Aurora grabbed her bag and left the lab at 3:30 promptly. She gracefully made her way through the facility in her billowing blue dress and out the main glass doors. She gave a small smile to the sun in the sky, how radiant it was today in comparison to most gloomy Starling City days. She supposed Tommy had that kind of affect on the world. Smiling for the first time in days, she got into her car and drove to her brothers house. She rolled her eyes playfully as she pulled into the circular driveway of her brother's extravagant house. It was giant and made of white marble; the kinds of flower Aurora had initially chosen upon the purchase of the near-mansion still resided in the flower beds and pots in the front yard. She walked up the stone path, through the hedges, and up to the front door. It swung open before she even had the chance to knock.
"Sister!"
"Brother!"
They laughed and embraced as they entered Tommy's home.
"How have you been? How was the lab?" He asked from the kitchen as Aurora threw off her shoes and put down her bag.
"It's fine, keeps my busy" She shrugged
"Woah, woah wait! Where is the girl who used to bounce around the room excitedly about biochemistry, in the seventh grade?!" Tommy taunted
"Oh she's still in there, just buried by adult responsibilities" Aurora rolled her eyes, "Got my generator to work though" She added
"Duh, I knew you would" Tommy said as he pulled a bowl of fruit out from his fridge and set it on the counter between them, handing Aurora a fork.
"Did Travis make this?" Aurora asked, an excited gleam in her eye. The girl loved her fruit.
"Honey glaze and all" Tommy smirked, stabbing a strawberry and putting it in his mouth.
"Ugh! God bless!" Aurora groaned with a mouthfull of fruit, Tommy laughing at her.
They caught up as they finished the bowl of fruit. And as always with her brother, what she thought had been an hour or two turned to three or four as the siblings rambled off about random things and told anecdotes. Aurora updated her brother on her life, or at least the public parts, and Tommy, after considerable persuasion from Aurora, told her every detail of his trip to the Caribbean, where he had been for the last two weeks. Sure, the trip was for business, but Tommy always made time for fun, a trait of her brother's that Aurora had always secretly admired.
"Been talking to Oliver lately?" Tommy asked casually. Aurora laughed dryly. "That bad?" He frowned.
"Yeah. I'm kind of taking my space from him and Felicity" Aurora admitted as she got up and scoured Tommy's fridge for more food.
"Are they-?!" Tommy exclaimed
"No no no!" Aurora corrected herself quickly, "They kept something from me"
"Oh thank god. What did they keep?" Tommy asked curiously.
At his question, Aurora realized how serious the situation was, and how much it would affect not only her, by Tommy as well.
"It's kinda crazy, and it involves our family" Aurora frowned. Tommy mirrored the expression, confused. They didn't really have much of a real family anymore, it had almost always just been he two of them and the Queens.
"We have a brother" Aurora said.
"A brother?! What? How?" Tommy questioned, bewildered.
"Well, I have a brother. A biological one. He's twenty three and works as a forensics scientist at the Central City Police Department. He's got a cute little girlfriend and all too" Aurora smiled
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Sleeping With Arrows
FanficAurora Allen was an orphan, given up by her biological parents before she had even known what a family was. She remained in an orphanage until age eight, looking after the younger kids, trying to protect them; until the beautiful, fateful day Malcom...
