OK SO DURING MY LUNCH HOUR I THOUGHT I WOULD QUICKLY WRITE ANOTHER CHAPTER SHORT BUT DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE IT ON A CLIFF HANGER, LOVING THE REVIEWS THANK YOU WILL POST A NEW CHAPTER LATER TONIGHT ENJOY

11AM, Roy and Felicity were at home trying to deal with last night's fiasco. Felicity clenched her wrist, it was sore but she was sure it wasn't broken; she had applied a heap of makeup to try and hide her black eye. Roy had filled in some of the blanks of what had happened, she felt guilty, she had pushed Laurel, maybe she took it too far she thought, but what she couldn't get her head round was being told to leave by Oliver. She could feel her heart breaking, trying to push back those feelings, Laurel would always come first she thought why even bother. She buried those feelings deep down and told Roy she wanted to join him and Nick for lunch, what better way to forget someone than getting with another she thought.

Nick welcomed them as they headed into Big Belly, he shook Roy's had and pecked Felicity on the cheek lightly, God she thought even sexier than last night, he wore jeans and a blue fitted shirt to match his eyes. "What happened to you eye?" he asked.

"O this, drunken problems" she laughed, what was she supposed to say the man she loves, whose in love with another girl punched her in the face. She had gotten to know a lot about Nick during lunch, he had lost his brother; Roy's friend in a drive by, his parents had passed away when he was young and was in foster care. He said he joined the army to help people, he felt like he had failed his brother and couldn't protect him. Felicity admired his compassion and his love that he had for his brother, his eyes would sparkle every time he mentioned him. When lunch had come to an end, Nick and Felicity exchanged numbers and agreed to go for dinner just the two of them. Roy had noticed that he was practically ignored the whole of lunch as they hit it off discussing life, jobs, hobbies, interests, he didn't want to butt in, he enjoyed watching Felicity be herself and have fun, she needed somebody like Nick in her life.

Felicity headed in to QC even though it was a Sunday, she wanted to finish some paperwork for the following day, so she didn't have to do it tomorrow. She walked up to her desk, turned her computer on and pulled out some reports; she noticed Oliver was in his office watching her. She quickly turned her head away, turned the computer off and grabbed the files; she could finish them at home. Before she had the chance to run to the lift Oliver had stepped out of his office and blocked her. "Hi, just getting some reports for tomorrow, tomorrow is a busy, busy day ..." Oliver grabbed her cheek and used his thumb to stoke her black eye. She moved backwards, moving away from his touch.

"How's your wrist?" he asked, hurt that she backed away from his touch.

"How's my wrist? Is that all you have to say" she could feel her voice breaking, but she needed to be strong.

"Felicity, you both took it too far last night, she shouldn't have hit you, and she feels terrible ..."

"Terrible, terrible, she hit me, ok maybe I went a little far but that doesn't mean I deserve a black eye" her voice a little louder.

"You both went a little far and I agree she shouldn't of hit you .."

"Do you hear yourself, how many times have you been angry at Digg or Roy and had differences, you guys do not go around hitting each other" she says clutching her reports to her chest.

"I know" he looks away from her for a moment trying to find words. She walks past him, frustrated with his silence, he grabs her elbow, she looks up at him and he stares down at her.

"You ... you just let her and … why would you let her say those things and hit me and then tell me to leave" her voiced had officially cracked and she was holding back her tears.

"I was worried, if she left in her state, she could've, could have gone back to her old ways and" never had he been lost for words, couldn't put a sentence together, he could see how hurt she was, her lips twitching, he wanted to kiss them and tell her how much he cares about her, how much of an idiot he is being.

"Like I said last night everybody else be damned"

"No, No Felicity it is not like that, I care about her and you, I am not picking sides here, I promise you that"

"But always her first right", she couldn't hold the tears any longer; her tears flowing down her cheeks. He raised his hand to dry her tears.

"No, Felicity that's not what I'm saying, I, I told you after Russia that I …"

"You're a coward" she stepped back from his embrace, walking away. She stopped, she needed to say this, she knew they would never be anything, but she needed to say this, she can't move on without saying it. "I think I fell in love with you the moment you walked into my office" she didn't face him, her back turned away. "And from then on, I fell in love with you more and more, day by day". "But you are a coward, for a while I thought maybe just maybe you might feel the same way" turning round to face, wow she thought were the hell was she getting the courage to do this. "But I am done caring Oliver, I'm still your EA and partner but I have waited too long for you to do something to say something." She shook her head trying to find words. "But you never did, you won't say anything and don't you dare say what you said after Russia if that was true why be with Laurel" she asked his her eyebrow.

"Felicity" damn it she thought why would you say my name like that.

"I'm walking away from this, whatever this is because it's not fair Oliver, it's not fair, you push me away, use me and still come back and call my name the way you do and look at me the way you do, it's not fair" she clicked her heels and walked to the elevator. Just before she got in she turned and faced him, he was watching her, she could see she hurt him but a part of her didn't care, he couldn't keep doing this to her. "Oliver if you had told me to wait, I would have waited however long it took" she walked in to the elevator, gone leaving Oliver standing there watching the lift. He ran into his office, mad, angry and began to smash things; he punched the wall multiple times and pushed his back against the wall falling to the ground. Why not say something, why not tell her you love her, you want her, you need her, why, and he asked himself. She was right he was a coward and now he had lost her forever.