AN: THIS TOOK WAY LONGER THAN I MEANT FOR IT TO! I'm soooo sorry everyone! Ive just been in a funk and I've been so busy with school. But I think I'll be back to writing regularly again soon. So without further A do. Two week old Laurel Meets Team Arrow! Enjoy!
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"Wahhh! Wahhhh!" The cries of baby Laurel Aviana Lance sound throughout the previously quiet house.
Sara groans and pushes Ava, "it's your turn."
Ava groans and looks at her wife, "I got her last time, it's your turn."
Sara gets up, "ughhh fine!"
Sara walks over to the bassinet in the corner of their bedroom and looked down at the tiny human inside it. Laurel's hands and feet were scrunched up, her face was red and angry tears were falling down her cheeks.
"Hey princess," Sara says in a soft voice and carefully picks up the two week old, "what's wrong baby?"
She cradles Laurel in her arms and her cries stop almost instantly, replaced by tiny whimpers.
"Aww you just wanted your momma huh baby girl?"
Sara bounces her gently and walks over to the bed, which now has a wide awake Ava leaning against its headboard. Sara sits in between Ava's legs and leans against her, Ava instantly wrapping her arms around them and putting her chin on Sara's shoulder.
"Hi baby bug, why are you up so early?" Ava says in a gentle voice only Sara, and now Laurel, hear.
Laurel looks up at her moms and her little lip sticks out and she whimpers softly.
Sara's heart clenches and she kisses Laurel's head, "did you have a nightmare princess?"
Ava holds Sara tighter and gently rubs Laurel's head.
"It's okay Laur," Sara whispers, "momma has nightmares too. Every night. But wanna know how I get through it?"
Laurel coos as if answering yes to her mommas question. "I wake up and look at your mommy, and now you, and I remember how lucky I am. And how much I love you and mommy and how much you both mean to me."
Ava smiles and places a kiss to Sara's neck, "I love you Peter Pan."
Sara chuckles and turns her head to kiss Ava softly, "I love you too human shield."
Laurel stays awake for the next two hours, no matter how hard they tried. Even after Sara fed her, Laurel just didn't want to sleep. But finally after what seemed like forever, she went back to sleep.
Sara gently placed Laurel in the bassinet and plopped face down on the bed.
She was just about to close her eyes when their alarm went off. Sara quickly shot up and slammed her hand down on the alarm. She hovered for a few seconds, waiting to see if Laurel would cry.
Luckily, she didn't and Sara breathed out. She plopped back down on the bed and groaned into her pillow.
Ava giggled softly and ran her fingers through Sara's hair. "We might as well get up and get ready for the day."
Sara rolls over and looks up at her wife, "whyyyy? We're not meeting up with everyone until like 5, I'm pretty sure it wouldn't kill us if we slept in. Besides," she pulls Ava down and rests her head on her chest, "we're both exhausted and everyone says to sleep when the baby sleeps."
Ava sighs in content and settles into the bed and holds Sara close. "Okay, that sounds so much better than my plan."
Sara nods her head and gums and closes her eyes and both women fall back asleep.
When they wake up once more, again it's to Laurel's crying. This time, Ava gets up and let's Sara sleep just a little bit longer.
Ava walks over to the bassinet and puts her left hand under Laurel's bottom and her right under her neck and head.
She carefully picks her up and settles her down so Laurel's head is in the crook of her arm.
"Shhh baby girl, mommy's here, don't cry Laurel. It's okay," the baby's face just gets redder and her cries get louder.
Sara, woken by her daughters screams, looks at the time and sits up.
"Hey," She says in a gentle voice so she doesn't startle Ava, "she's probably hungry. Its already 12 so she's probably starving."
Sara takes off her shirt, leaving her naked from the waist up, and holds her arms out for the baby.
Ava kisses Laurel's forehead and hands her to Sara and sits next to them, wrapping her left arm around Sara's waist and putting her chin on Sara's shoulder.
Sara smiles and pecks Ava's forehead and brings Laurel to her chest and the baby laches on and sucks hungrily.
"That will never stop feeling weird," Sara chuckles and rubs Laurel's head gently.
Ava smiles and kisses Sara's shoulder, "what does it feel like?"
Sara just keeps staring down at Laurel, "I don't know how to describe it, it's not like a bite, but it's just...weird. That's the only way I can describe it."
About 20 minuets pass until Laurel finally unlatches. "Wow, someone was a hungry little girl," Sara says in a baby voice as she sits Laurel up on her lap, a hand holding the baby's chin and head up and the other gently tapping on her back to get her to burp.
After a few taps Laurel lets out a big burp, "woah! That was a big one!" Ava laughs.
Sara giggles and lays Laurel on her chest, "did that feel good baby? Are you all nice and happy now?"
Laurel just makes little baby noises and her mommies smile at her.
"You know what?" Sara asks
"What?"
Sara looks down at Laurel, "why don't we go surprise Auntie Felicity at work? I'm sure she'll love the distraction."
Ava smiles, "that sounds like a great idea, lets get ready."
Sara smiles and gets off the bed and gently lays Laurel in the middle of it, putting pillows all around her just in case. She quickly goes into Laurel's nursery and grabs the outfit that Felicity had sent them.
The outfit consists of a white onesie that said "Auntie's Little Hacker" black leggings and a purple bow and tutu.
She walks back into the room to see Ava blowing raspberries on Laurel's tummy and Laurel giving her a gummy smile.
"Ohhh look at that beautiful smile, you look just like your mama, yes you do. You are so beautiful!" Ava squeals and plants a million kisses all over Laurel's face.
The baby kicks her feet and puts her hands on her mommy's face.
Meanwhile Sara is getting this all on video, "Awww look at my girls!" She ends the video and walks over and places a kiss to Ava's cheek and Laurel's nose.
Ava smiles, remnants of her laugh still in her voice, "you got the outfit?"
Sara nods, "I sure did, now let's get this beauty changed!"
Ava grabs the outfit and kisses Sara's cheek, "I got her, you get ready."
Sara smiles and pecks her lips, "thanks babe."
Sara walks off to get ready while Ava gets Laurel ready.
"Hi there princess! You ready to go meet Auntie Felicity? She's been so excited to meet you monkey!"
Laurel coos and Ava smiles, "you're so cute! Alright monkey, lets get you dressed." She picks Laurel up, grabs her outfit and takes her to her nursery.
She lays Laurel on the changing table and changes her diaper, "ewww monkey! You stink!" She laughs and blows a raspberry on her tummy.
Laurel smiles and waves her arms around. Ava quickly dressed Laurel as she was getting fussy, and quickly puts on her bow and picks her up.
"Shhhh baby you're okay," she rubs Laurel's back gently and the baby calms down and curls into her mommy.
Ava turns around and goes back into her and Sara's room to see her wife walk out of the bathroom wearing black skinny jeans and a lose red top.
"Look at your beautiful mama," Ava whispers loud enough for Sara to hear and turns to the side so Laurel is facing Sara.
Sara smiles and walks over to them and kisses Ava softly, their lips moving gently against each other.
They pull away and rest their foreheads against each other. Sara pecks Ava's lips once more and takes Laurel from her arms and cradles the baby in her arms, "you get ready, I told Felicity we'd be there in about a half hour."
"Okay, I just gotta change."
Sara smiles and sits on the bed and looks down at Laurel, "I can't believe you're here baby girl, it's been two weeks and I just keep expecting to wake up and you be in my belly still."
Laurel yawns and puts a hand on Sara's chest.
Sara smiles, "oh no monkey you gotta stay awake for your crazy auntie," she moves Laurel so her left hand is cradling her head and her right is under her butt and she's holding her straight out.
Ava comes out a few minutes later wearing black leggings and a black tank top and beige zip up sweater, "ready?"
Sara smiles and stands up, shifting Laurel to her chest, "yeah, just gotta get her diaper bag packed. I just need to put diapers and bottles in it."
Ava kisses her forehead, "I got it, meet me in the car."
Sara pecks her lips softly, "you're the best Ava Lance."
Ava smiles wide and looks at her girls, "I know," she winks and walks away.
Sara shakes her head, "your mommy is gonna be the death of me baby girl."
She walks into the nursery and grabs Laurel's jacket and little boots and puts them on her. Sara takes Laurel downstairs and grabs the car seat and buckles Laurel inside it.
"Alright monkey, here's your bink cause I know in .2 seconds you're going to start fussing," she puts Laurel's binki in her mouth and the baby happily sucks on it.
Ava walks to the door just as Sara picked up the car seat, "perfect timing babe."
Sara smiles and pecks her cheek, "as always love."
Ava just smiles and shakes her head, and the family walk out of their house and to their car. Sara puts Laurel in the back, making sure the car seat is locked in, and leans down and places a soft kiss on her nose.
"Get ready little one, cause your auntie licity is gonna cuddle you to death."
Sara closes the door and moves around to the passenger side and hops in, Ava already waiting for her.
"Ready to go?" Ava asked and started driving.
Sara smiled, "yeah! I'm excited for Lic to meet Laurel, besides Amaya, Felicity has really been like my sister, especially after Laurel died."
Ava takes one hand off the wheel and puts it on Sara's thigh and squeezes gently. Sara smiles and looks out the window.
A few minutes later and the little family pull up to Palmer Tech and walk inside. They take the elevator to the top floor where Felicity's office is, only to find she's not there.
"Must be in the bunker," Sara murmurs quietly and adjusts her grip on Laurel's car seat.
They walk back into the elevator and take it down. All the way down.
They walk out of the elevator to see Felicity typing furiously and Curtis working behind her.
"Oh if you guys are busy we can come back later?" Sara teases
Felicity snaps her head up and her eyes go straight to the baby carrier. She squeals and runs over.
Sara carefully puts down the baby carrier and hugs her best friend, "Hey you."
Felicity hugs her tightly, "Hey! I thought you were coming later! And at the house."
Sara laughs as Felicity lets go to hug Ava, "that was the plan but we got a little bored and the baby had a little fuss this morning so by the time we got to you guys she'd be out and not waking up anytime soon."
"But," Sara bends down and gently takes Laurel out of the car seat and stands back up. "The little miss is wide awake now and ready to meet her Auntie Felicity."
"Awwwww look at her!" Felicity gushes and brushes the baby's cheek softly.
"Hello there little one, you're so beautiful. Yes you are," Felicity whispers.
"Take her Lic," Sara says and hands her the baby.
Felicity takes Laurel in her arms and holds her close. "Hi," she whispers softly, "you're so beautiful."
She bounces up and down slightly and keeps talking to the baby girl.
"I'm your auntie Felicity, yeah. I'm gonna teach you eeeevverything I know. Yes I am, you're gonna be the smartest girl in the world!"
Sara laughs and leans into Ava who kisses the top of her head. "They're gonna be as thick as thieves," Ava whispers.
Sara nods, "she's gonna have her master the arts of hacking by the time she's five."
Felicity scoffs, "please, you underestimate my abilities."
Sara laughs, "do not get my daughter on any watch lists Felicity Smoak."
Felicity sits down with the baby in her chair, and spins around, "no promises!"
The two blondes shake their heads and lean against the wall, watching Felicity swoon over baby Laurel.
*Ding* The elevator opens and in comes the rest of team arrow, Oliver, Dinah, Dig, and Rene.
"Sara," Oliver walks over and hugs her tightly, "I thought you were coming later?" He pulls back and greets Ava with a hug as well.
"Hey Ollie." Sara hugs him back with a smile, "Yeah we were but we wanted you guys to see Laurel while she was awake so we came early."
They hug the rest of the team and all six of them go crowd around Felicity who has now passed the baby to Oliver.
Sara takes pictures of each member of team arrow with Laurel and laughs when Felicity brings out a onesie that says 'Team Arrow' on it.
Ava changes the baby into the onesie and all the members of team arrow, including baby Laurel, take a group photo. Oliver and Felicity in the middle, Felicity holding Laurel, Dig and Rene beside Oliver, and Dinah and Curtis beside Felicity.
"Okay, 1..2..3!" Sara takes the picture and shows it to them all. "Awee! Send me all the pictures!" Felicity squeals with her mega watt smile.
Sara chuckles, "you're cute. I will."
Laurel starts squirming and her face gets red and pouty. "Oh oh oh, don't cry!" Felicity panics a bit and looks to Ava and Sara.
Ava smiles and takes the baby from her, "come here princess."
Ava settles the baby against her chest and bounces her gently, whispering softly to her daughter. "Shhh baby, mommy's here."
The baby quiets down and cuddles into her mommy. Ava smiles and places a soft kiss to her baby's head.
Sara smiles at her wife and daughter and looks back to her family, "I wish we could stay longer, but is almost time for Laurel to eat and we have one more stop to make before we go home."
The Lance's say their goodbyes, and with promises of family dinner soon, they are off.
Ava gets Laurel locked into her car seat and secured it in the back seat and gets In the car. The two women smile at each other and Ava starts driving.
They arrive at their destination and Sara grabs the diaper bag and Ava grabs the baby.
They little family walk through the grass silently until they make their way in front of a stone. Sara lays down a blanket and kneels down on top of it.
Ava follows suit and takes Laurel out of her car seat and passes her to Sara.
Sara kisses her baby's head and turns back around and lays a hand on the cold tombstone, "Hey Sis."
Sara runs her fingers over Laurel's name and closes her eyes.
She opens them again when she feels baby Laurel move. Sara looks down at her daughter then back at the stone, "Laur, this is your niece, Laurel Aviana Lance."
A tear runs down Sara's cheek. She lifts the baby up a little higher and speaks softly.
"This is your auntie Laurel baby, you're named after her," she whispers and places a soft kiss to the baby's cheek.
"She was the bravest person I've ever known. She was selfless, she stood up for the little guy, she was so smart, and she was so beautiful," Sara chokes out.
"I told myself I wasn't going to cry today," Sara wipes at her tears. Ava sits behind her and wraps her arms around Sara's waist.
Sara leans back into her, thanking her for holding her together.
"Me and mommy named you after the most amazing woman Laurel, and I know your auntie is looking down on us right now, and I know she's going to be your guardian angel forever babygirl."
Laurel opens her eyes, looking to the sky, and waves her hands around in the air and smiles a bit, she coos then settles back down and curls into her mommy's.
Ava smiles, "I don't really believe in the whole afterlife and ghosts, but you think our Laurel just saw big Laurel?"
Sara let's out a small laugh, "with our life, anything's possible." Ava smiles and rocks her family gently back and forth.