7.

When she was finally released from the hospital, Bruce was the one to bring her back to her place. As soon as he walked through her front door the Robin Hood poster above her fireplace caught his eye.

"Make yourself at home, the guest room is down the hall from me. I put clean towels in there for you and some guy toiletries for you."

"Thanks, you look beat. Why don't you take a nap, I'm thinking of taking one myself."

"Yeah, a shower sounds great. By the way if you see Diggle or Oliver walk in, it's fine they have keys, you know just in case."

"Okay, get some rest," he said kissing he ron the forehead and then watched her walk away. He slept for about an hour, refreshed and not as tired anymore. Being Batman and working at night helped him appreciate these well-deserved naps, his body appreciated them too. He decided he would make the two of them a bite to eat. As he was chopping vegetables he heard a knock on the door, wiping his hands with a towel he went and opened the door to find Oliver and Digg holding bags of food.

"Come in," Bruce said.

"Felicity?" Oliver asked.

"Sleeping, what's all this?" Bruce asked.

"Sushi and Chinese and some of her favorite things," John said pulling out the mint chocolate chip ice cream and placing it in her freezer. "Once she smells the food, she'll be up." Bruce gave him a look as if to say, 'how would you know that?'. "We went to Russia on a business trip and shared a suite and when Oliver ordered breakfast and she smelled that coffee I swear she practically flew to it."

"That girl and food," Bruce laughed, Oliver smiled.

The moment was broken when a blood curdling scream came from upstairs. All three of them ran taking two steps at a time. Bruce opened her bedroom door, she was in the midst of a nightmare. Oliver walked over, calming her as Bruce stood their frozen. John went to her bathroom grabbing a warm wet washcloth while Oliver slowly got her to wake up.

"Oliver? John? What?"

"You were having a nightmare. You um, screamed, we all thought," he closed his eyes.

"I'm okay, he's in jail again. Thank you," she said placing her hand on his cheek. "Oliver?"

"Hmm?"

"I smell sushi and dumplings."

"We brought a spread. We'll give you a minute," Digg said touching her shoulder.

She kissed Oliver and they all left the room to give her some privacy. By the time she came downstairs still in her pajama bottoms and donning a grey hoodie, two sizes too big for her and she didn't look as terrified as she had when they went into her bedroom.

They all sat around eating and laughing. They decided to stay in for the night opting for a movie and some popcorn. Halfway through the movie she crashed on Oliver's shoulder. Bruce watched from the loveseat how Felicity was calm and relaxed in his arms. When the movie was done John went and began to clean up while Oliver carried her upstairs.

"He really does care about her, doesn't he?" Bruce asked Diggle.

"More than you know and she cares a lot about him too," John said. "I already told him I'd kill him and hide the body where no one would ever find it."

"I believe you," he snorted.

"She's like my little sister and I'd do anything to keep her safe."

"Thank you John.

Oliver came down the stairs frowning at his phone.

"Is everything alright?" Bruce asked.

"Situation at Verdant, Digg?"

"We'll see you later Bruce. Have a goodnight."

"Bruce, we'll see you later."

"Thank you for dinner."

"Anytime," Oliver said rushing away with Digg closing the door quickly. Bruce shrugged his shoulders thinking it was odd. He finished cleaning up and settled in front of the TV settling on some sports game. About an hour in the game was interrupted by the News.

"This is Jackie Vaughn with Channel 52 news, we're here where the Arrow just assisted police with a huge drug and trafficking bust. We are hearing reports that the Arrow and another vigilante helped take down the multi-million dollar bust. Take a look at some of the video an eye witness was able to catch."

Bruce watched the video, obviously from a cell phone, as the Arrow and the other vigilante fought the men hurting cops and protecting a ship and a cargo truck. They soon ran off as more police swarmed in. The video froze on the Arrow, his face covered but he was sure he had seen the jawline somewhere before.

Eventually he got tired, he checked in on Felicity, the light were off, he came in covering her more with her blanket, kissing her on the forehead, that was when he noticed she was being covered by a shadow on her balcony. The Arrow was there, on her balcony, twenty stories up, he blinked and he was gone. Bruce checked the locks, locking the door to her balcony and leaving her alone. That night he lay in bed wondering why The Arrow, a vigilante was doing on his sister's balcony. He eventually fell asleep, dreaming of his parents funeral and holding Felicity's hand.

As the days and nights went by he noticed that Oliver and John were at the club in The Glades and Felicity was on edge, especially at night. She would receive calls and run off, leaving Bruce alone. By the end of his trip, he had more questions than answers. Her go to answers were " the system is down" or "there was a problem at Verdant or Queen Consolidated." He knew she wasn't being 100% honest with him but he let it go, he still hadn't told her his secret.

When it was finally time for him to go back to Gotham all three of them came to wish him goodbye at the airport. He shook John's hand thanking him for everything. He pulled Oliver aside, warning him again. He gave Felicity a huge hug, kissing the top of her head and then he was gone.

"Pay up Smoak," Digg said as the plane took off.

"Frack," she said as she mumbled something unintelligible under her breath and searching her purse for her wallet. Oliver stared quizzically at the two of them.

"She said there would be blood, I said there wouldn't."

Oliver shook his head at the two of them. His brother in so many ways and the love of his life. Everything was starting to look up. He was wrong on so many levels but he would eventually find out and hopefully not too late.