AN:/ Day 13! I am having so much fun writing all of these snippets for you guys, tomorrow I will not be posting anything because I am taking a bunch of the quotes and making one giant and angsty finale fic! Which will be posted on October 31st! So from the 27th and on, I won't post anything until Halloween!

I hope that you guys enjoy this little diddy that takes place between season 3 and 4. As always let me know what you guys think in the comments and don't be afraid to send me some prompts on Tumblr because honestly, I probably won't continue this after this month because I won't have any inspiration.

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They had been in Italy for a week now and Felicity never wanted to leave. The food was amazing, the culture was amazing, but most of all, Oliver was amazing. She couldn't ask for anything more honestly, she had her man, amazing carbs, and the ability to relax and not worry about anything.

They have been gone from Starling for a little over a month now and she didn't miss it, that's a lie she did miss somethings. She missed the team a lot and most of all she missed feeling important and needed. She and Oliver were having an amazing time, but nothing can beat that rush of adrenaline that she got from being on the team. Most days however seeing Oliver's giant and gorgeous smile made up for everything she felt she was missing. She hadn't ever seen him happier or more relaxed and she was incredibly proud that he has been able to shut his mind down.

Felicity was standing out on their balcony watching the sunset on the coast sipping on a cup of espresso wishing she was completely content. She had been taking her stride from Oliver and following in his lead lately and it had been mostly working, she just felt like something was missing and she knew that something was the team. On the nights that Oliver would go out on his own saying that he wanted to just be by himself for an hour or so she would spend that time helping the team.

She felt like a completely terrible girlfriend but honestly, she couldn't help it. Oliver may have given it up but she just couldn't yet, she feels like she was just getting started and that this part of her life wasn't over yet. She knew that Oliver would be upset with her, especially for lying and she is slightly remorseful about it, just not enough to admit what she was doing to Oliver.

That's a whole other thing about this trip was Oliver and the way that she feels about him. When she was with Cooper back in college she thought that she was in love and that everything was the best that it was going to get, oh boy how she was wrong. She knows now that she knew absolutely nothing about love until the moment she met Oliver Queen. Yes, the man may get on her nerves from time to time but she loved him wholeheartedly and she couldn't ask for anything more. She never thought that she would ever find that crazy fairy-tale love but somehow she did in the midst of all the craziness that is her life.

A pair of familiar arms wrapped around her waist from behind making her jump, she wasn't expecting Oliver back anytime soon but it was a good surprise to have him home early. She turned her head to look at him and see that radiant smile on his face that seemed to be glued there this past summer. She gave him a quick kiss before turning back to the sunset and leaning back into his embrace.

"You're back early, what are you already bored with the Italian countryside and ready to leave?" Felicity joked and elbowed him in the ribs making him chuckle as he buried his face in her neck making her smile and giggle as his stubble tickled her neck.

"Quite the opposite actually, I'm loving it here. The bakery that I normally go to was already closed for the night so I just took a stroll around the streets before making my way back here." Oliver said as he looked out to the sunset as well as loving the feeling of having Felicity in his arms, he never thought life could ever be this amazing and enjoyable.

"I never knew it could be this way," Oliver said looking towards Felicity and she turned in his arms as well, so that she could look him in the eye.

"You never knew what could be this way?" Felicity asked having a gut feeling that she already knew what he was talking about.

"Life. Before the Island, I never really felt like I had a purpose and I never knew what I was going to do with my life. Then after the island, everything was so bleak and dark and I already told myself that I wasn't ever going to get to have this kind of life. The life where I can just be happy, the life where I don't always have to be on high alert, where I can just relax on a balcony in Italy with my girlfriend and just, be. It's never something I ever thought that I would get to have, now that I have it I don't know if I ever want to let it go."

Felicity continued staring up at him as he looked down at her, her stomach started doing somersaults at the utter adoration and love in his eyes. It still took her by surprise sometimes how sweet and gentle and caring Oliver could be. If someone told her a year ago that she would be in Italy with Oliver as his girlfriend, she would have thought that you were absolutely crazy. But right now looking at him she wouldn't have it any other way.

"I don't want to let this go either, you are one of the best parts of me and this last month has been absolutely blissful and amazing. You are amazing, and...I love you. All your flaws and imperfections and everything else that comes along with you, I love all of it." That was the first time she had told him that she loved him since they had become official and she was utterly petrified for some reason. They both knew that the other loved the other but they hadn't said those words out loud yet, at least not in the context where Oliver wasn't off to sacrifice himself or Felicity wasn't getting kidnapped by psycho Mirakuru Soldiers.

Oliver looked down at her and his smile grew tenfold, she didn't even know that his smile could get any bigger until now. He kissed her senseless to the point that Felicity dropped her cup of coffee not even caring that it smashed to the ground. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him closer to her deepening the kiss, she ran her fingers through his hair as Oliver's arms wrapped tighter around her waist.

He pulled away just enough to lean his forehead against hers and release a breathy chuckle, still not believing that any of this was actually real. "I love you too, I always have and I always will."

Felicity's smile grew bigger as she pulled him closer to her and kissed him again giving him everything she got. There was nothing that could take away from this moment, it was theirs and no one could take this away from them and that was perfect.