Oliver had just finished his meeting and had just sat down in his office when Thea barged in.
"Knock much?" Oliver asked.
"Where is he?" Thea asked.
"You'll have to be more specific." Oliver said.
"Where is Roy Harper?" Thea asked.
"Why do you ask?" Oliver asked.
"Because I just got a call from Captain Lance saying that they found a dead guy dressed up like the Arrow with a confession attached to him that he was the real Arrow and Roy Harper had simply been trying to protect him by taking the blame. It possessed all of the right details necessary to convince the cops of Roy's innocence. And he also included that in order to keep Roy alive, the Arrow had faked Roy's death to get him out of jail." Thea said.
Oliver smiled and said "He's with John and Laurel in the bunker. You can see him after the apology and clearance ceremony I now have to plan."
"Ollie, you know how I feel about Roy." Thea said.
"Which is why I expect you to ignore what I just said and while you keep this on the downlow for the moment, you head to the bunker, very discreetly." Oliver said.
Thea grinned as she hugged her brother before heading out.
"Where's your sister going?" Adrian Chase asked Oliver as he entered the office.
"She wasn't feeling too well, so I let her leave early." Oliver said.
Chase nodded and said "Down to business then. Has there been any progress at all with locating Tobias Church?"
"None. Both the police and the ACU have searched every last square of this city and they can't find him. Church is good at avoiding detection, I'll give that." Oliver said.
Chase nodded as they began to talk more about what to do.
Laurel and Roy were currently running surveillance for Church when the elevator doors opened.
"Hey Oliver, how was your meeting?" Roy asked.
"You should ask him when he gets back." Thea said, getting Roy's attention.
"Thea." Roy said.
"Hey Roy. You know, word on the street is that no one thinks you're the Arrow anymore." Thea said.
"I heard. Too bad Oliver told me not to leave until he's able to release a statement." Roy said.
"Uh Laurel, could you give us a minute?" Thea asked.
"Actually, I need to go see if I can get my old job at the District Attorney's office back." Laurel said as she walked out of the office, knowing enough from her relationship with Oliver to know when to leave 2 people alone and she got the feeling that she did not want to be there for it.
Oliver and Adrian were still talking when the door to the office opened and Laurel entered.
"Laurel, didn't my secretary tell you I was busy?" Oliver asked.
"Yes and then I decided I didn't care." Laurel said.
Oliver rolled his eyes before saying "Adrian, I apologize for the interruption, but, as long you're here, might as well make the introductions. Adrian Chase, this is my girlfriend Laurel Lance, Laurel, this is the District Attorney Adrian Chase."
"A pleasure to meet you Ms. Lance. I must say I'm sorry I didn't get the chance to work with you before you left the DA's office." Chase said, holding out his hand which Laurel took.
"That's actually why I'm here. I was hoping you had an opening at the DA's office?" Laurel asked.
"For someone with your expertise, there's always room." Chase assured her.
"Thank you. So, can I consider myself rehired?" Laurel asked..
"Your resignation was never accepted." Oliver said.
"Excuse me?" Laurel asked.
"It was documented as a leave of absence in the hope that you'd come back eventually. Your desk is still the way you left it." Chase explained
"Thank you, I'll report in tomorrow." Laurel said.
"You're very welcome, now Mr. Mayor, I think our business here is concluded, I think I'll leave you to work on a statement for that issue." Chase said as he walked out.
"I like him." Laurel said.
"I don't trust him. The guy seems a bit too well informed for his own good and he's too happy. I don't trust someone who's only emotion is happiness. I think he's hiding something." Oliver said.
"Than why make him your District Attorney?" Laurel asked.
"You know what they say. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. I put Chase somewhere I could keep an eye on him. I can't help but feel like there's something familiar about him." Oliver said.
"Makes sense." Laurel said.
"Yeah, but anyway, are you moving back in with Thea?" Oliver asked.
"Actually, I was kind of hoping I could stay with you. I mean, you've got plenty of room up at the mansion." Laurel said.
"Are you sure we're ready for that? I mean, we literally only got back together a few days ago." Oliver said.
"I didn't think you'd mind. What's going on with you? I thought you'd be excited to live with me." Laurel said.
"And normally I would be, except its when we reached this stage the last time that things went wrong. We were going to be living together and that scared the hell out of me and I panicked and wound up destroying the best thing that had ever happened to me. How do I know that won't happen again?" Oliver asked.
Laurel thought about it before saying "Well, for starters, you could've told me that 10 years ago and saved us both a ton of heartbreak."
"Good point, but still." Oliver said.
"Why don't we find a new place to live together, not the mansion. That's the past, let's look towards the future." Laurel said.
"You really want to live with me don't you?" Oliver asked.
"Well considering that I'm pretty sure Roy will be taking up residence in the apartment very soon I am in no rush to start living with Thea again. Besides, I think we both where my nights will be spent anyway." Laurel said with a smile.
"Since I know you well enough to know that you're too stubborn to take no for an answer at times, fine." Oliver said with a smile.
"Come on Ollie. You've dealt with Malcolm Merlyn, Slade Wilson, Ra's Al Ghul and Damien Darhk. I think you can handle living with your girlfriend." Laurel said.
"And do you want to be the one to tell your dad we're dating again or should I?" Oliver asked.
"Let me worry about that. You try and find a buyer for the mansion, I get the feeling it should go pretty quickly." Laurel said.
"I'll see what I can do." Oliver said as he kissed her.