It was finally Friday and Felicity was more than ready for this week to be over. She was walking out to her car thinking about just how odd this week had been. Things with Ray had been weird but they had slipped into a careful pattern of avoiding each other and only speaking when absolutely necessary. She also still hadn't been able to find the picture of the baby she left in her car. Eventually she gave up and decided that she could get another one when she went for her appointment on Tuesday. Also the feeling of someone watching her hadn't gone away all week and she was wondering if she had finally lost it.
It had been such a long week that Diggle and Laurel told her not to come in tonight. They must have noticed she need a night off and she didn't really put up a fight about it. Felicity was feeling really bad that she hadn't told Diggle about the baby yet but he had been so busy with Lyla and Sarah, and she had been so wrapped up in her own little world this past week that she hadn't thought that much about it.
The sound of her stomach grumbling brought her out of her thoughts. "You're hungry aren't you little one," she whispered while patting the barely noticeable bump of her tummy. She had been craving mashed potatoes all week and the people at the KFC drive through we're starting to know her by name. "You're going to make mommy fat," she said as she stepped in the drivers side of the car.
A bucket of mash potatoes and a long drive through line later Felicity pulled into a parking spot by her apartment complex and stepped out of the car. She was grumpy that the line was so long and just wanted to get home and eat. She finally made her way to the door carrying her bucket of mash potatoes in one hand and some fried chicken in the other. She had to jiggle her food around to keep from dropping it and finally got the door unlock. Her apartment was dark and she wished for a moment she had left the light on this morning for when she came home.
"Is is true?" a soft voice came from the living room.
"HOLY FUCK!" she screamed and dropped her food all over the floor.
"Sorry I didn't mean to scare you," the voice spoke again only this time she recognized it. He finally moved to flick on the light and she saw Oliver Queen for the first time in almost three months. She was moving before she could even think. Her food left forgotten on the ground as she ran to throw her arms around the man she loved. She felt his strong arms come around her and tears started to roll down her cheeks. "Shhh," he whispered, "I'm here now." His kind words only made her cry harder and this time she couldn't blame the hormones.
He leaned in and kissed her so softly at first it felt like a feather brushing her lips. His kiss deepened she knew that he felt the same thing she did. She needed him, she needed to feel that he was real. He scraped his teeth against her bottom lip and she moaned. He pushed her up against the wall trapping her there with his body. He moved to kiss down her neck and she moaned. His hips grinding into her and she felt that he wanted her as much as she wanted him. She could feel everything inside her begging for him to rip her clothes off and take her right there but realized that she couldn't do this. Not now, she had to know why he was here and if he was going to stay.
Reluctantly she pulled away from him because as much as she wanted him to hold her, they needed to talk. For the first time she got a good look at him. He had dark circles under his eyes and cuts on his face. He looked awful and broken. "You look like crap," she had said it without thinking and realized that it was kinda rude. Wow way to go Felicity your mouth is speaking without your brain again, she thought to herself.
In response he just laughed and kissed the top of her head. "Your honesty is one of the many reasons I love you."
Finally she was brought back to reality again and remembered why she had broken away from him, "why are you here?"
"I needed to know the truth. I never should have come to see you but I had been following you for the past few days and I needed to know about the baby. My baby." It wasn't a question. He held up the picture she thought she lost and she nodded. "So it's true then you're pregnant and it's my baby," his voice was barely above a whisper. He looked at her and she could see his eyes were swimming with emotion that she couldn't place. He reached out and put his large hand over her barely visible bump.
"I was so scared you were never coming back," she didn't realize she had said it outloud until he answered her.
"I shouldn't have," was his response,"I was in Central City for league business and I had extra time. I only wanted to see you, to make sure you were okay. Then I saw you in go into the doctors office, at first I didn't know what to think and then you came out with that picture in your hand. I guess I just needed to talk to you after that."
She had to admit it was amazing to have him home but the fact that he couldn't stay was like being punched hard in the gut. They looked at each other in silence for a few seconds before Oliver spoke again, "You dropped your dinner."
"Oh shit I forgot about that! That's your fault you know," she turned around to see mashed potatoes all over the floor and chicken that had ended up thrown everywhere.
"I'll take you out for dinner," he said. She hesitated for a second because what if someone saw them together and there was still so much they needed to talk about. He must have seen her hesitation because after a second he said, "Please let me just pretend for a moment we are in deep shit. It's just a guy and a girl on a nice date." He had a sad almost desperate look on his face for a moment before he covered it with his perfect mask.
"Okay, I'd like that." Maybe just for a moment the reality of their situation could be forgotten.
Fifteen minutes later they sat inside an all night dinner. Oliver couldn't understand how Felicity could eat all the food she had just ordered. She must have noticed the way he was looking at her because she gave him what he thought was the cutest smirk ever. "I can eat what I want, pregnant remember," she said pointing to her stomach. He just laughed in response and tried to think how he gotten so lucky. "So are you ever going to tell me why you look like crap?'
"Not right now, normal couple remember," he said in response. She just smiled at him and he was once again stuck by her beauty. "That's for later when when we talk about the heavy stuff but for right now it's just you and me. So how is work?"
"What you mean is how's Ray taking the news." She was always too smart for her own good sometimes, Oliver thought to himself.
"Alright you caught me. I just want to know if he's okay with it."
"He's not in love with the idea of you being my baby daddy, but he's a good man and he'll get used to it."
He smiled at her use of baby daddy, "So that's all I am to you, your baby daddy?"
"Well what would you like me to call you I mean I am pregnant," at that answer he just raised an eyebrow and she laughed. He knew she was joking, their relationship meant more to the both of them than they would care to admit sometimes.
They had been so wrapped up in their conversation they didn't notice the waitress return with their food. "You'll make a cute family," she said with a smile on her face, "if you don't mind me saying so."
Oliver was surprised she had been so observant, "No not at all thank you so much," then he thought of something to add, "I kinda hope it's a boy." He had said it just to ruffle Felicity's feathers assuming she would have some witty reply about how he was too controlling and didn't have any say in the matter. He looked at her and saw that she was shocked by his response. The waitress congratulated them again and walked off. "What was with that face?" he said when the waitress was out of hearing range, "I was expecting some witty response and all I got was shock."
She just stared at her plate of fries for a moment before answering, "You know Oliver for a man with ninja senses you're bad at reading women. I wasn't shocked I was just thinking about you as a father. I know you'll be a great one."
It was his turn to make a dumb face. He hadn't really thought about it yet. He never thought he was father material but he couldn't imagine being a parent with anyone else other than Felicity. He was leaning over the table before he even realized it. "I love you," he mumbled as he leaned in to kissed her and he thought he heard her say it back pressed against his lips.
There you have it folks. I thought I would give them a little happy couple time before they had to talk about the real issues. I mean don't we all avoid hard life issues for as long as we can. Also I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who takes the time to read this story :) you guys are honestly the best!