DISCLAIMER: I do not own the characters, they belong to the CW and DC comics. this is just a fanmade story of a couple the author would really like to see together. no hard feelings.

OH MY GOD. Did you guys see the latest episode? I genuinely thought I died. Did you see the Olicity tension! Omg…. I'm gonna try writing now. And thanks for all the wonderful reviews! I really appreciate it! The song for this chapter: Julia Sheer – Stay (Rihanna Cover). I'm sorry you guys had to wait so long for this chapter, but believe me if I say that you get something worth the wait! ^^ (and the words just keep appearing in my head, so this chapter is even longer J)

CHAPTER FOUR: COME A LITTLE CLOSER

It was around eight o'clock when she realized it wasn't a good idea to spend Christmas Eve alone. Even if she was Jewish. Without knowing she had pulled a simple, black, short-sleeved skater dress from her closet. She quickly threw it on and twirled in front of the mirror. The dress showed off her legs nicely and it made her tiny waist look even tinier. She grabbed a pair of sparkly heels and matching clutch. Hair curled, contacts in and lips red, she put on her coat and left for the Queen's mansion. While in her car, she started doubting herself, why was she doing this? Why should she do this? Is there even a genuinely good reason she should be going to her bosses house for a private Christmas party. In fact, yes, Oliver had invited her, and when she thought of him, she seemed to drive a little faster, eager to see him. Her heart was racing, of nervousness and excitement. Her cheeks were burning red.

Oliver was a little sad that he wouldn't see Felicity tonight. But maybe it was for the best, to keep secrets from her was hard enough. What if he had to run off again? That would affect her too. He walked into the main living room towards Walter, his mother and Thea, all looking as glamorous as always.

"You guys look great, Merry Christmas"

"Merry Christmas" The three of them echoed.

"Let's get a holiday photo" Oliver proposed, but his mother stopped him.

"I already sent out Christmas cards, Oliver"

"Mom, let's get a picture just for the four of us"

His mother nodded "Of course" They stood next to each other and smiled at the camera. The boy Oliver met earlier interrupted "Excuse me, Mrs. Queen, these are for you"

"Well thank you, I'll go put these in water" she responded while Thea took the boy's arm and pulled him into the other room. Oliver smiled and shook his head. Moira turned to Walter and whispered something Oliver couldn't quite hear but it was something about talking in private, as she walked away, Oliver looked at Walter.

"Everything okay between the two of you?"

"Yeah, I'm sure it will work itself out" Walter replied and walked after Moira. Oliver saw Thea pulling the boy she invited upstairs and he wanted to go after them when Tommy and Laurel walked into the room. The night went on in a downwards spiral, first the awkward conversation with Laurel, busting Thea and the boy, the fight with Thea and he was kind of glad he could suit up and become the Hood when Dig had told him what the other archer had done. He hurried towards the warehouse where the hostages were kept, and zip lined on the roof from another building. Rescuing the people wasn't that hard. He had easily cut the ropes and escorted them to the roof. But then the other archer made his appearance.

"Thank you for coming. After the warehouse I knew I had to do something dramatic to get your attention." The other archer said in a low voice.

"What do you want with me?"

"What any archer wants…." Oliver could imagine the archer smiling under the hood. "….to see who's better." And a split second before he had finished his sentence the two men started shooting arrows at each other. They were both fast and Oliver ducked around a corner and started running into the hall the hostages had been kept in and jumped up into the framing to trick the archer but he was clever. He spotted Oliver in a piece of mirror on the ground and shot Oliver's bow from his hands. Oliver lunged and was now swinging on a lamp as the archer shot him in his leg and he fell down, landing on his feet and quickly taking his bow and shooting arrows at the other man. The archer hid and Oliver started looking around, only to find the archer behind him and getting an arrow in his back. And another. He fell against some kind of wooden framing and the archer kicked him through it. Lying on the ground he felt the feet of the archer in his stomach over and over again.

"First Hunt, then Ravage and now you." Still kicking. "I know about the list, and the man who authored it wants you dead" one last kick. "They call you the hood, let's see what you look like without it." He reached out to Oliver's face to take the hood of and Oliver quickly struck back, pushing an arrow between his ribs and hitting him into unconsciousness.

Oliver got up, limping, pulling the arrows from his back. The one in his leg had broken off, because it wasn't there anymore but he could feel the arrowhead. He opened a window and threw himself out, falling on the ground. He took his earpiece.

"Dig..." He coughed a couple of times "…help…help"

Before she had the chance to change her mind again, she drove into the driveway of the Queen's mansion. She stepped out and gave her keys to the valet. The boy drove off in her red mini cooper and she straightened her dress and stepped forward to the grand door in front of her. She gathered her courage and stepped inside. It was like she was hit in the face by the distinctive Christmassy smell. Pine tree, cookies and fireplace. She pressed her lips together and started scanning the rooms for Oliver. A few people were staring at her, because well she was a stranger. When she walked across a small group of people and heard someone mention Oliver so she decided to stand a little distance from them so she could listen in.

"Did you hear what happened to Oliver? Poor boy was hit by a semi. They took him to Starling City General with three broken ribs"

The woman who had been talking was surrounded by a small group of people, all looking glamorous and rich. Felicity was worried about Oliver and rushed out to get her car and go to the hospital.

When Oliver woke up he immediately wanted to get up, but Dig kept him down and told him to relax. Oliver groaned in pain and laid back down. He sighed.

"What happened?"

"I back traced your signal, cleaned you up and got you out of there. You have a pneumothorax, three broken ribs and a concussion but the doctors say you're gonna be fine. There's some people here to see you"

"What?" Oliver looked at Dig in confusion

Dig stepped away as Walter, Moira and Thea walked into the hospital room. Moira took his hand and looked at her son.

"Are you alright?"

"Oh god, you look terrible" Thea blurted out.

"Well, thank god you were wearing your helmet" Walter said and Oliver looked a little confused, so Dig stepped in quickly.

"I told them how you were on your bike and a semi pulled right in front of you." Oliver shook his head a little and raised his eyebrows. He didn't think they wouldn't believe it, but the real story sounded so much mightier.

"What were you even doing out?" Moira asked. He could hear the worry in her voice.

"You bailed on your party" Thea said and rolled her eyes.

"It seemed like the right move. I mean, like you said, it wasn't the best timing." Oliver looked at his baby sister and smiled a little. She sighed.

"Okay, but when I was saying that, that was me being a bitch."

Moira sighed and wrapped one arm around her daughter "Oh, the truth is, I don't think any of us were at our best." Walter moved next to his wife and put an arm around her.

"The real truth is, you wanted to have a party to bring us closer together. Well, here we are"

He moved closer to Moira reassuringly and stroked her back. Oliver chuckled. Well, he tried because it hurt him.

"Were gonna let you get some rest, hmm?" Moira replied to that and bent over to softly and motherly kiss him on his forehead. As his mother and Walter walked out of the room, Thea didn't show any sign of leaving.

"So…" She stepped a little closer "…We never got to the exchanging presents part."

Oliver smiled and chuckled softly. "I don't think I deserve a present." Thea smiled a little

"Look, I know that I've been hard on you, about being different from the way you were. But, the truth is, Ollie, I'm not the same person I was five years ago either."

"So maybe we can just accept each other. Not for who we were but for the…" He paused "…For the people we are now."

"Yeah" Thea smiled and pulled some very sugary candy canes from the pocket in her jacket. Oliver sighed and smiled at his sister.

"No cheating"

"You're on"

"Come here" and they embraced. Soon after, Thea left his room to go home with Moira, because Walter had to run down to the office to pick up some files. As soon as he left his office, his phone started buzzing.

"Steele" He answered

"Yes, Hi, Mr Steele, this is Felicity Smoak"

"Hi miss Smoak, what can I do for you?"

"I heard about Oliver's accident and I wanted to make sure he is okay."

"Thank you, Felicity, it was good of you to call, but Oliver is going to be fine. He's already on the mend. I'm stepping into an elevator, so I'll probably lose you. I'll call you straight back. Bye."

"Bye" She hung up the phone and sighed in relief. Oliver was fine. Her heart slowed down a little and she rested her head against the steering wheel of her mini cooper. She waited for Walters call, but when it didn't arrive she started driving again towards the hospital. To Oliver.

Dig had left his room to get some coffee, and that left Oliver alone with his thoughts. Flashes of the fight with the other archer ran through his mind, reminding him of the fact that he had wanted to survive for someone, not himself, to protect her. Because if not him, who would protect her. And of course who would help this city get rid of its crimes. And his thoughts went back to the girl. Her curly blonde hair. Her beautiful eyes behind those thick framed glasses. And her stunning legs. His thoughts were interrupted by a slight knock on the door, and his eyes shot towards it. The door creaked open and the girl of his thoughts stood in there in the doorway. She looked like an angel. A lamp lit up her hair from behind which made it look like she had a halo. She looked at him a little worried and then smiled. And he noticed her eyes weren't hidden behind those glasses. They had the chance to show off their full potentional.

"Oliver" She whispered

"Hi, Felicity" He answered and smiled brightly at her. She just made his day.

She stepped into the room and closed the door behind her. She hadn't bothered to put her coat back on, so it was now just lying in her car. Her curls fell around her shoulders and she looked at Oliver, stepping a little closer to the bed.

"How are you feeling?"

"Perfect" He responded and he wasn't lying. Her presence seemed to drain his body of any pain. She didn't believe him of course. She cocked her head to the side and rolled her eyes. He smiled and chuckled softly, which made groan under his breath. The broken ribs weren't helping his ability to laugh. But it had its plus-side since Felicity hurried towards him, afraid he was in pain. She laid one hand on his shoulder.

"You okay?"

"I'm fine" He said and took her hand in his. He studied her outfit for a second. The dress looked beautiful on her. She looked down on him and held his hand happily.

"You look beautiful, why so dressed up?" He looked up at her pretty face. She chuckled and sighed.

"I came to you party" She looked down at their entwined hands and blushed. She didn't really know what to say.

"You did? I didn't see you there" She nodded and explained

"By the time I realized you deserved better than me being a total bitch by declining your invitation, and I made it to your house, you had already had your accident. So in order to make up for it, I came here instead" She could feel her cheeks were burning and it wasn't until she had finished that she looked up and stared into his smiling face.

"What's so funny?" She looked at him in confusion

"Felicity, you're adorable" He smiled a tried chuckling.

Dig spotted the two of them through the small window to the hallway and decided he should leave them alone for a little while. Walking to the waiting area he drank his hospital coffee, thinking to himself. He knew this was going to happen. He shook his head smiling in self-fulfillment.

He released one of her hands, to her disappointment and patted on the bed, to have her sit. And he sat up straight himself. When she seated herself he reached out for her other hand again and looked at her, flushed faced, startled eyes and pursed lips.

"Felicity, I really appreciate you being here, nobody has ever done that, just to see if I was okay. Thank you, and I'm so sorry I wasn't at the party with you" He wanted to say more but before he could finish he felt those soft, pink lips on his. He hadn't expected it, but he didn't complain, it was something he had wanted a long time. He responded to the kiss and moved his lips against hers, moving slowly. She let go of his hands and wrapped them around his neck. She Wasn't able to think about what would happen if she would do this, but she hadn't been able to resist him. She felt his tongue against her lips and opened her mouth. She wasn't able to think anymore and she didn't want to. She felt his strong and masculine hands wrapping around her waist and pulling her closer. He ran his hands up and down her back, while playing with her tongue. He never wanted to end this kiss. And neither did she. One of her graceful hands slid down his toned chest and he groaned softly. He wanted her body against his and grabbed her tightly, arms wrapped around her and pulled her against him. She let go of his lips for a second and giggled softly. She placed a soft and very sweet kiss on his lips and ran her fingers through his hair. Oliver started placing tiny kisses on her jaw, down her neck, to her collarbone, only to find himself being pulled back up and kissed by the most beautiful girl in the whole world. Her arms around his neck. His arms around her tiny waist.

I hoped you liked this chapter, I know I did J Please review! The next chapter will be up after the next episode airs!

-Love, Carolina