Hi everyone! just wanted to let you all know that this is my first fanfic I hope you enjoy

Laurels POVo

I was happy, I really was, it just didn't feel right. I mean I knew it was coming because he asked me what I thought of the ring, so I'm not surprised but when you see the woman of your dreams standing up in front of everyone at a press conference on how her boy friend (your ex by the way) is going to "save the city" again (eye roll) and all of the sudden he drops down on one knee and asks her to marry him, you can't help but cringe a little bit.

Plus neither of them know I have feelings for her, infact no one does. But all in all I'm happy for them. Other than that, the evening went on otherwise uneventful. When I finally returned home I was happy to find that Thea had not brought home one of her drunken sluts again, I don't think I would be able to handle all of the moaning again.

I layed down for bed at about 1:30 am and just as I was about to fall asleep I feel a powerful buzzing. So I roll over to pick up my phone and before I can even get a word out Oliver blurts "I need you at Starling General Hospital now Felicity is hurt" and as soon as I hear her name I'm on the floor getting dressed. As I'm putting on pants I slide into Thea's room to alert her to get up but she's moving almost as fast as I am. Apparently Diggle had already called her.

Not even 15 minutes had gone by when I crash through the doors to the surgery wing of the hospital begging to know where Felicity is. He explained that she had just come out of the operating room and that I could see her shortly. With that I give him a confused but grateful nod, and I turn around to find Oliver, but he's nowhere to be found. I try calling him but I have no luck and just as I give up and hang up Diggle and Thea crash through the door looking for me.

I have been pacing out here for 3 hours now just waiting and worrying. Diggle left about an hour ago to go find Oliver and now I'm alone here, with the exception of a sleeping Thea, left to think and worry all by myself until a young Asian woman walks through the doors. " Miss. Smoak is stable now she probably will not gain consciousness for a few more hours though, you are welcome to go in and see her now. Just a warning though she is very pale due to blood loss and she looks very ill, she will start to regain a more youthful and colored complexion over the next couple of days." She informs me I sigh in relief and thank her as I hurry down the hall.

I sit for hours next to her, holding her cold hand slowly running my thumb over the back of it, I lose track of time and get absorbed in my thoughts. The circles I am making on the back of her hand slowly start subconsciously to stop and when they finally do I hear a slight moan from the blond before her eyes barely peek open before she whispers "please don't stop" I look up with a small smile and continue.

"You're supposed to be asleep" I say looking at her hand

"Well how am I supposed to sleep when there is a beautiful girl holding my hand?" The blonde responds sarcastically. And although I know she's just teasing I makes my heart flutter and cheeks blust a bit.

"How do you feel?" I ask trying to push my feelings down.

"Well my top half feels like I'm on cloud nine do to these drugs but I really can't feel my legs."she responds

I start to pull away and say " I'm gonna go get get the Doctor she said to get her when you wake up."

She tightens her grip on my hand and slowly reaches for the little red button on the other side of the bed. " Don't you dare leave" she says as a faint beep is heard from the hallway, presumably from Felicity pressing the button. " My boyfriend, well fiancé, is gone and his sister is all curled up asleep, my other best friend is probably out trying to find my fiance, and my mother is probably still asleep."

With that confession my heart sunk, I've known that felicity really hadn't had a family here until the whole Arrow thing started but it never actually clicked on how few people she would actually be able to go to. My thoughts were interrupted by the doctor knocking at the door, she gave us a look before putting on that "I have good news and bad news but the bad news is worse" smile, that they use whenever doctors have to speak with patients about hard topics.

"Well i have good news and bad news." she stated while flipping through a clipboard of papers.

"The good news is that your surgery went well, great actually everything worked out and went smooth as possible. But... " and here is the bad news, there is bad news I think.

"The bad news is that where the third bullet exited it also nicked your spinal column, all thought we were able to ix the physical damage there is a 96% chance that you won't be able walk ever again" she says meekly.

"Wait, what? You said 96% so there is still a chance that she will be able to walk again…"I start to rant but before I can finish I am cut off by a slight squeeze on my hand.

"Laurel, please…" she says. Just seeing her so weak and fragile makes me calm down and relax a little.

"Yes there is still a chance, but we just want you and your family to be ready for the very real possibility that you will never fully recover" the doctor says " I will give you some time to talk to your girlfriend about this" and before I can correct her she is gone leaving me with a very visible blush.

"Girlfriend aye," a very groggy voice from behind us says "You better not be trying to steal my brothers girl." Thea says.

"Well you would think the same thing if you could've seen her for the last 4 hours" the blonde says finally getting her normal sense of humor back.

"Hey! I've just been nervous" I state trying to hide my true feelings. "And now that you both are awake i'm gonna go try to call Ollie and get some coffee" I say as I basically run out of the room.

The next two weeks were basically the same thing every day. I wake up, go get coffee and breakfast, while i'm gone I call Oliver hoping to hear from him but every day it would be the same thing, no response. Once I get back we basically do anything to keep from boredom. Every day my anger grows at both Darke and even more now Ollie, he is now literally the only person who hasn't come since she woke up. Thea, Diggle, and Felicity's mom are here 2 or 3 times a day, then there is dad who has been here almost every day either on or off work, Roy has been here 4 or 5 times same with Lyla. Hell even Roy showed up and he is supposed to be dead. But no Oliver he hasn't been home or to the arrow cave, that's why when she was signing out of the hospital and they asked where she would staying I said

"She will staying at my apartment for the time being." With that felicity did her best to turn towards me.