Ok guys, last chapter!
I reposted the first two to correct some grammar mistakes, but nothing major changed.
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Oliver and Roy stopped fighting and looked at Felicity. But before he could understand what was going on, a group of doctors and nurses came in the room talking loudly. He tuned everything out, though he picked up words like coding and code blue. But when the machine that was making all that noise made an elongated beeping sound, Oliver lost it. He screamed Felicity's name and tried to get to her bed. All in vain, some doctors pushed him and Roy out of the room and he didn't know what was happening anymore. He punched the wall in his rage and then he felt Roy's hand touching his arm.
"Sorry," Roy said in a whisper. "It was not your fault. I'm sorry for the way I talked to you. It's just…" He paused. "I lost it when I saw her like that. She doesn't deserve it."
"No, she doesn't." Oliver replied. "And I'm sorry too. I shouldn't have talked to you that way either. I know how she helped you these past few months."
"She'll be ok. Felicity is a fighter and she would never leave us. Or you." Roy said calmly.
Right after Roy said that one of the doctors that were in Felicity's room stepped out it and explained what happened. Her heart stopped for a while but they were able to restart it and she was stable once again.
"Can we go back in? We promise not to disturb." Oliver asked.
"Just wait a few minutes, when everyone comes out you can go back in." The doctor responded. Oliver and Roy just nodded showing they understood.
"Oliver," Roy called him, "You look gross. How about I go get you a change of clothes?" Oliver looked at him for a second and shook him head up and down agreeing to the suggestion. "But don't get used to it." Roy said before leaving. Oliver knew that he was only offering because he could go back in after seeing what happened to Felicity. She died right in front of them. Even if it were for just a few seconds. Her heart stopped, she died.
When the room was cleared and the last of the doctors and nurses got out, he went back in. It didn't matter that he was scared as hell. He didn't leave her at the restaurant and he would not leave her now. He pushed the same chair next to her bed again and sat there waiting for something good to happen.
Oliver was still sitting on the chair beside Felicity's bed and he was holding her hand. From the moment he came back to her room after she codded, he never left her side and he never let go of her hand. He felt so powerless looking at her lying on that bed looking so small, well, smaller, with tubes and wires coming out of her. He never felt so powerless in his life. Not being able to help Felicity either in the restaurant or in the hospital made him feel weak, but seeing her die right in front of him broke his heart. What was he good for if he couldn't help Felicity, the one who really mattered for him? When Felicity's heart stopped, he imagined a world without her, and in his head a world without her wasn't possible.
"You have to come back to me, Felicity." Oliver said while he brushed Felicity's long blond hair. "I don't know how I'll be able to continue to be the man that I am today without you. You were the one who saw a hero while others only saw a murderer. You made me the good man I am today. And without you, I don't know how I'll be able to continue to be him. You keep me in shape. You make me want to be the man you deserve, and I don't believe I'll ever be that man, but I'll always try, for you. But for me to do that, I need you to come back." Oliver didn't notice but during his speech his eyes watered and he started crying, tears fell, smudging Felicity's hospital gown. "Please come back Felicity. I need you. I'd give anything to have you back. I love you." With that he actually started hiccupping and rested his forehead on Felicity's torso, the only place that was wire-free.
Felicity was standing right in front of him on the other side of the bed. She was crying because of Oliver's words. She never took her eyes off him while he was speaking; his words touched her. Felicity wanted to come back to Oliver, she really did, but she didn't know how. Felicity believed that Oliver was a good man; she could see so much good in him. He was perfect for her, flaws and all. She wanted to tell Oliver that, and she also wanted to say that he wasn't the only one in their relationship who changed, she changed as well. He made her more courageous, she took more chances in life. And most of all, Oliver showed her a brighter side of life. Taking her eyes off Oliver, she looked at herself. And with a tone of voice that didn't go above a whisper, she started talking to herself.
"Please wake up. Please. Oliver needs me, but most importantly, I need him. I need him so bad, I don't know how the other side will be like, but it won't matter because Oliver won't be by my side. So please, wake up. I love him, and I'd give anything to go back to him." At the end of her plead she touched Oliver cheek lightly with the tip of her index finger and said to him. "I love you, Oliver."
She didn't know what happened. Suddenly the world was black once more. Next things she knew, she was feeling pain, especially on her head and chest. She could smell the anti-sceptic on the air. And she could feel the warmth of Oliver's calloused hand on hers. She couldn't speak because of a tube on her mouth so she squeezed his hands hard. Then she saw him face on top of hers, he was smiling and his eyes were full of unshaded tears.
"You came back to me…" Oliver said with a raspy voice. "You came back." He kissed her forehead. "I love you, please don't ever leave me." She could speak so she squeezed his hand once more trying to pass the message the she loved him too. And taking from the smile on his face, it seemed that he understood.
The End
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