Oliver didn't know what to think as he was flown in by helicopter to Sterling City. The last five years of his life was not what he had expected. He had gone through hell and back. He was home now though, with a new mission of his own. He was going to save this city, he was going to make sure no one else felt the pain he felt because of the evil in this city. His City.

She was sitting on her sofa in her one bedroom apartment, with some Sandra Bullock romantic comedy marathon playing in the background. Her laptop sitting on her lap as she went through facebook.

This was her life now, she goes to work, and comes home. Sure she went out every couple weeks but something was missing. She had dinner every Saturday night with Thea never wanting to lose touch with her or the other Queens. Tommy and she had become closer, having a regular junk food feel sorry for our self's night once a month.

Her phone rang beside her, flashing a picture of Thea. She smiled and picked it up,

"Hey"

"Lic"

That tone made her worry.

"What's wrong? Do you need me to come over?"

"Hospital"

Her stomach dropped, she was getting up so fast her head was spinning; she grabbed her coat and her keys. She asked again,

"What's wrong?"

"They found him"

That stopped her dead in her tracks. The three words she's been waiting to hear for five years. The next question she didn't want to ask; was he alive or dead. She didn't know if she wanted the answer. Thea answered her unspoken question for her,

"Felicity…he's alive"

She stopped. Everything in her body told her to run but her heart said stop. It didn't want to be hurt again for the second time. She knew it was unlikely that five years wouldn't change someone. She didn't know if he wanted to see her, it was her fault he went on that stupid boat. All of this was her fault.

Thea's voice broke her out of her thoughts again.

"He's asking for you"

That made her smile. She could barely get the words out,

"I'll be there as soon as I can"

…

Oliver was standing at the window of his hospital room watching the traffic. Trying to take it all in. He was home. He was back to his City. After a long needed shower, shave and haircut he asked for her. The one person he had needed since he stepped foot back in to this city. Felicity. The one thing that kept him going on the island; her blonde hair falling around her face, her smile when she made an inappropriate comment and how it felt to fall asleep with her on a lazy Sunday afternoon watching TV on the couch that was just a little too small.

He heard the door open and for the first time in a long time he smiled.

…

Felicity ran through the hallways of the hospital. She stopped at the nurses desk,

"Oliver Queen"

The nurse raised her eyebrow,

"Sorry sweetie. Family only. You can wait with the other reporters and girls waiting to comfort Mr. Queen over there"

She pointed to a waiting room; Felicity turned her head and saw it flooded with reporters talking to cameras and on the phone trying to get the story. She also noticed a few of the girls that liked to hang around Oliver and Tommy since high school. She rolled her eyes and took a breath.

"You don't understand, he's my boyfriend"

The nurse tilted her head and pursed her lips,

"If that isn't the oldest trick in the book."

Felicity sighed in frustration. She wasn't going to argue with the lady, she pulled out her phone and dialed Thea's number.

"Where are you?"

"At a nurses station. They won't let me in"

She could hear Thea sigh in to the phone. Before she could say anything Thea walked out of a room up the hall and gave her a small smile as she turned down the hall. Felicity hung up the phone,

"I'm sorry I had to do this to you"

The nurse was about to say something but Thea put up her hand,

"Excuse me. Do you know who this is?"

The nurse,

"She claims to be you brother's girlfriend Miss Queen."

"So why can't she come see him? At this request, didn't you ALL just tell us to keep him stress free?! And yet the one thing – the ONE person that can help him. You won't even let her in"

Thea's eyebrows were so high on her head Felicity thought that her eyes must be hurting from not blinking. The nurse blinked twice,

"I'm sorry Miss Queen. Of course she can go in."

Thea Queen knew how to get what she wanted. She knew how to talk to people to make them feel small enough that an ant would be a giant compared to them. Felicity admired the quality and feared it at the same time. She never wanted to be at the receiving end of it.

Thea took Felicity's arm and started walking down the hall, Felicity stopped her before they got to his room,

"Wait"

Thea turned and looked at her,

"What is it?"

Felicity bit her lip and looked at her,

"Have you talked to him?"

She nodded,

"He seems good, well as good as he can."

She nodded again,

"Are you sure he wants to see me?"

Thea sighed and smiled rubbing her arms,

"Lic, the first person he wanted to see was you"

She just bit the side of her cheek, she let out a breat; and took a step to the door. She could see the back of him rubbing his arms. He was nervous, she couldn't blame him; she was a complete wreck and she hadn't spent the last five years on some island.

She raised her hand to knock, but could bear to hit the door. For god sake's she has seen this man naked and now she's afraid to be in the same room.

"Be a big girl and go in to the room Felicity Smoak"

With one last breath she opened the door, and watched him turn his head to see who was in the room. Once he saw her he smiled. She couldn't help but smile back. Her voice was barely a whisper,

"Hi ducky"

He ran at her picking her up in a hug, as Oliver picked her up and she wrapped her legs around his waist hugging his head to her. She couldn't contain the tears any longer, they were coming out of her eyes and she couldn't control it.

He rubbed her back, and whispered,

"You have no idea how much I missed you"

She smiled and pulled back to smile at him.

"Probably about the same I missed you"

He smiled and pulled her back to him hugging her. They stayed in that position for almost an hour before Oliver pulled back a little bit; Felicity unwrapped her legs and stood in front of him. She didn't know what to say or do. Oliver broke the ice first,

"Thanks for dressing for the occasion."

She laughed and looked down; her polar bear pajamas were her favourite. She shrugged,

"You always liked these before"

Oliver held up a finger,

"I liked taking them off of you"

She smirked and hit him a little bit. He kissed her hair and hugged her again. Felicity poked at his chest,

"When did you have time to work out? You used to have a little but of padding and well now… you just feel hard."

She looked at him and he smirked, she groaned,

"Not like that"

He chuckled a bit and for the first time in a long time Oliver felt hopeful for his future, well that was until Detective Lance walked through the door.