I was cleaning out my closets about a year ago and ran across my much-loved and well-used copies of Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books. I immediately sat down and re-read the first three, forgetting all about the cleaning. They were as funny as I remembered, and - somehow - this story popped into my head. I held off writing it because I wanted to finish all my open stories first. However, every time I sat at the PC, dialogue for this story would emerge. I finally decided to start writing it because it was interfering with everything else. And it worked to some extent, because I'm back writing Felicity Takes a Holiday now too.

There should be enough explanation here for you to follow the story, whether or not you're a fan of Arrow and/or Hitchhiker's Guide. If you want a visual, the Arrow characters are (of course) from the CW TV series, and the story is pretty heavily OTA. The Hitchhiker's Guide characters, to the extent that they appear, are from the book and the old BBC TV series. If your only exposure to Hitchhiker's Guide is the movie, then for the love all that's holy, either read the books or watch the old BBC series (which I recently saw available on Hulu). Much as I love Martin Freeman, the movie did not do the story justice.

Finally, I don't typically bother with disclaimers because I think we all know that the definition of fanfiction is taking someone else's characters out for a spin. We didn't create them and we don't own them. However, in this case, I borrow pretty heavily from Mr. Adams in a few instances, so I want to emphasize that the story was written purely for my own amusement and not for any sort of compensation.

Enjoy. As always, I love to hear your feedback.