Oliver went to grab something from the top the bookshelf and he while he grabbed the object of his affection, a box of pictures fell down. He went to pick it up and he saw a picture he hadn't seen in ages. It was before the island. It was just him and Laurel and they were whispering at each other.
He remembered what was happening. They were thinking about leaving Starling, to see the world. They wanted to break away from all the expectations of their very confined world and see the world together. It was a beautiful thought, if only a little bit naive.
"We could do it, right? Just you and me? No one else. We could be us on our times, that would be great. We could go to New York. We could be free." Past Laurel said with a hopeful smile on her face. And Past Oliver nodded.
He never thought he would leave her alone like he did. He thought they were going to New York. At least for a little while to just be themselves. "If you want to go, I think after my boat trip, we'll do it, okay?" He asked as he kissed her.
She gave him this happy smile and he knew that he made the right decision even if it unsettle him. Laurel was the right girl. Laurel was the girl he should marry. She was beautiful and smart and sexy and getting out of his own head for a few weeks would be the best for both of them. And then they could be the two of them.
Tommy snapped the picture of them and present Oliver shook his head. Those had been simpler times to all of them. Laurel came in the room and looked at him. "What's going on here?" She asked him as she pointed to the toppled box and looked at the picture in his hand.
He patted the ground beside him and smiled at her. "Remember this?" He asked her as he gave her the picture for a closer look. It'd been awhile since either of them had seen it he thought.
"We were so young and full of ideas," She chuckled as she looked at it and gave it back to him. "We should really scan these guys into the computer." She told him as she looked through the box. It was all old pre island pictures.
He nodded. "We were positively in love back then, I mean look at me, I'm practically gaga for you," He smiled at the picture. He didn't think it was bad to be gaga over Laurel, but he really back then that he didn't feel at all. Looking at that picture, it was painfully obvious, that he did he just didn't know how to feel them the right way.
She pushed his shoulder with hers and grinned at him. "We're pretty in love right now too." She told him as she crawled into his lap and put her arms around his neck.
He shook his head. "This is something we did a lot back then too." He laughed a little.
She shrugged. "So we did," She said with a devious smile as she kissed him. "We did a lot right back then," She whispered to him. He nodded. He pushed his arms behind the crook of her knees and picked her up. "What about the mess?" She asked him as she held on a little tighter and giggled.
"Doesn't matter," He told her as he took her to their bedroom and put her on the bed. "Do you ever regret that we didn't get to break away from people and play our relationship on our terms back then?" He asked.
She shook her head and he quirked an eyebrow up confused. "Ollie, as much as we were in love back then, it never would have worked. We both needed things that we didn't have back then. You needed to mature a little. And I needed to have my own accomplishments, apart from you. Breaking away from Starling, it wouldn't have helped." She told him as she massaged the bridge of his nose with her nail.
"We were so sure of it though," He told her. "And it may not have been all the way successful, but I think getting out of her would have helped us."
She nodded. "You're right. It would have helped. But it doesn't matter, though," She said as she shook her head. "Because we got together in the end. That was what I wanted from breaking free, breaking away. I wanted to be together on our terms. And we got that." She told him as she leaned her forehead on his. She just wanted them to be in a good place. And she was happy that dream came true.
He nodded. He'd give her anything. "We should probably go to New York though. Just for our younger selves. They deserve it," He told her with a grin. She shook her head and smiled at him. "Is that a yes?" He asked, excited.
She took his hands in hers and kissed them. "You're younger self was kind of a little shit, but he grew into an awesome man." She told him with a smile. "And yeah, if you still want to go to new york, I would love to go with you. For a vacation. We can't live their this time." She told him.
"Pinky swear?" He asked as he held his pinky up for her to take.
She chuckled and wrapped her pinky around his, "pinky swear."
"I love you," He told her.
She scrunched up her nose and smiled, "I know."
"Your past self grew up into kind of a little shit," He teased.
She kissed him. "I love you too."
"Always and forever?" He asked.
She nodded. "Always and forever," She told dug into her nightstand and nudged him. "You want to see something?"
He nodded as she put the tickets in his hands. "They were the tickets from five years ago."
"You kept them?" He asked as he looked at the date on them. They were the original tickets that he had an attendant over head over heels in love with their story with.
She nodded. "They reminded me of you," She told him.
"Sentimental sap," He teased again.
She stuck her tongue out at him. "Jerk," She said. "Now, go buy us tickets to New York, so we can see what our past selves wanted to break away to."
"Yes, ma'am." He said as he took his laptop out from under the bed and bought them tickets to New York City.
