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19. God save the Drama Queens

"Seth, babe, I'm really sorry I threw that lamp at your head."

Turns out, poor Seth thought it would be okay to come nap at my house. There's nothing wrong with that, he just failed to tell me which resulted with me hurtling the lamp at his head when I thought it was an intruder. He even ordered us some pizza for dinner.

"Baby, for the hundredth time tonight, it's fine! There's no way you would have known it was me!" he smiled and enveloped me in a hug. "I just wished you went for something lighter."

I chuckled into his chest and wrapped my arms around him. His hands found their way to my hair and started to softly stroke through it.

"Daniella?"

"Before you continue with your sentence, please can you call me Dani, babe, baby, honey, even Ella! Just not Daniella. The stalker calls me that and it really is freaking me out," I pulled away from the hug but moved my hands to wrap around his neck.

"Got it!" his hands stopped playing with my hair and moved to my waist. "I just wanted to ask if you've told your brother and sister about this."

My eyes snapped from the ground to meet his worry-filled ones, "Didn't we order pizza? Wouldn't want to eat that cold."

"I think that's why they invented microwaves, Dani," he sarcastically shot back.

"Still, it won't have that fresh pizza smell," I shot out of his grip and headed for the kitchen. Before I even had the chance to step one foot in the kitchen. My feet were lifted from the ground, my view was Seth's ass and I could feel him groping mine.

"Seth put me down now!"

"Not until we talk this out!" He dropped me on the couch but kept my hands locked in his so there was no chance of escaping him. I wriggled and wriggled, hoping for a way out but after I saw that I actually couldn't escape his grip, I stopped.

"Does your brother have FaceTime?"

I blinked, "I think so, why?"

He ignored my previous question, "Where's your phone?"

I smirked, "In my bra. Don't even think about assaulting me!"

"Well it isn't assault if you like it," he winked at the end. I rolled my eyes but still kept quiet.

"Where's your laptop then?" My eyes unintentionally gave away the location of my laptop which sat comfortably on the kitchen counter. Seth followed my gaze, pulled out something out of his pocket. He takes my right hand and handcuffs them to one of the legs of my coffee table. He then bolts off to the kitchen.

"SETH! WHERE THE HELL DID YOU GET HANDCUFFS FROM!"

He doesn't reply. The only thing that could be heard was his soft laughing and the sound of my laptop is switched on. My hands struggled with the handcuffs. I tried breaking free from them but for some reason, he had one of the best types of handcuffs.

"WHY THE HELL ARE THESE SO STRONG!"

"Well, you know that why handcuffs..."

"Fuck you."

"What do you think the handcuffs are for?"

My eyes widened and my cheeks went hot. Is that what he actually brought them for?

"You're joking right?" he walked into the living room and sat on the couch furthest away from me.

"Of course I'm joking... unless you're into that kind of stuff," he trailed off while typing away on my laptop.

"I think that's a conversation for another day," I trailed off while fiddling with the handcuffs. I guess the topic of conversation was making me feel all embarrassed inside.

"Text Oliver and tell him that you want to FaceTime with him and Thea," Seth changed the topic. He probably felt how awkward I felt.

I nodded without protest and pulled out my phone.

To: Oliver Queen

Ollieeeee, go get tHea and lEt's FAcetIme

SENT 8:23 PM

"Thanks, now my text looks so funny because I'm typing with my left hand," I grumbled under my breath, hoping that h didn't hear me.

"Oh so you can write with both hands but you can't type with one of them?"

"I hate you..."

"What every boyfriend wants to hear their girlfriend say," he chuckled before placing my laptop on the table and releasing me from the handcuffs.

"Finally," I yanked my hand away from his grip, acting like a petty child.

"Aw come one Ella, you can't get upset now," he said with the cutest smile on his face that I couldn't help but notice the small dimple on his left cheek. His contagious smile couldn't help but make me smile.

Before I could say anything else, I received a text message.

From: Oliver Queen

1 new message

Sure thing!

RECEIVED 8:30 PM

As if planned, my laptop started to make the sound it makes when someone is trying to FaceTime me.

"That's them!" I announced before running over to the laptop. I grabbed it, set it on my lap before answering.

"Is this thing on?" Oliver asked.

"Yes Oliver that's why we can see Daniella's ugly face on the screen," Thea rolled her eyes.

"Hey!" I yelled in protest.

"Hello to you to Dani," Oliver greeted.

"How are you guys?"

"Terrible."

"Good," Thea and Oliver responded at the same time.

I blinked at the mixed responses, "Glad to see you two are coping without me."

"Yeah, yeah, Sarcastic Dani. Why did you call us?" Thea asked.

"Can't I call my siblings just to say hi?"

"No," They answered in unison.

"Thanks, guys... Anyway, I wasn't the one who wanted to talk to you," I motioned for Seth to come to speak to them. He plopped down on the couch and threw his arm around my shoulder.

"Hi Oliver, Hey Thea!" Seth cheerfully greeted.

"Hello, person who is sleeping with my baby sister," Oliver bluntly replied. My hand automatically slapped my forehead in embarrassment.

Thea leaned into Oliver and whispered in his ear, "What's his name again?"

"Um... My name is Seth," Even after my sister forgot my boyfriend's name, his smile never died down.

"Right!" Thea's smile contrast the one Seth had on his face.

"What did you want to tell me and Thea?" Oliver brought everyone back on topic.

"Um... Actually, I don't know if you want to hear this right now but I'm going to tell you anyway–"

I blinked, "I have a stalker."

Silence.

No one dared to speak. Oliver and Thea sat frozen on the computer screen I almost thought they didn't hear me the first time. Seth was tense. You could point that out by the way he bounced his knee up and down every five to six seconds, waiting for a reply from my older and younger siblings.

My head turned to face Seth, "Do you think they heard me?"

"Yes, we did! How long has this been going on for! Why didn't you think that telling your siblings about some creep following you around would be a good idea!" Oliver's voice droned on and on about how irresponsible I was and how I shouldn't have moved to Central. Basically, it was nothing new to me. Thea, on the other hand, sat calmly and let Oliver do all the shouting. Deep down I knew she was probably losing her mind as well,

"Daniella Tamsin Queen! Are you even listening to me!" Oliver asked, his eyes widened in rage.

"Yes, Oliver."

"Move back to Starling."

"No, and you can't make me."

"Daniella–"

"Oliver–"

"Maybe it would be best for Daniella to stay where she is, We can get a 24-hour police squads to guard her every move," Seth tried to reason. Thea still remained silent, her eyes zeroed in on Seth.

"How can we trust you?" Oliver's squinted his eyes in curiosity.

"You will have to take my word on this. There is nothing more than I care about than Daniella. It would break me to see her hurt. I just wanted to tell you about this before anything gets out of hand," Seth cut of our sibling banter.

Once again,

Silence.

This time, Thea was the one to speak up.

"I trust him."

All at once, Oliver's head shot so quickly I thought it was going to fall off, Seth almost gasped and I nearly dropped the laptop.

"Calm down! You bunch of drama queens!"

For the third time tonight,

Silence.

"So, is everything settled now?" Seth cleared the air. Thea nodded in acceptance while Oliver looked defeated, all in all, he agreed.

"You better make sure she safe or else you will pay Seth–"

"Okay bye," I ended the FaceTime, shut the laptop and slowly sunk into Seth's arms, my head resting in his chest.

I mumbled into his chest, "You happy?"

I could feel the smile on his face as he replied, "Delighted!"

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"Daniella! You get back here this instant!" Barry yelled from the living room of the West's Residence. I bolted from him, a gigantic smile on my face as I held the Nerf Gun in my hand. I met up with Iris and Caitlin behind one of the couches as she handed me a back of bullets for the toy gun.

Last night after Seth and I called my siblings, we ate dinner and watched one of my favorite romcoms of all time, My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

Tonight Barry, Iris, Cisco, Caitlin, Joe and I decided it would be a cool idea to have a Nerf Gun war. Team #1 was Barry, Cisco and Joe were on one team while Team #2 was me, Caitlin and Iris. Eddie and Seth couldn't make it since they had other plans. Normally I wouldn't think twice about it but when Seth said they wanted to go out for presents for my Iris' birthday I knew they were lying.

1. Iris' birthday was a month ago.
2. Seth is a terrible liar.
And 3. What shop in Central City would still be opened at 11:00 pm at night?

"It's not fair!" Iris shouted to the other team. "You have a cop on your team!"

"And you have a girl who basically went through ninja training for most of her life! Deal with it!" Cisco yelled from Team 1's HQ. I rolled my eyes at his statement.

"Is that what you think of me? A ninja? Really Cisco?"

"Yes! And we will win this thing! With or without a ninja!" Cisco shouted like a little boy pumped on candy.

I loaded the gun with three bullets and moved from the couch, shooting Cisco right in the head. 1 down, 2 to go!

"Ouch!" he fell to the ground and held a pose. It was one of the rules we made up. If you get shot, you have to fall to the ground and wait there until the game is over.

"So long Sucker!" I cheered in triumph. I ducked behind the bookcase, a few feet from my team. Team 1 had retaliated and was firing shots at the couch. Caitlin got up to shoot at them right as Barry shot his bullet where her stomach was.

"He shoots, he scores!" Barry cheered and starting to make the sound of a 'crowd' going wild. Caitlin grumbled a few incoherent words before falling on her front so that she lied on her stomach.

"Iris, honey, you're next!" Joe taunted. I signaled for her to pass me some bullets. She rolled them over and I shoved them into my pocket.

Joe moved from their territory and went for Iris. Iris knew he was coming and was well prepared as she surprised attack him before he got the chance to do it to her.

"Who's out now dad," she got up smirking. Joe dramatically fell onto the ground when he got shot on his side by his daughter. Too caught up in the victory to remember the third member of the Team 1, her gun was lightly kicked out her hand. She stood frozen, her back facing Barry who had the gun pointed at her head. I moved his gun to attempt to help her but I was too late.

"No!" I shouted when the familiar sound of the bullet leaving the Nerf Gun rang throughout the house. Iris gasped in shock before falling to her knees and then onto the ground. Her head fell perfectly onto her dad's chest.

"You will pay Allen!"

"Not if you lose first!" Barry retorted. I ran past Cisco who laid peacefully on the floor, arms folded on his chest, a look of annoyance as I caught his eye.

"You being dead is a great gain for me," I whispered before gathering bullets and headed for the kitchen.

"Daniella..." he said in a sing-song tone. "Come out come out wherever you are.

I crouched behind the kitchen counter the same time Barry walked into the kitchen.

"I know you are in here."

Having no other choice but Plan B, I decided to commence.

Getting up from my hiding place, I held my hands up in surrender, my gun in my left hand. Almost immediately, Barry held his gun up, aiming it right at my head. I faked a look of defeat as I spoke.

"Fine Barry, you win."

"Drop the gun," his tone was almost deadly. It took everything in me to not laugh, he is so competitive.

I sighed and dropped the gun on the floor before kicking it in his direction. Barry slowly puck up my gun and placed it in his back pocket.

His eye squinted at me, "Daniella Queen is... giving up?"

Keeping up the act, I sighed in defeat once more, "Yeah, yeah. You know what we have to do now."

Another rule we made was when it came to the last two, they had to find a way to shoot the other opponent in front of everyone else. If failed to do so, the 'loser' will win. Barry walked over to me, grabbed my arm and pushed me so that I was in front of him.

"Walk."

A soft smile on my face I walked into the living room, observing the mess we made for one game. It seemed like the others were having a conversation.

"10 dollars on Dani," Cisco bet from behind the couch. Everyone agreed with him before Barry cleared his throat.

"I think you might want to change your bets," Barry cockily said.

Cisco moved from behind the couch to watch the scene. Caitlin gasped when she saw that Barry was about to win. Iris turned around so she could witness what was going on.

I could feel Barry press the gun against my head, "Goodbye Danie–"

"Wait!"

He paused.

"Before you shoot, I have something to say."

He removed the gun from my head, "You have 2 minutes."

More than enough time.

"Iris, I would like to thank you everything that you have done for me. From being there when I really needed you to fetch me coffee when I felt like killing everything and everyone," My eyes met hers as she looked like she was about to die of laughter. She held it in and nodded, tears forming in her eyes as was about to cry out of laughter.

My eyes moved to Joe's, "Joe, thanks for acting like a father to me. I will never forget you."

"Cisco and Caitlin, thanks for all the laughs and brawls. I hope we can do it again... you know," I pointed my finger to the sky and whispered. "Up there."

Cisco softly sniggered as if he know I was going to win anyway.

"Can we just end the game now?" Caitlin sighed.

"And last but not least Barry, I just wanted to say," I took a deep breath before lifting my left leg, spinning around on my right leg so that I faced Barry and kicking the gun out of his hand. At the same time, I took out the gun I stole from Cisco when I crouched down and went into the kitchen.

Barry was startled when the gun was out of his hand and my gun pointed in between his eyebrows.

"Daniella Queen doesn't give up without a fight."

I shot him.

Cisco was the first to congratulate me. The rest of the time we had left together was spent cleaning everything up. Caitlin was the first to leave after claiming to be tired from 'sitting around most of the game' she left, Cisco trailing behind her.

"Well played Daniella. I guess I can deal with 2nd place," Barry sat next to me on the couch.

"You know they say that second place is the first loser..." I trailed off before laughing.

"How did you do the trick at the end?" Iris asked sitting on the single.

"Like Cisco said, I'm a ninja," I winked before laughing. She laughed at the response and pulled out her phone before tapping away on it.

"It was a cool move, what do you call it?" Joe asked while plopping on the other single chair.

I shrugged, "I guess I don't have a name for it yet."

Barry sat back thinking, "Um... Call it the... Fan Kick."

I raised one eyebrow, "Isn't that a dance move?"

"Well now it's also the name of your kick," And thus the name of the kick was born. After another hour, I decided to leave. When I got to my front door, I saw a huge black box with a significantly smaller box both with the word 'Queen' and a crown on them.

Suspiciously picking them up, I pushed my door open with the tip of my foot and walked inside. I set the box on the table and sat down on the couch, contemplating whether I should open the boxes. Allowing curiosity to consume me, I took the big box with a letter attached to it and opened the letter addressed to me.

Dear Daniella

Thea and I have gotten you something that we thought you would like to use in case anything happens to you.

The big box is from me while the smaller one is from Thea.

Please stay safe.

Love,
Ollie and Speedy.

I placed the letter on the table and went to open my brother's gift. In the box was a place case filled with throwing knives. 6 silver knives with a black handle and another 6 full black knives with a thin silver line on the edge of the blade. That made 12 knives in total.

I made a mental note to thank Oliver for the gift and went to open Thea's gift. The box was small, almost the same size as my palm. Inside the box was a smaller Tiffany & Co. box. Opening the tiny box, my eyes fell upon a beautiful diamond crown necklace.

I gasped and quickly put around my neck. The cold chain made a shiver go down my neck as soon as I placed it on. I packed everything up and went to my room, craving for a good nights sleep. Changing into comfier clothes, I dove into the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

I could have sworn before I fell asleep that I saw the diamond in the middle of my new necklace blink red three times before it went back to its original colour.

It's probably nothing.

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Click, Click, Click

I took my eyes away from the viewfinder of my camera and looked at the pictures of Central City at night. All the building and street lights made the picture look magnificent. Last night was so much fun with the Nerf War. Barry still seemed upset when I saw him earlier today.

I exited the skyscraper and was on my way to my car. Central City is beautiful at night but walking alone can be just as terrifying. I started to curse at myself for parking my car so far but I didn't really have a choice since the building didn't have any parking space.

The wind started to pick up, my hair blowing in the same direction it went. I gripped tighter onto my navy blue bomber jacket, hoping to get some warmth from it. My black short sleeved t-shirt complimented my ripped white jeans. My green Doc Martens made a sound with every step I took. Soon, another pair of footsteps sounded from behind me. I stopped and turned around.

No one.

Feeling paranoid, I turned around and quickened my pace to my car. Again the someone walking behind me sounded. This time, I didn't dare to turn around. I picked up my pace until I was running. Unfortunately, the person running after me was faster. Their big frame hovered over me. They pulled out something from the pocket.

A gun.

At the same time, a van was driving down the street. I used this as my opportunity for help.

"Help! Someone help!"

The van stopped right in front of me. The door opened and the person who was chasing me used the butt of the gun as a weapon and hit me with it on my head. The force powerful enough to knock me out. I was pushed inside of the van.

I whispered to the person in the van, "What do you want with me?"

They didn't reply.

I could feel blood dripping from the side of my head. I looked to my right and gasped.

A bouquet of fresh Pink Roses.

"Please, let me go."

There was no response, I almost wondered if anyone could hear me.

"Hello!"

And again,

Silence.

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Heyyyy.

Long chapter because you guys deserved it.

Fun Fact for those who didn't get it : Daniella is ambidextrous.

The FaceTime was my favourite part.

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