Title Of Story: To Good To Be True
Chapter Number: 9
Chapter Name: Breaking Point

Felicity
Since forcing me to have sex with him a couple weeks ago Ray has been avoiding me slightly, not that I minded. What worried me most was he is like a coiled spring, he looked like he was going to lose it any moment and I have no idea when it will happen when he does. I do not want to be home alone with him when he finally does snap because I think one of us will be leaving the house in a body bag and the other going to jail for murder, that's the only way our relationship was going to end.

I was too scared to walk away from him, I didn't have the guts and Ray was to afraid to leave me in case I tell everyone what he is really like. He was scared of me and my knowledge yet I'm the one that's afraid to leave him, I know if I do he will just come after me until he finds me and I don't want to run from here. This is my home and I like it here, I have my job, friends and most of all I have Oliver… he is a friend but he's a different kind of friend.

Me and Oliver messed up really bad when it came to our relationship. One says they're ready for the relationship to begin and the other isn't. Then when the latter is ready the other is not, it's a constant back and forth thing which I think may go on for the rest of our lives. He gets jealous when I have a man in my life, take Ray and Barry for example, and I got jealous and sad when he has a girlfriend. Especially a girlfriend like Sara who is kick ass at everything.

Oliver was starting to put things together and he had worked out that whatever secret I was hiding it was to do with Ray. I had always made sure to cover up any marks or bruises I had on me in case I ran into Oliver, not that I see him much anymore as I'm not allowed. It wouldn't be long until Oliver figures it out and then all hell is going to break loss, Ray will end up in a body bag that much I'm sure of.

The thing about Oliver is he is really over protective, especially with me. I don't blame him because I keep getting myself into situations where I need help and being friends with the Arrow helps me. He has always got my back, like today for example, Ray is in a meeting all day and I have to go to the dentist. I really hate dentists and Oliver said he would come with me and be my support which he didn't have to do, being the Arrow probably meant he had better things to do today.

I will have to keep this from Ray because he will freak out and he will do something to hurt me like he always does. He hates me seeing Oliver and refuses me to be in the same room as Oliver alone, I'm not really sure what his expectations are of me but when I am with someone in a relationship I am only with them. I do not have affairs and I do not cheat, I actually find it insulting that he thinks that of me.

As I finished getting ready for the horrid dentist trip my front door knocked and I was expecting to see Oliver there but instead I found Ray. He stood there in his suit grinning at me like someone who had just won the lottery, it worried me to be honest "Surprised to see me?" He questioned as he forced his way into my apartment and slammed the door closed behind him.

"A little bit, I thought you were in a meeting all day?" I questioned.

"I was but I listened into a very interesting phone call of yours with Oliver" He stated and I felt my eyes grow wide in shock "He was going to go with you to your 'dentist' appointment… I know you wasn't really going to the dentist, it's sad to think you can insult my intelligence" He told me "Do you really think I could sit in a meeting with the financial people talking about stats knowing my girlfriend is going to be fucking some guy. I don't think so" He said.

"Ray this has to got to stop!" I shouted "You are crazy. Me and Oliver are friends, he knows how much I hate the dentist, you were working so he offered to go with me… so what? I am allowed to have male friends" I told him.

"Do you really think that I am that stupid?" He asked.

"Of course not" I replied "I really do have a dentist appointment, I can call Oliver and tell him you're coming with me instead and you can see for yourself" I pleaded with him, I don't think he realises how crazy he was really sounding right now.

Before either one of us could respond the door knocked and Ray opened it, I saw Oliver standing on the other side of the door and knew this could only end badly "Erm… Hi" Oliver said awkwardly as he walked in to my apartment.

"Go on Ray… tell Oliver why you think he's here" I told him.

"What?" Oliver questioned confused.

"Ray thinks that you are here to sleep with me behind his back and he is driving me crazy" I said to Oliver, growing a back bone because Oliver was here and I know Ray wouldn't do anything with Oliver here and if he did then Oliver would kick his ass.

"Shut up Felicity" Ray ordered.

"Don't talk to her like that" Oliver shouted to Ray.

"She's my girlfriend, not yours. I will talk to her however I want to talk to her" Ray said.

"I'm not a piece of meat" I stated.

"Be a man Oliver and tell me, man to man, how does it feel sleeping with someone else's girlfriend… it wouldn't be the first time you've done it. If you think I am going to stand by and let you and that tramp do this behind my back and get the last laugh then you have another thing coming" Ray explained to Oliver.

"Ray you have got to stop this. You have no idea how crazy and paranoid you sound right now and I really do not know how much more of this I can take" I told him.

"Look man… just calm down. No one is doing anything behind your back. Felicity is a good woman and you are so lucky to have her, she chose you" Oliver told Ray calmly to try and diffuse the situation "If you don't want her to leave then you need to be able to trust her and be good to her, that's what she deserves" He finished.

"Please Ray, get some sort of help" I pleaded.

"You need to leave, I need to speak to MY girlfriend in private" Ray stated.

Oliver looked between me and Ray, obviously he was worried about leaving me here on my own but I told him to go and I promised to call him later. I could see as Oliver left he was hesitant but he trusted me. Me and Ray both stayed silent until we heard Oliver pull away from my apartment in his car.

"Why did you do that? Show me up in front of him" Ray demanded.

"I just wanted to prove to you that I'm not sleeping with Oliver" I told him.

The back of Ray's hand connected with my face, with the force of the slap I fell down to the ground. He stood over me and just watched me, I saw his face change into… I can't describe it. It looked like Ray but his eyes became black and his face muscles tightened and then he let everything out.

He started kicking me, punching me, slapping me, slamming my head on the floor and clawing at me. I didn't try and fight back because I knew it would be no good and it would just make him more angry. I laid there on the floor with him on top of me as he kept hitting me over and over again, my vision was starting to turn black and I was thankful for the blackness that was about to come.

My pain was going to be over and I would be free of Ray for good but I knew that I wouldn't be seeing Oliver again. My only hope is that Oliver doesn't get himself in trouble for this, I don't want him avenging my death and ending up in prison, killed or exposed. I wanted him to carry on going knowing that I will always be watching over him and keeping him safe, everyone in team Arrow.

Oliver
When Felicity told me it was ok to leave her alone with Ray earlier I knew that I shouldn't have but she promised me she would be ok and she would call me. It's been three hours and she still hasn't called me, I have text her and called her but I've had no reply. I was beginning to become really worried about her, Ray was pissed at her place and accusing her of all sorts of things. I really can't believe he thought that me and Felicity were having an affair behind his back.

Felicity is a one man kind of woman, she one of the good ones. A woman that any guy would be lucky to have and for some reason she chose to be with Ray and continues to be with Ray knowing that he thinks so little of her and treats her so bad. Everything was beginning to make sense now, she's been so distant with not just me but everyone on team Arrow, she's been not acting herself and she's become one of those people that sticks by their boyfriend's side 24/7.

I have had enough of waiting around, I am going to Felicity's place and make sure that she's ok. I don't care if Ray is there, I will kick his ass if I have to. There is no one on this planet that can stop me going over there to make sure she was ok. I know what happens to women like Felicity; they usually end up hurt.

When I got to Felicity's place I banged on the door but nobody answered so I walked around to the living room window and looked through. I saw Felicity laying on the floor all battered and unconscious, I rushed round to the front door and kicked it open before going over to her.