If You Believed In Me

Rating: 'T' Rated until the beginning of Chapter 9, 'M' from there onwards.

Characters: Oliver Queen, Felicity Smoak, John Diggle, Tommy Merlyn, Thea Queen, Laurel Lance, Moira Queen, Walter Steele, Robert Queen (Cameo) and Sara Lance (Cameo)

Summary: 5 years ago, Oliver Queen died in a shipwreck. 6 months ago, 'The Hood' appeared in Starling City. So, when Oliver Queen finally comes home there's no reason for anyone to think he could be the same man taking on the worse of Starling City's criminal contingent...no one apart from the one woman to capture the heart of the infamous playboy before the island.

Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own Arrow or any of its related characters.

Chapter 1

"Do you have to go?" The dark-haired girl whined, her arms wrapped around the neck of the boy before her.

"You know I don't have a choice, part of the whole 'keeping my trust fund and being able to see my sister' deal is that I at least pretend to be interested in QC. And depressingly that includes going on this trip to Hong Kong with my dad." He leant down and placed a brief kiss to the girl's lips. "I'm sorry, Felicity, you know I'd rather spend the rest of the summer with you but I really haven't got a choice."

"I know Oliver; I'm just selfish and want you all to myself." Felicity flashed him a seductive grin at that and pulled him down into a slow passionate kiss.

Ollie groaned as he pulled away and his eyes fixed on her, and Felicity noticed how visibly his eyes darkened. "I'm so going to make you regret that when I get back. I'm gonna take a week out of school to come visit you."

"Oliver Queen don't you dare." Felicity dropped her arms from his neck and gave him a stern look. It had taken a lot of work, but between Felicity's raw stubbornness and the ultimatum given to Ollie by his parents, Ollie had finally started really putting some effort into his studies. There was no way in hell she was going to let him put all that good work to waste.

"Oh, come on 'Lis, I'm already a three-time Ivy League drop out, a fourth wouldn't do me any more harm." He grinned.

"It'd do this relationship plenty of harm, I thought part of your parents being cool with us was because you've been doing really well at school?"

"I hate that you're always right." He grumbled.

"It's part of my charm." Felicity retorted with a smirk.

"And it's such a wonderful charm, 'Lissy." A female voice came from behind them.

The pair turned to see a pair of girls, a blonde and a brunette, both dragging suitcases with them. Felicity threw them both as convincing a smile as she could, leaning in to hug Sara while Ollie embraced the brunette, then visa-verse. The quartet quickly exchanged the usual pleasantries before Ollie spoke up.

"We'll be setting off in 5, take your stuff into the Gambit and I'll meet you on board."

Felicity continued to hold the forced smile as the two girls walked past them and onto the boat. She wasn't usually a jealous person, but seeing her boyfriend getting ready for a month-long boat trip with two other incredibly hot girls was a little unsettling. If she didn't have so much work to finish, Felicity probably would have been on the boat with them. Ollie must have sensed her tensions because his voice suddenly cut through the silence the couple had fallen into.

"Felicity, you're being paranoid," She knew his was trying to be reassuring but the look Felicity gave him must have told Ollie otherwise. He turned himself around and placed his hands on her shoulders. "If I was planning on using this trip to cheat on you with Sara would I have let you know she was coming or that I would let her bring her girlfriend?"

"I know Ollie, I just..." Felicity trailed off, for the first time she was lost for words.

"I love you, Felicity Smoak."

It wasn't the first time he'd said it but it still made Felicity feel giddy. He had an effect on her that no one else could create, it was just one of the many reasons that she had fallen for him. Even after over a year and a half of them dating Ollie was still able to make her heart do backflips just by smiling at her the right way.

"I love you too, Oliver Queen."

Ollie leant down and kissed her again briefly, they were interrupted by someone clearing their throat behind them. Ollie pulled away from Felicity and she turned to see his mother climbing off the boat onto the pier and his father stood on the deck.

"That's enough of that don't you think, Oliver? You need to be getting on that boat."

With a small nod to his mother, Ollie turned back to Felicity. The brunette was still a little afraid of Moira Queen, and clearly Ollie was too. The matriarch had initially been incredibly hostile towards Felicity, and the younger woman couldn't blame her. Felicity didn't even want to imagine the number of gold-diggers Ollie must have brought home before he finally decided to become a one-woman guy.

"You're sure I can't convince you to come with me?" He tried for what felt like the hundredth time.

"No way," Felicity shook her head. Ollie had been trying to convince her to come on this trip with him since Robert had told him it was happening, and Felicity had refused outright since the start. Of course, that hadn't stopped him from asking again-and-again, Ollie wasn't exactly accustomed to not getting what he wanted. "I much prefer to keep my feet on the shore."

"As do I, dear," Moira cut over them. "Now, Oliver hurry up and get on the boat, you have a schedule to keep to."

"Mom, isn't the whole point of owning a boat that we can leave whenever we want?"

"Listen to your mother and get on the yacht." Robert Queen spoke up, somewhat scolding both mother and son for disrespecting the vessel he was so proud of by calling it a boat.

"Alright I'm coming," Ollie groaned. "I'll see you in a month, Felicity."

"You'd better."