He was confined.

Or so Emil told him to be sure he didn't even try to move: Chloe would have never allowed him out of bed if the doctor said he couldn't. So here he was, lying on his king size bed watching his daughter playing with her little fox puppet and trying not to look too amazed by her. She did really look a lot like her mother, not that he complained (he really adores her mother), but there were some parts of Olivia that screamed "QUEEN" all around: the little dimple on her chin, to start with, definitely came from his side of the family, her hair were brownish just like his and he could swear that she would later become a brunette. She was indeed the most beautiful baby he had ever seen. He had never been too much around kids; he didn't think he was the daddy-type, so he couldn't judge. All he knew was that his daughter was the most gorgeous girl on Earth. With her mom, obviously.

-She's not going to disappear, you know?-

Chloe Sullivan was absolutely radiant: she smiled more, she laughed more and she was happy all the time and just because the man she loved was back. She had been watching them for a few minutes now, certain that Oliver wouldn't notice with Olivia in the same room. Since he came back, a few weeks earlier, Oliver could not stay away from their daughter for more than a few minutes; he was, as some could call him, the most overprotective parent she had ever seen, he even surpassed the General, she dared say.

Olivia had been playing on the bed, stopping just a few times to grab her dad's finger, chew it for a second, then go back to her games short moments later and giggle some more noticing her big toe. In the meantime Oliver watched completely captured by the little girl: Chloe noticed how Oliver watched her intensely, as if trying to understand the meaning of life itself.

-I am going to make sure of that. She-he took her in his arms and stood up-Is going to be the most protected girl on the planet. I am going to watch over her and, when I'm not here, I'll order all your aunts and uncles to be there for you and your mom- he stopped in front of Chloe and kissed her lightly on the lips.

-I'm afraid to find out how you're going to deal with her future boyfriends-Chloe said smiling and cuddling her daughter. Oliver simply frowned: he didn't want to think about her growing up, not now that she was so young.

They headed for the kitchen and Oliver put Olivia in her crib as she was falling asleep and he didn't want to wake her up abruptly. He watched her as she drifted in a peaceful sleep and then joined Chloe at the coffee table.

-You heard 'bout Mia and Bart?-he asked her. Since he had nothing to do and all his work had been taken care of, all Oliver could do was gossiping. When she shook her head he decided to share the latest news with her-As it seems, Olivia will soon have a play mate-

-Mia's pregnant?-she asked shocked. She was too young and she was a lot concerned: those two were troublemakers and she didn't know if they could handle a baby on their own.

-Yeah. Believe me, I had the same reaction when Bart confessed it to me: he even asked my permission to marry her! Me!-

She wasn't really surprised: Bart knew that Oliver was like a big brother to Mia and she considered him her only family, it was just natural for him to ask Oliver for his permission.

-What did you say to him?-she said standing up and looking for Olivia's dummy. She knew that her daughter would wake any minute now to claim it because she really couldn't sleep without it.

-That it wasn't up to me but if Mia did say yes, he had our permission-he answered handing her the dummy.

She simply nodded at his statement and thought about Mia and Bart: they were young, inexperienced and in constant danger. Someone would always try to hurt them and with a baby on the way they could not risk their life as often as they now did. They would have to be careful even in the future to be sure not to live their child an orphan. They definitely could not have a child.

-They'll keep the baby-Oliver said taking his chair and putting it in front of Olivia's crib.

-Hum?-she was so focused on her thoughts that she didn't hear him.

-I know what are you thinking about and they are going to keep their child. Just as you did-

-Things are different-

-How?-

-We're older-she spat back.

-Age doesn't matter. We both know that Bart and Mia know more things that other kids their age. Plus, you're young too but here you are, dealing with a child and an injured boyfriend, handling the whole situation great-he suddenly stood up to walk towards Chloe and surrounding her with his arms-When you found out about Olivia didn't you think about the danger?-

-Of course I did. That was the first thing I thought about-she said trying to chase away the memories of their months apart.

-And what did make you realize that having her wouldn't have been that bad?-

-That she might've been the only thing I had left of you-she stated not turning around to make sure he didn't see her tears. Chloe didn't want him to know how scared and sad she had felt because she knew he would've started to feel guilty.

- I'm here now, with both of you. But you have to understand that we won't be here forever, she won't always have one of us to rely on-she was starting to protest but he shut her up- I'm only saying that what we do, as great and good as it can be, is not something safe and I don't know if we'll ever see our children grown up. Yet, she is here, breathing and living like a normal child with normal parents-

-We're not normal-she turned around and smiled lightly.

-I know. And she isn't going to be either because, having great parents like us, makes her great-

-Vain much!-she grinned.

-Come on, you love me for being so-he said kissing her. He cupped her cheek and gently stroked it with his thumb-Plus, I've already ordered her a compound bow-

-Oliver, she's four months old!-she protested.

-Give her a few months and she'll start walking. When you're destined to be an archer you'd better start young!-he let go of Chloe and approached the yellow crib in which Olivia was sleeping soundly-You're going to be a great new Arrow, Liv-

Author's Note:

I really want to thank all those who like my story so far and I hope this chapter was up to your expectations. I was thinking about two more chapters, maybe about Mia and Bart's wedding and then another that takes place a few years later (tell me what you think about it).

Considering that during summer I can hardly go to sleep I made a little trailer for this fic and put it on Youtube, so here's the link: .com/watch?v=1X30NtpmVKc&feature=youtube_gdata

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