That night after John left, Oliver and Laurel got settled into Oliver's old room in the mansion and were lying in Oliver's bed, cuddling together.
"Oliver, I want you to promise me something." Laurel said.
"Name it." Oliver said.
"Unlike last time, please, when things get tough, don't push me away. Let me help you." Laurel said.
"Don't worry, I won't push you away. I'm done with that." Oliver assured her.
"Good, because I won't let you do it anyways." Laurel said and Oliver nodded as he kissed her.
"Laurel, there's something, I need to ask you." Oliver said.
"Shoot." Laurel said.
"Why did you move into the same apartment you had last time. Have you forgotten how many times that place was attacked." Oliver asked.
"It was the best place I could afford with two bedroom." Laurel said.
"Well, now that I'm back, I'm moving you and Jasmine into a safer apartment that isn't as easy to break into." Oliver said and Laurel could tell he was really stuck on that and to be honest, she could see why since in the first year alone, the apartment had been broken into by the Triad and a hitman alone.
"You know, even before I died, I wasn't exactly seeing anyone, if you know what I mean?" Laurel asked and Oliver smiled as he rolled on top of her.
"Loud and clear. And you're not the only one who missed doing this." Oliver said as they kissed passionately.
The next morning, Laurel woke up feeling better than she had in years, since not only had she gotten to sleep with the man she loved, but she'd also gotten to scratch an itch that had also been bugging her for just as long as she turned to see Oliver just staring at her.
"I thought you would already be downstairs for breakfast by now." Laurel said as Oliver caressed her face with his hand.
"I'm not so rushed anymore. I'm taking time to enjoy the simple things and watching you wake up every morning is definitely something I enjoy watching." Oliver said and Laurel smiled as they kissed.
"What time does Jasmine usually wake up at?" Oliver asked.
"Any minute now, so we can't risk what you want to do." Laurel said and Oliver nodded.
"So, how was your first night back?" Thea asked Oliver as he, Laurel and Jasmine entered the dining room for breakfast.
"Fine." Oliver said simply as Laurel helped Jasmine into her booster seat as Raisa brought out breakfast.
"Thank you Raisa." Oliver said.
"Where are Robert and Moira?" Laurel asked Thea.
"Dad's at work, apparently he had some sort of meeting early this morning and Mom somehow already got a hit on your bodyguard hunt." Thea said and Oliver rolled his eyes.
"Of course she did. Mom is nothing if not thorough." Oliver said as he smiled as he watched Jasmine try to push Laurel's hands away, insisting that she could eat like a big girl.
"I have to go to work this morning to deal with some specifics on a case against Adam Hunt, so Oliver, what do you say to having a daddy daughter day today." Laurel asked.
"Sounds great." Oliver said, looking at Jasmine, who didn't even seem to be paying attention as Moira entered with John.
"Oliver, I'd like to introduce you to your new bodyguard, John Diggle." Moira said and Oliver nodded as he got up.
"Nice to meet you Mr. Diggle." Oliver said as they shook hands and pretended they'd never seen each other before.
"You to Mr. Queen. And please, call me either John or Dig." John said.
"If you insist, come on, if you're going to be my bodyguard, then there's someone here I want you to meet." Oliver said as he pointed at Jasmine.
"She is one of the most important people in the world to me. If you have a choice between protecting me or protecting her, you choose her in a heartbeat." Oliver said.
"Yes sir." John said.
"And lose the sir. It's Oliver." Oliver said and John nodded.
"And just to be clear, I've had enough flight risk jobs to know how to keep you from jumping the gun." John said.
"Of course." Oliver said, knowing that they were playing their parts perfectly.
After breakfast and Laurel leaving for work, Oliver took Jasmine to the park, since she loved playing on the playground, especially the jungle gym.
While he watched his daughter run around and play with a bright smile on her face, Oliver decided to talk to John about the team.
"Have you made any progress tracking down Roy? He's our next recruit." Oliver said.
"He's in the place he lived last time, same life, same everything." John said.
"Except he does not yet have a red suit." Oliver said.
"Speaking of red suits, after our meeting last night, I did some research on some of our other friends from Earth One." John said and Oliver nodded.
"What did you find?" Oliver asked.
"The particle accelerator already blew up in Central City and Barry is currently in a coma at Star Labs, Cisco and Caitlin both still work there, Iris is a college student, Wally is still in college in Keystone and Joe is still a cop." John said.
"What about the Legends. I know that Sara is currently a biochemist at Merlyn Global, but what about the others?" Oliver asked.
"Ray is in Midway, apparently still going for his 4th Phd, Stein is still alive and a professor at Hudson University, though he's been missing for about 2 months now, Jax is now an auto mechanic after the accelerator explosion, Heywood's a historian at the Central City archives and Rory and Snart are still criminals on the run." John said.
"And what about the other members of the team." Oliver asked.
"Dinah's still a cop in Central City, I guess her partner was never killed, since she didn't go AWOL and there's no sign of Vigilante, Curtis is working at your family's company and so is Felicity." John said.
"What about Rene?" Oliver asked.
"Unknown, I decided we did not need him, since no matter what his reasons were, he still shot and killed you." John said and Oliver nodded.
"Did he by any chance give a reason." Oliver asked.
"If he did, it wasn't when I was around to hear it." John said and before Oliver could respond, they both heard Jasmine.
"Daddy, come push me on the swings." Jasmine called out to him as she stood eagerly by one of the swings.
"I think that's your cue man." John said with a smile.
"If I were you man, I'd start trying to patch things up with Lyla so you can get this again yourself." Oliver suggested as he went over to his daughter, picked her up high, causing her to squeal in delight as he plopped her down on a swing and began to push her.
"Higher daddy." Jasmine said and Oliver smiled as he pushed her as high as she wanted, his resolve to be the Green Arrow once again strengthening at the sound of her laughs, knowing that he would do whatever he had to do to keep this little miracle alive, safe and happy.