The Emerald-Steel Collection

73. Nobody wants to be lonely

- OLIVER I DON'T WANT TO MARRY YOU!

That yell coming from Felicity could be heard from blocks away, he was sure of it. He just wanted to bury his face into the ground as he felt all eyes on them.

Jitters were crowded that night, it was Barry and Iris rehearsal dinner, full of people they knew and loved and as soon as Felicity yelled those words, the entire place fell into an awkward silence.

- I told you last week, I won't change my mind... I don't want to get married at all, never, to anyone...

- Ok, I got it. – Oliver said in a deep low voice, still feeling all the embarrassment of causing a scene on his best friend special night. He could only hope Barry would forgive them for that.

Felicity had tears in her eyes. She took a deep breath and wiped away as she turned to Iris and Barry, who just came downstairs being followed by Kara.

- I'm sorry guys, I... - She turned to look at Oliver – I don't think we should stay together anymore... I... It's over. Please, don't come after me...

Felicity stormed out and everyone turned to look at Oliver, still froze in shock, not knowing what to say.

Barry ran towards Oliver as Kara kept staring at the scene from the middle of the stairs. She was just talking to Barry about how she didn't have her plus one because he went to the future and came back married to someone else, and she still wasn't sure if she could find love like Barry and Oliver did, because she wasn't like them. She wasn't human and she was alone. Now she watched Barry trying to check on Oliver and see if he was ok and thought how life could be so unpredictable, and how everything could fall apart in just one second. She knew because she has been there.

- I'm ok – Oliver told Barry – I'm sorry about that... I was trying to talk to her and she suddenly freaked out...

- Its ok man...I'm sorry for that, she looked like she was serious...

- Yes, it's damn serious. It's over

- I'm sorry...

- It's ok... I just need some air – Oliver said as he patted his back and left.

Kara went to the bar, to get a glass of champagne. It didn't affect her at all but she felt like she needed it. Seeing Oliver in that situation just reminded her that anything can happen so fast, that if you blink, you miss it and the last thing you know, you feel dizzy with no idea of what just happened. She had been there too many times.

She didn't know Oliver that much, they talked when she came to Earth 1 to help them with the Dominators and that was the last time they interacted. She wished she could give him a hug, and remembered he really hated hugs. She looked around and an idea crossed her mind.

"That will work" she thought to herself.

Oliver sat on a bench across the street and lowered his head, covering his face as he tried to keep calm and think about what just happened. He knew the moment he proposed to Felicity a week ago and she said a loud no that it was over for them. He just needed to be sure, because he was getting a lot of unfair blame recently and he didn't want to have one more on his list of things to feel guilt about.

- Hey...

Oliver heard Kara's voice and lifted his head, only to see her standing in front of him with a glass of champagne on her hands. She gave him a tiny smile and offered him the drink.

- I didn't know what to do to help, so I brought you this.

- Thank you Kara, you didn't need to. – Oliver smiled back at her as he grabbed the glass and took a huge sip of it.