Lacy walked into her apartment to find Alex glued to her laptop, "Is Henry Hewitt still breaking your balls?" she asked to announce her return from Star City.
"Hey, you're back!" Alex called out, "and yeah, he won't give me a break," she vented before looking back down at her computer.
"I'm so glad to be back from Star City," she replied as she moved over to sit down on the couch, "I love those people but they are always surrounded by so much drama. I need my friends and easier court cases," she finished, relieved.
Alex laughed, "Well how about tomorrow we meet for lunch? I'll tell Henry I need the afternoon off," she offered as she briefly looked up from her workload.
Lacy laughed softly at the idea of Alex being able to get away for an afternoon as she began to reply, "That sounds really good. I have to grab a few things from S.T.A.R Labs, do you want to meet me there around 1?" she asked.
"S.T.A.R. Labs? Is that place even open anymore?" Alex asked as she closed her laptop for a least a moment before Henry sent her another project.
Lacy nodded, "Yeah, I guess Harrison Wells left the whole place to Barry Allen and since I was the executor of his will I have to go by periodically to make sure everything is in order. Allen still works on science things with Cisco Ramone. So, are we on for a date?"
"Of course," she smiled, "But now that you're finally back, will you please cook me dinner tonight? I can not do another take out meal," she whined.
Lacy shook her head, "If you would just watch me in the kitchen, you could do yourself but I have to know, what supplies we have in this house."
Alex looked down guiltily before she answered, "We have a few things in the fridge," she admitted.
Lacy sighed as she stood and made her way to the kitchen, "I'll figure something out!" she finished with a laugh.
The next day, Lacy got up before Alex and got ready to head to S.T.A.R Labs to see what she'd missed while she'd been away. She always felt guilty about not telling her best friend that she was a superhero when she wasn't fighting crime in the courtroom but she had promised Barry she'd keep his secret because it wasn't hers to share.
Lacy got in her car and drove to the Lab to catch up before she called her office to see how many cases she'd need to catch up on from her absence. She parked and took the elevator down to the main lab where she walked in to see Cisco behind the computer monitor, hard at work.
'Why are all my friends always so hard at work?' she thought to herself before she made her entrance.
"Hey Cisco!" Lacy shouted, "Did you miss me?"
Cisco turned back in his chair and smiled as he saw Lacy before getting up to engulf her in a bear hug, "When did you get back? We were starting to worry Oliver won you over," he stated as he released her.
"Please, I could never last in that city forever," she answered, "So, what did I miss?" she asked before she saw a familiar face enter the room from the medical wing.
Lacy's jaw dropped as she looked at the man, "Professor Stein?" she asked, her voice not hiding her shock at all.
He looked surprised too as he recognized her, "Miss Flanagan, I haven't seen you since you were in my class," he replied as his cheeks blushed slightly.
Lacy looked down remembering the last interaction they'd had before she'd chosen to leave his class for another Professor in her last semester of Law School, "How have things been?" she asked, trying to let him know that she wouldn't bring up their past in front of the team.
Martin smiled back before he gasped and began to collapse to the floor. Lacy panicked as she raced forward and caught him easily in his arms, "Martin!" she said, her tone filled with her concern before she looked at Cisco, "What's wrong with him?"
Cisco gestured to get him into a chair before he explained, "He is half of a hero called Firestorm. His other half died a few months ago and without a match, he's falling apart at a rapid pace. We are actually working on finding him a match right now. How do you know him, by the way?"
Lacy hesitated, she never lied to Cisco and Barry but this wasn't just her secret, "He was my Professor. Is there anything I can do to help? Could you transfuse some of my blood into him to by us time? It has healing capabilities," she suggested.
Martin gathered himself as he began to protest, "I don't want you risking yourself for me, Lacy," he used her first name for the first time since the night they'd shared after winning her first in class case, "We'll figure this out before it's too late."
"Cisco, can we have a minute?" she asked, looking at her friend with a serious expression. Cisco nodded as he disappeared down to his lab.
"Martin, I almost ruined your life when we…" she trailed off, "I just want to do everything I can to keep you alive. You don't want to hear this but I always wished we could've been more so let me do this, please."
"Don't say things like that, Lacy," Martin protested, "You know I love my wife," he voice was so weak as he pleaded with her.
"Then take my blood, please," she asked once more, her voice desperate.
Martin was weakening by the moment as he nodded in reply causing Lacy to go get Cisco to begin the transfusion and add time back to Professor Stein's clock.