After the incident, they both went their separate ways. He had gym while she had AP theory. That day in gym, they were doing an exercise called the salmon ladder. The next time they would see each other was at lunch.
Oliver walked into the courtyard expecting to meet Felicity for lunch, but Felicity was nowhere to be seen. He noticed a large crowd starting to converge on one end of the courtyard. He walked over to see what was going on. He was shocked at what he saw next.
It was Felicity. She was in dire trouble. The school bully, Slade Wilson, was about to punch Felicity. He was picking on her for being the shortest person in the entire school. Then Oliver's fight or flight response started to kick in.
Oliver stepped into the circle. He made sure Felicity was okay first. Then his friend, Roy, took Felicity out of the way. He, Oliver, was going to take on the school bully. Felicity could not bear to watch. Edward was much larger than Oliver was.
Oliver, only about 6'1, was going to take on Slade who was over 6'5. She was afraid for his safety. He towered over 4" above Oliver. But Oliver was very fit and he was very nimble and agile. But on the other hand, Slade was much more muscularly built them Oliver
Slade threw the first punch; hitting Oliver squared in the nose. It connected so hard, that Oliver's nose instantly started to bleed crimson red. But, Oliver stood his ground. After Slade jabbed Oliver in the nose, Oliver decided to defend himself by hitting back and protecting himself. It's almost like he knew what Slade was already going to do, and he would counteract every single move, like he could sense it.
Felicity went running to the nearest teacher's classroom, screaming. "There is a fight in the courtyard and someone is hurt."
The teacher, Mr. Miller, followed Felicity out towards the fight.
"Slade James Wilson, Principal's office NOW!" he bellowed. Then he went over to Oliver and helped him to the nurse's office. Oliver is covered in blood. Right there, by his side, was Felicity. She was going with him to make sure nothing else would happen to him, essentially becoming his own personal escort and bodyguard.