<span style="font-family:Assistant"><span style="font-size: 15px">Sara turned away from the coffee maker that she had just turned on, and faced Oliver. "I'm sorry, Ollie. I didn't know that you and Felicity were having trouble, much less that you guys had divorced. I'm glad that the two of you are are still on good terms and are still friends." At his words about his secrets costing him his marriage, she crossed the kitchen to where he stood and wrapped her arms around his waist in a tight hug. "I'm sorry that you're hurting. And I'm sorry that I didn't know all of this before. I've been a shitty friend who's been self-obsessed and self-pitying, but I won't be like that anymore."<br/>
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"What about William? Does he understand about the divorce? I feel bad that things ended this way." She nodded when he talked about patrolling, and then pulled out what was needed to make pancakes, and then set about making them. The blonde's hands shook as she started to mix the ingredients, but after a few moments, she just slammed the ingredients down on the counter once more, the action hard enough to make a hole in the counter, which one of the bowls fell through. She took a few breaths to rein in her temper, and the tears that threatened to fall. <br/>
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Her eyes were wet, but no tears fell. "Is it my fault? Am I <i>so</i> fucked up that the only way to balance things out with the world was to blow up my family? I w</span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family:Assistant">as happy being a Legend and not having to worry about anything or anyone else for the first time in a long time. </span></span><span style="font-family:Assistant"><span style="font-size: 15px">I finally felt like I was getting some semblance of my life back after the Gambit. And just as soon as things are going good, and I had forgiven Thea for killing me, Laurel dies. And then when I had finally come to terms with losing my sister, my father dies."<br/>
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"My mother lives in Central City, Oliver. And she wants nothing to do with me. She doesn't call me, or visit me. Put aside the fact that I've been on the Waverider, for a minute. She doesn't try to contact me. It's like she hates me or can't stand to be around me. My family was close, before. But ever since I came back,  everything's been broken." She paused for a moment and swallowed. "My sister's dead, my father's dead. Why doesn't my mother want me? I'm the only family she has left and I still feel like I'm not good enough for her."<br/>
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Roy  smiled at Serena. "I'd love for you to come by early and help me cook. Any chance that I get to spend time with you I'm all for it." He got up after he spoke, and followed her into the bathroom. As they stepped into the shower together, he reached around his girlfriend and turned the hot water on. As the water fell over them, he decided to <br/>
tell her a partial truth. "The Thea that I'm friends with, and who's going to have dinner with us tonight. It's Thea Queen. She's one of my exes. There's nothing but friendship between us anymore." <br/>
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"</span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family:Assistant">She's dating a cop. Billy. I haven't met him, but she talks about him a lot. </span></span><span style="font-family:Assistant"><span style="font-size: 15px">I didn't want you to go into this and be blindsided. Like I said before, she's been in the press a lot. Her parents have, her brother. Her ex-sister in law. Just, don't believe everything you read. Yes, some of the stuff that people said about her was true, but a lot of it's in the past. As for me not pushing you about your father, no problem." He smiled again, when she kissed his cheek. "What a crazy question. I'm never too tired to see you naked." <br/>
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He flirted, and then reached out and smacked her ass, and laughed at her reaction to it. When Serena asked why he'd taken a chance on her, he paused. "You looked lonely. And I'm all too familiar with that feeling. The expression on your face was a mix between rage and sadness. And I couldn't stand the thought of seeing such a beautiful girl cry. So, that's why I bumped into you and took my time apologizing. I wasn't stuttering or shy. I just needed an excuse to keep talking to you. So I fumbled around and acted like a fool."</span></span>