Save Me

Untitled Part 4

David rolled his eyes as he heard the man's request. He hated dealing with the dregs of Star City but when you needed a job done like the one he had for his wife, you had to work the underground. Jim was his connection to the underground.

"Go see Harris. I will let him know to give you a sample."

David hung up the phone and then dialed his contact Harris. Harris agreed to give Jim the sample and as David hung up he sat back in his chair and steepled his fingers with a smug smile on his face. If Queen was not going to cooperate he would find someone who would.

***

Oliver heard the expletives falling from his mouth as he strapped his gun to the back of his belt and then pulled on his leather jacket. He knew before he hung up the phone that David was going to send someone else. He felt it in his gut, and even though he knew he could handle whomever David decided to send, it annoyed him that he might have to handle another player.

Oliver had a reputation among the underground of being deadly. His time with A.R.G.U.S., had taught him patience and the art of stealth. His targets never saw him coming unless he wanted them to see him, so Oliver knew most guys would be hesitant to get on his bad side. Oliver glanced at his phone and saw a text from Cisco that must have come in while he was on his burner phone with Adams.

Cisco: So, I was able to track Miss Smoak's location to Ivy Town. Now that we know that someone can trace her, I am going to scramble her location.

Oliver: Do you think David could find someone able to trace her like you did?

Cisco: Not necessarily. They would have to have access to some high-tech equipment to do that.

Oliver: Good. Get to work on that scramble. Adams is in the process of looking for another hitman.

Cisco: On it.

Oliver sighed as he placed his phone in his jacket pocket. He needed to get to the diner to keep an eye on Felicity. Today he would be grabbing breakfast at the diner.

***

Felicity worked methodically placing sugar on the tables as she readied to open the diner. Lyla and John had taken the day off, so it would just be her and Roy, the backup cook. Luckily Tuesdays were slow for the diner, so she did not feel a need to call Lisa in to help. Felicity liked working with Roy. They had hit it off right away when they met and so Lyla tried to schedule them together when she could as they worked well off each other. Roy was young, and their bond had quickly grown into a brother and sister dynamic.

Felicity flipped the sign to open and made sure the till was full before she started brewing the coffee.

"You going to share the coffee today Barbie?"

Felicity rolled her eyes; she hated when he called her that, but he seemed to get a kick out of it. "Not if you keep calling me Barbie."

Roy grinned at her from behind the order window. "How about today I call you Blondie?"

"Still no coffee."

"Pain in my ass?"

"Definitely no coffee."

Felicity laughed as they bantered back and forth and soon she heard the bell tinkle as a customer walked into the diner. Her laughter died off when she looked toward the door to see Oliver Queen walking to the booth in the back that he had chosen the day before.

Felicity felt her heartbeat speed up a little as he looked dangerously sexy. He had on a black shirt, jeans and a leather jacket and she found her eyes following him to the booth and felt a tinge of loss when he sat down because she could no longer see his firm........Geeezz.

Felicity shook her head of the direction her thoughts were taking and grabbing her order pad she placed it in her apron pocket and walked over and gave him a glare. The sexy bastard just smiled at her.

"Good Morning Felicity."

"What are you doing here?" She didn't even bother to take her pad out of her pocket.

"Eating breakfast. You do serve breakfast, right?"

"Not to men trying to kill me."

She turned to walk off, but Oliver reached over and grabbed her hand. The touch was electric, and Felicity quickly pulled her hand away from his looking at him wide-eyed in surprise. She had not expected to respond to his touch. What was wrong with her?

Oliver saw the look in her eyes and misjudged it for fear. He felt a tightening in his chest at the thought of her fearing him. Why was that?

"I'm not here to hurt you Felicity. Can you at least bring me a cup of coffee?"

Their blue eyes clashed with one another as Felicity struggled with her conscious. Finally, she nodded and walked back to the counter. She saw Roy watching her with narrowed eyes and she could tell by the way his jaw was ticking that he had seen Queen grab her hand.

"Hey, is that man bothering you?"

"No.....no. Thank you Roy." Roy watched her for a moment noting her confused expression and decided to back off, for now.

Felicity grabbed a cup and the carafe of coffee and debated for a moment before she looked at Roy. "I need a breakfast special."

Roy nodded and got to work cooking the food as Felicity walked back over to Oliver with a cup and coffee. She set the cup down in front of him and avoided his eyes as she poured.

"Thank you." The words slid from his lips in that oh so sinful voice and Felicity tried not to shudder in awareness as she turned and walked back to the counter. Felicity waited on a few more customers that walked in that morning and when Roy rang the bell to alert her she had an order up, she grabbed the plate of food and some silverware and then walked to Oliver's table. Placing the plate of eggs, bacon, hash browns and toast in front of him, she finally looked at him when he glanced up in surprise.

"It's the house special. No one makes it better than Roy."

Their eyes met for a moment and then she turned and walked back to the counter to handle a few more customers that entered the diner. The morning passed quickly and two hours and several customers later Felicity noticed that Oliver had finished his food, but he had not signaled her for the check and did not seem in a hurry to leave. What was he up to?

Felicity made her way back to his table and noted his empty plate. She took out her pad and wrote down the coffee and breakfast and laid it face down on his table.

"I will take care of that when you are ready." Felicity indicated the ticket and Oliver glanced down at it before he looked up at her.

"I'm not in a hurry." His lips twitched like he was trying to hold back a smirk and for some reason it annoyed Felicity to no end. Everything about him annoyed her she thought. Or was she annoyed because he was so damn attractive?

"Suite yourself." She tried to sound non-chalant as she turned to walk away but he grabbed her hand again and this time, skin tingling with awareness, she did not pull away.

Oliver's hand gently clasped hers and he absently noted how soft her skin was to the touch as his thumb rubbed over the back of her hand. He really shouldn't be noticing that.

"Felicity I talked to David this morning."

Felicity's eyes turned cold with anger and she jerked her hand away. "So, you told him where I was?"

Oliver shook his head, "No, I didn't."

Felicity's felt her anger stutter. "Well......well why not? Isn't that your job?"

Oliver's eyes flickered with something she could not quite define and then he said something that completely surprised her, "He wanted me to tell him where you were, but I told him no."

Felicity's mouth dropped open. Why would he do that?

She heard Roy calling her name and turned to let him know she heard him before she turned back to Oliver. Again, something passed between them and then she turned and walked back to the counter. She served her remaining customers, almost in a daze.

Few people surprised her anymore and she was finding that Oliver Queen was just full of surprises.