Laurel?

Looming Over Me

Laurel's POV

"We're in a dingy motel, right on the edge of the city." I answer.

"Couldn't shoot for at least at 3 star place?" Thea jokes.

"We needed to talk, and its obvious your team doesn't want to do that unless I'm in a cage." I sigh.

"I don't want you in a cage, Laurel. But, what I do want is the truth. About everything." Thea says.

"You deserve to hear it. I'm not your Laurel Lance, I'm her doppelgänger. I'm Laurel Lance, but from Earth 2." I say.

"What are you doing on Earth 1?" Thea questions.

"Maybe I should start from the beginning. It's a series of events that have led me here, and it all started with my father." I start off.

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"Hey, birthday girl." Dad greets, as I walk in the kitchen and sit down at the table.

"Morning, Daddy." I smile.

"A stack of your pop's famous pancakes, just for you." He smiles as he sets a plate of fresh, warm pancakes down in front of me.

"You're the best!" I exclaim happily, already digging in.

"You enjoy, and I'm gonna go pick up your birthday cake." Dad says already reaching for his keys.

"From Carlye's?" I question hopefully.

"Of course. Anything for my little girl." He smiles before heading out the door.

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"Then, he died." I whisper.

"How? What happened?" Thea questions.

"Car accident. A drunk driver collided right at him." I sigh, subtly wiping away a stray tear.

"Laurel, I'm-." Thea tries to say before I interrupt her.

"Cops didn't even have the decency to tell me to my face. They called me to deliver the bad news." I snap.

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"Hi, is this Laurel Lance?" A male voice says over the phone.

"Yeah. Who is this?" I answer.

"Officer Potts, I'm sorry to say that your father was in a very serious car accident." Officer Potts sigh.

"Is he going to be okay? What hospital is he at?" I question quickly reaching for my jacket immediately.

"Ms. Lance, I'm sorry. Your father, he didn't make it." Officer Potts sigh.

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"I grew up fatherless. I grew up with an overwhelming sense of guilt looming over my head." I sigh.

"What happened with your father, Laurel, that wasn't your fault." Thea says softly.

"Whose birthday cake was he picking up, Thea? Everything tragic in my life has been because of me. Everywhere I go, death follows. I got Ollie killed, my mother killed, even you. You died because of me." I snap.

"My Earth 2 doppelgänger is dead?" Thea questions. 

"I should've stayed away from Oliver." I whisper.

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"Sorry, I'm Oliver. Oliver Queen." Oliver smiles as he helps pick up my books that I dropped when we bumped into each other.