Chapter 4

Felicity was excited that Sara was coming home early, she needed a girl to talk to in her life, but she didn't want to tell the boys about Sara, she thought that she would surprise them after she picks her up from the airport at 6 tonight.

She had a normal day at work and she left at 5:30 and headed straight for the airport, she had already text the boys and let them know that she was going to be getting to the foundry a little later than usual.

She stood in the airport at the bottom of the escalators waiting to see her blonde friend come down them. She was checking her phone when she heard a familiar whistle; it was Sara's canary whistle.

She looked up from her phone and saw Sara running towards her as she jumped off the escalators. She ran in Felicity's embrace and they stayed like that for a while.

'I missed you so much Sara' she whispered as they continued to hug.

'Ditto' Sara then pulled away and looked her straight in the eye. 'Now you gotta tell me what ups, we need a proper catch up'

'I know, but not here. I thought we could go and get a Big Belly Burger and then talk there and then I was going to take you to the foundry to surprise the boys'

'Sounds like a plan, let's go' she smiled and Felicity helped her pick up her suitcases.

It took them about 20 minutes to get some food and they sat in their usual booth.

'So what happened with Oliver?' Felicity loved how Sara was always straight to the point.

'I just realised that I'm still in love with him, and I don't know what to do about it' that was the truth; she just left out the part about the new girlfriend. She didn't want to be the pathetic girl that spreads the news so she thought that hopefully Oliver would tell her for her.

'Tell him how you feel' Sara just finished the last part of her burger before she spoke.

'I did, it didn't go down as planned' felicity put what was left of her burger back on the tray and pushed it away.

'I'm sorry Felicity, I'm sure he will come to his senses'

Felicity smiled and then they left Big Belly Burger and headed for the foundry. When they got there Felicity typed in her code and then headed down the steps and heard the three boys talking. Sara hid behind her and as she got to the bottom of the steps she spoke.

'Boys, I have a little surprise for you, well it's not really little' she laughed and the boys looked confused until she jump to the right which showed Sara standing there with a big goofy smile on her face.

'Surprise' she said as she walked over and hugged each member of team arrow. Afterwards Roy and Dig moved over to the mats to spar whilst Felicity moved to her computers to run some checks, leaving Oliver and Sara moving to the other side of the foundry to chat so the others couldn't hear.

'What are you doing here?'

'Visiting until after New Year' she smiled and he returned it.

'Well we are happy you are back. Have you seen Laurel or your father yet?'

'Not yet I am going to ring them and see if they want to go dinner tomorrow night'

'You know that Laurel won't be happy about you not seeing her tonight, or even letting her know that you're coming to town'

'I know but I'm staying at Felicity's and Nyssa is coming next week and she really needs me tonight so Laurel can wait'

'What do you mean Felicity needs you?'

'She needs a friend to talk to right now'

'I'm her friend' he looked sad as he spoke. He properly thought that Felicity didn't want to talk to him.

'She needs a female friend to talk to right now, there is something wrong with her and I need to get to the bottom of it' she patted him on the chest before moving past him but the hand on her wrist stopped her from going far.

'Take care of her' Sara nodded and then walked over to where Felicity was sat and then moved to sit next to her.

Oliver then moved over to where they were sat and pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Felicity.

'Sophie asked to give to you so you could call her about that lunch'

Felicity froze. Shit. Well Sara was about to find out what was wrong with her.

'Who is Sophie?' she heard Oliver's sharp intake of breath as she spoke.

'Sophie is my girlfriend'

'Woah, when were you going to tell me about her?' she raised an eyebrow and Oliver closed his eyes.

'I thought that Felicity might have told you' Felicity jumped in pretty quickly after he said that.

'Why would I do that? She is your girlfriend; it's your job to tell your exes not mine' Felicity stood and took the piece of paper from the desk and put it in her purse.

'Tell Sophie that I will call her tonight, I just got to go home and sort Sara and Nyssa's room out' she waved the piece of paper in the air as she started to walk to the stairs.

He nodded and looked at Sara who was giving him a very evil look right now.

'I will leave you two to talk, Sara I will be in the car' felicity walked out of the foundry leaving just Sara and Oliver. Dig and Roy had left long ago.

'Ok, I will only be a minute' Sara called before felicity reached the top of the stairs.

'You're kidding me right?! I thought you had feelings for Felicity? That's one the reason I broke up with you was because I saw that you and her had such a good connection'

'Yeah and I told her I loved her and then she left!'

'How was she supposed to know that you meant it when you never told her? She still thinks that it was a ruse to fool Slade'

'She thought that I didn't mean it?' he looked quite shocked. Sara nodded and he rubbed his hands over his face.

'I'm going to go and meet Felicity, I will see you tomorrow'

She left the foundry and headed to meet Felicity by her car. They got to felicity's apartment and Sara took a seat on the couch whilst Felicity went to her kitchen and returned with red wine, two glasses and a pint of mint chip with two spoons.

'Why didn't you tell me that he had a girlfriend?'

'I was going to tell you when we went to Big Belly Burger, but I chickened out. I thought it would sound bitchy and desperate coming from me, he needed to be the one to tell you' with that she poured them both a glass of wine and hopped straight into the ice cream.

'I understand, what happened the night you came back?'

'I saw them making out in verdant and ran away, Roy found me and then we talked and headed back to the foundry, I told Oliver how I felt the night after I came home'

'I don't think that it will last long, I have seen the way he looks at you and he has never and never will look at anyone else that way'

'How come I am the only one that cannot see this look? Roy said he has seen it too and anyway I don't stand a chance against her, trust me you will see why when you meet her'

'But you have something she doesn't; you have his trust which is very hard to gain after what he has been through the past 7 years'

'I know but she has something I don't; she has him' she looked down and Sara moved next to her on the couch and hugged her and she started to cry.

'Sara I need to move on, I can't be the girl that waits around forever'

'I know, I'm just glad I'm here so I can help you through it'

After an hour of her eating her feelings with ice cream Felicity rang Sophie and organised lunch with her for the next day with Sara. Oliver had talked about Sara so Sophie was insistent on meeting her as well. Lunch was booked for 1 at a café near QC. This was going to be fun.