When Oliver opened his eyes the next morning, he was very happy to find a certain blond curled into his chest. He smiled softly, running his hands through her hair, careful not to wake her. As his hands stroked her hair, he came to a pause, finally remembering what they found out last night. China White was after his identity. And Holly was working for her.
With the pause of his hand, Felicity woke, fluttering her eyes open to find Oliver staring over her head.
"Goodmorning," she said, smiling at him.
His eyes flicked down to hers. "Goodmorning," he said as he leaned down to kiss her.
She kissed him back, deepening the kiss and reaching her arm up to circle around his neck.
While he had been planning on figuring the China White thing out, Oliver was very quickly distracted, shifting his weight until he hovered over her. As he was kissing his way down her neck, the phone on the end table began to ring.
He rolled off her, but not without letting out a very annoyed groan.
"What?" he asked, answering the phone.
Felicity swatted at him, telling him to "Be nice."
"Well goodmorning to you too," they heard Diggle say. Felicity reached over and pressed the speaker button so she could hear him more clearly.
"Morning Dig," she said. "How are you?"
"I imagine I've been better," he said. "You two are all over the news."
"Why doesn't that surprise me?" Oliver said.
Felicity rolled over and grabbed her forgotten tablet, pulling up the news.
Oliver Queen and Felicity Smoak are officially A Couple the title read.
Oliver groaned.
"It's not that bad," Felicity said. "They'll get bored with you soon enough."
"But until then?" he asked. "We can't go down to the lair. Not with Holly hot on our trail."
"The office," Felicity said.
"What about it?" Dig asked.
"No one will second guess us going to the office," she explained. "I mean, we both work there."
"But it's Saturday," he said. "Office is closed on Saturday."
"Which means no one else will be there," she said. "No one will question the CEO going in at odd hours. That happens with every company."
"Okay," Oliver said. "Dig, can you and Roy meet us in my office at," he paused rolling over to look at the clock. "Damn we slept late. Um, let's say one?"
"Sure, sounds good," Diggle said. "See you then."
As he hung up, Felicity asked, "What time is it?"
"9am," Oliver said. "I haven't slept past 6am since the island."
"Hmm…" Felicity said. "If you're having so many problems sleeping alone, maybe you should start sleeping with me?"
He looked over at her before laughing. He pulled her to him again to press his lips to hers.
"Is it weird that this is so natural?" he asked.
"No," she breathed. "It's perfect."
He kissed her again until he heard her stomach growl.
"Hungry?" he asked.
"For you," she said grinning.
He laughed as he went in to kiss her again, but her stomach interrupted them again.
"How about some breakfast?" he asked, pulling back.
"Yeah," she said, "I guess that wouldn't be so bad."
He rolled out of bed, pulling his pants on once again before heading into her kitchen. Felicity took the opportunity to go to the bathroom and freshen up a bit.
When she finally walked in the kitchen, she was dressed in his dress shirt again.
He smiled at her as she came in, inhaling deeply.
"Are those pancakes I smell?" she asked.
"Yup," he said.
"If you had a personal chef, where did you learn how to cook?" she asked.
"Hong Kong," he replied, as if it was nothing.
He placed a pile of three pancakes on a plate on the bar and pulled syrup and butter out. He gestured for her to take a seat before he turned around to pile his own plate. He turned the stove off and stuck the pan in the sink, being sure to fill it with water so the batter didn't stick, before finding his place beside her.
"So," she said, covering her pancakes in syrup. "You learned to cook in Hong Kong?"
"My friend Maseo that I was staying with had a little boy and a bossy wife. She forced me to pull my own weight around the house, so I learned how to cook, clean, and wash clothes. That sort of thing."
"Remind me to thank her," Felicity said, closing her eyes and moaning as she tasted her first bite.
"You keep that up and we won't make it to the office," Oliver said.
Felicity smiled but continued to eat her pancakes in silence.
"So," Oliver said, finally breaking the silence. "What's the plan from here?"
"You're asking me?" she asked, swallowing.
"You've never been this involved," Oliver said. "They may suspect me, but they're really following you. I don't want you to have to do something you'll be uncomfortable with."
She laughed, "More uncomfortable than last night?" she asked.
"Last night made you uncomfortable?" he asked.
"Well yeah. My boss that I had a huge crush on was asking me to publicly make-out with him for pretend. I was super nervous."
"You've had a crush on me?" he asked.
"It isn't completely obvious?" Felicity asked, her face beginning to flush again like it had so many times the night before.
"Well," he said, leaning over to give her a peck on the lips, "I've had a crush on you since I walked into your office."
"Please," she said laughing. "I was like ten times geekier back then."
"You were adorable," he said. "And I tried so hard to look threatening, but once you started babbling I lost all thoughts of being scary."
She laughed. "Oh and I thought my job was time consuming then."
"I'm so lucky to have you," he said, kissing her again.
She pulled back. "We need to get dressed."
"Yes we do. And I still need to stop by my house so I can get a change of clothes."
"So do you want to meet at the office or…"
"Oh I'm not letting you out of my sight," he said. "The triad is following you. I can't take the chance of them taking you from me."
"If they take me, then I can't lead them to the Arrow, Oliver."
"I don't care," he said. "It's not worth the risk."
"Fine," she said, getting up to bring her plate to the sink. "I'll go get dressed."
He reached out and grabbed her arm before gently pulling her to him.
"I won't be able to live with myself if something happens to you," he said, kissing her forehead. "Please just understand that."
"I do," she said. "I just hate feeling helpless."
"You're not helpless," he said. "I'm just extra careful."
She smiled before pulling away and making her way to her bedroom to finally get dressed.
Sorry it's been awhile. Just haven't been into it since the show kind of took a drastic turn. Anybody else feel like this season started out amazingly and then took a drastic negative turn after the mid-season break? Please review and tell me what you think.
