chapter 3 - Smaok'n sausages

It had been 2 weeks since the first time Felicity met Oliver Queen, The real Oliver and for Felicity nothing has been the same since, She had met his sister who has quickly become one of hers and lily's favorite people, Has become very close to his best friend and business partner John Diggle so much so she feels like his little sister and lily has taken to calling him her uncle dig dig or diggle wiggle, Has become on first name basis with his mother and just yesterday had lily for a few hours when her and Walter was unexpectedly called in with an attempted breach, But the biggest change is because of Oliver, He's become integral to her and lily, He spends hours talking a playing games with lily while she cuddles and plays with Oscar , They have dinner together at hers or with dig and the kids out at a restaurant, If they dont spend the day together or dont see each other at all then you can be sure that they will speak on the phone, He'll ring to talk to lily in the mornings and she'll ring at night so Oscar can hear her voice which ends with one of them had falling asleep on the line, But the main one was the small random texting that they will do during a day even if there in the same place, Which is why it was all so confusing to her.

Because they where friends but they didnt feel like just friends, Because there will be little moments the innocent touch that will send Felicity's heart racing or looks that has him stealing her breath, So many time's she would wish to just do something bashful like grab him and kiss him or demand he take her on a date but one look at him or the children and she'll remember how much she could lose if it back fired, It was just getting harder to resist the fantasy of being his woman, Like the paparazzi called her before knowing her name. Her mind couldn't help but drift back to the first news report which had her name is was after a day at the mall with her, Thea , Lily and Oscar, She had caught the pap taking a pictures of her and Thea trying on dresses.

Queen & Smoak'n

caught bonding today was none other then Thea Queen and Felicity Smoak, There was a picture of her and Thea just having stepped out of the car, dressed in jeans and normal t-shirts Felicity wearing a with shirt with the word IT written on it and Thea was wearing a black flared top with thin straps, Both wearing sunglasses from the drive, Complete unaware of being photographed. The woman that has had us all talking about has finally been identified as the one and only Felicity Smoak from Las Vegas Nevada, One can only assume Miss Smoak met Oliver Queen in passing at Queen consolidated where she works as the head of IT, She's a single mother to lily, 4 years old while also working full time, She's certainly standing for us girls in this world of men, I bet our audience would agree, So it leads us to wonder more about what her connect is to Oliver Queen. Sources say they're just friends but could that possible be it, Because they say pictures are worth a 1000 words and we have plenty of those showing them holding hands and sharing secret smiles, And family bonding time with his sister and children, Like today this picture was taken of the girls walking through the mall, The picture showed Felicity pushing Oscar's stroller while Thea held Lily's hand, shopping bags on the handles. One can only assume the found what they where looking for and if they're anything like these dresses then who are these ladies dressing up for? It showed a picture of Thea and Felicity inside a dressing room, Felicity dressed in a tight gold dress the pushed her boobs up and had a slit along the thigh, Thea next to her in a white dress that hugged her slim hips with cut outs at the side of her ribs before showing of lots of cleavage, Making them both look amazing with bare feet and tight dresses. And if not i must ask Oliver Queen why not, Because if he cant tell what 100's of men can now see is that this is one Smoak'n hot blonde.

Thea and she had a long laugh over the phone about that last night, Before talking plans over todays event. Looking at the time on her kitchen wall shes Quick to finish tying the ribbon on the present before calling out to lily to come to the door, Quick to lock every thing she straps lily in before driving the 10 minutes it takes to Olivers new house.

The house had everything he could ever need, Nice big back yard with a swing set/tree house a barbecue pit, Large open kitchen and dining room (for breakfast and small family dinners) a large seating and dinner area and the small corner t.v room, With 4 bedrooms and 3 baths and an office upstairs, The house had everything he or Oscar could need which was the reason he had bought it, But since meeting Felicity and Lily he had been finding the place to big, He cant help but look at a room and picture what they would look like in it and imagine they where there.

Ever since meeting the bubbly blonde he couldnt help but let his mind drift to her and it drifted often, He never could of expected this from needing his laptop to be fixed, She had fixed his laptop and filled a part of him that he didnt even know he was missing and with each passing day she was filling more and more of his life. His mother liked her, Thea and Felicity had become inseparable, John even loved the woman and her daughter had captured his heart and didnt even know that she could get away with murder with him, Thea had Auntie Thea and even had a picture key chain of the two of them together on one side and her and Oscar in the other, Lily brought a bright light to all of them you couldnt meet the girl with out falling in love with her. Which is why its becoming harder to take things slow with her.

But if last nights news and his familys hints didnt tell him he needed to hurry up then it would be whats about to come, Oliver thinks as he catches Digs look and the two of them sneak out to the back heading to the play house (Felicity dubbed it a lair) with a sigh Oliver focuses on his best friend.

"What is it dig" He asks, "what are you playing at Oliver?" He asks not one to beat around the topic, "What do you mean?" He asks knowing exactly what this conversation is about, "You know what I mean Queen, What are you plans for this girl?" He ask a dark eyebrow raised along withe the question.

"I like her dig, I like her a lot but Its not just her dig and its not just me, And Oscar and Lily are two really important factors in what ever happens between us, And with my track record, I dont want to mess this up and break her or lilys and Oscar's heart" Oliver says taking a long drag of his beer, John being all knowing nods before speaking again, "Or yours"

He turns at John but his gaze is focused of the back door where his family where making Oliver look over to there, His breath catching in his throat, "Oliver I've seen you two together and I've seen how you both are with the kids and nothing screams love more then when you both look at them kids, I've seen how you look at Oscar you look at Lily with the same look, And she looks at that boy exactly like you do, And if it was just a look you gave the kids then I would be the first one to tell you not to go there, But its not you have the same look on your face when you at each other, Like you have now" He says causing Oliver to look at him before falling back on Felicity.

"What look is that?" He asks looking at Felicity who has Lily sitting on her hip sandals on there feet, Lily's white with flowers and Felicity wearing a brown pair with metal straps, "Like you see the world in them" He says just as Oliver watches Felicity put lily down before locking eyes with him and pointing with a smile as the girl turns around and smiles too,

"Look right there is the reason you need to step up and take the jump, Because there ready for that and you are too you just got stop talking yourself out of it man" John says as they watch Lily run towards them giggle there names, As her white summer dress dances with the wind, He's quick to swoop her mid run into his arms with a swing causing her to Squeal his name making him laugh.

"He's so cute with her" Moira's voice startles Felicity out of her trance as she watched Oliver with lily and dig, "He really is, She loves him alot, Loves everyone here really" Felicity says smiling at her, starting to feel more and more comfortable with her. Getting a smile in return. "We all have fallen in love with lily too, My son especially, You should of seen him boasting about her the other day" Moira says guiding her down onto the patio dinning area, "Really" Felicity squeaks out as Moira pours her and Felicity some iced lemonade.

"Yes we had brunch with the Bowen's yesterday and he couldn't stop gushing about her to them, It was adorable watching him get so excited over the number 13, At one point I swear they thought he'd gone mad" Moira says shaking her head with a laugh making Felicity join in, "Oh thank god I thought it was just me boasting to other people about lily and Oscar" Felicity says.

At the look Felicity flushes and avoids eye contact mumbling "I may have done a 5 minute presentation on the first time Oscar crawled" Felicity says causing Moira to hold back her laugh like she has often had to in the past when her child did something funny but isnt exactly appropriate so instead ask her to repeat herself.

"I had a meeting with Walter and you know the stuffy suited investor types which make me nervous enough as it is, I mean I'm a computer girl I have never like being centre stage, Its the one part of my job that if i could change to happen only every 6 months I would, So i was sitting looking through my tablet at photos of lily which normally makes me calmer and I was looking at the pictures and videos of Oscar crawling from Monday and next thing i know im in a meet talking about credit reports and i go to sync my tablet with the smart screen" Felicity says causing Moira to concentrate hard on not laughing.

"Only the last video I had was off me on my hands and knees next to Oscar with Lily next to me Crawling along the living room floor, And before I know I have 12 board members listening to me rant on and on about how fast Oscar is how many time it took him to actually crawl with out falling to his stomach and it will be no time before he's walking about, If that stuffy beard peters hadnt snapped something about women not belonging in the board room then i would of continue on presenting your grandson to the board" Felicity says biting her lip shocked when Moira Queen throws her head back and laughs hard causing Felicity to laugh too, Only stopping when there's tears in their eyes.

"Well Jefferey Peters has always been a sexist pig, I never understood why Robert hired him" Moira says "Old money" Felicity supplies and Moira's cocked eyebrow she haltingly explains, "I grew up in fosters homes dotted around the Vegas strip but the time i was 12 I learnt how to count cards, Which is hard its just math and probability but you notice them, Theres different types of money as you probably now, There I just got money swag that most winners walk with after hitting big of a lucky pair of 7, Then there's the money my dad made that I get to spend which is more of a cocky just got laid stride" Her mouth forms an o shape at her own words before Moira gestures for her to continue, "Sorry, yes right then theres old money walk with is a walk of powerful strides with the arrogant posture but no old money walk would be complete with out the confidence that is bred into them through generations of being able to afford what you want, He's old money, although most Old money's walks aren't as hostile as his walk is but personally I think thats more to do with the one thing that makes men the most touchy about" Felicity says Thea choosing that moment to join in the conversation,

"capital E with a disappointing D" She says causing Felicity to burst into laughter as she seats herself the other side of her mother "I swear some one should just buy the guy a bottle of the blue pills for Christmas and maybe he would be so dissatisfied all the time" Thea says which makes every one laugh.

"Thea" At her mothers exclamation they all chuckle some more.

"Did you tell her about brunch yet mom" Thea asks after they dried there eyes, "Yes, Turns out he isn't the only one that likes to brag about the children" Moira replies "You should of seen them both lis, He wasn't the worse though that title belongs to this one" Thea says pointing a thumb in her mothers direction, Causing Felicity's head to snap in the direction of the Queens matriarch in shock.

"Hey I was only telling the truth, It's not my fault the Bowen's dont know genius when they hear about it" Moira says causing Felicity to smile, "You should of been there, Honestly it was Lily recited the alphabet and only got stuck a the m's and n's, Oscar crawled to lily the other day used her to pull himself to his feet, Lily sang twinkle twinkle little star, Oliver sent me the recording it was beautiful" The says imitating her mothers voice pretty well causing the woman's eyes to roll

"Like i said her rendition was beautiful and it was the best thing the Bowen's were ever going to hear" Moira says with iron steel conviction lacing her words, "You were just as bad, You wouldn't stop going on about how cute her outfits were and all the ones she has yet to even get, Let me tell you Felicity i once had to donate 2 whole years worth of clothes that she had bought but hadn't worn once, And god help you if she does the same for lily and Oscar, You'd be donating clothes every week" Moira says not noticing her use of words, Words that imply she would have say over both lilys and Oscars closets and not just Lily's as if she was going to be with them all ever day of every week.

The thought had her hands clenching and her heart beating loud in her ears, Her eyes couldn't help but drift to where Oliver had Lily on his shoulders running from Diggle laughing, and like it always does her throat clogs with emotion when his eyes catch hers, IT the wink he sends her that does it, So when she hears Oscar on the baby monitor she practically vaults from her chair and up to his nursery.

He watches her go and can't help but be confused so he heads to his mother and sister who are still in there seats, "Hey where did Felicity go" He ask only to be hit by both women "Ow" He says looking at Walter who is manning the barbecue "What are you PLAYING AT OLLIE " Thea whisper yells at him "What they hell speedy?" He Ask confused he looks to his mother who just shakes her head at him "You should go after her" is all she offers, He cant say anything for Thea starts talking poking his chest with his finger.

"You Oliver Jonas Queen need to go up to her and just ask her on a date then kiss her is she starts to babble, Hell kiss her before asking her on a date because i swear to go Ollie she's the one woman there is for you, I mean she's upstairs tending to a son thats not even hers, But all you have to do is look at her face or his for that matter when they see each other, All they see is love, She make's us all happy and she makes you happy, And not just Oscar's or lily's in my arms im content happy but ear to ear cheek splitting grin jump ontop of sofas happy, So will you please put us all out of our misery and go ask her on a date" She says slumping down into her seat exhausted from her speech, One look at them all is all it takes for him to rush up to his son's bedroom.

"There your all ready for the party bubba" She says picking Oscar up so that hes sat on the dressing table, The ten month old dressed in blue overalls and a white top and blue pinstriped grandfather hat, Her eyes water at the thought of him never really being hers.

"Oh god ladies are going to have such trouble with you aren't they, One look from you Queen men and thats it putty in your hands" She says smiling at how he's talking back to her in giggles and squeals, "I mean you dad pretty much invented the look I'm sure , He probably spent years perfecting it, Where as you my little man had it on point from the very beginning, I'm sure your grandmother and auntie will both back me up on that, I mean one look into your adorable face and i was a gonna" Felicity says laughing at him, Picking him up Oliver watches as she peppers his son's face with kisses making his Oscar laugh loudly.

Which Felicity will put down to him being able to sneak in with out her noticing, "Come on little man lets get you downstairs and see what your daddy is up to- AGH" she screams.

Unbeknownst to them upstairs, Thea, Moira, Walter and Dig are crowded round the baby monitor downstairs laughing at the conversation/confrontation that is happen on the other side of it.

"What are you, Some body needs to put a bell on you Oliver, You can't just sneak up on people like that" Felicity says scowling at his laughing face "What why are you laughing at me, It's not fun-" Her protest are cut off by his hands cradling her face one slipping around her head the other landing at the small of her back pulling her into his awaiting lips.

His lips tasted better then she could of ever imagined the could, Molding to hers like the were meant to be attached forever, Tingles shot down her spine as the butterflies erupted up into her chest, All the air in her body left when he swiped his tongue across her bottom lip, A moan that was more of a soft sigh left her throat at this opening her mouth to him, The feel of her tongue meeting his caused him to groan low in the back of his throat if it wasn't for the tiny hand on his cheek reminding his that his son was in her arms Oliver felt as though he could kiss her all day, But reluctantly and with great effort he pulled away stealing a one, two , Four pecks of her lips before pulling his away from hers.

Finding her eyes still closed when his open he cant help but laugh lightly before tucking a stray hair behind her ear, Which has her eyelids lifting so her eyes could meet hers "Umm wh-what was that for" She asks biting her lip in the hopes that it will help her hide any up coming disappointment.

"Because not doing that has been driving me crazy" He says "oh, Oh" she says her eyes widening again making him almost laugh if his next question didnt cause him to feel like he could take flight at any moment and hide under his bed "Felicity would- Go out with me" "Yes" She says it with out so much as a hesitation that he laughs and kisses her quickly again, Before leading her out of Oscars room and downstairs.

When they reach the back yard the others have to quell the urge to clap and shout victoriously for them but instead they settle in for slightly burnt burgers and hot dogs and a good conversation with easy laughs and shared smiles.

not even aware that their hands are constantly finding each other through out the rest of the day.

sneak peak next chapter.

build up

It had been a week since Oliver had asked Felicity out and now tonight was the night, The night, THE night of her's and his first date , Thea had Volunteered herself babysitter for the night so after spending the day with her and lily, She left Felicity's around 5 so she had plenty of time to get ready, But that also meant that Felicity had time to think, Which only led to thoughts about the new level of tension around her and Oliver ever since the first kiss,

how was they expected to keep their hands to their self's if she's wearing this and he wears what ever he wears because god help her she finds everything he wears sexy, Before she can think any more the front door knocks.