"Morning, Moira, morning, Walter." I greeted Mr and Mrs Steele.

"Good morning, Adela." Walter replied and Moira smiled as a greeting.

"Where's Thea?" I asked.

"In her room. Are you staying for breakfast?" Moira asked.

I shook my head, "I already ate." I lied. "I'm just here to drive her to school."

"Alright, then. Have fun." Moira replied.

I smiled at them and went upstairs to Thea's room. I knocked on the door,

"You're ride awaits my queen."

The door opened and revealed Thea in her uniform.

"Why thank you, kind sir." She replied.

I gasped, "I am a woman!"

"Hard to tell." Thea responded before we went downstairs and to my car.

"I'm not really going to school, am I?" Thea asked.

"I really should make you go. But I won't make you. I'll just follow you around all day." I answered.

"Ugh. Why do you have to follow me around?"

"You know why." I replied.

"He's dead, Adela. Has been for five years. You don't have to keep that promise anymore." Thea said.

"You used to think that he's still alive. I promised Ollie that I would take care of you while he was away. He's still away. He's not coming back, and I get that. But I'm keeping that promise." I responded.

"And I promised him I would take care of you. Have you eaten today?" Thea asked.

"It's seven in the morning." I replied.

"Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. How about we stop at McDonalds?" Thea questioned.

I sighed, "Fine."

I went through the drive through and got a hashbrown while Thea got a breakfast burger.

"I have work at three, so what do you want to do till then?" I asked.

"Let's go shopping." Thea answered.

"We went shopping last week." I replied.

"So? I don't even know why you bother with a job. You're rich!" Thea exclaimed.

"That money isn't gonna last forever." I said.

I dropped Thea off at school after two hours of shopping, then I went out to lunch with Laurel, then to the hospital for work. That night is when I heard about it. That's when they brought him in.

Oliver Queen.

Moira called me, asking me if he was there.

"I-I don't know yet, Moira. I haven't-"

The doors burst open and a guy on a gurney, struggling, was rushed in. He was dirty, had long hair and a beard, and in raggedy clothes. He opened his eyes and stared at me. It was Oliver. I'd know his eyes anywhere.

"He's here." I told Moira before hanging up and following Oliver.

I stayed outside of the room as they worked on him, ran tests and all that. Dr. Lamb left and waited for Moira and asked me to help Oliver clean up. He told me about his condition. Oliver's body had many scars, and he hasn't spoken yet. He could have Post Dramatic Stress Disorder. He was staring out the window, still dirty, and didn't turn around when I opened the door.

"Hey." I whispered as I closed the door, "I don't think you remember me. Adela Edwards ring any bells? We used to be friends before you... disappeared."

"I remember." He whispered and turned to face me, "You look different from before."

"So do you. Then again, it's been five years." I replied before hugging him.

I pulled back and grabbed his hand, "Time for a sponge bath. Aren't my favorite part of the job, but you're filthy and need to shave."

I brought him to the connecting bathroom and helped him get out of his dirty clothes and made the bath for him.

"I can wash myself just fine without help." Oliver mumbled when he was only in his boxers.

"You sure?" I asked and he nodded.

"Okay. I'll just take these." I replied, grabbing his clothes and walked towards the door.

"Can I keep the hood?"

I turned to face him, "I don't need the pants. I just... want to keep the hood."

I smiled at him, "Of course. I'll wash it and bring it back to you before you leave."

"A?"

I stopped at my old nickname he used to call me, "Yeah?"

"Thank you."

"No problem, Ollie. There's razors in the cupboard." I replied before leaving.

I leaned against the wall and wiped my tears. Oliver has scars all over his body. What happened to him out there? I stood up straight and and sighed before leaving the room.I put his hoodie in the washer in the basement and pick up some clothes for him to wear. I went back into the room and placed it on the bed and knocked on the door,

"There's clothes for you on the bed. I'll close the curtains so you get some privacy."

I did what I said, closed the curtains since most of the windows were windows, and went to go wait for Moira. When she came I went over and hugged her as I saw tears in her eyes. The three of us went upstairs and to Oliver's room. He was clean, shaved, and dressed and staring out the window again.

"20% of his body is covered in scar tissue. Second-degree burns on his back and arms. X-Ray shows at least twelve fractures that never properly healed." Dr. Lamb told Moira.

"Has he said anything about what happened?"Moira asked.

"He hasn't spoken to me yet. Adela, has he said anything to you?" Dr. Lamb asked me.

"Nothing important like what happened on the island. Only that he remembers me." I answered.

"Moira, I'd like you to prepare yourself. The Oliver you lost might not be the one they found." Dr. Lamb said.

I heard Moira take a deep breath before entering the room.

"Oliver."

He turned around and faced her, "Mom."

They walked closer and stood in front of each other, "Oh... my beautiful boy." Moira cried before hugging Oliver.

The next morning Oliver was going home. Thea wanted me there, but I told her it was a family reunion and that I'll go by later. I went to work early, and on the way home I stopped by the Queen household.

I knocked on the door and seconds later Oliver opened it.

"Oliver! Hi, how's everything going?" I smiled.

"It's going fine, A." Oliver replied, "You here to see Thea?"

I nodded, "Yeah."

He let me inside and Thea and I went upstairs to her room. We were in there for hours, talking and watching movies. I ended up sleeping over. Down the hall, I heard screaming and whimpering. I got up without waking Thea and ran to Oliver's room with Walter and Moira behind me.

"Oliver, wake up. Oliver?" I asked, shaking him.

His eyes snapped open and he grabbed my hand before flipping me over and I hit the ground and Oliver's hand was at my neck.

"Oliver!" Walter yelled.

Oliver looked at me with scared blue eyes and backed away from me and Walter helped me sit up as I coughed.

"I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry. I-"

"Oliver." I whispered as I crawled over to him, "It's okay. You're home, now. Everything will be alright." I turned to look at Walter and Moira, "You guys go back to bed. I got him."

"You sure?"

I nodded and turned back to Oliver. I held my hand out for him to take, and once he grabbed my hand, I helped him up and over to his bed. Oliver laid down and he put his blankets over himself as I waked over to the window and closed it before walking towards the door.

"Wait!"

I turned and looked at Oliver, "Yeah?"

"Can you stay? I won't try anything, I promise." Oliver asked.

"Okay." I walked over to the bed and laid on the other side of the bed.

I left the next morning before Oliver woke up. I said goodbye to Walter and Moira before walking out the door. I went home to shower and change before going to the florist. I picked up two roses before driving to the cemetary.

"Hey mom, hey dad." I said as I walked up to two gravestones, "I have great news. Oliver's alive. I know I came here years ago and I told you that he was dead and so was Robert and Laurel's sister, Sarah. But... Oliver survived. No one knows how, but he did. He came back a few days ago. He's different. Not necessarily a bad different... but different." I sighed before putting the one rose gently on their graves, "Bye mom, bye dad."

I went to the hospital and for my lunch break I decided to walk around the Glades. I stopped when I thought I saw Oliver with two bags jump a gate to his dad's old factory. I just decided it was my figment of my imagination and began to walk back to the hospital. My shift ended at 5:30 and Laurel invited me over for dinner. After eating and watching a few episodes of the Vampire Diaries, I went home.

I got a text from Tommy the following morning about a 'Welcome Home' Party for Oliver at a local club. I agreed and went into my closet to look for a dress. I put the dress in my car and drove to Thea's house and we spent the day roaming the city until the party.

I wore a plain black lace sleeveless dress that went down to my mid-thigh. I wore black flats since it is very hard to dance in heels and I left my blonde hair down to drape over my shoulders. For my makeup I did smoky eye shadow and dark eyeliner with a light shade of lip gloss.

At the party I was dancing with Thea and everything went quiet. Everyone was looking towards the stairs and I saw Tommy and Oliver.

"Man of the hour!" Tommy yelled and we cheered and held out drinks up, "Whoo! And, uh, ladies, please give this man a proper homecoming."

Oliver walked down the rest of the way and 'We Are The Champions' came on as Oliver walked onto a small stage,

"Thank you very much, everybody!" Oliver yelled and Tommy handed him a shot and he gulped it down, "I missed tequila!"

The music came back on we danced. After a few minutes I looked around, "Hey! I'm gonna go find Laurel!"

"Okay!" Thea replied, "I have some friends over there to talk to!"

I eventually found Laurel walking towards the exit,

"Hey!" I exclaimed nad grabbed her hand.

"Hi, I was just-." Laurel smiled.

"Looking for Oliver?" I asked. "Come on, I'll help get you to him."

I gripped her hand as we made out way through the crowd and we eventually ran into Oliver,

"You're here." Oliver smiled at Laurel.

"Tommy." Laurel stated, "He made the point that we have too many years between us to leave things the way we left them. Is there someplace quieter that we could go to?"

"Yeah." Oliver smiled and they looked over at me.

"Right." I began to back away, "See you guys later."

"Save me a dance!" Oliver yelled from behind me.

"If you're lucky!" I replied.

I went over to the bar to get a drink and Tommy walked up behind me, "You look nice tonight."

I smiled up at him, "At least someone noticed."

"Oh, come on, who wouldn't notice you?" He asked.

"You'd be surprised." I replied before taking a sip of my blue margarita.

Tommy's attention was now focused on another female and I walked over to the window and saw a lot of police cars out front.

"What the-"

Then, all the police officers made their way inside the building with their guns drawn. A few minutes later, I saw a man in a green hood outfit jump of the window and zip line down above the club. A few minutes later the music stopped and the police came in.

"Starling City Police!" Quentin yelled as he made his was through the crowd, "The party's over, kids!"

I began walking over to Laurel's dad and he stopped and started talking to Tommy and I came over.

"Detective! It's a private party." Oliver said as he made his way over.

"Yeah? Well, there was an incident at Adam Hunt's building tonight. You know anything about that?" Quentin asked.

"Who's Adam Hunt?" Oliver asked.

"He's a millionaire bottom feeder, and I'm kinda surprised you aren't friends." Quentin replied.

"I've been out of town for... a while." Oliver said.

"Well, he just got attacked by the guy with the Hood, the guy that saved you ass the other day." Quentin responded.

"What?" I asked and Oliver nudged me to be quiet.

"The Hood guy. You didn't find him?" Oliver asked. "I'm gonna offer a reward."

Oliver turned to face the crowd, "Hey, everybody. 2 million dollars to anybody that can find a nut bar in a green hood."

People raised their drinks and cheered before Oliver turned back to Quentin.

"Did you even try to save her?" Quentin asked.

"That has nothing to do what's happening right now." I replied, stepping in front of Oliver.

"Let's go, partner." Hilton said as he started pulling Quentin away.

"Did you even try to save my daughter?"

"Sarah wouldn't want this." Hilton said and they walked away.

Oliver went back up to the small stage, "It's way too quiet in here! This is a party!"

The music came back on and everyone began dancing again and Oliver came back over to us,

"Some coincidence, I mean, you asking to have your party here, and Hunt getting robbed right next door and by the same guy who rescued us at the warehouse." Tommy said.

Yeah, quite a coincidence. Like Oliver has a green hood, too.

"If I were you, Tommy, I'd just be glad you're alive." Oliver replied.

"What happened to you on that island?" Tommy asked.

"A lot." Oliver answered before grabbing my hand, "Now, if you excuse me, I scheduled a dance from the little blonde right here."

"What happened to you and Tommy at a warehouse?" I asked as I put my arms around Oliver's neck.

"Some guys abducted us in an alley. The guy in the hood rescued us and killed our kidnappers." He answered.

"You guys are okay, right?"

"Totally." He smiled and we continued dancing.