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"What...he..is he..alive?" I asked as tears began to stream down my own face. She only nodded before I pulled her into a tight hug. We stood there for another 5 minutes.

"He is at Starling General now. They are just doing some tests and making sure that everything is okay." She said as she continued to hold onto me. "Our boy is home honey."

"Can we go see him?" I asked as we pulled apart. She nodded yes and then we headed straight for the car she had already had pulled around. "Is this real? I feel like this is all a dream?"

"It's real honey...he's come back to us." She said with a soft smile.

"What about Robert? Did they.." She didn't let me finish.

"They only found Oliver." She said sadly.

"Moira, I'm so sorry. I suppose we can only ask for so many miracles." I said with a teary smile.

"At least we got this one." She replied. The rest of the ride to the hospital was a quiet one. Neither one of us knew what we were about to see. Would he still be the Oliver we knew, would he be seriously injured. There were so many unanswered questions. I tried my best to calm my nerves the best I could, but my heart was racing and the tears were still falling. Oliver was home. He had come back to us.

The ride up the elevator was equally silent...well on our part. The doctor met us in the lobby, and was trying to mentally prepare us for the Oliver we were about to see. I think I heard him say that there were scars scattered over about 50% of his body, and that broke my heart. What had he been through in the last five years. What has he had to survive in order to come back to us. As we stood outside the door to Oliver's room I began to panic. I signalled to Moira to go in without me so that I could take a moment to compose myself. What if he hated me. What if those last words had ruined our friendship entirely. What if everything he had been through, made him see me as some silly girl he had no time for. I did my best to push those worries and fears away. I would just have to take it one day at a time, and hope that in his heart he still held the same love for me that I did for him.

Once I had regained some composure I headed inside the room. I felt like all the air had left my lungs as I saw him. He had changed, not so much that I couldn't recognize him, but he had definitely changed. He looked more rugged than he had before. Before he still seemed to have his boyish good looks. I was definitely ogling him right now... I mean what woman in their right mind wouldn't. I had loved this man since I was a little kid, and I was afraid to take my eyes off him. As if, when I did he would disappear.

"Addy." I heard him say. Just hearing him say my name make me weak in the knees. Especially after five years of not hearing it. The sound pulled me from my trance and I made my way over to him two strides at a time, before practically jumping into his arms. I heard a slight groan as he caught me, allowing me to wrap my arms around him. I really hadn't thought that through so moments later I let go and stood back worried I had hurt him.

"I'm so sorry...I are you okay? Did I hurt you?" I asked giving him a once over and running my hands over his arms, chest and face. I couldn't look away from him and I really didn't want to let go of him. Thankfully the feeling appeared to be mutual because rather then replying with words he pulled me into his arms again, lifting me up and just holding on so tight.

"I'm sorry" He whispered in my ear, and it made me burst into tears. He was apologizing for being an ass when he left. After everything he must have been through he is apologizing to me. This man was too much.

"I'm more sorry." I whispered back. He gently set my feet back on the ground and turned back to hug his mother once more. I stared at the two of them. So happy that mother and son were reunited once again.

"Where's speedy?" Oliver asked his mother. She informed him that she was at home waiting for us all to get back. The doctor went through some recommendations with Oliver. Everything from psychologists to talk to, follow-up appointments and stating that the police had even advised that he speak to them. He politely nodded but kept moving his eyes to find me across the room. Once the doctor had finished his speech Oliver looked up at me with a slight smile. "Let's go home."

I hoped in the car with Moira on one side and Oliver in the middle. As the car began to move, I felt Oliver grab my hand and intertwined his fingers with mine. It felt good, it felt natural and most of all it made me feel at peace for the first time in five years. Once we pulled up to the manor and all filed out of the car I made the decision that I should head back to my condo for the night. As everyone walked towards the front door, I began to pull my keys out and walk towards my car.

"Addy where are you going?" Oliver asked as he made his way to follow me."You go on in mom, I'll be there in a second."

"Ollie…" I began, but he interrupted me.

"Say it again." Oliver said with a sigh.

"Ollie.." I repeated and he once again interrupted before I could ask what he wanted me to say again.

"You have no idea how much I have missed hearing you say that." He said before pulling me into a hug once again. He placed a soft kiss on the top of my head that caused new tears to fall. This is where I wanted to stay forever. In this man's arms just like this. "So like I asked; where are you going?"

"I'm going to head back to my place. You guys need this time for yourselves." I said as I pulled away and continued my trek to the car. He continued to follow me as I walked.

"Stay. You are family Ads." Oliver said as he reached out and grabbed my arm.

"You need some time with your mom and Thea." I said before pulling a piece of paper out of my purse and writing my cell number and address on it. "Here, call or come by whenever you want to. My door is always open for you Ollie."

"I'll be holding you to that." He said before giving her a soft kiss on the cheek and running into the house.