Date: Video Games/Arcade
Pizza night became a staple in Oliver and Felicity's relationship, happening as often as they can get away with it. Even after a few months, Felicity was still nervous every time.
One night Oliver showed up at her apartment, Chinese food in hand. The simple change caused Felicity to stand in the doorway and stare at him. She had thought things were running smoothly, and why should anything change?
"Uh. Felicity? You going to let me in?" Felicity jumped, but moved out of the way. They had their Chinese in the kitchen along with a glass of wine. Felicity tried to be as normal as she usually was. She should have known by now that Oliver would know something was up; she really should have known.
After dinner they moved into the living room.
"What movie do you want to watch?" Felicity stood in front of her DVD cabinet.
"Can we play a video game tonight?" Felicity froze, again worried.
"Sure." She turned and walked back to him. "You have an idea for a game?"
"Of course." He pulled Mario Kart out of the cabinet. "I was really good at it as a kid." Felicity smiled.
"Okay."
It didn't surprise Felicity that Oliver chose to be Mario, and of course Felicity chose Toad, as she always had.
It was this game where Felicity learned that Oliver was still pretty good at video games even after not playing them for about 15 years. Oliver learned that Felicity was the queen of trickery, tricking him more than once in what direction she was going, or when she was going to hit him with one of the shells, etc.
It was later in the evening when they finished the gaming session, and Oliver trapped Felicity on the couch.
"So you want to tell me what was wrong earlier?" Felicity's expression dropped.
"I don't know. I really shouldn't have had any problem. My head just decided that I should be worried since we were doing something different than we normally do, you know?" He pulled her tight to him.
"Think of it as a step forward. We're branching out. I definitely haven't changed the way I felt about you." She kissed him.