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Ralph Dibney looked at the woman in front of him. She had long wavy light brown hair with slanted bangs and milk chocolate eyes. She had a pretty smile but he could tell that there was sadness and pain behind it. It was the same with her eyes. There was a light that had just started to come back. She was wearing a white long sleeve shirt and brown skinny jeans. She was cute. He couldn't deny that. But there was a mystery surrounding her. And he wanted to find out what it was.
"Ralph, this is Caitlin Snow our Bioengineer," Barry said. She gave a small wave and her smile became slightly larger. The light in her eyes brightened a tiny bit.
"How's it going pretty lady?" he asked. She rolled her eyes but not like most girls. It was small, thinking he was a playboy and not much more. She went to a desk and returned to whatever it was that she had been doing before. Barry went around introducing everyone else but he couldn't stop looking at Caitlin every few seconds. He couldn't stare at her because he would prefer not to creep her out. He also had to look like he was paying attention to this whole induction thing.
"So Ralph," Barry said interrupting his concentration on the pretty brunette. "What do ya think?"
"Looks cool," he said. "I'm going to head home for the day. After all this excitement I just wanna sit and relax for a while."
"Okay," Barry said.
"See ya around Dibney," Cisco called.
"Bye Ralph," Caitlin said kindly. It felt warm and good when she talked to him. Like a little boy being wrapped in a favorite blanket on a cold winter's night. It was sweet sounding and gently pulled at a string somewhere.
"Bye," He said disappearing from sight.
When Ralph got home that night he decided to google Caitlin Snow. There was a bunch on her professional life but nothing on her social life. She didn't even have a Facebook or Twitter account. However, he did find that her name had been associated with someone named Ronnie Raymond a couple of times a couple of years ago. He'd have to ask about him tomorrow.
He was looking at some of her pictures online and that light was brighter than he expected. She was radiant. His favorite one was one where she was sitting on a picnic blanket in the park on a summer day, smiling like there wasn't a care in the world. He put that picture for when she called or texted. If ever. He hoped she would.
Ralph closed his laptop and got ready for bed. Tomorrow he would get to see her again. He slept peacefully that night.
Ralph opened the doors to Star Labs but quickly jumped back before accidentally running into Caitlin. "Hey girl, What's up?" he asked cheerfully.
"Not now Ralph," Caitlin told him not unkindly. Her eyes were rimmed with red from tears. Her hands trying to cover the fact that she had been crying.
"Hey," he said in a comforting tone. He gently took her arm. She stopped trying to get away. "What happened?" he asked gently.
"Nothing, I'll be fine," she told him.
"Well sure but I'd like to know what's bothering you now," he said. She looked like she wanted to run but decided against it.
"It's stupid. It's just. Nick broke up with me," she told him. Her tears returned. Ralph wrapped her up in a hug. She returned the hug needing just to be held right then. "Some way to kick off a birthday huh?" she tried to laugh but it didn't really work. He hugged her a little tighter.
No one breaks with someone on their birthday. Even he knew that. Yes, he'd accidentally done it a few times but that was because he didn't know it was her birthday not because he was a jerk. "It's your birthday today?" he asked purely to get her thinking off Nick. That jerk. He'd never liked him. Always something off about him. Annoying beyond belief to him.
"Yeah," she told him. "Nick was going to take me out tonight to a fancy restaurant. I got a new dress for it and everything."
He rubbed her back. Then a brilliant idea popped into his head. "Hey, Why don't we go and get you a cake. My treat. We can even get some ice cream to go with it."
She sniffed and looked up at him. Her eyes were twinkling but that could have been the reflection of her tears. Her smile, however, was small but bright. Oh, how he wanted to kiss those sweet pink lips and tell her everything was going to be okay. That he would take care of her. It took everything he had not to. "Really. I'm not gonna let some jerk who never deserved you ruin your birthday. Come on, I know a great bakery on 4th. The goods there are to die for." He lead her to his car and began helped her in.
They reached the bakery. It smelled so good. Cookies, pastries and delicious cakes. It had that wonderful 'Mom's kitchen' type of feel. "Hey, Why don't you start looking. I have to use the bathroom for a second."
"Okay," she agreed and started heading for the cake section.
He went over to the facilities. Quickly he pulled out his phone and dialed Barry. "Barry."
"What is it Ralph?" He asked sounding annoyed.
"Get over to Star Labs. I need you to start decorating for Caitlin's birthday party. I'm out picking a cake and some ice cream with her," he told him. "I'm stalling but hurry up."
"It's her birthday today?" Barry asked.
"Yes genius," he told him annoyed with him. "Get Cisco and Wells too. I gotta go." He quickly hung up. Unbelievable. Was all Caitlin was to these people just a doctor and a way to vent. Goodness, only he knew how often these people treated her like a secondary character.
It was unfair and not right. He exited the bathroom to get Caitlin her cake.
While Ralph was in the bathroom Caitlin began looking at the cakes. They all looked so good.
"Can I help you?" an older woman asked. She reminded Caitlin of her grandma. She had whitening black hair, kind blue eyes and a sweet smile. She wore a brown dress and white apron. She seemed like a very sweet lady and had that motherly touch that Caitlin hadn't received like most kids.
"Oh, I'm just looking for a cake. It's my birthday today," she told her.
"Oh how lovely," she smiled. It faded when she took a good look at her face. "My dear, have you been crying?"
"Oh, My, um, boyfriend broke up with me this morning," she told her.
She gasped, "That low down jerk. How dare he."
"It's okay," she told her. "My friend is getting me one of these and some ice cream to celebrate."
"Aww, That sounds wonderful. What's his name? Maybe I know him," she asked.
"His name is Ralph Dibney," she told her.
"Dibney?" she questioned. "Wait a second. Are you Caitlin Snow?"
"You know me?" she asked.
"Oh my goodness, Do I?" she laughed. "That boy doesn't shut up about you."
"Really?" she asked.
"Oh yes," she told her. "He told us all about you. How smart you are, how sweet you are, kind, patient and he wasn't kidding when he said how pretty you are."
She blushed. She couldn't believe Ralph had said those things about her. She felt butterflies in her tummy.
"Did Nick break up with you? We knew that horrible jerk was going to pull something sooner or later," she told her. "Ralph was so worried about you. He didn't know what to do."
Caitlin was awestruck. Ralph Dibney. Playboy Dibney... worried about her. Talking about her in a way that wasn't just about her body. It was almost impossible. But then, here was proof. Ralph cared about her.
"Just between you and me," she started. "Ralph may be a player but I haven't heard him talking about any stands since your name first appeared. It seems as if you've changed him for the better."
"Hey Bethel," Ralph said. They both moved to face him.
"Ralph, It's about time you brought this girl around," Bethel told him. "I was almost beginning to wonder if she was real."
"Come on, You know better than that," he laughed. "So did you decide on a cake yet?"
"Yeah, This one," she said pointing to a yellow cake with raspberry filling and vanilla frosting. It had white frosting flowers on it too.
"Alright. Good choice," he said. "Ring it up for me, Bethel."
"Coming right up," she smiled.
"Let's get some ice cream after this," he said.
"I like the sound of that," she smiled.
After they had picked up the ice cream (strawberry) they headed back to Star Labs. "I still don't get why you wanna eat at the lab," Caitlin told him.
"Just trust me," he told her. He walked with her into the main area and turned on the lights.
"Surprise!" everyone yelled jumping out from their various hiding places. The whole place was decorated with streamers, balloons and a happy birthday banner.
Caitlin was speechless for a while. "You guys! I can't believe it. I had no idea whatsoever."
"Happy birthday," they all said at some point each giving her a hug. They all ate cake and ice cream, gave her gifts (Ralph was excused because she had never told him when it was) and played around. Caitlin looked like she had a wonderful time.
She yawned and said she was gonna hit the hay when Ralph offered to take her home. They hopped in the car and he started driving. "So how was your birthday all in all?" Ralph asked her.
"By far one of my best. Even with what happened with Nick this has been the best birthday I've had in a long time," she told him.
"Well I'm glad," he said.
"I haven't had a chance to thank you yet. This meant so much to me. I haven't had someone do something like this for me in a while," she told him. "I also know that it was you who planned this whole thing."
"Why, why would you say that?" he asked wondering how she knew. He'd been so careful. He wanted her to think that they had remembered her birthday.
"Cisco was pretty drunk and things slipped out," she told him.
"Oh," he said. He'd have to talk to Cisco later. They reached Caitlin's house. Ralph quickly got out and opened her door for her. She took the hand that he had extended to her.
"Anyways, Thanks again Ralph," she said as she hugged him. He quickly reciprocated. He loved holding her in his arms. It made him feel better. Knowing that, for the minute, she was safe in his arms. Knowing that she was happy with him. And maybe, just maybe, she could one day love him.
To Caitlin, it felt safe, being in his arms. Like he could block everything that tried to hurt her. She had been hurt so many times. By everyone she'd ever loved. All of them taken, turned evil or just left. But here in Ralph's arms, she felt, something more than safe. She wasn't sure what it was but she liked it. A lot. She did something bold and kissed his cheek before turning and going inside her home.
Ralph touched his cheek where she had kissed him. He wanted to hold on to that. It was a sign that maybe his someday would come sooner than he thought.
Ralph walked into Star Labs that day and found Caitlin hanging something on the ceiling. She was standing on a twisty rolling chair. He walked up to her. "Hey, need some help?"
"Whoa!" she yelped. Her body movement made the chair slide out from underneath her. He quickly moved and caught her in his arms.
He laughed, "That's not exactly what I had in mind but I'll take it."
She gave a small laugh as well, "It was bound to happen anyway. The chair wasn't sturdy but it was the only one tall enough."
They were still as they held a gentle gaze. Neither one really wanting to move. After a couple of seconds, Ralph realized that he was still holding her. He gently set her down. "Here you go."
"Thanks," she told him.
Ralph lifted the banner up to where Caitlin had been trying to hang it. "Here?"
"Perfect," she smiled.
He stood back to look at his handy work. "'Happy Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Allen!' Has it really been a year already?"
"Yep," she answered. "I wanted to give them a little party before they went on their week vacation. Is it missing anything?"
"Other than the booze, nope," he answered.
"I didn't get that because Iris is pregnant. No need to rub her face in the fact that she can't drink or do other things," she told him.
"Yes but the groom and everyone else is not. That's 5 to 1. And that is math," he told her, laughing a little bit.
"Tell you what. You can pick up any drinks you want so long as they are all virgin," she offered.
"What's the point in that?" he asked.
"You want to get anything, the bride has to be able to drink it too," she told him.
He gave a fake pout and thought. "What about some virgin Piña Coladas or Daiquiris? They're fancy enough where the lack of alcohol isn't as apparent."
"I think that could work. They honeymooned in the tropics and those are very popular over there. We could get a few more decorations to complement that," she said. She went behind the control center and grabbed the ingredients for the drinks. "I just need to get some little umbrellas and some fake hibiscuses."
"When did we get a secret liquor storage compartment?" Ralph asked looking like he had just seen a miracle.
"I smuggled these in so I didn't look weird for bringing in all the ingredients at once. Most of this came out of there," she told him.
"You are a pure genius," he said in amazement.
She gave a small laugh, "Thank you. Come on, I know a nearby Party City that we can get the rest of the stuff from."
"Right behind you," he said as he walked after her.
They were able to quickly get everything that they needed and finish setting up for the party before the rest of the gang arrived. Barry and Iris loved it and so did Cisco and Harry. When it all ended Ralph and Caitlin were left to clean up.
He gathered up all the decorations from the ceiling while she cleaned up the floor. There was one thing that puzzled him. Why would she do all this for her so-called friends? None of them did anything like this for her. They all forgot about her birthday and yet she threw Barry and Iris an anniversary party. She even stayed to do all the cleanup. He would have forgone the whole party idea for all of them had they forgotten his. Caitlin constantly surprised him. Consistently made him want to know her better. Figure out how each little cog moved in her brain.
"Hey, I got everything from the ceiling down. Where do you want me next?" he asked.
"Can you start cleaning up the drinks?" she asked.
"Sure thing," he answered and began grabbing drinks with his superpower from across the room. "So what's the next big event coming up?"
"Uh, Let's see. Cisco's birthday is April 20, Iris's is June 24, Barry's is January 14, Joe's is four days later, Cecile's is November 24, Harry's is October 26, Wally's is December 19, Jessie's is May 18. When is your birthday?" she asked.
"March 21," he answered astonished she knew everyone's birthday.
"So it looks like Harry's birthday is up next. Although he's not up for about two more months," she answered. She then quickly added his birthday to her calendar on her phone.
"Wow," he said.
"We might have had something sooner but Iris and Barry are the only ones married," she told him.
He shook his head. He realized that he had finished with the glasses and then grabbed a broom so that he could help her sweep up. "So how's life going?"
"Well, other than out of control supervillains running rampant through the street, can't complain really. I have good friends, a good home, good security. I'm very happy with my life," she answered.
"What about what you do outside the job? Like relationships, family, what do you do with people outside of the office so to speak?" he asked.
"Hmm, well my family isn't really all that close. Any relationship I've ever had ends up blowing up in my face and my social life all depends on if anyone wants to do something. I'm honestly not that type of girl anyway. It's not a lot but it's just enough for me," she said.
Ralph had so many questions about what she had said but figured it was best to spread them out over time. They finished cleaning up and were about to leave when he got an idea. "Hey, Do you want to maybe get a late night snack from the bakery? We could grab some cookies or some donuts for tomorrow morning. My treat."
She mauled it over for a bit, then smiled sweetly and answered, "Sure. That sounds nice." The way she answered was like she never really got a chance to do things she used to do and there was a lot of nostalgia with a layer of tiredness that wasn't too much.
"Cool," he said as he walked over to her. "Let's go."
She followed him and they headed out to the bakery. They decided to go with a cookie for each of them now and then get a donut each for tomorrow morning. She had a macadamia nut cookie and he had a sugar cookie.
"Mmm, these are out of this world," Caitlin said after the first bite. "You're going to get me addicted to this place."
"Wait till you eat the donuts tomorrow. Every other one will taste like rock," he laughed. She laughed along with him. He loved making her laugh. She had a rough life from what he could tell. Whenever she laughed it was as if that light he had seen so long ago was coming back.
"Just out of curiosity, I was wondering. Would you wanna come over and watch a movie or something?" Caitlin asked him. "I'd totally get it if you didn't want to. After all, it is late and we don't know what we're going to be doing tomorrow anyways but..."
"That sounds like a lot of fun actually. I'm in," he answered.
"Cool," she said.
They took their donuts and headed out to Caitlin's place. They ended up watching A Rip Through Time. While they both loved it they were both very tired and ended up falling asleep. When Ralph woke up he found that they were all tangled up in each other. He was holding her head against his chest and his other arm was wrapped around her waist. Her arms were both wrapped around his waist. Her legs were woven in with his. He tried to slowly untangle himself from her but she only snuggled into him further. She craved his warmth. She nuzzled her head even more into his chest. Even in sleep, she wasn't quite ready to be alone again. She wasn't ready to face the world yet. She was safe and sound in his arms. Caitlin looked so peaceful and beautiful. He couldn't help himself. He leaned his head down and placed a soft small kiss on her crown and gently rubbed her back. He thought maybe one day, this would be how he woke up every morning. Wrapped around the girl he lo... really really liked.
Caitlin started to stir awake. Her eyes slowly fluttered open. Ralph followed suit so as not to look like he'd been staring at her the past couple of minutes. "Morning," he said sleepily.
"Morning," she said rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. She finally figured out how she was positioned and they quickly moved out of each other's embrace. That had been the best nights sleep Caitlin had had in a while. It had probably been due to the dream she had.
She was surrounded on all sides of her. Every one of them looked like they were going to do something to her. Then all of a sudden, she was lifted up onto the top of a building whoever it was pulled her close to him and whispered in her ear, "Don't you ever worry. I will always be there. Ready for anything. I'm never going to let anything happen to you again."
She looked up and saw her rescuer. It was Ralph. She hugged him tighter. He whispered one more thing into her ear before she woke up. "I love you."
The drive back to Star Labs was quiet but Ralph remembered the donuts and had her try them. She gushed with love as she took the first bite. He loved that look on her face. When she was in pure heaven. It made him fall deeper. They got to talking and by the time they entered the main floor they were both laughing. Everyone stared at the two of them. They were oblivious to it though. They talked about something else for a minute before Harry coughed and let them know they were there. The laughter died down quickly and lead to silence.
"Hey guys," Ralph said. "So what's new that we need to take down today?"
At the end of the day, Ralph and Caitlin were the last ones left again. Today Ralph had the perfect thing to show her that night. "Hey tonight, I wanted to try something new with you."
"Oh yeah, And what's that?" she asked.
"I think it's high time we go dancing. They have this open dance floor in the park with 24-hour long music and it's pretty cool," he told her.
"That actually sounds fun," she smiled. "Let's do it."
They drove down to the park. It was lit up with stringed lights around a wooden floor. There were a bunch of other people already there dancing and laughing. They headed down and took to the floor. She and Ralph started dancing to a faster song and laughed along.
"This has to be the most fun I've had in a long time," Caitlin told him.
"Me too," Ralph agreed. After that, the music got slower and slower. A little bit later a couple came over to them.
"Aww, You two look so cute together," the girl said. "Are you guys on the bride or groom's side?"
They looked at each other for a second and smiled. "I'm on the groom's side," Ralph answered.
"And I'm on the bride's side," Caitlin said.
"That is so cool," she said. "I'm Sarah and this is my husband Leonard."
"Nice to meet you," Ralph shook their hands and then put his arm around her shoulders. "I'm Ralph and this is Caitlin."
"Hello," she waved.
"Well it was really nice to meet you both but we have to go. We've got early morning jobs and such is life," Sarah explained.
"Oh of course," Caitlin said understandingly. "We will let you guys go. It was very nice to meet you both."
"Yeah you too," Leonard said as he and Sarah slipped away.
Caitlin and Ralph looked at each other smiled at each other and burst out laughing. "We just crashed a wedding!" Ralph said quietly enough but still freaking out a bit.
"I know. This is crazy!" Caitlin laughed. They continued dancing for a while. They just relaxed with each other. They just felt safe in each other's arms. They got to the point where they were just swaying. "I wonder if this will ever happen to us."
"Barry and Iris made it work. I think with the right person we could both get this," Ralph told her.
They looked deeply into the other's eyes. In that moment they both felt that their dream was a little closer than they thought. Ralph decided that he wasn't going to waste this moment. He slowly leaned down and gently kissed her. It ended a second later. Caitlin was surprised. Not that he had kissed her but that the kiss was so good. She reached up to kiss him again a little firmer this time. He reciprocated instantly. The kiss was amazing. It felt like everything was possible and neither wanted that to go. Unfortunately, the kiss had to end. As it did they looked at each other both smiling.
They decided to go home after so Ralph dropped Caitlin off at but not before a goodbye kiss.
The next morning, Ralph raced to get to Star Labs hoping he could catch Caitlin before everyone else was there. He went barreling into the main room to find her sitting behind her desk working on her computer. "There you are," he said making his way to her. "I have been looking everywhere for you."
"I've been right Mmph," she would have continued but she was cut off by Ralph's kiss. She reciprocated immediately. He gathered her up in his arms until she was standing up with him. When they kissed it was like the whole world was made right. He made her feel so loved and wanted. She loved that feeling. She wished it never left. After the kiss ended, they looked at the other's face. Both with huge smiles on their faces. "Hi."
"Hey," he returned. He gave her another small kiss before letting her go. "So what are you working on?" he asked.
"I am working on a new serum for Cisco to see if he get vibes from people without having to touch anything," she said as she sat back down on her chair. "I'm hoping that this will cut down on time and we can get ahead of the bad guys more often"
"That sounds awesome," he praised. He knew that she was brilliant beyond most people on the planet and the way it lit her up when she talked about her work and the possibility of moving forward was undeniably one of her most beautiful looks. Then again she always looked beautiful. Especially when she was wearing those safety glasses. They made her look adorable.
His world was finally on track. He had his girl, his powers were under control and the world was a little less crazy. His favorite time of the day was when she looked at him with such kindness and so caring, the way no one else had. Her eyes were the gateway to her soul. Everything he ever needed to know could be found in her eyes. Her beautiful brown eyes.
Ralph was kinda useless in this field so he listened to her intently, handed her things that she needed and occasionally got her water when she needed it. She loved how he wanted to be around her without being in the way and would do the simplest of tasks to be helpful.
He was so different than Nick. Nick was a lot less personal and he didn't really show her that he cared. He would get her stuff but it was only to make her look prettier for whatever event he was taking her to. Ralph was so much more caring and engaged with her. He always made her feel warm and wanted. He made sure she knew how special she was and how much she brought to the team.
She placed the serum inside the machine that would mix it to perfection which would take about 15 minutes. In that time they had managed to eat the donuts Ralph had brought in fresh, talk a bit about their more happier childhood memories and somehow, she wasn't sure how exactly, he'd managed to sneak in another kiss. She didn't mind it though. It still tingled on her lips when he left to throw away the garbage.
She was sitting contently in her chair, thinking about everything and nothing, when the other members of the team strolled in. They were chatting about something she couldn't quite hear what though. The timer dinged and she went over to get the serum out.
"Oh, Hey Caitlin," Barry said when they noticed her. "Whatcha workin on?"
"This," she started as she pulled the test tube out of the machine, "should give Cisco the ability to vibe on things without having to actually touch them. It's only temporary but I want to make sure this works before I start working on a permanent solution."
"That sounds awesome," Cisco said. "Is it ready?"
"Just finished," she said. She came over to them and handed the serum over to Cisco. She smiled however when Ralph reentered the room smiling at her brightly. He noticed that there was a hint of blush on her cheeks.
Cisco drank the serum quickly. Caitlin held up an action figure that used to belong to Barry. He instantly flashed on it. "Barry I didn't know you collected Power Ranger Action figures. I used to have a set like that too."
Caitlin beamed at her success and so did Ralph. She'd been worried that this might not work but the success was undeniable.
"Nice work Caitlin," Joe told her and gave her a pat on the shoulder.
"Thanks," she said. "Would you excuse me for a second? I need to take care of something quickly."
"Yeah, go," Iris told her kindly. The alarm started going off. Everyone raced to the desk including Ralph. "Meta attack down on Waverly. Looks like a fiery one."
"Cisco and I've got this," Barry said.
"Yeah man," he agreed. "Race ya."
"Oh, You are so on," Barry said.
Caitlin started moving towards the lab in the back and Ralph decided to go with her. When they were out of sight from the others Ralph reached over and took her shoulder. She turned to see him and he wrapped her up in a hug and kissed the top of her head. "I never doubted you. I wanted to tell you that earlier but they were all in the way."
She laughed and smiled up at him, "Thank you." She moved back into his embrace. He always knew exactly what to say.
They went back to the control station where Iris and Joe were watching intently for any changes. Ever since Iris had joined the team, She'd practically taken over the desk where Caitlin used to reside. Caitlin would never admit this aloud but sometimes she felt like she'd been slowly pushed out and had landed in this… kind of limbo where she was only there when there was something that no one else could do. The rest of the time she was a little invisible. Not totally but sort of.
She walked over to the lab station to clean up the area she'd been using. All of a sudden an alarm went off on one of their suits. Cisco's screams could be heard from the intercoms.
"Cisco what's wrong?" Iris asked.
"Can't turn it off," he grunted out.
"Turn what off?" she asked.
"The vibes! There too many of them!" he shouted through the coms. At this point, Caitlin and Ralph had both moved over to the council. "They won't stop coming!"
"Hang on Cisco," Caitlin told him. "This should only last for another two minutes. Barry bring him back here."
In seconds both the boys were back at Star Labs. Cisco was clutching his head as he landed on the floor. Caitlin quickly filled a syringe with some liquid Ralph didn't recognize and stuck it in his arm. In three seconds Cisco laid motionless on the floor.
"What did you do to him?" Barry asked angrily.
"Knockout serum," she told them. "It should turn off all of the visions he's getting along with giving him an hour to rest."
"Caitlin he could have overloaded and shut down completely and then we'd have lost him. What were you thinking?" Barry asked.
"I didn't realize that he would vibe on everything. I thought he would only vibe on things he concentrated on," she told them. She was still a little shaken by the incident. It wasn't visible shaking but Ralph could see it in her eyes how worried she was for Cisco right now.
"Caitlin we can't take chances on things like that," Iris told her. "We can't lose anyone. We may not have a huge villain yet but when we do we need everyone at their best. We can't take chances like this."
Caitlin just stared at them worriedly. Ralph had just about enough of this. This wasn't her fault. It's not like she planned to overload Cisco. "Hey wait a second," he spoke up. "That serum did exactly what she said it would do. He didn't have to touch any object to vibe off of anything. She didn't know that it was going to vibe off everything he saw. It was just too strong. We figured it out. Cisco's gonna be fine. So you can just keep your judgements to yourselves."
She looked up at him in wonder. He defended her. He'd stood up for her and hadn't backed down. Everyone else stared at him too but they all held a little guilt in their eyes. She'd fallen even deeper for him in that singular moment.
"Now, Let's get him to a bed so he doesn't wake up with a crick in his neck," he said as he picked up Cisco. He tilted his head to motion Caitlin to follow him. She followed quickly. They had gotten Cisco to one of the medical bed. Ralph set him down. "What a bunch of jerks mmmph."
Caitlin kissed him the minute he'd set Cisco down. She kissed him with such passion. He quickly followed suit and kissed her back with the same kind of passion for. The kiss ended sweetly as she looked up at him. "Thank you," she said a little quietly.
"Caitlin," he started as he tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. "You don't ever have to worry. I will always be there for you."
For that, she gave him another small kiss and then rested in his arms. After a minute she looked back up at him. "Do you wanna do a movie at my place tonight?"
"I'd love that," he smiled as he told her.
"Great," she said. She blushed a little bit before she kissed him one last time. He gave her a kind of happy yet curious look. "To get me through until tonight."
He squeezed her hand as he let her go back to do whatever she had to do. As he walked watched her walk away nothing in the world could have hidden his smile. Somewhere down the line, he knew, without a shadow of a doubt, that he had fallen hopelessly, desperately, in love with the most wonderful girl he could have asked for in the entire world. He was undeniably in love with Caitlin Snow.
