AN:/Sorry I have left you guys! My muse left me and she still isn't back, This chapter I really had to force out of myself so I hope that you guys like it.

This one-shot takes place after 3x05. Tell me guys what you think.

This past couple of days have been a whirlwind, to say the least for Felicity. With her mother showing up on her doorstep while Ray also showed up on her doorstep, along with that everyone on the team now knows her deep dark secrets about her time from MIT. But all in all, she was glad that her mom is here she had missed her and she didn't know that until she was getting the time to spend with her.

Felicity and her mom talked once every couple of weeks and her mom was right, it was like pulling teeth when it came to Felicity calling her and sharing things with her. Felicity was always an independent kid and that didn't change when she got older if anything it just got worse. Now that her mom was in Starling however she couldn't resist the much-needed mother-daughter time that they were getting.

Felicity couldn't stop herself from smiling and blushing when her mother asked about Oliver. Felicity had a crush on him that much was noticeable, she couldn't stop herself I mean, have you seen that man? So when Donna Smoak asked Felicity about him and her daughter became a little pile of mush she knew that there was something there.

"So what's going on? Come on baby girl you can't hide this stuff from me, we have already been over the fact that you're a terrible liar." Donna said as she and Felicity were out at lunch. Felicity looked up at her mom and just looked at her for a few moments before going back to her salad trying to keep herself calm and collected.

"Nothing. He's just a really good friend, I used to work for his company and I help him out sometimes at the club. You know those billionaires none of them know how to use any techy stuff." Felicity says her voice shaky as she responded, technically she wasn't lying to her mom. She and Oliver were nothing but friends outside of the team, where she was his partner, but a partner in what exactly?

Donna raises an eyebrow at her daughter calling her bluff immediately, she wasn't an idiot she could tell that Felicity and Oliver were a lot more than friends. The way that she saw them looking at each other the other day was not the way that you looked at your friends.

"Didn't we already establish that you aren't a good liar Felicity? I know that there's something going on between the two of you, at least admit that." Donna says staring her daughter in the eye and Felicity immediately got nervous, no matter how Donna Smoak looks she doesn't take any bullshit from anyone especially her daughter.

Felicity finally looked away from her mother's gaze and out onto the street of the patio that thet were sitting on. She knew that she wasn't telling her mom the truth and that she shouldn't lie to her, her mom always knew her like an open book ever since she was little.

"There is just something about him, I can't explain it, mom. You're right there is something there we went out on one date but things didn't work out the way we wanted it to. There isn't anything there anymore" Felicity said not being able to look her mom in the eye knowing that if she would that she would crack. It hurt her to know that there was something there between the two of them but he was the one putting a stop to it. She was willing to risk it and for one night he was too but then something, of course, had to go wrong.

"How do you know Felicity? That man looks at you like you hung the moon and the stars, there's obviously still something there between you too. What happened on your date that scared him away?" Donna asked wanting an honest answer. Felicity had never come to her for advice before let alone advice about a guy before. She didn't want to screw up this chance that she had with her. She knew, however, that no matter how many times she told her daughter what was right in front of her face she wasn't going to see it until she was ready. She knew that this only had two endings, either her daughter falls in love or gets her heartbroken and she wasn't sure how she wanted it to end. Oliver looked at her like she hung the moon but she read all of the tabloids about him and he didn't seem like a good guy. She didn't know how she felt about this guy, especially in association with her daughter.

Felicity looked back at her mom studying her for a few moments wondering what she could tell her, she couldn't tell her the truth that much she knew. She just didn't know how to tell her what happened without practically screaming that Oliver was The Arrow. Felicity took a deep breath and looked back out onto the street and people watched for a little while trying to figure out something to say.

"Things just...exploded I guess. We weren't ready for the step to become more than friends and it changed things, we both know that the other has feelings for the other but we just...don't talk about it." Felicity chuckled to herself when she said that things exploded, obviously, her mom doesn't know that things actually exploded but there are things that she didn't need to know just for the fact that it would freak her out and make her worry.

"Well honey, sometimes that happens but that doesn't mean that you just end things. Now obviously there's more to this story than you're telling me and that's okay but, you don't just give up on love that easily." Donna says and Felicity's eyes bulge out of her head, love?! No. There's no way that love was apart of this equation, maybe there are feelings present but not love. Although Felicity can't deny that she can't completely deny that there is something there.

"NO! No mom, Oliver doesn't love me and I don't love Oliver, nope." She was hardcore denying it to her mom hoping that she could continue denying it to herself as well. All of these feelings were screwing up her nighttime relationship with Oliver. These longing looks coming from Oliver are screwing with every part of her, also it is also completely unfair that he is always working out without a shirt on and that's so not fair. But she couldn't admit all of this to her mom, she would blow it out of proportion and that was the last thing that she wanted.

Donna wasn't buying any of this bullshit but she wasn't going to comment any further on it so that Felicity wasn't going to get angry with her. She raised her hands in a defensive stance and leaned back in her chair giving up on trying to make her genius daughter see reason because that obviously wasn't going to happen. Sometimes she worried about her daughter, Felicity was a genius there was no denying that however she was oblivious to some things.

"Alright, alright I won't say anymore, just remember what I said because sooner or later it's going to come back and haunt you, Felicity," Donna said and went back to eating her chicken not looking at her daughter and see the contemplation on her face.

Was her mother right? Was she just blind to everything that was going on with her and Oliver, could she just not see it? There wasn't more that she could do until Oliver came to terms with his issues because until he does nothing will ever move forward. Holy shit, what if she did love Oliver? What if all of these feelings weren't tiny or inconsequential feelings? She picked at the rest of her salad only being able to think about things between her and Oliver. Only time could tell what was going on between them and all she could do was wait until the day comes where things are finally out in the open.