Portal

Untitled Part 4

One more night. They only had to deal with him one more night. So why was that night dragging as if time itself had slowed down? Oliver had done everything he could to avoid Jonas, but something was telling him he needed to go talk to him. He wanted to scream at him to get his life together, to make better choices. But in all honesty, he was happy with his life. He had a best friend who was like a brother to him and the most beautiful amazing wife. Overall, he had a good life and if his life had not unfolded the way it had then he might never have met either one of them.

Jonas was standing staring at the arrows again and so he finally walked over and placing his hands on his hips said, "Sorry I was frustrated earlier."

Jonas turned and looked at Oliver, suspicion dancing in his eyes. "Why won't you tell me how I end up here, how I end up being you?"

"Because if I do, you might make different choices when you return to your life and I just can't risk that. The decisions I or rather you made led me to here and led me to her." He looked over at Felicity and his face softened noticeably.

"How did you end up with a woman like that?" Jonas was genuinely curious. He could tell that Felicity was way out of his league and nowhere near the type of woman he normally dates.

"Luck, fate? I honestly don't know. But what I do know is that she is the best thing that has ever happened to me." He looked back at Jonas. "She is my light."

Jonas glanced back over at Felicity and then looked around the lair. "This is all just so crazy." He finally looked back at Oliver. "Will I remember any of this when I go home?"

"No. Your subconscious might but it will be as if you never left."

"So, I won't miss my date." Jonas grinned, and Oliver had to laugh at that.

"No, you won't miss your date."

Oliver looked up to see Cisco standing on the stairs just staring at them. He was looking at them curiously and Oliver arched his brow at him.

"It's amazing seeing how much you changed, I mean you were the poster boy for frat boys everywhere..."

"Cisco." Oliver's growly voice made him stop talking and finally he turned and walked back to his station.

Oliver walked over to Felicity and placed his hand on her shoulder. He could see she was tired as she rubbed her shoulder, so he lightly brushed her hand away and started to rub them himself.

"Ohhhh thank you."

"How is it going?"

Felicity sighed, "Good. I have the timetable all logged and set for in the morning and Cisco is working on making sure there are no glitches this time."

Oliver kissed the top of her head. "I will be happy when things are back to normal. It's getting hard not to tell myself to grow up."

Felicity laughed. "Subtlety has never been your strong suit. That is for sure."

"Pfffttt, that is an understatement." Cisco whispered the words under his breath but they heard him and he looked at them both in surprise. "What? Am I wrong?"

"I am going to do some patrolling. Let me know if you need me." Oliver kissed her and glared at Cisco before walking to the back to change into his leathers and heading out into the night.

***

John arrived back at the lair with Lyla in tow an hour later. After she heard the story she could not help herself, she HAD to see Jonas for herself.

"Felicity how are things going?" John and Lyla walked up to where Felicity was seated at her computer and she turned with a huff.

"We have the timeline set and Cisco has been making sure we are free of glitches, so now it is just a waiting game."