Title: Through Time Together (Everyday of Our Lives)
Words: 2049
Pairing: Laurel/Oliver
Genre: Romance
Status: Done

Summary: Oliver hosts a huge party with all of his friends and acquaintances. Laurel knows that he's been distracted and when he brings her away from the party, she learns why.

"So, you and Oliver, how are you doing?" Felicity asked Laurel.

Laurel blushed, "We're doing okay. Why? Liss." She asked Felicity. She wondered maybe if Oliver said something to Felicity about her. Maybe complained. She didn't know exactly what she would do if he had, but the thought was there and that was enough.

"Oh, just Oliver seemed weird today. I thought you might know." She told Laurel.

Laurel let a sigh of relief. He had said something last night when he was at his computer about being distracted by Arrow stuff. "He's fine. He's just worried about the status quo. You know how it goes." She told the other girl.

"If you say so." Felicity couldn't believe he hadn't done it already, but she guessed he was looking for the right time.

Laurel narrowed her eyes at Felicity and stared her down. Felicity began to fidget and sweat a little. "You're keeping a secret, Liss. What does he have planned?" She asked.

Felicity looked around for someone anyone to rescue her. No one came. "It's nothing bad, I promise, Laur. But it's his secret. I can't tell," She told the other girl and screwed her eyes shut.

When she didn't hear anything from Laurel, she opened one up and looked. Laurel hadn't left and she had a stern expression on her face which made it really hard to tell what she was thinking. "Why'd he tell you?" She asked.

Felicity debated about lying. She could pretty easily. It didn't have to be like an Oliver epic lie, but it would be a little one. In the end, she thought better of it and sighed. "He wanted my opinion on something. Don't worry, it's nothing bad. I promise, I really promise."

"You'd tell me if it was bad right?" She asked.

Felicity hugged her. When it came to Oliver, Laurel always opened her heart in a way that he didn't deserve. She always opened it to the heartbreak that he could bring. It was heroic, a little stupid, but heroic all the same. With that in mind, she nodded her head against her best friend's shoulder. "I'd never keep it if it hurt you."

Laurel pulled her friend away and smiled to her. "Then, I guess, I have nothing to worry about. When do you think he'll tell me?" She asked.

Felicity looked over her shoulder and saw Oliver with the ringbox in his hand. Bold move. "Oh," Felicity said to her friend, "I think it'll be soon. Tonight even."

"Well then," Laurel said as she tucked a piece of hair behind her ear and her cheeks glowed. She smoothed over the stomach of her beautiful red evening gown.

Quentin came over. "Can I have this dance, princess?" He asked as he put out his hand.

"Yeah," Laurel put her hand in his and looked back to Felicity. "Are you gonna be okay?"

Felicity nodded, "Yeah, I'm gonna hit the punch bowl,"

"Don't drink too much," Laurel said as her father whisked her onto the dancefloor. "It's been awhile since we've done this."

"Yeah," He said as he looked down at his feet and then back up to her feet, "That's a nice necklace,"

She smiled as she took her right hand from his and fingered it with a blush. "Ollie got it for me." She told him and smiled as they waltzed around the room.

"You guys have been getting pretty close in the past couple of months," Quentin said as he looked her in the eye.

She rolled her eyes at him. "Daddy, we've been dating the last couple of months, we've always been close,"

"Right," He said as he smiled awkwardly, "Look, I know I've never been Oliver Queen's biggest supporter, but you seem really happy the last couple of months and that's what I need. Come along way from the bonehead frat boy who took your sister on that boat," He told her. "You know, all I want is for you to be happy."

She nodded as the dance finished and they stood in place. "Is that the sound of support coming from you about Oliver Queen?" She asked him.

"Yes," He sighed, "But after tonight, I will vehemently deny I said anything of the sort. Understand?"

She giggled a little and looked to Oliver. "Got it, you want to tell him one time?" She asked Quentin as Oliver came over and put his hand on the small of her back.

"Mr. Lance," He said as he nodded lightly to Laurel's father.

Quentin rolled his eyes. "It hasn't been Mr. Lance to you in years, Queen. You make my little girl happy. You keep doing that or I'll kill you," He said.

Oliver laughed a little, nervous, because his girlfriend's father was threatening to kill him. This normally wouldn't bother him because she always assumed that was his way of showing affection. But he had prefaced it with affection and that always made him feel a little more dangerous. "Laurel, I have something important to ask you," He whispered in her ear. "Can we go somewhere a little more private?" He asked.

"Yeah," Laurel said. "Are you gonna be okay, dad?" She asked to make sure that he wasn't going to feel left out when she left him.

He guffawed and looked around the room. "I think I'm gonna see how Felicity dances. Maybe give you and Sara some competition." He joked.

She shook her head. "No one beats Sara," She told him because Sara was still a lithe dancer. That time on the island hadn't taken that away from her. It just made her stronger and gave her more range. Oddly enough, the island helped with her dance, when she wasn't dancing.

Oliver lead the way and smiled to her. He took her into a room that was pretty empty. "You remember this room?" He asked.

She smiled. She never forgot this room, not for one second. "This is where it all began, you and me. We started in this room." She looked to him. "What's going on?"

"Laurel," He started. "So this is where we started, where it all began as you put it and since that fateful day more than fifteen years ago, we have been fast friends and more.

"You brought a great joy into my life that was quiet unlike any others I have known. It was you, me, and Tommy from the moment you stepped in here and you made me better every single one of those days I've known you.

"You were the light that got my off the worst hell I have ever faced. It was the thought of you that kept me going. Five years of dreaming about your voice. About eating ice cream in your apartment with you. Of saying I'm sorry, because I am a perpetual idiot.

"Back then, I didn't know how much I loved you, but then I came back and seeing you, even when you were angry, it lit up my life. We've had some rough patches. And we're always gonna, but you brought me back. You, Laurel, I love you more than anything. I love you as long as there are stars in the sky and if the universe will let me, I will love you even longer than that.

"I have never been the same since I met you. You came in my life and it's one big event. The boy I was before you. And then the Man I am after I met you. And when I'm not with you, I'm worse. I need you, Dinah Laurel Lance.

"No one else is you. I dated a lot of women in my time. And they have always been compared to you, because I have always wanted you, Laurel. You, Laurel Lance, are the one I desire. No one else compares to you. Dinah Laurel Lance, will you give me the chance to show you that everyday for the rest of our lives?" He asked as he got down on one knee.

"Are you doing what I think you're doing?" She asked as her eyes got big.

He smiled to her and opened the tiffany blue box and looked into her eyes, "Dinah Laurel Lance, will you marry me?" The sparkle in his eyes told her that this was all true.

She jumped up and down and showed him her hand. "Yes, Oliver Jonas Queen, I will marry you," She said as he put the ring on her finger and she put her arms around his neck. "We're getting married."

"We are getting married, Dinah Laurel Lance. And I promise you, I will hold you for as long as I can. I thought your father was going to give it all up when you guys were dancing, I'm glad he didn't." He told her.

She looked shocked. He asked her father who had approved of the whole thing and that was why he said something. He said it for her. He accepted Oliver as her one and only. "It's shaping up to be a pretty good marriage, already," She said as she gave him a kiss on the nose.

"I'm gonna give you everything, Laurel Queen," He told her as he did the same.

She shook her head. "You know I'm keeping my last name, right?" She asked him.

He nodded. "I know, but you're always gonna be Mrs. Queen to me."

"That," She told him with a smile as they got out of the room. "I can handle. Hell, I think I even might like that Mr. Queen." She told him as she kissed him again. "So who's idea was that? Bringing me back here?"

"That one was mine," He said, looking a little miffed that she thought it was someone else's idea. Truth be told, he'd gotten Sara and Felicity's approval on the whole idea, because it seemed dumb, but they both assured him that it was super romantic. "Do you like your ring?" He asked.

"Ollie, I love it," She said as she looked at the big happy rock on her finger. "And I love you, Oliver." She promised him.

"Together forever," He breathed. "That's what it's gonna be right?"

Laurel nodded because that is what it was. It was always gonna be them. There was no other way. "Together forever," She replied.

They went out to the party and grinned at all of the guests who seemed so happy to be around them. She guessed they just exuded the kind of light airiness that people saw and gravitated to.

They took to the center of the room and she took a champagne flute and a fork and she banged the fork against the champagne flute. Everyone looked to the both of them. As everyone was all eyes, she looked to Oliver and smiled. "Mr. Queen and I have a long history and I'm sure a bunch of you have had opinions on that. We have always been together, Me and Oliver. And I'm sure you all know, we have been dating for the past few months once again and we have been strong together," She told them and she looked to Felicity and her father and she couldn't help but smile bigger. "Well, we've made it more official. Mr. Queen and I, we're engaged."

The news went from a quiet room to a room glittering with excitement and the flashes went off and there were microphones trying to get all the information, get the headline. Starling Royalty was finally getting married.

Moira and Thea came out from behind them. "We're so proud of you, Ollie." They told her and hugged him.

Ollie shook his head. "I didn't do anything, it was all this one," He said as he brought Laurel into the conversation.

"We love you," Thea and Moira told her as they took her in yet another hug and kissed her cheeks. "We can't wait for you to come into the family." They said as they milled about the party.

Oliver and Laurel looked to each other. "I love you," Oliver said. "Always and forever,"

Laurel scrunched her nose happily and smiled as she gave him a peck on the lips, "I love you too." She said. "As long as there are stars, we're together."