I am so sorry it took me so long to upload this chapter. I was so busy in college and had a wee little block. I knew what I wanted next in this chapter but didnt know how to phrase it. Here it is though. I really hope you enjoy it. We get to see a lot of Nicole and Felicity interaction in this chapter which I was really excited for. I will try and upload a new chapter by Friday at the latest. As you may notice my last chapter ended with "Hi mam" I'm Irish so mam is what we'd refer to rather than mom but in this chapter and for future chapters I will you mom. Thank you so much for reading. I hope you continue to. Thank you to everyone who is reviewing, it means a lot. Enjoy this chapter. Much love x


Previously on A Chance To Change The Past:

"Six okay! I was six when you died!" The words left Nicole's mouth before she could say anything.

That was not what Felicity was expecting at all, she was a bit taken back by this. Now this made zero sense. Nicole wouldn't have been old enough to know her well. "This is making no sense. If you were six why do you want to change my fate. I could understand if it was Oliver, I mean he's you dad-" she froze mid sentence. The realisation of the truth hit her like a tonne of bricks. It couldn't be though. "That's not possible I'm not….. I mean I can't be…." Felicity mostly talking to herself at this point.

"That's right. Hi mom."


Felicity stood frozen in place for the next couple of moments. Never had she expected to her that. Sure she noticed Nicole acted weird around her, but never had she expected it to be because she was her mother. Maybe she did deep down but she never let herself believe in the possibility that she and Oliver would ever get together. She felt herself suffocating, she needed air. She needed to process everything. She made a move towards the door. "Felicity wait" Nicole whispered, stoping her in her tracks. There was a tone in Nicole's voice that told her she needed to stay and hear her out. Turning around she could see the worry and desperation in her eyes. She slowly made her way towards the couch, preparing herself for what she was about to hear.

"3, 2, 1 ready or not here I come" Oliver chant. Things were finally going well in Starling City. Crime rate was low. He was once again CEO of Queen Consolidated and he was married to the love of his life with a beautiful daughter. Oliver had never thought he would be this happy, that things could actually work out for him.

He searched the house of his little girl, having no luck in finding her where she hid. For a six year old you'd think he'd find her in no time, but then again this was a pretty big house and she was extremely bright for her age. Though this didn't surprise him considering who her mom was. "You're going to have to give me a clue or it's going to take me all day to find you" he called out. The response he got was a little giggle coming from the staircase. He laughed, and headed towards it. Slowly he put his hand on the door knob, trying not to make a sound. Once he opened it he saw his little girl sitting on the floor. "Looks like you found me daddy" Nicole giggled. He laughed in return, "I did. Now how about that movie, it's getting late." She reached her little arms towards him indicating she wanted to be lifted. Again he laughed and leaned down to take her in his arms.

As they began walking to the living room there was a knock at the door. With Nicole still in his arms he went to answer it, revealing Captain Lance on the other side. "Captain, what can I do for you?" Oliver asked, instantly worried. "Hi Oliver, I wish I could say I'm here with good news. Hey sweetie, how are you?" he smiled towards Nicole. "Hi Mr. Lance. Me and daddy are going to watch 'Tangled'. Do you want to watch it with us?" All he could do was smile back, thinking to himself of the heart breaking news he was about to share. "Maybe next time sweetie, I need to talk to your dad for a second if that's okay with you." She nodded with a smile on her face. Since she was born he had never seen that child unhappy. "Sweetie, why don't you go in and get ready to watch the movie while Mr. Lance and I talk?" Oliver said, becoming increasing more worried by the news Lance was waiting to share. Giving Oliver a kiss on the cheek, she climbed out of his arms and ran towards the sitting room. Before she went inside she turned back to her dad and Mr. Lance. They spoke quietly that she could hardly hear what they were saying. After one more look she went inside.

After a while she got bored of waiting for her dad so she went out to see where he was. When she opened the door she saw him sitting on the stairs with his head in his hands while Mr. Lance was on the phone. She quietly walked over and sat down next to him. "Daddy what's wrong." She asked. Oliver looked down to see her sitting there. He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her tight. After a while he pulled away and looked down to her. "Sweetie, there's something I need to tell you. It's about mommy." He started, not sure how to tell her. "What's the matter daddy, is she on her way home?" confusion was written all over her face. "That's the thing sweetie. Mommy won't be coming home." Tears forming in his eyes, this was the first time he would say the words out loud. "She's gone to heaven to see grandma Queen." Nicole was too young to understand. "Why did she go? Did I do something to make her mad? Did you?" She asked. "No, no sweetie. She didn't want to go. She loves you so much and if she could she'd still be here." Hugging her again so she wouldn't see how much this was killing him. Nicole broke away from the hug. "I want mommy. I want to see mommy. She wouldn't leave without saying goodbye. I want mommy!" She began to scream and cry.

She had told her what she remembered of that day. "I was six when it happened. I don't have many memories from then. I do remember your smile when you'd come home from work, you and dad cooking dinner in the kitchen, how happy you two were" Nicole smiled to herself at the memories, but the smile soon turned into a frown. "Then I remember you not coming home. I remember the pain in dad's eye when he told me that you had gone to see 'grandma Queen in heaven'. I remember him breaking down. Captain Lance told him himself because he was so close to you guys. I spent a lot of time between Digs and Thea's around then. Dad, he just broke."

"I'm so sorry Nicole. My dad left when I was very young. I told myself that if I ever had kids I'd never let them be alone, that I would always be there for them. Turns out I'm not." Felicity felt herself get a bit emotionally just thinking about it. "It's not your fault Felicity. It's not like you chose to leave. I'm sorry for everything, making you feel awkward, like I had anything against you. I guess I'm not as great at hiding my feelings as I thought. I just, every time I see you I get a flash back to take day. I didn't mean to be distant. I just, I don't think I can handle losing you again. Going back to a future were you may not actually be there." She took a breath, feeling the tears threatening to show. She started to imagine what life will be like when she gets home. "Just the thought of getting close to you, knowing you and then losing you, it's something I don't think I can handle. When I found out what had happened, me coming to the past that is, I thought that if I just, I don't know, acted neutral towards you no one would notice. I had no idea how to act with you. I just got scared. I'm so sorry for treating you like I have. I know I said Dig would try and fix this but there's no guarantee that you'll be there when I get back. I want to try, I really do and I know I will regret it if I don't, but I need time." All she wanted to do was to run into her arms and have her tell her everything was going to be okay. She couldn't cross that line though. Even though Felicity now knew the truth Nicole still refused to allow her in. As much as she wanted to she knew that if she did and she went back to an unchanged future it would tear her apart and she would lose her all over again.

"Why don't we take it baby steps then? Instead of jumping into knowing me and getting close to me, why don't we start with knowing each other. Not as mother and daughter but as people. You can tell me about you, your hobbies, interests and I will tell you mine?" Felicity suggested. With a smile Nicole nodded. They then proceed to join the others.

"Hey you're back, I was starting to get worried", Oliver greeted them as they entered. Felicity froze when she seen him. Nicole noticed and nudged her before he did too. "Em yea, we just had a lot to talk about. Now that we have I'll just get on with some work." Felicity hurried down the stairs and brushed passed him straight to her desk. "Is she okay?" Oliver asked giving Nicole a confused look. She smiled, "She will be, she just….found out stuff about the future. She just needs to process everything." Oliver gave her a nod in response and proceeded to train with Roy. Maybe Felicity finding out wouldn't be the worst thing to happen.

It had been a week since Felicity found out the truth about the future. Nicole had yet to tell her exactly how and when it happened. As agreed they took baby steps. Each night when they went home they would each share a story along with a tube of mint chocolate chip ice-cream. Nicole felt both joy and sadness. Finally she got to experience what it was like to have her mother around. Stay up just talking to her soon became Nicole's favourite part of the day. Although as happy as she was there was still that little voice in the back of her head saying this wasn't going to last forever and there was a very real possibility that she was going to go home to where her mother wouldn't be. She tried so hard to ignore that part of her brain and enjoy the time she had with her.

"Okay, why don't we stop with the stories for tonight and I ask some questions about the future?" Felicity asked. Nicole thought about it for a moment before agreeing. "When do Oliver and I get together? It is killing me at this stage." Felicity laughed. Nicole groaned the one question she hoped she wouldn't ask. "I won't fully answer that" Felicity went to protest. "No hang on I said I wouldn't fully answer it. Hey for all I know you knowing could have changed that all together. But I will tell you some parts. Whenever I had a bad dream or I just missed you, dad would tell me stories. And I don't know why but I would always request the day you two first met. Then one night he said, 'I'll tell you a new story, the day I knew that no matter what happened your mom and I would end up together.' I think I was 10 at the time. Ever since that night, that was the story I always requested, along with the one of the day you first met.

"Anyway what I can tell you is that one night, you and dad were walking along a certain area, I can't tell you where. It was just like any other night. You were talking, even laughing. There was some kind of street performance that you stopped to watch," she paused, remembering the memory of when her dad told her. For the first time in so long the tears that were in her eyes were happy ones. "You were looking at the performance with a smile on your face, thinking at how great it was. Dad stopped to look at you and he said everything changed. He no longer looked at you like you were the woman he loved but couldn't be with because it was dangerous. He said he looked at you like you were the woman he loved that would fight to be with and protect." Smiling to herself she added, "he stopped being so stubborn and finally took Digs advice and listened to his heart rather than his head." Nicole looked up to see Felicity had tears in her eyes. Without warning Felicity reached out and hugged her. Following her dad's actions she stopped listening to her head, telling her this was a bad idea. She listened to her heart and returned Felicity's hug.