Felicity heard the soft knock on the door. She had hoped that Oliver wouldn't hunt her down or send someone to locate her whereabouts. She was hesitant as she approached the door.

"Felicity I know you are in there." Oh thank goodness it was only Diggle.

"What are you doing her at this time of the day? Aren't you suppose to be at work?"

"Oliver's in a meeting and he gave me this to give to you." He watched her give him that accusatory glance as he handed her the envelope that Oliver gave him this morning. "Oh don't worry he doesn't know that you live here. Remember I swore to secrecy of your location and so did Layla."

Layla had offered her to stay at her apartment ever since she and Diggle had bought a new one for themselves. Diggle told her that Layla kept the apartment to rent to others and the lady that rented it had just moved out a few weeks ago. He had questioned her that morning why she was not going back to her apartment for the time being which she reasoned that she wanted to stay somewhere where Oliver will not go looking for her.

"You know he will eventually find you or you might run in to him somewhere at some point."

"I know. I just need to sort things out but that doesn't mean that I should run away from it. I am still in Starling City Diggle."

"Well let me or Layla know if you need anything. I am not vouching for him Felicity but you should at least hear him out. At some point you both need to have a talk to get this all straighten out whether the two of you would like to or not."

Leaving her to her own accord, Diggle walked out the front door as the silence of the apartment engulfed her. To some extent Diggle was right about one thing, she was hiding. She had to collect herself before she faces the world again. With a deep sigh she drop on the sofa and folded her legs and took a long look at the sealed envelope in her hand.

Felicity,

Thank you for letting me know that at least you are somewhere safe. The moment Diggle handed me the note from you I was scared to even open it. I wasn't sure what to find inside after I received your email. To be honest, I didn't even expect to hear from you after what I had done.

I would say that I am sorry, for which I am, but I don't know how many of those it would take for you to forgive me or even at all. You know that I am not very good at talking about anything but I left myself with no choice after all the mistakes I have made.

You surprised me Felicity even from the beginning. It was not just what you could do when handed a computer but what made you who are. After our first few encounters I knew that out of everyone besides Diggle, you were the only one I could trust to keep such a large secret. I took a gamble and I am glad that I did because you would have never been in my life. You became someone that I could lean on and you took the pain away. I had thought that after we found Walter that would be the end of it. Of you helping but you were adamant to stay on the team even after.

You are a force to be reckon with Felicity Smoak. I just was not good at showing how much I appreciated to have you there. There is not very many people who see me as Oliver Queen but as what the public portray me as. I couldn't do half the things I have done without you especially being the vigilante and CEO of Queen Consolidated. You are not scared to put me in my place when needed. And as the months went by, I had taken you for granted thinking that you would always be there no matter what. And how wrong I was.

You have given me a glimpse of what my days would be like without you in them. When you went to Central City I felt restless because I was not the only important person in your life. Everywhere I turned something would remind me of you. I sat at your desk at the foundry every night since you left but no worries I haven't mess with anything.

I miss hearing you talk about missing all the episodes of Doctor Who because you were too busy with something at the foundry and that your mint chocolate chip have been sitting in your freezer for too long because you were too tired to eat it when you get home. I miss hearing the sound of the keyboard as your fingers fly over them whether you are in the office or at the foundry. I miss hearing you babble when you are nervous or how you bite your lip when you are too focus to notice the rest of us.

I will wait because you've done a lot of waiting on your part. And unless you can look me in the eye and tell me that I have lost my chance then I will be here waiting. I would say the same thing to you when I see you again. Please take care of yourself while you are away.

I miss you.

Oliver