Oliver was looking into the bedroom next to his old one and smiled as he just watched his little girl sleep peacefully as she napped. Watching her look like that just fueled his determination to be the Green Arrow again even more, since this wasn't just protecting his city, it was making sure that his daughter never had to endure all horrible tragedies that were coming this city's way. There was nothing he wouldn't do to keep his little girl safe.
However, he was ripped out of these thoughts when he heard a familiar voice behind him.
"What did I tell you man, yachts suck." Tommy Merlyn said with a grin.
"Tommy Merlyn." Oliver said as he hugged his best friend, thinking back to the past 2 times he'd watch Tommy die and he swore to himself that he wouldn't let that happen again.
"Hey man, it's good to see you." Tommy said softly as not to wake up Jasmine.
"You to. Man, I can't believe I'm a dad." Oliver said as he continued to look in on his daughter.
"I helped Laurel out when I could. But I'm no replacement for her father." Tommy said.
"I spent 5 years not knowing she existed Tommy. And now that I do, all I want is to make sure that nothing can ever try to hurt her again. No matter what." Oliver said and Tommy nodded in understanding.
"She's your kid, of course you want to protect her. Thea told me that you said that you'd be getting gun when she discovered boys." Tommy said with a chuckle.
"Come on Tommy, considering how we were in high school, can you blame me?" Oliver asked.
"Nope. Honestly, if she were my daughter, I'd be saying the exact same thing. But come on, Sara's downstairs and she's still waiting to say hello to you." Tommy said as he pulled Oliver away.
"Hey Ollie." Sara said as she hugged Oliver.
"Hey Sara. You look good." Oliver said.
"Might I remind you that it's my sister that you should be saying that to, not me." Sara said with a laugh and Oliver did to, though he couldn't help but remember the brief relationship they'd had on Earth one.
"He's right Sara. You do look good." Laurel said as Oliver noticed something on Sara's finger.
"Is that a ring?" Oliver asked and Sara nodded.
"Yeah, you didn't tell him Laurel?" Sara asked.
"It should come from you." Laurel said with a smile.
"Tommy and I are engaged." Sara said.
"Wait, Tommy Merlyn is settling down for one girl." Oliver asked.
"I said the same exact thing when they told me." Laurel said with a chuckle as the parents entered.
"I'm guessing you told him the good news." Quentin said and Sara nodded.
"This seems perfect, Oliver's home, Tommy and Sara are getting married and everything else is falling into place." Robert said.
"Actually, mom, dad, there's something I wanted to talk to you guys about." Oliver said.
"What?" Robert asked.
"I think that maybe we should look into getting a bodyguard, since I'm sure that it's only a matter of time until some greedy lowlife decides to kidnap me, considering I just got back, so people might try to use me to get you guys to pay up." Oliver said and Moira looked surprised.
"That's not a bad idea son. We'll start looking into bodyguards tomorrow." Moira said and Oliver nodded as they heard footsteps from the stairs and they turned to see Jasmine enter the room.
"Hey Jaz." Sara said with a grin as her niece came running into her arms.
"Auntie Sara." Jasmine said as her aunt kissed her cheek.
"Did you have a good nap?" Laurel asked.
"Yes mommy." Jasmine said.
"You know, I think Raisa just finished making some fresh triple chocolate chip cookies if you want a snack." Robert said and Jasmine looked at her mom pleadingly.
"You can have one now, but then you have to wait until after dinner to have anymore." Laurel said and Jasmine nodded as Robert took his granddaughter his arms and took her to the kitchens.
"So, when's the wedding?" Oliver asked.
"Early November. And since you're back, I want you to be my best man." Tommy said.
"I'd be honored Tommy." Oliver said with a smile.
"And I'm going to be Sara's maid of honor and Jasmine is going to be the flower girl." Laurel said.
"What about you 2? I mean, you already have a kid together, why not make it official?" Quentin asked.
"Dad, Ollie just came back from 5 years of hell, I think he needs a little time to readjust before we talk about marriage." Laurel said as Thea walked passed, an apple in her hand.
"Thea, where are you going?" Moira asked.
"Relax mom, I was just getting a snack before I finished my homework." Thea said as she walked upstairs.
"I'm kind of surprised at Thea. I half expected to find her being more like I was when I was her age." Oliver said.
"Yes well, if your father hadn't made it back, I imagine she would've, but after we lost you, we realized that we needed to start laying down the law with Thea, or we could lose her to." Moira explained and Oliver nodded, relieved that this Thea wasn't making the same mistakes her Earth One double had.
Okay, I've seen all the suggestions and here are the people from Earth One that I'm definitely going to be bringing into this story and why.
John: he was Oliver's best friend and aside from Tommy, the closest thing he had to a brother, in addition to being Oliver's first partner in crime fighting.
Roy: he was Oliver's protegee and now Arsenal has a chance to ride again.
Felicity: while I know I've been unfair to her in the past, I'm trying to give her a more positive light, though there will be changes in how she's treated, since I think Oliver gave her too much leeway, regardless of his feelings for her and this time, she'll have to get along without Oliver's favor, since now that he has Laurel back and a daughter with her, he no longer has feeling for her, but he still believes that he can help her on better path.
I might do Thea to, I'm just not sure how yet.