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Idiots

He woke up facing her.

The sun was just rising, casting streaks of light through her golden hair, creating a halo. His arms were still wrapped around her. Her face was that of an ethereal being's, angelic. She was gorgeous no matter what, but if he caught it just right in the early morning before she woke... that was a special kind of beautiful. He could have waited there, holding her in his arms forever; waiting for those baby-blue eyes.

Her eyes flicker open, giving a teasing glimpse. She gave a sleepy smile, eyes half open. So he leaned in and kissed her. "Good morning, Prettybird."

"Morning." She snuggled closer to him, but then she looked at the clock. "Best to be getting up."

"Why?" He had no interest in moving.

"Do you want your daughter wandering in here?" Dinah stared at him in disbelief.

"Does it matter?"

"That's it!" She pulled herself out of the embrace of his arms and the blanket. She walked over to the drawers and threw clothes at him. "Get. Up."

He smirked. "One really has to wonder why you have my clothes."

"Just get up!"

*****Dinah's P.O.V.*****

Olivia wasn't too fond of the idea of taking a bath, but Dinah eventually wrangled her into the tub with the promise of bubble bath. Dinah had dried Olivia off and was in the process of redressing her, when Ollie stuck his head in.

"Call for you," he said, holding up her ringing phone. "From... Sandra Colter," glancing at the screen.

"She's from my work," she said, standing up. "Could you finish changing Olivia?"

"Sure," he said, as Dinah took the phone. Olivia protested, "I can change myself!"

She hit the 'accept call' button, shooting a look at her daughter, who resigned herself to the idea with a pout. With that taken care of, she said, "This is Dinah."

"Hey Dinah. How you doing?"

Sandra. Her boss, coworker, and best friend she had in Swanann. "I'm doing fine," she said with a smile. "What do you need?"

"I was callin' ta ask if you knew when..." Dinah couldn't hear the rest of Sandra's sentence when Olivia shrieked. Dinah looked up in alarm to see Olivia, with no shirt on, come running out of the hallway, ran past her in the living room, and into the kitchen, with Ollie chasing after her. She sighed. Olivia had learned that she could run in circles through the house when she had first started walking, and she did so to her own great delight. The fact that Ollie hadn't caught her yet, as they went around a second time, meant that he was taking as much joy in it as the three year old was.

"Sorry, could you repeat that again, Sandra?"

"I said, do you know when the Alstroemeria delivery is coming in t'morrow."

"Nine o'clock, I think?" Her husband and daughter tore once again, with much giggles and laughter.

"Alright, I have ta ask. What is goin' on over there?"

"Just some idiots, on my end." She emphasized the word as Ollie ran past. He looked back with an exaggeratedly hurt expression. She covered the phone and whispered, "You are!"

"Yes, and one would think you like that aspect of me!" He smirked at her.

She just rolled her eyes at that.

"Have you got someone over?" asked Sandra. Dinah could hear the mischief in her voice.

"Sandra..." said Dinah threateningly.

"You do!" Dinah could hear the older woman's laughter over the phone.

"Just a moment." Dinah reached out an arm and caught Olivia as she ran by again. The little girl gave a mix of protests and giggling. Ollie came up from behind and swept Olivia up onto his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. As he held her with one arm, Olivia gave more protests, this time to her daddy. Ollie used his other arm to pull Dinah closer to him, kissing her with one arm wrapped around her waist. Dinah's phone clattered to the floor.

Olivia had stopped protesting , instead crying, "Ewww!"

Dinah pulled away, saying, "Really?"

But anyone could see the smile she was trying fight.

She placed her hands on her hips. "Now could you please put her to bed, I need to finish my conversation with my boss."

Ollie brought Olivia down off his shoulder. "Fine. We can manage that, right Olivia?"

"Right!"

"Well you didn't manage it the first time!" she called after them as they left the room. She retrieved her phone from the floor. "Sorry. That was..." she trailed off, not knowing how to explain a husband, that Dinah had thought was dead, to her friend didn't know that Dinah had ever had a husband.

"Should I even expect ta see you in the shop tomorrow?" Sandra's quiet shell-shocked tone caused Dinah to wonder how much her friend had heard. Or how much she thought she had heard.

"I'll be there."

But it might be good to bring Ollie along with her.

And Olivia.

"Good," said Sandra in the same voice. "See you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow."

Dinah walked into Olivia's room. Olivia was in bed, dressed in the Green Arrow pajamas that Ollie had laughed at the night before. Ollie was reading to her again. Dinah didn't mind, she had read to Olivia for the last three years, it was Ollie's turn now.

The story finished, and Olivia was asleep. Dinah came and knelt beside Ollie, the pair gazing at their daughter.

"She looks so much like you," Ollie whispered.

"She's a lot like you in other ways, not to mention her eyes."

He looked softly in her direction. "I guess there is that. We should probably leave so that we don't wake her up."

"Yeah." She leaned in and kissed Olivia's forehead. Ollie did the same, whispering a goodnight.

Walking into the bedroom, Ollie stopped. Dinah tilted her head in confusion, creasing her brow.

"Dinah."

She watched as he shifted from one foot to the other, a nervous habit of his.

"Dinah, I know that you've built a life here. I know that Olivia has never lived anywhere else... but I need to ask you this."

He knelt down. "Dinah, will you come back to Star City with me?"

She paused in surprise. She had known that he was probably going ask her this, but she didn't know what to respond. She wanted to be with him... but she wasn't sure she wanted to leave what she had built here. She didn't want to leave with no warning

"I need to settle some things here first, but yes, I'll come back to Star City."

She would explain it all to Sandra in the morning. Ollie, being Dinah Queen, her past, her night

job, all of it.