"Did you make this cupcake?" Caitlin asked into the phone the morning after Ronnie had proposed with the lemon raspberry cupcake with the red fondant heart that read will you marry me.
"Guilty as charged. I am assuming based on the tone of your voice that you were pleasantly surprised and are currently engaged?" Felicity asked.
"Yes. I couldn't hint at him that I wanted him to propose more than I was."
Felicity laughed at her friend as she watched Oliver walk from their bedroom.
"You know what this means, right?" Caitlin said.
"What?"
Felicity could hear the grin in her friend's voice, "You get to design my wedding cake and be my maid of honor."
"Oh," Felicity felt her eyes water, "I'd be honored to do both."
"This cake combination is delicious by the way," she said taking another bite, "Just the right amount of raspberry and lemon without overwhelming each other."
"Ronnie picked out the flavors know they were your favorite so I tweaked it a bit to balance it."
"Well, it is awesome but Ronnie is up now and I think I know what I will do with the rest of this icing. Bye."
Eww.
Oliver walked up behind her and placed a kiss on the back of her head.
I love that.
"Good morning," he said.
"Mmmm…good morning to you too," she replied looking at the handsome man that was now her live in boyfriend.
I wonder when he'll be something else. Woah, hold up Felicity one step at a time!
"What's going on in that beautiful mind?" Oliver asked with a grin, knowing full well that she was having a full dialogue with herself.
"Nothing," she shrugged, "Anything major going on at the office today? I was thinking you could have your mother meet there for lunch and I could bring in the cupcakes Caitlin and I designed."
"Sure. I'll call her now and see if she can and double check with my EA."
Felicity nodded as Oliver dialed his mother.
"Mom? Are you doing anything major today around," he looked at Felicity for a time and she mouthed two, "two this afternoon?"
Felicity went back to their room to get ready for work. Since Oliver worked out in the morning and she had to be at the bakery early, their schedules worked very well together.
Oliver walked in and said, "Mom said two works and I don't have anything going on at that time."
"Good. I am closing the shop up early because I don't want Caitlin working the day after she gets engaged."
"Caitlin got engaged?"
"Oh, I totally forgot to tell you. You remember Ronnie, the guy you thought was in to me a while back," she told him and he scowled, "Well, he came to me last week to design a proposal cupcake for Caitlin in her favorite flavors and he gave it to her last night."
"And she said yes," he assumed.
"Yes. I really need to think about hiring one of the people who helped out during your sister's party for more than seasonal. I was going to bring Roy and Sara back for the QC party because Roy will be out of school but Sara is out of school and bartends at night so she would be a good fit for afternoons."
"You realize you said all that in one breath right?" he chuckled.
"Oh hush."
"Well, I am headed to the gym before work and I will see you at 2 to try out some cupcakes," Oliver told her before kissing her deeply.
I love his kisses.
Felicity closed the shop up early after calling Sara and Roy about some seasonal and possibly permanent work and drove to Queen Consolidated. Since she was officially dating and living with Oliver, she had her very own pass to go directly to the executive elevator and walk to Oliver's office. She smiled at his executive assistant.
"Hello, Ms. Smoak," she said.
"Please call me Felicity. I keep looking for my mother when you say that."
She laughed, "Okay. Go on in. They are waiting for you."
"Okay and I brought a sample for you to try also," Felicity laid the small box next to her desk.
"You are my favorite person right now," as the woman grabbed a cupcake, practically smashing it to her face.
Felicity grinned on her way to his office.
Oliver turned to Felicity, "Hello beautiful," he walked over to her and hugged her tight.
"Hello."
Moira spoke up, "Good afternoon, Felicity. Oliver told me you had some cupcake designs and flavors for us to try."
"Yes, I do. I made sure I went with a winter theme more than a holiday theme so that no one could be offended."
"Thank you for that. I swear, you never know how someone may react these days," his mother replied, rolling her eyes and people's nonsense.
"The first one is a mint red velvet cake with mint buttercream, topped with red fondant poinsettia, the other one is a chocolate cake with a melting snowman whipped icing and chocolate stick arms and the third a vanilla cake with white buttercream and M & M candy light bulbs."
"These are adorable," Moira replied.
"My favorite is the mint personally," Felicity said, "But I like the variety in case someone doesn't like mint."
"Very good," Oliver's voice muffled by the cake in his mouth.
"Oliver, where are your manners?" his mother scolded jokingly.
"Is there anything you want to change? Do you want fancier designs or fewer?"
"No. I think three is a good number and you do well keeping the design seasonal but classy and the flavors are fantastic. We have a good number of people usually so if you need help finding more people to deliver the cupcakes that night, let me know. I don't want you doing any work that night, dear," Moira looked at Felicity.
"Oh no, Moira I always supervise my people regardless of the occasion."
"Well, if you must but I want you to enjoy yourself that night also. Oliver's EA should be able to tell you how many came last year so you have a count."
"I was just about to ask that."
Moira licked her fingers cleaned, "Delicious…Well, I should be going. I told Walter I would be there for a late lunch and I am running late."
Moira hugged both Oliver and Felicity after thanking her again for the cupcakes and walked out of the office. What Felicity didn't know is that Moira was only running late because Oliver had asked her to go to the family vault and pick up his grandmother's ring he would hopefully give to his future bride.
