Arrow ~ Thanksgiving ~ Part One

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Kara typed the concluding sentence of her article, then leaned back in her chair, smiling happily. she was done for the next few days. She reached for her phone, checking for any messages before looking through her e-mail to see if she had any notifications for more articles to write. Before she could go very far, she heard her phone trill. Blinking, she turned to it, then picked it up and answered. "Hello?"

"Hey," Oliver responded. "Is this a bad time?"

"Never a bad time for you," Kara beamed, then blushed when she saw Lena look up from another desk, a teasing look on her face. "What's going on?"

"Well, this is a bit short notice, but in two days, there's going to be a Thanksgiving food drive before the tour of the new SCPD facility. I was hoping you could be my date?"

"Like you need to ask," Kara rolled her eyes fondly. "Of course I'll be there."

"Also, since it will be close to Thanksgiving, I'm leaving it open to anyone on your Earth who wants to come. I think there's still a few that have yet to see Star City, let alone Earth-1."

"Huh," Kara tilted her head thoughtfully, then waved to get Lena's attention. "Just one second."

"Let me guess," Lena smirked as she walked over. "A few days off?"

"There's going to be a Thanksgiving food drive in Star City," Kara explained. "Oliver asked me to come."

"Of course," Lena immediately nodded. "That's wonderful, Kara."

"And also," Kara shyly smiled, "it's open invitation, so . . . maybe?"

Lena grinned widely. "When is it?"

"Two days from now."

Lena chuckled. "I'll make sure James and I are open to go, if he wants to."

"Yes!" Kara did a small fist pump, spinning around in her chair as Lena smiled, walking to the main office. "Lena's in for sure, and she'll check in with James. I'll ask Alex, Winn, and J'onn, too."

"Looking forward to seeing you, Kara," Oliver told her.

"It'll just be two days," Kara shrugged it off, biting her lip.

"Gonna be the longest two days ever."

Kara sighed. "Yeah, it will be."

***

"Thanks very much, guys," Oliver smiled, taking a box from a family.

"Thank you," William added, taking cans and putting it away.

"Oh, that's very generous of you," Oliver blinked when the family revealed another box.

An impressed whistle came from behind them, and Oliver turned to see Alex and J'onn walk up, the two of them looking around, J'onn holding a sealed cardboard box. "Nice digs," Alex grinned. "Here, I can help with that."

"Thank you, Alex," Oliver smiled, shifting the box so Alex could help him set it down.

"Oh, cranberry sauce!" William lit up when a package was handed to him. "Awesome!"

"OK," Oliver brushed off his hands. "Happy Thanksgiving, guys."

"Happy Thanksgiving!" William waved.

"And we brought our own contributions," J'onn held up the box. "Several members of the D.E.O. put money forward for this."

"Thank you guys so much," Oliver said gratefully.

"Well, never let it be said we're savages," J'onn smirked as he set the box down with the others.

"Hey, buddy," Alex grinned at William. "Happy Thanksgiving."

"Happy Thanksgiving," William smiled back.

"It's a nice turnout," J'onn looked around.

"Yeah, it is," Oliver agreed, looking at William. "You having fun?"

"Yeah!" William nodded, grinning. "I'm really glad we're doing this."

"Me, too, buddy," Oliver smiled fondly. "Me, too."

"Look out, look out!" a familiar voice from behind called, and the four turned around. "Heavy load, coming through!"

"All right," James smiled as he and Winn approached, both carrying boxes. "And this is courtesy of CatCo . . . "

"And this one from L-Corp," Winn added.

"You did leave some for your Earth, right?" Oliver asked in surprise.

"Of course we did," James snorted. "We're not picking favorites."

"Although, since Earth-38 is our Earth, we kind of biased towards it," Winn said thoughtfully.

"Thanks, guys," Oliver smiled as they set the boxes down. "And thank you all for coming."

"Eh, as long as we get your entire gang back on our Earth for our own celebration," Alex gave him a look.

"We'll arrange something," Oliver promised.

"Where's Kara?" William asked, looking around.

Before the others joined in to look, they heard Kara's icy voice. "If I was dating the Green Arrow, I think I would know. Besides, the Flash is more my type. Thank you, Sam, but can I actually go see my boyfriend now?"

Alex snorted loudly and clapped a hand over her mouth as Kara gave the redheaded woman interviewing her a wide grin before walking past her, Lena smirking at her side. "Score one for the super," Winn remarked.

"How is it that you haven't burnt any reporter's heart out yet?" Lena asked quietly, though she was grinning.

"It's tempting," Kara admitted, smiling up at Oliver. "Happy Thanksgiving."

"Happy Thanksgiving," Oliver smiled, giving her a hug and a kiss on the cheek. "Thanks for coming."

"Like I would miss this," Kara smiled.

"And thank you for the donations," Oliver added to Lena.

"Of course," Lena chuckled. "It's my pleasure."

"All right," Quentin announced as he walked up, Dinah behind him. "Listen, we're all set inside. Um, Rene – he is a complete pain in the ass, but he's a very good advanceman."

"Good," Oliver chuckled. "Detective, what's the tally?"

"Um, I got it all here," Dinah held out the tablet she held. "I just added the contributions from Earth-38. Hey, guys."

"Hey, Dinah," Alex smiled.

"Wow," Kara's eyes widened when she saw. "That's awesome!"

"Good," Oliver grinned. "Good."