Chapter 1

Felicity had been gone for 6 months 'travelling' when she finally returned to Starling City. She has actually been with Sara and Nyssa training; she only got 4 hours of sleep each night, the rest of the time she trained. Nyssa taught her how to shoot with a bow and arrow, whilst Sara taught her parkour. Then they both together taught her how to fight. She lied about where she was to the boys but she needed to do this for herself. Now, according to Nyssa and Sara she was ready to go home, so she did. Now she had to find the right time to tell Oliver, Dig and Roy where she had actually been and why.

She got off her plane and didn't tell the boys she was coming back this soon because she wanted to surprise the three of them. She landed at about 11 o'clock on Friday night and headed back to her old apartment which she re-bought and dropped off her things and changed into a dress, leaving her hair down; she then headed straight to Verdant. She felt amazing, she wore and her hair slightly curled and it bounced off her shoulders. Along with that was a beautiful black lace cocktail dress with a pair of red heels to match her red lips. She walked into the club and the bouncers recognised her and allowed her to enter, she squeezed through the masses of people who were dancing and headed straight for the foundry door when she saw Oliver. She was about to cross the room to talk to him when a beautiful brunette moved in and kissed him and he smiled and drew her closer.

She couldn't breathe, so she ran. She ran as fast and as far as she could until she was in an ally way in the glades. Alone and heartbroken she started to walk out of the alley to call a cab when a dark shadow started to walk towards her. She decided that she would act normal and try to walk past him when she noticed the shadow, and she started to walk quicker and went up and hugged the figure.

'Blondie I missed you' Roy said as he hugged her back.

'How did you find me? You're not in your suit so you couldn't have been on patrol?'

'I was working the bar when I saw you. I actually didn't believe it was you because you weren't wearing your glasses and you toned up, a lot! Plus look at you, you look stunning!'

She chuckled and let him continue. 'Then I saw you were looking at Oliver and Sophie and I saw you run, so I followed you. By the way, you're really fast, I struggled to keep up'

She smiled. 'Thanks, um I've been working out. But I will tell you Dig and Oliver the rest later'

He smiled but he could tell she as upset. 'So who is Sophie?' she tried to sound confident and normal but Roy could hear the heartbreak in her voice. A tear fell down her cheek and he wiped it away.

'They have been together for 4 months, but I think it's just a rebound from you, Sophie doesn't stand a chance when Oliver knows you're back'

'4 months Roy that sounds pretty serious, anyway we were never together and the feeling wasn't mutual' she gave him a small smile.

'Felicity seriously when you left Oliver lost it, he didn't know where you were 'travelling' and I think he realised how much you meant to him and how much he hurt you after Slade' she smiled when he motioned air quotes with travelling, he obviously knew that she hadn't been.

'Yeah how much I meant to him as a friend, nothing more. It was never going to be more. With Slade that's when I realised I needed to leave for a bit and become stronger, mentally and physically'

'That's a load of crap and you know it. Blondie I thought you were supposed to be the smart one? What do you mean physically? I can tell you've been working out but what exactly?' he smiled as he spoke.

'I am the smart one and you'll find out soon enough' she smiled back and wrapped his arm around her shoulders and walked her back to the club.

They walked back into the club and Roy gave felicity his jacket before they entered through the back of the foundry. She heard Dig and Oliver talking and Roy took the lead, he caught the boy's attention and announced a nice surprise.

'I have a present for you two' he smirked and then turned to where she was standing. She walked out of the shadows and both boys raised their eyebrows and smiled as they saw her.

'Hey guys' she smiled as she looked between both of them. Dig came over first and gave her a hug and Oliver just let out a breath he had been holding and looking at her as if she was the only girl in the world. He walked up and gave her a hug and buried his head into her neck and whispered. 'I missed you'

She smiled 'I missed you too' she whispered back.

'I guess you guys know that I wasn't travelling?'

They all nodded in unison, she sat back in her chair and started her story.

'I want you guys to know that I needed to do this for me, I was with Sara and Nyssa, training in Nanda Parbat' she held her breath and waited for a reply.

'What?' All three of them said in unison.

'I went to be trained. I wanted to be prepared if anything bad happens to you guys that you need back up or if I'm out in the field I didn't want you guys to be worried about me'

'But why run? We could've trained you?' it was Oliver who was now speaking.

'I needed to clear my head after Slade and I needed to do something for me'

'Felicity, just so you know we would've understood, next time let us know how you feel' dig pulled her into a hug as he spoke and then kissed her forehead. 'I've gotta go home to Lyla, Roy do you need a lift?'

'Yeah cheers, night guys. Blondie it is good to have you back' she smiled as he spoke and gave him his jacket back as he left. Now it was just the two of them and they really needed to talk.

'Do you hate me?' she felt a tear fall down her cheek as she spoke.

He looked at her with love in his eyes. 'I could never hate you, ever. You look beautiful by the way' she smiled and blushed at his answer and went to speak but he beat her to it.

'When did you get back, and why did you go and see Roy first?' he looked hurt now, but she wasn't going to lie.

'I got back a couple hours ago, went and got changed into this and came to the club to see you. But I left pretty quickly' He sighed and ran a hand across his face, 'You saw me and Sophie?'

'Yeah, she is beautiful. I didn't want to interrupt so I left and Roy saw me and followed me and then he brought me back here' she tilted her head and smiled.

'I wish you didn't see us, I wanted to tell you myself'

'Why? I am happy for you, my friend is smiling, which doesn't happen often, I'm glad you're happy' on that note she leaned up and kissed his cheek and she walked out of the foundry.