She waited in the short line at the convenience store for what felt like forever, holding a small white box in her hand. When she finally got to the counter, she reached into her pocket and pulled out some cash, fumbling with it until she counted exact change. Practically throwing it at the cashier, she ran out. She drove home with the radio blasting to drown out her annoying thoughts, and as soon as she got home she threw the door open and ran to the bathroom, ignoring her confused mom.
She read the back of the box and then proceeded to empty its contents on to the counter. She went through all of the instructions carefully, not wanting to mess anything up, and then set the timer on her phone.
5 minutes. In five minutes her whole life could completely change. If she was pregnant, everything would change. She would have to find another place to live because she already felt like she was a burden; imagine an infant. And anyway she wouldn't know how to take care of a baby. She can't even take care of one for one afternoon. And of course there's always one of the biggest problems.
Oliver.
They had just broken up, and Felicity wasn't planning on getting back together with him any time soon, but he does deserve to know. Because even if he lied to her, he didn't deserve to miss out on another child's life. But that brings up another problem. He had to send William and his son's mother away so they wouldn't get hurt, would he do the same with Felicity and her baby?
When the timer went off, she realized she was getting too ahead of herself so she collected her thoughts the best she could and walked up to the test. Slowly she picked it up, but she didn't turn it over. Did she even really want to know? At that moment she wished she could have taken the test, thrown it in the trash, and continued to live in denial.
Of course she knew that was stupid, so she took a deep breath in and flipped the test over.
Two pink lines.
Of course she didn't remember what that meant, so she pulled the box back out of the trash and read the back.
If there are two pink lines it means the test is positive.
Two pink lines means the test is positive.
The test is positive.
Positive.
She cringed as she read and reread the back, walking slowly backwards until she hit a wall. She slid down the wall as she realized what these results meant. She was going to be a mother. She, Felicity Smoke, was going to have a baby; a tiny human that will depend on her for everything. Of course, if the situation was different she would be ecstatic. She would be jumping for joy into her fiancés arms and they would spend the night talking about the aspect of being parents. They would be scared because of the way Oliver and Felicity spend most of their nights, but the excitement over being parents would be enough to make it work.
Now, she's not even speaking to Oliver. She can't trust him with her heart, so how can she trust him with their child.
She was crying so hard that she didn't even hear the door open and see her mother walk in. She didn't even realize it until her mom went down on the floor next to her and put her arms around her.
"Oh Felicity, what's wrong?", Donna asked gently, pushing Felicity's hair out of her face.
Felicity didn't say anything. She just picked up the pregnancy from the ground and handed it to her mom.
"You're pregnant?", she asked her.
Felicity nodded and leaned her head on her mom's shoulder, crying softly.
"Oh honey, shhhh, it's okay, you're going to be okay", she said rubbing her shoulder.
They stayed like that for a couple minutes until they heard Sara crying.
"I'll get her", Felicity's mom said as she got up, but was stopped by Felicity putting her hand on her shoulder saying, "No, I'll get her".
She stood up and went over to Sara, who was crying in her bouncer, picked her up, and rocked her gently until she stopped crying.
"Shhhh shhhh shhhh, it's okay I've got you", she said as the baby calmed down and started to fall asleep on her shoulder.
She turned around to see her mom looking at her with a look of pride on her face.
"What?", Felicity asked confused as she patted Sara's back gently.
"You're going to be a great mom," she said sweetly, "now give me that baby".