Lost (Olicity)

Chapter Three

Oliver went to the loft he shared with Thea, he looked at the time when he came back and it was 4:48AM. Don't wake Thea, don't wake Thea. A light flickered under her bedroom door and the door opened quickly, standing at the door was Thea.

"Where have you been all night? I was worried. I saw you leave the club and I thought I should just give you some space, but Ollie..." Oliver raised his hand for her to stop, and blinked wildly as the light from her room attacked his eyes. She took a few steps forward, "Ollie? Are you alright?" He dropped his hand and looked down. He knew she could see all the stress on his face.

She walked slowly to him and slipped her arms around him to hold him close, her face burying itself in his chest. She didn't seem to mind that he was still wet from the rain.

"It's okay," was all she said to his chest. He slowly lifted his hands and hugged her back. He needed this so badly and somehow Thea knew.

***

When he was finally alone in the shower, he let the water get as hot as it could so he could feel anything but emptiness. He welcomed the water, it felt so good compared to the cold of the rain. Once he dried off he found his pajamas on his bed that Thea laid out for him. He was so grateful to have his sister back, he would be double the mess if she wasn't here to help and love him.

Oliver went under the sheets of his bed, closed the lights and for the first time his mind let him sleep.

***

The next morning Oliver woke to a smell that stung his nose and Thea sitting crossed legged on his bed looking at him with a huge smile.

"I made you French toast!" she beamed, but then it turned to a frown, "but I kinda burnt it, sorry I wanted to make your morning happy."

The biggest smile crossed Oliver's lips, "You did make it happy. What's better that waking up to a beautiful girl who tried to make you French toast?" Thea started smiling again.

"Wanna just eat breakfast out?" she asked, shrugging her shoulders.

"Sounds like fun."

Thea got off the bed, so she could let her brother get ready, but as she left his room she said, "Finally doing something that normal people do in the morning!" Oliver just chuckled, he hasn't remembered the last time he's ever gone out to have breakfast with his sister in the last 3 years.

As they got ready in their own bedrooms, Oliver couldn't hear Thea getting ready at all. Merlyn must have taught her to be really quite, but every now and then he would hear the squeak of the wood floor where she walked. He sighed every time he heard it.

They left together and had breakfast at a fancy waffle place down the street, things were going well until Thea started asking questions.

"So...," Thea started.

Oliver got nervous, here comes the explaining, "What?"

"Why did you come home late last night?"

Oliver sighed, he didn't want to think about that and have the pain come back.

"I just want to help, Ollie. I know you don't like to talk, but you shouldn't keep things bottled up."

Oliver just sat nervously waiting for the waffles to show up.

Thea placed her hand on his. "Please?" Her eyes were filled with worry, and Oliver didn't want her to worry about him, she needed to be having fun at her age, not learning how to fight.

He sighed in surrender, and Thea's grip got tighter on his hand, she wanted to help him.

***

After he told her everything from Ra's offer to Felicity and Ray. Oliver then ate his waffles in silence and Thea talked with her mouth full. She tried to giving him advice about how he shouldn't take Ra's al Ghuls offer, and how just because Felicity slept with Ray didn't mean she was with him.

Oliver focused on the Felicity and Ray matter more, "But I can't come out of the blue and take Felicity, plus he's healthier than me."

"Shut up, Oliver. Felicity loves you and she can't not not stop loving you," she pointed her fork with a piece of waffle on the end at him. "And c'mon Ray isn't normal, if that's what you're trying to say, the guys trying to be an ugly version of Ironman. If I was Felicity I would pick the guy with the better suit....so yeah, Arrow, cause I ain't messing with that ugly mess."

Oliver just rolled his eyes, she treated it as a joke to lighten the mood for him, but he agreed that his suit didn't compare to his or Roy's, or even Barry's.

"Just talk to her, I'm sure she was only with him because you were being difficult, and she couldn't get it with you."

Oliver's waffle fell out of his mouth, his eyes were wide, "WHAT?"

"I'm joking, I'm joking! But I am sure that you were being an ass to her, so be un an ass to her." Thea looked up at him and he looked into her eyes, "Just please talk to her, being apart is hard for the both of you. You aren't yourself without her, like you're dark without her lighting your way."

He sighed, "I hate talking, and I don't even know what I should say it her."

"Just apologize, start with that."