Patty's day went by really fast because she couldn't stop herself from working on her assignments with excitement. She couldn't wait for tonight! Barry saw her in the precinct several times looking overly happy and he had to smile at her, because he was excited too. As much as he was disappointed that he couldn't reveal his identity, he had never dated anyone as the Flash so he was looking forward to tonight.

Patty glanced at the clock when the sun was starting to set and noticed it was already 7pm. She packed her belongings in a hurry and left for home.

She unlocked her apartment door and quickly went inside. Finding the perfect thing to wear was hard because of her disinterest in fashion but she found a lavishing navy blue dress and threw it on in a hurry.

Patty was super excited but didn't know what to do. The Flash told her about scheduling a date but he didn't say when or where which was kind of important. She sat on the couch a bit empty. Suddenly, there was a knock on her balcony window. 'No way…' she said to herself and walked towards the window. She slowly pulled the curtain, and along with the astonishing view of the city, was the one and only Flash. Opening the window she said, "I'm glad you were able to make it!" "Of course!" he replied with a childish grin. He continued with, "Where do you want to go?" Patty was feeling a bit worried because she wasn't the kind of girl that liked romantic dinners and anything fancy. "Actually never mind. I have a surprise. It's cheesy so don't laugh." "I promise I won't!" she answered. He picked her up and carried her up to the top her apartment. The Flash showed her the dinner he knew she would love and announced to her, "I just thought that you would like some warm chili from-" "The mom and pop store downtown?! I LOVE THEIR CHILI! I can't believe you know that place!" Patty replied with obvious over excitment. They sat down looking down at the bright lights of Central City and ate chili. Barry was trying to hide his smile because the only reason he knew that Patty liked chili was because she ate for lunch at least twice a week at work. He knew that she adored that place. They ate in silence neither of them knowing what to say. They just listened to the cars and the sounds of the city down below. Patty never had night before quite like this one. After they finished eating Patty started a conversation. She didn't mind the silence because it wasn't an awkward one but started talking anyways.

"Flash, why did you start rescuing people?" She thought she asked a dumb question but the Flash answered it seriously. "I've always wanted to help people with everything I had but I didn't have a lot to work with. But when I got my powers, I was able to become more." Patty thought about that for a second and replied, "Did you get your powers from the particle accelerator explosion?" She quickly regretted asking the question because it might've been too personal. But he replied with an honest, "Yeah". She felt sympathy for the Scarlet Speedster's sorrowful tone. She was sure that people that had experienced the explosion had a hard time dealing with the possible after effects of it. "On behalf of Central City, thank you." Patty said and smiled a big goofy smile. "You know you're cute when you smile like that, right?" Flash said and she blushed a bit. Patty slowed leaned in and the moment seemed to linger on forever. Before either of them knew it, their lips were touching and they were dragged into the maddening spiral of a kiss. It was slow, but light and perfect for their first real kiss. The two slowly parted from their kiss and although they felt the hesitation to leave, they both knew that it was time to go.

Patty looked up at the Flash innocently and exclaimed, "I have work tomorrow so I need to get going. But I can expect to see you soon right?" "Of course!" He replied with a small nod. They said their goodbyes and the Flash speeded off after delivering Patty back to her apartment. She went to sleep that night with nothing but good dreams.

She woke up the next morning and shuffled to work. As soon as she got to the precinct, Barry greeted her. She always thought he had a charming goofy smile, but none of the police officers really knew him that well despite the fact that he was Detective West's adopted son. He also worked in that small dusty lab that was located in the 'attic' of the precinct. Later that day, Patty visited Barry's lab to drop off a report on a recent murder. "Did you grab lunch already?" he asked Patty with an idea that could be described as brave and stupid. "No. I actually forgot to bring lunch so I was planning on eating out during break." she responded. "Well I know this great place with homemade chili!" he said with a sideways smile. "Wait a second… You're not talking about that mom and pop store downtown, right? Because I love that place!" she said with a slight sense of Deja Vu hitting her. She quickly shook it off as Barry replied with, "Wow! You guessed it."