So I have returned from the land of the dead aka school work. Arrow was amazing last night, huh? (Won't say anything in case you haven't seen it).
Anyway, I would like to thank all my amazing readers, billions of story followers and reviewers for being remarkable! Thanks once again to my beta reader akahazzap. She writes olicity fanfiction as well (it's awesome)! And now I am beginning to sound I've won an Oscar with all my thank you's! Enjoy! (hopefully)
Oliver nervously kept on checking his phone throughout the night to see if Felicity had left him a message of any kind. He was desperately craving some sort of clarification that she was alright after the ordeal that he had put her through. Eventually, after a restless night, he received a text from Felicity at seven the next morning. Oliver responded within seconds asking her to meet at him at a specific factory in the Glades. For the remainder of the morning Oliver thought about what his meeting with Felicity was going to be like. After much thought he arrived at the factory an hour early, ready to face whatever Felicity had to say.
"Oliver. Oliver!" Felicity nervously called, suspiciously looking around the factory. She thought it was slightly strange for Oliver to have forwarded her this location to arrive at but assumed that it might have something to do with the Arrow's secret operation base.
"Hey," Oliver said, climbing up a dilapidated staircase. Felicity would have been surprised at how Oliver had suddenly appear but he was the Hood after all.
"If this is the arrowcave, then I'm very unimpressed. I was expecting a secret lair under your house with cool lights and technology. You know Batman style." Oliver stared at her blankly. "Instead all I get is this run down old factory in the Glades." Oliver laughed which shocked Felicity, because she hardly thought that the vigilante and the man that had spent five years away from civilisation could possibly find her amusing.
"It's not called the arrow cave," Oliver gently growled, switching back to his serious self. He led her down the stairs. "Welcome to the Foundry Felicity Smoak."
Oliver pulled down the lever and the dim lights flickered on to reveal a dingy room. Technology sat on these steel tables which were almost 'centuries' old. Felicity tutted and narrowed her eyes.
"What is it?" Oliver worriedly asked, his eyes scanning the room. He needed to optimise his chances of having Felicity join the team. She would be an invaluable asset as a computer hacker to him but she was also the person who he could be himself around. Oliver almost felt like he hadn't done any of the terrible things of the past five years when he was around Felicity. He knew that Felicity made him feel less damaged and more human. She was his lightness.
Felicity touched her glasses."Its just these computers look like they are from the eighties and NOT the good part like Madonna and leg warmers," Felicity replied. The state that the precious computers were in pained her soul.
"Does that mean that you are in?"
Oliver eagerly tried to guess what Felicity was thinking but she wasn't giving anything away.
Felicity crossed her arms in her ultimate serious tone. "I have three conditions. One, you don't kill anyone unless there is an innocent civilian about to die and you can't do anything about it. Two, you always discuss with me what you're going to do unless it is an emergency. And three, this is the arrowcave and you better start using its proper name."
"What kind of na-"
"There is no leniency," Felicity firmly said. "You can either accept or decline my proposal, Mr Vigilante."
Oliver sighed, shaking his head slightly and a small grin appeared on his face. Felicity might have initially just been one mega smart and adorable IT girl, but now she was turning out to be so much more than that. However, Oliver's face suddenly fell. "I'm sorry but I'm going to have to..." He paused for a moment, dramatically. He could at least try to be funny as well. "...accept you're proposal. Partners?" Oliver held out his hand for Felicity to shake.
"Partners," Felicity agreed, firmly shaking his hand. They just stood there for a moment, pondering on what was going to happen now that they were working together. Eventually, Felicity turned towards the computers trying to figure out what needed replace and upgraded- quite frankly all of it did. Even the browser needed to be upgraded for quicker Internet access.
"If I gave you a million dollars, would that be a sufficient sum to sort this place out?" Oliver asked.
"A million dollars," Felicity incredulously repeated. That was over five times the price of her apartment and, yet, Oliver said it so casually as if he spent that much money every second day. This left Felicity speechless which was a very rare occurrence.
Keen to move on, Oliver brought up an article about Martin Somers onto one of the computer screens. "If you're not too busy, Felicity, I would also like you to find everything you can on Martin Somers. I think he may be participating in illegal drug trades with the Triad."
Felicity looked at him blankly. "The Triad?"
"The Chinese mob. I've had previous encounters with their dealings and their leader- China White," Oliver explained.
"Was that when you were 'on' the island?" Felicity asked. It seemed like an age ago since she had first met Oliver in Starling City and still wasn't completely sure why he hadn't told anyone that he was alive this five years ago. Oliver was still an enigmatic figure in her eyes and Felicity wasn't too sure how long it would take her to figure him out, if she ever did.
"Yes it was," Oliver murmured. It was obvious that he still wasn't ready to talk about the island and his experiences of the last five years, not even to her. She would need to give him more time. "I have to go and be legally resurrected. Will you be okay?" Oliver asked worriedly placed his hand on her shoulder and surveyed her closely.
"Yes," Felicity murmured, enjoying his touch far too much. Even if he was the vigilante he was mega hot! "Do they actually resurrect people on a Saturday morning?"
"Apparently they do! Although I've never heard of anybody else being resurrected before. You could come with me if you would like?" Oliver almost felt like swearing; the words had somehow tumbled out of his mouth. Never before had he experienced losing control of his speech like this and Oliver was half mortified at what he had just asked her.
"Oliver, no offence, but if I walked into court with you and your family, my private life would be over," Felicity pointed out. Oliver knew that she would obviously decline to be honest he wasn't even sure what had compelled him to ask her in the first place.
"You're right," Oliver unemotionally replied.
"Why does something give me a feeling that you don't say that very often?"
"Sorry. I don't know what I was thinking. I'll see you tonight, won't I?"
Oliver's response was slightly stunted making Felicity realise that he was concerned about what he had previously asked her. Of course, Felicity was used to saying things without thinking about them and empathised with him. "It's okay my head to mouth filter is even more dysfunctional. Sometimes I even wish that I couldn't speak its that embarrassing." Felicity paused. She didn't really know Oliver that well and yet she was for some reason unknown to her telling him personal details about herself. "And yes you will see me tonight. And if you are extra lucky the arrowcave will be transformed!"
"Oh umm... And Felicity could you take clothes suitable for self defence lesson next time? They come for free as part of the Starling City Vigilante team join up pack." Felicity opened her mouth to protest at this which had come out of nowhere, but Oliver cut her off. "They're compulsory. You need them Felicity. Yesterday, when I semi attacked you and pinned you against the wall, you couldn't do anything to protect yourself. You need to learn basic self protection."
Felicity shook her head in exasperation, after Oliver left. "And it hasn't even taken fifteen minutes for me to regret joining this crusade. Bring it on."
Next time on You're Cute- Olicity self defence classes and mega flirting
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