Authors note: Merry Christmas! It's Christmas Eve here is Australia so I thought I'd give you guys a little Olicity love for Christmas. Hope you enjoy and I'm loving the reviews I'm getting, thank you! Have a good Christmas!

"I can't believe you did that." Felicity hugged her self, shooting daggers at Oliver.

"My plan worked, Felicity. You were just going to run into his arms without thinking. Which you did, by the way."

"That's not the point," She stopped in her tracks. "We're a team, you and I are part of a team where we tell each other when we're planning to shoot arrows at each others friends." She ran her fingers through her wild hair. She was livid and the wind was throwing her blonde locks everywhere but out of her eyes.

Oliver stepped towards her, pushing the stray hairs from her face and resting his hand at the back of her neck. He felt her jump and he calmed her by stroking her neck. "I worry about you, Felicity." He whispered.

She watched Oliver's face, his brooding blue eyes, his perfect mouth and his short stubble that she'd longed to feel against her cheek. She was blindly unaware of the fact that he was standing so close to her that there was almost no gap between their bodies, but she could feel the heat coming from him, hovering in the air around them.

"I don't want anyone to hurt you, ever." He whispered, slipping his bow over his shoulder and resting his hand on her waist.

"No one is going to hurt me." She said, pleased with her self that she was able to form a proper sentence with Oliver as close as he was.

"I don't want to risk it," He stroked the back of her neck once more and she subconsciously closed her eyes, feeling to comfort in his touch. He brought his hand up to her jaw, his thumb running softy over her cheek as he leaned towards her.

His eyes couldn't move from her lips, he'd thought of all the ways he'd like their first kiss to be and this didn't fit any of the scenarios he'd come up with but he wasn't about to complain, this was Felicity. His Felicity.

He closed to small distance between them and let his lips touch hers lightly as he tilted her chin upwards. He felt Felicity panic at first, her body stiffened for a couple of short seconds but then he felt what he'd hoped. She melted into him like she was meant to but he couldn't believe that, for once, since he'd been back from Lian Yu, things were working in his favor.

His grip tightened around her waist as he grew eager and Felicity wrapped her arms around his shoulders. She couldn't believe this was happening. His hand moved up her back, crushing her to his body. He felt like he was finally relaxing after a long day of work, like the weight of the world had been lifted off his shoulders.

A cold wind rushed around them and Felicity pulled back as Oliver protectively held her close. When he looked out into the distance he saw Barry standing there, looking straight at him, Oliver knew he'd seen the kiss he'd just shared with Felicity and he knew that Barry was angry.

Another cold wind brushed past them and suddenly Barry was standing a little less than a meter away.

"Barry," Felicity said breathlessly. She thought Barry would be passed out somewhere in the park from Oliver's dart, but she was wrong.

"You knew how I felt about her." Barry said, looking past Felicity to Oliver. Felicity felt Oliver's arm tighten on her waist as she looked up to the vigilante. "Yet, you kissed her anyway." Barry added, his speech slightly slurred, he was fighting the tranquilizer and it looked as though it was about to win.

Oliver, realizing the dosage he had shot at him wasn't enough, stepped toward Barry, letting go of Felicity and shooting another dart at him. Barry wavered, his worried eyes watching Felicity as he fell.

Felicity moved to rush towards him, but Oliver reached out, taking her arm and holding her back.

"I've got it." Oliver said, he had to get Barry back to the basement to find out what was in his system. If he had to torture it out of Barry, he would, he wasn't going to risk any innocent people getting hurt. "We'll take him back, I want to find out what's happened to him."

Felicity nodded, watching and feeling guilty. She knew Barry liked her and she liked him, but not as much as she liked Oliver. Oliver knew her, he protected her, he was one of her closest friends and she knew she could always rely on him. Felicity knew that Oliver was right on one thing, she didn't really know Barry all that well- but it still didn't make her feel any better about Barry seeing her kiss Oliver.

As she watched Oliver carry Barry's limp body to the car, she couldn't help but wonder if Oliver knew that Barry had been watching. He was much more perceptive than she was and she had a dreadful thought that maybe this kiss wasn't about Oliver's feelings for her, it was about showing Barry who's boss.

Barry hadn't done anything to harm her, obviously he wasn't aware of the full extent of his abilities which could lead to her getting hurt but he wouldn't do it intentionally. Oliver wouldn't harm her either; she knew that for a fact. But she also knew that he would do anything to protect her, whether she needed protecting or not.

Seriously, she thought, why would Oliver Queen be interested in me? He could do a lot better than basic Felicity Megan Smoke. She had nothing to offer, nothing to bring to the relationship, if there was a relationship to begin with.

On the drive to Verdant, Oliver kept an eye on the slumbering scientist in the back seat. He knew the tranquilizers wouldn't last long and he just wanted to get Barry out of the car and away from Felicity. Felicity needed to be home and safe, but he wasn't going to let her do that until he knew he what was wrong with Barry.