Hey everyone! So, I have gotten a review that told that the parental care that Oliver and Nyssa are doing for Aaila, is a bit unusual. I would like to say that, that is true, but they aren't normal people either, they are assassins, and therefore doesn't have a normal life.

But I would love to know what you guys think about the parental care of Aaila and if you think there are a few things I should start think about when it comes to the bond between the three of them

Hope you enjoy the chapter, please leave a review telling me what you guys think about it :D

Present

When Oliver walked inside the door, he was met with a tight hug from Aaila. Oliver had heard her coming, but he didn't think that she would be practically jumping into his arms. He was slightly confused as to why she was reacting like she was, but then he noticed the necklace with the two rings around her neck. He now had a pretty good idea as to why she was reacting like she was.

"Thank you," Aaila said holding herself tight into his embrace.

"It's good to see you too," Oliver said as he and Aaila pulled apart. Oliver felt a little bad about letting her open the gifts without him present, but he didn't want to wait anymore for her to get them, and he had to be there when Ray would meet Felicity. "They suit you,"

Aaila's lit up when he said that. She had been wondering what he would think about her wearing them, but she would only take them off when she would have to shower.

"I know they don't exactly fit with what I am wearing, but I am really happy you like them on me," Aaila said. She was still wearing her pink sports bra and black running shorts, and she had noticed some guys had been staring at her when she and Nyssa had gone to get something to eat for lunch, but she had gotten used to it by now, it was just a little new to her that young men were staring at her now too, and not just boys on her own age.

"They still suit you," Oliver said and walked further into the apartment. Nyssa was in the kitchen trying to cook some food for dinner, facing the other way. Oliver had helped her a little with learning how to cook these past couples of days. She was definitely improving, but all of it hadn't been great, but she would get better with time, which she didn't mind.

"Hi, Love," Oliver said as he walked up behind Nyssa and placed a kiss on Nyssa's cheek. Nyssa had been startled by her husband. He was the only one who could sneak up behind him, which was something that was a little annoying, but she didn't really mind.

"Hi," She replied and turned around to kiss him properly. They didn't deepen the kiss since Aaila was watching them too and they didn't want to make her feel like she was intruding anything.

"When will dinner be ready?" Aaila asked when Oliver and Nyssa had pulled apart. Oliver looked at Nyssa since it was her who was cooking today.

"It should be ready in fifteen minutes," Nyssa said and went back to the food, so Oliver started working on the speech for tomorrow.

They didn't go out that night since Oliver had to make sure he didn't look like he had been beaten up, and he wouldn't risk going out and then getting hurt. They had watched a movie today, and as it was now getting towards the end, Aaila started yawning. Oliver was tired too, but he knew there were around ten minutes left of the movie, so he wanted to watch the rest of anyway. Nyssa had fallen asleep was resting her head on Oliver's shoulder, while Aaila was resting her head on Nyssa's shoulder.

The movie ended and Nyssa and Aaila had both shifted their positions, so Nyssa was now leaning her back against Oliver and her legs up on the couch on either side of Aaila, who was resting her head against Nyssa's breasts. Aaila wasn't asleep yet, but it was very close, but she wanted to fall asleep in her own bed instead of the couch, even though Nyssa's breasts were really good pillows.

"Aaila are you going to get up yourself?" Oliver asked after he had tapped her shoulder. He was trying to be very silent since he didn't want Nyssa to wake up. It was rare she fell asleep on the couch whenever they were watching a movie, so she must have been really tired.

"Yeah… Are you gonna come up?" Aaila asked as she moved to stand up.

"You want me to?" Oliver asked, hoping she wanted him to, but he did understand it if she wouldn't since she was already sixteen.

"I would like it, yeah," She replied and started walking towards the stairs to get to her room. As Aaila disappeared up the stairs, moved to pick up Nyssa in his arms and carry her up to their bed. He placed her down on her side of the bed and helped her get her clothes off of her since she hated to sleep when she was wearing too much clothes.

When he had gotten her out of her clothes, she was still sleeping, and Oliver was relieved that he didn't wake her up. He went out of the room and down the stairs to turn off the few lights they had left turned on when they went upstairs. He walked back up the stairs, and instead of going into his own bedroom, he headed for Aaila's, like he had said he would. When he walked inside, he saw Aaila under her covers, covering up her body. Oliver could see by her naked shoulders that she wasn't wearing anything on her upper body at least. He couldn't tell if she was wearing anything on her lower body, but he assumed she wasn't since she had once told him she liked to sleep in the nude.

"Why did you go downstairs?" Aaila asked when he had sat down on the edge of her bed. He was leaning back, so he had to put his hand down, on the other side of Aaila's legs, to support himself.

"I had to turn off the lights. I couldn't really do it when I carried Nyssa to bed," Oliver responded to her, with one of the softest voices Aaila had ever heard him use. Aaila nodded, showing she understood and had heard what he said, then there was a moment of silence where no one of them said anything, simply just enjoying the others company.

"Aaila, there isn't anything wrong, since you wanted me up here, right?" Oliver asked. It had been something he had been thinking about a couple of times since she had asked him to come up here, but he was really hoping there was nothing.

"No, there isn't. I just like the feeling when you tug me in," Aaila said and pressed her head down into her pillow. Oliver smiled at her, and the way she was acting like a child. It made sense for him that she was acting like that sometimes, since she didn't know her biological parents when she was younger, and she hadn't really felt part of a family before she met him and Nyssa.

"Good to know," Oliver replied and bent down to give her a kiss on the forehead. Aaila hummed a little when his lips touched her forehead. She loved it when he did that, it was one of the best feelings in the world she knew.

"Are you ready for your speech tomorrow?" Aaila asked, suddenly remembering why they were going to bed so early, instead of heading out tonight.

"Not yet, which is one of the reasons as to why I won't go to bed just yet," Oliver replied and smiled at her. He liked that she actually seemed to care about what he was going to do for the city, that would start tomorrow, and as Oliver Queen and not just Ra' Al Ghul.

"Ehm… Can you… I don't know, maybe sit in here with it for a little while?" Aaila asked unsurely. It wasn't often she was unsure of her questions, but when she was, Oliver just had a hard time saying no, and that was the case here too.

"I will go a check on Nyssa and then come back with my things then. Promise you will try to sleep even though I am here, then," Oliver said and rose from the bed and started towards the door, leading to the hallway.

"I promise," Aaila replied. And with that Oliver started walking towards his and Nyssa's bedroom to check on his wife. She was still sleeping, and it seemed like she was in a deep sleep, from what Oliver could tell by her breathing. He then proceeded downstairs to get his notebook, where he was writing his speech, and a pen to write with.

When Oliver had left the room, Aaila got out of bed and decided it was probably for the best if she put on some clothes before he got back. It wasn't like she had a problem with it if Oliver saw her naked, which she was at the moment, but she found it more appropriate. She put on the pink sports bra she had been wearing today and the shorts too. This time though, she wore her shorts without any underwear beneath now that she would be covered by her sheets anyway. She then got back into bed and not even a minute later, Oliver back inside the room. He walked to the other side of the bed and sat down, with his back resting on the backboard. He noticed Aaila had put on, at least a sports bra, but obviously, he couldn't see anything underneath the sheets.

"Goodnight, Dad," Aaila said and tugged herself better under the sheets. Oliver or his arm on her shoulder and caressed it running his thumb over it.

"Goodnight, Sweetie. Love you," Oliver replied, not thinking about the words that left his mouth. Aaila opened her eyes and looked up at Oliver. Oliver didn't seem to notice that she was looking at him, or what he had said, he seemed to be too focused on the speech he was trying to put together. It was the first time, Aaila had heard Oliver say he loved her and brought a smile on her face. She didn't want to disturb him, so she closed her eyes and tried to sleep. She was sure she was going to have a good night's sleep now, because of Oliver.

When Nyssa woke up the next morning she was resting on top of Oliver. She was surprised that he was still in bed considering he woke up before her every day. He did that today too, but usually, Nyssa woke up to an empty bed, but today Nyssa feeling warm because of the heat from Oliver's body. She looked up and was met with Oliver's blue warm eyes.

"Hey there," Oliver greeted her and kissed her, which Nyssa returned.

"HI… Not that I am complaining, but why are you still in bed?" Nyssa asked snuggling further into Oliver's chest. It was rare he was in bed with her in the morning, so she wanted to make as much of it as she could.

"I have slept as much as I usually do, I just went to bed a lot later. Aaila wanted me to sit beside her while she fell asleep," Oliver explained, holding Nyssa tighter into his chest.

"Hmm… Did she want something?" Nyssa asked still looking up at her husband.

"No, she just wanted the company," Oliver said and kissed Nyssa once again.

There was just a couple of hours until Oliver was going to present the new project to all of Starling City, and last night he had gotten his speech done before he went to bed. He was really looking forward to sharing it all with the city since it was one way of helping the city and that would mean he now had two ways to do it. He was also very excited to reveal that Ray and Felicity were going to 'help' him with the project, even though it was, in fact, them who were going to run it all, while Oliver just was the face for the project. Oliver's train of thoughts about today was stopped when he saw Aaila standing in the doorway between their bedroom and the hallway.

"Dad, what was it that you wanted me to wear at the reveal?" She asked. She was only wearing her sports bra and her shorts, while she was leaning against the doorframe.

"That is something you have to ask your mom about. She has been the one to choose what we all are going to wear today," Oliver said and sent a smile at Nyssa. The sight before Aaila's eyes would have been awkward for her if it wasn't the fact that the three of them had been on several missions where they all had been a lot closer to stay warm, so now it didn't bother Aaila whenever she saw Oliver and Nyssa being cuddly.

"It was in a couple of hours, right?" She asked having something in mind for what she could do until they had to get ready to go.

"Yeah, it was," Nyssa answered, still with her head on Oliver's chest. Aaila nodded and then left the doorway and headed for own room. When she got in there, she went to her closet. She wanted to clean out in her clothes since some of it had been a little too small for her and she wanted to find that, so she could give away to someone if it wasn't completely ruined.

She started digging through her sports clothes first. All of her yoga pants were fitting her as they should, and her shorts were the same. She noticed she had a lot of different colors and designs for her clothes, that she hadn't noticed before, which she would definitely consider wearing more often. She picked up a sports bra in a neon yellow color and noticed that she had one in a size bigger. She took off the pink one she was wearing now and put on the small, neon yellow, one.

Now she definitely knew it was the big one she was going to keep. This one was too small, and she could even feel her breasts lifting the sports bra from underneath, so the underside of her breasts was able to be seen if you were sitting on the floor in front of her. She pulled it off and threw it to the side, so she was sure she wouldn't accidentally put it back inside her closet again.

She then proceeded to all of the other clothes she had. There wasn't much that didn't fit like a glove, but most of it did. There were a few hoodies and t-shirts that were too big on her, but that didn't matter that much since she could just them whenever she was having an off day where she didn't want to do anything.

They had arrived at the reveal of the new project. Oliver was standing in the middle of the stage, in front of the microphones ready to start his speech. He was wearing a light grey suit, with a white dress shirt underneath and no tie. On his right, Ray and Felicity were standing ready to be revealed Oliver's partners for this project. On Oliver's left, was Aaila and Nyssa standing. They were both wearing a white, skintight dress that stopped just above their knees. The dresses had no straps, which made their shoulders fully exposed.

Oliver tapped the microphone and every reporter went silent and looked up at him expectantly. No one in the city had any clue on what was this new project for the city that Oliver was going to reveal.

"Hey everyone, thank you for coming. I know none of you know what this is going to be about, apart from 'a new project' here in the city, and that is what I am going to reveal for you now. Last time you saw me on a stage for a reveal, I told you all that I didn't want to take over my father's company, and that is still not the case. No, what I am here to announce is that Walter Steele had a great idea about how I and my associates would be able to help Starling City, by helping the places that needed the most. So, this new project is about taking all of the excess power from Queen Consolidated, every day, and transfer it around in the parts of the city that need it the most. I know we won't be able to satisfy everyone immediately, but Queen Consolidated and my teams for this project, are already working on something that would make it possible for the entire city. But, from this day, myself, Oliver Queen, Felicity Smoak and Ray Palmer, are going to send all of the excess power from Queen Consolidated to the Glades. The people who live there need it more than the people who don't. Thank you for coming, and I hope you will embrace this new project with open arms. Thank you," Oliver finished his speech and walked back on the stage to get Ray and Felicity up on the front of the stage, so everyone could see them. Oliver too grabbed Aaila's hand pulled her and Nyssa up on the front of the stage even though they weren't part of the project, Oliver still wanted to show everyone that they were his support from back home. All of the reporters started clapping and a lot of them wanted to ask further questions, but none of the people on the stage wanted to answer any questions at the moment.

The five of them went back to Oliver, Nyssa and Aaila's place where they sat down at the dinner table and opened up a bottle of wine. Oliver had done his research on Felicity and therefore found out she was a big fan of wine, while he had known Ray for some time and knew he preferred red wine over white wine.

"So, Oliver, when did you adopt Aaila?" Ray asked, not having heard the news about when it happened.

"We held an official wedding and it was my gift to Nyssa and Aaila that, Aaila would be adopted by us," Oliver explained and took a sip of the wine.

"Wait, have you two met before?" Felicity asked surprised they sounded like they had known each other for a long time. Ray looked at Oliver and Nyssa with a questioning look. Oliver shook his head and started speaking.

"After I got back home, we have done some favors for each other, so we have gotten to know each other quite well," Oliver lied. He didn't want to tell Felicity about how they actually met since that would make her even more suspicious about who Oliver in fact was.

"Oh…" Was all Felicity responded.

"And talking about favors, Ray can I get you to take a look on the pipes for Aaila's bathroom? Apparently, she doesn't have any hot water in her bathroom anymore," Oliver asked, trying to steer the conversation into something where he didn't have to lie about everything.

"Yeah of course. I think I might be able to come by tomorrow, but I will let you know if I can come by," Ray told Oliver and took a sip of his wine.

The rest of the evening went by with a calm conversation, with a lot of wine and the clock was now, way past dinner. Aaila had walked to her room, and Ray and Felicity were about to leave the apartment. Nyssa was following Felicity towards the door, while Ray and Oliver were a few meters behind them.

"I'm sorry, I didn't really think about that she might not know who you really were," Ray said quietly enough so Felicity couldn't hear it.

"It's okay, Ray. She didn't ask into it any further," Oliver assured. They had reached Nyssa and Felicity, who was standing by the door saying goodbye.

"See you tomorrow," Oliver said to Ray. Ray nodded and started walking out of the apartment, with Felicity just beside him. Oliver and Nyssa and walked up the stairs to Aaila's room and was shocked to see her room so messy. She had clothes scattered all over the floor and on her chair.

"Aaila what happened in here?" Nyssa asked signaling to all her mess.

"Oh, I just wanted to clean out in my closet," Aaila said and started going through the clothes she had on her bed. She wanted to clean up her bed before she was heading to bed, but it looked like she didn't have time for that just yet. "Are we going out?"

Oliver nodded and went back out of the room and headed for the door. Nyssa and Aaila followed him rather quickly. Soon enough the three of them were inside the car, driving towards the foundry to put on their gear.