The Right Choice

This story takes place at the end of Season 1 where Felicity has to make the choice of either going on a road trip with Ben or to Berlin with Noel. It starts off in her empty door room alone on the floor talking to Sally…

Felicity: Dear Sally…it's the end of my first year of college and I'm just about to head out the door to whatever my summer will be. I have a big decision to make and I'm so scared I will make the wrong one. Ben asked me to go on a road trip with him and a big part of me wants to go with him. I'm so curious about what could happen between us. At the same time my feelings are so strong for Noel. I think I have to go with Ben, he was what I've wanted all this time. Ok…I gotta go. I'll tell you later how everything goes.

Felicity puts her bag over her shoulder and walks out there door. She turns around to look at her empty room finding it hard to believe that she finished her Freshman year and had survived. She then shut the door and walked to the elevator, which was going to take her on to the next chapter in her life.

She got in the taxi and asked the driver to bring her to Ben's apartment. She sat back and smiled because she knew it was the right decision. She watched everyone outside as they hurried around continuing their daily life. Suddenly a sharp pain hit her stomach as she pictured Noel waiting for her at the airport but she pushed the image quickly out of her head. She'd made her decision.

When she got to Ben she got out of the cab and he gave her a big hug.

"I'm glad you're coming with me," he said as they hugged.

"Yeah, me too," she said not as happily as she thought she'd be. Her mind kept drifting to Noel.

"You ready to head off?" he asked as he reached out to get her bag from her to put in the car.

"I don't know…" she said as she stood there unsure of her decision.

"What don't you know?" he asked worried.

"I can't," she said suddenly.

"What do you mean?" he was getting upset.

"I thought going with you was what I had to do but now that I'm here I realize that I really want to be with Noel," she said flagging down another taxi.

"Are you kidding me? You are already here," he said noticeably mad.

"I'm sorry Ben, but I have to do what feels right. I'd never be able to stop thinking about Noel and Berlin," she said as she kissed Ben on the cheek and jumped in the taxi, "to the airport!"

The taxi sped off and she worried that she wasn't going to make it to Noel on time. She sat anxiously as she watched everyone run around going on with their lives. She realized that someday that was going to be her but for now she could follow her heart.

When the taxi finally got to the airport she had less than 5 minutes to get there in time. She ran through all the crowds of people and apologizing every time she pushed someone. When she got to the bag check there was an insanely long line and she just wanted to cry. It seemed that maybe she was going to miss going to Berlin and it was her own fault. She'd gone to Ben when it was Noel in her heart all along. When she finally found her way to the terminal she saw that they were already boarding and Noel was about to walk into the tunnel.

"Noel!" Felicity screamed across the crowds of people and they all stared at her. Noel looked confused for a moment as he turned his head and then suddenly realized it was Felicity. The look on his face was priceless as his eyes lit up. He pushed his way out of the line towards Felicity and she started running towards him. They then embraced in such a huge hug that he spun her around a few times.

"I can't believe you came," he said with a glowing smile and his hands behind her head.

"I went to Ben first but then I couldn't stop thinking about you," she said as she kissed him on the lips and he contined that with a sensual passionate kiss as his fingers entwined in her hair.

"The plane is about to leave, let's go," he said as he grabbed her bag and then her hand and then made their way onto the flight to Berlin.

When they sat down in their seats and put their seatbelts on Felicity immediately reached over to hold Noel's hand. He turned to her and smiled.

"I gotta be honest…I didn't think you would choose me," he said squeezing her hand.

"I didn't either," she said leaning her head back against the seat as she looked at him, "if I had gone with Ben it would have ruined his and my friendship and mine with yours as well. I would have not been able to think about anyone but you the entire time."

"What happened to being in love with Ben and going across the country to go to the same school as him?"

"It was a fantasy. I was in love with the idea of Ben…and because of that I never could see what was right in front of me. My very best friend and the guy I was really in love with," she said kissing him.

"Think Ben will forgive you for going off with me?" he said as the plane started to take off.

"Yeah, he'll move onto another girl pretty soon I'm sure," she said as she prepared for the take-off.

"This is going to be an amazing summer."

"I know, I can't wait for it to begin," she smiled and closed her eyes as the plane went into the air.

The first thing Felicity and Noel did when they got to Berlin was to settle in at the hotel. It was a quaint hotel; nothing too fancy but no cockroaches or anything. Noel offered that they could get separate rooms but she knew that she wanted to stay with him. He was pleased she felt that way.

"What shall we do now?" Felicity asked as they walked into the room. With that Noel grabbed her in his arms and intensely kissed her. Felicity then wrapped her arms around him too and they fell to the bed. As clothes begin to come off Noel actually was the one to stop it.

"I could stay inside with you the entire time…but let's go and do some site seeing," he said as he got up off the bed and pulled her up off it as well.

"You sure?" she asked as she softly kissed his neck and she moaned.

"How am I supposed to say no?" he said as he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her into him.

"You're right, we should go out," she said pulling away and giggling.

"This summer is going to be torture isn't it?" he said with a grin.

"Only in a good way," she says with a smirk and they head outside.

For a week or so when they had time together they'd go walking everywhere and just see the sites. When Noel was working Felicity just relaxed in the hotel room. Sometimes she'd read, sometimes she'd make a message to Sally and other times she would draw or paint. She was having an amazing time.

One evening when Noel came back, as usual, Felicity was in the middle of a sketch.

"Get dressed up. We're going out to eat at a nice place tonight," Noel said putting down his briefcase.

"No takeout tonight?" she said as he leaned down to her in the chair and kissed her.

"No not tonight," he smiled as he lay down on the bed with a sigh.

"Alright, I'm gonna take a shower and get ready," she said as she headed off to the bathroom.

When Felicity was done getting ready Noel had been on the balcony reading so he could let her do her thing without getting in her way.

"I'm ready," she said as she stepped out onto the balcony in front of him. The warm breeze was blowing through her hair and she looked like she came out of a painting or something. She was wearing a long flowing violet dress that had an antique style to it. It had spaghetti straps and hung off her in a very alluring way. Her hair was swept up with curls falling down around her face. "How do I look?" she asked as she spun around.

Noel was speechless for a moment as he stared at her.

"I've never seen you look so gorgeous since the day I met you. I didn't think you could get prettier," he said as he stood up and put his arms around her waist.

"You don't look so bad yourself," she said as she yanked on his tie and gave him a hard kiss on the lips and pulled him off with her.

It was such a warm night that it made you skin gleam. They sat down at a small table by candlelight under the stars. They had a wonderful meal and laughed almost the entire time. That was one of the things she loved best about being around Noel, she was always laughing.

When they were done with dinner they took a scenic walk back to the hotel room hand in hand. When they got into the hotel room Noel kicked off his shoes immediately and so did she. She was about to slip off her dress when she suddenly felt Noel put his arms around her from behind and started kissing her neck and shoulders. She leaned her head back and sighed. She could feel his fingers gliding down her bare arm.

Felicity turned around towards Noel and looked up to his warm hazel eyes looking down into hers. They stared at each other for a moment as if they couldn't look away and were almost afraid to continue. He touched her cheek gently as she bit her bottom lip in ecstasy. They felt like they were going to explode from the heat rising between them. Without being able to resist anymore he kissed her lips with all his energy. He was almost shaking from the intensity between them.

She then grabbed a hold of his tie and pulled it off as quickly as she could muster. She then unbuttoned his shirt as fast as she could and tossed it to the floor. Next he unzipped her dress and just let it fall off her moist body to fall at her feet. He then picked her up so her legs wrapped around his waist and carried her to the bed.

They fell to the bed without pausing their enveloping kiss. Noel was on top of her and continued to kiss every inch of her body. He kissed down her chest to her stomach and her legs. Felicity then pushed him up on his knees to pull off his belt and then unzip his pants. They threw them off onto the floor and then the only thing that was between them were his boxer shorts and her underwear.

Just as he was about to pull down her underwear off he stopped.

"Are you sure about this?" he said as Felicity caught her breath again.

"Very sure," she said with a smile.

He smiled back at her and as he stared her deep in the eyes he pulled her underwear down very slowly. She was so anxious that she held her breath the entire time. He pulled them down off her legs and dropped them on the floor. He then kissed slowly up each leg. He then licked all the way up her stomach until he got to her lips…where he passionately kissed her as they began to make-love.

Afterwards she laid her head on his chest. They were dripping with sweat and out of breath.

"I can't believe we waited so long to do that," she said while giggling.

"I can't believe you are actually new to this?" he said brushing her hair out of her face with his fingers.

"Well, I'm definitely up for doing this again…and again," she said giggling more and hugging him tighter.

"I have wanted to do that with you since I first saw you. I still find it hard to believe this isn't all a dream," he said giving her a kiss on the forehead.

"How about I show you this isn't a dream," she said climbing on top of him again. As they are kissing the phone rings.

"Yeah, this always happens in my dreams," Noel says reaching for the phone as Felicity laughs and moves off of him.

"Hello?" Noel says with a smile but it suddenly drops. He pauses holding the phone away for a moment and holds the phone out to Felicity, "it's Ben."