A/N: Yay for an update! Sorry it took so long. I think I restarted this chapter three or four different times until it sounded right.

A/N2: Thank you sparkyCSI for all the help on this!

A/N3: I own nothing but my characters and plot...

Evelyn Merlyn was one of the few people in his life that didn't judge him for his mistakes or the fact that he had trouble staying in a committed relationship with her best friend. For the longest time it had been Oliver, Tommy, Evelyn and Laurel. All of them best of friends, but then he developed feelings for his best friend's twin sister. With Evelyn being Tommy's sister, he knew he could never go there with her no matter how much he wanted to. And boy did he want to tell her how he felt.

There were many times when he and Laurel had broken up that she tried not to get into the middle of what it was that had broken them up. And for the most part she was able to, but for as many times as they broke up there had been many more times that he had been tempted to tell Evelyn how he really felt. Oliver wanted nothing more than to kiss her senseless and take her to his bed and show her that he could be a better boyfriend than any of the losers that she had dated in the past. But that never happened. She was Tommy's sister and he couldn't do that to his best friend.

Oliver knew throwing Evelyn a party the night before she was to leave Starling wasn't the smartest thing he had ever done. Especially when he saw Tommy storm away from his sister. That was when he made his way to her. Part of him knew he shouldn't, but there had always been something that made it impossible for him to stay away from her. Of course she had no idea how he felt about her since he never told her. When he flirted with her, she believed he was trying to lift her spirit or because he couldn't help himself. The fact of the matter was that he was attracted to her. She knew what she wanted and nothing was going to stand in her way of getting it. He loved that determination that she showed everyday.

Watching Evelyn at the party, Oliver was stunned. Her dress was black and purple and it fit her perfectly. Seeing her standing next to Tommy at the same height meant that she was wearing another pair of heels that she loved to wear. Moving his eyes around the room it was a lot of people from school, not all of them were people he knew, but he knew they were friends with Evelyn so he had them invited. Laurel had yet to show up, but he didn't know if she would. They had a fight but that wouldn't have stopped her from showing up to a party for Evelyn. Pushing the thought to the back of his mind he made his way to Evelyn who was staring at the back of her brother as he walked away from her.

"Evelyn?" he said announcing himself to his friend over the loud music. When she didn't acknowledge him, he placed his hand on her shoulder and came closer to her. "Are you having…are you crying?"

The tears that she wiped away were still present in the corners of her eyes. Whatever had gone down between her and Tommy had obviously upset her which meant that Tommy finally told her how he really felt about her leaving Starling City or rather leaving him behind with their father.

"I'm fine," she said, putting a smile on her face. "Thank you for the last minute send off. Not sure how you pulled it off, but it was very nice Oliver."

"Why are you really crying?" he inquired, wanting to know what had caused the sadness in her eyes.

He watched as she took the drink that he had been holding and took a large drink of it before doing it again. Taking an extra moment, she looked at him and knew even with the party going on around them she had his undivided attention. "Tommy and I just had a fight and I'm not really sure what it was really about."

"It couldn't have been that bad," Oliver said, downplaying it in hopes it would cheer her up slightly. "It was probably just a little fight, just like how me and Laurel fight, expect you two are related."

Hearing Evelyn laugh made him smile as he took his drink back from her.

"You know Oliver, I'm really going to miss you. Probably more than I actually realize."

"It won't be the same without you around here," Oliver told her honestly. "And I just don't mean since you won't be here to patch me and Tommy up if we get into trouble."

"I think you mean when."

Laughing, Oliver put the cup on the table before placing his hands on the sides of her face and really looked into her eyes. "Make sure you come home once in awhile."

"No promises," Evelyn said, a small genuine smile on her face. "But you can always come visit me."

Leaning down, he captured her lips with his own before pulling her even closer to him. It was the first time he had actually acted on his impulses when it came to Evelyn. Never before had be made a move out of respect for Tommy and their friendship, but at that moment he couldn't think of that. All that he could think about was how Evelyn opened her mouth so that he could deepen the kiss that he had wanted for such a long time. When they finally broke apart she looked at him confused. "Laurel-"

"We aren't together."

Lacing their fingers together, he started to walk to the staircase that would lead them upstairs to his bedroom. It was private and had a lock on it. Tommy was off sulking so he knew that no one would even know they were missing at the same time.

Waking up the next morning, Oliver was surprised to see that it was just past six in the morning and Evelyn was no where in sight. Tossing the sheets off himself, out of the corner of his eye he spotted the red stain. No one needed to tell Oliver what it was from, he already knew. Evelyn. Last night had been something he had dreamt about for years and he had lied to her to get what he wanted. Part of him didn't care, just glad that he finally had a piece of her. But he told her that he wasn't with Laurel and it wasn't true. If she went to Laurel he was screwed in so many ways. What was worse was the fact that he had just taken Tommy's twin sister's virginity. Groaning he got out of bed and made his way to the dresser and got a pair of boxers out and slid them on before putting on a pair of pajama pants. Making his way to the window, he could see Evelyn walking to her car. So she snuck out, but that didn't mean anything. She had a plane to catch and didn't want to wake up anyone that ended up crashing at the Queen household.

He stole her virginity and she snuck out of his house. Oliver wanted to believe that it was just so she could catch her plane, but part of him wondered if she believed that last night was a mistake. Maybe it was? She had a fight with her brother and he went and slept with her knowing that she was emotional. It wasn't his best move, but it was done. There was nothing he could do about it now. Walking back to the bed he laid back down and took a deep breath. He would call her sometime and sort everything out that way no one besides the two of them would know what happened.

Two days had passed since he had shown up at Laurel's without notice and received the surprise he never expected. Evelyn Merlyn standing there in her pajamas. They didn't have a chance to talk because he walked away without saying anything, but now he was back. Looking at the door to Laurel's apartment made him slightly nervous. He knew Laurel was at work, but he wasn't sure if Evelyn would be here. But he wouldn't know unless he knocked on the door. There was a reason behind his hesitation and it wasn't something he wanted to admit to. As much as he loved Laurel when he was with her when they were younger, he always felt something more for Evelyn. The only time he acted upon his feelings was when he knew she was leaving the next day. It was the one night they spent together.

Shaking his head at thoughts that he couldn't keep in his head, Oliver raised his fist to knock on the door and stopped just short. Just before he could lower his arm all the way, he raised it back up and knocked loudly three times to make sure whoever was in the apartment would be able to hear it.

Backing away from the door slightly when he heard the clicking of shoes coming towards the door. When the person on the other side stopped but didn't open the door, he waited a minute before knocking again. After a few seconds he heard someone step back from the other side of the door. So Evelyn was inside, but didn't want to open the door and talk to him. He wasn't sure how he felt about that. If he hadn't spent five years on that island, he wouldn't have been able to hear her from the other side of the wooden door.

"I'm not going anywhere," he finally said through the door. "I want to talk to you and I'm not leaving until we talk."

"Please just go away Oliver."

"I won't," he told her. "So do us both a favor of opening the door and talking to me about what we need to talk about."

Hearing the clicking of the locks turning, he looked up as the door opened enough before the chain that was on the door stopped it.

"The talk you want to have has come a little late Oliver. I don't want to talk to you or hear what you have to say."

Not allowing him to say anything, she slammed the door closed quickly and dead bolted the door once again. To admit that he was surprised would have been an understatement. In his head not once did he think that Evelyn would shut the door in his face. Yet she did. It wasn't something she would have done eight years ago when he last saw her. But things were very different now and he couldn't even blame her for that. It was his fault things changed between them.

"Is this how you treated Tommy when you told him you were back?"

All he could hear was silence and when he was about to give up, the door was unbolted again and Evelyn opened it up without the chain on it this time. Letting him inside was hard to do since she didn't want to talk to him. She just wanted to pass the time until she started working at Starling General Hospital. Closing the door, Evelyn crossed her arms and looked at him.

"You already know I'm here and you are back from the dead," Evelyn said. "But I see no reason for us to see each other. Nothing has changed since you showed up here the other night."

"You didn't talk to me that night," Oliver pointed out to her. "I just wanted-"

"I honestly don't care what you want Oliver. You are nothing to me anymore. I used to have a huge crush on you and you probably knew that which is why you slept with me, but I had hoped to go through school and then come home and maybe have a shot at getting you to notice me," Taking a deep breath, Evelyn wiped at the tears that had escaped her eyes. "But I no longer care about that. I don't need someone like you to see me for what I am. When you asked me to lie to Laurel about the night we had sex, well that was when you lost me as anything I might have been to you."

Oliver wasn't blind. He could see the pain in Evelyn's eyes over something he had done and tried to get her to bail him out. He never should have slept with her in the first place, but he got tired of fighting his attraction to her. He wanted her to forgive him, but seeing her now he knew that would take some time. Maybe Tommy would be able to help him with that. That reminded him why he originally came by.

"When I was released from the hospital I had a family dinner. Tommy was there."

"So?" Evelyn inquired, shaking her head. "What does that have to do with me?"

"He said that you weren't in Starling City. Why would he lie to me about that? About you?"

"He doesn't know," Evelyn told him before taking a long sigh. "Since I moved away from Starling City Tommy contacted me about what happened so I didn't hear about it on the news. I called him but we didn't really talk. That was the last time I spoke to him."

"Don't you think he wants to know that you are back?"

"No I don't," Evelyn told him. "I invited him to my graduation from premed and he didn't show up. That sent a message. The only ones to keep in contact with me after I left were Laurel and her father. They are the family that I came to rely on when I needed advice or someone to talk to since my own brother, my twin didn't want anything to do with me or what I was doing with my life."

"Evelyn-"

"I don't care what you do Oliver," she told him as she looked into his eyes. "All I ask is that you don't tell Tommy that I'm back. That is something I will do when I'm ready to. I don't need you to interfere."

"You-"

Oliver stopped mid sentence when the door to Laurel's apartment opened up. When she saw that Evelyn wasn't alone in the apartment, her eyes looked at Oliver and then to Evelyn who had unshed tears in her eyes.

"Hey. I thought we could order a pizza tonight," Laurel said looking at Evelyn before moving on to Oliver. "Can I talk to you for a moment?"

Not giving him a chance to say anything else to her, Evelyn slipped out of the room and to the guest room that had become her own room in Laurel's apartment. She hadn't wanted to see Oliver, she wasn't ready and she knew she wasn't ready to see her brother. That was asking for a world of hurt that she didn't want any part of. Closing the door behind her, she sunk down next to it and cried into her knees after wrapping her arms around them. She couldn't go back out there until Oliver was gone, not even to hear what Laurel was saying to him.

"Oliver…"

"Tommy deserves to know that his sister is back in Starling."

"You don't know anything about what either of them needs," Laurel told him. "Please for both our sakes don't tell Tommy. I know when she's ready she will talk to him. But they need to get there on their own, not with interference."

Oliver didn't say anything, he just turned to the door and left.

A/N: I hope you liked this one! Let me know what you think!