NOTE: These chapter might seem a lot like the previous one, but it is not. I promise it will lead to some big revelation in the future chapters.

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Previously...

"As I was saying… Now that Starling City isn't being threat by any dangerous person and I am now capable of conciliating my Oliver Queen and Arrow life I want to try something with you."

I am so in shock that I have finally learned how to keep myself quiet.

"In the five years that I was away I wasn't always on Lian Yu."

"Where were you?" I manage to ask.

"I was in Lian Yu for most of my time, but I lived in Russia for a period of time and…" He says, staring right throw me, as if I weren't there.

"Oh that explains why you are fluent in Russian."

"Yes. I also went to Hong Kong among other places."

"Hong Kong: Is that why you speak fluent mandarin?"

"No. Shado taught me how to speak mandarin."

I sip from my drink and try not to think about fantasy island.

"Why didn't you come home sooner? You went to Hong King, to Russia and hell knows where else…. Was there no airplane to the USA there?" I ask, a bit angry with the dead hot girlfriend comeback.

"I couldn't come back. The first time I left the island it wasn't by my own free will. And once out of it I wasn't free to decide my future." He explains with a dark expression.

The way he looks remembers me of the times he went after bad guys.

"Where you arrested?" I ask.

"No, I was not. But I wasn't free. The people who saved me from the island had plans for me. They wanted to use me to do their dirty work. If I tell you what happened to me, I shall not tell you what exactly I had to do because that would put your life in risk. And I assure you I only did what they made me do because I couldn't risk my loved ones safety."

"Oliver, I am truly sorry for everything you went through." I say and I hold his hand.

"Don't be. I am telling you these because I want you to know the real me. The five years I was away didn't just change me physically, it changed the way I act."

"I didn't know you before. Probably if we had met in the past you wouldn't have spoken to me. We would be strangers and I would probably dislike you." I say with a wry smile.

Before I manage to say anything else our dinner arrives. He asked for a spaghetti alla Putanesca and I asked for a Saltimboca alla Romana. Once we are alone again he says:

"Felicity, I have changed more than you can possibly imagine."

"So tell me." I beg.

"I'm afraid you'll run away."

"Oliver, I did not run away when you gave me a laptop covered in blood, I did not run away when you entered my car shot by your own mother. I also didn't run when your ex crazy girlfriend showed up. And if you think I'll think less of you because of anything that happened to you, you are crazy. I don't think less of you because you have killed people. I don't judge the fact that you have slept with almost every women in Star…. 3…2…1… Before I make a fool of my self again, what I mean is, as you said before, we are partners. I won't leave you, EVER!"

He smiles and takes a bite from his pasta.

"Felicity since I trust you with my life I'll tell you everything and I won't require you to sign a confidentiality contract. So these is your last chance to run, to be safe from me. Are you sure you are ready to know how much I changed after those five years?" He asks.

Am I ready? What secret has he been keeping from me? Those Diggle know? What about Sara? Doesn't he desire me at all?

NOTE: Please, from these point on I plan to justify the M rating, so please, be ready for that… Hope my fanfic was worth your time.

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