"These hot chocolate cupcakes are so yummy," Thea's voiced muffled by her cake filled mouth.
"Thank you," Felicity smiled at the young girl," But shouldn't you be in school? And where is your mom or your brother?"
"In-service day so nope! And I the driver is outside" she replied happily as licked icing from her lip.
Felicity rolled her eyes when she said driver, "Ah. So what do I owe for this visit?"
"I was wondering if you could help me with my homework?" Thea asked shyly.
"Your homework?"
"Yes. See I heard you telling mom that you were a genius and I thought since you're dating my brother maybe you would be able to help. Normally, I would ask my tutor but they are on vacation with their family for a few more days and the assignment needs to be turned in tomorrow."
"Oh, I see. Well, what's the homework?"
Thea began explaining that it was her science homework and that it was the one subject she had some difficulty.
"I just don't understand it," the teenager grumbled.
"Okay," Felicity smiled, "How about you tell your driver to leave and help me with the cupcakes today and when we are done, I'll take you home to help with your homework?"
"Deal," Thea held out her hand to shake on it and left to let the driver know that she was safe with her brother's girlfriend.
Felicity and Oliver had been together for what felt like forever in such a short time. Every day that spent together, time seemed like it slowed down and sped up at the same time. She found herself falling more and more in love with the man every time they spoke or text or kissed each other.
Thea walked back into the store and saw the moony eyed look Felicity had on her face.
"OMG, my brother gets the same face sometimes."
Caitlin looked at the girl from the counter, "She does that a lot. Give her a minute and the dopey smile will go away," he friend laughed.
Felicity shook her head, "Wait…what did you say?"
"Nothing." "Nothing."
"So what cupcakes are we making?" Thea asked enthusiastically.
"Well, we've had so many people in this morning that we have to make more of today's features so come back here and I'll get you a hair net and an apron. You can wash your hands over there. Caitlin, we'll be in the back."
"K."
Thea and Felicity started prepping for the cupcakes.
"So I want you to put these liners in these cupcake molds while I grab the mixers."
"Got it."
Felicity brought the mixers to the table and made sure she had all the ingredients for the day's delicious cupcakes. Every morning seems to be getting busier and busier. Oliver picks up cupcakes in the morning before work for a few people since lately he has been spending the nights at her apartment instead of the manor and many of the parents who were at Thea's party over two months ago regularly buy cupcakes for their families.
"Now that we have everything on the table, we need to make the batter for the carrot cake and the butter pecan cupcakes."
The baking flew by and the ladies chitchatted the day away before Felicity left to take Thea home and help her with her homework. The work wasn't that hard but Felicity was a genius so it was fun watching Thea's frustration at her assignment.
"How are you so good at this stuff?" Thea whined, "I feel like I am never going to understand all this."
"Sometimes it takes practice. What if I broke it down into cupcakes?" Felicity asked, thinking she might be able to simplify the problems.
"What do you mean?"
Felicity began to explain the problem using cupcakes to represent the numbers she needed to find. By changing how she saw it and feeding into her sweet tooth, Thea was able to finish her homework just in time for her brother to walk into the room.
"Well, this is a surprise," Oliver walked over, pecking Felicity on the cheek before kissing Thea's forehead.
"Felicity was helping me with my math assignment since the girl who tutors me is on vacation till next week."
"Yep and she figured it out," Felicity smiled proudly at the girl.
"Thanks, Felicity. I really appreciate it," Thea rushed off leaving Oliver and Felicity alone.
"Felicity Smoak, you are remarkable."
Before Felicity knew it, Halloween and Thanksgiving flew by. Oliver prepared breakfast as Felicity got dressed in the bedroom. She stared looking at the outfits and noticed that a few of Oliver's clothes had their way into her tiny apartment closet. She couldn't stop the smile growing on her face.
"When does it start?"
"When does what start, Oliver?" Felicity asked.
"Hanukkah."
"Uh…December second. Why?"
"I was just curious. I knew you weren't super religious but that was the one thing you made sure to celebrate."
"Yes, mom and I usually get together to light the menorah every night before the last night and then we pig out on homemade latkes and I make doughnuts," she told him.
"Doughnuts?"
"Yes, I gain about five pounds because of all the oily food but it's the one time we truly cherish our time together and we get each other simple presents as part of our tradition."
"Would it be weird if I join you? I don't want to impose of mother daughter time and I haven't spent as much time with your mother so…"
"I would love to have you there and even though my mother embarrasses me, I'd like you to get to know her better too."
"Well, that is settled. When should I be here?"
"Around five."
"Okay."
Felicity watched Oliver eat his breakfast and couldn't stop the words from flying out of her mouth, "Would you want to move in with me?"
Her eyes widen as she watched his reaction until he smiled and walked over to her, kissing her thoroughly.
"I'd love to."
