Count on Me - Chapter 7

Summary: After a bad experience in the Love field, Felicity decided to start over in a new town, shutting all the love out of his life. Oliver after 5 years in Ivy town he thought that he had his life under control until she met a blonde woman, he starts to think that maybe it is time to give a love a change Felicity Present and Olivier past let them be together and find the true love in each other? ( AO3 )

On Saturday afternoon Oliver and Felicity were in Sam’s music store, buying music for the baby. Oliver loves this place, Sam sells the best vinyl records, he thought this was a must for Felicity and the baby.

He watched Felicity walking down the aisle, paying attention to the CD’s, Oliver also noticed that she was wearing a grey dress, that made her belly noticeable. Pregnancy really looks good on her, Oliver thought.

“I guess I need to buy one of these,” Felicity said pointing to a turntable.

“Don’t worry,” Oliver said, “I ordered one, it will be here in a few days.”

“Oliver, you shouldn’t,” Felicity said.

“My idea remember. I didn’t do it for you, it’s for the baby.” Oliver winked at her.

They spend all afternoon looking for music, she picks up some for the baby and also for her.

“Let me get this,” Oliver told her when they were in front of the cash register.

“Oh no!” Felicity cried, putting her hand on her mouth, “Let me pay for this,” she whispered, while she was looking around.

“Felicity no, I’ll pay for them… It’s a gift.” Oliver smiled at her.

Oliver paid for the records and started to walk when Sam told him “Hey man! Did the address for the new turntable isn’t the usual, did you move?”

“No man, it’s just a gift,” Oliver noticed that Felicity already had left the store, “Thank you, Sam.”

When Oliver got out of the store, she saw Felicity looking at her shoes, and he asked: “Are you ok?” Felicity didn’t answer him only she climbed in the car.

When he got in and started to drive Felicity asked: “Why haven’t you ever invited me to your house?”

Oliver didn’t know where that came from, he hadn’t noticed it, maybe the opportunity hadn’t shown up until now.

“You know, let’s go now and play some of the records.” He said.

“Ok,” she smiled.

Felicity didn’t know why she asked him that, she had been on Verdant, but never in his house, and she wanted to know why.

She noticed that Oliver lived in front of Verdant, he let her entered first to his house. He started to lead the path to the living room, Felicity noticed that it was a really a beautiful place. Oliver’s house had a large living room where he kept his turntable. A formal dining room with a table built for six people. A huge kitchen built for a chef.

Felicity looked at a picture on the coffee table, it was Oliver with a young woman and a man that could be the same age as Oliver.

“They are Thea, my sister and Tommy my best friend.” Oliver smiled, “Thea said that I should have something familiar in this house.”

“Here,” Oliver put out the Kaleo record that he chose for her. Then he took her hand and walked to his backyard.

The backyard was beautiful, it had a lot of light in there and she can also enjoy the stars sitting on a couch that Oliver has.

After some time without saying a word just watching the stars, Felicity felt cold and shivered a little. Oliver puts his arm around her, she looked at him, Oliver leaned down and started to kiss her. Felicity didn’t know what to do, this was bad, but she didn’t want to stop, so she kissed him back.

Oliver broke the kiss and said, “You are so beautiful.”

“I’m a beautiful pregnant woman,” she said, she needed to keep reminding herself and

Oliver, so they both know that this was wrong.

Felicity looked down and start to pull away from Oliver, he pulled her close to him, put his hands on her face and kissed her again. This time Felicity didn’t resist the kiss.

She broke the kiss stood up, looked down at Oliver. He followed her movement with his eyes. Looking up at her he pulled off his shirt. Oliver stood up pulled her up against his body. Felicity wrapped her arms around his shoulders, she whispered in his ear, “Let’s got inside.”

Oliver woke up the next morning with Felicity sleeping on his chest, he felt happy. Last night, everything had been marvelous. Oliver knew Felicity deserves better then a one night stand, and Oliver didn’t know if he is the right guy for her. He decided no more making love with Felicity, she deserves better than him.

He felt Felicity’s hand moving to his chest, she looked at him and said: “This was a mistake.”

“Yes, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything,” Oliver said.

Felicity got up, “I’m sorry Oliver this can’t happen again.

“Yes, you’ve got to think about the baby,” Oliver told her and then Felicity took her clothes from the floor and entered in his bathroom.

Summary: After a bad experience in the Love field, Felicity decided to start over in a new town, shutting all the love out of his life. Oliver after 5 years in Ivy town he thought that he had his life under control until she met a blonde woman, he starts to think that maybe it is time to give a love a change Felicity Present and Olivier past let them be together and find the true love in each other? ( AO3)

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Felicity couldn’t believe the words that she said to Oliver. They were mean, but she didn’t want to be involved with someone with a big name again. She did that with Ray and she ended up heartbroken and a baby inside of her.

She tried to sleep, but she couldn’t, she only saw Oliver’s face every time she closed her eyes. Oliver came back to her, he didn’t have to do that, but he did, she needed to do the same for him.

Felicity got up and took her computer and google Oliver Queen, she saw videos of him punching a cop, drunk in front of paparazzi, until she got to the article that said that Robert Queen had died in a car accident and his son Oliver were the only one that had survived. And then nothing, Oliver Queen had disappeared from the media not even Moira or Thea talked about him.

After that Felicity understood why Oliver came back, he wanted to be with her. He perfectly understands what is to be alone in a new place, trying to get your life together. And also Felicity had seen how different Oliver was from Ray, so she decided to accept his friendship.

Sunday morning Felicity took her car and went to Verdant, she didn’t know where Oliver lived. When she arrived, she saw the closed sign, “I should ask John to tell me Oliver address,” She waited for him in her car.

After a few minutes, he saw him running to the other side of the street wearing a gray hoodie. She got out of the car, “Oliver!” she crossed the street.

“Felicity, what are you doing here?” Oliver looked down at her.

“I think we need to talk,” she said.

Oliver nodded and then lead her to Verdant, “Of course you live here.” Felicity whispered.

Oliver smile and said, “I don’t live here.”

Felicity nodded and she followed him to the books area.

“Take a seat, I’ll get some food,” he said.

Felicity waited for Oliver, fortunately, he arrived pretty quick with two sandwiches and two glasses of orange juice.

“Here it’s a cheese sandwich and juice,” Olive handed it to her.

Felicity took the sandwich, she wasn’t afraid of the morning sickness, she was hungry. “You are really something, you know that?” Felicity said.

He smiled and said, “You too.”

They ate in silence, and when Felicity finished her sandwich, she said: “I’m sorry for my reaction to last night, it wasn’t fair,” she looked at him. “But I don’t have a good experience with men that have big last names.”

She noticed that Oliver looked down at her belly, and she knew that he understood that she was talking about the baby’s father.

“Felicity I know last night I hurt you, but believe me that was never my intention,” He took her left hand.

“Oliver I know, and I forgive you. I’m here because I’ll really like to hear your story.” Oliver left her hand goes and Felicity hugs herself.

Oliver took a big breath and began to speak, “My family had always had a plan for my future, I should be the next CEO of Queen Consolidated. Follow in my father’s steps, but I didn’t want to. So I did what any person my age with money would do.

I started to party, got drunk almost every night with my friend Tommy. I was kicked out of three different colleges. My parents didn’t know what to do with me. God,” He put one hand on his face, “Even I didn’t know what to do with myself.

“Years passed, and Tommy figure out what to do with his life, I felt so left out, I lost myself in alcohol.” Oliver got up and started to reshelve the books, “One night I got drunk and end up in jail because someone put drugs in my pockets,” Oliver looked at her, “I never did drugs in my life.” Felicity didn’t know why but she believed him.

“My father went for me at the police station, he paid a lot of money to get me out. He told me I was born to be a better man that it was in my blood because I was a Queen. I got mad and yelled, I told him that I didn’t want to run the family business, that I was tired of being a failure because he wants me to be like him.”

Oliver stopped talking, and Felicity noticed that he was doing the best to not let the tears out, when she was about to get up, Oliver started again, “A drunk driver hit us, neither of us saw it coming. I woke up three days later, with my mom next to me telling me that my dad had died in the car accident.” Oliver got back to sit next to her, “After that, everybody thought that I would have changed, but I didn’t. I still got drunk at home. One night Thea found me on my bathroom floor, I don’t know how she did, but she put me on my bed. I remember her crying saying that she couldn’t lose me too.”

Oliver took a sip of orange juice and added, “The next day I talked to Tommy, and he helped me find a clinic for rehab and then he helped me move here in Ivy Town. It was a lot of work but I found I was a better version of myself here.”

Felicity was crying, she really wanted to take all the pain from Oliver, “Your father would be very proud of you if he could see you right now.”

“According to my mother, my father will be proud of me if I come back and took the place that corresponds to me,” Oliver gave her a little smile, “I haven’t talked to my mom since then.”

“And your sister Thea?” Felicity asked.

“She comes on vacations or Holidays,” Oliver said.

Felicity felt happy for Oliver, that he had a good relationship with her sister. “Oliver, if you can accept me where I am now, I can accept you where you have been.” Felicity took his hand and added: “You can count on me as a friend.”

Oliver smiled at her “Thank you, Felicity.”

Summary: After a bad experience in the Love field, Felicity decided to start over in a new town, shutting all the love out of his life. Oliver after 5 years in Ivy town he thought that he had his life under control until she met a blonde woman, he starts to think that maybe it is time to give a love a change Felicity Present and Olivier past let them be together and find the true love in each other? ( AO3)

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Oliver tried not notice that Felicity hadn’t been in Verdant for two weeks, but he failed. Every time he heard someone open the door, he looked up to see if it was her but nothing.

He was a mess on the job.  He got orders wrong. And he just spilled a latte on a table. “I’m so sorry,” Oliver cleans up, “the next one will be on us.”

When he gave the customer his new latte, Oliver went behind the counter prepared a Mocha, took a slice of apple pie he made that morning, took her car keys and told Roy: “I’ll be right back.”

Oliver arrived at Felicity’s home and noticed that the lights were on, so that means she was there. He went up the stairs and rang the bell.

Felicity opened her door and looked surprised. The first thing that Oliver noticed was Felicity looked tired like she hasn’t been sleeping.

“Oliver, hi,” Felicity said.

Oliver smiled and showed her the mocha and pie, “Hi, I noticed that you weren’t around Verdant, so I bring some provisions.”  

Felicity took the mocha and pie, and say “Thank you, but you didn’t have to,” she looked back to the inside of the house and said, “Come in.”

Oliver took a look at her house, it was the first time that he was there, after he had helped John to fixed things.

“Felicity,” he put his hands in his pockets, “Have you been sick? Are you ok?”

Felicity looked at him and gave him a little smile that didn’t reach her eyes, “I’m fine Oliver, it’s just I have a lot of work lately.” She put herself in front of the dinner table. “I guess that left me a little drained, I don’t know, maybe I’ve been homesick.”

Oliver nodded, he understood the feeling, he felt that way every day. He missed his friends, and his sister, Thea, but since he met Roy and the Diggle’s, the sadness was easier to handle. So Oliver would help Felicity with that.

“You looked like you need a day off,” he said.

Felicity looked at him like she was going to cry. Crap, he thought, I suck like a friend. “I didn’t mean that you looked bad or anything.”

“I know Oliver, I will keep it in mind,” she said.

“Felicity, would you come to the Saturday Special with me?” Oliver asked.

“No, Oliver,” Felicity answered.

“You won’t or you don’t want to come with me?” Oliver insisted.

“Oliver, I’m not in a position to go out with anyone. I cry if the sun comes out or if it’s cloudy and I overreact to everything else. I’m not a good company right now,” she looked down. “I’m not in a good place to date.”

Oliver knew what she meant, and also part of him want to change her mind, but maybe not today. “Did you think I was asking you for a date,” he gave her his a playful smile. “When I mean  ‘with me’, I am really talking about Roy and the Diggle’s.”

Felicity laughed a little.

“Tell you what, think about it, and tell the Diggle’s if you decide to go.” Oliver walked toward the door. “Good night Felicity, and if you ever need anything you can call me.”

Felicity decided to go to the Saturday Special, as always John offered her to go in one car, so she agreed happily.

When they arrived, Oliver was already there, he sat with her and explain all the logistics of the Saturday Special, apparently, people cooked their favorite dish and the bring it here and people just eat. Great, Felicity though just went she can’t stand food right now.

She picked up a plate and put some food on it, she didn’t want people to ask why she wasn’t eating. Maybe if she just played with her food nobody will notice it.

The evening went well, Felicity asked how Oliver and John met.

“Well I needed someone to kick my ass,” Oliver laughed, “Actually, before Verdant I really need a place to put my energy in, so Diggle trained me in his gym.”

“Diggle?” Felicity asked.

“It’s the what everyone calls me, but John is ok,” he smiled at Felicity.

Baby Sara was getting a little impatient, so John and Lyla decide to call the night off. “She is tired, maybe we should go,” Lyla told Diggle.

Felicity got up at the same time that John and Lyla, but Lyla stopped her, “No, you can stay a little more. I’m pretty sure that Oliver can take you home.”

“I’ll love to,” Oliver said.

Felicity hesitated for a moment, but then she nodded and said goodbye to the Diggle’s.  When they were gone Felicity looked at Oliver and said, “Can we go for a walk, I ate a lot.” She noticed that Oliver looked at her plate that was almost full, but he nodded and got up.

Oliver was happy that Felicity asked him to go for a walk, he always looked for an opportunity to get to know her better, but right now she wasn’t as talkative as she used to.

They both walked for a while in silence, until Felicity walked forward to a bench she took a seat, closed her eyes. Oliver couldn’t stop thinking about wanting to kiss her, he just wanted to press his lips against hers.

Oliver stepped in front of her, he didn’t know what to say so he was there watching her. Until she opens her eyes and said: “There’s something you should know about me.”

“Ok,” Oliver said confused.  

“After I graduated from MIT, I went to Coast City,” Felicity began, “I got a good job and met a guy, I kind of fell in love.” She smiled a little. “So I went all in for him, and he broke my heart.”

Oliver wanted to hug her and assured her that everything will be alright, that he was there for her.

“I messed up badly,” Felicity put her face in her hands.

“Here,” Oliver kneels in front of her, and took her hands out her face, “Everybody messes up, at some point Felicity.” He smiled at her.

“Well, I got the big price here,” she got up, “I’m pregnant.”

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Summary: After a bad experience in the Love field, Felicity decided to start over in a new town, shutting all the love out of his life. Oliver after 5 years in Ivy town he thought that he had his life under control until she met a blonde woman, he starts to think that maybe it is time to give a love a change Felicity Present and Olivier past let them be together and find the true love in each other? ( AO3)

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Curtis sent Felicity a lot of projects during the week, she had been working every day. She felt exhausted by the end of the day, and she didn’t understand why. The projects were easy to do if you’re Felicity Smoak, but she always finds herself taking a nap every afternoon.

One afternoon when Felicity was ready to head to Verdant, Felicity saw Lyla outside of her house.

“Felicity, Hi,” Lyla smiled at her.

“Hi Lyla, how are you?” Felicity asked.

“I’m good, and you? How are you settling in?” Lyla asked.

“I’m happy. I have a lot of work keeping me busy. I’m going to Verdant for a cup of coffee actually,” Felicity blushed. Why did she blush? She goes to Verdant every day, for great coffee, right?

“Well,” Lyla stepped close to her, “This Saturday there is a Country music in a bar near town, John and I are wondering if you wanted to come with us?”

Felicity thought about it, she was about to finish the last project that Curtis had sent her, and she really was looking forward to a Saturday off. She planned to sleep all day, maybe she would stop feeling exhausted all the time.

But she couldn’t say no to Lyla.

“It sounds like fun,” Felicity said.

On Saturday night Felicity picks a white T-shirt, blue jeans and a pair of combat boots to go out with the Diggle’s. She left her hair down. She waited for the Diggle’s to arrive outside her house, they were driving her. She climbed in the back seat of their car excited for the evening ahead.

When they finally arrived, Felicity was astonished. The stage was huge, people were on the dance floor moving to the rhythm of the band. Food coming out of the kitchen, tables, and chair set around the floor where people can sit and eat.

“Come on,” Lyla grabbed her hand.

John, Lyla, and Felicity took a seat in one of the empty tables. John looked over her shoulder and waved someone over. Felicity turned around and saw  Oliver and Roy.

“Glad, you could make it,” John said.

“Me too,” Roy smiled at her and said, “I’m Roy Harper by the way.”

Felicity smiled, “Felicity Smoak.”

Both men joined them, they talked about work. John mentioned Oliver hadn’t seen him at the gym, Oliver told him he was to busy at Verdant. The five of them eat and drink, it doesn’t escape to Felicity that Oliver didn’t choose an alcoholic drink that night.

After a while Felicity and Oliver got close to the stage, to enjoyed the music, when they announced another band, Oliver got close to her ear and said, “Let’s get water.” Oliver took Felicity’s hand and lead her through the crowd.

Oliver took a bottle for Felicity and another for him. They found a place where the music wasn’t as loud and took a seat next to each other.

“Why did you come to Ivy Town?” Oliver asked her.

Felicity looked at him and then looked at her bottle, “I’m running away.” Felicity looked up, “How long have you been living in Ivy Town?”

Oliver took a big breath and said, “Five years,” Oliver looked at her, “I was running away too.”

“A man?” Oliver suddenly asked.

Felicity gave him a shy smile, “Yes. I came for a new start. Maybe this time I can do things right.” Oliver nodded, she added. “I want Ivy Town to be my home.”

“It will. It did for me,” Oliver said.

That night Oliver understood that maybe Felicity wasn’t looking something romantic at this point, he could see in her eyes that she was still hurt by a man. Oliver decided he’d give Felicity his friendship, it’s what she needed right now.

On Sunday morning, Felicity woke up tired and nauseated. She spent most of her morning with her face in the toilet. “Stupid food from the bar,” Felicity said to herself.

By noon Felicity felt a little better, and she couldn’t stop thinking about Oliver. How nice he’d been with her since she came to town. She wondered if Oliver could be interested in more than being her friend. It didn’t matter Felicity was afraid to give her heart to a man again.

The week passed with Felicity sickness still there, she spent most of the day in her bathroom, she almost stopped eating some of her favorite foods. Lyla tried to give her some herbal tea, but nothing seemed to work.

After her dinner ends up in the toilet again Felicity opened one of the cabinets and noticed the tampon package that hasn’t been used. Felicity started to do the math and she was pretty sure that she hadn’t had her period. Felicity went out to the drug store to buy a pregnancy test.

When she arrived home, she followed the instructions, waited the three minutes and saw the results.

Felicity was pregnant, alone in a new town.

Felicity felt the tears filling her eyes and coming down her cheeks. What was she supposed to do now? Felicity got out of her bathroom, lay down on her bed and she falls asleep.

When she woke up it was past midnight, she didn’t know what to do until she saw a picture of her and her mother. Her mother raised Felicity by herself. Felicity could do it too. She’d raise her child on her own like her mother. And suddenly Felicity thought about Oliver, one week ago she was thinking about dating him and now, she realized that they’d never be together.

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Summary: After a bad experience in the Love field, Felicity decided to start over in a new town, shutting all the love out of his life. Oliver after 5 years in Ivy town he thought that he had his life under control until she met a blonde woman, he starts to think that maybe it is time to give a love a change Felicity Present and Olivier past let them be together and find the true love in each other? ( AO3)

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Sunday was his day off, as always Oliver got up early put on his pants, his green hoodie and went for a run. While running the only thing on his mind was the blonde woman at his coffee shop yesterday.

When he arrived home, he saw someone sitting outside of Verdant, and it was the blonde woman with glasses. He crossed the street and stepped in front of her, “Hi,” she jumped at his voice. Oliver tried to suppress the quick smile of amusement.

“That’s was rude,” she said.

“Sorry, what are you doing here?” he asked.

“I came for coffee and maybe something to eat. But I guess you don’t open early on Sundays,” she explained.

Early? Oliver looked at his watch, it was 9:30 am, this wasn’t early. He smiled, “we’re not open on Sundays.”

“Oh,” she sighed.  

Oliver pulled his keys out, “I’ll make an exception for you.” He walked past her to open the door.

“No, no… This is obviously your day off. I’ll probably find somewhere else to go,” she took a step back.

“There’s nothing opened on Sunday,” He said with a shrug.

Oliver watched doubt cross her face, while she looked up and down the empty street. She bit her lip and smiled. She followed him into Verdant.

She looked back at him and said, “I’m Felicity Smoak by the way.”

“Nice to meet you, Felicity, I’m Oliver,” he went behind the counter and asked her, “What do you want?”

“A Mocha and a croissant, if you have it,” she smiled and added, “a big Mocha.”

Oliver smiled, handed her a croissant before he prepared her large Mocha. She wandered back toward the books while he started to work on the stack of paperwork he’d been avoiding. He shifted through a few papers before giving up. He’d been distracted by watching her reading a book.

She sat in the morning sunlight, her knees curled up on the chair. Her lower lip caught between her teeth.

He wondered what she was reading.

For the first time in a long time Oliver thought about dating again, and maybe Felicity would be the right person to ask.

Monday Felicity woke up with a big smile. She spent her entire Sunday in the shop with Oliver. When she got home all she could think about was how he looked in that green hoodie and sweaty. They hadn’t talked much but for Felicity watching him worked was worth it.

“Felicity, stop thinking about him. You didn’t come here to get involved with a man.” She reminded herself and started to unpack the last boxes.

By noon Felicity was done unpacking, and the house started to look like her place, she smiled, “This could be a good new beginning. You have this Smoak.” She took her car keys and went grocery shopping.

When she got back to her place, she made some PB and J sandwiches, and sit in front of her computer, she started to work on her codes because she didn’t want Ray to find her. After a long day working on her codes, Felicity read her emails, Curtis had sent her some work already. Curtis was a freelancer and he offered to send her some of his jobs so she could make some money.

Bored at her home, Felicity decides to go to Verdant to start working on her new project. When she arrived, she went to the counter said hi to Roy and asked for an Iced Mocha. Minutes later she saw Oliver coming to her table with a slice of a pie.

“Here, this is on me,” Oliver put the pie on the table.

“You didn’t have to do that,” Felicity smiled. “I’d never refuse pie.”

“It’s a welcomed gift,” he took a seat at her table, “you have to pay for the next one.”

“Only if it’s a good pie,” Felicity took a bite of it and closed her eyes. It was the best pie she’d ever eaten in her entire life, “This is so good.”

Oliver smiled at her and she asked: “Who made this?”

“I did,” Oliver answered.

“No way!!!! You’re a genius.” Felicity ate more pie.

“What are you working on?” Oliver asked, pointing at her computer.

Felicity explained to him about her work. She smiled when Oliver apologized to explain he didn’t understand anything she was saying.  He said he didn’t mind, he like listening to her talk. He thought it was cool she worked from home.

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A/N: I am back with the last fic that I wrote, it’s an Olicity AU, based of a book that I read last year, hope you enjoy it. Thank you to @missyriver for being my Beta, she did a wonderful job. (Read on AO3)

Summary: After a bad experience in the Love field, Felicity decided to start over in a new town, shutting all the love out of his life. Oliver after 5 years in Ivy town he thought that he had his life under control until she met a blonde woman, he starts to think that maybe it is time to give a love a change Felicity Present and Olivier past let them be together and find the true love in each other?

She should have known better, should have seen the signs, she was the “other woman.” She’d been the on to ask Ray to keep their relationship a secret. She knew that dating someone with a big last name would cause problems, and here she was crying because Ray Palmer had announced his engagement with another woman.

She cried all night and had enough, she refused to be the girl who spent her entire life crying over a man. She wouldn’t do that again. She took her computer and sent an email to Palmer Tech’s HR department with her resignation letter and decided to become a ghost, she erased Felicity Smoak.

It was time to do another big move.

Felicity looked at rental websites to find a place to run away to. She found a house in Ivy Town, she emailed the owner. Ivy Town was going to be her home for the next year.

Felicity parked her car in front of her new house. She got out of the car and smiled at the man standing on the small front porch.

“You must be Felicity Smoak,” the man offered his hand.

“Yes, and you must be Mr. Diggle,” Felicity shook his hand.

“Please call me John,” he told her.

“Ok, John. Nice to meet you,” Felicity smiled.

“Nice to meet you too. Let me show you the house,” John smiled.

Both of them entered the house, it was beautiful, Felicity thought. To the left of the entrance was the living room there is a white sofa accented with gray and blue pillows, a coffee table and a chair. On the right was a small dining table with four white chairs.

“And here we have the kitchen,” John pointed.

“Wow, it’s big, and I love that it’s open to the dining area too,” Felicity said.  

Felicity and Diggle went upstairs, the house had two bedrooms, one of them was furnished with a big bed in the center, a big window, and a small desk and a chair next to the window. Felicity entered the bathroom, she saw the tub and smiled.

“Thank you, John, this is a beautiful place. It’s perfect,” Felicity said.

“Johnny?” Felicity heard a feminine voice.

“That’s my wife Lyla, she’s the one who made this place look beautiful,” Diggle explained.

Downstairs, Felicity saw Lyla, a beautiful woman holding a baby girl about two years old. “Hi! I’m Felicity Smoak.” Felicity greets.

“Lyla Diggle, this little nugget is Sara,” Lyla put her hand on the baby Sara’s head.

“Nice to meet you, Sara,” Felicity smiled, and the little girl waves her hand.

“Have you thought about what you want to do with the empty room?” Lyla asked.

“Not really,” Felicity said.

“Well, I think we’ll leave you to get settled,” Lyla said.

John helped Felicity unloading the car. He carried the big things with ease and they finished quickly. John and his family said their goodbyes and leaving Felicity with a bunch of boxes to unpacked. She started with the smaller ones, she was exhausted after an hour, her back aches. After four cups of coffee Felicity couldn’t go to sleep, so she decided to go out and explore her new home.

Felicity remembered driving past a Coffee shop on her way through town.

She entered Verdant, “green” is a weird name for a coffee shop, she thought. She saw the young man who was taking the orders behind the counter. Felicity read his name tag, Roy.

“Welcome to Verdant, how can I help you?” Roy asked her.

“I’ll have a Chamomile tea,” Felicity answered.

Felicity got her drink, she looked around for a place to sit, she saw a room with a sign that read “Books.” Felicity smiled as she walked toward the room. A large room, ceiling-high bookshelves on all four walls and a large bay window with a seat, a big table in the center like a library.

“This is amazing,” Felicity said out loud, then she noticed she wasn’t alone “Sorry I didn’t see you.”

The tall man was putting books on a shelf, he smiled at her and said, “Don’t worry, pick a book and have a seat.”

Felicity instead started to walk around reading the titles of the books, “This is a great idea, look at all these books.”

The man said, “Thank you, my sister helped me to put all this together, she also sends me books,” he shows her the ones in a box.

“So you and your sister did all this,” Felicity looked at him.

“Not all, some people bring a copy of their favorite books.” He smiled.

The handsome man left her alone to enjoy the books. Felicity thinks this place is wonderful. A few of the boxes waiting for her at her new home had a few books that belonged here.

Felicity snuck a peek at the handsome man working, he was friendly to each customer, calling some of them by name. Suddenly the handsome man looked back at her and she gave him an awkward wave, Felicity realized that was her queue to leave.

Oliver finished putting the new books on the shelf that his sister Thea had sent him, with a note that, “For you Ollie… xoxo Thea.”  He smiled at the note, grateful of his sister believed in him, helping with his small business.

A female voice took him out of his thoughts, he turned around. A pretty blonde woman with a ponytail walked into the room. She wore glasses and a red shirt, she held a cup of tea in her hands. She startled when she noticed him, apologizing for interrupting. He said it was okay, and she should pick a book.

Instead of taking a seat she walked around the room. Fingers tailed over the book titles. Oliver couldn’t take his eyes off her. He had never her seen her before, he wondered if she was visiting or planning to stay in the area. She was tiny, barely reached his shoulders. Her blue jeans hugged her hips. He was sure she did not realize she was reading the titles out loud or commuting on if she had read it or not.

She asked about the store and suddenly he was telling her about Thea and the books, and how this little book exchanged worked.

Oliver left her to the books and her cup of tea.

He helped Roy with the customers, at the counter. He greeted the repeat customers asked about families health. He kept an eye on the woman in the other room whenever she wasn’t looking. Oliver caught Roy staring at him.

“What is wrong with your face?” Roy asked.

Annoyed, Oliver asked, “What do you mean?”

“You’re smiling,” Roy joked.

Oliver rolled his eyes at his friend, he looked at the blonde with glasses, found her looking at him. He smiles at her and gave her an awkward little wave, and it hit him Roy was right, Oliver Queen was genuinely smiling.

Felicity got back to her new home, her back still aching, her body refused to continue unpacking. She picked up her cell phone to text her friend Curtis. Her stomach growled with hunger. She cursed when she remembered that she hadn’t gone shopping.

The doorbell rang almost on cue. On the other side of the door was John with an invitation to have dinner at his house. Lyla made a wonderful chicken pasta salad Felicity felt ashamed of how much she actually ate. Lyla assured her that it was ok.

“I went to Verdant,” Felicity said while she was drinking her lemonade. “It’s an awesome place, although I haven’t tried the coffee, yet.”

John smiled, “Oliver’s done a good job at that place.”

Oliver, Felicity thought, so that was his name. “Do you know him?” Felicity asked, failing to hide her curiosity.

“Oliver is a good man, he came to the town about five years ago and started the shop by himself. He is a good friend to ours.” Lyla smiled at Felicity.

“Yes, he also helped me with a few repairs for your new home,” John said.

“He’s also single, in case you were wondering,” Lyla offered with a smile.

Perfect, Felicity thought, now Lyla thought she is interested in the coffee shop owner. But before they can ask about her relationship status Felicity got up and thanked them for dinner. She waved off John’s offer to walk her home.

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A/N: This fic started as a personal project, I am very grateful to you guys reading this one. Thank you to Silvyna my beta, you are awesome and thanks for stay with this project. It’s not a big chapter, but I Hope you enjoy it. And I have another one in the oven. (AO3)

Two weeks later.

Felicity and Oliver entered the lair.  “How did that go?” Diggle asked.

“Well, it was much easier to talk to the board and even some reporters that to explain the situation to my mom,” Felicity said while she took her place on the computers.

“That means that you are ready to be Palmer Tech’s CEO?” Diggle asked.

“No, I talked to Ray and asked if the board could do their job without me. He said that was ok. I’ll be back when I feel ready there is still something I left undone with that company.” Felicity said.

Diggle nodded and said, “I am going to change.”

“You know you don’t have to do that right?” Oliver asked.

“The Queen Incorporate thing?” Felicity turned to Oliver.

“Yes,” Oliver nodded.

“It’s already done. But I think we need more time to get used to being partners again. And by partners, I mean partner in here and maybe in the company” Felicity babbled.

“Ok… I’m going to suit up” Oliver said.

“Oliver, wait,” Felicity got up and walked towards Oliver, “I want to say thank you for everything. I know that this isn’t easy… I”

Oliver interrupted her and put his hands on Felicity’s cheeks.  “Felicity I am so glad that you are here with me. And I will be here next to you when you are ready for us again because my feelings for you haven’t changed.”

“Oliver…” Felicity said.

“I need to go” Oliver added.

“Yeah! ok” Felicity got back to her seat.

Everybody was already out, so it was time to work.

“Overwatch is on,” Felicity said.

“Spartan here,” Diggle said.

“Arsenal here,” Roy said.

“Black Canary in position” Laurel said.

“Green Arrow… I have missed this,” Oliver added.

“Me too.” Felicity smiled.