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"Felicity, I really don't understand what we are doing here." Staring down at the aggravating woman next to him, Oliver wondered yet again how he had been roped into this.
"It's not hard, Oliver. It's just the mall," she smiled up at him, and, for a second, he forgot his annoyance. But only for an instant.
Stopping, he crossed his arms. "I understand that, but why I am here?" He fought to be patient, but he just wanted to go home. Or punch something. They had already been into and out of three different stores - his arms were laden with bags.
She stopped and turned to him, putting her hands on her hips, the picture of outrage. "Really? you put my life in danger," her voice started rising with every word, "used me as bait," the volume continued to rise, "and nearly had me killed." She glared daggers at him.
"Woah, woah," he said, raising his laden arms in a defensive gesture, "Calm down, Felicity."
"Calm down?" she hissed, but she did lower her voice so that other shoppers stopped staring at them. "I think I have every right to be angry."
Oliver paused for a second, trying desperately to think of the right answer. Finally, he decided on apologizing - that had to be safe, right? "I'm sorry, Felicity. I should have asked before I put you into that position." And he did truly mean it - there had been no other option, but he still hated himself for putting her in danger.
She sniffed, but her posture relaxed. "You should be." Then, all of a sudden, she broke out into a grin that lit up her face and made her eyes shine with humour.
"What?" he asked, completely and utterly confused with her reaction to his apology. Even for a woman, that was a surprisingly fast mood swing…
She giggled, then replied, "I just thought I would show you what it's like to be played."
Staring at her blankly for a second, he processed her statement, and then finally grinned ruefully. "I guess that's accurate," he admitted reluctantly.
She arched an eyebrow and nodded slightly condescendingly, as if she couldn't believe that he was just finally understanding what he had put her through.
"So, this whole shopping trip is what? A punishment?"
She smiled teasingly up at him. "You could say that. Speaking of shopping, I saw this pink dress…"
He rolled his eyes as she dragged him further into the mall, but couldn't help but be pleased that she wasn't actually angry at him. He could handle anything that Slade threw at him, the death of his mother, the loss of his best friend, but he knew that he would crumble if Felicity ever abandoned him. He knew that she was his strength, and he promised himself that he would take better care of her in the future.
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