Valid reason

"So, Iris…uh?"

"Yeah" Barry said without looking at her, "Iris"

"She's beautiful" Felicity commented, looking both sides before crossing the street. They just left the restaurant where they had lunch with Iris and Eddie. It wasn't supposed to be a double date, but it definitely felt like that.

"That she is..."

"You love her" she said turning around to look at him, Barry looked ashamed but nodded.

"It doesn't matter now" he said looking for a bench to sit, Felicity followed him. They sat next to each other and looked around, it was a beautiful day, "It's just like you and Oliver", but they were both a little sad.

"Well, not so much...at least Oliver and I know how we feel" she said remembering the I love you and the kiss, "He's just being a stubborn"

"I can't tell Iris...I just rather have her friendship that nothing at all"

"You sound like Oliver" she said annoyed, "but at least I think your reasons are more valid than his...I mean, she's in a relationship when I...I couldn't be more alone!" ugh, this is so frustrating.

"His reasons are valid as well, Felicity" Barry said, sitting closer to her, "When you love somebody, you want them in your life, no matter how, you just want them there...and well, he wants you alive, so...that's a valid reason to me."

"You're supposed to be my friend!" she said offended, "Pick my side!"

"I am picking your side" Barry said smiling, "The alive side is the funny side to pick"

They smile at each other, "We're so screwed" Felicity said making him laugh, "Do you think...do you think we could ever be with somebody else?"

Barry opened his mouth to say something, but nothing came out. They looked at each other, like the answer was there, but they knew better. She smiled at him, and he closed the distance with a peck on her lips. It was a sweet kiss, nothing but short, and with a feeling of loneliness neither of them knew how to overcome. When Barry separate from her, their eyes searching for something that wasn't there, Felicity felt like crying. She lift her hand to her lips, trying to find some evidence of something more, some kind of proof that her lips, just like her heart, didn't belong to someone else.

Barry's phone sounded and he looked embarrassed to pick it up in front of her, but the brightness that took over his face when he saw who called, made her realize it wasn't because of her.

"I have to take this" he said. Felicity just nodded, and Barry stood up from the bench and walked away.

She looked around again; people were coming to the park to enjoy the day. She took of her phone and watched the eleven missed phone calls from Oliver, she frowned.

"Damn you, Oliver Queen" she grunted, picking up her phone. He was everywhere; she couldn't shake him off, not from her life even less from her heart. "Damn you" she said smiling sadly to herself.

She hear some laughter and turned her head to watch a little boy dress up like the Arrow, running after a little blonde girl, she was so screwed.