A/N: And I'm back! What do you do when you have 1 story in progress and two unfinished ones on your hard drive? Start another one! This will only be three on four parts and I swear they'll be longer than this one. I got the idea for this story by listening to the song "December 25" by The Marrieds. The Lyrics at the start of each chapter are from that song. Check them out on Sound Cloud and Itunes.

Disclaimer: All recognizable characters belong to DC and the CW.

Every year around this time,
You go your way and I go mine,
Here's to hoping the stars will align,
This December 25

Oliver could tell by the way Felicity was holding her head in one hand and her glasses in the other that the call was not going well. As he opened the glass door to the office his suspicions were confirmed.

"Mom? Mom! Listen to me ok? Did you get to the weather channel site? Ok. Do you see where Starling City is? Do you see where you are? Do you see the giant red mass hovering over two thirds of the country? That's why I'm not making it home."

Oliver looked out the window. It very rarely snowed in Starling City, but this one was going to be for the record books. It was just starting to fall when he had snuck out to pick up Felicity's Hanukah gift. By the time he got out of the store, the snow was steady.

" I know, I know" She said exasperated. " I wish I could too, but there are no flights. I'll be fine. I'll call tomorrow during dinner and say Hi to everyone ok? Love you too. Bye." She hung up and put her head down on her desk. Oliver opened his mouth to say something. "Before you offer I already checked. If the FAA won't allow the airlines to fly, your jet is grounded too." She sat up again and sighed with a slight smile. " But thank you anyways."

"I'm sorry." He said sincerely. "I know you don't get home much with, everything."

"Oliver, I moved to the other coast for a reason. Still, the fact that the office Christmas shut down coincided with Hanukah would have made this year's trip suck less."

"What will you do instead?"

"Hmmm. Wine and Doctor Who? I mean it is Christmas so the new special will be out tomorrow." Oliver nodded and headed for his desk. He turned around and returned to Felicity's station.

"Or," He began.

"Or?"

"Or, I know it's not the same at all, but you could come home with me for Christmas." Felicity chose the wrong moment to sip her coffee. She inhaled and choked a bit.

"What?"

"Come over. We have room, it will just be Mom, Thea and Roy. My Dad had a thing about not letting people be alone at Christmas."

"I'm Jewish." She reminded him.

"I'm pretty sure there's a Hanukah clause." He rolled his eyes. "You don't have to work, you can't go home, and we don't have any targets currently. So?" They stared each other down for a few seconds. Felicity blinked first.

"Fine. Ok if I take off to repack my bag?"

"Diggle and I will pick you up at five." She started to speak "And before you start, it's his last run before he and Lyla take off for the week." Felicity closed her mouth and gathered her things.

Oliver waved goodbye as he picked up the phone in his office. "Hey Thea, I need a favor..."