Over the next week, Oliver and Thea had been looking for an apartment. They had found a few that they liked, but they were still keeping their options open. On that Friday they went to look at a loft. When they saw it, they knew that this was the place that they both wanted to live in. (Same one that Thea bought in season 3).
"I like this place Ollie. I want to help you pay for it, so I will need a job. Got any openings at your club?" Thea asked.
"If you are serious about getting a job then yes, you can have a job at the club." Oliver said.
"Tommy is going to have to take over Merlyn Global anyways, if it is going to stay open. "Oliver said
"So, does that make me the general manager?" Thea asked.
"No, that makes you second in command. You are too young to be in charge right now. Maybe in a few years." Oliver said.
"Well, the good thing about moving out of the mansion is I can focus more on my training. I really want to get out in the field." Thea said.
"You will be out there before you know it. You are already hitting the bullseye, which means that you are good enough at archery. You just need a little me time with hand to hand combat." Oliver said
"How long do you think we are talking here? A week? A month?" Thea asked.
"I am thinking at most a month, but it could be as little as a week." Oliver said and Thea nodded.
They walked out of the loft and went to talk to the building manager about buying the loft. When they were done signing the papers, Oliver and Thea went back to the mansion to pack their things so that they could move into there new home. Once they were done, Moira was waiting for them at the door.
"You don't have to leave. I am sorry that I didn't tell you about this Thea. I was just trying to protect you from Malcolm." Moira said.
"And how would you know that I would need protection from Malcolm? Unless you somehow knew that he was the bad person that he was." Thea said.
"I knew what he was capable of. Trust me on that." Moira said.
"It doesn't matter mom. He is gone and I now have a new place to live and a job. I don't need to live here anymore." Thea said and then she and Oliver walked out of the mansion so that they could get to their new place and unpack.
When they arrived at their new loft, Sara and Laurel were waiting outside for them. "Thought you could use a hand unpacking." Laurel said.
"Yeah we could. Thanks." Thea said.
"How many rooms does this place have?" Laurel asked.
"Four. Two downstairs and two upstairs. Why do you ask?" Oliver asked already knowing the answer.
"I am assuming that some of the training will be done here because this lower level is big enough for it." Laurel said.
"Yeah, that was part of the plan, but you still didn't answer the question. Why did you ask how many rooms?" Oliver asked again.
"Well, I know that Sara is going to be living here with you Ollie and I was hoping that I could maybe take one of the extra rooms so that I would be here more often, and we could all train together." Laurel said.
"Are you sure you want to live here. I mean you have a nice apartment of your own, and what about Tommy?" Oliver asked.
"Tommy is moving back into the Merlyn Mansion. No offense, but I have no desire to live in a mansion." Laurel said.
"I am fine with it if everyone else is." Oliver said.
"I am fine with it." Both Thea and Sara said at the same time.
"Ok, I guess you have a room here then. Go get your things and move in with the rest of us." Oliver said.
"Ok, I will be back later with my stuff. What are you planning on doing with the last room?" Laurel asked.
"Don't know yet. We had talked about turning it into something to do with training, so that we can train here when we done fill like doing it a Verdant." Thea said.
"That sounds like a good idea. But I have another one." Sara said.
"What's that?" Oliver asked.
"I know of someone who might be looking for a place." Sara said.
"We will have to vet them and see what we think of this person." Oliver said.
"We already have. Barbara is still looking for a place to live. I thought this would be the perfect place for her as well." Sara said.
"That actually isn't a bad idea. If she decides that she would want to live here, then maybe we can set this up as a secondary base of operations, incase we are here when a emergency happens." Oliver said.
"I agree. It would always help to have a secondary base of operations; incase our other base gets compromised." Sara said.
"Alright, Laurel you go get your things ready to move and we will be there to help you. Sara, call Barbara and see if she is interested in living here. Then we can go about setting everything up." Oliver said and they both nodded and went to do as they were told.
A few ours later Laurel called and said, "Hey guys, I am ready to go."
"Ok, we will be there soon. We are just going to pick up Barbara's stuff in a moving van before we come your way." Sara said.
"Ok, I will see y'all then." Laurel said.
After Oliver, Thea, and Sara had picked up Barbara's stuff, they went to Laurel's place and helped her pack everything into the moving van. Once all of that was done, the four of them went to their new apartment and started unloading stuff. Barbara showed up when there were just small things still in the moving van and tried to help out by carrying some of those things in her lap to help get everything up to their apartment. Later that night, everyone was done unpacking and had also finished decorating the apartment the way they wanted to. They were just like one big happy family.
