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Felicity Smoak hadn’t planned for her life to turn out this way, but somehow she ended up with a child, whose father died on boat five years ago. Sadly, the father never even knew about his daughter before he died on the Gambit along with his father and a family friend.
Now one might ask, how in the world did a blonde, intelligent, MIT graduate ended up pregnant with Oliver Queen, the billionaire playboy’s baby over six years ago. It all boiled down to a drunken mistake that turned into a blessing for Felicity. Felicity was a Sophomore in college when she had just lost what she thought was the love of her life, Cooper Seldon. He got arrested after he used Felicity’s “Supervirus” to erase student loans. After being arrested, he killed himself before sentencing. It broke Felicity, but she was able to turn it around into good. She became a better person and changed her style to match it. She was no longer dressing in black with jet black hair, but now she had blonde hair and glasses. She became a better version of herself, but that didn’t mean she didn’t make mistakes.
One week after her transformation, Felicity was burying her emotions by drinking with her friends at a party thrown in Starling City. One of her new friends was from the area and knew of some rich boys that often threw crazy parties. Felicity was familiar with the two boys that were throwing this party from what she had seen on the news and in the tabloids at the store. Oliver Queen and Tommy Meryln both were very cute, but not necessarily her type considering that they both slept around and always had a new girl on their arms. That is definitely not what she was looking for.
However, as the night progressed Felicity became depressed as she thought about how she lost Cooper so she began to drink with her friends, who were encouraging her to drink anyway. Before she knew it or even realized it she was drunk and having a lot of fun.
“And this is our friend, Felicity.” Amanda said as she introduced Felicity to Tommy.
“I am Tommy and this is…” Tommy started.
“Mr. Queen.” Felicity said and then blushed, why did she call him Mr. Queen?
“No, no, that’s my father. I am Oliver.” Oliver said with an amused smile at Felicity.
“Of course I know who you are. Everyone knows you’re Oliver Queen. I mean, most everyone, knows, or they should because well you are hot…. wait did I just say that out….loud….” Felicity trailed off with a blush.
Tommy laughed as her friends chuckled and Oliver tried to hide a smile.
“Don’t worry, everyone thinks that.” Tommy said with a genuine smile.
Felicity smiled embarrassed that once again her babbling put her foot in her mouth and resulted in her embarrassing herself. She threw back another shot to help with the embarrassment she felt. She glanced at Oliver, he really was hot…
One thing led to another which Felicity didn’t quite remember all of, but the one thing she really remembers is waking up in freaking Oliver Queen’s bed. She never meant for things to get THAT far with just about a complete stranger who didn’t even know her last name! She couldn’t stay around until he woke up so she had gotten dressed and snuck out of his room to try to forget that she ever made such a mistake! Not that she didn’t secretly like Oliver Queen from what she could remember, but that was not the way she would have ever planned on starting a relationship with someone. And she knew that would never actually happen since she knew who Oliver Queen was and he didn’t have relationships. So she left and tried to forget about her night with Oliver Queen, the playboy billionaire.
However, about two months later, Felicity found herself staring down at a plus sign that told her she was indeed pregnant with Oliver Queen’s child. She knew she had to tell him, but she doubted if he even remembered her. She decided to wait for at least another month before telling him in case anything happened. She wasn’t even sure if she was going to keep the baby until she heard the baby’s heartbeat and knew that there was no way she could ever let go of this baby no matter how it came to be and who it’s father was. She fell in love with the little bundle of joy as soon as she heard its tiny heartbeat.
Getting in contact with Oliver Queen wasn’t as easy as she thought it would be. Coming out and saying that you were pregnant with his child was hard enough, but getting in contact with the famous Oliver Queen was proving to be nearly impossible. When she finally got ahold of someone, it happened to be Moira Queen, Oliver’s mother, and that conversation was one that Felicity never wanted to repeat again!
“What did you say your name was?” Moira Queen said coldly.
“Felicity Smoak.” Felicity replied, a bit terrified at the sound of Mrs. Queen’s tone of voice.
“Well Ms. Smoak, my son hasn’t mention a thing about you so why should I believe your sob story?”
“Well…he may not remember me…. but I am telling the truth. I am pregnant with his child. I am not calling for money or support. I just thought he should know.” Felicity stammered nervously.
“I’ve heard it all before and I know your kind, Ms. Smoak. You act all innocent, but you really are trying to take advantage of my sweet boy. Well, I don’t take kindly to girls like you and I won’t stand for anyone taking advantage of my son. Do you understand?”
“I understand, but I’m not…” Felicity started only to hear a click at the other line. She sighed before crying. She was already 6 months pregnant and that was the closest she got to telling the father of their child that was growing in her. He deserved to know, but she wasn’t sure if she would be able to get in touch with him at this rate. It didn’t help that she was trying to finish the school year while being pregnant.
She decided that she would go try to meet Oliver in person right after the semester ended for summer, but then because of the baby she decided to go ahead and take some summer classes to get ahead so when the baby came she could take a short break in the fall. She had already had it planned out that she wasn’t dropping out of school, it was too important to her and her new baby.
She finally got a chance to go back to Starling City to try and see Oliver, but going to the Queen Mansion was a BIG mistake, especially when Moira Queen herself answered the door.
“You say that this baby is my son’s?” Moira asked in a polite voice that Felicity knew wasn’t genuinely polite.
“Yes. I tried calling and getting in contact with him, but I only talked to you.” Felicity said nervously as she clasped and unclasped her hands on top of her baby bump.
“Ms. Smoak…. I think I remember you now. I thought we cleared this up already. I don’t play games with my son’s life and I don’t appreciate you trying to deceive us in thinking that your child is in fact my son’s. Now I must ask you to leave the premise before I get security to escort you out.”
“But Mrs. Queen…if I could only just talk to Oliver…” Felicity tried again getting frustrated that this lady wouldn’t for that life of her just believe her or at least give her a chance to prove it was his baby too.
“And have you drag him through your mess. No, I don’t think so, Ms. Smoak. I will not have you dragging my son’s name in the dirt with this lie of being a baby daddy of a random stranger that no one has heard of.” Moira said heatedly.
“He deserves to know about his child…” Felicity said just as heatedly.
“Security! Please escort Ms. Smoak off the premise.” Moira called to her security detail then looked back at Felicity with a cold, stern look. “And if I ever see you here again, I will not hesitate to press charges against you for harassment against my son. Goodbye, Ms. Smoak.” Moira said coldly.
Felicity couldn’t believe how cold Mrs. Queen could be, but she knew one thing: she didn’t want that lady in her life or her child’s life. She still believed that Oliver should know about his son or daughter, but she wasn’t sure what to do to get in contact with him without getting charged with harassment from Mrs. Queen.
One and half months later, Felicity delivered a baby girl that she named Elizabeth Grace Smoak, for short she ended up calling her Lizzie which ended up sticking.
Donna Smoak, her mother, was a big help in getting her settled in an apartment off campus when she did go back to college in the spring. Her mom supported her desire to finish college and told her that she would move in with her to watch Lizzie when she was at class.
Felicity loved her daughter so much, but she felt terribly guilty that she had never been able to get in contact with Oliver. She didn’t think he would necessarily be okay with finding out he had a daughter and probably wouldn’t be the perfect Dad, but from what she saw in him that night…. he would want to know about his daughter…at least she imagined he would. He at least deserved to know that he had a daughter.
So for spring break, against her mother’s wishes, she had planned to go to Starling City and once again try to see Oliver Queen, but she wouldn’t go to the Queen Mansion or anywhere near Moira Queen. She was sure that Tommy Merlyn would be throwing another huge party that he would no doubt be at.
However, as she was packing to leave for Starling City, her mom rushed into her room with a horrified look on her face.
“Oh sweetie…something terrible has happened!” Donna exclaimed as she rushed over to Felicity’s TV to show her what was all over the news. Robert Queen and Oliver Queen were presumed dead after the Gambit went down. She hadn’t even known that Oliver hadn’t been home.
She felt her heart clench for the father of her child as her heart started to beat rapidly. She didn’t know why her body reacted in that way when she hardly knew Oliver apart from the one night they shared together or from raising his daughter, but the nonetheless she felt a deep sadness that she didn’t understand for him.
“He’s gone…” Felicity said with a shocked look. “He didn’t even know…” She whispered as a tear trailed down her face. Her baby would never know her father. Her father would never know of his daughter.
“Oh Felicity.” Donna said as she saw her tears and came over to hug her daughter.
“She will never know her father… she has to grow up without a father just like me… how could I have done this to her?”
“Oh baby, this wasn’t your fault. Don’t blame yourself, honey. Everything will be alright. Lizzie will be loved and that is all that matters.” Donna comforted her daughter as best she could. She knew what it was like to have to raise a child alone and she knew that Felicity would be able to do it, just like she did when Felicity’s dad abandoned them. She was strong and would be able to get through anything. And she would help her through it as best as she could.
Felicity sniffled. “Thanks, Mom.”
The next year and a half went by quickly as Felicity balanced being a mom and a student. She graduated with high honors from MIT. She even landed herself a job at Queen Consolidated in the IT department which her mom wasn’t thrilled with. In fact, Donna did not want Felicity working there at all and told her that she wouldn’t move to Starling City with her for her to work under Mrs. Queen. Felicity, however, did not want to raise her daughter in Las Vegas where her mom wanted her to move back to. She wasn’t going to raise her in the same place that she was raised in. She didn’t want that life. She didn’t want her mom’s life so she stuck to her guns and took the job at Queen Consolidated. She knew that a part of her wanted to live in Starling City because of Oliver, but she didn’t admit to that even if her mom accused her of that being the reason for her taking the job.
So when Lizzie was two and half, Felicity moved out to Starling City where she settled down in a nice, but not too expensive, apartment with her daughter. She started her new job and for the first time had to put her daughter in daycare. Thankfully, the company did have a daycare that was located in the building so Felicity would be able to drop by and see her daughter on her breaks. It made her feel that much more comfortable with the whole thing!
Over the next three and half years, Felicity was balancing her work life with being a single mom. It wasn’t easy, but she managed. It helped when she was promoted after only being employed for a year. Then after two more years, she was promoted to the executive assistant in the IT department. The money was a whole lot better and she was able to afford a better apartment on her salary.
Felicity hardly came in contact with Mrs. Queen, but when she did, either Mrs. Queen didn’t recognize her or ignored her. Felicity was okay with that because after all that had happened between them she didn’t want to deal with the evil lady. She certainly didn’t want her around her daughter even if she was her granddaughter.