Chapter 14 (Recovery)
She can't sleep, so she just lays in bed hugging a pillow to her chest staring at the ceiling. Oliver promised he would be just outside her door sleeping on the couch if she needed him. She takes advantage of her time alone to sort through all of her feelings. Her feelings for Oliver and what she is feeling about Slade leaving.
She thinks back to the kiss that they shared at Verdant. How it made her feel even though she was with Slade at the time. She had felt guilty for technically cheating on him, but she guesses now it doesn't matter since he just took all his stuff and took off.
He said it was a work related thing. She doesn't believe that. It doesn't add up with what she though he had told her when she was falling asleep.
She's confused. She doesn't know what to do. All she knows is that Slade is gone and Oliver, someone that she cares deeply for, someone that she has crushed over for some time, someone who she never thought would ever take interest in her, someone who had kissed her senseless just days ago, was sleeping on her couch, picking up the pieces that Slade made when he left.
A faint knock in her bedroom door pulls her out of her thoughts. "I'm awake."
Oliver steps into the room and she tries not to think about how Oliver Queen is standing in her bedroom and she's mess. A faint blush flushes her checks. It feels oddly normal having him stand in her bedroom.
"What's so funny?" He asks with a hint of amusement playing at his lips.
"Nothing."
"Oh really?" He's full out smiling now and she doesn't now why. "Then why are you laughing and blushing?"
"I... It's just weird having you, Oliver Queen, in my bedroom. Not to mention that I probably look like a mess since I've been crying my heart out, and I'm starting to ramble so I'm gonna stop."
He suddenly gets serious. "You always look beautiful to me Felicity."
Her breath catches in her throat, and she starts to blush profusely.
She's not sure what came over her but she tugs his hand, that was next to her, which causes him to sit down on the bed besides her.
"Can you stay and talk with me?"
"Felicity-," he starts.
"Please?"
Oliver gets up and walks away. She thinks that he is going to leave, but to her surprise he gets to the other side of the bed, pulls back the covers and settles into the bed facing the middle.
He offers her a small smile. "What do you want to talk about?"
"I don't know anything to get my mind off the past two days."
They spend most of the night talking and laughing in bed until Felicity finally falls asleep. He sits propped up by his elbow watching Felicity sleep peacefully with a small smile on her face. Minutes later, he too falls into an easy sleep.