This was what heaven felt like. Felicity was sure of it.

She was sitting on her couch relaxing with her feet on the coffee table. The morning sun was shining through the curtains. There was an open baby name book next to her, and Oliver's head was on her lap.

Heaven indeed.

It had been two weeks since their passionate reunion and not once had she regretted it. Better yet, Felicity was sure that Oliver didn't either.

"What about Connor?" Oliver suggested without opening his eyes. Felicity noncommittedly hummed and went on running her fingers through his hair. "Or how about Nickolas?"

"Thea's convinced it's a girl." Felicity slowly replied. A huff of laughter came from Oliver. "Speaking of, she says her and Roy are doing good."

Any humor that once graced Oliver's face was gone. Roy had decided to take the past couple of days off to spend with Thea.

"As much as you didn't want to, I think that letting Roy in on your secret was a good idea." Oliver turned his head to make eye contact with her. "He's been a nice addition to Team Arrow."

Oliver jokingly glared at her, and Felicity internally danced at getting him to loosen up.

"The Foundry has been pretty packed lately." Oliver admitted before turning his head back to let Felicity continue her ministrations. "What with Roy and Laurel spending all their free time there."

He wasn't wrong. Roy had in fact spent quite a lot of time down in the foundry training with Oliver and Dig, and he hadn't gone off the handle since the night of the earthquake device. Oliver even willingly let the young man come with on some paroles.

Laurel was also a new constant. Almost every night, she was next to Felicity asking questions or listening over the comms. Felicity wasn't sure what Laurel was planning on doing in the long run or even what Oliver wanted her to do. Either way she was here, and to be honest, Felicity was happy to have another woman in Team Arrow full time with her.

"Which allows you to spend more time doing other things." Felicity cheekily said. Oliver turned to face once more. She leaned down to kiss him but stopped at the last second. "Like get ready for your mother's campaign meeting."

"Ugh." Oliver groaned, moving away from Felicity like a pouty child. "Please don't talk about my mother when we're about to kiss."

Felicity laughed and pushed Oliver up who then helped her get on her feet. They walked hand in hand to Felicity's bedroom. The room had been very messy since Oliver and her entered their relationship. He had basically stayed at her place every night.

She had turned to her closet to pick out an outfit for the day, and was praying that she would still fit into the last maternity clothes she had bought, when Oliver came up beside her sans a shirt.

"We could save time and share a shower." Oliver suggested. Felicity rolled her eyes. He was such a guy.

"If we share a shower, we'll be late. And how exactly will we explain that to your mother and sister?" Felicity asked as Oliver wrapped his arms around her and started kissing down her neck.

"We could tell them the truth." He stated. She turned around in his arms and gave him a look.

"We're not telling your family that we were late because we were having sex. Plus, they don't even know we're dating yet." Felicity patted Oliver on the cheek. "We're telling them tonight remember?"

Before Oliver could respond, there was a dainty knock on Felicity's front door.

"Looks like Mrs. Norris 'lost' her cat again." Oliver chuckled.

"Well unfortunately for Mrs. Norris, I'm going to get the door, and you're going to take a shower." Felicity said before pushing Oliver away and started her waddle to the door.

"Love you." Oliver yelled from behind her, going towards her bathroom.

"Yeah, yeah. I love you too."

The past two weeks had been like a dream. Felicity was with the love of her life and the father of her child. Team Arrow was without drama, and they were going to be spending the day with Oliver's family which Felicity had a solid relationship with.

Of course that meant Felicity's life had to go terrible. When Felicity opened the door, the last person she expected was on the other side.

"Mom!" Felicity gasped. Her mother squealed and jumped up and down.

Having Donna Smoak as a mother was an interesting experience. The two of them were different in everything but looks, and as a teenager, Felicity wanted nothing to do with the woman. Their relationship was strained for multiple years. In fact, it was only since Felicity had become pregnant that the two had gotten closer.

So Felicity wasn't totally put out with her mother being in town. Sure a notice would have been nice, but her mother was still her mother. Felicity had even thought of inviting Donna to town before the baby came, but then everything with Oliver happened.

Which is the reason that Felicity wasn't exactly pleased with her mother's sudden appearance.

"Look at you." Her mother gasped, tears filling her eyes. She gestured to Felicity's six and half month belly. "My baby is having a baby."

With that, Donna pulled her in for a hug. Felicity couldn't help but tear up as well. No matter how unexpected, Felicity had missed her mom.

As the embrace continued, Felicity heard Oliver exit the bathroom and begin their way.

"Felicity. Where did you put my—" Oliver started before stopping once he saw the two woman embracing. At least that was what Felicity assumed happened as she had yet to be released from her mother's arms. "Who's this?"

Donna pulled away from her and turned to face Oliver. Her mother blushed, and as Felicity turned she saw the reason. Oliver was currently only wearing a towel around his waist. Felicity internally groaned. Her mother stepped closer to her, and Felicity closed the door.

"Oliver Queen." Donna mumbled in awe. "Oliver Queen is in your apartment. Just in a towel."

Oliver was currently looking at Felicity very confused. Just like that Donna squealed once more and joyously embraced her.

"Oh honey." Donna said, stepping back to look at her. "I'm so glad you and Oliver worked everything out."

Felicity could see the moment Oliver figured out who the woman who interrupted their morning was. His eyes widened and steps forward.

"Hi…" Oliver trails off, not knowing her mother's name.

"Donna." Her mother hurriedly answers. Oliver nods with a smile.

"Donna." He looked back at Felicity. "Felicity didn't tell me that you were coming."

"It was surprise. I just missed her so much!" Donna said, smiling at Felicity who gave Oliver a pained smile. Her new beau looked like he was holding back laughter. "I couldn't miss all of my Felicity's pregnancy."

"Mom. We have to take care of some business at the office." Felicity explained. Donna frowned.

"I can take care of it." Oliver quickly interjected. Felicity turned to him with a questioning look. "Spend time with your mother, and I'll just see you later."

"Oh that's perfect, Felicity." Her mother squealed. Felicity hadn't quite decided if this was a good thing or not yet. One thing was for sure, she didn't appreciate Oliver pushing her to spend time with her mother.

Oliver smiled down at her before going back to her bedroom, Felicity assumed, to finish getting ready.

"Oh you should be sitting." Donna declared, pushing her to the couch. Felicity just rolled her eyes and took a seat.

"Mom, I'm fine." Felicity said fondly. Her mother sat down next to her and placed a hand on Felicity's bump.

"You've had a difficult pregnancy with all those hospital visits. You should be relaxing."

"That's what I keep telling her." Oliver teased, coming back from the bedroom. He was wearing one of the many suits he had left at her apartment, and Felicity was once again struck by how amazing he was.

He dropped a kiss on her head before making his goodbyes and leaving. Felicity turned back to her mother who was giving her a large smile.

"Now tell me how exactly you two became a thing."

"Nice of you to join us." Thea teased as Oliver entered the conference room. He smiled at his younger sister and gave her a quick hug. His mother and Walter were off to the side speaking. "You didn't even come home last night."

"I had to take care of something." Thea smirked but thankfully let it drop.

Oliver was ready to tell everyone about his and Felicity's relationship the second they had made it official, but Felicity was adamant that they wait a little while before telling anyone to make sure they were stable.

Of course that went out the window the second that Dig saw them together. The man had given the pair a small smile before moving on. Roy was unaware of any change, but Oliver was convinced that that had more to do with the fact that he had assumed from the get-go that they were dating.

Laurel was a different take all together. She was a frequent visitor to the foundry and hiding the new development in his and Felicity's relationship wasn't really an option. Despite many assurances from Laurel that she was happy for them, Oliver and Felicity agreed to go easy on any PDA in the foundry.

Two amazing weeks had gone by quickly, but Oliver could tell his family was starting to get suspicious. Just the night before Oliver and Felicity agreed it was time to tell the Queens, and they planned to do it at dinner that night. Oliver could hold out for a couple more hours.

"Ah Oliver." Moria said, walking over with Walter. His mother pulled him in for a hug, which he returned. Walter shook his hand. "I thought Felicity was joining us."

"That was the plan, but Felicity's mother made an unexpected visit this morning." Oliver chuckled. Moria raised her eyebrow.

"Well, why don't you invite her to dinner tonight? It would be nice to have a whole family get together." Moria suggested, making it clear that it was an order. Oliver gave her a pained smile.

"Yeah, Oliver. I want to meet your mother-in-law." Thea said with a wink. Before anything else could be said, Moria's campaign manager entered the conference room.

Mother-in-law. Huh, now that was an idea.

Felicity was going insane.

Her mother had only been in the city for a couple hours, and she already felt like pulling her hair out. Felicity and her mother's relationship was strengthening but keeping her night job a secret was straining plus she was currently looking into something that she needed to be at the foundry to work on.

They had spent the morning at a local diner eating and catching up, and while Felicity would say that a relaxing morning with mother was nice, she quickly started to chomp at the bits to finish her project.

"Mom, I loved spending the morning with you." Felicity said as they entered her apartment. Donna turned to look at her. "But I have this huge project at work that I need to get back to."

"A hugeproject huh." Donna winked. "Is this Oliver's project?"

"Mom! No. Gross." Felicity gasped. Sometimes Felicity wondered if she was adopted.

"Honey. You're pregnant, it's obvious that you and him aren't celibate." Donna nonchalantly said as she sat on the couch before grabbing a magazine she had brought with her. "Go ahead and take care of your project and call me when you're done."

Felicity wasn't sure if it was the pregnancy making her nausea or the fact her mother called sex with Oliver a project.

Safe to say, Felicity was more than ready to spend a couple quiet hours in the foundry digging for information. Of course her life was never that easy.

As Felicity stepped through the door, she could hear the loud unmistakable clang that came from the salmon ladder. Weird, she thought to herself, Oliver wasn't supposed to be done for at least another hour.

The first thing Felicity saw was Dig standing a few feet behind her station staring at the source of the noise. It wasn't until Felicity joined him did she realize that the person on the salmon ladder was definitely not her boyfriend/baby daddy. Unless he had turned into a long blonde haired assassin.

Dig smiled down at her as she sat at her desk. The clanging continued.

"What's up with that?" Felicity asked, pointing to Sara jumping away. Dig shrugged.

"She was here when I got here 15 minutes ago. So your guess is as good as mine." He said before walking away. Felicity sighed and turned back to her computers.

For the next hour, Felicity dug into her research and every once in a while looking up at her friend. Dig worked on something silently behind her. After a bathroom room break, Felicity came back to see Dig staring at Sara who had finally jumped off the ladder and was heading their way.

Sara stopped short, looking at Felicity surprised.

"Wow." She stated before slowly walking closer and staring at Felicity's belly.

"Yep." Felicity agreed. Sara placed a hand on Felicity's tummy, pulling back with a small smile when Baby Queen kicked.

"You were a lot smaller the last time I saw you." Sara remarked, stepping back. Felicity glared at Diggle as he chuckled.

"Well being six months pregnant will do that do you." Before Felicity could question Sara, Felicity's phone went off on her desk.

Just before Felicity opened the text, the foundry door opened and Oliver practically stomped down the stairs. He was typing on his phone—probably to her— and didn't look up until he got to the bottom step. Oliver startled when he saw her and again when he saw Sara.

"Sara. What are you doing here?" Oliver asked.

"You called me. About Laurel." Sara replied, sounding frustrated. Oliver seemed to be getting frustrated himself. Felicity slowly sat in her computer chair, trying to not draw attention to herself.

"That was almost a month ago Sara." Oliver voice was steadily getting louder. Dig looked ready to get in between a physical fight. "And I called you again to tell you she was fine."

"So fine that she's lost her job. So fine that our mother is in town because she's so worried for her." Sara forcible stated. She and Oliver stood facing each other in the middle of the foundry. "I need to see her for myself."

"Well you're going to get that chance very soon." Felicity said, finally opening the text she received earlier. Laurel had texted to inform Felicity that she was on her way to the foundry with some new protein shake she had heard was good for pregnant women. "She's on her way here now."

Sara blanched.

"To the foundry? Since when does Laurel know about all of this?" Sara had officially entered the mad area. Thankfully it was directed at Oliver.

"A lot of things have changed since you left Sara." Oliver quietly said, before shooting a tiny look towards Felicity. "Right now, you should be more focused on what you're going to say to Laurel when she finds out you're alive."

And just like that Sara seemed to deflate. She walked to a corner of the foundry Felicity had filled with sparring equipment. Felicity watched as Dig patted Oliver on the back before going back to his guns. Oliver sighed and turned to her.

"Hey." Felicity whispered. Oliver smiled and made his way to her. He put an arm around her shoulders and leaned down to kiss her head. Felicity could tell he needed a moment.

"Hi." He said into her hair before finally pulling away. "I thought you'd be with your mom."

Felicity flushed at the memory which made Oliver raise his eyebrow. "I just told her I had something to get done. How'd the meeting go?"

"It was good. Mom and Thea missed you though." Oliver stated rubbing his hand up and down her back as he talked. "Mom wants you to invite your mother to dinner tonight."

Oh lord. Moria Queen and Donna Smoak in the same room. Felicity didn't know if she should be worried about eternal embarrassment or world domination.

"That'll be…fun." Felicity tried to hide her cringe. Oliver let out an amused huff of air before worriedly looking at the corner where clanging could be heard from. "What are you gonna do about that?"

Oliver turned back to her with a shrug. Before Felicity could respond, the foundry door clanged open. Laurel was there. Felicity put her hand in Oliver's and squeezed, showing her support.

"I know you said that I need to stop bringing you pregnancy supplies, but a friend posted about this and I thought it could help with the heartburn you've been having." Laurel said, making it down the steps.

"Oh. Give me." Felicity replied with her hands outstretched. Laurel laughed as she gave the drink to her. Heartburn wasn't any funny business. Felicity took one drink and gagged.

"Never said it tasted good." Laurel remarked with an amused smile. The things Felicity went through.

Oliver gave Laurel an uncomfortable smile.

"Laurel. I need to tell you something." He spoke. Laurel furrowed her eyebrows at his tone. Oliver looked like he was readying himself. But before he could continue, Sara immerged from the corner and interrupted.

"I'm alive." Laurel whirled around and gasped. The tension in the foundry grew thick while they waited.

"You're not dead." Laurel mumbled emotionless. She blinked, confused. "I don't understand. H-How?"

"It's a long story." Sara admitted while walking closer. The two sisters just stared at each other for a few seconds. Felicity held on to Oliver's hand tight.

"I ca-I can't deal with this right now." Laurel gasped. Before anyone could reply, she spun on her heel and practically sprinted up the stairs. As the door clanged shut behind her, Sara turned to where her stuff was and stood silently for a second.

"Sara…" Oliver dropped Felicity's hand and started for her, but Sara wasn't having it.

"Not now Ollie." She said without looking at him. Felicity watched as Sara shrugged her jacket on and left the foundry without looking at anyone else.

Oliver rubbed a hand over his face and sighed. Dig walked over to him, and Felicity took the chance to finish up her searches and send the alerts to her phone. By the time she was done, Oliver was walking over to her.

"Everything ok?" Felicity asked. Oliver nodded with a tense jaw.

"We should leave soon to make it to dinner on time." He replied. Felicity nodded and grabbed her phone to call her mother.

Oliver was quiet as Dig drove the couple and Donna to the Queen mansion. Donna was going on about the shopping trip she went on when Felicity was gone, but Felicity didn't really hear a word she said. She was too busy worrying about Oliver (and the searches she had going on in the foundry).

He seemed to be thinking about the Lance sisters' predicament and if letting Laurel in on the Arrow business was actually a good idea. The baby must have felt Felicity's turmoil since it was moving all around.

Felicity rubbed her ever-growing tummy with one hand and held on to Oliver with her other. He finally looked down at her and gave her a small smile. Oliver placed a hand over hers that was on her tummy. For a few moments, it was just their family, and Felicity knew no matter what happened that they'd get through it together.

The moment was interrupted when Felicity heard her mother gasp.

They had arrived.

"Oh honey, you sure now how to pick em." Donna said, staring up at the mansion in awe. Felicity blushed as Dig parked the car and came to open the door. All she could do was hope was that her mother wouldn't completely ruin her relationship with the Queen family, mainly Moria. Felicity had to already convince her mother to wear the most conservative outfit she had brought with her, even then the green blouse and skirt wasn't exactly something you'd wear to church.

The Queen family was in front of the mansion waiting for them, not unlike the first time Felicity had come to dinner. Felicity was careful to keep space between her and Oliver until they could tell his family later in the evening.

"Ms. Smoak, It's so nice to meet you." Moria said with a smile. Thea nodded her head in agreement.

"The feeling is mutual." Donna replied with a grin. She nudged Felicity. "It's much nicer than how I met Oliver, while he was just wearing a towel. What a great way to learn that these two are together, huh? No matter how happy it made me."

Felicity was dead. And this was hell.

"Oh my god, Mom." Felicity let out. Thea had a huge grin on her face and bounced up and down excitedly. Felicity couldn't even look at Oliver.

For her part, Moria didn't seem fazed. She just smiled at both of them and eyed Oliver.

"Well Ms. Smoak, I think you'll find that that news makes us as equally happy." Moria sent Felicity a wink and beckoned them into the mansion. Donna following immediately behind her.

Thea grabbed onto Felicity and pulled her into a hug.

"I'm so glad my brother finally got his head out of ass." Felicity couldn't help but laugh as Oliver protested. "I can't believe you didn't tell me sooner."

Well at least that was out of the way.

Dinner was, well an event.

Halfway through Oliver got a call he claimed was work and excused himself. Before she could object, he was gone, leaving her and her mother alone with the Queen family. Even with Dig there, Felicity felt like a fish out of water.

Donna had never had the problems with others that Felicity did, and it seemed that she and Moria had actually hit it off. It was slightly frightening.

Ten minutes after Oliver had left, Felicity couldn't stand it any longer and excused herself for a bathroom break. She quickly called Oliver.

"What's going on?" She demanded as soon as Oliver picked up. "'Work' would never have called you."

"Sara called. Said she needed to talk. I'm going to meet up with her now." He sighed into the phone. "I'll come over after to tell you about it."

"Better not." Felicity slumped onto the toilet. "My mother is staying with me remember."

"Right." Oliver sounded frustrated. "I'll just call you then."

Felicity made an agreeable noise. "Don't think this means you're forgiven for leaving me alone with my mother and your family."

She heard Oliver let out a bark of laughter before she hung up on him.

Felicity spent another five minutes in the bathroom steeling herself to finish the rest of dinner, but right as she felt like she could make it through, her search alert went off on her phone.

There went any calm she had.

"Alright." Her mother started as they sat on her couch later that evening. "What's wrong?"

"What're you talking about?" Felicity said. It sounded false even to her.

"You've acting weird all night. And I know it's not just pregnancy stuff." Donna answered with a frown.

Felicity hadn't been able to keep her discomfort off her face, and the dinner quickly fizzled out when she feigned not feeling well.

"It's not because of me spilling the beans about you and Oliver, is it? Because you know I wouldn't have if I knew you hadn't told them yet."

"No, Mom. It's not that." Felicity sighed, trying to sound convincing. "Just some work stuff."

Before Donna could reply, someone knocked on her front door. Oliver must have changed his mind about coming over, she thought.

"I'll get it honey. You stay sitting." Donna quickly got up. Felicity smiled at her mother.

She wasn't really ready for who was on the other side of the door.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Is Felicity here?" Detective Lance sounded out, obviously very confused.

"Over here Detective." Felicity said as Lance looked around her mother to see her. "You can let him in Mom."

"Detective, huh?" Felicity's mother smiled, as she let Lance in. "I didn't know Felicity had such a…handsome friend."

Felicity could see Detective Lance's blush from where she was sitting. She was too tired and preoccupied with other things to care about her mother's blatant flirting with Lance.

"Well your daughter never mentioned how pretty her mother was, Ms. Smoak." Lance replied, with a slightly uncomfortable smile on his face. The flirting was apparently two-sided.

"Donna." Her mother said with an outstretched hand which Detective Lance took.

"Officer Quentin Lance." The two smiled at each other, and Felicity finally had enough.

"Did you need something Detective?" She interrupted. They both startled like they had forgotten that she was there. Lance suddenly became more serious.

"I wanted to talk to you about a visitor I had this evening." He said with a raised eyebrow. Felicity nodded, signally she knew who he was talking about. "But I see you have company. So I will just talk to you about it later."

Felicity smiled and watched as he left with a goodbye to her and an awkward smile towards her mother. She quickly excused herself to her bedroom after that. It had been a long day.

"Hey." She said, answering Oliver's phone call. Felicity was laying in her bed, flipping through a tech magazine.

"Hey. Mom called and said you weren't feeling well." He said concerned. "Is everything ok?"

"Yeah. Just getting tired more easily, especially with my mom around. How'd the Sara thing go?" Felicity asked. Oliver hummed, obviously not believing her but allowing her to change the subject.

"Problematic." He sighed. Uh oh. "Some assassin from the League is here trying to make Sara come back."

"This isn't the first time. She avoided them the last time."

"This is different. I got the feeling Sara and her were…intimate."

Ok. Yeah that was pretty surprising.

"That's going to be-" Felicity started but a yawn cut her off. Oliver chuckled from the other side.

"I should let you get some sleep."

"No. I'm not tired." Felicity answered back. "Is it weird that I miss you?"

"It's not weird." Oliver laughed. "I miss you too. How about we just talk for a little while?"

"That sounds nice." Felicity agreed as she relaxed more into her bed. "You'll never guess what happened when Detective Lance met my mom tonight."

Sometimes Felicity forgot she was going to be a mother. Don't get her wrong, she never forgot that she was pregnant. That was just an impossible feat.

But the fact that after the whole ordeal of pregnancy there would a tiny human that she would have to take care of, that sometimes slipped her mind.

When she did remember that pretty significant information, Felicity would start to slightly panic. She didn't know much about children, and her own relationship with her mother wasn't exactly healthy.

So her mother visiting was really a blessing in disguise. Felicity could finally try to clear the air between them and get some motherly advice.

That's why the two of them were eating lunch at a diner the day after the Queen dinner.

"Honey," Donna started, after they had ordered and gotten their food. "I know something is bothering you. I might be able to help."

Felicity didn't really think her mother could help with her main issue right now, but she might be able to help with some of Felicity's underlying issues.

"I'm just nervous I guess." Felicity admitted, not looking at her mother and picking at her food. "I'm getting into third trimester, and I just don't feel prepared."

"I don't know if you could ever be really prepared when it comes to a child." Her mother joked. Felicity chuckled at her mother from across the booth. "What really matters is if the baby is brought into a world of love, and honey you certainly are surrounded by that."

The two fell into a silence while they ate.

A world of love. That sounded good to Felicity.

But that meant she couldn't keep secrets. She needed to take care of the information she had got and soon.

"Mom. I hate to bail on you again." Felicity started, as they were finishing off their food.

"But you have a big project at work." Donna finished. Felicity sadly nodded, but her mother just waved her off. "Go on. I want to go on a walk anyways. See some of the sites. Shops…. maybe the police station."

Felicity couldn't help but laugh. She hoped she was half the mom her mother was.

It was time she talked to another mother.

Oliver was a little frustrated.

He had just barely convinced Sara that it was time to come home and stay when some lady assassin named Nyssa came for her. If that wasn't bad enough, Sara and Nyssa had obviously been intimate. Oliver wasn't sure what Sara was going to do. Plus, with Laurel finding out that Sara was still alive, he was dealing with her being angry with him.

Throw in the fact that with Sara's return, the foundry was becoming very full. Laurel didn't have an official role yet, and he was still training Roy.

Also, he really wanted to kiss his girlfriend.

Meeting Felicity's mother was something that Oliver had wanted to do for a long time, and he knew that secretly Felicity had missed her mom.

But not spending the last night with her hurt more than a lot of things then he'd been through.

And the best way to work through frustration was physical excretion. Preferably with Felicity, but Oliver would take what he could get.

That was why he was currently slamming a sledgehammer on a tire in the middle of the foundry. The foundry was thankfully empty, and it allowed Oliver to think as he kept up his pace.

Everyone important knew about him and Felicity. Her pregnancy was more than half way through, and his relationship with his family was strong. Oliver hadn't been this happy in a long time.

Which was why he was scared.

Life had never given Oliver any favors, and if he was this happy now, it could only mean that sometime soon it all would go back to hell. Oliver felt like he was holding his breath, waiting for the inevitable.

The foundry door clanging open startled Oliver from his thoughts. He smiled at Felicity as she stepped off the stairs. She eyed the giant tire.

"Do I want to know?" Felicity asked, confused. Oliver shrugged with a sheepish smile on his face. He didn't think she would appreciate him working out because of his …frustration.

Felicity shook her head before heading to her computer station. Oliver watched as his baby mama weaved through the stations, carefully navigating with her baby bump protruding out in front. That was a sight that could make Oliver forget all about his worries.

As Felicity slumped down into her chair, Oliver could tell something was off. She didn't stare at him shirtless or even make some innuendo.

"Everything ok?" Oliver asked, coming up behind her and placed a hand on her shoulder. Felicity turned and gave him a tired smile.

"Yeah. It's just been a long day." She admitted, placing her hand over his. Oliver frowned.

"Do you need me to take you home?" He worried, as he scrutinized her. "We can handle it here without you."

Felicity shook her head, with a small smile. "No, I'm fine. Plus, we have dinner with my mom in a little while. I can hold out."

"Let me know if you change your mind." Felicity nodded her head in agreement. Oliver leaned down to give her a kiss just as the foundry door clanged open once more.

Felicity giggled as Oliver groaned and pulled back just as Sara stomped down the stairs.

"I shouldn't be here." Sara groaned out. "The League will find me."

"Sara, like I said last night. We can fight them together." Oliver growled out. "Your family needs you here."

"He's right." Laurel said from the bottom of the stairs, startling them all. Dig was standing behind her. "We need you."

Sara looked taken aback by Laurel's confession.

"Laurel-"

"You're my sister." Laurel quietly continued. She walked up to where Sara was standing, shocked. "I lost you once Sara. I can't lose you again."

Oliver held his breath as they all waited for Sara to respond. Her eyes filled with tears before she started slowly nodding.

"Ok." Sara croaked. "Yeah. I-I'll stay."

Laurel pulled Sara into a tight hug, and Oliver breathed a sigh of relief. There was one thing off his list of many thigs to worry about. Several seconds passed before the sisters separated.

"Dad and Mom are having supper tonight with me. Maybe you could join us?" Laurel wearily asked. Sara looked conflicted for a moment, and quickly glanced at Oliver and Felicity before nodding.

Laurel smiled, and together the sisters left the foundry. Oliver and Dig turned as they heard a sniffle.

"What?" Felicity said with a tissue patting her eyes. Dig chuckled. "That was so sweet."

"Come on, weepy." Oliver said with a grin, grabbing Felicity's coat. "Let's go get ready for dinner with your mom."

His girl was so cute.

The duo quickly said their goodbyes to Diggle and left. On the drive back to Felicity's apartment, she started rambling about the Lance sisters and how nice it was that Sara was staying. Oliver was glad that she seemed back to herself.

Dinner was a quiet affair. Oliver enjoyed being able to watch Felicity with her mother. It was easy to see how much Donna loved her daughter even with all the embarrassing stories. Family was a piece of her life that Felicity keep close to her heart. It was nice to be able to see a little bit more of the woman he was in love with.

"Wait, you mean your whole wardrobe was black?" Oliver questioned, before chuckling. Felicity blushed and swatted his arm.

"Ha-ha. Alright laugh it up." Felicity joked, glaring at him. "I can't help but remember some of your fashion faux paus. What some have called serial killer hair."

It was Oliver's turn to glare at her. Felicity, in turn, stuck her tongue out at him before excusing herself to the bathroom, claiming that his 'spawn was using her bladder as a pillow".

Oliver was big enough to admit he stared after her for a few minutes before turning back to Donna who was wearing a fond smile.

"You're a good man, Oliver." Donna said out of the blue, stunning Oliver. "My baby deserves a good man. Someone different than her father."

Felicity spoke very little about her father. All Oliver knew about the man was that he had left when Felicity was little, and it haunted Felicity till this day.

"When she told me about the pregnancy, I was worried that she was following in my footsteps. Having a child unplanned and the father feeling obligated to stay." Donna sadly announced. Oliver stared on. "But seeing you with her, I know that you two were always headed here. The fact that it's a little soon doesn't matter."

"I love her." Oliver let out without thinking. "And the baby. The pregnancy has been so stressful. I just don't what I'd do if something happened to either of them."

Donna gave him a knowing smile.

"You take care of her Oliver. Keep our girl safe." Donna implored, placing a hand on his and squeezing. Oliver nodded, promising to Donna and himself that he would do anything to protect her and their baby.

Just then, the bathroom door opened down the hall revealing Felicity with a hand cradling her bump. Oliver smiled at her as she reached the table and sat down.

"What were you two talking about?" She said with a smile directed towards him. Oliver just shook his head. Felicity narrowed her eyes at him, not quite believing him. Before she could question him, Oliver felt his phone go off. It was Sara.

"Hey." Oliver answered. Felicity raised her eyebrow.

"Ollie." Sara replied out of breath. "Nyssa. She kidnapped my mom."

Mothers seemed to be making Felicity's life quite problematic.

The newest one being Sara and Laurel's mother being taken. Felicity's own mother was in town, and when her and Oliver made their excuses, Donna didn't seem all that convinced. Oliver's mother was also giving her issues.

And to top it all off, her impending motherhood meant that she was even more stressed about everything.

Felicity was currently sitting at her desk while Oliver interrogated Sara and Laurel behind her. Dig was standing at her side, trying to help her.

She flinched as she heard Oliver and Sara yelling behind her. Dig placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"You ok?" He asked. Felicity rubbed the back of her neck and threw a look over her shoulder.

"Yeah. Just not a lot of stuff coming up." She lied. Dig obviously didn't believe her as he raised an eyebrow at her bad lie. She gave him a smile.

"Did you find anything?" Oliver boomed, coming up next to her.

"Nothing." Felicity replied. "They don't call them assassins for nothing."

"Me and Sara will hit the streets then." Oliver stated. "Dig will drive you home."

She narrowed her eyes at his tone, but honestly going home sounded like a godsend.

"I can take her." Laurel stepped up, shrugging. "So Dig can go with you guys to cover more area."

Oliver watched Laurel a minute, and Felicity could tell he was trying to figure out her goal. A couple seconds passed before he nodded. Dig and Sara moved away to get ready. She sighed and turned back to her computer to shut it down.

"Hey. Everything ok?" Oliver whispered from behind her, placing a hand on her head. As Felicity turned, she leaned into his touch and hummed in affirmation. From the look in his eye, she could tell he wasn't convinced but didn't have the time to question her. "I'll pick you up tomorrow for my Mom's rally."

He gave her a quick kiss before leaving to change.

Laurel kept silent throughout the walk to her car, but felicity knew her friend well, and something was on her mind. It wasn't until the pair were seated in Laurel's car that she broke the silence.

"Felicity." Laurel spoke up, in a quiet voice. Felicity looked over to see her staring ahead. "I'm scared for my mother."

"Your sister, Oliver, and Dig are out looking for her right now." Felicity comforted her, placing a hand over Laurel's hand that was clenching the steering wheel. "They'll find her."

"What if they don't?" Laurel angrily asked, whirling around to look at Felicity. "What if something happens to her, and I didn't do anything to save her."

Felicity was stunned. This wasn't the Laurel she knew. But then maybe that was problem. Felicity had let her friendship with Laurel fall to the side since her and Oliver got together, and with everything happening right now, she didn't have a lot of time to talk to Laurel about how she was dealing with Sara and her loss of a job.

"Laurel." Felicity said pulling her into a hug. Laurel clenched onto her like she was holding on for dear life.

"I just feel so helpless." Laurel whispered into her hair.

Felicity knew the feeling.

"Do you think Quentin will be here?" Donna asked, fluffing her hair. Felicity rolled her eyes.

"I think he has some family things to deal with Mom." She answered. Dig, who was standing next to her, chuckled.

They were currently standing at the back of a very packed room with a butt load of journalists surrounding a platform where in less than 15 minutes Moria Queen would announce her Mayoral Campaign.

True to his word, Oliver had picked her up this morning to go Moria's mayor campaign announcement. Donna had insisted on coming too, because she said that it would be a good way for the Smoak and Queen family to bond.

Oliver had disappeared once they got here, probably to speak to his mother, so Felicity, Donna, and Dig were waiting off to the sides.

Laurel and Sara's mother had yet to be found and everyone was becoming quite antsy. Lance had called her before Oliver had picked them up. Felicity had to reassure the Detective that they were doing everything they could. Laurel was holed up in the Foundry watching Felicity's alerts and trying to find something with the instruction to immediately call if she found something. Sara was…actually Felicity wasn't sure what the blonde haired assassin was doing.

The youngest Queen came bounding over to her, breaking her train of thought. Felicity was trying her hardest to seem like everything was normal, but with her recent conversation with the matriarch of the Queen Family, she couldn't help but feel nervous around Thea.

"Hey 'Licity." Thea greeted before pulling the girl into a hug. At that exact moment, the baby had apparently woken up because it gave a swift kick. Thea pulled back with an awed face. "Wow. That's a soccer player for sure."

"You felt the baby kick?" Felicity's mother questioned, put out. "I've been trying since I got here and nothing."

"That's because you're impatient." Felicity answered, chuckling along with Thea. "I'm sure you'll feel it eventually. "

"That reminds me. We should start planning your baby shower soon." Thea said excitedly.

Felicity's mother seemed just as excited, and the duo began planning earnestly. Felicity shared a look with Dig who just seemed amused, before taking a look around the packed room to find Oliver.

He was directly next to the stage talking with his mother. Just as Felicity was looking that way, Moria looked up and the two made eye contact. Moria gave her a small smile, and suddenly Felicity couldn't breathe.

What was she going to do?

Dig must have noticed her distress, because he swiftly ushered her out of the room and into a chair down the hall a bit. She leaned over her belly and tried not to pass out. Felicity vaguely heard someone say they were going to get Oliver. Maybe her mother or Thea.

"Felicity, what's happening?" Dig asked, crouched at her side. Felicity was breathing so hard that she couldn't reassure Dig that nothing was physical wrong; she was just having a mental breakdown.

The baby was feeling her distress and kicking every several seconds as if telling her to get it together.

"What's going on?" Oliver bellowed, coming to her side what felt like hours later. He placed one hand on her belly and the other on her check. Him at her side already made Felicity feel ten times better, and her breathing started to slow.

"I don't know man. She looked like she was gonna faint." Dig answered.

"Felicity." Oliver whispered. She finally looked up into his eyes. He was concerned, and Felicity could tell he was a second away from bringing her to the hospital.

"I'm ok." She finally let out. Oliver raised his eyebrows, unconvinced. "I just need some air."

Oliver gave her a small smile, and like he could read her mind, quietly asked everyone if they could give the two of them a minute.

Both Thea and Donna hesitated but eventually gave in and left after each giving her a hug. Dig waited till they left before patting Oliver on the back, giving her a smile, and leaving. Oliver watched him leave.

"Now do you want to tell me what's going on?" Oliver fondly asked, turning back to her. Felicity sighed. It was now or never.

"Do you remember Tempest?" She asked.

"My mother's secret bank account? Of course." Oliver answered. He looked confused.

"A couple days ago there was a transfer out of that account." Felicity recounted. "Your mother paid off a doctor. Dr. Gill to be precise. He delivered Thea."

Oliver's face was becoming increasingly dark. Felicity wished she could protect him from this.

"I had a theory, but I couldn't…" She cut off, choking up. Oliver wiped a tear away. "I wanted to be sure so I spoke to Moria. She confirmed it before begging me not to tell you"

Felicity could see in his eyes that Oliver had an inkling what she was going to tell him. She clasped the hand on her cheek.

"Oliver. Malcom is Thea's father." She whispered.

Oliver clenched his eyes shut and let out a gasp of air. A few tears fell from his eyes. Several seconds passed as the couple cried together.

Suddenly Oliver stood up with a glare. Felicity watched as he began to pace a few yards away with clenched fists. Remembering Moria's words, Felicity called out to him. He looked over to her.

Before either could say anything else, Dig exited the room once more. He immediately sensed the tension and saw the tears.

"Everything alright out here?" He questioned, looking back and forth from Oliver and Felicity.

Oliver just clenched his jaw.

"Well Laurel called. Says she found something." Dig informed them.

"Tell my…mother that Felicity isn't feeling well, so I'm going to take her home." Oliver said, running a hand through his hair. "Then take Donna back to Felicity's place and meet us back at the foundry."

Dig nodded before throwing one last look her way and leaving.

Felicity started the difficult task of standing up. Before she could even get halfway up, Oliver was at her side, helping.

"Here you go." He said once she was on her feet. Felicity felt rather than saw him give her a concerned look. "Are you good?"

All she could do was nod.

How could she?

Oliver's mother had lied for their entire life about who Thea was. He thought that after the family had dealt with his mother's hand in the Undertaking that nothing could tear the family apart, but he was wrong. He and his mother were done. And if Thea found out…

Thea could never know who her real father was.

Thank god Felicity told him the truth. Oliver could only imagine what might have happened if hadn't known.

Speaking of the mother of his child, Felicity was sitting quietly next to him on their way to the foundry. He couldn't imagine the stress she had felt about telling him. After everything with Nyssa and Sara were done, Oliver would have to give both of them a day off so she wouldn't be sent to the hospital again due to stress.

The walk from his car to the side entrance of Verdant was quiet. Oliver had put an arm around Felicity's shoulder and kept her close to his body.

Laurel was sitting at the computer desk when they entered. She looked flustered.

"What did you find?" Oliver asked, the two of them coming to stand right next to the former lawyer.

"I didn't find anything." Laurel answered as she stood up with a paper in her hand. "But I think Sara did."

Oliver took the piece of paper from Laurel and scanned it. A chill went down his spine as he read on.

"What does it say?" Felicity asked, looking over his shoulder.

"She gave herself up to Nyssa. To save my mother." Laurel sadly answered. Oliver looked up at her. "Oliver you have to stop her. I just got her back, and I can't lose her again."

"Felicity." Oliver quietly said, looking to her. "Pull up Sara's tracker."

Oliver moved to walk away and put his suit on, but Laurel stopped him with a hand on his arm.

"I'm going with you." She firmly said. He sighed and kept walking towards his suit.

"No you're not, Laurel."

"Yes I am." She fired back. Laurel straightened and glared at him. "I couldn't do anything to help my mother, but screw you if think for a second that I'm going to stand by and just hope you save my sister. I'm. Going. With. You."

Felicity had finished pulling up Sara's location and was watching him, waiting to see his reaction. Oliver glanced at her, and at her intimate smile, let out an exasperated sigh.

"Fine. But you stay hidden, and do what I tell you." Oliver ordered.

He finished getting ready and walked over to Felicity, pressing a kiss to her forehead and grabbing the Sara's location.

"Call Dig to meet us there."

Sara's tracker placed her at a warehouse on the river. It took Oliver and Laurel ten minutes to get there with Dig pulling up a few seconds behind them.

"Take the back entrance." Oliver told Dig who made his way to the back. He then turned to Laurel. "Stay in the shadows and don't make a sound."

Oliver slowly canvased the entry of the warehouse with Laurel several paces behind him. Finally looking through a doorway and seeing Nyssa's back who seemed to be speaking to Sara while Quentin was holding on to Dinah behind the assassins.

"You have eyes on them?" Oliver whispered over the comms to Dig.

"Affirmative." Dig replied. Oliver snuck forward with Laurel directly at his back till he could hear what was being said.

"Get mom out of here." Sara yelled behind her. Quentin ushered a struggling and crying Dinah out of a side door in the warehouse.

"Dig."

"I got them." Dig answered back, promising to take care of the detective and his ex-wife.

Sara watched her parents leave before turning back to the assassin. After several seconds of harsh whispering that Oliver couldn't hear, Sara knelt to the floor in front of Nyssa with an arrow in her hand that was placed at her throat.

"I'm not going back there. I can't kill anymore." Sara announced loudly. "I'd rather die."

Nyssa screamed in frustration before raising her fist, presumably to knock Sara out.

At that moment, Oliver let an arrow loose, getting both of the assassins' attention. Nyssa and Sara both turned to look at him.

"Not a chance." He growled out. Oliver started shooting arrow after arrow, and luckily the assassin took the bait. He led her away from the kneeling Sara and hidden Laurel.

Nyssa chased Oliver up to the second floor and out onto a balcony. As the room for running decreased, the fighting turned to hand to hand. Each dueling multiple punches and kicks and trying to block the other's.

With one hard punch, Nyssa gained the upper hand and grabbed one of his fallen arrows to finish the job.

"Nyssa don't!" Sara screamed from behind them, making Nyssa turn to face her. Sara held an arrow to her throat. She was holding back tears. Nyssa dropped her arrow and stalked forward towards Sara.

"Sara you must stop this." Nyssa lovingly said. Sara pressed the arrow closer to her throat making Nyssa stop moving forward. "Just come with me, and we can be happy."

Oliver staggered to his feet trying to stop Nyssa or Sara, but before he could get very far an arrow flew through the air and would have hit Nyssa in the shoulder if she hadn't of moved out of the way.

All three of them turned to see Laurel standing with Nyssa forgotten bow.

"You're not going anywhere with my sister." She shouting, slowly walking towards the pair. Oliver staggered forward.

"Laurel. What are doing?" Sara cried out, still with the arrow at her throat.

"I can't lose you again." Laurel bit out, not talking her eyes off of Nyssa who was just staring at the woman.

As soon as Laurel got close enough, Nyssa knocked the bow out of her hands and gave a swift kick to her side. Laurel fell to the ground with a yell. Sara dropped the arrow and fell beside her sister, cradling her.

Nyssa picked up the arrow Sara discarded and loomed over the sisters. Oliver staggered forward trying to stop her.

Sara looked up at the assassin with tears in her eyes. Laurel stared up at her with determination.

"Nyssa please." She pleaded. "If you ever loved me…just no more killing."

Nyssa stalled and closed her eyes. Oliver held his breath as several seconds passed before she eventually dropped the arrow while whispering something in a language Oliver didn't understand.

"In the name of Ra's al Ghul," Nyssa stated. "I release you."

Laurel and Sara collapsed into each other. Police sirens went off startling Oliver. When he looked back to where Nyssa was, she had disappeared.

Oliver hid in the shadows long enough to see the Detective and Dinah embrace their daughters.

It seems like the Lance family was whole again.

Oliver wished he could say the same for the Queen family.

"I'm glad you were feeling good enough to come see me off at the airport." Donna told Felicity as the two of them stood in the terminal at Starling City Airport. Dig was a few feet away, watching after them.

"Me too. I'm sorry we didn't get to spend much time together." Felicity apologized. Donna smiled and waved it off.

"I know you're a busy woman." Donna smiled and placed a hand on Felicity's tummy. "I'm happy for the time we did spend together."

"You'll come back for the baby shower, right?" Felicity asked.

"You couldn't keep me away." Donna replied with a wink. "Plus there's a certain police officer that gave me his phone number."

Felicity widened her eyes but couldn't help laughing and pulling her mother in for a hug.

She waved her goodbyes as Donna went through security. Dig came up behind her.

"Oliver wants us to pick him up." He told her, before ushering her out to the car.

The car ride went by fast with Dig and her speaking catching up on each other's life including Dig's blossoming relationship with Lyla and what they thought Oliver was going to do about his mother and Thea.

They stopped in front of a Quentin's townhouse, and before Felicity could question Dig, Oliver opened the door and slide in.

"Hey." Felicity gently said. Oliver gave her a smile and grabbed her hand and placed his other hand on her bump. As he shut the door, Dig started the car and began driving.

"Hey." He replied. "How'd dropping off your mom go?"

"Good. Although she was annoyed about having a flight so late at night." Felicity chuckled. She slid down and laid her head on Oliver's shoulder. "How is the Lance Family?"

"Good." He whispered into her hair, giving her head a kiss. "Sara said her and Laurel are going take a couple days before coming back to the foundry."

Felicity hummed in acknowledgement, and fought her closing eyes.

"Sleep." Oliver quietly commanded. "I'll wake you when we get back."

It seemed like only minutes later that Oliver was gently shaking her awake.

Felicity looked out the window, only to be confused when she saw the Queen Mansion. She raised her eyebrow at Oliver who gave her a grim smile.

"We promised Thea we'd start spending some nights here, remember?" Oliver reminded her. He grimaced before continuing. "And I need to talk to my mother."

Oh yeah. That needed to happen.

The bid Dig goodbye and slowly walked up the steps of the mansion. Before Oliver could open the door, Felicity squeezed the hand that was in hers. He stopped and looked at her.

"No matter what happens, everything's going to be ok."

Oliver smiled and opened the door. Together they walked into the mansion and stepped into the living area where Moria was sitting, reading. She looked up as they entered and smiled.

"Ah Oliver. Felicity. I'm glad to see you following through on your promise to Thea." Moria spoke. Felicity stayed where she was as Oliver moved towards his mother. As his face harden, Moria's smile slipped off her face. She set her book down and stood up.

For a few tense seconds, neither spoke.

"I stood by you after the Undertaking." Oliver whispered with tears in his eyes. Moria's eyes widened. "I wanted to believe that you weren't the…monster that everyone thought you were."

Moria stepped forward, but Oliver put up his hand and glared at her.

"But that's what you are. A monster and a liar."

"Oliver. Please." Moria croaked out. "I only lied to protect Thea from Malcom."

"You lied because that's what you do." Oliver spoke as loud as possible without yelling. "And now both me and Felicity have to lie to protect this secret too. Thea can never know. About Malcom or that I'm done with you"

Felicity blanched at that. Her and Oliver had not discussed this, and frankly, Felicity believed that Thea needed to know.

"We will act for Thea's sake, but from now on we are done." Oliver growled, stepping back. "You're not my mother, and you're not the grandmother of my child."

"Oliver." Moria cried, before looking to Felicity for help who could only look on with tears in her eyes.

Oliver turned around and placed an arm around Felicity's shoulders before guiding them both up the stairs. Felicity stayed quiet and rubbed her arm over Oliver's back.

Before they turned the corner, Felicity stole a look over her shoulder to where Moria was standing and staring up at them with tears in her eyes.

She looked like a mother who had just lost her son.

Oliver kept quiet as they walked up to his room. It wasn't till they entered did Felicity realize that she had actually never been in Oliver's room before.

The first thing she noticed was how huge it was. Her whole apartment could fit in his room. The second thing she noticed was Oliver's very large bed, which after the longest week ever was calling her name.

Felicity sat down on the edge of it as Oliver disappeared into one door which was probably the closet if the change of clothes and shirt in his hands when he returned was any indication. He shoved the shirt towards her. Felicity just looked at it.

"Oliver." Felicity whispered, looking up to him. Oliver's face was stone cold, and if she was anyone else, she would have thought he wasn't feeling anything. But Felicity could see the pain and anger in his eyes. "Don't you think that was a little…harsh?"

Oliver moved back like he had been slapped.

"She lied Felicity." He ground out. "You were the one who told me she lied."

"Because you deserved to know. Like Thea has a right to know." Felicity reasoned. Oliver's eyes flashed. "Not because I wanted you to cut your mother out of your life or so you could keep this from Thea."

"Thea knowing about Malcom would only hurt her." Oliver growled out, pacing his room back and forth.

"And if she finds out some other way? Thea would be devastated if she found out that you knew and didn't tell her. And maybe you should give your mother another chance." Felicity called over her shoulder where Oliver had moved to before stripping of her clothes and putting on the shirt Oliver had given her. Even with her extended stomach, it still reached to her knees.

"She's not going to find out." Oliver bit out, returning from wherever he had gone, to stand in front of her with a glare. "And I've given my mother too many chances. I'm done with her, and I can't believe you don't feel the same."

"She was doing what she thought was best to protect her children, Oliver." Felicity said, looking up at him and placing a hand on her tummy. His glare softened. "I can understand doing what it takes to protect my child."

Oliver kneeled down to her eye level and placed a hand over hers. For a second, it was just their family and the outside world didn't exist.

"Can we talk about something else?" Oliver suggested.

Felicity knew that Oliver was as stubborn as he was protective so she nodded in agreement before laying back on Oliver's very comfortable bed. Oliver turned off the light and joined her bed. She laid her head on his chest and breathed in tune with him.

"What do you think about Noah?" Felicity quietly suggested. Oliver chuckled and rubbed his hand up and down her arm.

"Thought we agreed no religious names." Oliver said. Felicity huffed. "At this rate, we'll never find a name for him or her."

"You're right." She deliberately kept her tone light. "Better call him Thomas Robert then."

Felicity felt Oliver still.

She had thought about names a lot, and nothing seemed better than if they had a boy naming him after two of the most important men in Oliver's life. Two men who made Oliver the man she loved.

Felicity looked up at Oliver who had an adoring smile on his face.

"I love you." He whispered.

"I love you too." She whispered back before Oliver captured her lips with his.