A/N: Hello All! I have had several people ask me to update this story. It started out as a one-shot from my (YDM) C collection but I plan to add to it. Inside are characters from Supernatural also. I'm going through a phase, so I couldn't resist. They are not following their story line much so don't worry and they help to develope Felicity's character well. The way that I want her character portrayed, anyway. Please give it a try and I hope you enjoy!
Once Again, I own nothing but the mistakes that are made. My bad...
"Hi there. You must be Thea" The little girl would barely look up from behind her brother's back. She sheepishly nodded her head in the affirmative before hiding once again. This wasn't Felicity's first run at babysitting. She'd sat for many families since turning fifteen. Now at nineteen she was practically a pro. Her regular family had asked to give her number to a friend on vacation and she wasn't about to refuse more money. Especially when they offered to pay her double her normal rate for coming over on such short notice. Jokes on them, she never has plans of her own, other than school. She may be a bit antisocial, but who cares?
This little one is more of a shy character at first, she'd have to draw her out. "My name is Felicity, and yours is?" She asked addressing her brother. Felicity had done the interview with Mr. and Mrs. Queen. She had been told that they had a son her age who would be there when she arrived and then relieve her when he got back home. Then there was Thea who was only five. She had a big imagination with a huge reserve of energy. So far all she saw was the shy exterior.
"Hi Felicity. My name is Oliver. How are you today?" He gave her a sly smile. He knew what she was doing.
"Hi Oliver. I'm good. I was just thinking how much fun it would be if we played some hide and seek. Would you like to play with me?" She chanced a glance to Thea who perked up behind him at the mention of the game.
Oliver gave a slight chuckle and head shake before he answered, "I'd love to play hide and seek. Its my favorite game"
"Mine too!" Chimed in Thea from behind who started to happily jump up amd down next to her brother.
"That's so great! Lets play a round before Oliver has to go. Then we can play a million more rounds together!" Felicity sunk down on her knees and tried to sound as excited as possible.
"Okay! Not it!" She was so excited she looked like she might burst with the cutest smile threatening to cut her face in two. Because she didn't know much about the house yet, she decided to be the seeker.
"I'll be it. You two go and hide. I'll count to thirty"
Half an hour later Oliver was saying goodbye to Thea and the two were left alone. Once you break down the initial wall Thea is a very vibrant, fun loving girl. They played several make believe games. Pretending to be heroes and villains, cops and robbers, at one point Felicity was pretending to be farm animals with Thea laughing like crazy as the farmer.
Felicity had arrived just after lunch and was meant to stay until one or two in the morning. Now it was six o'clock so she made some grilled cheese and ham sandwiches with a macaroni and cheese side. Some may say its too much cheese, but neither Felicity nor Thea felt that way. After dinner Thea was allowed to pick one more game before they went to read for bed. Of course she wouldn't be a five year old girl if she didn't want to play princess.
Except she wasn't a normal five year old girl. She was a fire fighter knight who saved the princess from the fire-breathing dragon guarding her tower where she was sleeping and waiting for true loves kiss from her prince. As Felicity lay on the couch in her 'tower' Thea pulled out her fake cell phone, with Barbie covering every surface of it, pressing buttons like a mad man. "Psst...what are you doing?"
"Felicity! You have to be asleep! I'm calling Ollie. He has to come rescue you"
"Oh. Is Ollie my one true love?"
"Yeah. But you should get another because he's not answering his phone" she shakes her Barbie phone around when Ollie fails to pick up.
"Why don't you try again. Maybe it'll work this time. I'll go back to sleep okay?"
"Okay. I'll try again. I don't want you to sleep forever. I want to play some more" so Thea holds the phone up to her ear again for a minute before they both hear, "Hello?" From behind Thea. Felicity jumps to make sure its okay and Thea practically throws her phone, but Oliver stops her at the last moment. He has his phone pressed to his ear and says, "Hello? Thea? Are you still there?"
She smiles and raises her own phone to her ear. "Ollie come quick. I beat the dragon but Felicity needs a kiss from true love!"
"Oh no! My princess is in trouble?! I'll be right there. Thank you knight Thea" then he hangs up the phone and quickly walks toward the two from across the room.
Thea pushes Felicity back down. "You have to be sleeping!" So she does as she's told. Oliver kneels beside the bed and tells knight Thea that she's too young to watch people kiss so she turns around. Felicity opens her eyes thinking it was a ruse so she wouldn't be disappointed when they didn't kiss. Oliver winked at her and helped her sit up before placing a quick kiss on her lips. She stared in shock and Thea turned to see if they'd finished.
"Yay! It worked! Can we play chutes and ladders now?!" Thea chirped happily jumping up and down.
"No honey. Remember we agreed princess was the last game before bed. But I can read you Snow White if you'd like?"
"Yes! Lets go!"
"Okay, okay. Let me grab the book from my bag. You go get in bed" Thea was up those stairs so quickly you'd think she was Barry Allen.
Ahh...Flash. He'd always been her favorite super hero. For the longest time she'd dreamed of him being her prince and taking her to a better life. One where she didn't grow up in a foster home. She was lucky, however, this one had kept her since she was fifteen. She just moved out into an apartment with her roommate Tommy. He was her best friend. He was also always at home with his would-be supermodel girlfriend Laurel.
She walked across the room into the kitchen where her bag was left all night sitting on a bar stool at the floating island. When she turned around to head up the stairs she knocked into Oliver. "I hope you don't mind. I promised her earlier that I would read Snow White and she was so excited. I'll leave as soon as its done"
"Its not a problem at all. She loves you. You're lucky the last babysitter she didn't like got locked into the laundry room back at our house. It was straight out of Dennis the Menace" he chuckled. Felicity was about to respond when Thea shouted downstairs "I'm waiting!"
"I'd better get up there before she hatches a villainous plan" she smiles as she walks out of the kitchen and up the stairs. When the story is finished she creeps back down the stairs. Gathering her things she is surprised when a voice calls, "Thank you for watching Thea tonight. She seemed like she had a great time" Felicity turned to see Oliver leaning against the door frame with his arms crossed watching her pack.
"It was no trouble. She's one of the more vibrant kids I've watched. It was a nice change. Thea was great today" she shuffled nervously for a minute then turned to the hall moving toward the front door. Unexpectedly Oliver followed her. After pulling her boots back on he held out an envelope for her.
"Its all there. From one to one" he said.
"You didn't have to pay me until one. Its only eight thirty" she answered zipping up her jacket and fixing her hat.
"Of course we did. My mother said to pay you until you were meant to leave just in case I came back early"
"If your sure?" He nodded 'yes'. "Alright, well I should be going. My roommate worries. Honestly I think he made a hobby out of texting me 'How are you?' all day" she chuckled as she pulled open the door. She was half way down the driveway when he called out,
"Could I have your number? I'm thinking of getting a new hobby myself..."
"Your mom has my number" she called back and drove away.
Maybe Barry Allen wasn't the prince who would come save her after all.