Fighting for the Heart

Untitled Part 11

It had been three days since they had returned from Vegas; three days where she had not seen or talked to Oliver and she was growing agitated. All she could think about lately was their night together. Even with Billy there had not been the uncontrollable desire that she felt with Oliver.

Felicity sighed as she went over the paperwork on her desk for a third time. She was having a hard time concentrating and she finally turned off her computer, grabbed her purse and walked to the lobby.

"I am going to do a workout." she said as she passed Curtis's desk.

"The only thing that is going to help you is sex." Curtis yelled as she stepped into the elevator, and she glared at him as the door slid shut.

Felicity drove to Verdant and taking her workout bag from her trunk walked in heading to the locker room. She had made sure to come on a day that Oliver would not be there and she changed quickly throwing on her workout clothes. She grabbed her phone and her headphones and strapping her phone to her upper arm walked toward the punching bag. She smiled as she saw John across the room and threw him a wave before she pulled on her boxing gloves. John walked over and tied them for her giving her a knowing look.

"Feeling a little frustrated Felicity?" he asked, seeing the look on her face.

She turned and started punching the bag and John walked around to hold it for her as she punched. "Because the way you are attacking this bag is telling me something is on your mind."

"It's nothing I can't handle John." she huffed out between punches.

"It's the same way Oliver was punching it yesterday." John said and waited for her reaction. He was not disappointed.

Felicity stopped briefly. So, Oliver was frustrated too? She started punching again and John gave her a sympathetic smile before he stopped her. "Look Felicity. You are like a sister to me. You think I didn't notice the tension between you two in Vegas and then you stopped wearing Billy's ring." he said gently.

Felicity grabbed the bag with her gloved hands and leaned her forehead against it as his words hit her.

"It's ok for you to move on you know. Billy would not want you to be alone." he said gently.

"You know what scares me the most John?" she said and looked at him. "I never felt the things with Billy that I feel with Oliver." She had decided to be honest. She needed to get this out, needed to talk about it. "I was engaged to Billy. I was going to marry him. Yet there is a connection with Oliver that transcends everything. What does that say about my relationship with Billy?"

"It says that you were a different person then Felicity." She looked at him her mind trying to work through her feelings. John gave her a loving look and then walked away to let her deal with her feelings. She started punching again her arms starting to burn as she did. She eventually lost herself in the workout and did not see Oliver enter the gym.

He had his head down looking at his phone, his gym bag in his hand he headed straight for the locker room to change. He was not supposed to work out with John today but he wanted to get in a workout none the less. John had made a comment to him yesterday that he could see the frustration Oliver was dealing with and he felt a mind numbing, tiring workout was just what he needed.

He changed quickly and then grabbed his phone and earphones and walked out to the gym floor. He headed to the punching bags, his head down and when he looked up he stopped dead in his tracks. Felicity was there, dressed in skin tight gear and punching the bag as if it had offended her personally. He watched her for a moment because he couldn't help himself and he saw her stop and turn his way as if she felt his gaze on her.