The Wedding Challenge

Summary: Oliver has proposed to Felicity and it's time to plan the wedding. Can Felicity get the wedding she wants or will the pressure of what society expects from a Queen wedding win out over her expectations. Sequel to The Challenge. Felicity's PoV.

An: I do not own Arrow. I suggest you read The Challenge first since this story references quite a few of the events that occurred in The Challenge.

December – Proposal

It was the last night of Hanukkah. Felicity finished saying her prayers and lit the last candle before settling on the couch with Oliver to reflect. He made sure that he was home on time every night to light a candle with her. Sometimes she would have to pinch herself because she could not believe this was her life; that the sexy wonderful man who she cuddled up next to every night was hers. She wondered how the rebellious Goth girl ended up with the playboy billionaire. A year ago Felicity did not know what she was going to do with her life, now she had a path clearly lit in front of her.

She had a job she loved, a man she loved and a large extended family that she loved. She wouldn't say everything was absolutely perfect but it was perfect enough for her. She had been living in Starling City for eight months and had become a celebrity because of her relationship with Oliver. The news called them the Star Couple. Everyday her outfits were debated. She thanked the google gods that she had a relatively decent sense of style. Magazines and talk shows were always asking for interviews. Felicity declined all of them. She hated to think what might pop out of her mouth. Instead she sent Oliver to handle them. With his natural charm he had everyone eating out of the palm of his hands.

Last year at Hanukkah, Oliver had given her the beautiful charm bracelet that she never took off. She had only gotten him a gym membership in return. She needed to up her game this year and she thought she had the perfect gift for him this time. She hired William Tockman, the famous watch maker, to hand craft a watch for Oliver. It would be an old fashioned watch. Oliver wasn't good with technology and she knew if the watch had Palmer written anywhere on it, he wouldn't like it. She also knew since he was very tactile himself, Oliver would appreciate the workmanship of the watch above all else. The band was going to be made out of platinum and she had arrows engraved on each metal link. The back of the watch carried the inscription:

To my Arrow with Love

This was the second time she was celebrating Hanukkah without her mother and she still felt the pain of her absence. She wondered if it would ever go away. Oliver seemed to know what she was thinking and pulled her a little bit closer to him. She let the warmth of his embrace comfort her. Felicity closed her eyes and inhaled Oliver's scent. All the sadness was chased away and soon the sound of his heartbeat lulled her to sleep.

The loud ringing of Oliver's phone caused both of them to rolled off of him and he picked up his phone from the table.

"Tommy," he said.

"Yes, I realise we are late," he said glancing at the clock on the stereo.

"Crap," Felicity said. It felt so peaceful being in Oliver's arms. She forgot that Thea was throwing a Hanukkah party for her at the Mansion that night. The clock said they were already half an hour late. Everyone was probably waiting and if Tommy was there he probably had them all convinced that they were late because they were sexing each other up. He liked to accuse them of that all the time. He even had Thea convinced that they were worse than rabbits.

"We'll be there in half an hour," Oliver said into the phone.

Felicity rushed upstairs to the bathroom, and got dressed in record time.

Thea really knew how to celebrate. That was probably the best Hanukkah celebration Felicity had ever experienced but she had been counting down the hours until she could get home and exchange gifts with Oliver. If she hadn't fallen asleep, he would already have his watch. When the last guest left, Felicity quickly said goodbye to everyone before pulling Oliver out to the car and ordering him to floor it back to their apartment. She may have also called the elevator in their building slower than a snail as they waited for it to come down to them on the ground floor.

"Someone's a bit impatient?" Oliver commented suspiciously as she dragged him into their loft.

"I'm ready to give you your gift," Felicity explained happily.

Oliver gave her a heated look.

Felicity slapped his chest playfully, "Not that type of gift but that can happen afterwards."

"So what did you get me?" he asked with a contented smile.

"This," she said pulling out the box she had hidden under the sofa and shoving it into his hands, "It's much better than that gym membership I got you last year."

"Hey, I liked that. If it weren't for the gym membership, my body wouldn't be in its current condition and we wouldn't have made some of the friends we currently have," Oliver pointed out holding the box.

"Just open it," Felicity said bouncing on her feet anxiously.

Oliver reached into his pocket and pulled out a very small box, "Let's open our gifts together," he suggested.

Felicity smiled, "Ok."

She reached for the small box and opened it at the same time he opened his. She found a miniature TARDIS to add to her charm bracelet. She squealed with delight!

"It's perfect Oliver but I thought you wanted the charm to represent things in our relationship. Dr. Who is sort of my obsession," she asked him as he put the watch on his wrist.

"It does. It represents us getting past our first trial as a couple. It represents us soldering on and becoming even stronger together. It represents us cementing our relationship into a strong unbreakable bond, it's with that thought in mind that I want to ask you something Felicity," Oliver said getting down on one knee in front of her.

He held up his hand in front of her and Felicity saw the diamond in the ring sparkle. "Felicity, will you make me the happiest man alive and marry me?"

"Yes," Felicity said getting down on her knees quickly to hug him as he was trying to stand. She practically bowled him over in the process.

"Sorry," she said as they hit the floor together.

He laughed, "At least let me put the ring on your finger before we start the after proposal activities."

"Oh right," she said holding out her left hand for him.

She watched intently as he slid the ring up her finger. It was an emerald cut diamond placed on a platinum band. On either side of the band two arrow heads pointed towards the diamond. Arrows were definitely their thing.

"Wait," Felicity said, "Is this why everyone was asking me where it was at the party? Did everyone know you were proposing tonight?"

Oliver looked at her sheepishly, "I may have let it slip to Thea and Tommy who I think told Roy, Laurel and Sara who told, well everyone else at the party."

"I love you Oliver," she said.

"I love you too Felicity but let's take these activities upstairs. I'm getting too old for the floor," he joked.

Felicity playfully swatted at his chest as he lifted her easily off the ground.

"Ok Mr. Queen take me upstairs and have your way with me!" Felicity said dramatically.

Oliver smirked, "Oh I intend to Mrs. Queen."

An: I have the next six chapters ready to post. My aim is to post every day except Mondays until the end of the story which should take me to the day that Arrow starts back. So look out for the next chapter tomorrow!