"Digg, I can talk to you about anything. Right?"
"Felicity of course you can. What's going on?" Diggle finished texting his wife to look at Felicity. She looked really worried. Oliver should be here to deal with this, he thought. He was better at calming her down anyway.
"I don't know if you noticed... but about a month ago Oliver and I kind of did something we shouldn't have. I mean, not that it seemed like a great idea, but maybe an okay idea at the time but-
"Felicity."
"Oliver and I had sex." She blurted out.
"Oh. Oh. Wow." Diggle said. "How did that happen?"
"Well the 'how' isn't really that important right now. But it was a one time thing okay? I don't think he plans on letting it happen again."
"Do you want it to?"
"Right now I don't know what I want. I think my judgments a little bit clouded anyway. But I have to tell him don't I?"
"Tell him what?"
"That I'm pregnant."
"You're pregnant? With Oliver's child?" Diggle asked incredulously. Felicity could only nod. "Well I admit, its not the best timing, well neither was mine,but I think we can handle it.."
"But how am I going to tell Oliver? He's so busy right now and I don't think I have the courage to go up and interrupt him just to tell him that."
"Felicity you have to tell him."
"What if it ruins everything Digg? Oliver and I aren't together like that but we work together every day. What if he doesn't want it?"
"Don't worry about that. Felicity he loves you, you know he does. Just tell him, it will be fine."
She waited another couple weeks before deciding to tell him. It had started to become more obvious that something was up with her. She had gained a little bit of weight, and ate all the time. Sometimes she would talk more than normal, which was already a lot, and other times she was very quiet. Digg kept giving her those looks like 'Just tell him.' But she always shrugged it off. Digg never brought it up out loud though, and she appreciated it.
After it was too much of a secret for her to keep to herself she decided to tell him. It was night time and he was working at Queen Consolidated instead of as The Arrow for once in a long time. They were alone. He was in his office and she was sitting at her desk outside.
"Oliver?" She knocked on the door. It looked like he was working on something fairly important but she knew she couldn't stop now. "Can I talk to you?"
"Yeah sure, sit." He closed whatever he was working on to give her his full attention. "Is something wrong?"
"Not exactly wrong, its just kind of important that I tell you."
"Okay..."
"You remember that night like two months ago?"
"How could I forget?" He asked. "Actually Felicity now that you're here there is something I wanted to talk to you about. But you go first."
"Are you sure?" She didn't want to go first. She wanted him to forget she ever brought it up.
"Mhm." He smiled, waiting for her to speak. She never had trouble with finding words to say. It was one of the things he loved about her. But right then she was.
"Well I uh, I don't really know how to tell you this. I've never had to do it before and I don't think I want to do it ever again."
"Felicity," he said getting up off his chair to crouch by her. "What's going on?"
"I'm pregnant." She said. "With your child." She added when he didn't say anything.
He stood up. His expression was blank. He paced the room a couple times before settling by the window.
"Oliver please say something." Felicity said. She had no idea what was going on in his head. Was he going to fight her? Say it wasn't his? Tell her he'll pay her to do something about it so he doesn't have to? Felicity had no idea. She knew Oliver as well as she knew herself but this is an experience neither of them had ever gone through before.
He finally turned around walking back to where she was sitting and pulled her up pushing his mouth against hers. His kiss was urgent but passionate.
"Oliver." She pushed away from him just enough so she could see his face. "What are you doing?"
"You know that thing I wanted to tell you earlier?" She nodded. "Well I was going to say that two months ago I made a mistake. I shouldn't have let you leave that bed. I've been trying ever since to get you to do it again but you've been so determined to stay in the foundry while we go out and I guess now I understand why."
"You mean you're not upset?"
"No I'm not upset." He said taking her hands in his.. "Felicity I'm glad you're having a baby. My baby. Sure its not exactly the greatest timing with all of our night activities but it'll work out. I'll protect him or her with my life, just like I protect you."
"You're not worried?" She asked.
"No I'm not worried. We can do this Felicity. You and me." He kissed her forehead. "Besides, if you need help with anything girly you can talk to Lyla. She's gone through everything you're going to and I know there are some things I won't be able to help you with."
He was right. Lyla and Diggle's son was only a few months old, but they were perfect parents and somehow managed to keep him safe so Felicity and Oliver could probably manage as well.
"You're right." She said. "I already told Diggle who probably told Lyla so the only one who didn't know was you."
"How long have you been keeping this a secret?"
"A few weeks. I had a friend in college who got pregnant so I knew all the signs. I didn't know how I was going to tell you. I mean Oliver, we're not together. We just slept together once. I didn't want to ruin anything."
"Hey, you're not ruining anything. Never." He said, cradling her head in his hand. "We can do this."
