Author's note: so I got an early start on these and now I have 5 chapters total to update with today... lots of family fluff... Mama Smoak visits (so glad she will be back during season 4)... and Connor makes a friend...

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A soft giggle came from the room as the cartoons played in the background. Connor was trying to focus on his new friend and the cartoons but he was dying to see the dresses upstairs. He had never done well with surprises and this one was killing him. He needed to see. Connor stood and started to sneak quietly up the stairs.

When he stopped just outside Felicity and Oliver's door, he felt a small bump into his back. "What are you doing?"

"Lis is trying on wedding dresses. I want to see."

"Are you sure that is a good idea? That is usually something brides do alone. Or with their mom."

"I know but I want to see how pretty she looks. She always looks so nice but she is going to look extra special that day."

"Yeah. Girls always do on their wedding day. She did look really pretty when she picked you up today."

"Yeah and she always dresses like that. She is pretty even in jeans."

"Do you like her?"

"Of course she is my mommy."

"No I mean like a crush."

"No!" Connor shouted then dropped his voice when she hushed him. "No. She is my mommy and my dad loves her. She is just pretty. I want a girl like her some day. She is super smart and cool and pretty so what more could I want in a girl?"

"Oh." Sammy blushed a bit. Most of the boys at school never talked to girls or if they did they were mean to them. They were all immature. Connor being into girls like that meant a lot to her. She liked it.

"What are you two doing?" A deep voice asked behind them. They turned from where they had been trying to spy at the door to find Diggle standing there smiling at them.

"Dig, Lis is trying on wedding dresses and I wanna see. Please?" Connor begged.

Diggle tried to push down the chuckle that was growing deep within him. The two kids looked as if they were trying to catch a peek at their Christmas gifts. A smile grew as he noted, "How about we ask?" Diggle knocked on the door only to have Thea pop her head out seconds later. "These two were wondering if they could see the dresses."

"Are you two alone?"

"Yeah. Only me, Sammy and Diggle. No dad. He left about 10 minutes ago to go get the pizzas for dinner."

"Okay. Just don't say anything to him. Understand?"

The two kids nodded vigorously then ran into the room, pushing past Thea as quickly as possible. Thea turned back into the room with Diggle joining her as a quiet chuckle escaped them both. As soon as the kids were in full view of Felicity they stopped, their jaws and eyes wide open.

"Hey Sweetie. Whatcha think?" Felicity giggled and spun around so he could get a full view of the gown she has been in for the last 30 minutes as the seamstress pinned it to make it fit perfectly.

"You are so beautiful." Sammy smiled as Connor stayed silent. She walked up the dress and put her hand out to touch it but stopped. She glanced up to Felicity, silently asking permission to which Felicity nodded, then brushed her hand over the bellowing soft fabric that made up the skirt. "You look like a princess from my story book."

"That's cause she is going to be a Queen." Thea giggled as she sat down on a stool nearby.

"Thanks for that, Thea. I swear the joke will never get old." Felicity noted sarcastically. "Thank you Sammy."

"Can I see your ring?"

"Sure." Felicity smiled and showed off her in engagement ring.

"It is so pretty. I like the green. It that your favorite color?"

"It's right up there. Same as pink. And red." Felicity grinned thinking what each color meant to her relationship with Oliver.

"It's like it."

"Me too. Oliver did a good job I think."

"Yeah. He seems like a keeper." Sammy giggled.

"Oh definitely. He definitely is a keeper." Felicity smiled down at the young girl.

Connor had still not said a word or even moved. He just stared at her, taking in every inch of her in the dress. Felicity had been wearing light makeup that day and still had her hair pulled back and the veil attached so she looked like a bride fully to him. Connor's eyes started to tear up and he ran up to Felicity and wrapped his arms around he as best he could.

"Sweetie are you okay?" Felicity asked, each word laced with concern. She heard a soft sniffle as he pulled back away from her and wiped his eyes on the ball of his hand then his nose on his arm.

"Yeah. You look so pretty and this means you really want to be my mommy forever."

"Oh sweetie." Felicity moved to sit on a near by stool that Thea moved off of for her. She pulled Connor towards her and into her lap. Diggle reached out and handed her the box of tissues that had been being passed around amongst Thea and Donna during the fitting. She grabbed a few and wiped off his nose then his arm. "I will always want to be your mom, Connor. You are an amazing kid and you mean so much to me. Even if things weren't great with your dad, which they are so I am not saying we are having any problems, I would still want you a part of my life. I fell in love with you that first day at the hospital and I fall more and more in love with you everyday."

"Like you love dad?"

"Sort of. I care for each of my boys. I want you both safe, healthy and happy and I am willing to do whatever I need to do to make that happen. I will take on tough board members, mean bully kids, cruel reporters and the rest of the press, and even evil bad guys. I will take them all if at the end of the day you and your dad are both here at home; safe, healthy and happy."

"That is why you are going to be the coolest mommy ever. I am so glad you're my new mommy."

"Me too Sweetie." Felicity smiled and hugged him to her chest. "Now that we have that settled, what do you think of the dress?"

Connor jumped down out her lap and looked her up and down as she stood up again. "Definitely fit for a queen." He finally commented then snickered. Thea, Donna and Diggle burst into a loud fit of laughter themselves.

"You too? Oh what am I going to do with you mister?" Felicity giggled as she reached down and started tickling the young boy. Sammy started laughing soon after and the joy could be heard through the house.

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"Where is everyone?" Oliver called as he moved into the main part of the house. He had stopped for pizza but also stopped to make sure they had enough drinks and ice cream for the group.

"In here!" A sweet voice called through the house. He started walking towards it to find Felicity and Donna stretched out on the couch, wedding magazines spread across their laps. Connor and Sammy were on the floor, playing a board game. Thea and Diggle had left a few minutes prior to check on the club and start the evening patrol. Oliver had not put the hood back on since that night at Tommy's grave. He meant it when he said he was willing to give it up for their relationship. He missed it but Felicity was more important to him finally. And now with Connor and the baby on the way, Oliver had a reason to give it up and stay safe. He had a future he wanted to be apart of and see. Something to live for.

"Pizza! Yeah!"

"Connor go wash up first. Show Sammy where to go too." Felicity instructed, pushing the magazines as side.

"Yes ma'am." Connor grabbed Sammy's wrist as they moved out the room.

"And no running!" Oliver called after them. "So what do we have going on in here?"

"Just looking through the things your sister tagged for the wedding. She really has all the small details covered. From the place cards at the reception to the throws and favors. She is a force to be reckoned with." Felicity smiled as she stood and moved towards him, placing a chaste kiss on his lips.

"That she is. She is already sending me things for the baby shower and the birthday party she wants to throw you and Connor."

"Connor is having his own birthday party. He only turns 8 once so the day should be all his. Plus he is suppose to have a couple special guests. He told me the other day that he wanted to make their invitations special so they will really try to show up."

"I already have everything set up for that. Lance is helping me with it. Same with Dig. I even have Laurel coming so that she will distract him so I can slip away and change."

"Well I can help with the cover stories. We know you were never good at those, Mr. I-ran-out-of-bottles." Felicity snickered while she patted his chest.

"Yours weren't always the best either."

"Yes but seriously how many 'motorcycle accidents' did you have? And you still ride around on that death trap."

"You love it and you know it."

"What I love is the way your butt looks on it." she mumbled as she moved from him and into the kitchen to get plates. She grabbed the ice cream out his hands and went to put it away as well. She had decided while he was gone that they would eat in the family room while watching a short movie with the kids. That way the kids were slightly quiet. Then after the film Diggle would be back to gather Sammy and deliver her home.

Oliver only shook his head and chuckled as he set everything up on the coffee table.

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"Is that what the island looked like Dad?" Connor pointed at the screen. The kids had chosen the first installment if the Pirates of the Caribbean series.

"Not exactly buddy. That one is sunny and warm. Mine was cold."

Connor nodded and went back to watching the film. Connor had been curious about the island but Felicity had told him that it was hard for Oliver to talk about so he would only ask a question or two then move on to something else. It still amazed Felicity how will Oliver had become about opening up about his time away. She knew most of it. The day to day stuff really didn't matter but all the major events she knew about. He had told her it all.

"My dad goes away every so often."

"Really? Have you ever gone with him?" Connor asked. He was more interested in traveling and seeing the world these days.

"Only once. He always goes away for work so I stay behind and he brings me a charm for my bracelet from where ever he goes." She pulled her wrist up and showed off the silver charm bracelet that was filled with different colored and shaped charms.

"Cool!"

"Yeah. See this one is Big Ben. He got me that one first when we both went to London. Then I have a dragon from China, a statue from New York, a tower from Paris, a turtle from the Caribbean, a bead from Chicago and a building from Rome. He always tells me about the place takes tons of pictures so he also got me a camera charm. He says that one day we will go to some of these places together so I can see them too. Have you ever been anywhere?"

"Not really. Coming here to Starling was the first time I left Central City or the area around it. I had never been on a plane. But I got to ride in a private one and the pilot let me fly the plane and sit in the cockpit with him. It was so cool. There were all these gauges and buttons. It was so much fun."

"Cool! I've never be on a private plane."

"Maybe you can come with us next time we go to Central City. It would be so much fun."

Sammy blushed a bit at the invitation, knowing she would be spending more time with Connor. "I would like that."

Felicity had been watching as the scene unfolded in front of them. She leaned into Oliver, who had been studying through the list of details and notes Thea had made. "I think someone has a crush." Felicity whispered into his ear.

Oliver pushed his brows together in confusion then watched as she smiled and nodded towards the two kids on the floor, Connor softly inspecting Sammy's bracelet. He noticed how soft his son was touching the charms and how Sammy was blushing at the feeling. "Seems like they both do. Think he knows she likes him?"

"If he is anything like his father, not a chance. I just hope he is nice to her. She is his first true friend here in Starling and I would hate that to change."

"First off, I knew you had a crush on me. Your babbling always got worse around me and don't get me started on the innuendos. And secondly, Connor is too much of a gentleman to hurt her. He was cute today with her. Made sure she did everything before he did. He even pushed her on the swings for a bit."

"Then he definitely is like his dad. All charm." Felicity grinned at him and kissed him tenderly. "It's what made me fall in love with my Queen boy."