Sanctuary Secrets Sacrifice

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"Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them."

-Leo Rosten

Running was one of those stress relievers Oliver found usually worked. At the moment though, not so much. The last week had been pretty rough, with Darhk seeming to kick up his plan to destroy this city into high gear, to finding out that John's brother, Andy, was still alive and working for the man under the influence of some sort of drug. They were able to extract Andy, get him away from Darhk, and now he sat caged in the lair until they figure out how to get the drug out of his system. And even with all of that, it seemed the most stressful was the teenager that would finally be moving in with them in a week. This run was much needed.

When Oliver returned home, he grabbed a bottle of water and headed upstairs to see if Katie had waken up yet. He walked down the hall, but stopped when he noticed the door to the nursery slightly opened. He pushed open the door, and smiled at the sight of the woman slowly rocking back and forth in her rocking chair, her eyes closed and hand sliding across her stomach.

"I'm now convinced that this child is definitely yours." the woman spoke and Oliver chuckled.

"There was a question with that?" Oliver asked leaning against the door, still enamored by how beautiful the woman looked in this moment, the sun shining from the window so perfectly on her.

"She's a week late." Katie says opening her eyes and looking over to the man. "Doesn't that just scream Oliver Queen?" she shook her head and looked down to her bulging belly and sighed. "You did this to me and now I'm realizing that it's never going to end." Oliver laughed, walking over to the woman and kneeling down in front of her, placing a hand on her stomach.

"Alright little one, your mommy is getting impatient, and grumpy and I think the only thing that will make her feel better is to finally see your face." the baby gave a kick at the sound of his voice and Oliver looked back up to Katie. "Anything?"

"Nothing. At this point she's just squatting in there." Katie groans with a shake of her head before looking down to her stomach. "I'm serving you your eviction notice kid! Just get out already!"

"Calm down, I doubt yelling at her will help anyone." Oliver replied standing to his feet and placing a kiss to her head. "Maybe we should reconsider induction." Oliver says and Katie turns away with a shake of her head.

"We haven't gotten to that point yet. It's just a week, she can still make her grand entrance." Katie says looking up to the man. "I'm still holding out hope this can all be done naturally, but if she keeps being stubborn, then we'll kick her out." Katie held out her hands, and Oliver helped her to her feet. "How was your run?"

"Not as calming as it use to be." Oliver brought his arms around the woman. "Lot on my mind I guess."

"Do you want to talk about it?" Katie asked and Oliver shook his head.

"It's just Darhk, and trying to figure out a way to beat him with his powers." he said, but shook his head. "It's not your problem. His fascination with you seems to be over, so that's a plus."

"Yeah, but I think I'll feel a whole lot better when he's gone." she drops her head to his chest. "He makes me nervous about this little girl being born, nervous about planning a wedding." she pulls back to look up to the man's eyes. "I had this weird nightmare, that we just got married and were at the reception about to cut the cake, and he just popped out of it." Oliver knew he shouldn't laugh, but for some reason picturing that in his head just made him laugh. "It's not funny." she swat his arm before pulling out of his embrace and leaving the room.