Chapter 09: One on One With the Mayor

Nyssa took the bottle of water Laurel was offering her and drank from it. She grabbed the towel hanging from the treadmill and used it to wipe her face "I do not believe that is such a good idea, Laurel"

"Why not?" Laurel asked while using her forearm to wipe her furrowed brow "We both know this thing can't go on forever, and Felicity agrees"

The brunette sat on the floor and started stretching "While I do agree and find it inconvenient, to say the least, I'm positive that it is not the best approach"

"Well, what do you suggest, then? 'Cause we are out of ideas"

"Both your sister and Mr. Queen are propense to react violently under pressure…" she sighed and looked up "...mostly your sister"

Laurel snort-laughed and sat down to stretch, too "Well, worst case scenario, Oliver gets his nose broken. It's a win-win. He can afford someone taking him down a peg or two" she paused smiling "Or five, in Sara's case"

Nyssa smirked but tried to hide it "I don't know, Laurel. I have to leave the city in a couple of days, and I do not wish to do so if Sara is mad at me"

"She won't be mad at you"

"That is not true, and you know it"

"Well, you can deny you knew about our plan" when Nyssa looked at her incredulously, Laurel rolled her eyes "Okay, fine, you can't do that; but we just can't let this go on forever. If she gets mad, just wear something sexy that night and she'll forget about it"

The brunette groaned and leaned back on the mat "Why can't your sister be civil?"

"I would like to say it's all the League training and pin it on you…" the other woman said smirking "...but, to be honest, it's probably her Lance DNA"

They both laughed and Nyssa tilted her head to look at the other woman "Do it"

"You sure?"

"You do not want me to overthink this"

"True" Laure smiled "Tonight?"

"Whenever you deem appropriate"

"Tonight it is"

The brunette sighed and nodded shortly in agreement before saying "We shall discuss a regular training schedule, Laurel. Your form is off. We need to work on that"

"I swear to God I will kill all of you!" Sara yelled banging on the door "I will torture you for days and kill your families in front of you before I kill you all!"

"You are my family, dumbass!" Laurel yelled from the other side of the door.

"Oh… Right. Well, scratch that part, but I'll still kill all of you! Open the fucking door!"

"No!" Felicity yelled back "Stop acting like children and talk!"

"I'll jump out the window!"

"It is a fourteen story drop, beloved; unless you suddenly grow wings like Ms. Saunders, I don't see the fall ending happily for you"

"Nyssa, open the door!"

"Grow up, Sara!" Laurel yelled again.

The blonde kicked the door one last time for good measure and turned around "What the fuck are you doing?" she asked, glaring at Oliver, who was sitting down on the mats looking up at her.

He shrugged "There's only one door to bang and kick, and apparently you have dibs. I'm waiting for my turn"

"If you get tired of waiting, you can go ahead and jump out the window"

"Sara, is it really so tragic?"

"Yes. I don't wanna stare at your stupid face for hours"

"It doesn't need to be hours" Felicity said from the other side of the door "You can fight and try to kill each other until both of you can't take it anymore, or you can kiss and make up and be out of there in ten minutes. But don't kiss, tho, 'cause I won't hesitate on kissing Nyssa if you do that, Sara!"

The other blonde snorted "Like I wanna kiss this jerk"

The speaker on the wall came to life with a loud rustling noise before they heard Thea's voice loud and clear "Just get it over with! It's exhausting being around you two, so you better fix it. You're not leaving until you do; we all agreed on that!"

"Why didn't I think of doing that?" they heard Felicity ask someone behind the door.

Both Oliver and Sara kept quiet for a few minutes after hearing various sets of loud footsteps moving away from the door. The man sighed loudly and looked up at her again "Sara"

She groaned and leaned back against the door, her arms folded across her chest "This sucks"

He smiled and nodded "I know, but they care about both of us, that's why they're doing this"

"Whatever" she looked at the speaker and frowned "Who installed that? You think they can hear everything we say?"

"No" came the answer in Felicity's voice from the speaker "Crap!"

"And now you've ruined it!" Thea said from somewhere on the other side.

"We'll give you guys some privacy" the hacker said "Remember we have surveillance cameras there, too, so if you start killing each other, I'll send Nyssa and Dig to kick some ass"

Sara looked at one of the the cameras in the corner and flipped her off with a sweet smile.

"Well, that was rude"

Oliver smiled and shook his head, and after they heard the rustling noise again he asked "You wanna sit?"

"No, thanks"

"Sara, please"

The blonde woman groaned and sat down with her back against the door, her hand rubbing her forehead "What do you want from me, Oliver?"

"Honestly? I miss you"

"Well, then you shouldn't have married my girlfriend while I was dead" she said coldly, glaring at him "What the hell were you thinking?!"

He sighed again and closed his eyes "I'm sorry, okay?"

"You betrayed and disrespected me and my memory, and all you have to say is 'I'm sorry, okay'?" she asked in disbelief, mimicking his voice at the end "I trusted you, Oliver. The fuck is wrong with you?" she glared at him some more "You took advantage of the woman I love; I can never forgive that"

"I didn't take advantage of her! You can ask, I never touched her!" he said alarmed.

"Not sexually, but you did emotionally" she narrowed her eyes "She was grieving and you didn't care. You just used her as a pawn in your little plan against Ra's; her father. She was disposable to you. Fuck, Oliver, you didn't even call her to let her know I had died. How screwed up is that?"

"I already apologized to Nyssa for that, we didn't think—"

"That's the thing, you don't think! You didn't know anything about us, but you still decided she wasn't important enough to let her know. Did you know we were back together up until I died?"

He lowered his gaze "No"

"Did you know she practically begged me not to come 'cause she thought it would be the last time she ever saw me?"

"No"

"Of course not, because you just assume things and decide what's best for everyone without asking them what they want. I'm done. I won't put up with your shit anymore" she sighed and looked away "I don't know if I can forgive you, Oliver"

"I'm sorry"

Sara looked back at him and could see he truly was "I know you are, but it doesn't change anything for me"

"I want to fix this, Sara"

"I don't know if there's anything to fix anymore"

Oliver looked up at her again "After you left with Ray and the rest, I got to talk to Nyssa, you know?" when she just stared at him in silence, he decided to continue "And I did apologize, for everything. I know I was—"

"A dick"

He smiled softly and nodded "Yes, a dick. And I knew I owed her an apology"

"You owe her so much more than that"

"I know" he sighed again "I've made mistakes, Sara. A lot of mistakes; ask around, Dig will be happy to tell you. But I'm trying to be better; do better. I never meant to hurt you, or her, for that matter. It seemed like the only viable option at the time"

"You should have let her in on your stupid plan" Sara said calmly after a few silent minutes "She would've helped you"

"And I know that now, because she told me so. She and I are mostly good now… or at least I think she tolerates me" he smiled at the thought "We talked and came to a mutual understanding. Why can't you and I try that too?"

"Because I don't trust you anymore, Oliver"

"Okay, how can I change that?"

"I don't think you can" Sara sighed and looked away "You are not the only one who has a hard time trusting people, you know?"

"I know, but it's me, Sara" he waited for her to look at him again "We've known each other our whole lives"

She snorted and rolled her eyes "Like that stopped us from screwing up before"

"Good point" Oliver said frowning "Look, I don't expect you to forgive me"

"Good, 'cause I won't"

"I know; and I will have to live with that"

"What do you want, then?" Sara crossed her legs and stared at him "I can't magically forget everything you did"

"I'm not asking you to"

"Then what?"

"One chance, that's all I'm asking for; a chance to try to gain your trust again"

She looked at him in silence for a minute, then sighed defeated and tired of fighting "I can't believe you actually married her"

"Not my finest moment" he said half smiling and managed to get a small smile from her, too "For what is worth, she tried to kill me during our wedding"

"That's my girl"

Oliver laughed and nodded "She really is, Sara"

"I know…" she looked at him in the eye "...that's why I'm marrying her"

The annoying rustling noise came back, followed by Felicity's voice "What?! Why am I hearing about this over a speaker?!"

"You weren't supposed to be listening!"

"Pft! Please, you knew that was a lie" the hacker said again "Are you guys done? I wanna go in and squeal and jump around all excited and stuff!"

"Yeah, I want that, too!" Thea added after "Wait, Laurel, you're not surprised. You knew and didn't tell us!"

"Well, duh, I'm her sister"

"This is so unfair! Nyssa, I'm supposed to be your favorite!"

Their argument trailed off in the background until they heard the rustling noise again. Oliver smiled and looked at Sara "Congratulations"

"Thank you"

"Are we good?"

"Dunno, but I promise not to hit you anymore" Sara said smirking "As for the rest… I just need time"

"I understand"

She nodded once, then yelped as she was suddenly thrown away when the door opened, Felicity and Thea running inside and looking around for her "Where's Sara?!"

"Um, hi" the woman said from behind the door.

Felicity frowned and looked down at her "What are you doing there?"

"You pushed me!"

"Oh…" she winced "...sorry"

Nyssa came walking into the room followed by Laurel and smiled. She held her hand out for the blonde, who took it and let fiancée pull her up "Are you alright?"

Sara wrapped her arms around her neck and kissed her softly "I am now"

"Stop the private cuddle fest, Thea and I want in!"