A few weeks after Felicity's funeral, Laurel decided she could no longer put off Thea's requests for a welcome home party, so now they were having a small party that was mostly made up of Team Arrow plus Sara, Ray, William, Nyssa, Lyla and JJ, in Oliver's loft.

"Is mom coming?" Sara asked, since even though Laurel had reunited with their mom about a week ago, Sara wanted to see her, since she had something she needed to tell her whole family.

"Yeah, she said she'd be here." Laurel said right as said person entered the loft.

"Laurel." Dinah said as she hugged her daughter, yet again.

"Mom, you just saw me earlier today." Laurel said.

"And yet I will never stop doing this since unlike your father, I don't get to see you on a daily basis, I'm honestly amazed I've been able to get away from work for as long as I have to be here." Dinah said.

"Hi mom." Sara said, getting her mother's attention.

"Sara, you call even less than your father does." Dinah said as she hugged her other daughter.

"Yeah well, my current line of work makes calling you a bit harder." Sara said.

"Nice new bling." Laurel said, pointing out Sara's new necklace.

"Oh this thing, yeah a souvenir from my team's latest mission." Sara said.

"Really, what is it?" Quentin asked.

"Something that is very difficult to anyways, remember the last time we were all together in one room?" Sara asked and Laurel chuckled.

"Oh yeah, that is not something I can easily forget." Laurel said with a smile.

"Well, hopefully this time will go much more smoothly." Quentin said.

"Since I haven't had anything to drink, I think that will be easy." Laurel said as a strange woman none of them had seen before approached them.

"Uh who is this?" Quentin asked.

"Mom, Dad, Laurel, this is my girlfriend, Ava." Sara said.

"Really. Does she know who's she's dating?" Laurel asked with a smile.

"Considering the way Sara and I first met was when I tried to arrest her, yes." Ava said.

"I think you and I are going to get along very well." Laurel said with a grin.

"Nice to meet you. I trust based off that introduction, I'm guessing you're keeping Sara out of trouble." Quentin asked as he shook Ava's hand.

"More like I drag her into more of it." Sara corrected.

"But I wouldn't have it any other way." Ava said.

"Are you happy with her?" Dinah asked.

"Happier than I've really been since before the Gambit." Sara said and her parents smiled at that.

"Well then, she's family." Quentin assured them, much to Sara's relief.


"Looks like the Lance family reunion is going well." Thea said to Oliver, who nodded.

"What about you? Have you and Roy found a new place to go to yet?" Oliver asked, since Thea had decided to leave with Roy, who'd decided that he was going to stick around until things with Diaz were dealt with, since after Diaz had him kidnapped and tortured, it was personal.

"Not yet. I'm sort of impartial to the Maltese Coast." Thea said.

"So, are you going to Corto Maltese?" Oliver asked with a smile.

"Very funny." Thea said.

"What, that's where you were the last time you said you were on the Maltese coast." Oliver said.

"Are you sure that you want me to leave?" Thea asked.

"I don't want you to go Thea, but I understand why you want to." Oliver said.

"Well maybe there's a way we can both get what we want." Thea said.

"How?" Oliver asked.

"Well, last time I checked, doesn't the President still owe you for saving the world from the Dominators last year? Or Genesis day the year before?" Thea asked.

"Thea, you are a genius." Oliver said as an idea formed in his mind.

"Okay, why?" Thea asked.

"I'll explain later. Right now, it's a time to celebrate." Oliver said as he saw that everyone had gotten drinks.

"I would like to call a toast." Oliver said as everyone gathered around.

"I know that we've been in this situation before, but this time, I think we can all take some pride in the fact that this time, we are celebrating the real deal. Laurel, when we lost you the first time, I think I not only speak for myself, but I speak for John, for Thea, for your dad and for Felicity when I say that when we thought you died, it felt like a piece of us was ripped out. You were always the heart of the team. The one who always saw the light, no matter how dark it got. And despite all the darkness we've endured, the pain we've suffered, the lives we've lost, seeing everyone here like this, together, it reminds me, reminds all of us, that the world is just as capable of light, of miracles, as it is the darkness. It reminds us that hope still exists and that despite our losses, we should still be able to celebrate the good times. Welcome home Laurel. Cheers." Oliver said as everyone nodded as they raised their glasses.

"Nice speech." Laurel said.

"Thanks, hey, have you met with your doctor yet?" Oliver asked.

"Completely healed." Laurel said.

"Great, and with all the training you've been putting in over the past few weeks, I guess the Black Canary will ride again." Oliver said with a grin.