Author's note: Hey so my muse got so inspired by what I planned for the rest of this story that what I planned to be only a couple chapters turned into 9 CHAPTERS! And I got them written and read for posting in just a few days so here is a special treat... enjoy and review!
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A special shout out to my beta warehouseluver13... I just sated betaing for another author and now I realize all that your do for me... YOU ARE TRULY REMARKABLE
Disclosure: I own nothing of Arrow and I also used some dialogue from the show because the writers are just so amazing and I couldn't help myself
"So how is it going?" Felicity asked as she stepped into the sitting room. Cisco glanced up and smiled sweetly, his concern showing in his eyes. "I'm good, Cisco. Just a bit shaken but better now."
"Well good. As for the site, they are currently experiencing some major technical difficulties." Cisco snickered as he held out his tablet for her to look at. When she glanced down and scanned over the website displayed on the screen, she couldn't hold back the laughter. Oliver and Thea looked over her shoulder only to start laughing as well.
"Really Cisco?! Singing, dancing, farting rodents! I love it!" Felicity smiled.
"I was inspired by a story I was told about a previous hack about a year ago." He grinned, his gaze dancing between her and Ray knowingly.
"Wait! What did I miss here?" Thea asked.
"Last year after I ventured into QC's system to borrow some figures and information for my pitch to purchase the company, Felicity hacked my devices so that all they did was play sounds of farting porcupines." Ray explained.
"A treatment well deserved for messing with my systems." Felicity glared back at him.
Thea started laughing hysterically, holding at her side as she leaned down onto the arm of a nearby chair. "Lis that is the best! Oh my god! That's too funny. Makes all my pranks look weak. Remind me never to make you mad or cross you." Thea continued to laugh as she slid into the seat. "Oh! We should pull a prank on Roy."
"Why? Did he break something at the Bunker?! I swear if he even touched my babies to tweet, I will…"
"No! Your babies are safe. It would just be fun. We need a laugh. Especially you."
"Yeah. Maybe I have been a bit high strung. But can you blame me? I'm married to one of the city's vigilantes, raising his 8 year old, about to have more of his kids, while helping run a multinational corporation. Not to mention most of my family make up the rest of the city's team of heroes and my mother and son were just kidnapped by a nut job who wanted a ring that let him command one of the deadliest armies in the world. It's been a crazy few months. And now the press is trying to prove that not only am I not good enough for your brother, I have saddled him with the responsibility of raising another man's kid. I mean I am one step away from a daytime soap opera. We even have several people who have come back from the dead. Seriously! When did this become my life?"
"When I stepped into your office that day with a bullet riddled laptop." Oliver noted sounding a bit guilty over the escalation of the events on her life.
"And a horrible cover story. I guess somethings never change." Felicity laughed while smiling happily at him. Oliver helped her move to sit down when they heard a gasp. Everyone turned to look at Ray who was stunned silent. "What?"
"You're huge!" Felicity rolled her eyes as everyone else glared at him. "I mean… what I meant to say is you're a lot bigger than I thought you'd be. How far along are you?"
"23 weeks today. At least that's what Natalie said at the check up." Oliver boasted proudly.
"How did that go? Everything good?"
"Yep. All good. Healthy and safe. Only note was to get Felicity's blood pressure down which will happen when she slows down and stops going to work in the next couple weeks."
"You're quitting?" Ray was astonished that the woman he thought to be so driven and passionate about the company would just up and quit to be a housewife.
"Not fully. Just maternity leave. I am taking a little extra time since this is a delicate pregnancy. I hired my replacement today. Logan Rogers. I went to MIT with him. He is a good addition to the company and will help out while I'm gone. Then when I go back we may be able to keep him on in the Applied Sciences division. Maybe expand to include a computer technology section. We're still talking it all through right now." Felicity explained as she rubbed her belly. She tried to wiggle her toes and groaned.
"Feet?"
"Yeah. And ankles. I swear the bigger I get, the more they hurt."
"How much bigger will you get?" Ray asked still confused as to why she was so large at such an early time.
"Well we're not really sure. As long as everything goes well and the pregnancy continues properly that's all that matters." Oliver answered as he sat down on the coffee table in front of Felicity, gathering up her feet to start rubbing them.
"This can't be normal." Ray gestured to Felicity and her belly earning him a growl and a glare from Oliver, who was beginning to lose his patience.
"Actually it is. Almost. Still a bit small but the doctor said that was okay for a first time pregnancy. Why do you say that?" Felicity asked.
"Okay am I missing something or is that baby going to come out the size of an elephant? Felicity you are a lot bigger than normal for a 23 week pregnant woman." Ray stood up, upset that everyone seemed to be writing off the signs of an unknown issue as if they were nothing.
"Not if she is having twins." Felicity smiled warmly as she locked eyes with Oliver. He leaned in and pressed two kisses onto her belly.
"T… tw...twins?!" Ray sputtered, trying to wrap his mind around the idea.
"Yep. A boy and a girl. Twins. Not identical but that's okay. Little Tommy Alan and Harper Lillian Queen. Our two sweet angels. Along with their half brother Connor of course." Felicity smiled bright, so proud of the family she had now.
Ray flopped back down into his seat, flabbergasted by the news. His mouth was still wide open, eyes popping from his head as that single word replayed over and over in his head. Twins. Oliver pulled out the latest sonogram to show off to his sister who joyously accepted the photo and began bouncing with excitement over the little faces staring back at her. "Lis! Ollie! They're too cute. Oh I can't wait to hold them. Promise me I get to help take care of them."
"Of course Thea. We'll need all the help we can get. Especially when Oliver goes back to QI. I know he wants to spend as much time at home after the babies are born but the company is going to need him and I don't think I can handle two screaming, crying Queens by myself. You two are enough trouble and you can tell me what you need from me. Most of the time." Felicity laughed. She looked over to see Thea showing Cisco, who melted at the photo and Oliver was smiling from ear to ear. "Wanna see?" she asked Ray.
When he didn't respond, she waved for Thea to show him. Thea moved the photo so he could see and there in black and white were two bulbous heads staring back at him. He studied the photo some more, a soft smile slowly growing on his face. "Wow! Twins! That's… that's amazing guys. Congratulations. They look perfect."
"They should be. Felicity is their mom." Oliver grinned as he moved to keep rubbing her feet. He touched one of the more painful spots and Felicity hissed and tried to pull away. "Hey relax. Speedy, got any lotion?" Thea smiled and nodded. She darted out the room only to return a couple moments later with a small bottle of lotion she kept in her purse.
"Who would've thought I would see the day that my brother, Oliver Queen, playboy and heartthrob, would be waiting hand and foot on a woman. Always thought you wanted it the other way around."
"That was Ollie. Oliver is willing to do whatever it takes to make sure his wife is happy, comfortable and feels loved." Oliver answered, his heated gaze never leaving Felicity as he to the lotion and began rubbing her foot again. The intensity of the moment made her blush. He went back to work on the knot and got it worked out and was finishing up when they heard a commotion in the foyer. Connor was laughing about something as he and Diggle came into the house. "Hey Connor!" Oliver called out to his son.
"Dad! Mommy! You're home early!" Connor came into the room, walking very fast since he was excited but knew Felicity didn't allow running inside the house.
"Yeah we had an appointment to check on the twins and decided to call it a day early today. It's been a long week." Oliver stated as he placed Felicity's feet next to him and wiped his hand off with the pocket square from his suit. Then he reached out. "So where's my hug?" Connor launched at his dad and hugged him tight. "How was school?"
"It was a blast! We got to play games and watch movies for most of the day since we were ahead in our lessons. Brad asked what I was going to be for Halloween. He is dressing up as the Flash. I told him I was going to be Green Arrow!"
"Well then you two can team up and take out the bad guys." Felicity giggled and smiled at Oliver.
"How's about you sit up there next to Mommy and keep her company. I need to make a few calls. I shouldn't be long. Then we will have dinner." Oliver asked as he patted Connor on the back. Connor shrugged and climbed up on the sofa to sit next to Felicity.
"How are the babies?" Connor asked before leaning in and placing a kiss on each side of her belly. Tommy kicked towards his brother which only made the boy laugh.
"They're getting bigger but all healthy. See?" Felicity reached for the sonogram that Ray had in his hand. He held it out for Connor to take and smiled at the young boy. Felicity saw the hesitation Connor had towards Ray and smiled. "Connor this is Ray Palmer. He used to be Mommy's boss."
"But I thought Dad was your boss."
"He was when we worked at Queen Consolidated. Last year Ray bought the company and named it Palmer Tech. Then last May Ray gave me the company and that how Oliver and I got Queen Incorporated."
"He's the guy you kissed before Dad?" Connor asked. Connor had heard a story that Diggle had told him about how Felicity and Oliver never started kissing in the hideouts until she started kissing another guy and Oliver was jealous.
"Yeah Sweetie but I only kiss you and Oliver now. At least until these two come along. Then they get added to that list."
"And Thea and Dig. You kiss them too."
"Yes but not on the lips like we do." Felicity leaned in and pecked Connor on the lips. It was a joke that grew into a habit between the two.
"And you don't kiss anyone like you kiss Dad."
"Nope and never will." Felicity stated lovingly.
Connor seemed to consider his next question thoroughly before asking. "So does he know?"
"Know what little man?" Dig asked stepping into the room. He placed his hand on Felicity's shoulder and smiled at her. She handed up the new sonogram for him to see.
"You know… does he know? About the thing. And Dad?" Connor asked blatantly. He wanted to know who knew about Oliver's night job so that he knew who he could talk about it to and in front of without causing trouble.
Felicity caught on and smiled. "Oh yes Sweetie. Ray knows about your Dad and his hood."
"Cool. So have you seen it?" Connor gazed at the man excited to get another person's take on his dad's alter ego.
"Actually I have. He helped save me once. Him and his team."
"You mean Mommy and Uncle Dig and Uncle Roy and Aunt Laurel and Aunt Thea. I saw them all when they save me too."
Ray smiled realizing that they had all been outed during their recent rescue mission. "Well at the time it was just Oliver, Roy, Diggle and Felicity. And Felicity never really did fieldwork. I don't remember seeing Diggle but I remember Oliver and Roy."
"I like Dad's hood. The new one. Mommy showed me pictures of the old one but it wasn't as shiny as the new one so it's not as cool." The group laughed as they began to understand just how much Oliver being the Arrow means to his son.
"Speaking of suits. It's done." Cisco noted, an excited smile growing on his face.
"Really?! That fast. Cisco, you're the best. Is it here?" Felicity became excited too.
"Yep. I brought it along since we are done at the Bunker. Malcolm is all taken care of and I need to get back to Central City to work on a few things going on there. If you need me, you always know how to find me." Cisco smiled.
"Cisco, I can't thank you enough." Felicity smiled as tears formed in her eyes. "Dig, will you see if Oliver can come here for a minute. I want to show him something."
"Sure thing." Diggle disappeared to seek out Oliver.
Connor looked at all the faces in the room but it seemed that Ray and Thea didn't know what was going on either. "What is it Mommy? What did you get Dad?"
"You'll see. Just wait okay?" Connor nodded. A couple minutes later Oliver came back into the room with Dig.
"What's up?"
"Cisco and I have been working on a project I wanted to show you." She held her hand out for Cisco who pulled a box up from on the floor next to him.
"Hey little man, how's about you open this?" cisco asked Connor. Connor saw the bow on tip and knew it was a present.
"Really?" Connor glanced up at his dad, who was still confused but who nodded at him in agreement. He moved towards Cisco and started to rip into the box. Once he had the bow and paper off, he lifted the lid and pulled out the tissue paper to find a set of dark green leathers. He pulled out the jacket, which had an attachable hood and gasped. "Cool! It's a jacket like yours Dad!"
"Yep. You said you wanted to be the Green Arrow for Halloween. Well who better to get your costume from than the guy who made the original?" Felicity smiled at Connor as she explained the gift.
"You made my Dad's suit?"
"Yep and the Flash's. Just don't say anything."
"You mean Barry's suit? Awesome!" Cisco laughed as the 8 year old pulled apart all the secret lives of those around him. "Don't worry I won't say a word. But does this mean that I can see how he does that super speed thing? It's so cool to run that fast."
Cisco laughed again as he smiled and hugged the boy. "Definitely. If it's okay with Mom and Dad. Maybe next time you're in Central City we can show you our base. Then you can see where I build all my cool gadgets and weapons."
"Really?!" Connor bounced with joy and turned to face his parents. "Can we please? I promise I'll be good and do whatever you say and not touch a thing. We can go this week. I have the time off from school."
"Sorry Buddy but we have to work. Plus you were going to stay with Bubbe and hang out with her and Thea. They have the whole week already planned remember?" Oliver answered, feeling a sting of regret as soon as he saw the disappointment on his son's face.
Felicity saw it too and thought quickly. "Hey how about next weekend? If you are a good boy this week for Bubbe, Thea, Roy and Dig then Oliver and I can get all our work done early. We have a dinner next Friday but after that we can have the whole weekend and go to Central City to see Team Flash. Sound good?"
Connor smiled brightly and jumped up and down. "Sounds great!" He ran around the sofa and gave Felicity a big hug. "I love you, Mommy."
"Love you too but you need to thank Cisco and your dad for your new suit. They helped with it."
Connor turned to Oliver and hugged him tightly once Oliver knelt down to him. "Thanks Dad! You're the best dad ever!" Oliver squeezed him a bit tighter before dropping his son to the floor and watched him go thank Cisco for the suit.
"Thank you." Oliver whispered into Felicity's ear as he leaned over the back of the sofa. When she turned and look at him slightly puzzled, he continued, "You just gave me the best gift anyone could have given. You helped me make my son so proud of me. Thank you. I love you Sweetheart, more today than ever before."
"I love you too Baby and I am just as proud of you as Connor is. His right. You are the best." Felicity smiled up at her husband, happier in this moment than she ever thought possible.