Laurel got an email from Felicity with a video clip and she looked at it, confused. American Ninja Warrior. Amused, she thought watching it once wouldn't do any harm.

What she saw astonished her, Kacy Catanzaro, the first woman to qualify for mount midoriyama, the big leagues of the parkour world. She got a look in her eye and smiled. She knew that she wanted Kacy Catanzaro to win and she wanted to go on that show too. She wanted to show all those men that the women could do as fantastically.

Laurel picked up the phone and called Felicity, "I need a gym." She told her.

"I thought you might say something about that, so I've already started compiling a list for you. Isn't she really great? I mean I thought all of it. You're gonna be fabulous." Felicity tittered into the phone, energetic from all the coffee.

Laurel chuckled and she heard the door open. "Yeah, I'm gonna check the list and I'll call you back. You could totally join in on this thing, you know?" She asked.

Felicity laughed and looked down at the floor. "I'm more of a behind the scenes girl, but tell me where you decide to go and I'll be there to cheer you on, okay?" She asked.

"Sounds great, Bye Liss." Laurel said as she hung up and looked clicked through her emails again.

She looked through the pages that Felicity gave her, each a little more ecstatic than the next.

It wasn't long before Oliver came in. "Hey, what you working on? Ready to represent a free running gym?" He asked, with an eyebrow up.

"Nope," She beamed at him, "I'm thinking about joining one."

He snorted a little, "Why would you do that?" He asked as he reached over and picked up his phone.

"Because Kacy Catanzaro qualified for American Ninja Warrior and I want to see if I can do it," She told him with a smile as she looked at the last gym page. Ultimately, she didn't think that was the one she wanted, but it was good to look.

Oliver kissed her softly and with a little bit of a dismissive smile, looked her straight in the eye and laughed gently, "Honey, you know you don't have to do that right? It's not like the fight of feminism won't march on without you. There will be more women on American Ninja Warrior." He asked.

Laurel backed away from him. "No, I really think I do." She told him. "Besides, I thought you would like this. It's more training. Just makes me more effective in combat."

He sighed. "Look, I know how competitive you are. And I don't want your feelings to get hurt when you don't win." He told her.

"You know when you say things like that, it makes them a challenge, are you challenging me?" She asked him. "Because we can put a bet on this, that way no matter what I will win regardless of the outcome."

He looked at her with a little bit of a grin. "I like that attitude. So what do you want to bet?" He asked.

She thought about it for a few moments and looked around and she got a grin on her face. "Christmas party. If I win, we hold two. One, the charity fundraiser for the Starling City government. And then one for us, which includes all of my extended family." She said as she pointed and smiled.

"What do I get if I win?" He asked.

She scrunched her nose and eyes for a second before opening up again, still with a funny face on her face, "You'll get that winter holiday on the beach that you've been talking about for a couple of months." She told him.

"Okay," He agreed, "Fair,"

Laurel nodded. "Good,"

"So what are the stakes?" He asked her.

She smirked as she realized that she could literally make this as easy or as hard as she wanted to. And eh would take it. Because he was sure of a sure thing and that would be his downfall. "We both train at Super Dragon free run and parkour, start with a personal trainer for a few months, and then keep doing it on our own, once we've got it figured out. We'll both enter to American Ninja Warrior and whoever goes further wins."

"You are going down, Laur." He said with a smile as he leaned in to kiss her.

She grinned up at him and kissed him back. "I wouldn't be so sure about that, Ol. We start at Super Dragon tomorrow." She told him.

He left the room and she shook her head as she picked up her cell phone and called Sara. "Laurel, what's up?" She asked, with a bit of worry in her voice.

"Oh, I just need some help." She said as she smirked into her phone.

Sara felt confused. "Okay, what do you need help with?" She asked, a bit slowly.

"I need you to help me win American Ninja Warrior. Ollie doesn't think I can do it, and I have a big charity event on the line for it." She said.

Sara rolled her eyes. "He challenged you."

"He challenged me."

Sara shook her head at Oliver. "You know, you don't really need my help. You've always known where to hit him where it hurts." She said.

"Just thought I should get some confirmation, but it would be great to get you and Nyssa to come down and watch us when we go for our qualifiers."

Sara chuckled. "You tell me when they are and I'll make sure we're there. Besides Nyssa will enjoy you handing Oliver's ass to him."

"I'm glad you have faith in me," She said. Sara laughed out loud and Laurel was confused. "What is so funny?"

Sara's laughter settled, "Oliver does believe in you. He just knows how to push your buttons, babe."

"So you're saying?" Laurel asked. "That he wanted to throw me my charity event?"

Sara nodded and Laurel could hear her hair crinkle through the phone. "That man can see your excitement a mile away. If he can peak it just a little more, he'll try to."

"You're saying he's a dick on purpose?" Laurel smiled.

"Yep," Sara chuckled a little bit about the whole thing. "And I think it's a little bit unfair to say he's a dick. He's a little underhanded. He never says you can't do it. just gently suggests it, so you'll put your best foot forward. Because come on, you want to prove to him you're the best."

Laurel nodded a little bit. Sara wasn't wrong. Oliver was the person she proved everything to. Even when he wasn't there. Getting into Law School, she told his grave. "I'll see you at the Qualifiers?"

"See you at the Qualifiers."