Hello :) My second published Olicity fanfic. ff user avaatquevale2250 edited it and she did an amazing job!

"Daddy! Daddy, wake up."

Oliver blinked sleepily and felt his bed dip a little as his daughter tried to climb on to it.

"Sadie, what are you doing in here?" he groaned still half asleep. Sadie grabbed on to his face in an attempt to pull herself up, and he gently pushed her hands away.

"Woke up. Your clock is loud."

"My clock?" Oliver froze. His eyes opened rapidly and found the clock. "Oh… Sadie, go to your room and get dressed." His hands grabbed his mobile from the bedside cabinet. 6 missed calls. Perfect.

Sadie just giggled and shook her head in a you're so silly way. She was only three. She had no idea how to dress herself.

"Just go to your room and wait for me," he amended. She darted out of the room, and Oliver took a deep breath. "Fuck my life! It's going to be a long day," He added quietly when she left the room.

Xxx

"Oh man. You should take it easy tonight. After all, you haven't had a day off in ages!" Tommy laughed as he sipped his beer slowly.

"Dads don't take days off," Oliver responded tiredly. A night off was about all he could get. His friend, John Diggle, and his wife agreed to take care of Sadie tonight. Honestly, Oliver would have preferred going to bed instead of sitting in a club with an already drunk Tommy.

"It's been almost three years since you've been out! I know John wants you settle down, but you need some fun! Look over there."

Oliver looked where Tommy pointed to see a young woman who was sitting alone on a bar stool. She looked… polished. Her light pink bottom up was ironed perfectly, and her gray high heels matched her pencil skirt.

"These girls are the best. Shy and sexy! Why would she be in a place like that if it wasn't for some fun?"

Oliver looked at his friend a little annoyed. He knew these girls too well. They were like mermaids seducing sailors and then pulling them into the dark depth of ocean. Nothing would come of a night with one of them, but despite his hesitance, Oliver couldn't take his eyes off her. She was sipping a colorful drink with such grace and elegance. He wondered what a girl like that was doing in this place alone.

"Okay man, close your mouth!" Tommy laughed as he stood. He looked down at his phone before sighing deeply. "I've got some business to attend to. Go talk to her! I hope you remember how to flirt. And if I can't make it back, you better call me and tell me if she is as good as she looks!"

Oliver tried to convince him to stay, but all he got was a promise to be back shortly. He ordered a scotch and drank the whole thing before walking up to her hesitantly. Oliver sat on the bar stool next to the pretty blonde and ordered another scotch. He knew it was wrong. He knew he should go home to Sadie and read her a bedtime story, but he was tempted. He had to rapidly change his lifestyle when his daughter was born. He never regretted that. He loved her and he thought she was the best thing that happened in his life. He didn't deserve this chubby piece of sunshine that wakes him up every morning. He couldn't do this. He rose from the bar stool to head home but his eyes rested on the woman beside him. She sipped on her drink while looking around hesitantly. Her purse was hanging from the back of her chair, and he accidently touched it when he stood up. Her phone was ringing, unless she set up her purse on vibration mode…

"Hey, I think your phone is ringing" said Oliver to the young woman who looked at him a little surprised.

"What?!" she reached for her purse immediately "Thank you, I wouldn't want to miss that" she smiled at him sheepishly.

Oliver looked at her as she picked up her phone and turned her back to him as she started talking. She had a beautiful smile. He wondered what an actual conversation with her would be like.

"Great, just great," she grumbled as she shoved her phone back in her purse.

"Is everything okay?" asked Oliver. His eyes darted down to her lips, waiting for her to smile again.

"Yeah, it's just my friend. She can't come tonight. Her car is broken. It hit a wall or something like that. Nothing happened to anyone, though," she added quickly. "No one was in the car. The handbrake failed. So, now she just left me here in this strange place alone. Not that you needed to know that."

"Well, not alone," Oliver pointed out to her with a smile. "Let me buy you a drink." He couldn't believe he actually said that! He was supposed to go home.

"No, thank you. I should go home."

"So should I," he responded, but neither of them moved.

"My name is Oliver, and you are… a girl with a pretty smile." He shouldn't have had so much to drink.

He was bold, too bold. But her smile was so honest and beautiful that he couldn't help himself. His compliment made her smile again.

"Felicity. And thank you, I guess."

"So what do you want? Another colorful drink?" she looked at him hesitantly but nodded her head.

"The more colors the better" she grinned.

"So Oliver… what are you doing here? You don't look like you enjoy being here?"

MY FRIEND LEFT ME HERE ALONE SO I COULD TAKE YOU TO BED, Oliver thought.

"My friend had to leave early and left me in this place alone, too," Oliver laughed.

"I guess we are alone together. Not together, I mean we're alone… Not we, you are alone and I am alone. In here. Not in life. I mean I am, but I don't know if you are and I really don't care."

"Do you always talk this much?" Oliver didn't feel as nervous. In fact, he was truly feeling the enormous amount of alcohol in his system. It scared him a little, but he shook it off when she blushed so beautifully. Tommy was right. Shy and sexy.

"Yes, I tend to babble a lot. The drinks don't help, you know?"

"But you like them, don't you?" Was he flirting with her?

"I think I do. But, I hardly ever drink them. Usually I don't go to places like this," she confessed. "It's my first time since college. I haven't drank this much since then. Maybe now I will buy you a drink!"

"No way, my lady! All drinks on me tonight!" He enjoyed talking to her. That's why he didn't want to stop anytime soon.

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"You must feel lonely, being alone in a foreign city. You're very brave."

"Brave or insane," Felicity whispered. Her cheeks were flushed, and her speech a little slurred. "Maybe both. I'm sitting in a night club with an extremely handsome stranger who can't seem to stop staring at me."

"Maybe both," Oliver agreed. "Maybe I am too? I am sitting in a night club with an extremely beautiful stranger who can't stop staring at me."

Felicity knew it was wrong. She knew she would regret it later. She was not that kind of girl. She has never done this before, let alone with a stranger from a bar. They moved closer to each other, looking in each other eyes, and suddenly, his hands were on her waist. She should have flinched, but she didn't.

She didn't register the moment when Oliver's lips touched hers. Her hands wrapped around his shoulders and pulled him closer, letting him deepen the kiss. His hands moved at her waist and traveled up her back. Suddenly, Felicity broke the kiss.

"Not here, Oliver," she gasped. She got up from her chair and straightened her skirt and blouse. Oliver stood as well. He was breathing fast, his head spinning. He wasn't sure he could walk. Felicity grabbed his hand and led him to the exit. As soon as they felt the cool air, they started kissing. Oliver's mouth found her neck, and Felicity laid her head back giving him more access. The only sounds were their lips on one another. Felicity giggled.

"So beautiful while laughing," Oliver commented. Felicity couldn't stop giggling. He pushed her gently towards one of the cabs waiting on the curb. Fussy thought scatter throughout her mind. Her body was pressed against his, and she felt every muscle and heartbeat against her chest. She wasn't a one night stand type of girl. She had everything under control, her life was calm and boring and she liked it. People kept telling her to let it go a little. And now she was letting it go on a back seat in a cab. He felt so good.

His masculine scent filled her as he traced a pattern on her neck with his lips.

"Your place or my place?" she gasped between sharp breaths and pulled him even closer. Oliver thought of Sadie. He couldn't do it, could he? Besides, she was probably sleeping by now, and she loved the Diggles and their daughter, Sara. She'd be fine until morning.

"Your place," whispered Oliver before her lips pressed against his again.

Not long after that, Oliver carried Felicity into her apartment. Her legs were tangled around his waist clumsily, and he couldn't walk straight. In a small corridor, she dropped her purse and shoes and let him carry her into the bedroom. They stood right next to the door, and Oliver stiffened. He remembered how his last one night stand ended.

"Um Felicity, I don't have…"

"I do. Wait here," she ordered. Felicity walked to the corridor and found her purse. Meanwhile, Oliver felt the enormous urge to close his eyes. He leaned against the wall, letting his eyes close for just a minute. At least he thought so before he found himself in a peaceful, dreamy world.

"I don't know which one you want," Felicity said uncertainly as she walked back in to the bedroom. She wanted to laugh at the absurdity of all of this. "This seems so weird. Please tell me you aren't married or something?"

When she entered her room, she saw Oliver laying on the floor in a weird half sitting position. She did laugh then.

"Oh no, please tell me you're not dead! Are you dead?" Felicity kneeled beside him and shook his arm.

That's when she heard him snore. "Well, asleep is better than dead," she surmised. She was strangely relieved that he wasn't dead, and that she didn't do anything stupid. She took a pink blanket from her bed and covered him.

"Sleeping beauty," she whispered to herself. "And I thought I drank too much."

XXX

When the alarm clock went off, Felicity jumped in her bed, her head pounding.

"What the hell," a rough voice groaned.

Her eyes landed on Oliver who was still on the her floor.

"Good morning, Sleeping Beauty." Felicity smiled at him sheepishly. Her smile warmed up Oliver's heart and despite the obvious hangover, he smiled back at her.

"What happened?" he asked as he got up. "Did we…um?"

"No. No, nothing happened. Thank God! I mean, not that it would be a tragedy,I hope not, but I'm glad we didn't."

"I'm glad too. I didn't want to regret it in the morning. We shouldn't have. It was wrong."

"You fell asleep before anything could happen," she teased him.

"So you covered me with this cute, pink, fluffy blanket and changed into this cute, pink, but not so fluffy pajamas?" Oliver chuckled and shook his head, but regretted it immediately. His head felt like a train wreck.

"Oh… yeah. And we slept in separate beds. I mean I slept in bed and you? You slept on the floor."

"I don't know if it's hangover, or I'm just sore because your floor isn't very comfortable," he began.

"Both, I think" Felicity smiled again and for a while they stood in an awkward silence looking at each other.

"Your smile really is beautiful." Now it was Oliver Queen who said it making her blush, not Jack Daniels.

"You are beautiful."

"Thank you. And you really are handsome."

"So since this is awkward enough already… Maybe we could have a coffee together?" he asked hesitantly. He hoped she would say yes. After all, it couldn't get worse, could it?

"Why not?"

"But maybe not today? I feel… Well, let's say I don't feel very well."

"Me neither. Tomorrow? 1 pm? There's a coffee shop near that club," she

"I'll be waiting."

They were standing in awkward silence again. Felicity was blushing. Oliver's phone rang, and they both jumped and laughed releasing some tension.

"I should probably take this," Oliver stated when he saw Diggle on the screen.

"Go ahead, Sleeping Beauty," Felicity teased him again.

"I have a feeling that I'm only the sleeping part. You are the beauty. See you tomorrow?" Oliver asked as he headed to the front door.

"See you tomorrow," said Felicity with a grin and waved him goodbye.

Thank you for reading! I hope you liked it.

My beta is awesome! THANK YOU AMAZING PERSON!

I'm going to update this story, I don't know when, it's kind of not up to me... I hope I'll post the 2nd chapter about a week later, but I can't promise.