<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">"William's right here. He's still unconscious, but he has a strong pulse." Felicity assured Oliver, wanting to ease his worries. "Thea and the others managed to get on a ship and get out of here. They're on their way back to Starling and will send another ship back for us. John, Quentin and I are the only ones still here, with the exception of Malcolm possibly still being here, but who knows if he survived the landmine. He has a way of always surviving really bad situations." After speaking, she helped Oliver to sit up, removing her wrist from his firm grasp. The blonde reached down and ripped the bottom of his shirt, and used it to wipe the blood off his head and hands. <br/><br/>"We got Samantha out of here, so she should be okay once we get William home." The words were said softly, and she had finally, mostly forgiven Oliver for lying to her about his son's existence. But there would always be that little bit of hurt because of the lie. The blonde hated that Samantha had made him choose, and the other woman would probably never let Oliver see his son again, because this was the second of his enemies who had used William as leverage. Felicity didn't want that. She wanted to explain to Samantha that Oliver wasn't the same man he used to be. He wasn't a shallow player who used women for a good time, and he wasn't a drunk anymore. <br/><br/>But she didn't know how well that would be received. And even if the other woman didn't tell her to mind her own business, it wasn't her place. She and Oliver weren't together anymore, and it had taken Felicity time to accept the fact that Oliver had killed Billy. It had been a setup by Chase, of course. But the end result was still the same. She couldn't blame him for what had happened, though for a long time just seeing Oliver had made her feel betrayed and so she had left the team. But whatever this thing was between them, whether it was love or friendship, or a mixture of both, she knew that it wasn't finished with either of them yet.<br/><br/>She also knew that the moment Oliver had opened his eyes, that she would love him for the rest of their lives, no matter how bad things got. The blonde simply couldn't live without him in her life. And no matter how much they fought or how much pain they caused each other, they were still the best thing to ever happen to each other. </span>