"You've got to be kidding with this," She told him as she looked at the other man in the room and then looked back to Oliver. "You literally cannot be serious about this,"

"I am serious about this. Your safety is important." He told her as he pushed some of her to the side and looked to the bodyguard.

She shook her head. "I'm not doing it. I'm gonna run him through the course and he's gonna quit and you're gonna end up regretting this." Laurel said through gritted teeth. To the man's credit, he didn't say anything or move in a way that indicated that he was hurt.

"Look, I can't have you and the kids, unprotected all hours of the day, so bodyguards. You know as well as I do that there are threats." He told her. He knew that she would hate this, but it was more important to keep her safe than to give in to what she wanted. The truth was they both needed to watch their kids grow up and bodyguards would make sure that they would both have that.

Still the flame in her eyes scared him. "You cannot lock me up in a gilded cage, Oliver. I am not a bird. I am not property. I say if I get bodyguards and I say no," She said hotly and left the room.

"Please give us a moment?" He asked the bodyguard who gave him a simple nod and didn't move from his position.

Oliver left the room after her and saw her in another room, putting clothes and stuff in a bag. "I can't believe you thought I would just go for this, Oliver."

"I didn't think you would just go for it," He sighed as he sat on the bed.

She stopped packing for a second and looked at him, "Then why the hell did you spring this on me?"

"Because," He said and he took her hand in his, "As much as it's not fair of me to say this, I can't lose you. And the kids can't lose you. Don't you get it, Laurel? We're all pirates and the booty is you."

She shook her head as she sat in his lap. "You just want a chance to say booty." She smiled to him.

He shrugged, not denying it. "I love you."

"Always?" She asked him.

He grinned. "Always and forever," He said.

"So let's talk bodyguards." She said as she looked at their hands entwined with each other. "If you want me and the kids to have people, you also need people."

"I can take care of myself," He started to protest.

And she cut him off and shook her head. "No. That's the deal. You want me and the kids to have people, you have to have people too. You're not damseling the rest of us, so that you can feel better and then being reckless with you," She told him.

"What about times when I have times that I need to be alone? You know for business." He asked her.

Laurel sighed, "I have those times too." She said as she looked into his eyes.

"You know, being in this business and being famous, we're always gonna be targets. And Olivia and Tommy, they are never going to know anything different. At least with bodyguards, we can try to have a mostly normal life." He told her.

She nodded again. "I understand why you want this, but I'm firm on it's all of us or it's none of us. And you can't just duck out from your bodyguard whenever you want."

"Damn," He muttered as he jerked his fist to his chest.

She rolled her eyes. "You really think that Thea and Moira didn't tell me all about your misadventures when you came off that island?" She asked him as shey raised her eyebrow. "They knew that was not going to be the last time you dealt with bodyguards."

He shrugged. "I guess thinking that was pretty silly even if they didn't. You know me better than anyone."

"So we're agreed? That in order to keep Tommy and Liv safe, we're all gonna have bodyguards?" She asked him.

He nodded and smiled to her. "I'll call the agency in the morning and tell them that we need two more, cause I honestly think the kids should be able to share one," He told her.

She nodded. That seemed right. "You're my treasure too." She whispered to him as she kissed him lightly. "And we'll figure out how to get away from them when we need to do business." She told him.

"I love you," He told her as he gave her a kiss on the cheek.

She broke out into a grin and laughed, "I love you too, always and forever," She told him. "So this is our first foray into an entourage?" She laughed a little at the thought.

"I guess so," He said as he thought about it.

"You know, I should get you that assistant so that you don't miss anything again. Like Olivia's parent teacher conference," She said with a sly smile.

He rolled his eyes and kissed her again. "That was one time."

"One time which you will never forget anymore," She told him with a great big smile.

He tackled her down and held her hands in his and he attacked her with kisses on her face and neck.

"God, can't you two keep it in your pants for twenty minutes while other people are around?" Thea asked with Olivia at her side on Tommy in her arms.

Oliver and Laurel looked over to their family. "No, we can't," Oliver said as he picked up Olivia and spun her around and landed her on his hip. "I thought you were gonna take them to a movie?" He asked.

"I was," Thea said. "But they wanted to say goodbye."

Laurel looked up to him. "It would be a good test run to see if we could get used to the bodyguard." She told him.

"That's true," He told her. "You don't have work tonight?"

She shook her head. "Nothing that I can't rearrange."

"Then, I will go get Isaac and you should go get some shoes," He told her.

Thea shook her head and as Oliver left and Laurel was about to leave, "How'd he convince you?" She asked, not believing what just happened.

She shrugged. "He promised me he'd get one too."