Thank you: B.O.B Rules, misscarlatti713, LM233, The-Originals-Rock and HockyHotties1187 for your wonderful reviews on the last chapter and to all who followed my story, so glad you liked it :)
This chapter should be fairly long for you guy's :)
missscarlatti713 to answer your questions: Yes he'll win her over might be this chapter...might be next chapter but i'll try and surprise you ;) and as for Ally finding out about Oliver being Arrow that won't be for a good few chapters to come but she'll click eventually...
Anyway enjoy
Chapter 5.
Ally was in the middle of sorting out her office, while researching some people to interview for the next day's paper. She moved things around while cleaning her desk until the door was chapped and opened revealing a small petite blonde.
"Miss Grayson?" she asked.
"Yes Jenny?" She asked looking up with a smile.
"Mr Watson would like to see you in his office" She said smiling back at her. "Something about a new project"
"Ah, okay" Ally replied "I'll be right there"
Ally looked to the clock seeing it was 11:45 and she knew that Oliver had arranged for lunch at 12, this project meeting better be quick...wait...what? She shook her head and grabbed her cup of coffee and quickly drank the rest and then left her office, heading to the Boss'. She chapped and went in putting her arms behind her back.
"Ah, Ally good to see you have a seat"
She gave a smile and walked over to sit down, she placed her hands in her lap and waited until he was ready.
"I was just wondering if you would be able to do an interview for me"
"Of course sir" She said "With who?"
"Oliver Queen, I called him half an hour ago and asked if that would be okay, he seemed determind that you do it"
She almost rolled her eyes "He did...why?"
"He didn't say, he just asked if you could be the interviewr"
"Right" Ally nodded "I'll do it"
"Thank you, here" he said handing her a sheet of questions she glanced down at them.
"What if he doesn't want to answer any of these? They are pretty personal sir" She said.
"Well if he doesn't want to answer them, then you try and force them out"
"But Sir-" She began and he cut her off by leaning over the desk towards her.
"Force, Ally force"
"I know Oliver Queen and force isn't something that works on him" She said.
"Well you better try or you're out of a job" He said sternly.
She stared at him, wide eyed and gave her a snidey smile.
"Thank you for your time" he said and waved her off.
She wanted to punch his fat face, she hated him...no despied him always had, she still didn't know to this day what made her take the job...something to do with her father being friends with him. She rolled her eyes and walked back into her office and put the paper down, but then picked it back up again and folded it, shoving it into her jacket pocket, she'd have to force him to answer the questions. She rubbed her forehead, these were personal questions that Oliver might not want to answer...but she'd lose her job.
She grabbed her jacket and walked out her office, just as Oliver was about to knock on the door.
"Well I didn't expect you to be ready"
She rolled her eyes "Shut up, I've been ready since seven this morning"
He smirked and then the two walked out, ignoring the whisperes behind them.
When the two got to the resteraunt, Ally bit her lip and then put her hand in her pocket.
"You demanded that I interview you?" She asked quizically.
"Well it was either you or someone I don't know"
She looked down at the paper and then slid it across the table, he raised an eyebrow at her.
"What's this?"
"The questions he wants me to ask" She said folding her arms.
His blue eyes scanned over the paper and he then glanced up at her seeing her lips were pursed.
"I...uh" He stammered.
"You don't have to answer them, I understand that they're too personal to answer" She said.
What the hell are you doing Ally?
She screamed internally to herself.
"Are you sure?" he asked. "I mean-"
"No if you don't want to answer them then that's fine, just answer the ones you want to answer" She nodded. "But we don't need to worry about it now, later" She said and she leaned over the table, taking the paper back from him and putting it back in her pocket.
She glanced back over at him to see that he was smiling at her, she gave a half assed smile back until the waiter came and ruined the moment.
The two had ordered their lunch and were in the middle of eating it.
"Listen, I wanted to fully apologize for the way I acted last night it was unacepptable" Oliver said.
"It's fine"
"It's not-"
"It is Oliver, if I was still mad I wouldn't be here" She nodded.
"Right"
"So tell me" She said "Why are you trying so hard to be my friend"
"I've told you" He answered "because I need to be able to trust someone"
"What abotu Laurel?" Ally asked.
"She's with Tommy" He said.
"You still love her though...right?" Ally asked.
He hesitated before answering "There is that part of me that will always love her, but she's with Tommy and the two of them deserve to be happy"
"Very mature of you, who would've thought" She laughed.
"Shut up" He said back with a grin. "So how are we going to do this interview?"
"Uh...I can cook dinner tonight if you want...saves you having to pay anymore" She nodded.
"I'd be happy to pay" He said with raised eyebrows.
"Well I'm not" She said making a face finishing the salad she'd been eating.
"As long as you can cook"
"of course I can cook" She said in mock astonishment.
"I've heard that before"
She laughed "I'm an amazing cook, take after my mother in that sense"
"Well we'll see, what do you plan on cooking"
"I'll think of something" she nodded "I'll suprise you"
He laughed and shook his head "Let's hope it's good"
"you're pushing it Queen" She smirked.
-AFTER LUNCH-
When Ally had gone back to her office, some of the girl's she worked with were huddled around the coffee machine.
"Ally!" One asked.
"Yeah?" She asked.
"Did Oliver Queen really take you out? Or are we imagining things?"
Ally sighed "He took me out"
The girl's squealed causing Ally to cringe "Oh my god...we thought you hated him" The blonde said.
"I didn't say I hated him...I said I disliked him" She nodded.
"But he took you out to lunch...OLIVER QUEEN took you out to lunch" The red haired girl grinned.
"Yeah? So?"
"Is there something we should know?" She asked.
"Um no" Ally said "business lunch" she lied.
"Liar" The brunette said.
"Listen, he just needs a friend" Ally said.
"I could be his friend" The blonde said dreamily.
Ally couldn't ignore the pang of jealousy that struck her as soon as the girl had uttered the words. She sighed before turning and going to her office. She shut the door over and sat down on her chair...why did she feel jealous? That was something Ally wasn't very fimiliar with considering she'd never really had many boyfriends and that was just it...Oliver wasn't even her boyfriend.
She shook her head and went onto the computer, finding an email.
To: Allison Grayson
From: Oliver Queen
Subject: Cooking
Ally, I was thinking maybe , since we were talking about it earlier, that I should test your cooking skills with my own. See who the better cook is.
Oliver.
Really? He'd just left her not that long ago and She laughed out loud "Seriously?" She asked herself, he wanted a cooking contest? he was such a child. She began typing back.
To: Oliver Queen
From: Allison Grayson
Subject: Children.
Oliver, you want a cooking contest? What are you twelve? But if that's what you want then you better be prepared for disappointment because nobody can beat my cooking.
Ally.
She began working when her email box lit up and she rolled her eyes with a smile.
To: Allison Grayson
From: Oliver Queen
Subject: You wish.
You can't be serious? I think it should be you who should be prepared for disappointment because I can cook just as well as you.
Ally scoffed and began typing back.
To: Oliver Queen
From: Allison Grayson
Subject: Please
Let's not exagerate here Oliver. Well if that's what you want, then fine. But you've been warned.
She shook her head and began working again and no more than five minutes later she got a reply.
To: Allison Grayson
From: Oliver Queen
Subject: Okay, then.
I'm not exaggerating anything Ally. I'll prove you wrong, but we'll see.
Ally rolled her eyes and closed the e-mail and tried to finish off her work.
Ally was moving around her kitchen when her door was chapped, she smirked and went to answer it, she opened it seeing Oliver. He grinned at her and she shook her head and let him in.
"Let's see your cooking skills"
"You're early" She replied "It's only five"
"Better to get an early dinner" He said.
She laughed "Loser" She said stalking past him and going into the kitchen.
He followed her in and took off his jacket.
"You're not gonna run out on me are you? Like halfway through the night?"
"No" He said shaking his head "No important phone calls...but after we could always go to the club, see how Tommy is doing"
"Right, sounds good" She nodded.
"Let's get started"
The two were cooking different foods and talking amongst themselves. Ally was determind to cook the main meal, which had been an chicken risotto and Oliver had decided to make a cheesy sauce with pasta, to Ally it smelled good.
The two turned, almost banging into each other and Ally slipped, but somehow Oliver managed to catch her before she fell on her backside. He smiled down at her, causing her to blush but she smiled back. He moved so she was back on her feet and she brushed a strand of hair behind her ear.
"Mine is ready" oliver said.
"So is mine" She nodded and turned to look at him, he seemed to be smiling alot when ever he was with her but that went past Ally unnoticed. She served out the chicken risotto on a plate and Oliver did the same with his two sat across from each other in the small dining room and Ally smirked.
"You first" he said motioning towards the pasta.
She laughed and took a fork full of it and popped it into her mouth, she ate it before trying not to make a sound because it was better than she thought it would be.
"Well?" he asked waiting on her reply.
"it's...okay" She replied.
He scowled at her and she laughed.
"Okay..it's better than okay, it's good..."
He raised an eyebrow and folded his arms.
"Okay fine" She huffed "It's amazing"
He finally cracked a smile and then took a spoonful of the chicken risotto, he made a face and Ally wasn't sure if it was a good face or a bad face. She folded her arms and sat back waiting on his answer.
"it's uh...it's ok" he said, clearly trying to hide a smirk.
she rolled her eyes "Really?"
"Okay...it's better than okay" he was mocking her "it's...good"
She stared at him, cocking an eyebrow.
"Okay fine" he said with a smile "it's amazing"
She kicked his leg under the chair and he stared over at her with a grin.
"You're an ass"
"I get that alot"
She shook her head and the two continued eating, Ally had to admit...he was growing on her gradually.
Later the two were sitting in the living room, they had decided to go see Tommy at the club at nine. She was sitting with a bowl of ice cream in her hands, Oliver next to her with the same.
"So are you going to do this interview?" he asked.
"change of plans" She said and looked round at him "I have different questions"
"really?"
"Yeah" She nodded.
Though, this would more than likely end her carreer as a journalist, but she wasn't going to invade Oliver's private, personal thoughts because it was wrong.
"Well..when do you want to do it?"
"At the club...it should be about your carreer now and what it was like five years ago" she said glancing at him again.
"Are you sure?" he asked.
"Yeah, why?" She asked.
"Just wondering" he said shrugging.
She took a spoonfull of ice cream not noticing the the bit that had stuck itself to her nose, though Oliver noticed and he burst out laughing.
"What?" she asked raising her eyebrows at his sudden out burst.
He chuckled again before leaning forward and wiping the ice cream off with his finger, she stared at his finger and then at his face. She blushed scarlett before smirking "Shut up" but it was then that she realised that Oliver hadn't moved back an inch. The two were just staring at each other and before Ally could comprehend the situation she was now in,Oliver leaned in more and pressed his lips to hers softly.
It was another minute before she responded, and without thinking she kissed him back, much to Oliver's liking. The two were enwrapped in a passion filled kiss and Oliver, this time without thinking bit Ally's bottom lip and she gasped, allowing his tongue to enter her mouth. Their tongue's fought for dominance as they become more endulged in the kiss but it was the loud clatter that made the two gasp in surprise and pull back from each other.
The bowl that had sat in Ally's lap, had fallen to the floor and broken, she put a hand to her forehead before moving away completly from Oliver who scowled. They had been wrapped up in a perfect moment and the stupid bowl had ruined it for the both of them. He noticed how flushed Ally's face was and he stood next to her and helped her with the bowl.
She picked up the shards, to wrapped up in her thoughts to notice that she'd cut her hand and she took them through to her kitchen and put them in a bag before putting them into the bin. She rubbed her forehead with the cut hand and Oliver came in, and almost dropped his bowl.
"Ally!" He said quickly moving over to her.
"What?" she asked.
"You're bleeding!" he said and he rubbed her forehead but realised that the blood that was on her head wasn't coming from her head and he turned both her hands round. "your hand"
"it's fine" She nodded.
"let me" He said and he moved her over to the sink and ran it under the cold tap. He then proceeded to remove al the blood from her forehead.
His touch felt warm as he then fixed up her hand in a bandage and he then stared down at her as she stared down at the bandaged up hand but she finally looked up at him.
"I'm sorry" he said.
"For what?" She asked.
"Kissing you..it was totally-"
"Shut up" she growled and she pulled his shirt so that their lips met.
Oliver was now the one who was caught off guard but he kissed back regardless, glad that she wasn't mad at him for kissing her in the first place. He cupped her face with his hands and she held onto his hands as they became, yet again endulged in the kiss they were now wrapped up in.
When they pulled back after a few minutes, the seemed to be in a daze and Oliver glanced at Ally's face and she did the same and their eyes met. She ran her tongue over her lips and then shook her head "We should go to the club" She said before they even began to discuss the kiss that was a surprise to both of them.
"yeah" Oliver nodded.
The two headed out and went to the club, not talking about their kiss, even though it was all either could think about.
At the club, Ally had went into Oliver's office with him and they'd spoken about what he was like five years ago in business and what he was like in business now. When the two had done, just as they were about to talk, Diggle came in the room, stopping short when he seen Ally.
"Sorr to interuppt sir" He said to Oliver.
"it's alright Diggle, come on in"
"I better head home" She said.
"Do you want a lift?" Oliver asked.
"No, it's fine" She said "Thanks" I need air!
"See you later" Oliver said.
"Bye" She smiled softly before leaving the room and heading down the stairs, she bid her goodbyes to Tommy who had given her a quick hug and she walked out of the club, not knowing of the figure following her down the street. She turned a corner and was grabbed. She let out a scream but a hand clamped down over her mouth roughly.
"Keep y'er mouth shut and you won't die bitch" A gruff voice said.
She squirmed under the man's touch and tried elbowing him, but it didn't seem to have any effect on him and he shoved her forward so that she was against the wall. Should've taken the lift Oliver offered...She huffed to herself but that was the least of her worries because she heard something clattering, she tried to turn her head but the man behind her pressed her harder against the wall and it was then that she realised he was trying to unbuckle his belt.
She let out a muffled cry and snapped her head back, hitting the man's face with force and he fell back onto the ground. She went to run but he kicked her leg and she fell onto the ground, much like she had the last time she'd been chased by the three men. She felt herself being picked up and dragged further back up the alleyway and she kicked, tried elbowing but nothing worked.
Tears were forming in her eyes as she struggled against the man holding her, he was strong she'd give him that but he was getting absolutly nothing from her. She thought of Oliver for a split second, again wishing that she'd accepted the lift home. Her long brown hair was pulled and she could feel breath on the back of her neck. She tried screaming again but the dirty hand clamped down on her mouth so she took her best chances by biting him.
He let out a yelp and she fell forward again, getting up and turning to face him, he moved forward into the light and she squinted but then found a fist had connected with her face and she fell flat on her back. She looked up at the man, his dirty face was telling her he was a homeless man...either that or he hadn't washed in a good few days.
"Stop strugglin' bitch" he spat at her.
He moved above her and Ally felt herself going to throw up, her heart was hammering in her chest and he leaned down towards her, and went to kiss her neck but he fought against it and picked her up roughly by the arms, Ally knew for a fact that there were going to be bruises in the morning and she was banged against the wall. Her head connected with it, leaving her dazed and confused.
The next thing she heard was a wooshing sound and managed to turn her head, to see an arrow sticking out of the wall beside where her head was. She was still dazed but now aware of what was going on, the man was yanked back into the dark ally and she frowned, sliding down the wall. She could hear the grunts and yelps of pain before a figure moved out of the darkness.
"Are you okay?" The voice asked.
"Uh.." She began not sure how to answer it.
"Come on" the voice said moving in front of her.
It was then that she seen the emerald coloured hood, hiding the man's face. The vigilante had just saved her again.
"You keep saving me" she said.
"I couldn't let you get hurt"
His voice...she raised her eyebrows "Why do you sound so fimiliar?" She asked.
He didn't answer her as he picked her up and helped her to her feet.
"I asked you a question" She said again after a minute.
"Because I've saved you before" His voice was gruff. Almost like...Oliver's. Her eyes widened and she tried to see his face but he moved his face from her view.
"Oliver?" she asked confused.
"What?" he asked. There was a hint of shock in his voice but he quickly composed it "You're just dazed"
"Then let me see" She tried and went to push back the hood but he grabbed her wrist and moved it back down to her side. She stared at him but her vision was becoming blurry. "I...I can't see straight" She said.
"Exactly" he said and he picked her up.
"Put me down...I can walk" She said in a huffy tone.
"Shhh" He muttered.
She still couldn't see his face because of the darkness and then everything was all the more darker because she couldn't see anything.
When she opened her eyes, Ally squinted into the light and could hear a voice above her.
"Ally? Ally can you hear me?" A voice said.
She turned her head slightly after opening her eyes properly to see Laurel.
"Laurel?" She asked, her voice groggy.
"Hey" She said "thought I'd lost you for a minute there"
"Where am I?"
"In bed..." She said.
"What are you doing here?" Ally asked sitting up.
"Oliver called...he said he'd found you unconcious near the club, didn't know what happened to you"
Ally narrowed her eyes "He saved me"
"Who did?" She asked.
"The guy...guy with the hood Vigilante" she said rubbing her forehead.
"he did?" Laurel asked.
"yeah...came out of nowhere" Ally said. "time is it?"
"Eight" She said "in the morning"
"I need to get ready for work" Ally said trying to clamber out of the bed but Laurel stopped her.
"I called..said you'd be in late" laurel said "Mr Watson was okay with that"
Ally sighed "I need to get ready" She said and Laurel let her clamber out of the bed. She moved into the bathroom and instantly spotted the dark bruise on her left cheek. She flinched when she touched it.
"What happened to you?" Laurel asked.
"I...was grabbed" She said "I don't know who by but...I put up my best fight"
"You always do" laurel laughed.
"And then...when things got worse than they already were..the vigilante came out of nowhere...saved me"
"Wow..." laurel said "He saved me too...remember?"
"Yeah I remember" Ally said she yawned. God I hurt.
"I'll head, if you need anything you call me" Laurel said "Okay"
"Okay" Ally nodded and when laurel left she got in the shower.
She could've sworn it was Oliver under that hood...but then again she'd smashed her head twice so maybe she was just imagining things. She stepped in the shower and let the hot water run over her, wincing when it stung her cheek and her back.
When she got out she quickly but carefully got dressed and headed to work, she remembered about the interview with Oliver...and how pissed her boss was gonna be. She went into the building and straight into her office.
Ally hadn't been bothered all day, so she just worked and then by the time it was time for her to go home, Mr. Watson stepped into her office.
"Did you get the interview?" He asked rasing his eyebrows.
"uh..sure" She said and she handed him the paper.
He eyeballed it for a minute before looking at her angrily. "this is not what I asked for"
"I know that sir but I couldn't pry into his personal life" She said folding her arms.
"Well this is not what I asked for, I'm only going to give you one more chance to get what I asked for"
"No" She said sternly "I wont do that"
"That's what journalists do Allison" he said "Your father will be disappointed in you"
"Well I don't care what my father says, nobody needs to know what happened to Oliver Queen on that island, it isn't anyone's business but his own" She said her eyes fluttering around the room.
Mr. Watson's eyes narrowed and his nostril's flared angrily and he stepped forward "You better get your stuff together and get out of my building, because you're fired"
He turned on his heel and walked out of the office, Ally stared after him, her refusal to do what she was told had just cost her, her job. She sighed angrily and stomped around the office before shoving things into a box.
She waited until she knew people had left the building before she left, she threw her stuff into the backseat of her car and slinked into the passangerside. Now what was she supposed to do? He had been right...her dad would be disappointed at her but she didn't care much.
She drove home and sat in the car for another five minutes before her phone rang.
"Hello?" She asked her voice thick.
"Hey" Laurel's voice said. "How are you"
"I just got fired" She said in a deadpan voice.
"Wait...what?"
"Yeah...he just fired me"
"Why the hell would he do that?!" Laurel demaned into the phone.
"Because of an interview I had to do...it was an interview with Oliver...and he wanted to know personal questions about Oliver's time on the island...and you know what I'm like when it comes to personal stuff Larurel" Ally said.
"Yeah and.."
"He asked me to do it and I said no...so he fired me"
"That dick" she snapped. "I gotta go, I'll call you back later"
"Okay" Ally replied and she hung up, and went into the house and sunk into the couch.
A while later, just as she was drifting off the door went, she stood up and quickly opened to door revealing an angry looking Oliver.
"Hey" he said.
"Hi" She replied. "Come in"
He nodded and she let him in and he stood in the hallway just a few feet from her.
"Why didn't you tell me?" he asked.
"tell you what?"
"That you were going to get fired" He said.
"It was just...I didn't want to pry"
"You lost your job" He said raising his eyebrows. "A job is more important than prying into someone's personal life "
"Look, I get that you're mad..I don't see why-"
"Because it's because of me that you fired Ally" he said.
"No it's my own fault, I didn't do as I was asked" Ally said.
He cupped her face so fast she didn't see it coming "This happened because of me...why didn't you just ask me the questions instead of being so stubborn"
She didn't know how to answer him but eventually she did "I didn't want to intrude in anything...I hate when people do it to me...and you were alone for..."
She didn't get to finish because he smashed his lips to hers, this felt different than the night before this seemed alot more lust filled than it had before. He pulled back and stared at her for a minute.
"You should've told me"
"it's fine" She said breathlessly.
"it's not fine" He said stubbornly "you got fired"
"You don't need to keep saying it" Ally said with a frown.
"I know...but this is my fault"
"It really isn't" She said shaking her head.
"It's my fault, you should just have asked the stupid questions instead of lying and saying you changed them"
"Well tell me then" She said calling his bluff.
"What?" he asked confused.
"Tell me about it"
"I-" he stammered.
"Exactly...see that's why I didn't want to ask" she said "it has nothing to do with me"
He frowned and then stared at her face "Look at that"
"What?"
"That bruise...I completley forgot about last night" he said "I should've taken you home"
"It's fine, I'm fine don't worry about it" She said.
"You got hurt because of me...and you got fired because of me...wow I'm such a great guy"
"Oliver" She sighed "It's not your fault alright? none of it...just forget it ever happened"
"I can't" he said.
She then frowned remembering something "You said you found me"
"I did" He nodded.
"Where"
"The alley next to the club "Why?"
"I was sure...that...the vigilante...he...I was sure that it was you"
"me what?" He asked.
"under that hood"
"Well you're mistaken, I was in the club with Diggle"
"I know that...I just...I think I hit my head harder than I thought"
He nodded and pulled back from her "I'm gonna help you out" He pulled out a book.
"No...no Oliver put it away" She snapped pushing the book down "I don't need your money"
"What are you-"
"I'll be fine, ok?" She said raising her eyebrows "I don't need your charity"
"Im not..." He began but she cut him off.
"I don't need your money, I'll be fine, I'll look for another job"
"What if...what if you worked at the club with Tommy"
"No it's fine, I can find my own-"
"It's the least I could do"
"No Oliver, it's fine" She said shaking her head "I swear I can find my own job"
It was then that it hit her, that she'd been fired. She seemed to go into a daze which began to worry Oliver.
"Ally?" He asked.
She didn't answer so he shook her shoulder's lightly, knowing that her back probably still hurt. He'd completly checked her over before even calling anyone.
"Ally"
"What?" She asked coming out of the daze.
"You alright?" he asked.
"What...yeah, yeah...I'm fine"
She didn't look fine...she looked as though she could cry. Oliver sighed and pulled her into his chest and hugge for a minute, knowing what he was going to do when he left here. Ally seemed to be frozen against him, not being able to move. Oliver then pulled back and stared down at her.
"Get some rest" he said.
She nodded not answering.
"I'll come see you tomorrow or something" He said.
"Yeah...that uh...would be nice"
He smirked "Never thought I'd hear you say that"
She laughed slightly before looking up at him "Shut up"
He gave her a quick kiss before leaving the house and shutting the door, Ally traced her lips with her hands.
Oh. My. God. Never in a million years did she think she'd fall victim to Oliver Queen's good looks, and his witty charm and yet here she was...and she was falling for every single bit of it...