What's wrong with us when happy hurts

Drip drop the rain is falling I hear it all could flood

Notes:

Ahm... well I'm not so sure about this one but I wanted to post it because otherwise it'll be at least midweek until I get around to it... I hope you guys like it.

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Chapter 27

Drip drop the rain is falling I hear it all could flood One rainy night away from losing all you love

Quentin

He had been surprised about his younger daughter's phone call and even more her question if he would mind staying with her for a while because Oliver had to leave town on short notice but didn't want to leave her alone. Of course he didn't mind spending time with his baby. He had been thrilled when she had suggested weekly dinners at her and Oliver's place and the implications that came with it. That she wanted to spend time with her family, that she wanted to reconnect and maybe even put down roots again. Maybe. Possibly. Hopefully.

Her recent actions gave him a lot of hope, hope that maybe he wouldn't have to say goodbye to his youngest daughter again, that he wasn't going to lose her again as soon as her baby was born. And that maybe, just maybe, she and Oliver would change their minds when it came to the fate of their child.

There was a part of him that still wanted nothing more than to try to convince both Sara and Oliver to keep their child. To tell them it would be okay, that all of them could figure it out together. That they wouldn't be alone. That they wouldn't have to handle and deal with it on their own. It was so very hard for him to keep his mouth shut and not say anything, like Dinah had told him to several times during the ten days that she had spent in Star City.

He knew she was right.

That Sara and Oliver needed to figure this one out on their own. That it was their choice. That it needed to be their choice and that they needed to be sure they could handle raising a child if they should decide to change their minds. It would have to be because it was what they wanted and not because they felt obligated and pressured into keeping their child. It was just... they were talking about his grandchild. The thought of never getting to know the newest member of their family, of not being a part of his grandbaby's life, was nearly unbearable. After having lost Sara so many times and never even letting himself dream of the possibility of his baby providing him with grandchildren anymore, like she had always wanted to, learning that one of her dreams had finally come true, but that she was no longer believing that she deserved to live that dream was heartbreaking. He wished there was something he could do to make her see how wrong she was, to help her realize that she deserved this, that she could do this...

He just wished he could shoulder some of the burden she was carrying and ease some of her pain.

But most of all he wanted to watch her be the amazing mother to her child he knew she would be. To watch her thrive in the new role life was providing her with. He just wanted to see his baby be happy, like he knew she would be, raising her and Oliver's child.

Sara's surprise phone call led to him standing in their hallway, watching Oliver and his daughter's interaction and their emotional, heartbreaking goodbye. It was obvious by their behavior how aware both of them were of the situation and the possible consequences to Oliver's leaving. There was a significant chance that he may not return. Quentin knew that just as well as the parents-to-be he was watching.

Studying their interactions led to him wondering once again about their relationship status.

They sure looked like a couple to him. And not just that. If he were simply observing them as a stranger, he would assume they were an established married couple that was expecting their first child. Everything they did, every word they spoke were what one would expect from a couple that had been married for years.