It had been seven months of bliss. Crime was down in Starling City and all of the destruction caused by Slade and his army had been cleaned up. Most people would say it seemed as though that night had never happened, but in Felicity's mind, that night changed everything.

"Slade took Laurel because he wants to kill the woman I love."

"I know. So?"

"So, he took the wrong woman."

"Oh."

"I love you."

It still amazed Felicity how much her heart had raced in that small amount of time, thinking Oliver really loved her. She was shocked, happy, excited, fearful and hopeful all at once. Unfortunately, that ended when Oliver handed her the syringe and said "Do you understand?"

Oh, she understood alright. She understood he said those things only to get her closer to Slade so she could stab him with the cure. Why she had to do it, she never knew. But he trusted her with the task, and she knew she couldn't let him down.

So she did it. She went into the belly of the beast, so to speak, and did what Oliver trusted her enough to do. She knew it had to be done, and it had been. Slade had been cured and was finally out of their lives. Only problem now was that she constantly had that conversation on repeat in her mind. She fell asleep to the memory, and woke up to her heart beating out of her chest because of the beautiful, perfect dreams she had every night since then because of it.

Unfortunately for Felicity, the reality was that neither she, nor Oliver, ever mentioned it again after they got off that island, where they put Slade in purgatory. For the past seven months, everything continued on like it always did with Team Arrow (hey, she liked the sound of it). Felicity, Oliver and Diggle kept the small amount of crime they did have under control and everything had been great. Until, of course, it wasn't.

It had been a quiet Friday night in the new foundry. Felicity was running scans on her computers while Oliver and Diggle were sparring with each other just a few feet away. She never tired of seeing either of them shirtless (even new dad Diggle had a lot going on), but she had to admit Oliver held most of her attention.

When her computers started notifying her of a threat in the Glades (just another break-in, something they'd seen a lot of lately), she immediately told Oliver and Diggle about what was happening and they headed out to stop the intruders.

While Felicity continued informing them of where the intruders were via their headsets, she heard a noise behind her. They hadn't heard from Roy in a few days, so she figured it had to be Roy checking in. When she turned around to tell Roy what was going on, she was shocked to see the silhouette of a man much larger than Roy. Well, she thought to herself, this can't be good.

As she reached for her headset to tell Oliver there was someone in the foundry, the man moved quickly and had her pinned against the wall, facing away from him. Her heart was racing and her mind kept playing the different ways this could play out. How did someone know about the foundry? Why were they here? What did they want? Then, with a stunning realization, she realized this stranger might kill her.

She never got to tell Oliver she loved him. She never got to see Digg and Lyla's baby girl. Was this it for her? Was she going to die alone, in a foundry, no less, by someone she didn't even know?

As she tried screaming, the man covered her mouth with his hand and roughly pulled her away from the wall, only to shove her into it even harder. She tried kicking, biting and scratching anything she could, but it was no use. Her attacker never even flinched at her attempts to hurt him. She heard metal scraping metal and knew she was about to be at the receiving end of a very painful blow to the head.

The last thought she had before the darkness took her was about Oliver, wondering if he knew how much she wished she had just said "I love you too," all those months ago in the mansion.

Felicity woke up to an annoying beeping sound, and immediately went to reach for her alarm clock. What she didn't expect was her head to pound like she had been hit by a truck. When she went to reach up to hold her head, she realized she couldn't. She had something heavy situated on her right arm, and it wouldn't budge.

When she finally opened her eyes and allowed her sight to adjust to the light, she realized Oliver was the something heavy and she couldn't help but gasp. He looked terrible. He looked as though he had gone at least 3 days without shaving, and just as long without sleeping. But, of course, when she wakes up, that's when he decides to be asleep. Typical.

She tries pushing him awake with her left hand, and that is when she finally takes in her surroundings. She's in the hospital?! How did she end up here? She realizes the annoying beeping sound that awoke her was a heart monitor. Her heart monitor. Well, no wonder it's going crazy. Oliver is here! At least he isn't awake to hear how he makes her heart react when he's around.

As she looked around her hospital room, she saw at least a dozen bouquets of flowers and balloons. Which is odd, considering she didn't have time to have a personal life because of her Team Arrow duties. As she took in Oliver's sleeping form again, she thought to herself that she could do this for the rest of her life. Not the 'waking-up-in-a-hospital-with-no-memory-of-how-she-got-there' this, but the 'waking-up-with-Oliver-not-even-a-foot-away' this.

As much as that struck Felicity as something she shouldn't be thinking, given the fact that he was technically her boss, she couldn't help it. She loved this man and couldn't lie to herself about it anymore. No matter who came along, she knew her feelings for Oliver were real and deep. She could love him forever, if given the chance. But with that realization, also came the realization that it would never happen. He would never love her back, not while he was the Arrow, or while Laurel or Sara was around.

Felicity was simply his partner. The IT girl at his company. Nothing more. The sooner she accepted that, the easier it would be for her.

As she saw Oliver start to wake up, she noticed he looked miserable. Obviously he had to be worried about her, but it's not like she died. She couldn't have been out for that long….

"Oliver?" Felicity whispered, not wanting to startle him.

"Felicity?! You're okay! I can't believe it. You're awake. How are you feeling? What hurts? I need to call the nurses so they can come look at you. Nurse! Nurse! She's awake!" Oliver says all of this without even giving Felicity a second to reply, so she knows something bad must have happened.

As the nurses come in to check Felicity's vitals, Oliver never let's go of her hand that she hadn't even realized he'd been holding. After what seems like hours, the nurses finally leave Felicity with promises of coming back later with her doctor.

Silence immediately settles in between Oliver and Felicity. Felicity is full of questions and she doesn't know where to begin. Oliver is just staring at her like he can't believe she's alive, so that strikes even more questions to form. What happened? Why is she here? How long has she been asleep?

With her first question ready, Felicity opens her mouth to ask Oliver what happened at the same time he starts talking.

"What happened?" Felicity asks, at the same time Oliver asks, "What do you remember?"

With a sigh, Felicity tries to dig into her memories. The last thing she remembers is thinking she was going to die, so that's not good. But, it also probably explains why she is in the hospital. Other than that, everything seems fuzzy. She remembers feeling something hard hitting her in the head, but that's it.

"Uh, I'm not sure. I remember being in the foundry, talking to you and Diggle, then someone came and attacked me. They held me against the wall, and when I struggled, they hit me in the head with something. That's all I remember." Felicity finally replies, waiting for Oliver's reaction.

When Oliver looks into her eyes, Felicity sees so many different emotions. She sees pain and misery, but also relief. At her being alive, maybe?

"Someone attacked you, Felicity. You were talking to me and Digg while we went to the Glades, then all of a sudden, all we heard was static. We immediately rushed back to the foundry, and found you on the floor, unconscious." With a deep breath, Oliver lowered his gaze and it seems as though he's got something weighing on his own conscious. Felicity immediately realizes he blames himself for what happened to her, and she isn't about to let that happen.

"No, Oliver. You do not get to blame yourself for what happened to me." She says it as though she isn't in the hospital, like she isn't weak and exhausted. She musters up all of her strength to finish. "I can tell by that look on your face that you blame what happened to me on yourself, but it's not your fault! You can't be in 2 places at once, Oliver. I'm the one who told both of you to go to the Glades because of the break-in. I'm the one who wasn't paying attention to my surroundings. My life, my choice. So stop it. Now, tell me what you know."

Oliver dives into the facts, as he often does when he disagrees with her. He tells her that they were able to find out that whoever broke into the foundry did so with the passcode, so that's probably why Felicity never expected anything bad. He also tells her that she's been unconscious for four days, and they weren't sure if she was ever going to wake up due to the blunt hit to the head. When he's done telling her everything she wants to know, he looks her in the eye and says "I don't know why someone attacked you, but you can bet I will find them, and I will make them pay."

With that, he stands, hesitates, and kisses her on the forehead with a promise to be back after he cleans himself up.

As she watches him walk away, Felicity knows one thing is for certain: Things are definitely changing.