Felicity's Fight Chapter 2, an arrow fanfic

Felicity was finishing up some paperwork when her phone rang. She saw it was Thea and answered.

"Hey Thea. Listen I'm going to be late to the club tonight I need to talk to your brother but I have over 30 documents that need my signature..."

"Felicity stop. Why didn't you tell me?"

"Tell you what?"

"That you're pregnant."

Felicity felt like her heart was going to beat out of her chest. "Wha...how did you find out?"

"Your mom saw the ultrasound photo on your laptop and came here. She started talking to Oliver like he knew what she was talking about and then she showed all of us the photo."

"Oh no."

She couldn't control herself. She started crying quite loudly. Thea was startled.

"Umm, please don't cry. I'm not mad."

"But Oliver is. I know he is."

"He...he...he's in shock."

"I wanted to tell him today and now..."

"Well he's not mad. Really more surprised then mad. Why don't you come here and we can all talk about it."

"All?"

"Well more just me and Ollie. Laurel got called into court and John went home."

"Okay. I'm leaving now."

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Thea hung up and went back downstairs. Oliver was sitting with John and Laurel. Thea looked at them.

"You two need to go. Just for now."

John stood without argument but Laurel looked at her.

"Why are we leaving?"

"I just talked to Felicity. She's on her way here and she thinks that she is just meeting Ollie and I." She looked at her brother. "She didn't want you to find out like this. She sounded really upset over the phone."

Laurel stood. "We're a team and she didn't think that she could trust us."

"She did...well kind of."

They all looked at her confused. She took a deep breath and clarified.

"She was having really bad back pain so I went to the doctor with her. When the doctor ordered the blood test and MRI...Felicity didn't want to worry anyone. But she told me everything was fine."

John looked at Laurel. "Let's give them some privacy."

Laurel glanced between Oliver, who was looking at his sister stunned, and Thea. "Alright."

Once they heard the elevator doors close Oliver stood.

"You should have told me."

"Told you what? That your ex-fiancé is having back pain? There was nothing either of us could have done. I just wanted to be there for her. But I didn't know about the baby."

He sighed and sat back down. Thea sat next to him.

"Well now you know. What are you going to do?"

He looked at her. "What do you mean?"

"You're going to be a dad. You didn't...well you weren't there for William since day one. So make it up with this one."

"When my enemies found out about William they went after him. What if they do that to this one?"

She sighed. "I don't know. But I think you and Felicity need to be having this conversation."

Just then the elevator dinged and Felicity stepped out. Thea stood and smiled. She saw how upset her friend looked. She glanced at her brother.

"I'm going to give you two some privacy."

She walked over and hugged Felicity for a second before stepping onto the elevator. Once she was gone Oliver stood and looked at her. Felicity walked towards him slowly and spoke quietly.

"Hi."

When she was less then a foot away from him she sighed.

"So Thea told me that my mom told you."

He nodded. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"I was going to tell you tonight. I never wanted to keep this from you. I just..."

"Just what?"

"I didn't know how you would react."

They stared at eachother for a few minutes before he motioned for her to sit. Once she was seated he sat down across from her.

"How far along are you?"

"10 weeks. I've only known for 2."

He felt his anger rising so he took a deep breath. "2 weeks? 2 weeks and there wasn't a good time to tell me?"

"I wanted to wait until I had an ultrasound and met with the ob/gyn."

"And?"

She pulled something out of her bag. Slowly, she handed him a disc. He glanced at it for a second before turning a sliding it into the computer. Soon the little blob of their baby was moving on the screen. Oliver stared at it and felt a wave of different emotions. He pulled himself together and looked at her.

"So it's okay?"

She nodded and stood. She leaned over him for a second and pointed. "The flicker is the heartbeat. They said it was moving around a lot."

Once the recording was over, Oliver pulled the disc out and tried to hand it to her. Felicity shook her head.

"Keep it."

He held the disc in his hands and spoke to her quietly. "If anyone finds out about it. You both could be in danger."

She sat back down and moved her chair closer. "I'm not going anywhere. And I am not quitting."

He sighed in frustration. "It would be safer..."

She interrupted him. "Oliver I know what could happen. In case you forgot it has happened before. But I am not going to stop helping you save people." She took a deep breath and grabbed his hand. "We are both going to be parents and neither one of us has a normal job. I refuse to let you give up being The Green Arrow. It's who you are. And I like being the Techie fix it girl on the sidelines. So don't try and send me away or convince me to quit."

After a few minutes he nodded. "Okay." He hesitated before asking. "What about us?"

She sighed and pulled her hands away. "I...I think we need to stay apart."

"Felicity I didn't want to keep secrets from you. I had too and now I regret it more then anything."

"I know you do. I just don't think I can be with someone who can't trust me. And more importantly who I can't trust."

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"Are you sure that you don't want me to stay?"

It had been 3 weeks since Felicity's pregnancy became known to everyone. Donna had been staying with her making tons of plans and buying things that Felicity really didn't want her to. But still she was sad to see her mom leave. She faked a smile.

"Go home mom. I'll be fine."

"Okay. But Thea and I are going to throw you a baby shower and when we do i'm staying until the baby is born. Then i'm sure I can stay for a couple months after just until you get the hang of things."

Felicity gritted her teeth but smiled. "Well that's a few months away. I love you."

"I love you too."

Once she was in her cab Felicity let out a sigh of relief. She sank down against the closed door and put her hand on her tiny bump.

"This is going to be a long 5 months."

She stood back up and got herself ready for the day. When she went into work she called Curtis into her office.

"Over the next few months I will be putting things in place for me to take MAT leave."

He nodded. "So you'll need someone to take over?"

"I already have the VP lined up to cover for me in my absence. I need you to keep an eye on him for me. Make sure that Palmer Tech is being run the way I want it to be."

"Of course but that's months away."

"Well I want to take 4 months. Starting when i'm around 36 weeks. I don't want to be walking into a meeting and have my water break over someone's fancy shoes and then I'm going to want to be with my baby."

"Alright. So where do we begin?"

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Thea was doing some pushups when she heard the elevator ding. Felicity stepped off and she stood.

"Hey. Can you pass me my water?"

Felicity tossed it to her and Thea smiled.

"Thanks." She took a huge sip then sighed. "We've been training all day. Apparently our cardio isn't up to Mr. Arrow's standards."

Felicity laughed and sat down at a computer. "Well if you need a break I could use a hand."

"Anything."

She opened up her program and plugged in a flash drive. "I came across this at work today. I think your dad left it."

Thea made a face. "Which dad?"

"Robert." She started typing and showed it to her. "Do you see these sets of numbers here?"

She nodded. "Yeah but what does it mean?"

"They're wire transfers."

"Okay..."

"Made after he was dead."

Thea looked up stunned. "How?"

"No idea. But they are all at least a year after he died. I mean we're talking almost a billon dollars here."

"Well that kind of money doesn't just disappear."

"Exactly what I thought. And the beautiful thing about money, it always leaves a paper trail."

"So you may be able to find where it was going?"

"Hopefully."

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Oliver walked into the Arrowcave the next morning and found Felicity asleep at her desk. He hesitated before nudging her.

"Felicity."

She jerked awake. "What!"

She looked around and saw it was Oliver. She let out a sigh of relief.

"Don't do that!"

He laughed. "Sorry. Were you here all night?"

She nodded. "I've been trying to track something. It's harder then I thought."

He sat down next to her. "Maybe I can help?"

"You? Mr. Tech Support whenever his computer crashes?"

He smiled. "I can try."

She nodded and showed hi the same group of numbers. "You see these? They are all cash transactions that your father supposedly made a year after he died."

Oliver looked surprised. "My mom?"

"I don't think so. All the transfers were done on the same day each month and always for the same amount, 5 million."

He snapped to attention. "Who?"

She typed again and pulled up another screen. "I finished that part last night. They were all wired to bogus companies in Central City."

"So someone wanted them to look legit."

"Who had access to your dad's account other then your mom?"

He thought for a minute. "I don't know. e really didn't trust a lot of people with money."

She started typing and something popped up. "Well do you want the good news or the bad news?"

"Just give it to me."

"These all go to basically the same off shore bank account. It hasn't been touched since right after your dad died. It looks like this is where his life insurance money went."

He looked closer. "But who put it in a separate account?"

"Could have been Walter."

He shrugged. "So what is the good news?"

"Your name is on this account. This money is for you and Thea to split."

He was speechless. She almost laughed at the look on his face. She just continued.

"So that gives both of you around 30 million."

He gulped. "I never knew that my dad..."

"Protected you?"

He nodded and she kept reading.

"Judging by the amount it also looks like you got the insurance money from the boat as well that crashed. As well as if the business ever sold. He made it to wear 20% of it's market value went to you both. I have to say this is impressive."

"Well he was a very smart man."

She wrote something down and handed it to him. "Call this number. They should be able to transfer the funds."

He nodded. "Thank you...for looking into this."

"My pleasure."

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Felicity had just put on her pajamas and was eager to crawl into bed when someone knocked on the door. She groaned. When she opened it Oliver was standing there. She threw him a look.

"I thought we had the night off?"

He smiled. "We do. I wanted to talk to you."

She let him inside and she relocked the door.

"So what's this about?"

She turned towards him and noticed he was staring at her. She almost asked what was wrong but then she followed his gaze to her stomach. She had a small but defined bump that was very noticeable in her pajama tank top. She smiled.

"Make one Big Belly Burger comment and I will take you down."

He laughed. "I just...never noticed it."

She gestured for him to sit. "Can I get you anything?"

"No i'm fine thanks."

She sat down on the opposite end of her couch. He looked around the apartment and smiled.

"I like the new place. It's very you."

She smiled. "Well considering I do live here I will take that as a compliment."

He pulled something out of his pocket and looked at it. "I um called that bank in the Camen Islands. They were able to transfer the funds to Thea and I."

"Mr. Queen is a millionaire once again?"

He laughed. "Yeah. Well I wanted to...well here."

He handed her something. She opened the folded paper to reveal a check for 15 million dollars. She looked up at him shocked.

"What's this for?"

He looked uncomfortable. "It's for...it. I just want to make sure it's taken care of."

"You do know I have a job right?"

"Well in case you want to quit. I mean you don't have to work if you don't want to."

She smiled slightly and forced the check back into his hands. "Do you really want to deal with me if I have no one to talk techie stuff with everyday? Laurel will kill you herself."

He laughed and then looked serious. "Felicity, you really...we really...we can be a family."

Her face softened and she moved a little closer. "We don't have to be together for us to be a family. I want you to be involved as much as you want. Besides I would need a giant laser to keep Thea away."

"You really will let us?"

"Of course. It's your baby too."

He cracked a smile. "When it's born, do you mind if i'm in the room? I really want to be there."

She nodded. "That's fine. I was going to ask Thea to be in there anyways." She then remembered something that she felt needed to be shared. "I don't want to know the gender before it's born. I would rather be surprised."

"That's fine with me." He glanced at the clock and the bags under her eyes. "I'll let you get some rest."

He stood up quickly. Felicity copied but grabbed something before he reached the door. She handed him a business card.

"My next ultrasound is next week if you want to come."

He nodded. "I'll be there. Have a good night."

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