Felicity looked at him stunned. She mentally kicked herself for not hiding the picture. She spoke quietly.
"Oh yeah. That."
His eyes widened. "Oh yeah that? That's all you have to say?"
She thawed out a little and sat on the edge of the bed. "I didn't think this would be the best time to tell you."
"When else would you have told me? When the baby came out?"
She rolled her eyes. "I'm not that bad. I didn't know how to tell you."
He started pacing. "How long have you known?"
"Not even a week. Li doesn't know about it."
He sat down next to her and rubbed the side of his face. She spoke quietly.
"We really did it this time didn't we?"
He nodded. "Come home."
She looked at him. "I can't. We just talked about that."
"That was before..."
"Before what? Nothing has changed."
"Felicity everything has changed. You're pregnant. It's not safe for you here."
"Like it's any safer at home?"
"At home I can protect you."
"Yeah we all saw how well that worked last year didn't we?"
He was taken aback. She regretted the words the second they had come out of her mouth. She looked at him guilty.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean that. But...you're treating me like an idiot who can't take care of herself."
He sighed. "I know you can but not with a baby."
"I'm not going to be pregnant forever. I'll be home before i'm due and we can deal with it then."
He looked at her carefully. "If you won't come home then I am staying here."
"You can't. You need to get to the people on the list. Besides you're the Green Arrow. You can not give that up. I won't let you."
"But me being the Green Arrow puts a target on this baby's back before it's even born. You saw what happened with William."
She grabbed his hand and dropped her voice. "For better or worse we're in this together. That is what we said when we started all of this and I am standing by it."
He looked at her carefully. "But..."
"No buts. Just admit that I am right and lets move on with the plan."
He cracked a smile. "Okay fine. But you can't be putting yourself in danger here."
"I'm not. I will be out before anything happens."
"And then we can talk about this...us?"
She nodded. "I promise."
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Before Oliver had to go home Felicity figured that she needed to humor him by having Shawn go through the plan and escape one last time. As they did Oliver looked at things from a new perspective.
"What if Li suspects Felicity?"
Shawn looked at him. "Oliver I swear to you, I won't let anything happen to her."
Oliver nodded and shook his hand. That night as they laid in bed Felicity saw him reading a book. She turned onto her side and raised her brows.
"Oliver Queen are you actually reading a book?"
He looked at her amused. "It was in your living room."
She looked. It was the pregnancy book she had gotten herself.
"Seriously?"
He shrugged. "I realized that I know nothing about babies. I mean nothing."
"Weren't you like nine when Thea was born?"
"Yeah but we had nannies and I went to school. Plus I always handed her back when she started to cry."
Felicity laughed. "We have time to figure all this out."
"Yeah but I am going to need a lot of time."
"I'm sure Dig will be willing to help you."
He rolled his eyes. Eventually he set the book aside and turned out the light.
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Felicity decided to go with Oliver to the airport. He stood with her before going through security. He spoke to her quietly.
"If you need me I will be on the next plane out."
She smiled. "I'll be fine. I'll be home in a few months."
He nodded and hugged her gently. "Take care of yourself and...it."
She nodded and waved as he walked towards security. It was going to be a long three months.
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The best part about being pregnant for Felicity was that Li didn't suspect her. He was very understanding of all of her doctor's appointments and break needs. Before Felicity knew it two months had gone by. She was starting to show. Amy just had to point that out to her.
"I bet Oliver is excited."
Felicity rolled her eyes. "I haven't spoken to him for two months really. We text about updates for this case we're working on."
"Well I still think you are going to be having one awesome homecoming."
"I doubt it."
Amy gave her a look. "I saw the way he looked at you. Those kinds of feelings, they don't just disappear."
"No but we had our reasons for breaking up."
"I'm sure you did but maybe they don't matter as much as you seem to think that they do."
Felicity shook off that feeling. Truth be told she was starting to have stronger feelings for Oliver. She figured that they had something to do with the fact that she was carrying his child. She already loved her baby so in turn she loved her baby's father. That was normal. But the there were times when she just plain missed Oliver.
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Felicity had been finishing up for the day when Li walked down to see her.
"Felicity, looking lovely as always."
She blushed. "Suck up. What can I do for you?"
"The CIA tested out your virus and it seems to have a glitch."
"Glitch?"
"It umm takes too long they feel. Is there anyway that you can make it faster?"
She accepted the microchip from him and looked at it. "I can always try."
"You are truly remarkable. Just give it to me when you're done."
She nodded. She put the microchip back into the slot on her computer and started typing away. She made the necessary adjustments and went upstairs. She walked into Shawn and Amy's apartment and found them eating dinner. Shawn saw the look on her face.
"What's up?"
Felicity showed him the chip. He raised his brows.
"Is that the...?"
"Li brought it to me. He said that they tested it and found it to be too slow."
Amy stood. "They tested it?"
Felicity nodded. "Which means someone on the list is probably dead."
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Amy and Felicity went into town the next day to use the pay phone. Felicity was so nervous she couldn't seem to dial. Eventually her call went through.
"Lyla Michaels."
"Hey it's me. Can you talk?"
"Yeah what's going on?"
"They tested the virus already."
"What? When?"
"Sometime last week. Li brought the main microchip back to me and said it was too slow."
"Let me see what I can dig up."
"Okay i'll do some digging on this end."
"Felicity, be careful."
"Always. Give everyone a hug for me."
"Will do. Stay safe."
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Lyla rushed into The Arrowcave. Oliver was training with Rene while Thea and Dig watched. Dig turned and smiled.
"Hey Beautiful."
She hugged him then spoke to Oliver. "They tested the virus."
He turned stunned. Rene hit him upside the head. He shook it off and walked over.
"When?"
"A few days ago in Hong Kong. A former A.R.G.U.S agent Juan Leu was killed by a suspected gas explosion."
"Gas explosion?"
"They didn't think it was relevant that his computer was torched."
Oliver sighed. "This is only the beginning."
"I know. I warned Juan about the list and he was taking precautions so the fact they still got to him..."
"The virus is more powerful then we thought."
Thea looked between them. "What are you guys talking about."
Lyla turned to her. "The company that Felicity is working for had her create a computer generated bomb. It can cause any server to overheat and explode. Even a server as small as a smart watch."
Rene made a face. "That doesn't sound good."
"It's not. Oliver and I have warned everyone on Dark Horse's hit list but they're smart. I should have known that they would do a test run. And now they want Felicity to make the virus even faster."
Oliver nodded. "I need to get her out of there."
Lyla shook her head. "You can't. If Felicity leaves now Li will know something is up."
"So what do you expect me to do?! Sit here with my hands tied while Felicity and my child are put in danger?!"
Thea and Dig both looked stunned. Dig was the first to talk.
"Felicity is pregnant?"
Oliver sighed and nodded. Thea raised her brows.
"When did you two have time to...you know?"
"When she came home for the break. We had dinner and drank too much wine."
Dig whistled under his breath. "Lyla he's right then. We need to get her out."
"And like I said right now Li doesn't suspect her. She is safer as long as she stays under the radar."
Oliver opened his mouth to protest but Thea put her hand on his shoulder.
"She's right Ollie. If you want to keep her safe then stick with Lyla's plan."
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