It was the summer of 1963, Felicity was sat reading her books a multitude on peace and computing, she had 2 very varied tastes both important to her but she had decided to take a year in the peace corps before going to college to study her passion; computer science. Her dad, not her real dad but he was the only dad she needed, Quentin Lance, was driving as her mother Donna sat in the passenger seat smiling as the radio played the latest music craze.
Laurel was sat there applying her immaculate makeup, her law books forgotten as she insisted on her summer of fun. They passed the sign Merlyns Mountain House welcomes you as Quentin pulled into the drive. Laurel jumped out as soon as the car pulled up, scanning the array of guests leaning towards the front door.
"Donna I said I should have brought the coral shoes."
"Sweetie you brought 10 pairs." Donna replied with a soft smile.
"This is not a tragedy." Her father said walking towards her. "Tragedy is people dying for their cause, miners trapped-"
"Or monks burning themselves in protest." Felicity jumped in.
"Butt out Baby." Laurel said. Felicity smiled at the all too familiar nickname, being the youngest in the family. She turned to look towards the man making announcements about the activities unable to stop smiling.
"Doc!" A man with dark hair shouted as he strode over a younger man by his side.
"Malcolm." Quentin said stepping forward.
"After all these years I finally got you on my mountain."
"How's the heart?" Quentin asked.
"Girls if it wasn't for your father I'd be stood here... Dead." He tried to joke and the others smiled in return. "Tommy, get the bags." He snapped his fingers.
"Yes sir." He replied taking the keys from Quentin.
"I kept the best cabin for you and your beautiful girls." Malcolm said as Tommy opened the boot. Felicity instinctively helped him take the bags out.
"Hey thanks a lot." He smiled. "Do you want a job here?" She rolled her eyes at his playful nature.
"Now, your Sara is teaching the merengue."
"Really?" Quentin asked with a smile.
"Go easy on him Malcolm he hasn't had a holiday in 3 years." They all laughed.

The music was lively as Sara swayed her red dress to the beat, Felicity stood on the feet of the people next to her. She cringed whispering sorry as the dance class continued. She glanced up at the beaming face of Sara her sister, well half sister just like Laurel, but she loved her whole family.
"Right, guys form the outside circle behind me, girls inside." They all followed swaying to the music. "God gave you maracas ladies so shake them!" Sara said shaking her chest the ladies following suit and Felicity failing badly. "Now when I say stop ladies you're going to find the man of your dreams." She gently swayed. "Stop." She grabbed her father by the hands and he smiled down at her, she looked so happy now she was dancing professionally. Felicity smiled as she was left with a little old lady, her eyes wandering the crowd aimlessly.

Later that evening Felicity walked out their cabin.
"I'm going to the main house." She shouted sauntering off. She took in the view of the lake and buildings all beautiful in the twiddling sunlight. She could hear voices coming from the dining all, inquisitively she peaked inside. Mr Merlyn stood addressing the waiting staff.
"This is a family resort, you show the ladies, the daughters a good time. All of them. Even the dogs. Take them out on the terrace, show them the stars, romance them up."
"You got that guys." Felicity stared as a guy walked in, sunglasses on his face, a leather jacket thrown over his shoulder and his t-shirt tight revealing the muscles underneath. He had a chiselled jaw with stubble.
"Hey hey hold it." Merlyn shouted. She noticed Tommy stood with him, and a few other men carrying equipment. "Well if isn't it the entertainment staff." He walked straight up to the guy in sunglasses. "Listen wiseass, you got your own room. Dance with daughters, teach them to mambo, cha cha anything they pay for but that is it. That's where it ends." The guy looked down with a sigh. "No funny business, no conversations and keep your hands off." With that Malcolm turned away.
"It's the same in all these places, some action in the woods maybe but no conversation." The biggest guy replied his arms double anyone else's, his dark eyes playful yet serious as he addressed the guy in sunglasses.
"Watch it Diggle." Malcolm spat out before walking out.
"Do you think you can manage that Oliver? What you can and can't keep your hands on?" The dark haired waiter addressed the guy in the sunglasses, Oliver. She watched as he took a few steps closer.
"You just keep putting your pickle on everyone's plate college boy and leave the hard stuff to me." With that he swiped the settings off the table walking away, slowly Felicity backed off her eyes unable to pull away from Oliver's retreating form.
As they sat down to dinner Malcolm showed them to their table.
"So ladies this will be your waiter for your duration, Sebastian Blood."
"Ladies." He bowed slightly pulling out Laurels chair. He continued to serve them as Malcolm spoke.
"He's studying to be a doctor."
"Ah." Quentin nodded with a smile.
"These are my special guests Sebastian, so whatever they want they get."
"Of course sir."
"Thanks Malcolm." Quentin said with a nod.
"Enjoy." He replied leaving them to their meal.
The table was full of leftover food, so much and all 4 of them so full.
"Look at this leftover food, are there still starving children in Europe?" Donna asked her daughter.
"Try South East Asia mom." Felicity replied with a smile.
"So anything we don't finish wrap up." Donna said encouragingly.
"Malcolm, our baby's going to change the world."
"And what about you Miss?" Malcolm directed at Laurel.
"She wants to be the most beautiful lawyer in the world." Felicity said out loud, Laurel glared at her as Felicity mouthed sorry.
"I think that'll be easy, she's already beautiful." Sebastian said as he walked away from the table.
"Oh I want you to meet this fine gentleman." Malcolm motioned for a tall man to step closer.
"This is Ray Palmer, my nephew he's studying business at college hoping to one day run a business of his own." He smiled wide then.
"Ah Baby here is going to college next year, she's taking some time out to look into the peace corps and helping people."
"Oh great." Ray said with an easy smile, she smiled politely back.

Hours later they'd moved to the main hall, Felicity was swaying gently from side to side with Ray as the band played a simple song.
"So are you going to major in English?"
"No computer science."
"Using technology to save the world?" She smiled.
"Well that's the plan." She shrugged.
"After the final show, me and a couple of boys are going to Mississippi for a freedom ride." Just then the music changed and in swept Oliver with Sara. They moved in perfect sync to the music, she dipped backwards in time with the beat. Their steps perfect as Sara span under his arm and then he span under hers.
"Wow." Felicity said unable to tear her eyes away.
"Those are the dance people." Ray muttered. "They're here to keep the guests happy." She watched as the pair stood side by side their arms moving up in a perfect mirror, Sara span to face him their hands touching. Their feet were mesmerising to watch as they seemed to glide across the dance floor, Sara's dress swaying as she span. "They shouldn't be showing off with each other. That's not going to sell lessons." Ray said rolling his eyes. Sara grasped Oliver throwing her leg up by his head as the crowd gasped. Oliver easily led her, their professional skills undeniable as they danced so quickly. Their bodies so defined but moving as if one. Sara threw her leg up once more this time Oliver grasped it leaving it on his shoulder. In one fluid motion Sara dropped backwards as Oliver's hand curled around her back and he moved them backwards. Then she dropped her leg spinning the whole length of the room, Sara took a slight running jump, Oliver caught her twisting her in mid air. She landed in an elegance pose in his arms and the crowd gasped, applauding loudly. Malcolm looked at the pair, and gestured to them to stop. They quickly split off finding different dance partners.
"You kids having a good time?" Quentin asked as he and Donna circled them.
"Yes." Ray jumped in. "But actually I'll have to excuse myself I'm in charge of the games tonight. Would you like to help me get things started?"
"Sure she would." Donna said with a nod and a smile.
Felicity lay there as the crowd irrupted into laughter, the magician joking away as he 'sawed' her in half, she had never been as bored in her entire life. She carried on the games in a similar fashion, sat listening but her mind wandering onto the dancers, onto Sara and her partner. When she was handed a chicken for being a good sport she knew she had to get out of there. She made her excuses to Ray and left deciding to walk around the place.
She found herself walking down a path; a building with loud music playing caught her attention as she saw old weathered steps leading to it. She saw Tommy struggling with 3 big watermelons as he reached the bridge leading to the steps.
"Hi." Felicity called, he turned with a shocked expression.
"How'd you get here?"
"I was taking a walk."
"Go back-"
"Let me help you." She moved to take one of the melons.
"No."
"What's up there?" She asked holding the melon.
"No guests allowed house rules. Look why don't you go back to the playhouse, I saw you dancing with the bosses favourite." He teased swaying the melons; she saw the underlying bitterness before she placed the melon back in his unaccommodating arms and started to walk off. He sighed looking at the steps. "Can you keep a secret?" She turned back around and walked up to him. "Your parents would kill you; da-Malcolm would kill me." She took the melon from him, and followed him up the steps.
They reached the large building; it seemed like a converted barn as Tommy stood in front of these large red double doors. He pushed them open, the music so loud but it was the people, dancers that caught Felicitys attention. They were practically melded together, the movements so sensual, she watched hips undulating, hands grasping and stroking, and bodies pressed together.
"Where'd they learn to do that?" The question just slipped out.
"Where?" Tommy repeated. "I dunno kids are doing it in the basements back home." He turned to her smirking. "Wanna try it?" He asked with a wink. She shook her head, and he couldn't help chuckle. "Come on Baby." Slowly they made their way through the crowd careful not to touch anyone, her eyes unable to pull away from all the bodies swaying seductively.
"Can you imagine dancing like this on the main floor? The place of the family foxtrot, Malcolm would close the place down first." Tommy joked. Felicity felt her breath hitch when she saw Sara and Oliver enter the room. He grabbed a beer from the man she recognised as Diggle as she took in his appearance. His jacket from earlier was gone but his white shirt was undone revealing his chest. She watched as instantly the pair danced to the music, the other dancers all surrounding them.
"That's my best friend, Ollie, Oliver Queen; I helped him get a job here." She watched as the pair seemed to tangle themselves around each other completely free.
"They look amazing together." Felicity said unable to pull her eyes away.
"You'd think they were a couple wouldn't you?"
"Aren't they?"
"Nah, I mean when we were younger yes but nah." Felicity froze Sara knew these people when they were kids. She watched as Sara draped herself over his leg, and he used one arm to hold her up before he provocatively pulled her up his leg. She wrapped her arms around his neck with an easy smile. Felicity couldn't help the heavy feeling in her chest as her heart beat faster.
She watched as Sara wrapped her legs around his hips and she leant back, his hands on her sides as she seductively leant back shaking her chest. She pulled up and he easily threw her knees onto his shoulders, his eyes looked up never glancing under her skirt as she swayed to the music. He dropped her, dancing easily as the music stopped and crowd rushed around. Then the next beat started and he began to sway his hips, his eyes locking with Felicity. He walked over smashing his hip into Tommys side.
"Hey Tommy, what's she doing here?" He nodded at Felicity sparing her a passing glance.
"She came with me, she's with me." Tommy said with a smile.
"I carried a watermelon." Oliver glanced at her then at Tommy before he turned his back walking away. "I carried a watermelon." She mumbled to herself shaking her head. She watched as he and Sara stepped in complete harmony, their movements sure as they danced between the rows of people. At the end his eyes locked with Felicity a smirk on his face as he raised his finger summoning her forward. Her breath hitched again as she stepped closer. He took her by the hand leading her onto the dance floor; she glanced at Tommy who shrugged. Oliver placed her in front of him, telling her to bend her knees as he pushed her shoulders slightly down. He moved his hips sensually to the beat, her eyes roaming around the room.
"Watch me, watch my eyes." He said pointing to them. She slowly copied his movements. "Good." He smiled and she couldn't help smile in return, he stepped closer their hips circling together. She felt awkward as he kept repeating. "Good." Then he took a step back rotating his hips in the opposite direction and she faltered. "No no watch me." She tried to copy him, his hand slowly moving to her waist. He thrust a little in the twisters. "Here." He pulled her closer her hips swaying with his. "Good!" He pulled her arm around his neck and she couldn't help smiling. Her eyes watched the sweat on his body, his piercing blue eyes drawing her even more in as she lost herself to the beat; his leg was placed between hers as he pulled her closer dipping her. They moved together both smiling, then the music stopped and Oliver grasped her arm spinning her. She span out still swaying and clapping, she turned back around to find him gone. She frowned trying to forget what it felt like to hold him like that, at how his eyes sparkled with life and how he never tried to man handle her. She smiled as she felt her heart rate return to normal.