CHAPTER 1: The Original Gang

"I'm blond but not that blond, Oliver."

"Felicity, you dye it."

"And yours is natural, plus your GPA is lower than mine so what does that say?"

"Does it- We're getting off topic."

Felicity Smoak, a Las Vegas baby, folds her arms with one eyebrow raised, "And the topic is…?"

Felicity has the innocent dorky style going for her. She always wore glasses and bright lipstick, her ears always have some earrings in it. She wore a lot of blouses and skirts that she didn't know turned on most the guys in school. If she didn't wear that she would wear a comfy shirt and blue jeans. She has long blonde hair but it isn't natural like Oliver's. She's 18 but could barely pass for 17.

"Is if you just let me see your answers I'll learn what to do for the next assignment." Oliver Queen, a son to millionaires, tilts his head with what is supposed to be a charming smile.

Oliver Queen looked like the typical pretty boy. He has blond hair and blue eyes, a buff body and a style famous people have that no one else can afford. He is a head taller than Felicity, he looked like he could pass for 22 even though he's 18.

The two are in the gym of their school, Starling High. It's way too earlier in the morning for them to want to be here but when in a sport it comes with a price. Felicity didn't play any sports, her friends could barely get her to go upstairs. But her friends are the reason she's here so early doing nothing on the bench. Oliver is in football, he just came out of the locker room showered and dressed for the day.

"In other words, you want to cheat." She sends him an unimpressed look, "Like I said I'm blond but not as blond as you."

"Fel-ic-ity…" He sighs giving her the best begging expression.

Some things never change it seems, since Sophomore year it's been the same routine. Felicity does her work, Oliver copies and tries to make it up by food. It usually works but it's Senior year and she's trying something new. They had one more year left of high school before going into some college, odds are they're are going to different ones. So what is he going to do when she isn't here for him?

"Don't give me that look, Queen…" She tries to hold in a laugh when he has his head down looking up at her, he moves closer to her making her shake her head with a entertained grin, "I'm serious. We're only one week into the school year and you're already relying on me."

"Roy relies on you, plus it's over a video." He now tries to sales pitch but he has never been good at it, adding he sighs, "My girlfriend already turned in the paper so I can't count on her."

Roy and Felicity met in Las Vegas right when they both started school. After a few years of being best friends, she found out he was an orphan. Telling her mother about it she got her to adopt him within the next year, her father was never in the picture. He just gave them checks for Felicity every month.

"First of all Roy's my brother-"

"Adopted brother."

"-So if he doesn't rely on me then I'm doing something wrong in life." She pauses when he lets out a chuckle from her statement then continues, "And good for Laurel. She's not being a pushover, like me."

When Roy and Felicity moved to Starling City they met Oliver in 10th grade. At the time he just started dating Laurel Lance, now it's been two years and they're still together. They have been off and on all through the years, they been back together for 3 months now.

Oliver sighs plopping down next to the petite blond, "You're not a pushover…"

Felicity rolls her eyes and hands the dumb jock her homework full of answers. He lights up as he skims over the paper to make sure it's the right one. She leans back into the bleachers watching his excited and relief eyes read the paper like it's god's word. Once he looks up at her he smiles proudly.

"Felicity. You're remarkable."

"Thank you for remarking on it."

"And Thank you Barbie, for putting me in an overrated sport. Like I said last year, rules have never been my thing."

The two seniors turn to the voice and find Roy Harper walking up to them. Roy looked like a bad boy off a magazine no matter what he wore. His hair's wet from the shower he took moments ago, he's reaching his old red hoodie with a simple jeans and shirt. He could be wearing a bunny suit and still look like a man who has tattoos and rides a motorcycle. His muscles are average size, but nice enough to drool over. He's a senior just like Felicity and Oliver.

"It's your senior year, Roy." Felicity sends him a look, "You need to be active."

"You aren't." He points out as he makes his way over to them.

"Who's the one with straight A's again?" She tilts her head with a small smirk.

Rolling his eye and mumbles, "And one B+."

"He messed up, it was supposed to be an A."

"B."

"A."

"B."

"Y."

Roy and Felicity glance beside them to see who just spoke up, they person had a familiar feminine voice. That's when they see Sara Lance & Thea Queen come up to them with perky smiles. The two just came out of the girl's locker room. Sarah played basketball and Thea is in Volleyball.

"Sorry, just had to." Thea grins referring to who said Y seconds ago, "What were yall talking about?"

"Felicity's perfect grades." Oliver, her brother, answers while copying answers down in front of him.

Thea Queen, a.k.a Oliver's little sister is a Junior. The youngest Queen has short brown hair and a supermodel's body. She could wear anything and she did just that to school. She's 17 but could pass for 21 with the way her body looks.

"Tell us something we don't know." Sara snorts then thinks out loud to Oliver, "My sister will be out in a second, the coach is talking to her."

"Okay. Thanks, I don't want her to see me copying Barbie's answers." Ollie blurts outputting the paper in his bag.

Sara is Laurel's sister who is Oliver's girlfriend. Once upon a time when Oliver and Laurel were on breaks he and Sara would fool around. No one would mention it for the good of the group but everyone knew. She didn't look or act anything like Laurel, she looked like her mother while Laurel looks like their dad. They live with their dad, though, only their dad. Sarah's a Junior like Thea so they still have another year of high school, unlike the rest.

"Sounds like someone is pussy whipped." Everyone hears a smart mouth cocky voice calling out to them in the gym.

Abruptly a strong heavy voice speaks up, "Come on, man. You can't just yell that out."

They all turn to see the one and only Tommy Merlyn and John Diggle. Diggle is beside him shaking his head in disbelief of either Tommy's words or being his friend. Now and days the gang had to rethink their friendship with him. The two come to the little circle the group has formed.

"I'm not whipped." Oliver sends his best friend a look.

"Whipped like cream my brother." He smirks while nudging Diggle.

Tommy and Diggle are seniors too, the two were basically opposites, to be honest.

Tommy has dark, maybe even black, brown hair. He's as buff and stylish as Oliver, he acts like he is a big shot but just for them to have a laugh. He's usually the class clown in every situation and the playboy of the school. He could get any girl if he wanted to and he has.

John Diggle is the simple casual black guy in their little group. He makes a few jokes, comments on a few things but isn't pushing to be in a conversation. Out of the group, he was the quietest, and not because he's shy. He just doesn't need to have his opinion said every time he can talk.

Somehow though the two are friends. The only thing that is similar is they play football with Oliver and Roy.

"So can we get going now?" Felicity stands up looking to all her friends, "This place smells like sweat."

"Yeah, yeah, Barbie. You'll be back to your computers in no time." Sara laughs at the face Smoak makes.

"You can always be back in my bed, Fel…" Tommy wraps an arm around Felicity's shoulders suggestively making Roy's eyes bug out.

"What?!"

"He's kidding."

"You wish."

Felicity shoves Tommy away laughing, he shoves her back lightly.

Something you can always count on is Tommy being the biggest flirt. No one would say it out loud but he has a big soft spot for Felicity. Probably because it's been two years and she never wanted to be more than a friend with him. And that is something he hasn't had with a girl in a long time, Thea and Laurel were different of course. Sara had a thing for him but got over it with Oliver.

They all begin to walk toward the doors when they hear someone call out behind them, "So you guys are just going to leave me?!"

They all stops, Tommy, Sara, Felicity and Thea all make an annoyed or bored look before glancing back. The group knew exactly who owned that voice, Laurel Lance. She speed walks toward them with a perfect outfit, hair, and makeup. The four who looked annoyed all had their own reasons to make the face.

Tommy wasn't fond of her because all the drama she put Oliver in. Sara didn't like her because she was her older sister. Thea didn't like her because the way she treated her brother and personality in general. Felicity isn't crazy about her because of the way Laurel treats her, she acts like she's better than her. Diggle, Roy, and Oliver didn't have a problem with her, though.

When Laurel finally reaches them she kisses Oliver quickly making Felicity want to look away. She smiles at them and lets out a breath, "Sorry, Coach made me stay a little long. Cons of being captain."

She's the captain of cheerleading, Smoak doesn't consider it a sport but she won't say it out loud. Last time she did Laurel was yelling and bitching for the rest of the week about it. It didn't help that she wanted to be a lawyer and her dad is officer Lance.

"No, a con is just being a cheerleader in general." Tommy blurts out with a smug look making Felicity perk up.

Oliver and Laurel send him a look as they wrap their arms around each other. Which is another reason Felicity looks away from them. Only Diggle notices the way she turns away from them showing affection.

"Let's just go." Laurel announces like they didn't have a choice in the matter.

"Please. I'll only bring a few friends."

"No, man. It'll be all chicks and you'll leave the place a wreck."

"Besides you have enough money to rent a hotel for a night."

"Only if you come along."

"I walked myself into that one."

Tommy, Felicity, and Roy are in Calculus with a teacher they still couldn't remember whose name is. Oliver and Laurel were a few rows back, Diggle is in the front row. Sara and Thea are in some junior class they don't have. The teacher is babbling away not paying any attention to the three in the middle having a quiet debate.

"Barbie, please… Just for tonight. You two will be at work, the apartment will be empty." Tommy whispers to them hopefully, "It'll be only a few girls."

Roy and Felicity send each other the same look before turning to Merlyn. Felicity speaks up, "Been there, done that. We're never again letting you stay at our place alone."

"One time I leave the place dirty…" He groans and sinks down in his seat.

"You left a used condom on the floor." Roy points out trying to shortly tell him how trashed he left it.

"And here I thought no parents lived there." He looks at the two knowingly.

When Roy and Felicity came to Starling in Sophomore year they didn't come with any legal adult. Donna (Felicity's mother and Roy's adoptive one) stayed in Las Vegas for her current boyfriend. She's never spoken to her dad all he does is gives them monthly money to help raise Felicity.

The two raised money to move up there and is using the money Felicity's dad gives them monthly for the rent. They have jobs to get clothes, food, supplies, things like that. Donna sends them money every here and there to help them.

Their apartment is on the outskirts of the Glades, it's under Felicity's name. Using her computer skills and knowledge she was able to fake her age and get an ID saying she's over 21. The two came to Starling for a lot of reasons, the jobs, the education but the biggest reason is because Roy was born here.

He believes his family lives around her. They tried looking for them the first six months but then they met the gang and they slowly stopped trying. They still wanted to but for now, it's on didn't tell Donna the real reason they moved up here since they didn't want her to have a meltdown of something.

"Well, when you live on your own you'll understand," Felicity whispers to Tommy.

"It's almost like I am now, Barbie." He sighs looking down to his phone, she then looking at him pitifully.

Malcolm Merlyn is his daddy, not only that but is a millionaire like Oliver's parents. Malcolm travels a lot and never brings Tommy. His mother died when he was little and it's been the two of them ever since. Probably why he is so rebellious because he never had parents to give him a limit.

"I know, you can come over then one of us is okay?" She tilts her head hopeful.

"Yeah okay, Fel." He mumbles, talking or even thinking about his dad bums him out.

She bites her lip not knowing what to do in this situation. Yeah, she didn't know her dad but she didn't care too. Plus it was different since he lives with his father who is never there, she lives with her brother. She abruptly puts the thought of Tommy's parents on hold when feeling someone looking at her.

Felicity turns her head a little to see a handsome brown hair guy making glances at her a few desk from her. She smiles shyly at him and he returns it instantly. He nods with a bright smile causing her to blush. Looking back down to her notes and doesn't see Oliver behind her watching the whole exchange.

It's around 12 and mostly everyone in the school is going to lunch. The gang and Laurel have a certain table to sit at since junior year. It's in the corner where they're able to see everything in the room if something The walls around it are floor length windows so they could also see everything on the outside. Felicity and Tommy walk together into the cafeteria and sit at their usual table. Sara and Diggle are already at the table eating. The rest of their group were nowhere to be seen.

Coming up the two a the table Tommy announces seriously, "Okay guys I need help."

"Oh no, Tommy we're not helping you get a girl into bed. Ask Ollie." Sara says in disgust from the last time he asked.

Felicity goes around Tommy and sits next to Sara, Tommy moves to sit next to Diggle.

Once sitting down he sends Sara a look before replying plainly, "Ha. Ha. Ha. Very funny, but no. I need help finding a girl for homecoming."

Diggle rolls his eyes and thinks out loud, "You have half of the girls here wrapped around your finger."

Tommy's eyes go wide nodding, "Yes, but I need a girl who wouldn't mess up the night like the other dates I've had go with me to homecoming."

"What was wrong with the ones before?" Roy comes up to the table with a tray of cafeteria food.

He never liked going to school dances so he never saw one of Tommy's dates. If someone was going to drop out of school it would be Roy honestly. But Felicity would never let him do that, she already had to hack into this school to get him and her in.

Tommy groans and puts his head on the table thinking about past dates, "Let's not go down memory lane."

Felicity begins to laugh with a knowing grin, "Roy don't you remember me telling you about the girl with the braces-"

"No!" Tommy says dead serious, "No, no, no, come on! We will not do this today."

Sara laughs and teases, "What? Don't want us to ruin your ego?"

He glares at her and is about to roast her when Roy speaks up nodding towards something in the distance, "Oh, don't look now but here come the love birds."

Everyone turns to what he's talking about, they all see Oliver and Laurel make their way to the table with entwined hands. Felicity watches the sway of the tangled hands for a second too long before instantly looking anywhere else. Diggle watches her glum expression as she looks at the floor.

"You guys ready for the game tomorrow?" Laurel speaks up in a petty voice once her and Oliver reach their usual seats, the boys all nod silently.

Tomorrow night is the first game for Starling high school. The guys were all pretty nervous since it's their first on at Seniors. It's the first game Roy has ever played for Starling, however he played for their old school freshman year.

"You're all going right?" Oliver questions to all of them but looks directly at Felicity, she was known for not going since sports aren't her thing.

Everyone nods but Barbie making Oliver give her a confused look as he sits down next to her, "You aren't going?"

She shrugs a little guilty, "You know it's not my scene. Plus their are plenty of other game y'all will drag me to."

"Too bad." Laurel speaks up with the happiest of smiles while sitting beside her boyfriend.

"No you have to come." Roy complains like a typical teenager, "The whole reason I'm in football if because of you."

"Yeah, plus I need you to come so I can have someone to kiss when I make the winning touchdown." Tommy points out as if it mattered.

Roy rolls his eyes unimpressed but didn't say anything since he wanted Felicity to come. Laurel looks between Merlyn and Smoak curiously from his comment. Oliver surprisingly gives his best friend a threatening look.

Thea then walks up to the table with the guy Felicity was making glances at earlier. Reaching the gang the youngest Queen points to the guy beside her, "Have you Met Ray? This is his first year in this school. He's a senior like you guys, plays football too."

Ray looks directly to Felicity with a bright perfect smile, "Ray Palmer."

She blushes at she holds his stare while saying, "Felicity Smoak… You're in my-"

"Calculus class? Yeah." He tilts his head as he puts his hands in his pockets.

Thea smirks knowingly at Felicity hoping Ray won't see it. Oliver looks at Ray like he wanted him dead. Roy sizes the guy up feeling threatened. Diggle glance between Ray, Felicity and Oliver. Tommy looked bored at the guy want Thea to introduce them to one of her hot friends.

The group stared silently at him long enough for him to raise an eyebrow and suggest, "You want to get lunch?"

Felicity glances at the table realizing she hasn't bought anything yet from the cafeteria. Looking back up to him she nods with a shy smile, "Yeah. Okay."

She gets up and follows him to the lunch line without a single glance to her friends. They all her walk beside him, they could see them talking. Felicity looked slightly nervous while he looked comfortable.

"He's so damn fine." Thea is the first to speak up at the table.

"You don't gotta tell me twice." Sarah smirks while checking him out.

"He's not that fine." Oliver in disgust while watching Felicity protectively.

"Like hell he's not." Thea thinks out loud, "He was asking about Barbie earlier, that's why I brought him over."

"Why would you do that?" Her brother asks in shock.

Diggle rolls his eyes while watching jealous take over the oldest Queen, Thea then sends her brother a look, "Maybe because Felicity need to get laid."

"I'm always free." Tommy shrugs casually while nodding to a girl at another table.

"I don't think Felicity is into sloppy seconds if you know what I mean." Diggle sends him a knowing smirks.

"Oh, check it out." Sara announces while looking in the direction Felicity and Ray went, "Fel's fun pack got him hooked."

Oliver chokes on the water he just started to drink, Laurel pats him on the back as he asks, "Fun pack?"

Thea shrugs and explains, "Yeah you know, the money makers, the girls, the FUN pack. Look."

Everyone at the table looks over to where Ray and Felicity are about to leave the line. Felicity is paying for her food and Ray is glancing down to her breast every few seconds. She didn't even notice as she talks to the lunch lady with a perky smile.

"They would be a cute couple." Sara thinks out loud..

"Hell, no." Roy snaps not like the guy one bit.

"What do you think, Oliver?" Diggle asks innocently.

Oliver doesn't say anything he just stares at the two making their way over to the table. The group turns to him when he still hasn't said anything on the matter. Something didn't sit right with him as he thought of Ray, he didn't know why. All he knows is that he didn't want Ray anywhere near Felicity.

"Oh no. Oliver Queen, don't you do it." Tommy speaks up when he sees the look on Oliver's face, he's seen it many time when it came to Barbie.

"Do what?" Laurel asks confused about the whole situation.

"I'm not going to do anything-"

"Shh, they're coming." Roy quietly snaps while smiling at his sister awkwardly.

Felicity and Ray reach the table with a tray of food for each of them. The gang is quietly watching the exchange from their seats. She only glances at her friends before he touches her elbow to stop her from sitting down. She looks up to him curiously by the touch. Setting her tray down she waits for him to speak up.

Ray then smiles oh so sweetly, "I'm telling you… You should come to the game tomorrow. you can be my good luck charm."

She blushes and is about to say something when Oliver speaks up from his chair, "Sorry buddy, she's already a good luck charm for someone."

Ray nods thinking something totally different than a few second ago.

Felicity shakes her head in disagreement, "Not I'm not! I'm no one's good luck charm. I'm practically the opposite… for everyone but you."

She rubs her faces embarrassed of her rambling. Roy looks between Oliver and Felicity alarmed, "Well I should get going, I'll see you later Felicity."

Once that is said he practically runs out of their sight. Barbie's mouth drops at how fast he leaves. She plops down in her seat glaring at Oliver, he just shrugs not even noticing she was now annoyed by him.

After a moment for staring daggers at him she throws her juice box at him, "What the hell was that? He was into me, Oliver."

He folds his arms defensively, "He didn't seem like your type."

"So what is my type Oliver? Billionaire playboys who have a girlfriend already?" She sarcastically asks in frustration.

"Well…" Oliver begins with a shrug of his shoulders.

She growls at his short answer, "He was really nice and you totally ruined it."

"There was nothing to ruin." He defends poorly, everyone at the table now is silently praying for him.

"Why you son of a…." She glares at him wanting to kill, "You do this every time a guy starts to be interested."

"I'm just saying all he wanted was the fun pack." He says trying to get her frustration away from him.

"My fun what?!" She barely shrieks, her mouth drops as she stares at him in disbelief. Abruptly she stands up getting her things. Everyone protests but it doesn't stop her leaving. When she is about to go she stops in front of Oliver demanding, "I want my answers back."

"Answers?" Laurel speaks up confused.

Oliver groans in defeat, "Really? Licity you really going to act like this?"

She only gets angrier with him, "Paper."

Throwing a fit he takes it out and hands it to her making his girl friend eyes go wide in realization. Her tray of food forgotten at the table she storms out of the cafeteria not daring to look back at Oliver. He sinks down in his chair with his girlfriend and Felicity pissed as hell at him.

"I thought you said you weren't going to use her help this year!" Laurel snaps at him after a moment of tense silence.

"Well I said a lot of things I didn't mean…" He rubs his face thinking about what he said to Felicity.

Diggle picks at his food knowing someone should say something, "Just be a man and apologies."

Oliver glances at Diggle then to Tommy who nods in agreement. Laurel leans back in her chair blurting out, "Well I'm waiting, Ollie."

He then realizes Laurel thinks Diggle is talking about her when really it's was about Smoak. Thea rolls her eyes at Laurel and shoves her mouth with food before it can say something salty. Oliver sighs and looks over to his girl, "I'm sorry."

She just snorts and moves her homemade salad around, he shakes his head in disbelief of his girlfriend before going back to the topic at hand. Felicity Smoak.