"So, I've done it!" Cisco declared excitedly as he spun on his chair at his computer desk.
"Done what?" Astrid asked him, on her way towards her office. She stopped behind him and glanced at his computer screen, making him turn back to show her.

"Mr Ramon is talking about how he has expanded my interface throughout STAR Labs, Miss Sutherland." Gideon's voice carried out throughout the floor of the cortex.

"So now, no matter what floor we are on… we can consult Gideon on just about any matter." Cisco added.

"Oh my god, that's awesome!" Astrid said, ecstatic.

"Cisco, that's brilliant!" Caitlin said, approaching them. "Gideon, can you inform me of the progress that is being done on the 12th floor?"

"Certainly, Doctor Snow. Professor Stein would like you to know that he is currently upgrading the firestorm matrix to reduce the time it takes for he and MR Jackson to merge by one eighth of a nanosecond." Gideon informed her.

As John Constantine stepped off the elevator, he lit up a cigarette.

"Might I remind you Mr Constantine that smoking is prohibited throughout this entire facility, and not just within the elevators." Gideon said to him, making the group smirk at him.

"What the hell? Fucking AI! Now, it's following me?" he snapped as he put out the cigarette.

"She's right, though. There's no smoking within this facility…" Astrid said.

"Should I remind you of the risks that smoking causes on your body, Mr Constantine?" Caitlin suggested.

John stared at her, "…and I could remind you of the risks of having your body possessed by another entity, love." Caitlin pursed her lips together, the man had her there.

"Regardless, I'm here with urgent news for Harry… is he…" Constantine asked, as he pointed towards Harry's door.

"Yeah, he's in… go right ahead." Astrid told him, "He's been in there all day… Can you remind him that he has to sit a press conference for me, later on?"

"Will do, love…" John said as he disappeared into Harry's office, just in time for Barry to arrive.

It had been three days since the Valentine's day debacle and Astrid and Barry were still not able to look at each other properly. "Yeah… I am going to… never mind!" Astrid said as she darted into her office, almost as fast as the Flash could run, closing the door behind her.

"Still so awkward…" Barry said, uncomfortably, as Caitlin came up and kissed him.
"Man, the two of you were literally all over each other… it was like something that you know you shouldn't be watching, but yet, you just can't look away…" Cisco said.

"Right now, I just feel like that guy from that movie Eurotrip…" Barry replied.

"Yeah, I get the scene you're talking about… she's like a sister to you… in an odd… not a sister sort of way…" Cisco finished.

"Might I suggest, Mr Allen, that a confrontation between you and Miss Sutherland could solve all of your problems?" Gideon added.

"Wow… you managed to expand her, Cisco! That is so cool!" Barry said, "Yeah, Gideon… we should probably hold a confrontation… but, I'm actually here to speak with DR Wells… is he in?"

"Yes he is, Mr Allen. But he is currently in the middle of a top secret conversation with Mr Constantine, who continues to break our non-smoking rule, despite my constant reminders." Gideon said.

"Top secret?" Barry asked. He made his way towards Harry's door and opened it.

"Barry!" Dr Wells said, surprised to see him, as he stood at the doorway, "What can I do for you?"

"I need to speak with you about Eobard Thawne. Can I come in?" Barry asked.

"Sure. Come on, in." Harry said, he closed the door behind them.

"Top secret stuff?" Cisco asked.

"A lot happens when you've spent months in Gotham City." Caitlin said.

Astrid left her office and joined them again, "Which reminds me Cisco… when are you going back?" she asked him.

"Were you seriously waiting by your door, just for Barry to leave the room?" he asked her with a grin.

"Yeah… possibly… it's just so awkward… But you didn't answer my question… When are you going back? You've certainly been putting a whole lot of hours into working here again, when you could have breached back at any time."

"If you guys don't mind…" he began as DR Wells, Barry and Constantine reentered the room, "…I was hoping to come back… I miss you guys, and as cool as Batman is… it gets a little boring…"

"Do my ears deceive me?" Caitlin asked, as she walked up and checked Cisco's temperature. "Has Cisco grown tired of his own hero?" she gasped and grinned, he was waiting for them to answer. More directly, he was waiting for Astrid to answer. All of them were.

"Well… I think that you and I have had a little progress, but…" Astrid said with a serious face. She walked over to him, so he got to his feet to face her. She was teasing him, holding out on her final answer. "…Welcome back, Cisco!" she said happily, as she leant over and hugged him.

There was an awkward moment between the two of them, so she quickly let go and made her way towards DR Wells and Barry.

"Are you sure about this?" Harry asked her, under his breath.

"Absolutely… I've missed him. And regardless of everything that has happened between us… he's still my best friend… speaking of awkward moments." She added, looking over at Barry. "You and I need to talk!" she told the speedster. She led Barry to her office.

"Is this going to be a 'seven minutes in heaven' type of talk?" Cisco called out after them, making everyone turn to him. "Okay… too soon for those jokes! Got it!" he replied.

"It's great to have you back, Cisco!" Caitlin said, giving him a hug.

"Seven minutes in heaven is a game regularly played by teenagers that involves…" Gideon began.

"Yeah…There's still a few bugs that I need to work out of the system, so I should get to work on that…" Cisco said taking his seat at the computer again.

Barry and Astrid stood in her office, both awkwardly trying to come up with the right words to break the tension. "So…" Barry said.

"Yeah…" Astrid stammered. She pulled out the necklace with the letter A attached to it, that Barry had brought her as a Valentine's present. "…I should probably give you this back, so you can trade it in for something nice to get Caitlin." She said handing him the necklace.

Barry took it from her and looked at it. "Ha, it has the letter A on it… like Aphrodite…" he laughed.

"Don't remind me." Astrid said, "Wow, I wish this wasn't so awkward… but you and I have been friends since we both started up at CCPD, and we both need to move forward from… well… you know…"

Barry stared at the necklace, "I get it… but you're right. We have been friends for ages… so, I'm going to propose that you keep the necklace. As a friend's thing… and as a promise that we won't let all that embarrassing stuff get in between us, ever again. I mean it could have been worse…" he said.

They both shuddered at the thought of how much worse it could have been. He handed her the necklace back. "So, friends? and never anything more?" Barry asked her.

"Agreed! Friends… and never ever, ever… anything more…" Astrid said with a smile, taking the necklace from him. They gave each other a hug and quickly parted at realizing how awkward it still felt.

"Yeah, let's not do that again for a while…" Barry said with a laugh, referring to the hug.

"Right!" Astrid said, she fastened the necklace around her neck. "We should most probably get to work… any progress on the Reverse Flash?" she asked him, as she opened the door leading them back out in to the cortex.

Harry had heard her as she asked about the Reverse Flash. "I actually have some news to tell you about Eobard Thawne…" he said, with a look of satisfaction on his face.

"What's that?" Barry asked him.

"We've had a whole lot of progress with him. He's finally willing to confess to Barry's mom's murder!" DR Wells said.

"That's great!" Caitlin chimed in as she and Cisco joined the group.

"Yeah, now you will finally be able to get some closure, Barry!" Cisco added.

"...And we should be able to get your father released from prison!" Astrid said.

"DR Wells has convinced him to confess to Nora Allen's murder under the condition that we help the Reverse Flash travel back to his own time." Gideon chimed in, annoying DR Wells that she had given up this piece of information.

"No! There is no way that we are letting him get away with it! He will pay for his crime!" Barry snapped.

"Barry, I assure you that I was bluffing, when I offered him that deal." Harry said, "there is no way that I will let him go free."

"Good. Let's go get this confession then. I'll alert Joe!" Barry replied.

"I don't mean to change the subject," Astrid said, "But where did Constantine go?" They looked around, he had in fact disappeared.