Still Wally's POV

The statement echoed in my head. 'Are you gay?' The swig of drink I had just taken was expelled in a colourful spray.

"What? No!" I honestly had no idea that she would ever say that. "Where did you get that idea?"

"My friends have this idea that you're gay." Her response was meek. "I didn't agree. So..."

"Your friends are idiots." I was annoyed now.

"Wally...I'm sorry." She sounded really quite pathetic.

"You're sorry? It's those idiot friends of yours that I'm bothered by." I don't know why but I started to laugh.

"Uh...Why is this funny?" She sounded genuinely confused.

"Because, I'm probably the biggest flirt you'll ever meet." I'd spoken without thinking. Nicole folded her arms across her chest.

"I'm going to change back into something decent." She was thoroughly and utterly embarrassed. Her cheeks were flushed red.

The rest of my time at Nicole's house was filled with uncomfortable silences and awkward conversation.

Nicole's POV

"Are you guys happy now?" Mel and Laurel were laughing at me. I'd told them about what had happened...and they were laughing.

"Are you into gaming?" Mel said in a mocking voice.

"Let me go change into something more revealing." Laurel said before the pair burst into another fit of laughter.

"You two have pulled a lot of crap in the time I've known you...but this is the worst by far." I walked away from the now silenced pair.

"Oh come on Nicole. We were only joking." I turned at that.

"Then you both have awful senses of humour. You deserve each other."

I spent the next few days avoiding both my friends and Wally.

Wally's POV

As far as I could tell, Nicole was avoiding me. I wasn't going to push, that would probably make things worse. I just slipped back into my old disappearance act. Go to school, leave school, and then run of for heroics.

My phone started to beep. I looked at the glowing screen. I had received a message. A single word, typed out...Covert. Now was my time to disappear.

Nicole's POV

Wally was across the cafeteria. I decided to talk to him. It was the right thing to do. This whole issue needed to be cleared up. I needed to clear the air, and my conscience. I started to walk across the room. He pulled out his phone...and then got up from his seat. He gathered his stuff and left the cafeteria. I hoped that he wasn't leaving because he had noticed me. I told myself that it was good because then our conversation wouldn't be so public.

Wally walked down the corridor, with me in tow. Strangely, he turned and walked into a maintenance cupboard. I opened the cupboard.

"Hey Wally...we need to talk." Suddenly, I was hauled into the dark space. I was then unceremoniously dumped onto what felt like some sort of crate. Before I could even yell, a gloved hand clamped down on my mouth. When my eyes adjusted to the light, I saw that it was the gloved hand of Kid Flash. My eyes widened in shock.

"Please promise me you're not going to scream." He spoke quickly. I couldn't believe what I had just heard. Kid Flash had just spoken to me, and...And it was Wally's voice. "Now if you agree to be quiet, I'm going to take my hand away." I nodded. "Okay." He pulled his hand away. I sat there in dumbfounded silence for several moments. "Um...Are you okay?"

"Oh yeah, I'm just fine...If you ignore the fact that I'm talking to KID FLASH." I hissed, trying to be quiet. I thought about that last part. I'm talking to KID FLASH. Was I talking to Kid Flash? Or was I talking to Wally? He'd walked in and then, BOOM, here was Kid Flash. It couldn't just be coincidence, could it? No. It was impossible for anyone to have gotten out of the cupboard. There was only one door. Also, only Kid Flash could have changed into that uniform so fast. I stood up. Wally was Kid Flash.

"What?" He asked. I oozed back onto the crate.

"You're Kid Flash."

"Uh...Yeah."

"You're Wally."

"Also yeah." He was acting really embarrassed

"I know that Wally is Kid Flash and Kid Flash is Wally West."

"Yeah, I am going to be in so much trouble."