AUTHOR'S NOTE:

I have rewritten this story completely, well not COMPLETELY. The main characters are still in a French class and wanting to go on a one-week trip to Paris but I changed the back story, took out, brought in, and replaced some characters. I honestly think this story will be 100 times better, I hope all of you who have read the one before thinks so too. I only wrote four chapters of the last story so I'm going to try to rewrite them and put them out within the month. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, hope you like this version!


CHAPTER 1: Starling High School

"Four… Five... Okay. I'm done."

"Smoak! Keep counting!"

"I'm done. You said until five."

"No! I said until 50 so keep counting!"

"What?!"

Felicity Smoak looks at her P.E Coach in horror at the thought of doing 50 push-ups, she can barely do five. She looks at the other students beside her on the track and they aren't even breaking a sweat, all of them have done 30 already. Most of them are Freshman though so they have the energy to blow, she's a Junior, however. So she's on the verge of Senioritis, not to mention she hasn't worked out a day in her life. Smoak did try to get out of P.E. at the beginning of the year but you can't graduate without it so here she is watching a bunch of Freshman making her look like a fool.

Everyone around her is wearing sweats, t-shirt or a tank top with the school's logo on it. Not her though, she wasn't going to pay for those increasingly high prices for the school's uniform that she's only going to wear for one semester. No, she's wearing a neon pink/black sports bra, black sneakers and neon pink/black leggings with her blond hair up in a ponytail. She sticks out like a sore thumb but she doesn't care since she always does with her bright colored lips. Still breathing heavily Felicity hears her coach yelling at her looking slightly annoyed.

"Smoak! Start counting!"

"Nope! I'm done for today."

"Come on, Smoak 45 more!"

"45! 45?!"

"Licity, this is just sad."

Oliver Queen speaks up and he jogs toward her while taking his football helmet off, she rolls her eyes at just hearing his voice. She turns to see him and his football uniform covered in sweat and dirt. His dirty long blond hair sticks to his forehead from the sweat. She could see his muscles and broad shoulders through the padding. He comes to stand in front of her laying down form with his pretty boy face and thinks out loud.

"You did ten yesterday."

"Bite me," Felicity sits up while groaning tiredly, "Break anyone's heart today?"

"Nope, but the day is still young."

"Are there even any hearts left for you to break?"

"Well, I haven't broken your's yet."

"And you never will."

"Never say never."

"Why don't you go flirt with the Cheerleaders and leave me alone?"

"I prefer sleeping with someone I haven't yet, so the whole cheer team is out of the question."

"You pig."

"Pencilneck."

"Airhead."

"Buzzkill."

"Niederthal."

He smirks at her comebacks while sitting on the bench near her and grabbing a water bottle. Oliver Queen is the Captain/Quarterback for Starling Varsity football team. He's been that since junior year, this is his senior year. The two have known one another since they were little and even then they always bickered and disliked each other, everyone, who knows them knows the two have always bumped heads. It doesn't help that he grew up to be a playboy millionaire jock and she became a smartass computer geek. Looking around the field while taking sips from his drink Oliver points out innocently.

"You're boy looking good out there, Smoak."

"He's not my boy anymore." She growls before glaring at him, "But you already knew that."

"He told me a few days ago. You should have seen me, I was so heartbroken." Oliver pretends to cry while looking at his shoes, "I was like how could Cooper Seldon and Felicity Smoak break up? They were so perfect-"

"Fuck off, would you."

Felicity spits out completely annoyed, she seems to always be when Oliver's around. Cooper Seldon is the Kicker for their Varsity football team. He's tall, just as fit as Oliver with brown longish hair and a charming smile. The two have been dating for a few months but he broke up with her two weeks ago for no apparent reason. Rumor is it he's hooking up with Helena Bertinelli, a senior cheerleader but Felicity doubts it since she's the bitchiest bitch this school has seen. Oliver looks at something in the distance before blurting out.

"So did he dump you? Or was it the other way around?"

"What do you think?"

"I think you broke up with him."

"What makes you say that?"

"Since he has been cheating on you with Helena."

"That's just a rumor."

"Well…" Oliver stands up and nods to something on the other side of the field, "It looks like more than a rumor over there."

Felicity turns her head and her mouth drops at the sight she sees. Cooper is near where the cheer team is practicing while sucking Helena's face off with his lips. Oliver looks at the two making out then back at Felicity realizing she didn't know. Queen then hears his coach yell for him to come back and says to Smoak while walking away.

"Sorry. I thought you knew."

"Obviously, I didn't." Felicity growls while watching Cooper grab Helena's ass, "Don't you have a team of dogs to order around or something?"

"They're players and yes, I do." He begins to jog to the field but not before calling out, "Don't forget your 45 pushups!"

Felicity growls before flipping him off and getting into position to do more pushups. Everyone in her class is now on jumping jacks since they already finished their pushups. She watches as Cooper gives Helena one last kiss before running back to his team. This is unbelievable, two weeks and he's already with another girl. Maybe Oliver was right, maybe they been seeing each other while they were dating. Even though they only dated for a few months and it was nothing serious it still stung that he moved on that quickly. She gets out of her thoughts when her coach yells.

"Smoak, you need to hustle. You still have 45 pushups!"

"To hell with those 45 pushups."


"Are you sure he was kissing Helena? Like bitch Helena, Helena?"

"There is only one Helena in this school, Barry."

"Just making sure. So Oliver told you he has been cheating on you with her?"

"Apparently."

"You can't believe him. It's Oliver, he always likes to make you mad."

"Yeah, but he said it like he thought I already knew that."

Felicity says in a quiet voice as she and Barry Allen walk to their lunch table. Barry's a junior like her but is in Track and Cross Country while she is nothing. He's skinny but fit with brown hair and a dorky expression. The two have been friends since freshman year, they probably stayed friends this long since they are both grade freaks. They need to have the highest grades in the class. Reaching their usual lunch table Lyla Michaels, John Diggle, and Ray Palmer were already there eating lunch. Lyla smiles shyly at the sight of them and blurts out loud.

"Did you hear?"

"Hear what?"

Felicity asks innocently as she and Barry sit down. Lyla, John, and Ray all look at each other nervously before looking back at her. Lyla is a junior playing for the girl's varsity basketball team. She's curvy with short brown hair, she's just as tall as Felicity. She's been dating John for a year now and there are no signs of them breaking their dating streak. Diggle looks at something a couple tables down before saying calmly.

"Cooper's dating Helena."

"No." Felicity snorts like it's not possible but when she sees Ray's expression her eyes do wide, "No… I thought they were just hooking up?"

"That's what I thought but…" Ray looks at his hands before adding, "Then I heard him saying he's taking her out tomorrow night."

Felicity looks at the guys in disbelief, she literally found out they are hooking up a few class periods ago and now she's finding out it's more serious than that. This is Diggle and Ray's last year in Starling high not to mention their last year playing for the varsity football team. So they probably heard about them dating when everyone in football was in the locker room. Diggle is black with a buff body and tall figure, he always looks like he's thinking about something serious. Ray's as white as they come with brown hair and a magazine smile. He's fit as anyone can be in football and is just a smart as her (and that's saying something). Smoak then lets out a breath and shrugs like this new information doesn't faze her.

"He can date whoever, I'm over him anyway."

"It's only been two weeks."

"I know!" Felicity instantly loses her calm state at the thought of Cooper getting over her in just a few weeks, "I can't believe how fast he moved on, I shouldn't be surprised though."

"Oliver said Cooper has been cheating on her with Helena too." Barry explains to the group on why she isn't surprised, "But it's Oliver."

"Barry's right, it's Oliver." Lyla speaks up, "You can't believe him and I thought you were over him anyway, right?"

"Right."

Felicity agrees too quickly for it to be completely true, after a few moments she turns her head to the sound a someone's high pitched laugh. A few tables away Helena is laughing at something Cooper said with Oliver, Laurel and Sara Lance, Tommy Merlyn, and Shado sitting at the same table. Felicity clenches her fist at the sight of those two sitting so close. Oliver has a Lance sister on each side of him, they are practically hanging on every word he says.

Laurel is a senior and the captain of the cheer team, she's the girl next door for every guy. Her sister, Sara, is a junior cheerleader and is the party hard or don't come at all kind of girl. Laurel catches Felicity looking at their table and glares before whispering something to Sara that causes her to also glare Smoak's way. Turning back around to face her table Felicity growls, the Lance sisters never liked her and to be honest she didn't know why. To be fair they didn't like anyone outside of their group either. Tommy and Shado are sitting side by side arm wrestling like a bunch kids.

Tommy and Shado are both Seniors this year, they have been good friends with Oliver since they were kids. Tommy plays football with Queen and Shado's on the girl's varsity Basketball team with Lyla. Shado's Chinese so her skin is clear and tan, she has long thick black hair and she's muscular but thin. Tommy is just like Oliver beside being whiter and having black hair. He's built like a football player and has wide shoulders, not to mention has the playboy look going for him. Glancing at the table one more time Felicity turns and sees her friends giving her a pity look making her sigh and blurt out loud.

"Don't look at me like that."

"Like what?" Barry pretends to look innocent now.

"Like I'm pathetic."

"You're not…" Lyla tilts her head before adding honestly, "You just look like you're not over him."

"I am!" Felicity announces slightly annoyed, "I'll show everyone that I been over him even before our break up."

Lyla and Diggle both send each other a look before continuing to eat their food. Ray looks consideringly at Felicity before doing the same. Barry watches the table with Cooper, Helena, and Oliver before shaking his head and looks back down at his food. None of them liked Felicity's situation, to make things worse she's not doing anything about it. She's just letting Cooper get away with being a crappy ex-boyfriend. They all wanted to see Felicity come out on top of the breakup. Lord knows Felicity wants that but how to show it is the real question.


"Répétez après moi, aujourd'hui jeudi (Repeat after me, today is Thursday.)."

"Aujourd'hui jeudi (Today is Thursday.)."

"Très bien (Very good.)." Mrs. Isabel Rochev announces to the class, "Maintenant, répétez. Demain sera vendredi (Now repeat. Tomorrow will be Friday.)."

Everyone in the class groans at her continuing to make them repeat her. Most of the people didn't even realize they repeat things in French. Felicity knows for a fact that Oliver, Cooper, and Tommy didn't know what they were doing but that only made the class enjoyable. And it's hard to make French class enjoyable when you have Mrs. Rochev as a teacher, everyone knows she's a hardass. She speaks five different languages but teaches only French. Not only that but most of the students in her class are a buzzkill for Felicity since this is the one class she has everyone she loves AND hates. The students she hates, hates her and the teens she loves, loves her. She calls this class period the perfect storm.

The perfect storm also includes where Mrs. Rochev has assigned everyone. Felicity sits in the very back with Oliver and Cooper on either side of her. Laurel is in front of Oliver and Sara is beside him. Helena is in front of Felicity and Slade Wilson is in front of Cooper. John, Barry, Shado, and Ray are in the front row. Tommy and Lyla are the nearest to the door. As you can see everyone is here in one classroom which has never happened ever. So far nothing bad has happened but they still have another semester in the class. After everyone repeats what Rochev said she asks a little annoyed.

"Monsieur Queen, pouvez-vous me dire ce que j'ai dit en anglais? (Mr. Queen, can you please tell me what I said in English?)"

"What… I-" Oliver looks away from his phone and around the classroom cluelessly, "Yes, Ma'am."

Felicity snorts while leaning back in her seat and crossing her arms, she always loves it when Oliver makes a fool of himself. Laurel glares at her from making the rude action but she just rolls her eyes and looks to the teacher who is waiting for him to give her the right answer. She then glances to her right at Cooper to find him texting someone, when he looks away from his phone she quickly turns back to the teacher hoping she didn't get caught. Oliver turns to his friends for help but they just shrug since they don't know what she asked. Looking to Felicity he sends her a pleading look she just shrugs like she didn't know but everyone knows if someone is going to know the answer it's going to be her. He then glares at her making her glare back as they have a silent argument. Their teacher yawns and says in English to him with a knowing look.

"Did you not understand what I asked, Mr. Queen?"

"Um- I…"

"Mr. Wilson, did you understand what I asked?"

"Yes, Ma'am." He smirks and sends Oliver a wink before saying to Mrs. Rochev, "You asked him to translate it and in English it's, Tomorrow will be Friday."

"Très bien. (Very Good.)" Mrs. Rochev smiles proudly at him as she checks her watch before announcing, "Since we only have a few minutes left I'll pass out your homework for tonight."

Most of the kids groan at the work homework and Felicity could swear she smiled at the sound of them sulking. Glancing one more time at Cooper Smoak packs up her bag while she notices Slade and Oliver having a glaring contest from their desks, it wasn't surprising since they hated each other the moment Slade transferred here. Slade Wilson is a Senior like Oliver and plays on the varsity football team. Rumor is for the past two years Slade has tried to get Oliver kicked off the team but Felicity has known Oliver since they were kids and she knows there has to be a better reason than that for Oliver to hate him as much as he does. Oliver doesn't even like her but doesn't actually hate her like he does with Slade. Wilson is a big guy with tan skin and blackish hair, he has a manly look and wide shoulders like Oliver and Ray. As Felicity packs the last of her things and gets handed the homework Oliver snaps quietly at her.

"Thanks for nothing."

"Don't be petty, you should have been listening."

"Well, you should be less obvious about checking out Cooper."

"I wasn't checking him out!" She whispers angrily before looking at her ex to see if he heard but he made no sign that he did, "And even if I did there is nothing wrong with that."

"Please," Oliver snort while glancing at Cooper, "It is when he has already moved on."

"Maybe he secretly isn't," Felicity suggests while neatly putting her homework up.

"Why did yall break up again?" He raises an eyebrow knowingly while carelessly shoving his homework in his pocket, "And don't say because yall needed space."

Flipping her hair Felicity looks away from Oliver as her cheeks grow red since he's dead right. That's what Cooper said he needed in which made her a babbling mess the day they broke up. She glances one more time at Cooper just as Mrs. Rochev hands out another sheet to the students. Looking at the paper Felicity realizes it's the information for the week in Paris, France. Lighting up at the sheet Smoak then hears their teacher announce slightly bored.

"Instead of going to Germany this year we'll be going on a one week trip to Paris, France. We'll be going in two months, this is the last form I'm going to pass out so don't lose it if you want to go."

Smiling Felicity reads the form, she's been wanting to go on this trip since she was a Freshman but only Juniors and Seniors are allowed to go. They have a trip to another country every year in Starling High school and she's so excited this year it will be in France. She has a little bit of money saved up and she'll have to ask her mom to pitch in but she believes she'll have enough in two months time. Most kids in Starling have parents who can blow a few thousand dollars but not her family so she'll have to really talk her mother into it. As Mrs. Rochev finishes passing out papers she informs her students.

"A reminder, you have to be passing this class, get a parent's signature and have the money a week before the trip is scheduled to come. Without all three you will not be allowed to join the rest of us."

Easy, Smoak thought while putting the form away. She has the passing part in the bag, all she needs is her mother's signature which is easy enough and the money. Worse case scenario her mom only chips in a little and she has to do a lot of babysitting gigs. The bell rings and everyone jumps out of their seat to leave the room as quickly as possible. As everyone leaves Felicity notices Oliver go up to their teacher which he never does when the bell has already ringed. She bumps into someone as she watches Oliver and Mrs. Rochev talk and stumbles a little. She loses her balance but the person she bumped into holds her arms to help stay standing. Looking at her feet Felicity says to the person gratefully.

"Thanks, for a moment I thought I was going to die."

"Well, we wouldn't want that." She hears Cooper's familiar voice answer back to her.

Looking up at the person holding her arms her heart to drop, "Cooper. Hi."

"Hey." He laughs as he finally lets go of her.

"Sorry, I ran into you." She blushes nervously while looking anywhere but at him.

"It's nothing," He smiles before adding playfully, "I'm used to you being a klutz."

"I'm not a Klutz," She bites her lips as she pushes her hair behind her ear, "Well, not all the time."

"Cooper," Oliver then calls out to him by the door, "We going to practice or what?"

"Yeah," He nods to him before saying to Felicity. "I got to go but try not to trip over anything. Okay?"

"Okay."

She answers with a soft voice and a light blush crawling up her neck. As Cooper walks away Oliver sends her a look causing her to flip him off and follow them out the door. He rolls his eyes at the gesture before walking alongside Cooper to practice. Felicity turns the opposite way the guys are going to see Barry waiting for her. He leans off the wall when he sees her before sending her a confused look and glancing at the guys. Felicity looks behind her to find Oliver glancing behind him at her as he walks to practice with Cooper. She shakes her head before looking back at Barry and saying.

"Don't ask."

"What? I didn't say anything."


"I brought Big Belly Burgers!"

"Licity! Did you remember?"

"Yup, no lettuce or pickles. Just the way you like it."

Felicity smiles at her little brother, Roy Harper Smoak, as she sets the food on the counter in their apartment. Roy is only six and is in Elementary school. He has brown hair with the cutest dimples and a laugh that will make anyone smile. Their mother, Donna Smoak, gets up from the couch with a relief smile that she doesn't have to make dinner. She's a waitress at Verdant and every time she gets off work she's usually too tired to make anything. She looks just like Felicity but older and sluttier, and if you told her that she would probably take it as a compliment. Looking at her mother in confusion Felicity asks while Roy tries to grab the bag of food.

"You're home early. I thought you had a date with that Officer?"

"He's a detective and I reschedule the date for Saturday. It will be an all afternoon kind of date."

"All afternoon? Do I sense you two getting serious?"

Donna's daughter asks curiously as she hands Roy a burger and fries. Their father has been out of the picture since Roy was born. Felicity has no clue what he's up to and doesn't care to find out. All she really knows about him is the monthly checks he gives her mother through the mail. For that past few months, Donna has been dating this mystery officer. Felicity and Roy have no idea who he is or what he looks like. Donna wants to wait until it's serious before letting the kids meet him since Roy is so young. Looking through the bag Donna shrugs while thinking out loud.

"I don't know…"

"Is my mother getting nervous over a guy?" Felicity smirks as she plops on the couch next to Roy with her own burger, "I never thought I would see the day."

"I just don't want to mess things up with him. He's the best guy I've ever dated since..."

Her mother sighs and goes to sit on the other side of Roy. Sitting side by side on the couch the Smoak family watches some cartoon Roy likes with their mouths full of burgers and fries. Roy's making the worse mess out of all of them but he cleans it up by eating it. As Felicity finishes her fries her mind wanders to Cooper and if he's missing her. She then thinks about the face Oliver made after she talked to Cooper earlier and shakes her head knowing she needs to stop thinking about him. Donna sees her daughter in deep thought and blurts out loud.

"You alright, Honey?"

"Yeah… I'm just thinking…"

"About Cooper?"

"No! I told you I'm over him."

Felicity says a little too aggressively making Donna's eyes go wide. Her mother knows all about the breakup, she's the first person she went to after the break up after all. However, Felicity gets madder when her mom talks about it because then they were dating Donna would always talk about how amazing he is. So now when she brings it up she gets more annoyed than she should. Thinking of a way to change the subject Felicity says calmly.

"I was just thinking about the trip to Paris for my French class."

"You're going to Pari!?" Roy looks away from the TV screen in excitement, "I want to go!"

"You can when you're in 11th grade."

"But that's like 100 years from now!"

"How about I bring you something back from my trip?" Felicity smiles at her little brother before sending a look to her mother, "But only if mom pitches in some money."

"Please, mom!" Roy yells while jumping up and down, "Please, please, please! She has to go!"

"Who is going?" Donna asks curiously as she finishes her burger, "Is it just for your class?"

"My whole class and anyone taking a language. Plus the language teachers, of course."

"Whole class? So is Cooper going?"

"Probably."

"You and Cooper going to Paris together? I don't think it's a good idea."

"Wait, what?" Felicity looks to her mother dead serious, "Why the hell is it not a good idea?"

"Because you would be going to the city of love with Cooper and he just broke up with you." Donna thinks out loud while setting her trash on the coffee table, "I can see you getting your heart broken all over again."

"Mom, I'm over completely over him! He's old news and I would be going with other students anyway. Not just him. Plus he didn't break my heart!" Felicity now stands up when she realizes she might not be able to go to France, "I've been wanting to go all year! I already saved up half, I just need you to chip in for the other half!"

"Even if I would let you go I can't chip in half." Donna now stands up feeling a little frustrated with her daughter, "Do you have any idea how much a waitress makes?"

"I don't need you to chip in half. Just a quarter of it will do, I can babysit for the rest of the money in the next two months." Felicity pleads with her mother as Roy watches the girls like a ping-pong game, "I really want to go, Mom. Please! This trip is the only reason I stayed in French for three years!"

"Oh honey, don't look at me like I'm the villain. I'm just looking out for you. Why do you want to go so badly, anyway?" Donna rubs her forehead before asking curiously, "You have no reason to even go, it's just going to be a hassle. What's even worse is your ex-boyfriend will be going and-"

"But, Mom! I do have a reason!" Felicity's eyes go wide as the craziest idea of all time pops into her head, "My boyfriend is also going on the trip to Paris! It's the city of love as you called it, so I have to go with him!"

"You don't have a boyfriend." Donna snorts before waving her hand around while saying, "I mean come on, you and Cooper just broke up."

"Yeah, I know and he has a girlfriend just like I have a boyfriend."

"Why is this the first time I'm hearing about this new boyfriend?"

"Because I didn't want you to think he's the rebound guy." Felicity lies hoping her mom will buy it, "See this trip will help him not look like the rebound. So please let me go."

"What's his name?" Donna folds her arms with one eyebrow raised, "I want his full name."

"W-What?"

"What's this guy's name?"

"Uh, his name… Oh, you know him."

Felicity begins to sweat as she thinks of a name that Donna would know. She shouldn't have said that she would know the name because now she actually has to think of one instead of making one up. Roy looks at her and Donna in confusion, honestly, Felicity feels just a confused as Roy looks. One minute they're talking about the trip to Paris and now they're talking about a boyfriend that's not even real. Donna smirks after a minute and points at her daughter knowingly.

"See I knew there was no guy-"

"It's Oliver Queen!" Felicity blurts out the first name she can think of, "Oliver and I just started dating and since he's friends with Cooper he didn't want to tell anyone yet in fear of losing their friendship. So please can I go-"

"Hold on, Oliver Queen? Isn't his father the CEO of Queen Consolidated?" Donna asks in shock with wide eyes and her mouth wide open, "You're dating the son of a millionaire?"

"Yes…"

"I have to meet him!"

"What?"

"And his parents!"

"No way!"

"Felicity I've seen their house on Facebook, it's a mansion. I have to meet them!"

"No, no, no, no, no, no!"

"I'm your mother! And a good mother meets the parents of the person dating their kids."

"You didn't with Cooper!"

"Come on, Felicity. Please!"

"If I let you meet Oliver and his family," Felicity takes a breath at how close she is to getting the trip she's been wanting for three years, "Will you let me go to Paris and pay for half of the trip?"

Both the Smoak women have a stare down as Roy eats the rest of the food on the coffee table. Neither Felicity or Donna noticed him eating their food as fast as he can. They are so focused on the conversation they were having that Roy could hit the TV with a bat and they wouldn't notice. After a long pause, Donna tilts her head and offers her daughter a small smile while answering.

"If I meet your boyfriend and his parents I'll pay a quarter of the trip. Only a quarter, not half."

"Really?!"

"Really."

"Oh my god! Thank you so much! I love you! I love you! I love you!" Felicity gives her mom a tight hug making her laugh and hug her back, "You won't regret this! I promise!"

"Man, look at you. You're practically jumping off the wall like Roy on Halloween." Donna babbles to her oldest before smirking knowingly, "You and Oliver must have already planned something special in Paris to have you this excited."

"Right, because we're going to the city of love and we're dating..."

Felicity stops jumping in the realization of the situation she got herself in. She has to get Oliver, a cocky millionaire playboy, to agree to be her boyfriend and meet her mother with his rich and famous parents. Not to mention she needs to somehow scrounge up the rest of the money for the trip in two months. Felicity Smoak falls onto the couch at the mess she just made for one trip sinks in. It's not just any trip though, she's been wanting to go since forever and what trip is better than a trip to Paris?