A/N: The first chapter of this story was non-linier. Everything from this chapter onward will be linier so it won't get too confusing. Enjoy!

Felicity opened her eyes at the sound of her alarm beeping loudly. She smacked her hand on it to reset it and got up, the truth was: she had actually been awake for hours and could feel her body resisting as she got out of bed and padded softly to the bathroom.
She ignored the mirror – knowing that after the nights' sleep she had she must look horrible so she went straight to brushing her teeth.

Filling the basin with hot water, she screwed her eyes shut as the images from last nights' nightmare flashed through her mind

Slade was standing over Oliver, katana in hand and dripping with blood. Her knight in green leather lay, groaning in pain, in an ever growing pool of dark red.
Felicity looked around for Sara, Diggle and Roy but they too were in bad shape. Wounds on their bodies inflicted by hands powered by Mirakuru and the sharp blade. None of them spoke.

Felicity begged Slade to spare them as he came toward her, hoping to see her in as much pain as her team. She was on her knees, the blade at her neck, begging to let her team go and for him to do whatever he wanted to her.

Slade growled "I want you to see the pain your Oliver has brought on me!" Felicity screamed for Oliver so loud it burned her throat

Felicity spat the toothpaste out of her mouth and put her toothbrush back in its holder, she brushed her hair and put it up in its usual ponytail before looking around in her closet for something to wear that day.

She picked a fitted pink dress with matching shoes and silver studs for her ears. Picking up her bag and spraying on some perfume she quickly left for the office.

Felicity was thankful that Oliver was in meetings all morning because as soon as he saw her he asked questions 'are you alright?' being the first, she shrugged it off and told him that she simply had a bad night sleep. Oliver looked over his shoulder, the meeting was starting, he sighed annoyingly and left her to her work.

Nothing stopped him from sneaking glances at her though.

Felicity typed away at her computer, putting in names here, a date there and other information about Queen Consolidated as needed. All of this seemed meaningless compared to her 'night job' down in the Arrowcave: looking up bad guys, guiding Oliver to their location, running facial recognition and then alerting Lance that they found someone for him to go pick up.

Things were slow right now, she looked up from her computer to find Oliver still talking in his meeting, she thought that now would be a perfect time. Opening up a new tab, she typed in the title of a medical journal and began sifting through information until she found what she was looking for:

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (WKS) is a type of brain disorder caused by a lack of vitamin B1. The syndrome is actually two separate conditions that can occur at the same time. Usually you'll experience symptoms of Wernicke's encephalopathy first.

Symptoms of WKS

Prominent symptoms of WD are:

Double vision

A drooping upper eyelid

Up and down or side-to-side eye movements

Loss of muscle coordination

Confused mental state

Patients who have WKS have a variety of issues relating to memory. Other Symptoms include:

Difficulty understanding the meaning of information

Difficulty putting words into context

Hallucinations

Exaggerated Storytelling

Felicity was so lost in reading that she didn't hear Oliver shake hands with and say goodbye to the men in the meeting, they all filed out of the office and headed for the elevator.
Oliver groaned and stretched before saying "Thank God that's over, are there any more meetings or are we done for the day?"

Felicity didn't answer him. Oliver came forward and caught a glimpse on what was holding her attention, a medical journal?

"Felicity, what're you reading there?" he asked, Felicity snapped out of it and quickly changed the tab but there was no denying that he had seen at least some of it

"Nothing. Nothing just catching up on some more work" Felicity tried to smile convincingly and then looked at their schedule "it seems that was the last meeting this morning, and it's…wow lunch time!" she sounded excited

"Felicity, why were you reading a medical journal? Are you alright?" Oliver asked in a concerned yet friendly way

"Yeah. Yeah, just didn't sleep well last night is all" she sighed knowing that wouldn't be enough to satisfy him, she reluctantly went on "I'm just reading up on my mother's medical condition, it's caused by a lack of Vitamin B1 in your body. Mum was diagnosed a few years ago. She's doing better now but there doesn't seem to be a 'real' cure"

Oliver nodded "if there is anything I can do to help, you know that I'm here for you. Diddle and the rest of the team too" he touched her shoulder and gave it a light squeeze sending butterflies swirling in her stomach.

Felicity nodded and thanked him "I know, thank you Oliver but I think I'll go to lunch"

"I'll join you" he smiled, grabbed his wallet and guided her to the elevator.

Oliver couldn't help but feel worried about her. Felicity looked tired and frazzled, maybe she actually hadn't gotten enough sleep, he reasoned that if something was really bothering her that she would tell him. Still, he couldn't shake the feeling that she was hiding something else and that it had something to do with that journal.

Felicity breathed a sigh of relief as she opened her front door, she was finally home. She kicked off her heels and dropped her bag on the lounge on her way to the kitchen hoping to devour some mint chip and watch some crappy TV.

As she grabbed a spoon and the ice cream, heading for the lounge room again she noticed something different. Felicity walked back to into the kitchen and knew that something was amiss; then she found it.

Her calendar that was usually hanging straight on the wall now hung lopsided and a date was circled. Maybe I forgot that I had a doctor's appointment? Felicity peered closer and then dropped the mint chip with a loud thud. Tuesday next week was circled in red but nothing else was written there. Nothing needed to be written there, Felicity already knew what that date was.

The Anniversary of her Fathers disappearance.

A/N: I hope you liked this. The illness in this story is real.

A/N2: Sorry to leave it on a cliff hanger but I'm so excited to give you guys the next chapter! As always Read and Review you guys give me so much inspiration!