The next day at work was long and boring. On the bright side, I did not receive one text pr phone call from team arrow all morning. The afternoon was a completely different story. The caller was also not who I was expecting. It was Laurel. I debated not answering but I didn't want her to just drop by here and also it could be something to do with a mission.
"Hello, Laurel"
"Hi, Felicity, how are you?"
"I'm fine, and you?"
"So far so good. I was actually calling to see if you could help me. I am in the lair and trying to do some research for Oliver but I am having trouble finding the information he needs. He wants me to get a list together of everyone that was robbed and see if there is a connection between any of them. Can you help point me in the right direction?"
At the end of her story, I was beyond mad. I was furious. Research and tech is my job. Now he is giving that to her? What the hell? Is he trying to get me to leave all together? Maybe that's it. He will not need me anymore if Laurel can do my job. Then he and his girlfriend can spend all their time together. Not like they do not already or anything. I was so busy ranting in my head that I forgot about Laurel until I could hear her calling my name.
"Felicity, hello, are you still there?"
"Yes, I am still here. All you have to do is type in all the names of the victims into the screen on your right. I have a program on that screen which will check for connections." Let her do my job. As much as I love, working for team arrow maybe it is time for me to pull back. Teach Laurel the ropes and let her have my job. I need to move on anyways.
"Thank you so much Felicity. That will help a lot. I want Oliver to be happy with me when he gets back from lunch Walter. Of course, he invited me along but I thought that it would be nice for those two to catch up. Anyways, got to go. Bye."
Of course, Oliver would invite her to lunch with Walter. She is his girlfriend while I am merely his it person. In addition, from the looks of things not even that for long. Well this day just got better. Never mind that Walter is a close friend of mine and I did everything in my power to help find him. Who cares right?
The restaurant Walter picked was one of the better ones I had been to in a while. I sure am glad that he is paying. In the last few months, the only time I have to spend with Walter was when Laurel was with me and we were discussing Queen Consolidated. It is so nice to be out without Laurel.
"So, how have you been Oliver? Still holding up well I hope?"
"I am doing great. In addition, thanks to you I might get my company back soon. Again, thank you so much for helping me with this. You have always been a great friend. I am not the only one who thinks that. Felicity thinks you are great too."
"How is Felicity doing by the way? I have not seen much of her lately. You are spending all your time with Laurel. I thought for sure that you would bring her along to these talks. She has been helpful to you in the past and will always be, at least in my mind, your right hand man. Or woman in this case."
I was a little taken back by the question. When was the last time I brought Felicity along with me to meet Walter about Q Consolidated? I could not remember the last time. Has it really been that long? I always use to consult her on stuff having to do with my company. Walter is right, I rely on her for everything, at least I use to. I remember when that all changed. The night Slade Wilson died. The night I told Felicity, I loved her. She will never know how true those words were. Since that night she has kept a distance between us. I was actually hoping to move forward with her. I am finally ready to be with someone I care about. To this day, it still scares me how much danger she was in but she was the only one I could trust to inject Slade. Laurel would have freaked out and messed the whole thing up. I still have not told Felicity how proud I am of her. I have been trying to give her space. Maybe that should stop.
"Oliver?"
"Oliver?"
"Yes, Walter, sorry I was thinking about Felicity and what you said."
Walter got this knowing look in his eyes and smiled. I know that he likes Felicity too, She helped him with some research of his own.
"Has it really been that long since I brought her with me to one of our meetings?"
"Yes, it has. Laurel is always with you. I mean I know that she is trying to help you with the legal part but Felicity could probably help with that aspect as well. Our girl is very smart after all."
"Yes she is. That is one of the things I love most about her."
"Perhaps you could bring her to the gala tonight. I would love to see her and I am sure that she could add in a few things that we missed."
"That's a great idea Walter. I will ask her this afternoon when I see her."
"Excellent. Let's eat before I shrivel away to nothing."