Why?

Chapter 23

POV:Felicity

"I-" I start again taking a deep breath

The man that I have feelings for, and possibly love, just told me he feels the same way. But wants me to choose between him having a relationship with me, or, for him to continue being the starling city Vigilante, the hero.

"I-" I start again not knowing what to say, "Wow, usually people can't get me to shut up, now I can't even say a sentence" I say and Oliver's face instantly lights up with a smile.

"See, that smile makes me want to be selfish and be with you because when your the arrow you don't smile as often and it's all business. I kind of want to let the city to save themselves for once so I can be with you and see that smile. But I know that you love to be the arrow and be a hero and that the city needs you to protect them, I need you to protect me. God why are you making me choose?" I say stuttering

"Because your the person that I trust most in this world, and because you are special to me because your the only one that can truly makes smile ever since the boat went done" he says softly

"Right, the first time I was chewing on a pen and babbling about your dead father" I say blushing

"No, that was the second time" he says and I look at him with a confused expression.

"Do you remember when I told you that I came back to starling city, for a while and found a video from my dad?" He asks and I nod my head yes "well, when I was at Queen consolidated getting it, a young IT girl with golden hair came up to the office with a folder of papers. She set then down on the desk than proceeded to talk to a picture of me. She told the picture, me, that I was cute but I was a douché. And that was only the first time she made me smile. The second time was when you were babbling about my dead father while you chewed on a red pen." he says

"Well, just to put this out there, I don't know specifically when your talking about for the first time, because I talked to your picture probably one a week" I say and Oliver laughs a bit.

"And that is why your the one I trust the most and value your option the most, because since we've met you have never left my side and never failed to entertain me and make me smile."

"Well, yea, that's what happens when you have feeling for someone, you never give up on them or leave them, your always there. Oliver I am honored to be trusted by you this is just a really hard decision"

"And that's why I'm having you make it, because I know whatever decision you make will be the right one"

"Oliver, my heart tell me to tell you to be with be, but my brain tells me to make sure that your the Arrow no matter what. And considering the fact that I've always listen to my brain and when I have followed my heart things have ended really bad, I want you to continue being the arrow. And you never know maybe someday you will figure out a way you can have it both ways and what's waiting a little longer to maybe be with you compared to almost 2 years of not even knowing if you felt the same way." I say then look down at my hands in my lap.

"Hey" Oliver says in a soft, gentle voice "hey" he says again then gets up and comes and kneel in front of me. "Hey fel-ic-ity" he says putting his hand gently under my chin, guiding my head up to look at him.

I stare at his glossy blue eyes, and his sincere expression "just because of this decision, it does not mean it will be like this forever, just like you said, maybe I learn to be able to balance having a steady relationship and being the arrow. So don't be sad, all I want is for you to be happy" he says, I wait a minute then wrap my arms around his neck giving him a hug.

Oliver then wraps his arms around my waist and stands up, holding me up while I balance the toes of my good leg.

"Ok, just promise me one thing" I say

"What?"

"Don't ever leave my I don't know what I would do" I say burying my face in his shirt

"I wont, but if something ever is to happen I want you to continue living you life and don't worry about me"

"Ok, but that won't happen because you won't break my promise, right?" I say lifting my head up and looking at him.

"Right, I would never break a promise I made to my girl" he says

We hug for a few minutes longer, then Oliver carries me back into my house, where he takes out the left over carton of ice cream and two spoons. We both take huge scoops and I hold my spoon up.

"To being partners, co-workers, best friends and to being more than that to each other but recognizing that life if to screwed up at the moment to be anything more" I say

"No don't say that" he says putting up his spoon "To the future of possibilities, between me And my girl" he says and hits his spoon into mine.

Oliver opens his mouth and is about to put his spoon into it, but I shove my spoon into his mouth before he can. I immediately start laughing and he puts his spoon in my mouth getting ice cream in my nose. He wipes it off with a napkin they we proceed to feed each other ice cream until it's gone.

We then go to my living room and sit on the couch together his arm around me my head on his shoulder and watch a movie.

"Thank you" I say

"For what?" He says

"For being you" I say

As I begin to drift off to sleep all I can think off it that we may just be friends, but best friends still, it feels better knowing that he has feeling for me as I do for him.

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