Felicity snuggled a little closer to Oliver after hearing her phone ring. Oliver opened his eyes immediately to the sound of Felicity's ringtone.

"You're phone is ringing" he says sleepy, kissing Felicity's forehead trying to get her to wake up. Felicity mumbled something under her breath and then reached for her phone. She noticed the time on her alarm was 3am and she rolled her eyes. Somebody better be dying she thought.

"Hello" Felicity answered without looking at the caller ID. "Yes" Felicity said, now fully awake when she heard Elizabeth's voice on the other end of the phone. Elizabeth was Connor's friend's mother and Felicity felt her stomach churn when she heard Elizabeth's voice. "Is he alright?" Felicity asked now sitting up and throwing her legs round so they are touching the floor.

Oliver gets up and leans his chin on her shoulder looking up at her in concern. "Yes, yeah I understand, yes" she says again. Oliver kisses her exposed shoulder now genuinely concerned about what was happening. "I'm coming to get him will be there in 10" Felicity answers hanging up.

"What's wrong?" Oliver asks.

"I never should have let Connor sleep over at his friends" Felicity says standing up, she realises she is naked and quickly rushes to her wardrobe to try and find something to put on.

"Is he ok?" Oliver asks, he too now stands and notices he too is naked. Oliver looks round the floor and picks up his discarded underwear and pants, putting them on.

"He had a nightmare the other night when we got him back, and well he woke up screaming again tonight" she explains putting on a hoodie over her top pyjama, pairing it with some china doll camouflaged pyjama bottoms.

"You never told me he was having nightmares" Oliver says pulling his shirt over his head. He walks over to Felicity and pulls her closer by the waist. "Why didn't you tell me?" he asks.

"I don't know, I was pretty angry with you and ..." Felicity closes her eyes as Oliver's lips meet her neck.

"Still should have told me" he murmurs into her neck.

Felicity and Oliver drove to Elizabeth's house, once they arrived Felicity ran towards the door and before having a chance to knock Elizabeth opened the door.

"He is in the kitchen, having some hot milk" Elizabeth explains, as Felicity and Oliver entered.

"Hey baby" Felicity whispers, reaching Connor she brushes his hair away from his face as Oliver goes round to stand by his other side.

"I'm ok, just want to go home" he says, not meeting Felicity's eyes. Felicity looks up at Oliver, they both know that Connor is probably feeling embarrassed or scared of what happened.

"Alright buddy let's get you home" Oliver says as he picks him up in his arms.

"Are you going to be there daddy?" Connor asks, unaware that his parents were now together.

"Yes buddy; I am going to be there" Oliver answers as Connor buries his face in Oliver's shoulder.

Once they get home, Connor is fast asleep on Oliver's shoulder, Felicity takes in the sight before her and she cannot bring herself to tell him to put Connor in his room. Oliver looks over to Felicity and can see the concern in her eyes when she notices him walking towards Connor's room.

"Your room, tonight" he states rather than questions as he walks into the bed that they had made love in not too long ago.

Felicity nods and runs in after Oliver, quickly changing the sheets as Oliver caresses Connor's nape on his neck, and places soft kisses on his cheek.

"Ok, put him down" Felicity says patting the pillow she had placed in the middle of the bed.

Once Connor is down, Oliver looks to Felicity, "Want me to stay in my room tonight?" he asks, knowing it could be too confusing for Connor in the morning, if he sees his dad in bed with him and his mom.

Felicity shakes her head and gives him a small smile, "No, please stay" her eyes widen when she realizes her own admission to him. Oliver nods as he gets into bed, placing his arm round Connor's middle. Felicity jumps in the other side and she too throws her arm round, placing it over Oliver's. She smiles at him and he returns as the both close their eyes. Oliver goes to sleep for the first time since before getting on the Gambit without a care or a weight on his shoulders. It had been so long since he had been happy and content and he loved every moment of it. Oliver had never expected nor thought any of it was ever possible to have this. He never pictured a life with a woman, a child, let alone holding them in his arms like he was now.

The following day Connor lay awake in between his parents; he was confused but didn't say anything. His father had moved in with him and his mom. Then his father had moved out, then back again, then something happened and his mother and father were arguing and his mom had told his father to get out. His father had told him he was going to be living at his house, the manor from now on. But now, his father lay in bed next to him, in his mother's bed and he was confused to say the least.

Oliver opened his eyes as he felt a shift next to him. Looking down he saw his son, fully awake and looking at him with the same eyes he saw when he looked in the mirror.

"Hi bud" he says kissing his forehead. Connor however, continues to stare at his father hoping he would explain what was happening. "You okay?" Oliver asks now sitting up, careful not to wake Felicity as he takes in his son's quizzically expression.

Felicity stirs and mumbles something under her breath as she too gets up slowly. "You 'kay" she says groggily brushing Connor's cheek.

"Why is daddy here?" he asks.

Oliver and Felicity exchange a look, "me and your mom, well we are together" Oliver says cringing that he didn't phrase it well.

"Like boyfriend and girlfriend?" Connor asks his eyes lighting up from what his dad was saying.

Felicity and Oliver laugh and they nod, "you're boyfriend and girlfriend" Connor states excitedly as he stands on the bed and begins to jump up and down in happiness.

Felicity stands up too and begins to jump alongside him, something they used to do in the past but have not done in a long time. "Daddy, join in, it's really fun" Connor laughs. Oliver gets up and joins in, at first he is worried that Felicity's bed will not hold his weight but right now he doesn't care. He cannot remember a time where he has been so happy, a time where he felt so alive and free.

Oliver jumps down off the bed and pulls Felicity closer to him; she hoovers above him and takes his mouth in hers. Connor watches and smiles and then jumps down and runs into his room giving his parents some privacy.

"Felicity" Oliver whispers as he picks her up holding her close to him. Felicity's legs are not touching the ground; her arms are round his neck securely fastened.

"Are you a 100% in this?" Felicity whispers in his ear.

Oliver lets her go sitting her down on her feet and cupping her face. "All in Felicity, I want you, and this and him, I meant what I said I want us to be a family" he says in a strong voice letting him know he would never be changing his mind on this.

"Ok, and I too am all in" she says kissing him as Connor comes back into the room unexpectedly.

"Can we watch a movie?" Connor interrupts them taking the tablet in hand and connecting it to the TV.

Felicity and Oliver smile and join him in the bed cuddling up closely.

Sleep finds them all again sometime in the middle of the day until Connor's screams wake them up. Connor shoots up from his nightmare, sweat dripping down his face.

Felicity and Oliver get and caress his face. "Baby, are you alright?" Felicity asks concerned as she grabs a cloth from the bathroom drying the sweat of his face.

"I'll bring him some water" Oliver says heading to the kitchen.

"It's ok baby, you're safe now" Felicity reassures him.

"I know Grandma Moira saved me" he says in between huffs of breath. Felicity takes his spare inhaler from her draws and hands it to him. Connor takes puffs from his inhaler and immediately feels a little better.

"Yeah baby, Grandma Moira saved you" Felicity hugs him from behind, trying really hard to comfort him.

"Grandma Moira asked Byron not to hurt me and he didn't" Connor says leaning his head back against Felicity's chest.

"Yeah" Felicity rocks him back and forth.

"Yeah, she said she didn't ask for this, said to stop" Connor rubs his eyes and dries the remainder of his tears away.

Felicity scrunches her face at Connor's words, she had thought it was weird that Moira was there to begin with and now with what Connor has just said it sounds too fishy. Oliver walks back into the room with a glass of water and hands it to Connor. He looks at Felicity's expression, for the short period of time that he has known her; he knew that her current face was her thinking face.

"So explain to me baby, exactly what happened" Felicity turns Connor so he is now facing her. "It will help if you explain and describe to mommy and daddy exactly what happened that night ok". Oliver can see the reluctance on Connor's face and the fear.

"Can you be brave buddy and tell us" Oliver adds taking a seat on the side of the bed and adjusting Connor so he is facing both of them.

"Ok" Connor nods. Connor begins the story by telling his parents how the man had taken him when he was in the car that night. "Then Grandma Moira came, she told the man that she hadn't asked for this to happen, he said he was offered only a little bit of a money to take …"

"Take what?" Oliver asks.

"Take someone out a woman I don't know he didn't say a name a woman in a car, said he wanted more money from Grandma Moira"

Oliver stands up immediately, his face stern and clenched.

"Felicity I need you to look into my mother's transactions" Oliver says looking out of Felicity's window, not really staring at anything.

Felicity stands up and walks across the room to Oliver touching his elbow, "You don't think your mother …" she doesn't even know how to finish that sentence off.

"I wouldn't put anything against her" he says, "please just look into it" he says and when his eyes meet Felicity's she can see the hurt behind them and how he pleads with her to find out. Felicity nods and then takes her tablet looking into Moira's accounts.

A few minutes later Felicity sits in the chair in her room with a 'o' shaped mouth. Oliver looks over to her and can see her expression; she doesn't need to say anything he knows. Oliver changes in record time out of his pyjamas and prepares to head out.

"Oliver what are you going to do?" Felicity asks as she steps in front of him, they just couldn't seem to catch a breather.

"I honestly don't know Felicity, all I know is she paid someone to kill you and then this man decided to kidnap Connor, I honestly don't know what to do" he answers truthfully and Felicity can see tears threatening to spill. Felicity sighs and then wraps her arms around his neck, playing the back hairs of his head, gently soothing him.

"Let us come with you" she says but he shakes his head.

"No, I don't want here anywhere near either of you" he kisses her forehead as he heads out to the manor.

"Mother" Oliver calls when he gets home. Walking into the living room he finds his mother and Thea cuddled on the sofa in front of the fire. Oliver clenches his teeth, "I need to talk to you" he growls.

"Oliver, son is everything okay?" Moira asks as she stands up letting go of Thea.

"Thea can you give us a minute"

Thea rolls her eyes, "I am so sick of this family keeping secrets from me, whatever you came here to say, you can say in front of me" Thea says now standing and folding her arms across her chest.

"LEAVE" he shouts finally his breaking point reaching its climax.

Thea stands shocked and prepares to leave but Moira has an idea of what is happening and she wants Thea there. She knows her son but right now he has a murderous look and she is afraid of what he could do. "Whatever you have to say Oliver you can say in front of your sister" Moira swallows, knowing either way she was going to lose both of her children. Thea either found out now or she'd find out later, either way both her children would hate her.

"Fine" Oliver took a couple step closer to his mother, he tried counting to ten as he could feel the rage reaching boiling point. "You hired Byron to kill Felicity, then he took Connor because he wanted more money" Oliver hisses.

Thea laughs loudly and looks between her mother and brother. "What?"

"ANSWER" Oliver roars.

"Yes, son I am so sorry" Moira voice breaks and she can feel herself now choking on sobs.

"Never call me that again, you are no longer my mother, how could you, of everything you have done this is by far the worst"

Moira stands in between her children, tears pouring down her face, "I am so sorry Oliver, I … nothing I can say will make it better or justify what I did but … I honestly thought … I …"

"I was so lost … all I could see was us as a family, not that woman but, she loves Connor and I regret what I did" Moira says in between sobs.

"Nothing you can say will ever make this ok, get the hell out" Oliver spit out.

"This is my home" Moira stands firm. "I will not leave it".

"Fine, I'm leaving and I am not coming back" he growls.

"Me too, Ollie you think Felicity will mind if I stay with you guys" Thea says as she dries the tears that had been spilling of her own.

"Let's go" he says as they turn they see Felicity and Connor walking through the door and Oliver stands baffled as to why she is here. "Felicity?"

"Tell him Moira, the whole truth" she says as she hands Connor over to Raisa and the older woman takes him to the kitchen.

"I have Felicity, and I am so sorry" Moira says as she tries to touch Felicity but she pulls back.

"That's not what I meant, I did some more digging, the truth Moira about Connor" Felicity stands strong, she had been so shocked when she learnt the truth.

"I …"

"Felicity, what are you talking about?" Oliver stands behind her cupping her elbow.

"The fact that you have been blaming your father, hating your father, for keeping the truth about Connor away from you, for paying off Sandra, only it wasn't your father Oliver" she meets his eyes and then drags them to Moira where both Oliver and Thea follow.

Moira closes her eyes, her whole body begins to tremble. She did not think things could get any worse, they just did.

"Mom?" Oliver whispers. He had been heartbroken when he learnt his father had kept this from him allegedly, after his father had given Oliver his mission and failed to mention Connor, Oliver had been left saddened and angry.

"Yes, I paid Sandra off, your father knew of nothing, you were too young, it would have ruined your life"

"How dare you, how could you" Oliver shakes his head, he aggressively rubs his face with his hands. He is lost, everything had been so perfect and happy and now his world was crumbling again in front of him.

"I thought it was for the best Oliver and it was …"

"HOW WAS IT FOR THE BEST" he yells as he knocks one of the vases of the shelf's throwing it across the hall.

"It was Oliver …" Moira begins as she flinches from Oliver's harsh tone.

"If I had known, I never would have gotten on the Gambit, Sandra would never have died and …" Oliver closes his eyes as he sees the pained look on Felicity's face. He did not mean it the way it came out. "Felicity I did not mean it that way, I did not mean the way it sounds, I …" Oliver huffs in frustration, how does he explain this. He can't just thank his mother for it, for lying and keeping this from him, he can't thank her because if she didn't do this he never would have met Felicity.

Felicity nods, she knows what Oliver means, he means he never would have gone through hell, a young woman wouldn't have been reduced to drugs as she was out all alone, Connor would not have been born prematurely. But of course it hurt, it hurt because if Moira had told the truth everything would be different, Felicity never would have had Connor, and she never would have met Oliver. So in a way she is grateful that Moira lied. But she would never say it out loud.

"Let's go home Felicity" Oliver says closing his eyes trying to gather his thoughts.

Just as Oliver is about to call Raisa to bring Connor out the doorbell rings, Oliver sighs as Moira cleans her face and heads towards the door.

"Good evening Mrs. Queen" a familiar voice says.

Oliver whips his head round, he knows this voice, the same voice that still haunts him in his nightmares, but it couldn't be, for that voice no longer existed.

"Good evening Mr Wilson, apologises I completely forgot you were coming round tonight" Moira plasters on a fake smile as Wilson enters the house.

"Good evening" Mr Wilson says and looks to Oliver with an evil grin on his face.

Oliver instinctively puts Felicity and Thea behind him, staring at the man who now wore an eye patch over the very eye he believed had ended his life.

"Slade Wilson" he holds his hand out to Oliver.

Oliver does not want to startle anyone so he takes it, shaking it firmly.

"Mr Wilson is a business associate looks to invest in QC" Moira explains.

"I look forward to working with the Queens" Slade laughs and then sees a beautiful blonde standing behind Oliver. "And who is this exceptionally creature" Slade pushes past Oliver and steps to Felicity.

"Felicity Smoak" Felicity says trying to be kind but all she wants to do is go home after the nights event's. Slade takes Felicity's hand and kisses her knuckles.

Oliver tenses and glares at Slade, wanting nothing better than to chop the man's head off.

"Daddy, are we going home" Connor comes in, running towards Oliver who scoops him up immediately.

"Soon buddy" he says.

"Hello" Slade says looking at Connor and smirking. "The infamous son of Oliver Queen, Slade Wilson" he holds his hand out to the boy.

Oliver's glare cannot get any deadlier, wanting nothing more than to put an arrow in his other eye. Felicity can feel Oliver tense beside her and she doesn't know why, but offers her support by placing her hand on his back.

"Hello Mr Wilson" Connor says shaking his hand and giving the man a genuine smile.

"Mr Wilson please forgive us we were on our way and our family is currently going through something personal, maybe you can reschedule your meeting with my mother" Oliver declares. Although he hated his mother at this point and nothing more than to leave an never see her again he was not prepared to leave her alone with Slade Wilson.

"Of course, I will be in touch" Slade speaks as he shakes Moira's hand and then leaves the manor.

Oliver passes Connor over to Felicity and takes off after Slade.

"Slade" Oliver growls as they stand in the driveway.

"Hello kid"

"How? Why are you here?"

"The mirakuru and because I am here to take all that you took from me" Slade shouts. "I have been watching for some time kid, she is quite lovely, your Felicity" he smirks as he turns and gets into his limo.

Oliver is left standing as he watches the limo drive away, Slade was back and he was coming for him, coming for his family. He had to keep them safe no matter what.

Ok here it is … dun dun duhhh … hope you enjoyed it I have a few ideas of where to take it :D Thank you for all the reviews, let me know what you think, I will try to update ASAP.

BTW for the person who commented "improve your appalling writing skills, and to ensure the readers have a pleasant experience with your work, as opposed to the homicidal tendencies it tends to invoke"

Well I'm pregnant and busy, and sometimes I don't proof read I just want to get it post it, I do try to proof read as I go but you know no always going to spot it. But as everyone has told me I am quite defensive and very hormonal so bitch don't read it, it's very simple and you didn't even have the guts to comment as a user but a guest.

How's that for appalling writing skills. :D – pregnancy brings out the bitchiness in me heheh