Chapter 39
Queen vs. Merlyn,
And Let's Not
Forget Thea's Vengeance!
Disclaimer: I own nothing but what you see here. And your quote of the day is… "Ole!" Courtesy of the one and only El Generico. Or now known more commonly as Sammi Zayne. Anywho.. On with the show!
The morning of July 4th had arrived at long last and the days leading up to it had been quite loud. Of course Oliver resolved to stay indoors until it was all over as he wasn't quite sure how he'd be able to handle the loud noises outside of something while out in his gear. Of course his sister seemed to think he was lying about his reasoning for possibly being not able to handle it and was actually more worried about her trying something against him again like in the front room. Naturally he scoffed when she told him that but on the inside he was worried she'd try another stunt. And so far she had yet to do anything and he wasn't sure if he should start being more paranoid about things or start to relax. Unfortunately for him, one Thea Queen was finally ready to enact her revenge on her interfering brother and had felt that today of all days was the best time for it. The girl even brought in a friend to help record what she had in mind with a camera so that she could send the footage to Tommy who she knew would get a good laugh from the whole thing.
Plus, the fact she intended to put it up on Youtube would mean it'd gain a whole bunch of laughs. Raising up a long pack of Black Cats, she flicked on a lighter and set the exposed fuse on fire and quickly threw the soon to be exploding fireworks off after having already opened the door as quietly as she could so as not to wake up her brother. She had also already ensured her friend had the camera recording. Payback time you intefering ass! Despite her earlier payback some days ago with the Roman Candle, she wanted to do more and this would ultimately be that. The fact Shane still refused to talk to her only served to further infuriate her and had already gotten payback on him for being a coward when it came to her brother.
His insulting her brother hadn't helped matters either, and while she may be mad as Hell at her big brother, she wasn't about to let anyone get away with insulting him. She quickly covered her ears when the Black Cats started going off and what she and her friend saw would remain with the both of them for years to come. As once the fireworks went off, Ollie was out of his bed and rushing around in a panic while thankfully for Thea's state of mind wearing pants. "WE'RE UNDER ATTACK! Shado! Find Slade and tell him to stop messing with his special juice as we gotta do something quick! Sara, tell Anatoly to fire up the Sub and make sure the missiles are ready! Ack! I'm hit! I gotta get out of the area!" The hit he spoke of was actually one of the Black Cats blowing up near his foot and him being unfortunate enough to feel it.
Rushing out while throwing a shirt over his head and thinking its actually a helmet, the two girls quickly got out of the way as he continued to freak out while issuing orders. "Akio! Your mom's sword isn't gonna help with this! Where's your dad!?" The two girls looked at one another bewildered as Hell before rushing off to continue recording.
The highly confused Oliver rushed past Raisa, with the two girls not far behind while laughing their butts off at the whole thing. The poor woman was terribly confused by what she'd witnessed and decided that perhaps it was best she went after the trio. Why does Mr. Oliver seem to think we're under attack!?
Oliver by now had made it outside and even had John Diggle chasing after him and the girls after he'd decided to come by to see if Thea or even Oliver planned to go out and buy some fireworks before the stands got too crowded. The sight of his new friend running around a shirt on his head and shouting out about being under attack alarmed him, though the sight of Thea and some other girl with what looked to be a camera while they bothed laughed their butts off confused him a little and him thinking that maybe somehow they had something to do with what was going on. "Where the Hell's Waller when you need her!?" The highly confused archer shouted out before ultimately falling flat on his back after slipping on some mud thanks to a little rain from the night before.
"Oof! Man down! I repeat, man down! Save yourselves and forget about me!" He muttered dazedly before passing out thanks to having also hit his head on the damp grass.
Thea and her friend rushed over to him with laughter still coming from them, though Oliver's little sister was a bit worried after having seen him fall. Leaning over him as they recorded more of him, Thea spoke up. "And THAT ladies and gentlemen, is called payback! And no worries, I'm very sure he's fine." She said while staring into the camera with a smile.
"Thea!" John called out as he got to them and the camera was quickly shut off and hidden before he could get it from the other girl.
The former soldier glared at the Queen girl and she noticably winced. "I have no idea what happened but he could be hurt now after it." He told her sternly.
Crouching down to check on his friend, he gave the archer a few light slaps to try and wake him up. "But mommy… The special juice doesn't go well with pancakes..." Muttered Oliver as he struggled back to consciousness, forcing both girls to stiffle a giggle lest they get reprimanded again by the bodyguard.
John sighed to himself and got on the task of picking the younger man up. Slinging him over his shoulder as gently as he could, he and the girls set off back towards the mansion while Oliver could be heard muttering again. "But I don't wanna be on the merry go round…" The girls couldn't help but let out a giggle after that comment.
Two Hours Later at Laurel's
After Tommy had made a surprise visit to her apartment with breakfast, one Laurel Lance had gone to get ready for work, leaving Tommy by himself to heavily consider kicking himself for not having the courage to tell her he wants to try and be more serious with her. Even though he knows she's not that likely to believe him, but he would have tried his best. He thought that maybe her disbelief is why he hadn't been able to do it yet as he was highly afraid of her reaction and potential outright rejection. Something he figured would have stemmed from her previous experiences with Ollie. The young man frowned to himself when he thought of his best friend, the same best friend who willingly kidnapped him once in Hong Kong. A best friend he hadn't talked too since the day he had learned about that particular incident. He still had trouble accepting what happened even if it did happen for a damn good reason.
He was glad though that he worked out issues with Laurel as her not talking with him had honestly sucked a lot. And it had taken quite awhile before he finally figured out why she got so mad at him, and when he did finally figure it out, he had rushed over and made a huge apology to her that thankfully she accepted but gave him a warning not to talk a lot about Ollie. Something he accepted as he didn't want to get on her badside again. A ping grabbed his attention and pulling out his phone, he saw that he had a notification from Thea. Wondering what she would be texting him for this early in the day, he looked at it and to his confusion found himself looking at a video titled 'A Queen's Revenge.' A bit curious, he hit play and before long he was laughing quite hard at what he was seeing. Go Thea! He cheered in his head as he continued to laugh.
It was then that Laurel came from the bathroom dressed for the day while drying off her hair. Seeing Tommy laughing his butt off was a little unusual as he wasn't really the type to do that unless he happened to be pretty drunk. "Tommy?" She asked questioningly and instantly gaining his attention with a huge smile to be seen on his face.
He walked over to her while chuckling. "Oh you are gonna love this." He informed her, which instantly made her curious.
And soon, even Laurel Lance was laughing her butt off at seeing what Thea did to her older brother and the reaction he had to her deviousness. "That… That's gonna be with me all day!" The lawyer said happily with a laugh and resolved to take the young girl out to lunch as soon as she could.
She idly wondered if she should show this to her dad as well. As knowing him, he would be likely to get some enjoyment out of it too.
Later That Evening
After the horrible prank pulled on him by his sister earlier in the day that left him with a headache for awhile, Oliver hadn't exactly been in a good mood, learning that she and her friend had put that damned video recording on the internet hadn't helped his mood either. But today was the day he had decided that the silence between him and Tommy had gone on long enough and had gotten the driver to bring him to Tommy's place. The sounds of fireworks unnerved him a little but he kept his focus on talking to Tommy as best he could. He hoped this wouldn't be an issue when it came to things possibly blowing up while out and about under the hood. But determined it'd just be yet another bridge to deal with when the time came. It had taken quite a bit of convincing with his mother to let him go without a bodyguard as he didn't want to keep any of them from their families, but thankfully in the end she relented once she saw how important this was to him. Now if she knew what the end result was, she may have been more insistent on ensuring a bodyguard went with him to keep things from happening.
Something that would later get him a chewing out after he came home and she saw the state he was in. But that's for later, and this is the now and jumping ahead of ourselves is a bad idea. Staring the door to Tommy's room for several minutes before finally bringing himself to knock on the door a few times. Satisified with his actions after hearing his friend's voice and glad he hadn't left just yet, he awaited the opening of the door. And if Tommy had known it wasn't Laurel on the otherside and instead it being Oliver, he might not have opened it up to begin with. "What? What are you doing here?" Tommy asked unhappily, causing Oliver to wince a little at the tone in his best friend's voice.
Steeling himself for what was likely to come, Oliver started to talk. "I came here… I came here in the hopes that we could talk things out."
Tommy eyed him, while wondering if Ollie hit his head a lot harder then anyone thought he might have if he honestly thought a talk would solve anything! As for him, it was going to take more then just a simple talk and he had other things to do tonight. "Sorry but not tonight, maybe some other time." He finally said, noticing the unhappy expression on his best buddy's face. That's life for ya when you don't get what you are after.
He was about to close the door too in the hopes it'd make Ollie get the hint and go away, but the motion was stopped when the other man put a firm hand on the door to keep it from being closed. "This cold silence between us has gone on long enough, I don't give a crap right now about what you have planned as this is far more important." Oliver said in a steely voice, and Tommy sighed as evidently his buddy had no plans to be deterred tonight.
"Damn it." He muttered to himself as he swung the door back open and reluctantly gestured to the Queen Scion to come in. As he knew from experience that a determined Ollie was not easily if ever stopped. And this version of his friend was likely a lot more intense with that too.
Tommy glared at the back of his friend as he closed the door and walked off to the bar he had in his apartment, which he always thought was a great accessory to have in the place. Especially when it came to house parties. Getting out two shot glasses and pouring in some Jack Daniels in both, he looked up at his friend who was still looking around at the place as if it taking it all in. And if he took a moment to really think on it, he supposed it would have made sense since he hadn't been in the place in a long while. "So, the great and powerful Ollie Queen finally came to my humble abode because he couldn't stand the silence between us huh?" Came his question laced in annoyance and irritation as he walked around the bar to hand the other man his drink.
Something Ollie denied and causing Tommy to frown since the man wasn't really all that known to deny a drink. His friend then looked at him after looking at the drink. "Can't mix alcohol with the meds." He helpfully informed him, only to get a scoff in return. Naturally if Tommy wasn't so damn angry with him he wouldn't be acting like an ass.
"So? Shouldn't let that stop ya." Really, he shouldn't as Ollie Queen without drink in hand is simply not done. That and he thought if he kept acting like an ass, Ollie would finally leave.
Oliver sighed and tried to keep himself from being too annoyed with how his best friend was acting. "Yeah well, I am. Now, can we please get serious?" He requested as he really wanted things to be okay between the two of them again.
Tommy chuckled, though there wasn't much humor or joy to be heard in it. "You? You don't get serious about anything." He replied before gulping down his drink and insisting Ollie take his.
The casual dismissal of his inability to take anything seriously back in the day served to send yet another reminder to the archer of the many regrets he had about the way he acted before the Island. Tommy's insistence to drink the alcohol though was getting quickly getting annoying too and before he could stop himself, he knocked it out of the other man's hand and on to the floor with a resounding smash as the glass broke into pieces. Tommy stared at it and then gave Oliver a glare, something he was only too happy to return. "I said no thanks, and these days I do get serious."
The Merlyn Scion scoffed at that. "Serious enough to kidnap me." He told him sarcastically.
"I did that to save your life!" Oliver bit back.
Tommy shook his head in denial at that. "Oh yeah, I'm just sure you did. Probably wanted a laugh at my expense." He said bitterly before going and pouring himself another drink.
The archer growled a little at the accusation as he watched his friend pour himself another shot of Daniels. Tommy turned around with a little smirk in place and raised his glass up as if seemingly giving him a toast. "To supposed friends that kidnap their friends, may they be in abundance." He said mockingly and went to drink from his shot glass, but Oliver oh so helpfully knocked that out of his hand and on to the floor to shatter.
"You are paying for that." Tommy told him angrily and this time it was Oliver's turn to scoff.
"I'm paying for enough as it is, and besides, I think you can afford to clean it yourself. And in no way in Hell did I kidnap you for a laugh. I did that because it was the ONLY way to save your ass! Because if I hadn't done that, someone else would have put a bullet in you." He told him hotly.
Tommy angrily turned around and reached for the bottle of Jack Daniels and took a long drink from it as he turned back around to face Ollie. Taking the bottle from his mouth, he launched into a tirade about how he could have done better then what he did as the experience had been some horrible crap to go through and still had damn nightmares about it from time to time. How if Ollie really truly cared, he would have tried even harder to get in to contact with his family and friends. Oliver could only watch as his friend went off on him and come to realize just how naive his friend could be. If he really knew a damn thing he wouldn't be saying what he did. And in a fit of anger, Oliver roughly grabbed the bottle of Jack Daniels and hurled it at a wall and watched in satisfaction as it shattered messily against it before turning back to Tommy.
"You are so damn ignorant of things Tommy. I tried, I TRIED what I could, but the agency who had me always were a step ahead of me no matter what I tried. They would have done ANYTHING at the time to keep anyone from learning about my being alive. That threat is why I still HAVEN'T spoken against them for fear of my mom and sister's lives. Not to mention the lives of others I am close too. Am I sorry what I did gave you nightmares and who knows what else? Yes, yes I am. But I would damned well do it again if I had too in order to keep you, my mother, my sister, Raisa, any of the Lances, and whoever else alive. So think next time instead of claiming I did it for a laugh."
The dark haired man's eyes had widened considerably after hearing all that, the parting shot though only added on to his anger after his bottle of Jack Daniels went flying into the wall. And before he could stop himself, he threw a punch right into his best friend's jaw. "Ow!" He yelled out as he rubbed his hand due to not doing things like that as Oliver stumbled back a bit in shock.
Oliver re-gained his balance and looked at Tommy in a mix of shock and anger. "You hit me!" He called out while attempting to keep himself from responding in kind.
"Yeah, and I'm gonna do it again you asshole! Cause I am NOT ignorant!" With a yell, he charged at Oliver, only for the man to sidestep him and watch as he stumbled and wind up falling hard onto a coffee table.
The weight of Tommy instantly broke the table as well, making Oliver wince a little. Struggling to get up with a groan, he gave his attention to Oliver and the archer could see that his friend was really angry now. And moving with a speed that surprised even Oliver, the blonde haired man found himself painfully hitting the side of the bar. Gathering his strength and doing his best to ignore the pain he felt, Oliver threw Tommy into the side of the couch before standing up and trying to catch his breath. Damn, I am out of shape. He muttered to himself in his head.
"Had enough?" The archer wasn't sure what possessed him to ask that but he did hope his buddy did have enough as he wasn't wanting to hurt him.
He got a glare in return for that and Tommy forced himself to get up. "Hell no I haven't had enough. I owe you and I'm gonna get my due!" He threw a punch that Oliver easily caught in his hand, making Tommy growl in anger before raising up and headbutting his longtime friend in the face.
The force of the headbutt caused Oliver to stagger back a bit and he was sure he could feel blood on his face now after that. Tommy, seeing his chance, rushed his friend and delivered a blow to the midsection that sent the other man to his knees. The darker haired man knew he wasn't that good of a fighter and he also knew his friend wasn't either. Well, unless that somehow changed while he was away but he doubted it. An idea suddenly hit Oliver's mind as he tried to catch his breath after that cheap shot and it'd been something he saw Shado try a few times on Slade during a few spars. Moving quickly, he spun and shot out his leg, Tommy not expecting that at all, suddenly found himself on his back rather hard and painfully.
Oliver stood over him as he panted and was glad as Hell Tommy had hit him in the forehead even though it hurt like crazy. "For your sake, just stay down." He muttered as he walked off.
Now if Oliver had known that was going to have the opposite effect to what he hoped it would have, he wouldn't have ever said it to begin with as he found himself with one Tommy Merlyn on his back. The two struggled as one attempted to use his weight to bring the other down to his knees. What neither of them knew was that they had an audience of one on the otherside of the door who was growing quite alarmed by all the sounds she kept hearing. With a yell, Oliver threw Tommy off his back and onto the couch, only to receive a surprise kick to the head that would later have even Tommy wondering what got him to do it. Seeing his friend stumble backwards in pain, the Merlyn Scion took his chance and rushed him again. But Oliver was able to stop him with a hard punch to the face and soon the two were trading blows and dragging one another around the apartment.
Oliver had the advantage due to his training thanks to both Slade and Shado, but his lack of training in recent times was doing him no favors. But he was doing marginally better then what Tommy was thankfully enough. He wondered though on how the Hell his friend was managing to keep up like he did. A right hook sent him stumbling into a wall again and gave him enough time to look at his hopefully still best friend. "After… huff… After I got back… huff… I took a few lessons." The man got out between gasps for breath.
Well don't that beat all? Still, he had the upper hand thanks to his ASIS training. The two were having trouble standing and they both knew they were going to need medical assistance soon thanks to how the fight was surprisingly brutal. Oliver hadn't left the wall yet as he didn't think he'd be able to stand on his own and damn was his shoulder aching! Their clothing was torn in various places and blood was pouring down their faces as Tommy stared him down while struggling to stay standing up. Oliver had a pretty good feeling they were both gonna be bruised all over and boy wouldn't that be fun to deal with in addition to any stitches that might be needed?
Their audience of one had had enough and made her way inside and was instantly shocked by the chaos she saw inside. Not entirely sure she was glad now for the door having been unlocked. "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!?" One Dinah Laurel Lance bellowed out.
The two fighters stared at her in shock. "L-Laurel!" Tommy got out while Oliver just stared on and prayed she wouldn't join in as he vaguely remembered her getting some training thanks to her dad in self defense.
She gave the two a glare with her hands on her hips. "Well?" She demanded, wanting to know what the two idiots were thinking when she and Tommy were supposed to be going out.
It was Tommy who answered and surprising Oliver in the end too. "Oh… You know… Just us having guy talk." He told her but he doubted it was enough to sound convincing. Especially the arching of an eyebrow at him.
"Uh-huh." Was all she said as she kept glaring at them.
Setting down her purse on the top of the bar, she turned back to give them her attention. "Well, why don't the two of you go sit down on the couch and I'll get you some ice packs." Tommy nodded at that and slowly walked to the couch while Oliver tried to move from the wall.
Laurel noticed this and frowned a little while surprisingly feeling some concern for him. "Are you okay?" She asked as she walked over to him.
He shook his head in denial as he didn't quite feel like trying to make an attempt to lie about how he was feeling. "No, out of practice and its showing… I can barely move right now." He informed her and while she was curious by what he meant exactly about being out of practice, she did have a better understanding now.
Grabbing an arm of his and ignoring the groan he gave out over it, she helped him get over the touch and tried to help him sit down gently. Once that was accomplished and satisfied that he was leaning back into the couch which thankfully hadn't been entirely ruined by the fight between the two boys, she went off to make them their ice packs and maybe even plan on what she would say when she eventually berated the two of them. The two looked at one another and for whatever reason, they started to chuckle a bit. "This… This isn't exactly what I had in mind." Oliver told him, causing Tommy to laugh again.
"Oh I bet, and I'm sorry for the way things turned out. I know you had good intentions and my anger got the better of me." He said sincerely and got a nod for it return.
"As I've come to learn, life has a crappy way of throwing things at you that either makes you sink or swim. And so far I've done my best to swim." Tommy considered that and thought it actually sounded pretty good. Though he was a bit saddened his friend had learned that the hard way and hoped he wouldn't have to learn a similar lesson in such a way either. His kidnapping experience was as close to that as he hoped he'd ever get.
"So, are we cool now?" Oliver asked hesitantly, something that surprised even Tommy.
"Yeah, yeah we're cool. Just please, don't ever do something like that again."
Oliver looked at him before replying. "I can't make any promises, but hopefully it won't come down to that anytime soon if at all." Tommy nodded and realized that was likely the best he was going to get.
He also realized it was high time he told the man a certain secret about himself and Laurel. And since it sounded like she was still busy making those ice packs, he had just enough time to do it. "So there's uhh… Something I need to uhh... Well… Something I need to tell you. Its about, well its about Laurel." Gulping a little when he got an intense look mixed with some worry in it from Ollie, he continued on as he didn't want to keep this a secret anymore.
"Laurel and I have been kind of sort of seeing one another. But she refuses to let it go any further into a relationship. And I know this is gonna piss you off and all and I'm sorry. I really am, but I care about her and things just wound up happening one day. I'm not sure how she feels at all since she tends to dodge it, but I think she does care on some level." He finished sounding somewhat depressed while Oliver just looked on, cursing the fact that she likely was doing this because of how he had done her. But knew any action on his part would probably be a bad idea and maybe make things worse.
"If you're expecting me to start acting like a jealous and angry ex, then you can stop worrying about it. I have absolutely NO right to do that, and besides… I've known awhile now." He admitted and smirked when he saw the shocked reaction from his best friend and brother in all but blood.
"What? How? Did Thea tell you!?" Tommy asked surprised as Hell.
Laurel looked up from what she was doing and frowned a little wondering what that was about exactly. The mention of Thea had her wondering if perhaps Ollie had found out about herself and Tommy. But she had news for her ex if he thought he could say something on it. Going back to what she was doing and finishing it up, she sealed up the ice packs and made her way over to them while listening in on the conversation between the two idiots.
"Nah, she didn't tell me anything. I just happened to see the two of you one night a few months ago is all." Laurel and even Tommy was wondering about that, he saw them but they didn't see him? It made them wonder how the heck he pulled it off!
"And before it gets asked, no, I wasn't following either of you. I was already out doing something that night." He helpfully informed the both of them without really realizing it.
"Well good to know you haven't developed stalker tendencies then Ollie." Laurel cut in as she walked in front of the two and leaned down a little to hand them their ice packs. Something both of the boys took gratefully.
Tommy put his on his forehead since he had a huge headache from headbutting Ollie in his forehead earlier while Oliver put his on his shoulder that he hopefully didn't screw up even more. As he really wasn't looking to be on the bench longer then he already was having to be on. Both sighed in contentment as the cold effects of the ice started their work on them. There was silence for several minutes while Laurel looked around her at the wrecked state of the apartment and could barely believe the two had caused so much damage. Good thing Tommy can afford to get it all fixed up or he'd be in trouble. She mused to herself and realized her more vindictive side was a little unhappy over a missed chance to put Ollie in his place since he didn't say anything that would have possibly been hypocritical on his end.
"Tommy." Oliver said suddenly, surprising both from his sudden speaking while his eyes were closed.
The mentioned Merlyn looked towards his best friend curiously and wondered what was up. "Yeah buddy?"
The archer opened his eyes and looked towards Tommy. "Don't repeat my mistakes where Laurel's concerned or I'll kick your ass again." Well that was surprising of him to say and Laurel couldn't help but feel slightly touched by that. She knew he could be really caring when he wanted to be and this was one of those examples of that.
"Thank you for being willing to defend my honor Ollie, but I'd just as soon appreciate it if you didn't get involved at all." The girl told him with a look that told him she wasn't going to be arguing about it.
He only nodded as he figured he was getting off light for that, he could hear Tommy scoffing though and gave him his attention again. "You kick my ass? You're welcome to try bro, but I think I'll be the one doing the ass kicking instead." Tommy boasted, while happy his brother was willing to do that on Laurel's behalf. And hoped he would be able to do right by Laurel as she is worth it.
Oliver just looked at his friend for a moment. "We'll see man, we'll see." Is all he decided to say and then flinched when a loud firecracker went off outside.
"You alright?" Tommy asked concernedly as he had noticed the flinch when the noise happened. Laurel herself was curious but decided to stay silent and wondered if maybe she should leave since going out now would be a bad idea with the state Tommy's in.
"Y-yeah, I'm fine." And as if countering his statement, several more firecrackers went off and he flinched again. He realized this was something he was going to have to deal with sooner rather than later.
Laurel raised her eyebrows at the sight and wondered how he was going to handle this. Thea's little trick earlier couldn't have helped matters anyway from the way he reacted. Tommy just hoped this wouldn't mean his best friend would have to go back to the Ward if he wasn't able to deal with things like this. He also didn't think now was a good time to say anything either, and since the date he and Laurel were going to go on was pretty much out the question due to how he looked and felt. He figured maybe the three of them if Laurel was willing, could just watch a movie to try and help Ollie stay focused on something else til everyone ran out of fireworks to explode. "Soo… How about a movie?" He suggested with a smile and got looks in return for it.
"So long as its not having anything to do with being ship wrecked I'm good." Oliver muttered and the two could understand that as it probably would dredge up memories he probably didn't want to deal with right now. As it is, Laurel could see that Ollie was clenching his free hand into a fist rather hard and probably making his knuckles look rather white too from the action.
"Yeah that's totally fine, I wasn't even thinking of that anyway." Laurel doubted that claim but decided it was best to not voice it. And since neither of the two were likely to get up anytime soon after their moronic fight, she realized it was up to her to pick the movie. And pick she did and even did a fine job of keeping Oliver occupied as it was something he missed due to being gone for so long.
However he eventually fell asleep an hour into the film and both Tommy and Laurel were glad he was able to do so despite all the noise from outside thanks to everyone celebrating the 4th. The lawyer wasn't sure where things would go from here after tonight as she still had issues regarding her ex, but she would deal with it as it all came. Especially where Tommy was concerned as she didn't feel like she could quite trust him just yet with her heart thanks to her experiences with Ollie. Laurel didn't think Tommy would stick around for much longer so long as she kept him at arm's length aside from certain events. But she was aware that life could throw you a curveball at least. One thing came to mind however, why in the world was Ollie in a dress!? That was something she planned to ask very soon and with Tommy at her side when it happened.
"First thing we do when he wakes up later is a trip to the hospital." Laurel informed Tommy just loud enough for him to hear yet not wake up Ollie. Tommy winced as that was not going to be pleasant but nodded at her. He had a feeling Ollie's mom was gonna freak out when she saw the state of her son and probably give both him and Ollie a lecture about fighting. But at least it would show she gave a damn at least.
Author's Notes: And there we are folks! May you all have enjoyed this one! Especially the beginning. I hope the way I handled things between Tommy and Oliver was done pretty well too. I'll be getting on to updating my other stories very soon hopefully and many apologies on the wait for those. See you all soon and R and R!