Lili

The crying of the infant echoed through the darkened and sleepy house.

Felicity woke up slowly, the whimpers resonating inside her skull. She felt so tired! She wondered if she could stay put, pretending the screams didn't wake her up and let other people work It out…

When the running feet passed her door, she sighed and rose from her comfy bed. She might be needed and so, putting on her slippers, she walked slowly towards her door. Walking into the lit hallway, she saw the door next to hers open and two individuals bending over a crib. When they heard her approaching, Diggle turned around with an apologetic face.

"I'm sorry, Felicity… I know it's the third time tonight, but…" he tried to say, while Lyla rocked the baby from side to side.

"It's his teeth…" Lyla explained, eyeing the way the baby savaged his pacifier.

"Don't worry… you are the ones helping me out…" Felicity said with a smile, eyeing the family of three with something akin to longing. For what, she couldn't be sure and too tired to try and come up with an explanation.

However, when Andrew woke her up four more times that night, she really regretted not sleeping at the lair while she could.

"You look awful!" was the first thing Roy said as soon as Felicity stepped into the lair.

"Oh, gee, you shouldn't be that polite!" Felicity replied back, moodily. Sleep deprivation and Felicity Smoak were not a good combination.

Roy stepped back, putting his hands up in a sign of peace and Felicity sighed. She was letting her moodiness get the best out of her.

"Are you sure you want to stay with Diggle while your house is being reformed?" Oliver asked from the top of the salmon ladder and Felicity had to look up to see his face.

"Yes, Andrew isn't that bad, the problem is his teeth are growing and making him cry." Felicity said, trying to control a yawn.

"If you want, you could stay in my place." Oliver replied, jumping in front of her.

Felicity had a sudden flash of a very domestic Oliver preparing breakfast to the both of them and had to swallow the words she really wanted to say.

Two days later, when she arrived at the lair, a flushed, if you could use that word with the man, John Diggle appeared in front of her.

"Felicity! Thanks for small mercies!" the man stated and Felicity felt her heart jump.

"Did something happen? Was it Oliver? Is he hurt or was it Roy?" she quickly fired the question and Dig shook his head no each time.

"Oliver had a problem with the bike and he can't walk around The Glades in his Arrow attire… so I have to get him, but…"

"Is that Andrew?!" Felicity almost yelled, noticing the small whimpers coming from her desk.

She ran to the boy, noticing his waving arms right beside her computer screen. She pushed the baby away from the computers and scoffed at Diggle.

"You are so lucky kids can't remember things at Andrew's age or else you would have a lot to explain…"

"It's not my fault… Lyla had a diplomatic emergency and she left me in charge, but then Oliver called and…" Dig sighed, while grabbing the car keys. "Just… take care of each other, okay? We will be back soon…"

Felicity saw her friend disappear behind the door, while the boy beside her gurgled absently.

To feel secure about the situation, she decided to hack the traffic cameras to follow her boys' moves. She could see a shadow running over The Glades' roofs and imagined Roy jumping around. Luckily only someone that knew what to look for would discern the moving person between the darkness of the night. After that, she followed Dig's car through his GPS tracker, until he stopped in front of an old factory.

Andrew's loud cries made her step back from her own surveillance and try to rock him with only one hand. When it made no change, Felicity grabbed the baby and brought him against her chest. He quieted a little bit while playing with her hair and for some moments the lair was silent.

She sat once again, with the baby on her arms and started typing with only one hand to warn Roy about a robbery close to his location and guide him to the place.

"You really should learn how to say my name…" Felicity said, when Andrew started pulling on her hair, tired of her ignoring him. "Let's try… Aunt Felicity… Aunt Felicity… C'mon, you are always hearing my name!" Felicity begged, with a pout. The baby smiled at her, and Felicity couldn't stop the grin from appearing on her face. "Seriously… I'm your godmother, you should be able to say my name… Felicity…"

"Fissty…"

"What?!" Felicity shouted and the baby jumped in her arms. "Oh, sorry! Oh my god, you just said my name!"

"Fissty…" Andrew babbled again and Felicity giggled, making the boy smile. She danced with him around the lair, until heavy footsteps echoed over her and the door opened to let Oliver and Diggle enter.

"Guys!" Felicity yelled and she saw Oliver ran towards her.

"What happened?" he asked and Felicity smiled at him. Whispering a few words into Andrew's ear, she showed the baby to the men and let him work his magic.

"Fissty!" he yelled with a giggle and Dig and Oliver smiled openly at them.

"That's my kid!" Diggle said, taking the baby from Felicity's arms and playing with him.

Felicity noticed Oliver's competitive look on his eyes and smiled inwardly. Ah! This time she was the winner, Andrew said her name first!

A few days after that, while walking silently through her house, she found Oliver with Andrew in her study. They were going to have dinner to celebrate the renovations in her house and all the gang was around her place.

"Oliver… Oliver…" Oliver was saying and Felicity had to stop herself from laughing out loud. He looked like he wanted to hypnotize the kid. She was ready to walk away when Andrew spoke.

"Lili…" he said and it was too much for Felicity. Her laugh boomed suddenly and only increased at Oliver's affronted expression when he turned to look at her.

"We are going to eat, you two should come… Lili…" she said, before walking away, laughing like a maniac.

When the rest of the team asked what was going on, she only answered "You have to ask Lili…"