"What's your name? "

"Felicity."

"Oh cool. What does it mean?"

The barista's question took Felicity off guard. No one have ever asked her that question.

"Um. Happiness," she said more as if a question than an answer.

"Oh yeah, that makes sense, since 'Feliz' in Spanish means happy…" The barista went on to ramble about the origins of her name, more to himself than her.

Felicity never really gave the meaning of her name a thought.

Huh. Happiness.

She was 7 when she found out what her name meant. Her second grade class had been doing a project including their names and when she had researched hers online, she only remembered the sinking feeling in the pits of her stomach. Happiness? What a load of crap.

Not that she wasn't a happy person herself, her life just had never been happy. She always tried to make the best out of a situation, but that's kind of hard when you always get dealt the bad hand in life. Her father walked out on them when she was just 3 years old, leaving her mom as a single mother trying to raise a child in Viva Las Vegas. And though he mother worked her ass off trying to be both a mother and father, Felicity couldn't help but think how life would have been easier if he never left; how much happier her mother could have been, how much happier they could have been.

So she did the only thing that she could do, try to get the best possible education to get out of there. And she did. She ended up attending MIT, meeting all different kinds of people and even getting hung up in the wrong crowds, but ultimately finding herself. Though, it was one of the most heart wrenching moments of her life.
Her college boyfriend Cooper, after getting locked up for hacking MIT's student loan accounts that she partook in, took his own life in prison.

Or so she thought.

But eventually it became as one of the reasons why she was who she is today. It led her to wanting to be better, to help. And that road led to Queen Consolidated.

She was absolutely thrilled, to just get into the IT Department. After all it was a Fortune 500 company and definitely beats the alternative of going back to Vegas. Little by little her life changed. The company's CEO asked for her help. She met Oliver Queen. Then, she met the Arrow.
If someone had told her that Felicity Smoak from Las Vegas would one day be assisting a superhero she would tell them to get lost. And if life didn't seem crazy enough, she became a CEO of Queen Consolidated turned Palmer Technology.

Sure her hero journey alongside Team Arrow never was easy, but it was worthwhile. She was happy. Somewhere along the road, she fell in love; something she thought that she couldn't have done after Cooper. But hell, who wouldn't fall in love with Oliver Queen? It was beyond her control—

A thrilled shriek broke her train of thoughts.

"Mama! MAMA! "

She turned around to find a little blonde girl in pigtails hurtling her way.

Her little baby girl hurtling her way.

"Mama!" Evie screamed colliding with her leg, hugging it tightly. Felicity leaned forward to hug her little girl.

"Hi baby, I wasn't expecting to see you here!" She said in delight, her voice rising an octave as always when she talked to Evie.

"Yeah well she missed her mom, so we thought to just pick you up from work. They said you already left but I knew you had to get your regular." Felicity looked up to see Oliver walking towards them. "And of course, I missed you too. "

Lifting Evie, Oliver hooked his arm around his two ladies. Felicity buried her face in the crook of his neck, kissing his pulse point. "I missed you too. It was a long day at work."

"Mama, dada, ew! "

Felicity and Oliver laughed at their daughter's apparent disgust, something she did often as she became more aware of the people around her. In such a little space held her entire life. Everything she had work hard for and every pain she suffered is just a little speck of dust compared to the love she has in her life. It had been a long hard fought journey, with herself, with Oliver, with life, but goodness did it make it so much more rewarding.

Felicity looked up at Oliver, the man who first handedly showed her life is so much more than what it dealt you; that you can come out the other side if you want it hard enough- if you fight for happiness hard enough. His love gave her an eternal gift, their eternal blessing— Evelyn.

Oliver was an amazing father in more ways than one, and even if at first he freaked out, he was a natural. He changed her first diaper, he stayed up when Evie cried bloody murder at night, and more than once had Felicity caught him cooing Evie to sleep, proclaiming to always protect and love both of them. Those were the moments that winded her. If only the whole city could see the masked vigilante turned superhero cooing a little baby girl to sleep.

And everyday since their first encounter with the bullet ridden laptop, he has changed her life. She'd never thought she would marry, the concept of 'forever' just didn't appeal to her. Certainly had it never been proven to her, either. Her initial fear of sharing a life with someone who wouldn't stay by your side or losing someone you love was pain she suffered way too many times.
But Oliver changed everything. Together they walked hand in hand fighting their own demons, and together did they conquered them. He was her saving grace just as much as she was his. And everyday that they loved each other transcended their fears.
Piece by piece Oliver restored her faith that life could be kind and a father could be great.

"Felicity?" The barista called out, signaling her order was ready.

Breaking their mini huddle, Felicity walked to the counter grabbing her drink.

"Have a great day! " Felicity perked.

"Have a delightful day as well, Felicity. "

"Mama! Us go!" Evie called out impatiently behind her.

"Coming sweetheart!" Focusing her attention back to the barista she thanked him.

Hand in hand, Evie occasionally skipping, the three of them exited the coffee shop and made their way to the car.

She never thought much of her name or what it meant since she was seven and definitely she didn't expect that a coffee shop barista would remind her, but twenty-four years later, by some sort of miracle, she was who she was always meant to be.
With Oliver and Evie at hand, Felicity finally was happy.