Title Of Story: Second Chances
Chapter Number: 8
Chapter Name: Long Night Part 2

Felicity
I watched from the doorway as Oliver looked at his daughter for the first time and I could see it in him, how happy he was to be seeing her for the first time. He walked further into her room and knelt down beside her and moved some hair from her face, he leaned down and placed a kiss on the top of her head before standing up and leaving the room. I closed the door behind him and I turned to face him "She's beautiful" He stated.

I stared at Oliver for a couple moments before speaking "Yes I know she is… she's perfect" I told him and he smiled at me. The two of us walked back to the sofa and we sat down on it where we had sat earlier.

"Tell me more about her" Oliver asked.

"Well… she loves dancing, singing, teddy bears, princess' and all things girly. You couldn't find a more girly girl if you tried. Her favourite colour is pink and her favourite movie 101 Dalmatians and she's obsessed with taking things apart and putting them back together again" I explained to him and he smiled as he heard all the information I was him "She's a good kid who doesn't cause anyone any bother… she has her off days when she wants to do things her way or now way. She takes after her father that way" I told him and he chuckled lightly "She really loved the Disney Princess doll house that magically appeared on the doorstep yesterday" I added

I looked at Oliver as he looked down at his lap embarrassed that he'd been caught out but then he looked up again at me with a smile "Well I'm glad she liked it" He told me "I walked into that toy store and I was looking around at all the toys and I just couldn't… I didn't know what she liked, I didn't know what she was into and I didn't know what to get her" He looked sad now "I didn't know what my daughter like so I had to guess, for all I knew she could've been a tom boy who was into soccer or something" He explained to me and I felt sorry for him and slightly guilty "Tell me more about her… her full name, time she was born, how much she weighed" He added.

"Her full name is Madelyn Grace Queen Smoak and she was born May 20th at 03:21am and she was quite a small baby at 5 pounds and 6 ounces" I told him "The labour was the longest 17 hours of my life but when she was first placed in my arms everything was worth it" I said.

"I'm sure it was" He replied.

"I'm sorry you wasn't there" I told him.

"I think me and you need to stop talking about the past and start focusing on the present and future. I have finally found you and Madelyn, I want us to try and work things out so we can be a family… I know you said you wanted to take it slow and I promise I will go as slow as you like, please just don't shut me out again" He begged me and I couldn't help but nod.

"I promise you I won't" I replied.

The two of us sat in silence for a little while and it wasn't an awkward silence either, it was a comfortable silence where the two of us thought about the nights events. I'm sure we both had planned how tonight was going to go and if I'm being completely honest then I really didn't think tonight would go the way it did. I thought me and Oliver would end up arguing again and this time he would walk out the door without looking back, that was my worst fear but after walking out on my once I couldn't get that image out of my head. Oliver had caused this memory that won't go away, a memory I dream sometimes and every time I end up waking in tears as I think about his back walking out the door.

I know things between us weren't great when I told him I was pregnant, I still don't know what was wrong with him but I'll ask him another day, whatever it was that was worrying him tore us apart. When I think back to that time in our lives I just remember how tense he always was and he was so interested in my relationship with Ray at work… of course I just thought he was jealous and didn't like Ray for obvious reasons but there is something telling me that it was more then that. Don't ask me what it is because I can't quite place my finger on it but I just had this guy feeling I didn't know the whole story.

If Oliver wasn't telling me his reasons for concern it was because of one of two reasons 1) He didn't want to admit to me that he was jealous of Ray or 2) Oliver was protecting me from something more sinister then I had thought. That's one of the things I can always count on Oliver for, protection, I know if I called day or night and I was in trouble then he would show up in a heart beat with his green leather, bow and arrow to save me. Even before we were together as a couple he would risk his life for me, he even went against his promise to Tommy when he killed Count Vertigo.

"What you thinking about?" He asked me.

"It doesn't matter" I replied.

"I don't think keeping secrets from each other is a good thing… do you?" He questioned.

"I'm not keeping any secrets from you, I was just thinking about the past but I don't wanna talk about it" I told him.

"Ok well you know that if you want to talk to me about anything then you can… don't you?" He asked and I nodded at him with a smile "I want us to forget about all that shit that happened in the past and I want us to move on but if there are still things that you wanna ask me to talk to me about then don't be worried about it, just ask" He stated.

"When we were together, what was wrong with you just before we ended it? You were acting distant and I never knew why" I told him.

"That is a conversation I don't think needs to be had today" He replied.

"Some part of me told me you wouldn't answer that" I said.

"It's not that I don't want to talk about it, I just think we should talk about it a different time that's all" He told me.

"Ok" I simply replied.

"Now you're angry" He stated.

"I'm… irritated. Honestly Oliver I don't actually know what went wrong with us and the whole time I was separated from you I always wondered that. It was just one piece of the puzzle I could never find" I told him.

"It's complicated Felicity and there are things that you might not believe, things you will question and it will upset you… the last thing I want is for you to be upset… today of all days. I want today to be good for us, not end up in an argument" He replied.

"Ok I guess I'll just keep waiting then" I said.

"Look I think it's time that I go… trust me I don't want to leave but I want to leave tonight on good terms" He told me and stood up from the sofa. I also stood up and I followed him to the front door, Oliver opened the door and stood there in the doorway for a second and we just stared at each other "I guess I'll see you soon then" He said and I nodded in response. I really didn't want Oliver to leave, I wanted him to stay here and never leave again… I had just got Oliver back and now he was leaving me once again "Are you ok?" He asked looking generally concerned.

"Yeah I'm fine" I replied.

"You don't like… in fact you look like you might cry" He said.

"I just don't really want you to leave, I've just got you back and now you're walking out the door… again" I told him.

"Do you want me to stay?" He questioned.

"Of course" I replied.

"Then I'll stay" He said. He stepped back into the house and closed the front door and the two of us made our way back over to the sofa. We sat down and as soon as we did I cuddled into him, he wrapped his arm protectively around me "You know I didn't really wanna leave either… I just thought I would give you some space and some time" He said.

"Now that I have you back, I don't want you to leave ever again… the worst day of my life was you leaving and I don't ever wanna go through that again, I wouldn't be able to survive it" I confessed.

"Well lucky for you that you don't ever have to go through that again because I'm never leaving" He replied.

"That's good to know" I said.

I looked up at him with a smile at the same time he looked down at me, we just stared at each other for a few moments before he leaned down as I leaned up. Our lips met and there was static electricity going through the both of us, I got as close into Oliver as I could and he did the same to me. It was like our first kiss all over again expect this time there was much more passion and much more need between the two of us, Oliver was the first to pull away "I think we need to slow down… I don't want to rush things and make things more complicated before we've even got back to… us" He explained but he sounded worried as if I was going to freak out of something but he was right.

"You're right… we need to slow down" I replied.

So things look like they're going to be fine for Oliver and Felicity... for now... I think we all know by now that I love a little drama, it makes everything much more interesting. That's chapter 5 of 7 so far and I hope you are all enjoying it so far! I have been amazing by all of the support over the last few days in terms of reviews, favourites, follows and PMs. I love all of you for everything, you're great! Please continue with all the support XX