A/N: I am so sorry that this is a day late! School is hectic with coursework and I have a mock exam tomorrow morning that I haven't revised for...! Anyways enjoy and please read my notes at the end:)

5 Seconds

He was in the middle of a mission with Laurel and Roy running down a street going after gang members when he heard Dig shouting through the comms asking the team to stop.

'Oliver man, we have a problem' He slowed down and felt both Roy and Laurel come to a halt behind him. He pushed the button on his chest so that he could speak through the comms.

'Is it about the gang?' when he finished his sentence he heard Dig take a deep breath and he turned to face both Roy and Laurel who looked confused.

'It's not about the mission Oliver, it's about Felicity'

'What about Felicity? She's in central city' he replied immediately holding his breath awaiting the news.

'She's not in central city man, she's in starling general hospital, and there was an accident and she is in surgery'

Oliver face dropped and his heart sunk, he stopped breathing and didn't know how to move. Until he heard Dig calling his name down the comm and his two team mates looking equally worried were trying to get his attention.

'What happened?' he growled and he turned to rush back to the foundry along with Laurel and Roy.

'I don't know man, I just know that it's not good and her mom is also at the hospital'

That just made Oliver run even faster to his motorbike, he sped through the traffic lights and got to the foundry so fast that he can't even remember the route he took. He changed along with the rest of his team and they all headed straight to the hospital.

It didn't take them long to get there and when they did he saw Palmer in the waiting room pacing and he had cut on his face. When he saw him he saw red and went straight for him and pushed him into the wall.

'What happened?' he growled through his teeth and he was now in arrow mode and Palmer knew it. Ray swallowed and took a deep breath.

'Something went wrong with the suit, there was an explosion. It didn't mean for her to get hurt, I never wanted that' he looked down ashamed and Oliver went white as Palmer spoke, an explosion was bad. If Palmer only came out of it with a bruise and a couple of scratches then he couldn't bear to think about what had happened to Felicity if she was in surgery.

'You were supposed to protect her, I trusted you to take care of her and looked what happened' he growled and then pushed him into the wall once more.

He wanted to punch him, Palmer expected a punch he could see it in his eyes.

'Stay away from her' Palmer nodded at his words and then he went to go through the double doors when he heard Ray begin to talk again.

'You can't go down there, family only'

Oliver turned slowly 'We are her family' with that he turned and pushed through the doors until he found a receptionist at the bottom of the hall.

'Felicity Smoak is in surgery can you please tell me where she is' he patted his hand gently on the counter top and tried to smile at the middle aged women in front of him.

'Are you a relative?' she looked up before she spoke and raised her eyebrow over her glasses.

'Yes I am her fiancé' Oliver answered calmly.

'Well she is in the middle of surgery right now, but you can go and wait with her mother outside of the operating room. Follow the hallway down to the left and when you reach the end turn right, then take the next left and you should find her mother outside operating room 8' he nodded and thanked the women and headed down to the operating room followed by Diggle.

They both headed down the hallway and turned right, then they took the next left and there was a very long hallway which was were all of the surgery rooms were. The started to move down the hallway when 5-6 doctors and nurses came rushing past them and toward the end of the hallway. Then they saw Donna come out from the waiting room and crying out to the doctors telling them to save her.

Oliver and Diggle then ran down the hallway and they looked through the door to see them all surrounding Felicity. Fear ran through him at the thought that something went wrong in the surgery. But then he heard the words which he was never prepared for.

'SHE'S CRASHING' one of the doctors announced as they were prepping the defibrillator and placing the pads to her chest, her surgery room looked like chaos and she was covered in her own blood. Then he saw that her heart rate was decreasing rapidly and tears were filling his eyes, his breathing quickened as his heart sunk. He whispered 'no' as he watched them make the first shock and nothing happened. Then he couldn't stop himself from storming into the surgery room as they made the second shock and still nothing.

He ran in and immediately there were several nurses surrounding him trying to push him out, but it was all a blur. The only thing that was in focus was the women he loved dying before him.

'No… not you. Felicity you don't get to die on me do you hear me!' He shouted the second part somehow thinking that she would hear him. The doctor then shouted 'Clear!' and the first shock was done but still nothing.

He stood there; nurses holding him back so that he didn't distract the doctors, in complete shock at the fact her heart was beating. She was dead before his very eyes, and it became reality that he couldn't live without her.

'I can't live without her, please save her' he spoke quietly as tears fell down his cheeks and then they shocked her again and turned to the heart monitors waiting to hear the beep. Everything was happening so slowly, but the heartbreak spread within him rapidly and his breathing quickened again. As he watched the doctors make the third shock knowing that it would be there last he thought of every moment that they had spent together, he whispered her name as her body jerked up again.

He then counted in his head, waiting to hear the beeping sound that would save him from the darkness. 1…2…3…4…5…

BEEP BEEP BEEP the sound had all the doctors and nurses take a deep breath of relief and his world spun back into focus, she was ok, she was alive and her heart was beating again.

It was the most wonderful sound he had ever heard and he couldn't help the tears that escaped and fled down his cheeks. He wiped them away with both hands and took a deep breath.

Then he felt a gentle hand on his shoulder and turned to see Donna crying and shaking. 'Mr Queen they said that they need to get her cleaned up and into a recovery room so we need to step outside and wait for the doctor to update us on her condition' he silently nodded and stepped outside to see Dig looking worse for wear along with Roy, Laurel and Ray.

Seeing him made him even angrier now especially after Felicity died. Then it hit him that she did die for a minute, and it broke his heart knowing that she has to go through that.

He went to step towards Ray when Dig stepped in the way.

'Now is not the place or time, we'll handle it later when we know about her condition'

He knew John was right so he back off and went to take a step next to Donna, he turned to face her and then handed her a tissue so that she could wipe her tears.

'Are you ok?' he asked her gently whilst placing a hand to her elbow.

She nodded and then looked up. 'She's tough; I just never expected to see her like that'

'Neither did I' she smiled at his comment.

'I'm glad she has you' then she turned to face them all. 'All of you, I'm glad she has people that care about her here' they all smiled at the women and then the doctor headed towards them and they all turned to face him.

'Are you all here for Felicity Smoak?' they all nodded so he continued. 'From the explosion she got 4 broken ribs from the fall, they punctured her right lung which is one of the reasons we had to get her into surgery. The other reason involved a large piece of shrapnel that was buried into her left thigh and had it been half an inch to the right it would've pierced the artery so we had to be careful removing it. Other than that she has several cuts and bruises but they should all heal within the next few weeks'

'Thank you Doctor, when can we see her?'

'She is on floor 4 room 12, you can head up there now but only two people in the room at a time please. There is a sitting area around the corner from her room you can all sit there' he nodded and walked away as they all thanked him.

They all moved up to the floor and Donna and Oliver were the two to go and see her first. Donna took up the chair to Felicity's left whilst Oliver sat on her right side.

Donna grabbed her hand and held it and then she turned to face Oliver who gently stroked her cheek and closed his eye to compose himself. He then sat on the chair and wrapped her small hand in his and kissed it.

'Mr Queen' Oliver looked up but before she could continue he stopped her.

'Please call me Oliver' she smiled and nodded.

'Oliver, you're in love with my daughter' it wasn't a question, it was a statement and she was straight to the point just like Felicity.

'Yes I am; I have been for a long time now. It just took me a while to realise it' he smiled sadly.

'So why aren't you two together?' she sat in the chair as she spoke and smiled sadly.

'Because I'm an idiot, and I screwed up before we even got the chance to be together'

'Do you want to be with her?'

'More than anything' he paused and looked her in the eye. 'Especially after today, in those 5 seconds were it was touch and go I tried to picture my life without her in it, and it was impossible'

'So tell her that, it may take her some convincing but she'll come around' he nodded at her words and then she continued on a shaky breath. 'Felicity has had trust issues growing up, it started when her father abandoned us. Since then she has a fear of people leaving her and she always thinks it's her fault. Even when I told her it isn't, she doesn't believe me because she is stubborn. So sometimes actions speak louder than words'

He nodded and thanked her and then rested his head on the side of the bed whilst looking at the beautiful but hurt woman in front of him, then he finally drifted to sleep.

He felt a small hand gently stroking his cheek and he heard women talking. He opened his eyes carefully and saw her smiling at him and he sat up straight and moved closer.

'You're awake'

'That I am' she smiled and he let out a breath of relief and stroked the side of her cheek.

'God you scared me' he leaned up and pressed a kiss to her forehead and she beamed at his as he moved back, still holding her hand.

'How long have you been awake?'

'Only about half an hour'

'Why didn't you wake me up?'

'Because you looked peaceful, and I was chatting with my mum.

He turned and looked at Donna who was also beaming at him and their little interaction.

'I'm going to give you two some space and go and let your friend know your awake, but occupied' she winked at them both and she closed the door behind her.

There was silence for a couple of minutes when Oliver finally broke it.

'I love you' she spun her head in shock to look at him.

'Oliver' he stroke he cheek and she immediately stopped talking, his touch always did that to her.

'You need to hear this' she nodded and let him continue. 'When Ra's stabbed me, my last thought was of me kissing you in the hospital, and the next thing I know I was falling. You were my last thought and my very first thought when I opened my eyes. An old friend of mine saved me and took me to his wife who I met during my time away. When she healed me and helped me on my way back to Starling; she told me that to beat Ra's I had to be able to give up the thing I care about the most. And that was you' he paused and wipe the tear that fell from her cheek and continued. 'I know that I haven't fought for you and for us; but it doesn't mean that I didn't want to. It's the reason that I didn't fight you in the alleyway when I returned, I knew that the first thing Ra's would do when he found out I was alive would be coming after you. I couldn't accept that, and working with Malcom was the only way that could prepare me for the fight' she squeezed his hand, urging him to continue. 'If there was another way then I would've done it straight away. And I know that the decision I made pushed you even further away, and it killed me seeing you with Ray. But you were happy and I didn't want to jeopardise your happiness any further. But seeing you die right before my eyes and not being able to do anything made me feel more helpless than I have ever felt in my entire life. You were dead Felicity, and I had to picture a life without you and I couldn't do it for both Oliver Queen and the Arrow. But it made me realise that I want a life as Oliver Queen, and I want it with you. You are the one who separates both but is there in both my lives, and it took me way too long to realise it and I'm so sorry' he took another shaky breath and they were both crying now. 'But I can't lose you again Felicity, and I will do anything in my power to show you how much I love you and want to be with you. I know the decision I made were the ones that pushed us apart and that will forever be a regret of mine, I can't add not fighting for you to the list my regrets. So please give me a chance to prove it to you' he kissed her hand and closed his eyes whilst taking another deep shaky breath.

She squeezed his hand causing his eyes to flick up and meet hers. She smiled and more tears fell from her eyes. She took shaky breaths too before speaking.

'Oliver, kiss me' she whispered and you didn't have to ask him twice. He stood up and sat on the edge of her bed and stroked her unbruised cheek with his hand and leant his forehead against hers.

Then without wasting another second he leant down and crashed his lips against hers. It started of soft but then he swiped his tongue across her bottom lips causing her to gasp and open up to him. His tongue darted into her month and joined hers and they danced together until they were both breathless and desperate for air.

He slowly pulled away and placed another kiss to her lips then pulled back fully and stared into her beautiful blue eyes.

'I love you Oliver Queen, I have for a long time and I am so happy you finally pulled you head out your ass' they both laughed at her reply and then she pulled him in for another kiss. She wrapped her arm around his neck brining him even closer, then she winced in pain due to her ribs and he pulled back looking worried.

'I hurt you, I'm sorry'

She shook her head and let out a small giggle. 'Yes it hurts, but you kissing me makes it better' she then pulled him back to her lips. He smiled against them and they didn't even hear the sound of high heels making their way into the room.

'I'm going to stop you right there because nobody wants to have sex in a hospital' Donna's voice was filled with humour and the two parted, both cheeks were red and Oliver sat in his chair and held her hand.

'I'm happy for you both' she smiled and held her daughters hand.

'I am happy' Felicity beamed at Oliver who lent back in to kiss her forehead.

No matter what happened from this point forward, they were happy and would face it together.

A/N: I just to say a massive thank you to everyone who has read my story happiness, it hit 18,000 views tonight! So thanks to everyone who favourite, followed and review that story as it means a lot because it was my first fic! Also thanks to those who are reading this one-shot series and who have favourite, followed and reviewed as it does mean a lot! You don't have to leave a review, but they are extremely appreciated and I do reply! I just love to hear all of your thoughts and if you guys have any constructive criticism then don't be scared because I will take what you say on board and try to improve my writing for you all! So until next week…see you then!