<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Oliver went over to Sara and pulled her into a tight hug. "Your mother just needs some time. I mean, she found you, then you died, then you come back, then Laurel dies, then there was that whole situation with Black Siren being our Laurel, and add your father's death into that whole mess. It's a lot to process and take in Sara. I mean, it's a lot for us to take in and look at what we do. It's probably worse for her who has never seen or been through the things we have. Just give her some time, you are good enough for her, but she's just trying to adjust and cope right now I'm pretty sure. Plus, sometimes other people need to be reached out to first. So, if you want, then we can give her a call or a visit after a little while. She's your mother, she wouldn't just abandon you or want nothing to do with you. She's a good mother, and good mothers don't do that. Hell, even my mother wouldn't do that and we both know how she was." Letting out a deep breath, he kissed the top of her head as he continued to hold her.<br/>
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"You got nothing to be sorry for, and it's not good for you to be that way, but you did lose your father atop of your sister. So, I don't hold anything against you. I'd probably be the same if I were in your position. Don't feel bad about it either, it's probably for the best any ways. I don't know if I can completely change that part of me, always keeping things from the others, Felicity made some pretty damning points that even I have to agree with. It's also best that she doesn't have a target on her back because of me along with the baby. I'm not happy about it, but you know how Felicity is when she wants something. Well, it slowly became a mutual understanding thing, so things worked out fine. It wasn't messy or anything either, and we're just back to how we were before. It's a little hard, but I'm managing and adjusting. It's nothing compared to your situation, so don't feel shitty about it or anything." Oliver would have been the crappy friend if he brought up his problems right now with Sara, considering how she had it worse than him right now. What he said was true, his problems and situation wasn't as dire as Sara's.<br/>
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"We explained things to William, and he understands. He's still adjusting to things a bit, but he understands. Things are still fine with him really, he's just trying to get used to splitting time between me and Felicity like this as we don't exactly live in the same place, but he's taking it pretty well. Sometimes I worry if he's taking it too well and is just holding things inside. I ask him, and he assures me that he's fine, but he's my son. I worry that he's like me too much sometimes, holding back secrets that should be known. I mean, I know how the others feel now." But it still wasn't enough for him to change completely. Although, it was going to take a while for him to possibly break that habit of his.<br/>
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Serena couldn't help but let out a small squeal when she felt him slap her ass, blushing a bit as she stood there before him. She let him finish speaking, letting everything sink in, before thinking about what to say back to him. She was a bit surprised to hear that Thea was his ex. Even though he assured her that they were nothing more than friends, she just couldn't help but have a slight sinking feeling of jealously within her, it was just natural, and she figured that it would just go away eventually. It was just the fact that he's probably known her longer and obviously has a better relationship with Thea than he does with Serena at the moment didn't sit too well with her. Besides, she's seen and been through the whole 'we're just friends' thing with her last ex, and her ex ended up getting married with said 'friend.' So, she had her doubts. Though, for now she tried her best to shove all of that away, it wasn't as if every guy was like that. Too early to judge, and she didn't want it to hinder her meeting Thea.<br/>
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"Hey, trust me, I won't judge or anything, I've had my fair share of media exposure myself. I know what it's like, so trust me, it would be very shitty of me to judge or believe what I hear or read." She hadn't intended on letting the part about her being in the media slip. Not many people end up in the papers or the media in this city unless they were something big and worth the attention. Serena scrapped that old part of her life, the daughter of a corrupted company. She threw that away for a simple city girl image, and that's all she was to anyone who hasn't seen her face or knew her from before. She met Roy as Serena Lee, the simple city girl who was just trying to live her simple life. "Should have her try to bring Billy along then, that way you're not just out of the loop when we talk about girl things. Plus, it'd be a great way to meet him, chat him up. What better than a double dinner date." It was just a suggestion, but it seemed like a good idea in her eyes.<br/>
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Serena chuckled a bit as she recalled that day that Roy bumped into her. "If you weren't so cute and adorable with her apology and how you were, I would have ripped you a new one that day. I was really in a bad mood that day, and I almost snapped at you for bumping into me. But, for some reason, when you started talking, and when I actually looked at you, it just kind of went away." She really was in a bad mood that day, having just read another article about how her father was a bad man and that he deserved to die. She was about to just punch Roy right in the face for bumping into her, but all that anger that she felt just faded the moment she got a good look at him and when he spoke to her. "You got lucky mister, otherwise you would have ended up with a broken nose or a black eye." She chuckled lightly as she hugged him tightly, snuggling her face into his chest. "I'm glad you took that chance though, you really are something else Roy. I can't think of any words to describe how special you are to me." She didn't dare say those three words, it was too soon she felt like. </span></span>