Sara's Decision

Chapter 15

When the group arrived home that night, they saw that they had a visitor. Oliver and Thea looked at the visitor and Oliver said "What do you want? You are not welcome here."

"I thought I would have a private conversation with my children. I know you both hate me right now, but I really need to talk to you both." Moira said.

"Fine. Meet us at the coffee shop around the corner in ten minutes." Thea said and Moira nodded.

"Sara, do we ever get back on good terms with our mother?" Oliver asked.

"You do, but Thea never gets the chance." Sara said.

"Why don't I get the chance?" Thea asked.

"Remember how it told you that Blood becomes mayor when his opponent is killed by Slade?" Sara asked and the siblings nodded. "The opponent was your mother." Sara said.

"Mom runs for mayor. Never saw that coming." Thea said.

"She was going to win too, if she was not killed first." Sara said.

"We will make sure that does not happen this time." Oliver said.

"Yes, we will. I might not like her much right now, but she is still my mother." Thea said.

"Y'all better go and meet her and see what she wants." Laurel said and Oliver and Thea nodded as they left to meet their mother.

"Ok, we are here. What is it that you needed to talk about?" Thea asked.

"I am sorry that I did not tell the two of you about Malcolm. I thought I was protecting Thea. I guess I was wrong." Moira said.

"Yeah you were. I can take care of myself." Thea said.

"I can see that after tonight." Moira said.

"What is that supposed to mean. We were just coming home from dinner when we saw you at the apartment." Oliver said.

"Do you know where I have been tonight?" Moira asked.

"No, I am assuming some social gathering for the rich and famous." Thea said.

"No, I was held hostage by the Hood and his gang. The one in the blue shot me in the shoulder with an arrow. That is why my arm is in a sling. Don't act so worried. I will be ok." Moira said sarcastically.

"You probably deserved it." Thea said under her breath, but Moira heard it anyways.

"I did deserve it. I have done some bad things and I want to make up for it now." Moira said.

"What does this have to do with us mom?" Oliver asked.

"When the girl in the blue shot me in the shoulder I started to look around and I notice some things." Moira said.

"Such as." Thea asked.

"Well for one, I looked at the Hood and realized that his face was bruised in pretty much the same places that yours is right now Oliver. He also has a beard like you do." Moira said.

"So now you think that I am the Hood. Mom that is crazy." Oliver said while he and Thea both laughed.

"And that would make you the one in blue Thea." Moira said.

"That is the craziest thing I have ever heard. Why would I want to be a vigilante?" Thea asked.

"You have always wanted to be like your brother. I guess you can finally say that you are." Moira said.

"Hypothetically, say we are the vigilantes. What will you do with this information? I mean they did attack you earlier tonight." Oliver said.

"Like I said earlier. I was looking for a way out and so was Frank. When you killed Malcolm and the other two, you made it easier for the two of us to get out of it." Moira said.

"So, you wouldn't turn in the vigilantes?" Thea asked.

"I would never turn my children into the police. Contrary to what you might want to believe, I am very proud of both of you. Just next time I would appreciate that if you have a problem with me, you just talk to me and not shoot me with another arrow." Moira said.

"No promises." Thea said and Oliver couldn't help but laugh at that.

"I just wanted you to know how proud I am of the two of you and I know that you both hate me right now, but I am hoping that we can work on that and get back to the way things used to be." Moira said.

"I think I can try and give you another chance. What do you think Ollie?" Thea said.

"I think it is worth a shot. It is not going to be easy for you though mom." Oliver said.

"I understand that, and I am will to work as hard as I can to make things right." Moira said.

"That's good. Anyways, I think we need to get home and get some rest. We will call you sometime and set something up mom." Oliver said.

"Of course. I will see you later." Moira said as she left the coffee shop and Oliver and Thea went back to their apartment.

"So, how did it go?" Laurel asked.

"It went well. It looks like we are going to try and work things out." Oliver said.

"That's good. So, what else did she say?" Sara asked.

"Well she knows that the two of us are vigilantes." Thea said.

"What?!" Sara said.

"Yeah she told us that she knew about us and that she is proud." Oliver said.

"Did she recognize Laurel and I?" Sara asked.

"I don't know. She didn't say anything. But I wouldn't be surprised if she does. I mean we did all just show up here together." Oliver said.

"I hope she doesn't tell dad. He would not understand this." Laurel said.

"Actually, he becomes a big ally in a couple of years' times. Maybe we should bring him in sooner." Sara said.

"It probably wouldn't hurt to have someone in the police to help us out from time to time." Oliver said.

"Ok, I will go and talk to him tomorrow. For right now though, I think we should all go to bed." Sara said.