Teamwork

Chapter 49 - Felicity Meghan Smoak

The Team enjoyed the teasing that came so easily. It was how they managed to keep the events of their night life, their missions, from taking over and plunging them all into darkness. This time was no different. They all sat and relished the happiness and camaraderie that they all shared, despite recent events. It was only after another half hour of talking and laughing that the Team realized that Oliver needed rest, and he wasn't the only one.

"Felicity?" Diggle turned to his friend, suddenly serious again. "How long has it been since you've gotten some sleep?" He asked as he could see the lack of sleep evident in the shadows under her eyes and in the way she was leaning, exhausted, against the headboard, much as Oliver was doing again.

"Um..." Felicity thought carefully. She was afraid of what everyone was going to say when she admitted just how long it had been. "Well the last time I remember sleeping at all was the night before Lance went missing." She finally admitted. She knew that there was no way she would be able to keep the truth from the Team. They are like human lie detectors. She thought to herself as she saw the looks of worry on the Team's faces.

"You both need some serious sleep." Sara said as she rose and placed the dirty dishes on the trays. "We'll get out of here so you two can rest."

Diggle and Roy stood as well and Diggle stepped over to check Oliver's bandages once more before he left them alone for the night.

"We're going to need more supplies." Diggle said quietly, mostly to himself, as he finished redressing the wounds on Oliver's back and chest.

"They should be in tomorrow." Felicity stated tiredly from her place next to Oliver.

"What do you mean tomorrow?" Roy asked the blonde, a look of confusion on his face.

"What?" Felicity said in mock offense. "I wasn't playing Solitaire at the Lair you know."

"That's why you went." Oliver said quietly, finally understanding why she had had to leave him, if only for a short amount of time.

"Yep." Felicity said with a smile, ending the word with a pop. "That's not all I did either." She was clearly pleased with herself at that declaration. "In case you all were wondering, the Queen and Lance families were on a joint vacation on the Queen's private yacht in the Bahamas for the last several weeks. There are pictures leaked to the tabloids and everything."

Felicity was so exhausted that she busted up laughing at the looks of shock on her three Teammates' faces. It was a good three minutes before she could breathe fully again. Once she had stopped laughing she wiped the tears from her face and took a deep breath.

"Are you okay Felicity?" Sara asked as the other blonde worked to bring her breathing back to normal.

"Yeah. I just couldn't help it. You should have seen the looks on your faces!" Felicity answered before grabbing a drink of water. "You guys forget. That's part of my job on the Team. After all, you all have horrible luck with cover stories!"

"Felicity..." Diggle said, drawing the attention of everyone in the room. "You. Are. Remarkable." He said with a huge smile.

"Hey!" Oliver said with a mock glare directed at Diggle. "That's my line!"

The Team laughed again. It felt so good to be able to laugh once more instead of worrying if they were going to survive the next hour.

"Come on guys. Let's go." Sara said as she handed one of the trays of dishes to Roy before turning back to the couple. "You two get some sleep. We'll find beds here at the mansion tonight in case you need us." She then followed Roy and Diggle out before quietly closing the door behind her.