Notes: Spoilers ahead.

How is it that Felicity heard Barry reveal his new ability to Oliver?

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Since Felicity had joined Team Arrow she'd become a creature of habit. Oliver and John were forever reminding her to shake up her routine and to make herself unpredictable to anyone watching. She never drove to work the same way twice in a week. She was always aware of her surroundings and tracked cars in her rear view mirror for tails. She wasn't going to be the one that compromised the security of their team. But living a double life made it necessary to establish routines. It was the only way to keep her identities straight and her life manageable. No matter how tired she was before she went to bed, Felicity always laid out her clothes for work , she set the timer on her coffee pot, washed her face, brushed her teeth and checked the team's trackers. She couldn't fall asleep if she didn't know that everyone else was safe and sound.

The nice thing about habits is never having to think. The world could be burning up, but Felicity always takes off her make-up before she puts on her pajamas. That's why she is checking her tablet even though her heart is breaking. She takes comfort from looking after the family that has sprung up around her in the last two years. Despite her grief, she still has to know where everyone is before she can allow herself the indulgence of crying herself to sleep. She always looks for John first. His tracker blinks alongside Lyla's. She imagines them wrapped around one another in Lyla's hospital bed with John's hand draped across their new daughter's basinet. Next, she looks for Lance, he is the only person she tracks without his consent. The Captain is at home and Felicity moves on. Roy is also at home and she hopes he's sleeping. He is pushing himself too hard and looks tired. She makes a mental note to speak to John about it and then takes a sharp breath as she remembers that John has quit the team. Blinking back tears, she looks for Laurel and smiles. Laurel's tracker is blinking alongside Sara's. Sara had called to tell Felicity she was back in town and that she would try to swing by the foundry to catch up. Felicity had tried to sound upbeat, but Sara could tell something was wrong and asked her what was wrong. Felicity had unloaded everything about her date with Oliver and how it had ended in shattered glass and fire. She told Sara that Oliver was running away again, not back to Lian Yu, but retreating behind his self-made walls. Sara had promised to speak with Oliver. After what happened between her and Oliver at the hospital, she was pretty sure Sara hadn't talked to Oliver yet. She was tempted to call Sara and ask her to come over so she'd have a shoulder to cry on, but Laurel's blinking light reminded her that the sisters hadn't seen one another in five months and she could wait another night to share, Oliver is such an idiot, stories. Speaking of idiots, Oliver's light blinked at her. Instead of brooding in the foundry, Oliver was downtown near QC.

Felicity quickly checked her system in the foundry looking for whatever police alert had sent Oliver out on patrol. There wasn't a single 911 call or police dispatch to his current location. She reached for her phone and was about to select "1" on her speed dial when she stopped herself. She was torn between her anger and hurt with Oliver and her sense of responsibility to their mission. Felicity knew his head wasn't in the right place and he was out on patrol alone. She was about to call Roy when a text message popped up on her screen. The laugh that escaped her lips was short and full of pain. The text was from Oliver.

Do you have a comm on you?

She debated whether or not she should respond. Yes

Turn it on

Are you in trouble?

No. You just need to hear something

Felicity had retrieved her comm from her bag after his second text. She popped it in her ear and turned it on. "Oliver, are you there?"

She heard him sigh. "I'm here."

The sound of his feet rhythmically hitting the ground filled her ears. He had started running once she turned her comm on. "What's happening?"

A grunt, followed by a moment of silence and then the sound of him dropping and rolling let her know he was jumping from rooftops. "Everything's fine. I got a call from an old friend. He asked me to meet him. I thought you'd want to listen in." Felicity couldn't begin to imagine who Oliver could possibly be meeting on a rooftop that would remotely interest her. She was about to tell him that she was tired and if he wasn't working she was going to call it a night, when someone called out to Oliver in greeting. The voice was familiar but she couldn't place it. Oliver's response had her dropping her tablet as she rose from her bed. "Did you have a nice nap?"