Sleeping With Arrows

Wrong Again

Aurora woke to the sound of ringing.

"Who the hell?" She mumbled sleepily before answering the phone

"Yellow?" She greeted softly, not wanting her own voice to be too loud.

"Aurora! Good morning sis! Isn't it a great morning?! Well, it is in Central City. I'm not sure about Star City, but maybe it's wonderful there too! How are you? What's up?" Barry chattered excitedly through the phone. Aurora groaned.

"I see someone's had their morning coffee" She chuckled, an action that was reciprocated shyly by Barry, before looking at the time. "Barry! It's 7:06 in the morning! Why the hell are you up?!" She groaned, collapsing back onto her bed. 

"I'm a morning person" She could tell he was grinning all the way in Central City. She chuckled and then took a peak out the window, squinting at the light. She sighed.

"It looks gray today Barry, as it always does in Star City" She reported back to the excited boy as she got up and walked into the kitchen, putting the boy on speaker phone so she could cook and talk at the same time.

"Unfortunate. So what are you up to today?" He chirped

"Well since you woke me up" Aurora chuckled accusingly, "I'm making some breakfast and getting ready. I don't have much planned for today" She shrugged

"Not even plans with a certain Oliver Queen?" Barry teased

"No? Why would I? Actually, we just had a fight last night. So it'll be awhile. Who put that thought into your head anyways?" Aurora was mentally stabbing Felicity.

"Felicity told me alllllll about it. So no telling me you don't like him!" Barry laughed

"Sorry to disappoint Barry, but we're not like that. He hurt me. A lot. We've got a ways to go" She sighed

"He'll come around. Promise. I know him" Barry said calmly

"You do now?" Aurora hummed curiously

"Oh... Uh, um... Yeahhhhh. From... Buisness class?" Barry tried

"Oh my god Barry! You're such a bad liar!" Aurora laughed, "You sure as hell didn't get that from me!"

"I'm serioussss!" He whined

"It's okay. I know about the Green Arrow" She comforted the boy. He breathed a sigh of relief.

"Oh good! I thought I just fucked up majorly! Did I tell you that Oliver shot me in the back with an arrow?!" Barry yelled suddenly

"What the hell? He did?" Aurora frowned as she sat at the table and started eating.

"Yeah! He said it was some kind of training" Barry huffed.

"Hey Bar?" Aurora asked

"What's up Rora?" Barry asked curiously

"Would you ever come spend the week with me? Here in Star City?" She asked

"I'd love to! If that's cool with you of course!" He replied excitedly

"Of course. Tell me what week you're free and I'll show you the best Star City has to offer" She smiled.

"Deal! I gotta go to work!" Barry shouted excitedly

"Tell everyone I say hi! Have good day baby brother" Aurora smiled

"You too big sis!"

And then the house was quiet.

She had to find Oliver.

And yell at him again.

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She entered the Arrow Cave and went straight up to Felicity, Oliver, and John Diggle.

"You knew about my brother too?!" She shouted as she grabbed Oliver's shoulder and whipped him around to face her. 

"Rory. Calm down" Oliver warned

"Calm down?! Calm down Oliver?! Oh my god I could kill you right now. You put an arrow through him!" She seethed, pulling a blade to his throat.

"Aurora!" Felicity screamed

"Oh don't worry, I won't waste my energy on him" She growled, pulling her silver blade back into her sleeve and taking a step back.

"You two are my closest friends. How could you do that to me?! I had a brother. A real one. That needed me, that wanted me! How long have you known?" She asked, her voice dangerously low.

"Rory-"

"How. Long." She asked again, fists clenched.

"Little less than a year" Felicity mumbled

"Little more than six months" Oliver replied

"Oh my god. You guys really are the worst!" She chuckled sinisterly

"We're not the only ones hiding secrets Aurora" Oliver accused her

"Oh really? I thought we were all completely honest best friends who told each other everything about our double lives!" She replied sarcastically

"We know you're the Black Rose. You were there last night with Roy" Oliver stated matter-of-factly.

"So?! Do you want to interrogate me now? Or shall I ask you some questions of my own?" She threatened

"Ask away. You of all people should know that I'll answer" Oliver took a challenging step towards her.

"Why did you make me a promise you knew damn well you couldn't keep?!" She screamed, getting closer. Felicity and Diggle were watching in shock.

"Rory" Oliver warned, guilt creeping up on him. Aurora's fingertips pressed into his chest as she was centimeters away from his face.

"Everything you love dies, Oliver. You're a virus. And everything you touch, will kill you. And you know I'm not above getting my hands dirty" She seethed in warning.

"Enough Aurora!" Felicity shouted finally

"Wow. Unbelievable. You two really deserve each other" She glared and rolled her eyes before leaving the cave and going out into the streets.

She wandered around aimlessly until she ran right into someone.

"Aurora? I've been looking all over for you!" Thea exclaimed

"You have been?" She muttered, arms crossed over her chest.

"Yeah. Oliver told me to check up on you" She explained. Aurora rolled her eyes.

"Tell him he doesn't have to worry. Bye Thea" She muttered and brushed past the girl.