So this is the last chapter before we get into Arrow business.
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As Felicity woke up the next morning, Oliver was playing with her hair. She rubbed her forehead into his chest and mumbled,
"I really hope I'm not dreaming"
Oliver chuckled,
"Best dream I've had in five years"
She smiled and scrunched her nose up at him,
"Can I take you home yet?"
He smirked, and she hit him. Groaning she sat up, running a hand through her hair. Oliver watched her as she dug through her bag. She grabbed a pair of yoga pants and a loose pale pink shirt.
Felicity walked in to the bathroom, she set the clothes on the counter and looked at herself in the mirror. She took a deep breath,
"Listen to me Felicity. Just tell him how you're feeling. It's Oliver. It's your Oliver. He can't hate you for it."
She had woken up in the middle of night with a feeling that she couldn't shake. She didn't know if she wanted to live with Oliver, and not because she didn't love him. But they were two different people now.
They had moved in together a year before he had left, and it was incredible but for right now she wanted to take this slowly. She needed to take this slowly. Not just for her but for him. She didn't want to push him into anything too fast, and if he stayed at the mansion he would still have his space, time to collect his thoughts. Space to figure what he wanted.
She took a deep breath and walked back into the room, Oliver had changed into a pair of jeans and a black v-neck shirt. He turned and smiled, he could see the worry on her face and asked her,
"What's on your mind?"
She put her clothes in her bag and looked at him as she zipped it up. She rubbed the back of her neck with both her hands,
"Can we just talk for a few minutes?"
He nodded,
"Course"
She sat on the bed crossing her legs she picked at a thread on the blanket as Oliver sat on the edge of the bed and put his hand on her knee,
"Lic…"
She bit her lip and connected eyes with him,
"I don't want you to get mad, and if I'm being stupid then just tell me. Because god knows I can put my foot in my mouth."
He smiled,
"You have to tell me what it is first"
She pushed her lips together and nodded a bit,
"I don't know if it's the best idea for us to jump back into living together"
Her eyes went down to her fingers where she was nervously scratching off her pale pink polish. Oliver put his hands on hers, and whispered,
"Hey"
She looked up at him; he kept going squeezing her hand gently.
"If that's what you want, its what I want too. Felicity I don't want to make you uncomfortable"
She shook her head,
"That's not it. I am completely comfortable with you. I don't want to rush this. I don't want to force you into anything. I just think at the mansion you can have your space. Figure out what you want. Five years is a long time."
"I think taking things slow is good but just so you know, five years didn't change any of my feelings for you."
She smiled,
"Thank you for understanding"
He rubbed her cheek he knew she needed her space. He needed his space; he needed time to figure out what he was going to do. He needed time to make his plan a reality. He was going to save this city,
"Can we please get out of here?"
She nodded,
"I'll drive you too the mansion"
Grabbing her bag she took his hand as they walked through the halls, Oliver broke the silence,
"So about this space thing…"
She nodded looking at him,
"Does that mean we can't have sleep overs now and again?"
She laughed,
"I miss our sleepovers"
He smirked and kissed her head. They walked in silence but as they reached the lobby, Felicity pulled at his hand to stop him. He looked back at her as she told him,
"I have to warn you there are a lot of reporters out there"
With a shrug he answered,
"I figured"
"I can go get my car and just meet you around the back"
She pointed the opposite direction they were walking and he shook his head no,
"Have to deal with them at some point, right?"
Felicity nodded and tightened her grip on his hand,
"Together?"
He nodded and they stepped outside. Too a mob of flashes and screams; Oliver tightened his grip on her hand as she pointed towards her car.
"Mr. Queen, how did you survive?!"
"Mr. Queen what's it like being back?"
"Are you planning to take over your father's company now that you're back?"
As they reached her car, Oliver opened the driver's side for her and she slipped in throwing her bag on the back seat. Oliver joined her in the car,
"Ready?"
She nodded, as she started the car. Driving to the Queen mansion was a little quieter then expected. Felicity drummed her fingers on the steering wheel, she was nervous and didn't know how to talk to him,
"Felicity"
She hummed and looked over at him as he continued,
"Why are you so nervous?"
She didn't answer. She had a lot of things to be nervous about. Losing him again, the fact that she knew Thea was taking drugs, or that Moria had remarried. She bit her lip and said nothing as they pulled up to the driveway.
"We're here"
Oliver stopped looking at her and stared at the mansion,
"Bigger then I remember"
She laughed and squeezed his leg,
"You ready?"
He nodded as they got out of the car. Felicity was walking up the drive way when she noticed he wasn't following her,
"Oliver?"
Her voice was quiet, and had a tint of sadness. He looked at her and smiled a little bit,
"It's just weird being back"
She nodded,
"It looks the exact same inside"
"You've been here in the last five years?"
She nodded, as he started walking towards her,
"Course, I have dinners with Thea. And I went to –"
She cut herself off and he raised an eyebrow, but before she could get any more words out of her mouth, the front door opened and Raisa was standing there smiling.
"Oliver"
He smiled,
"Raisa"
He hugged her and whispered,
"I missed you"
She smiled,
"No cooks on the island?"
He gently shook his head,
"No friends either"
She touched his chest,
"Still good boy with a good heart"
He smiled as she walked back in to the house. Felicity set her coat on the hook by the door and slipped her flats off, she noticed Moria and Walter walking towards them and she smiled.
"I'm just going to check on Thea"
Oliver nodded and watched her run up the stairs. He loved the fact that she stayed close to them. It could have been just as easy for her to cut all her ties with t. He loved her all the more for it.
"Mother"
"Welcome home my son"
He smiled, and pointed slightly,
"Who's this?"
His mother turned,
"This is Walter, he worked at Queen's Consolidated with your father"
Oliver nodded, and Walter added next,
"It's good to have you home"
They all heard a door close upstairs and looked towards the stairs as Thea walked towards the edge of the first step looking at her brother,
"I'm glad you're back"
He smiled and caught her in a hug at the bottom of the stairs. He whispered in to her ear,
"Me too"
Felicity followed behind Thea; looking a little flushed. She started walking towards the door. Oliver caught up with her,
"Hey"
She looked up at him as she slipped on her flats,
"I think I'm just going to go home, give you all some space"
He rubbed her arms,
"You don't have too"
She nodded,
"I do. I have work tomorrow anyways"
He tried to say something to stop her but she put a hand on his cheek,
"But if you play your cards right, I may just take you out to dinner tomorrow"
He laughed,
"I think I may owe you a dinner out tomorrow"
She shrugged as she kissed his cheek,
"Either way works for me."
She started putting on her coat as Oliver opened the door for her, he leaned against it as she looked at him,
"Get my number from Thea. Call me if you need anything"
He nodded,
"Okay, thanks for driving me home"
She nodded slightly,
"Course"
She stood there waiting a few extra seconds seeing him he would make the first move but when he didn't move, she turned and walked towards her car. She sighed; she was kicking herself for not kissing him. She missed him, but she was just too afraid to push things with him.
Oliver was in the same position; he wanted to kiss her so bad it was killing him. He never used to have to censor himself around her, or watch what he did or said. They were completely comfortable with each other. But he was almost a stranger to her, to everyone he loves, he watched her open her car door and he yelled,
"Felicity!"
She turned as he reached her he grabbed her face in his hands, kissing her. She smiled against his lips, placing her hands on his hips pulling him closer as she deepened the kiss.
Her back was pushed against her car as they pulled away, keeping their foreheads together trying to catch their breath. Oliver quickly kissed her again whispering,
"I just needed to do that"
She smiled and playing with the collar of his shirt, connecting their eyes; whispering,
"I'm really glad you did"
With that she hugged him around the waist as his arms wrapping around her neck as he kissed her head. She rubbed his back as she pulled away,
"I really need to go home and get ready for work tomorrow"
He nodded,
"Okay"
She smiled as she slipped in to her car; he shut the door behind her and smiled as he walked back into the mansion. Tomorrow was the start of his new quest to save the city. His City.
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