XXX. Jags & Tulips
Thea was following Lilith with every step she'd take, she latched on to every word Lily said like she was a goddess.
Oliver, Roy, and Thea were hanging out at her house, it was a small get together. There was music, some boxing match was on the TV, there was food to eat. Lilith knew that Thea knew but it was never officially spoken aloud, as much as this was a risk, Lilith couldn't lie and say she wasn't happy she didn't have to lie to her best friend anymore.
Oliver pretended to watch the TV, but he was just looking at Lily as she walked around the apartment fixing things up and working.
Roy was enthralled in the match but noticed that Oliver couldn't keep his eyes off of Lily. "She's single?" Roy asked whispering when Lily and Thea walked into the kitchen.
"I'm not talking girls with you Harper, but yeah, she's not with Palmer anymore."
"That's good, and you're finally away from that, no offense, bitch Laurel, why aren't you all over Lily?"
"She's... stubborn, won't let me near her, I invited myself over so she told Thea to come over so I couldn't tempt her."
"Smart girl, she couldn't stay away if you started your charm on her alone."
"I don't just want her physically, I want her." He heard her laugh from the kitchen, it was divine, he closed his eyes listening to her voice.
When Thea walked back in, it was silent except for TV, Roy and Thea were cuddled up on the couch, Oliver waited for Lilith to walk back in but after a few minutes he grew restless and stood up and walked to Lilith's room. Thea smirked at her whipped brother in glee.
Lily was on the phone with Ray when Oliver walked in, "what's taking so long-"
Lily put her finger over her mouth silencing Oliver.
"Is that Oliver?" Ray asked slightly jealous but happy she could move on, it was him who broke it off with her technically.
"Yeah, Thea and him are over at my place." Oliver felt a jealously flew into him so he walked over to Lily who was sitting on her bed looking wide eyed as he neared her closing the door.
She could tell by the look in his eyes that he was up to no good.
"That's good." Ray said as Oliver stood infront of Lily, he ran his fingers through her now curly hair making her shiver.
"Y-yeah."
"So about the plates for the helmet?" Ray asked referring to his suit, he was happy that Violet was still helping, I didn't hurt having a fellow vigilante as your ex girlfriend.
"Use aluminum around the screws to keep them in," Oliver pulled her up and placed a kiss on her neck with his arm on her back. She gasped but pretended not to notice, his hands were o her waist squeezing softly. She was about to melt into him. He loved her reaction, he loved feeling her. "And use the mic its to keep the screws in rotation, you know what happens when they get jammed."
Ray recalled the tiny implosion that happened in his booster a few days ago.
Lilith was somewhere else, her hand on Olivers large chest as she feebly pushed his back to see his bright cheeky smirk. 'Stop' she mouthed and he raised his hands in surrender seeing how he was teasing her.
"Ray I gotta go, be careful okay?"
"Tell Oliver I said hi. Or don't.. that'd me awkward."
She laughed and closed the phone before scowling at Oliver who was playing with her hair, "what?"
"You're playing with me."
"I'm not playing with you, I'm courting you." He insisted taking her hand in his.
"Oliver, you're honestly going to get hurt." She tried to push passed him but he just pulled her back.
"What problems are you gonna cause me? Change my password on my accounts, have porcupines fornicate on my home screen?"
Little did he knew she carried the same risk he did. "Look, how about you and I got to this party I'm hosting tonight, it's for investors."
"Oliver, you've been single for a week-"
"I've been single for years, I haven't felt any real emotions like this since I left the island. And it wasn't even with Laurel."
"Not pleading your case very well Queen."
"Kiss me." He whispered ignoring her weak attempts to fight her attraction for him.
"No." She moaned quietly.
"Come to the party with me."
"I have go organize my book collection.
"Fine, guess we're playing like that, Violet, as your boss you are to come out with me tonight."
"Can you even do that?"
"Are you going to quit?"
"Of course not." She whined knowing that if she went out with Oliver she was going end up in a sticky situation.
"Then it is mandatory for you to come tonight." He demanded looking at her face expression, how could someone be so beautiful? She literally did nothing, she was wearing a black tank top and black shorts, her silver hair was down and curly, she wore these cute Star Wars slippers. How could she be this spectacular without doing anything but giving him her cute smile.
"What time? And is Thea coming?"
"No!" Thea yelled from the living room obviously eavesdropping.
"I'll be back to pick you up in after I leave, it starts at 10."
"What? You're leaving now?"
"Yes, you obvious can't handle being around me this much, I like you, I'd be best to kill you with my charm."
She rolled her eyes and pursed
her lips as he walked out of the apartment followed by Thea and Roy.
"I'm gonna get myself in trouble." She predicted while she looked though her closet for clothes to put on. While dressing she couldn't help but to look at her wounds, Ray never saw them, she made sure it was dark when they had sex, how could someone like Oliver truly want her?
She kept wondering if maybe she was his rebound, maybe he like her boobs? She wasn't tall like Laurel, she didn't have blonde hair or bright green eyes. Lily was a short women, her silver metallic like hair was relatively long but curly since she stopped straightening it. She had plump full lips, a nose that had been sun kissed, and her eyes were odd. She wasn't the traditional beauty, but she was a sight none the less.
She settled on a swayed khaki sundress, the bottom of it was decorated with little yellow butterflies, she wore a brown choker, and the heels were wedge by the sole of her foot and sharp by the heel. She looked adorable yet still alluring. Her hair was up in a tight pony tail showing off her odd yet beauty of a face. She wore no make up aside from some matte brown lipstick, her face was dewy enough at it was.
She dressed herself with her hidden weapons, by the time she picked up her purse she heard a knock at her door.
Oliver.
Oliver waited in front of the red door, he looks delicious. He wore a khaki shirt with a leather jacket that oozed bad boy sex appeal. He was wearing black skinny jeans and combat boots. He looked fit in his attire, although he didn't know how he felt about skinny jeans but he remembered Thea going on about how much Lily liked them.
When the door opened, Oliver felt his heart swell up like a ballon. His heart sped, how could Lily be this beautiful? Lily felt the same emotion when she took in Oliver's cool look.
"You look... beautiful."
She felt a rush of blood flow to her cheeks and chest, "no-"
"Violet, you are the most beautiful girl I've ever met," he confessed, " you're biting your lips, do you not believe me?"
Lily removed her lip from the latch of her teeth, even Violet couldn't think of a good response, she was just as whipped as the rest of Lilith.
Oliver raised his hand and placed it on her face lovingly, " let's go."
She smiled her cute smile, " okay." She closed the door behind her and and began to walk, her heart just about stopped when he took her tiny hands into his. V and the Arrow, how about that? His hands were workers hands, it made her feel safe, she knew that if she was with Oliver like this and someone tried to kill her, like a sniper, it probably would work, but she didn't care, she was holding his hand, and it was giving her life.
Looking up she smiled at him, he was already looking down at her, even her hair was intensely beautiful, the way the city lamp lights hit her head had to be art. They came up to his limo and the driver opened the door for them, she entered and saw that this was enough room for maybe six people, but he sat right next to her.
"So what are we going to be doing at this party?"
'Kissing you.' Oliver thought as she did this cute little crinkle with her nose, looking up at him with her big silver eyes.
"We're going to talking to our investors and our business partners, it's not a big deal, we just want to remind them that we're with them, not against, plus I have to assure them I'm not going as mental as one should be after the many attempts on my life."
She snorted a laugh knowing all too well how many times he's been almost killed.
Even her snort was beautiful.
"What are you and I going to doing?"
"Well, I need my girl with me."
"Your girl?"
"Platonic, of course." He smirked teasing her with memories from their first conversation.
Lilith covered her face embarrassed.
"Don't worry, I like it."
"I bet you do, Mr. Queen."
Oliver was being pulled aside by a familiar Chinese man, once Violet realized who it was she smirked and walked over to Olivers side. "Mr. Wang, it's been a while."
When he saw it was Violet, he jumped back, how could he forget the women who costed him millions and all of his cars but one? Shun Wangs net worth dropped millions after the stunt that Violet pulled. He wasn't a dumb man to retaliate against her, she was too deep in his business so he tried to suck up to her instead.
"Oh, Ms. Carson, how beautiful you look tonight-"
"I know."
Oliver looked down stifling a laugh.
"Who let you in here?"
"I'm investing into the company-"
"How much?"
"Ten million-"
"Double it."
Shun Wang tried to protest but he knew better and like that another ten million dollars- gone.
He stomped away angrily.
"You should probably stop doing that, I heard he was in coohoots with the Chinese Mafia." It was an empty threat, Oliver was always monitoring their actions, if he even caught whiff of some sort of revenge plot, he'd be on them like white on rice.
"I can't handle myself Island Boy."
"Oh," he touched his heart pretending to be hurt, "was that a cast away joke?"
"Was it funny?"
"No."
Lilith laughed, "then yes."
The party was more alive then Lilith expected, she had heard that The Queens knew how to throw a party, but she didn't expect it to be this fun. They were at Olivers house, there was security and all, but in the open room, there were maybe two hundred people, there were shots, an open bar, crazy music. The age range was younger than expected, the business owner were sending their secretaries and kids to fill in. There were so much beautiful people, and girls trying to get at Olivers attention now that everyone knew he was newly single, you was ripe for the picking.
There was one girl in particular that made Violet fell threatened, she was the prettiest of them all. She had cherry red hair and bright green eyes like Laurel did. What if her eyes reminds him of something familiar, of Laurel.
She was tall like Laurel, almost Olivers peak height of 6'3, she was just four inches shorter, must be a model. Her voice was high but not annoying like Laurel. She was talking to Oliver about one of benefits he missed were she was the fashion designer and head model. Of course. Oliver, being the idiot he was when it came to romance didn't notice the sexual vibes she was giving him, to him, he was just having an innocent conversation with an investor. He was in his own little bubble of jealous, he saw Violet, his Violet dancing with some guy.
He cleared his throat, the women he was talking to slowly realized that he wasn't interested, she smiled embarrassed and followed his gaze. " What an odd girl." She had an Australian accent that just made her all the more alluring.
"Excuse me?" Oliver said pulled from his dough eyes from Lilith.
"The girl you're looking at, the silver head."
"No, I just-"
"You're flipped for the odd girl."
"Odd?"
"I don't mean to disrespect, not even in the slightest, but she is odd, silly, I mean look at her."
Lilith was doing the cabbage patch to some rap song and laughed as she sang along. She was in the middle, every movement she made, it felt like it was happening in slow motion for Oliver. The movement of her curls, her breaths, everything about her made Oliver smile.
"You're in love." She woman smiled at him.
"Who are you again?"
"Chanel, Chanel Mayback, I know I'm named after expensive things, I can promise in not shallow."
"Chanel, that's a nice name."
"I don't like it, I go my May, but you can stop trying to change the subject."
"There's nothing to change-"
"Yeah, cause you're standing here talking to me, the model while my hand is on your arm."
"I thought you were resting since you're wearing those heels." Oliver said innocently, truly not realizing how this looked.
"Dude, for a man running a multi-billion dollar company, you're pretty clueless." She smiled and watched as they were joined by Diggle, he was off but was still watching Oliver.
"I tell him that everyday."
"What is this, pick on Oliver day?"
"Of course not." Diggle smiled putting his hand in Olivers back. "Go over there and dance with her, that guy is certainly doing that."
Lilith was having fun with some guy in the dancefloor, she kept laughing and everyone around her couldn't help but to laugh to.
Olivers heart swelled.
"Don't be nervous." Diggle whispered into his ear.
Oliver nodded, he had jumped off of buildings, out of jets, into a volcano with a rope as his safety precaution, but as he walked over to Lily, he felt sweat build up on his finger tips and his heart sped up.
Lily walked away from the dance floor and the man she was dancing with tried to follow her while her back was turned. Oliver shoved him back and nodded at Diggle who pulled him out.
One problem solved. Lily was oblivious as she walked up the stairs trying to find a bathroom. Tonight was difficult for her, Oliver was with her at first but after an hour he gravitated away and became bombarded by all these girls, the red head especially.
Why did she think that just cause he was single he'd come for her? He had so many options, so many pretty girls wanted the Oliver Queen. Who was she? Her heart swelled and she walked into a bedroom to pull herself together .
She sat on the floor and took a deep breath, her head hurt, sometimes feeling these pains were fresh for her, Oliver made her weak. Physically and emotionally. He was the only one who could truly hurt her.
Not even a minute later there was a knock on the door.
Opened, it was Oliver.
Lily wondered if she should've closed the door.
"Can I come in?" He asked taking his hands out in his jean pockets.
"It's your room." Lily opened the door and went back to the floor ignoring Oliver.
He closed the door and walked over to her, "you're upset."
"And that's the floor, and that's the ceiling, isn't it great when we observe things then say it aloud?"
"What have I done?" Oliver asked kneeling infront of her.
She couldn't lie and say that it didn't tickle her insides, he was still a foot taller than her, but Oliver Queen kneeling in front of her. Turn on.
"Do you like her? That girl?"
"Yes." He answered thinking she meant platonically.
"That's good, she's pretty-"
"That's true, but I've got my locks on someone else."
For a genius in the art of deduction and logic, Lily fell short in the obvious signs that Oliver was flipped for her.
"Really? Who?"
He smiled, he couldn't believe she didn't see how serious he was about them being together. Everything that she did drew him in, and vice versa.
"I can tell you for certain it's not the girl with the red hair-"
"What about the brunette? The strawberry blonde? The skinny on-"
"Violet."
"No, I guess it makes sense, I'm just the black girl with silver eyes, the weirdo Sara analysis who can't eat a Boston Cream donut without shoving it down my mouth hole-"
"Violet."
"And I know you walked in on me playing Harry Styles and you don't get to judge me for that, did you not just hear his new song Kiwi-"
"I don't listen to music-"
"And the strawberry blonde chick from Poland, she was pretty, nice vine structure."
"I like yours-"
"And her dress, didn't expect people to dress up so much for you, I mean I should've guessed, it is an Oliver Queens party, I'm pretty sure I just saw Russell Crow here, why did I wear this stupid dress-"
"It's beautiful Violet."
"I'm not beautiful," Violet knew what she was internally, how could she be beautiful after the things she's done, things she will, there was light I her, plenty, but there was an indisputable darkness that when she let take over, could make nation crumble to her feet. She "I'm not beautiful..." she stopped when she felt Oliver hand lay on her back and the other lay on her neck.
Her heart sped, for the first time ever, she was speechless.
"Never say that again." He demanded sternly making her not only scared but made her heart swell. "You're the smartest women I've ever met, I like how funny and smart you are-"
"Oliver-"
"You're beautiful Violet."
Her heart sped so fast that she feared she'd been detached from everything holding her to her fears, but an iron weld bow connected them. "You're beautiful, " he repeated moving his mouth to her neck laying a rough but sensual kiss. "Beautiful." Now he rose kissing her jaw and she stood there eyes shut, "beautiful- look at me Violet." She opened her eyes and saw the care and need in his eyes. "You're beautiful." He stated like it was a well known fact. Her eyes were wide opened, she had imagined kissing him, many times, but now that it was actually happening, it was more surreal than she could have ever pondered. "I'm going to kiss you now, okay?"
She nodded slowly.
"Say it, aloud."
"Say what?" She asked feeling his gasp on her neck go a little higher, it didn't hurt or anything, she liked it.
"What do you want?"
"Kiss me Oliver."
He smirked down at her, and pushed her up against the wall, he placed his hand behind her head so that he wouldn't hurt her, his breath was on her tongue, oh how she wanted him.
His body pressed against hers as with even inched that he neared her, she felt the loud music fade away like she was underwater. All that was left was her and Oliver. The furniture was gone, the air was tight, Slade was just a distant memory, all there was, all she wanted, was her and Oliver. Oliver.
His lips were almost touching hers now, so close, it was agony to not be one her lips at that very moment, it actually pained in. Like a fire lighting a match, he knew what was to be done.
"Kiss me." She just about begged him, an he was just happy to oblige. He kissed her and the world fell away. It was slow and soft, comforting in ways that words would never be. His hand rested below her ear, his thumb caressing her cheek as their breaths mingled. She ran her fingers down his spine, pulling him closer until there was no space left between them and she could feel the beating of his heart against her chest.
Lily pulled back breathless, "we shouldn't have done that-"
"Do you want me to stop?" He asked knowing that after that, he'd never be able to leave her.
"I...I." What she wanted was his lips back on hers. Unexpectedly, his hand drifted to her hip. It settled there and pulled her closer. She inhaled sharply. She was against his warm chest, chiseled to perfection. Must he be so perfect? She splayed her hand against it, intending to push him away, but instead she left it there. His breathing quickened as did hers. He began nuzzling her neck with delicate kisses. So faint, they were whispers. She urged herself to push away, but couldn't. Her limp body began to tremble uncontrollably against the oak wall. His head was angled slightly to the side as his lips came closer and closer to hers. She was surprised to find her own lips parted. Their breaths mingled. Her heart fluttered inside her chest. At first, it was a delicate butterfly of a kiss. Then his arms encircled her as he held her body with so much love.
This went on for some time before he pulled away to make sure she was okay.
When he looked at her, her eyes were still closed and she slowly opened them, she was flipped, everything that concerned Oliver was now everything she cared about. All the ties of herself were cut, to her and Oliver, a copper wire kept her float.
Vice Versa.