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The next morning Alex woke up tired and sore. She almost went back to sleep but then she saw the time on her clock. It read 9:02. Roy had told her last night that Thea would meet her at 9:30 that morning. Alex cursed under her breath as she climbed out of bed and realized she didn't have enough time to eat breakfast, much less take a shower. Well, she thought, rummaging through her dresser for a nice shirt, there isn't much I can do about it now.

A minute later her phone rang. She checked the caller ID and picked it up when she saw that Roy was calling.

"What?" She put him on speaker and pulled one of her socks on.

"Are you on your way?" Roy asked over the phone.

"I'm almost ready to head out the door," Alex replied, yanking the other sock on and reaching for her shoes.

"Almost? You should be halfway there by now," Roy said.

"I know," she stood up and open her door. "I'm leaving my apartment right now. I should be able to make it in time."

"Well, hurry. Thea will probably give you the job but you should try to make a good first impression anyway."

"I know! I'm hurrying. I just didn't get a lot of sleep last night. I can't run and talk; see you later."

"Okay, bye."

"Bye," Alex hung up and took off running down the apartment building's stairs.

Later, Alex arrived at Verdant and pulled out her phone to check the time. 9:32. Oh well, she sighed and walked in. The club was in an industrial looking building; an old factory, Alex remembered. The furniture was mostly white and had a modern and almost futuristic feel. Alex could tell where colored lights would come on at night even though this was only her third or fourth time being inside a club. She didn't like them. She liked the silence and isolation of the world at night when she wandered around the dark streets, not the noise and crowds of the clubs she always passed by quickly. But she knew that she had to get over her dislike to make a living.

Her dislike of two things, she realized as she saw Roy sitting at the bar with Thea Queen and a stab of hurt and anger entered her heart. She didn't want to hate Thea, and in her head she didn't blame her, either. Still, she knew that what Moira Queen had done was because of her children, therefore because of Thea. But she didn't kill them. She didn't make the choice. It wasn't her fault, Alex thought firmly as she walked to the bar. But she still couldn't help but dislike Thea and she swore to never let that dislike show.

"There she is," Roy said when he noticed Alex.

"You must be Alexandrea," Thea said, "nice of you to join us."

"Sorry I'm a little late," Alex apologized, which wasn't an easy thing for her to do, and shook Thea's hand. "My alarm didn't go off."

"Well you better get a better alarm then," Thea remarked as they sat down. "So, Alex, what kind of job are you looking for exactly?"

Half an hour later after Alex had tried her best to get along with Thea and Roy had backed her up constantly it had paid off. She had a job. She hadn't been very picky about her position and wound up being a server.

"Well, it's all settled then," Thea said and they all stood up to leave when a man suddenly entered the room.

Alex recognized him instantly as Oliver Queen; after all, she had seen him on TV a million times it seemed. But for some reason she had a deeper sense of familiarity when she saw him. Alex just brushed it off as nothing when she couldn't figure out why she might feel that way.

Oliver approached them and greeted his sister. "Who's this," he asked, giving Alex a stranger look than she thought was necessary.

"Alexandrea," Thea answered, "my newest server."

"Nice to meet you," Oliver said, then turned to Roy. "I need to talk to you for a minute. Over there."

"Okay. I'll catch up with you later, Al," Roy said before he and Oliver disappeared around a corner.

"How does tomorrow at one sound for your training?" Thea asked Alex. "Then you could start that night."

"That sounds great," Alex replied, trying to sound like that statement was true. "Thank you. I should be going."

"Alright, I'll see you tomorrow then," Thea said and Alex left quickly, unsure when Roy would get back and not wanting to wait for him.

Once outside she took a breath of the fresh, or at least fresher, air. Alex wasn't sure how she would manage to work there among a big crowd with so much noise. She decided to go home and catch up on sleep before spending what she felt like was her last night of freedom outside and away from Verdant, which she feared would begin to feel like a prison.

At least I have a job, she thought. I bet Thea wouldn't fire me unless I really screw up because I'm friends with Roy, and I'm not planning on screwing up, not this time. I got lucky to have a friend who could get me a job, and if I'm turning over a new leaf this could be one of the places to start.

As she walked down the street she decided she should call Roy later to thank him for talking to Thea, and to ask him when she could train with the Arrow again, that was another place she knew she should start if she wanted to change. A bigger and more important place, for that matter.

Thanks to Bachmeise, Prydain, rlapham, and Neverland-Emerald-Wolf for following and to Psycho17, 15ls, and ShelBell25 for favoriting. And thanks to PrincessAlexandra0201 and ClokedWarrior337 for reviewing. PrincessAlexandra0201 said:

I get it now Katana like the the sword! Snazzy! I think it will be cool to see her meet some of the other characters e.g Felicity. Also has he already made her a suit!?

P.S. It's PrincessAlexandra0201 you keep putting in a e between the r and the a.

I'm eager to have her meet other characters, too, especially Felicity! They'll design a suit for her a bit later. And sorry about the name thing, I'm not sure why I was spelling it differently but I'll spell it right from now on!

And ClokedWarrior337 said:

This is interesting, will Felicity and Alex become good friends?

Probably! I think they'll get along well.

Another huge thank you to all of you. I never thought I'd get this much feedback this fast!