Hi everyone, I hope you enjoy my first published fan fiction story. Please be aware that some storylines from the CW TV Show Arrow will be kept, while others will be different. This may also be the way I portray a character.

I do not own any of these characters, they are just from a great TV Show.

Thank you.

Felicity didn't know what to do, she just lay there silent and that is not like her. Words were always something that flowed freely from her mouth, even if she didn't want them to. A filter between her brain and her mouth was none existent and that would tend to lead to some very awkwardly phrased sentences, which at first Oliver found amusing and over time had learned to love whatever sexualised term ran free from her mouth, especially when it was implied between himself and Felicity.

But she was now lying there silent and that worried Oliver. Silent was not a word he or anyone would ever use to describe Felicity, which meant he had done something wrong.

He didn't mean to say it, well; he did, but not at the time and place they were in now. The place being Felicity's apartment, well, their apartment since he moved in a month ago after things were becoming serious and they realised there was no use paying rent on two places when they generally spent their nights together at her place. Considering Oliver wasn't made of billions anymore, it was the smarter option financially speaking. At least that's how Felicity put it while they were contemplating what this would mean relationship wise for the both of them.

The time, well, let's just say it was right after a very satisfying climax, between them both. And then as he kissed her softly, both of them slowly coming down from their high, Oliver looked into her eyes and he said it, those three words that he would have never pictured himself saying before or after the island and he sure as hell did not mean to say it while he was naked and sweaty on top of her.

The room was as silent as a grave and it was beginning to scare him. He rolled over to his side and perched himself up on his elbow. "Felicity, are you-"
"I can't believe you just said that!" He was happy to hear words come out of her mouth, even if it wasn't exactly the ones he was after.
"I just-"
"Did you mean it? I mean we just had sex, we made love and it was amazing, I mean it's always amazing, you're you and it's, wow, but still, people say things they don't mean during sex because of the adrenaline and the hormones and pheromones and maybe it just slipped out"

Oliver grinned; his girl was back, constant babble and inappropriate wording, check and check. He put his hand on her face to turn it towards him so she could look into his eyes. "I meant it Felicity. I wouldn't have said it if it wasn't something I have obviously been thinking about and unfortunately now was the time MY brain and mouth didn't work together. It was something I was hoping to say in a more romantic setting"

"How long have you been thinking this?" Felicity pulled the sheet up a little higher as she asked the question, she felt slightly vulnerable at that moment and it was the only thing she could do to help with the nerves since her glasses were on the bedside table and she couldn't push them up her nose like she normally would when she felt like this.

He thought back to their first date, at how scared he was when the bomb went off in the restaurant and he had ALMOST lost her, when she came too, he vowed not to waste anymore time. Life was too short, whether you are a vigilante or an everyday IT girl in the wrong place at the wrong time, he wasn't going to let what happened cause him to stay away in order to keep her safe, if anything, it made him want to be closer, to know he could always keep her safe. Being that they had known each other for over three years now, it didn't surprise Oliver when the idea popped into his head only two months into their relationship.

It wasn't anything in particular, a phrase or a moment in time; it was just another evening sharing a meal together in her apartment. He turned towards her and saw her smiling back at him, heels kicked off and hair loosely flowing around her shoulders and he knew then and there that he didn't want anyone else, he never did. He suddenly realised at that moment that if he was ever going to settle down, it would be with no one else, only Felicity.

"I'll say awhile…" He answered, lost in memories of their time together. She smiled at his coy grin that always meant he was slightly embarrassed to give a full answer. Felicity then quickly looked down at her hands, which were playing with the sheets. "So if you meant it, then I should give you a reply then right?"

There was that silence again. It seemed that it was longer than before but that may have been because Oliver was holding his breathe without realising it.
"Yes" she said as her eyes met his.
Oliver exhaled as he registered her answer. He rolled over and engulfed her in a bear huge, causing Felicity to squeal as he kissed her hard yet tender.
"Yes? You'll marry me?"
"Yes Oliver Queen, I will marry you, but when everyone asks how you proposed I expect a story involving flowers and a candlelit dinner with moonlight walk by the water, not how you asked after sex"

He couldn't help but laugh, "Deal future Mrs Queen."

"Hmm a girl could get used to hearing that name." He kissed her again more softly this time, cherishing the moment. His kisses trailed from her mouth down her cheek and towards her collarbone. The soft moan that escaped Felicity's lips was not missed as he moved back up to her lips. "I suppose I should give you the ring then." Felicity sat up. "You have a ring? Already? I thought this was a spare of the moment proposal."

Oliver laughed as he climbed out of bed and walked over to his pants which we just outside the bedroom door. Felicity couldn't help but admire his nicely curved ass as he walked towards them, blushing slightly at the sight, but more from what he was retrieving. Walking back towards her, he placed the box in front of himself as if to offer one gift with the other, but the box was too small to cover everything from Felicity's view. By this stage Felicity was now sitting up right against the headboard, sheets covering and hands slightly shacking. He crawled into bed next to her and turned his body towards hers, opening the box that contained a beautiful princess cut square diamond surrounded by a dozen teardrop diamonds that gave the appearance of flower petals. Her hands came to her mouth, frozen in time as she looked from the ring to Oliver, to the ring and finally back at him.

"Felicity Megan Smoak. You are the only person that I have been able to connect with since my return and the only person I felt that I could trust with my past, my present and my future and I want you to be a part of all three. I believe in you just as much as you believe in me and I am who I am today partially because of you. I love you Felicity, I have for a long time, I was just too afraid to admit it, but I'm not scared now. For the first time in my life I feel at peace. So I'll ask you again, will you-"

"YES!" Tears were falling down her cheeks, but she still leaped into his arms, forgetting about the ring in his hand and only wanting to feel his embrace. "Yes Oliver, 100 times over yes." The smiles they both shared only grew wider as Oliver took Felicity's hand and placed the ring on her finger.

"Oliver it's beautiful…how did you?"

"It belonged to my mum. She always told me to give it to someone that meant the world to me…to someone I wanted to share the world with." Felicity looked up and saw a slight hint of sadness in his eyes, realising that he wouldn't be able to share this joyous occasion with his mother. Felicity placed her hand on his cheek and brought him out of his memories and into the present. "She would have loved you," he whispered. Felicity felt a ping of guilt, realising that the only memory Oliver would ever have of his mother and Felicity was the time she confronted her about Malcolm; leading to a riff between him and his mother. But at least Moira knew, she knew the love Felicity had for Oliver was real and she would always feel that way for the many years to come. She hoped that Moira would have known that.

Falling back into the bed together, Felicity resting her head on Oliver's chest as he ran his fingers through her hair, she drew patterns on his chest as they fell into a lull of silence for a few minutes. It was peaceful and calm, but nothing they had to worry about because being there with one another was enough, words were not always needed to be said, which felt odd for Felicity at first, but she had slowly become used to the way that their bodies would only have to be touching, even if it was just holding hands, or their feets resting together on the couch to understanding that sometimes that is all either of them needed. A touch, the company, the knowledge that if need be the other is right next to them.

"What are you thinking?" He asked, softly kissing the top of her head.

"How we are going to tell Diggle and Roy"

Two weeks. That is how long it took them to finally tell Dig and Roy that they were engaged. It wasn't because they felt like they had to keep it a secret, the guys knew that they were dating, but things had suddenly fallen into their lap and it never felt like the right time. "Roy suit up, Dig you're in the van, oh and Felicity and I are getting married." Not exactly what they had in mind.

So they waited two weeks for things to settle, the radios were quiet and they were waiting for some information to come through on one of the scans Felicity was doing. All it took was a look, Dig caught Oliver and Felicity in the middle of one of their mind reading eye stares when he spoke up and asked what was going on.

"Felicity and I have something we need to tell you both."

Roy had come over from the training mat, giving his full attention while Dig crossed his arms, preparing himself for the worst.

"First let me say that this won't change anything. We said that when Oliver and I started dating and everything has been full Team Arrow when down here."

"I thought we agreed not to call ourselves that" Oliver whispered.

"Wait, are you pregnant?"

Everyone quickly turned to Roy, who thought his question was logical.

"What? You're going on about how nothing is going to change, so I figured you either broke up, which seeing how close you two are at the moment that it's not that, either you're pregnant or the third guess was you're getting married. I went with the one that is more an 'Oliver Queen' headline."

The glare Oliver was giving Roy would have made him cower in the past, but since his training he has learned to face it like the vigilante he is.

"Really Roy?"

He didn't answer.

"Wait so if it was one of Roys guesses then does that mean?"

Felicity put her hand in her pocket and when she pulled it out, the stunning engagement ring that she still was not used to was shinning bright for the boys to see.

"Felicity and I are engaged."

Diggle didn't know who to turn to first; being that Oliver was closer he decided to congratulate him first. He opened his arms embracing Oliver into a hug. As they pulled away, he left his arm on Oliver's shoulder. "I've been waiting for you to find the happiness you deserve. You two are meant for each other man." Felicity looked over and smiled, she stretched onto her tippy toes to be engulfed in a hug of her own from Dig.

"Hey, congratulations you two." Roy shook Oliver's hand and gave Felicity a brief hug. "So nothing is going to change then?" Felicity could see the worry in Roy's eyes. This was his family now, they were all he had and he didn't want any of it change, causing him to suddenly be out on his own. If Oliver got married, what did that mean for the Arrow?

"No Roy, I would never ask Oliver to stop doing what he, what all of you are doing for this city. I'll just worry a little more than I already do when he is out there." Oliver put an arm around Felicity's waist and kissed her forehead.

"You'll always have a place here with us Roy." As though those wore the words Oliver knew he was waiting for, Roy stepped forward and gave Oliver a quick hug also. They each gave each other a pat on the back as if it was their own language of sorts. Diggle leaned against the desk and crossed his arms again.

"So how did he ask?"

Felicity looked towards Oliver and blushed.

There was only one-person left that Oliver wanted to share the news with before the media caught onto his relationship. In the eyes of others, Felicity was seen with Oliver at QC along with all the other employees that worked there. When they worked at the foundry, they were never seen entering or leaving together so no one ever made speculation that Oliver had a new love interest in his life. But things are different now. With QC being under new management and Oliver loosing some of his billions, the media are keeping a tight eye on any movement that may show a change in his status. That includes where he drives to, what he eats and who he is seen with. For months they had coordinated together in where they would meet and who would arrive or leave first, but after a few months they realised that it didn't matter and it seemed that the media didn't care too much either. Oliver wanted the world to know that he was dating such a beautiful and smart woman, as long as no one ever connected Oliver as the Arrow, then Felicity would be safe and that is all he cared about.

However, Oliver Queen finally settling down is a whole other ballpark, one no one ever would have expect before his Island days, so Oliver wanted to tell Thea in person before she read it in some trashy magazine somewhere. Since her return from Corto Maltese things hadn't been the same. He was trying to make an effort but deep down he knew that Thea was hiding something, sure enough he was too, but he knew that his secret was for Thea's safety, hers secret, he wasn't so sure about.

Never the less he drove over to her apartment on his bike and headed up to her floor.

"Hello big brother, it's been awhile since I've seen you, which means you must have something very important to tell me." Oliver walked straight into the living room and sat down, comfortable enough to skip the formalities of being welcomed in. Closing the door behind him and walking towards where he was sitting, Thea had a questionable look on her face.

"Okay, who is she? Do I know her?"

"Wha-" Oliver looked like a gapping fish out of water as he couldn't understand how quickly she had come to that conclusion.

"Can't I just come over and say hello to my little sister?"

"Please, the last time I saw this little of you and our relationship consisted of text messages or brief phone calls were when you were seeing Laurel. Wait, are you seeing Laurel again?"

Oliver and Laurel hadn't really spoken since Sara's death. It was a hard situation for everyone, Oliver had Felicity, Dig had Lyla, Roy had everyone but Laurel felt like she had no one, even though they were all their for her.

"No Speedy, it's not Laurel."

"Ah so it is someone."

Oliver smiled at the way he was tricked into giving up information. He was a little nervous about telling her because although Oliver and Felicity have known each other for a few years, they have only been dating for a few months and he didn't want her to think he was rushing into things.

"Her name is Felicity, she used to work at Queen Consolidated and since Ray Palmer took over, we recently became, reacquainted with one another."

It was the easiest way to explain that they didn't date while at work and it helped to avoid any Arrow related topics that he could slip up about.

"Interesting. I think I met her a few times. Wasn't she at mums' welcome home party?"

Oliver remembered how beautiful she looked that night. Her pink dress matched the shad of lipstick she used to wear when he first met her in the IT department and he couldn't help but notice the way her dress did wonders for her body.

"Yes that would be her."

"So things must be serious then. The Oliver I know wouldn't say a word about who he was seeing unless it was more than just a booty call"

Oliver knew that his past would always haunt him, but it amazed him to hear how people had viewed him, even his own sister saw him as a womanizing play boy that couldn't hold a serious relationship for more than a week.

"Funny you should say that…things have become serious because, well…"

Thea sat down next to Oliver, noticing the serious tone in his voice, but aware that he was still smiling at least.

"I asked Felicity to marry me…and she said yes"

Thea jumped for joy into her brothers' arms, letting out a squeal of excitement for him.

"Oh my god, congratulations Ollie. Here I was thinking you'd be living the single life forever."

Thea sat back so she could study the expression on her brothers' face.

"Thank you Speedy…I think"

"You know, you two may not have been together long but she has changed you."

Oliver tilted his head, curious as to where Thea was going with this.

"When you got back from the Island Ollie you were distant and shut down and it seemed like you were always suffering. Then I suddenly started to see you smile. I don't even think you realised you were doing it, but the first time I saw it was not long after you started visiting QC again. What I'm trying to say is, Felicity has brought my brother back, the one that didn't suffer for five years and the one who can see the fun and joy in life. I told you to let someone in and you did, you let Felicity in and now you are getting married, living the life you should be living. I'm so happy for you Ollie."

Thea was right. Oliver did let Felicity in and without her who knows who he would be today. Would he still be killing people instead of saving them, would he be hell bent on finishing his list even though Malcolm and his father were to blame in the end? Felicity was the light in his life that took away his darkness, everyone saw it, Diggle, Sara, even Thea, and it just took him a little longer to open his eyes to the truth in front of him. He looked up at her and smiled.

"It was that obvious hey?"

"At least you saw it in the end…"

So there you all go, everyone all aboard the Olicity Wedding Train.

Please let me know what you think, I'll have the next chapter up in the early new years, but I have lots of ideas already :)