax baby, you're safe with me," Cooper said.

Somehow Felicity instinctively doubted that. The longer she was in the car the more she detested his driving style. She didn't like the way he handled his car. He was fast and reckless. Oliver was a much better driver. Cooper seemed fond of weaving through traffic and intimidating other drivers. She would never have thought that Cooper drove like that on the road. He was so gentle with her. This person driving was ruff and aggressive.

They arrived at the restaurant in record time. Felicity was sure they had been over the speed limit the entire way there. Cooper threw his keys at the valet and they entered Table Salt. The hostess greeted them. She seemed quite familiar with Cooper especially with the way she touched his forearm.

"Don't be jealous," he whispered in her ear as the hostess guided them towards their table.

"I wasn't," she responded. She was more curious about the professional standards that the staff at the high class restaurant was supposed to follow. Flirting with men who were on dates, didn't seem appropriate to her.

"You were frowning babe," Cooper said to her as he pulled out her chair for her.

Felicity made sure to turn her frown into a smile. Dinner went well. They mainly discussed the tedious process of doing a system wide update especially when there were staff members who turned off their computers after being specifically told to leave them on. Just as dessert arrived, Cooper's phone rang. He took the call away from her. When he returned he explained that there a work emergency and he needed to leave. He bent down and kissed her softly on the lips before leaving. The bill arrived a short time later and Felicity paid it. On the bright side at least she didn't need to drive home with him. On their next date she was definitely driving.

S-8

True to her word, Felicity went up to Thea's loft. She knocked on the door and Roy opened the door.

"Thea wasn't lying. You are still alive," he said impressed. "Though you are dressed like a nun, did you have to go and pray to get over the experience?"

Thea's voice called out to him, "Felicity is the best shopping partner ever!" she gushed.

Roy let out a relieved sigh, "thank god. I was afraid she might revert to dragging me through the mall."

He held out his hand to shake hers, "we're even," he said.

Felicity shook his hand firmly, "friends?" she asked hesitantly.

"I thought we were already?" Roy responded easily.

"Come in," Thea yelled, "I want to hear all about the date."

Roy screwed up his features in disgust. She followed him into the loft. Thea was curled up under a blanket on the sofa. There was Chinese take out on the coffee table, two glasses filled with wine and there was a movie on pause on the television.

"Am I interrupting something?"

"Nope," Roy said.

"He's just grumpy that he drew the short stick and had to watch a chick flick with me," Thea said.

Felicity sat down at the end of the sofa.

"So don't keep me waiting, how was it?" Thea asked.

"It was good," Felicity said. She proceeded to give her the details.

"The guy sounds every bit as much of a douchebag as he is," Roy grumbled.

"Cooper is nice. He's the perfect gentleman," Felicity said defending her soon to be official boyfriend.

"Not all that glitters is gold," Roy responded sagely. "He got out of that date without paying a thing and I bet it wasn't the first time."

His comment caught Felicity completely off guard. There was indeed more to Roy as Thea had said. They soon settled into an easy conversation about Lawton and how he was hired to be the building manager. Eventually the conversation turned to Isabel.

"It really sucks that she makes Oliver's life hell at the company," Thea said.

Roy snorted, "Your brother is just a sucker,"

"Not my brother takes his role as a brother seriously. It was the first thing he was ever good at."

"I don't understand," Felicity said.

"Oliver is the best big brother a girl can ever ask for. He doesn't strike out at Isa-ugly because she's the mother of his two youngest sisters. He adores them and they adore him. In his mind, if he hurts Isa-ugly, he's hurting them. He won't do that to them no matter how many insults Isabel throws his way. There's literally nothing she can do to get him out the company other than make him quit and he's not going to quit so they are stuck in this weird cycle."

"Can't Robert do anything?" Felicity asked.

Thea let out a bitter laugh. "He's getting old now and he's resigned to let his wife do what she wants. It's easier for him to say yes to her than no."

Felicity nodded and then changed the topic to something else. Before she knew it, it was well past midnight. Roy escorted her down to her door, just in case something happened between the loft and her apartment door. He mumbled something under his breath about Oliver beating him up if something did happen to her. Felicity ignored the comment. She was probably hearing things.

S-9

A few days later, after a meeting with Walter on the Executive floor, Felicity was waiting in front of the elevator to head out for lunch when Oliver stepped up besides her. They waited in silence. When he entered the elevator they both tried to push the button to the basement at the same time. Felicity struggled to fight the blush that threatened to overtake her face.

"I set the menu for the appetisers we are serving at the launch today," he said.

"Great, Ray's been working long hours to make sure everything is going to run perfect," she said before chewing nervously on her bottom lip. She wasn't sure if she should ask him the next question.

"Spit it out," he said realising that she wanted to say something else.

"Do any of the appetisers have nuts? I'm kind of allergic," she said.

"Define kind of allergic?" Oliver asked his eyebrows scrunching together as he tried to figure out what she meant.

"Epi-pen to the thigh and straight to the hospital allergic," she said.

"That's not kind of, that's very allergic," Oliver said seriously.

The elevator dinged and other persons got on and joined them. They both shuffled to the back of the elevator. As more people boarded, Felicity's arm brushed against Oliver's sending a tingling sensation up her arm. Felicity glanced at the safety panel on the side of the elevator that stated what the maximum capacity of the elevator was. Once the elevator hit the ground floor most people exited, leaving Felicity, Oliver and two others to continue on to the basement. Once they were out of the elevator, Oliver checked his phone for a signal and called his assistant while he walked with her towards her car. He ordered his assistant to remove all nuts from the menu. He put his phone away and looked at her car. His eyes widened in shock.

"Did you scrape the rims on the car already? Oliver asked incredulously.

Felicity blushed red, "I was parking to get coffee and the pavement attacked her,"

"The pavement attacked her?" he repeated sarcastically.

"Yes that's what I said. If I needed it repeated I would have a parrot on my shoulder," she glared.

Oliver shook his head, "women drivers," he muttered.

"Jerk!" Felicity said punching his arm only to pull away in pain.

"What are you all muscle or something?" she said cradling her hand.

Oliver smirked, "where are you going for lunch?"

"Big Belly Burger," she replied absently.

"Excellent, I was heading there myself. Keys," he said holding out his hand.

"Excuse me?" she asked with an arched eyebrow.

"Keys, I'll drive us," Oliver said.

"First of all, what makes you think that I want to go with you and secondly, why my car and not yours?"

"Because I like your car," he said.

Felicity reluctantly handed him the keys but only because she didn't feel like driving. She settled into the passenger side and relaxed as Oliver navigated them through the traffic to Big Belly Burger. Sharing a meal with Oliver Queen was much nicer than she imagined it to be. They did not talk about work, instead focusing on why they both liked Big Belly Burger. She even had the audacity to steal fries off of his plate after he insinuated that the burgers were great but the fries not so much. On the way back to work, she fell asleep in her car again. When she woke up it was well past the end of her lunch hour.

"You should have woken me up earlier!" Felicity said to him.

He smiled. "You needed the rest," he said tossing her keys back to her.

S-10

The next day Oliver arrived in her office. "Keys," he said.

"Why?" Felicity asked confused. It wasn't lunch time. In fact it was early in the morning.

"Because that is a company vehicle and I will not stand to have a company vehicle with tarnished rims," he said.

"But I'll probably just scrape it again," Felicity replied honestly. "Isn't it better to just leave me with one set of rims and I'll pay to replace the rims when the car is returned to the company?"

Oliver shook his head firmly. "No. I'm going to get the rims protected by some decent looking hub caps. Your car will be back by four," he promised her.

"But I need to head across to Palmer Tech this afternoon," she told him.

"I'm sure Ray can survive one afternoon with you," Oliver said seriously holding out his hand for the keys.

Felicity rolled her eyes and handed him the keys. She had no time to argue over something as trivial as rims.

That night when Felicity walked to her car there was indeed a nice looking set of hub caps on her car but in the middle of the hub caps there were a bunch of letters that distinctly spelt, FANGIRL. Oh she was so going to kill that JERK!

An: Thanks for reading. If anyone is wondering, the dresses that Thea bought were for Oliver not Cooper to see Felicity in. And yes she purposely tried to put Felicity in a dress that wasn't very attractive to turn Cooper off.