Sorry for the late post, between college and the holiday I never had time to sit down and write. My brain just did not want to cooperate with me at all. I have a few chapters that i believe would be really great but i still to build up to them, and for me it's kind of hard. Anyway I hope you all enjoy this chapter. Thank you to all those who left reviews telling me you want more. those were the highlight of my days when i was not in a good mood. Enjoy.


No Work, All Play

Barry and Jesse were speeding around the pipe line like two lightning bolts playing tag. Barry had kept his promise to Wells and the next day, after their fieldtrip to the DEO, Barry had began to really push Jesse's training. Barry had asked Cisco to set up some traps and distractions in the pipeline to test Jesse's reflexes and to also sharpen up on his own skills, which is why he had also asked to not be told what kind of obstacles lay ahead of them.

"Damn, Jesse is almost as fast as Barry," Wally noted, watching the two on the monitor in front of Cisco.

"Velocity is just under mach 3, heart rate and other vitals look normal, she's doing great for a new speedster, " Caitlin relayed back to the others in the room.

"Yeah, Yeah we already know all of that," Harry butted in, annoyed," Cisco we need to test her reflexes, can we test her reflexes please."

"Way ahead of you Harry, " Cisco gave a small chuckle, "Barry, you ready to kick it up a notch?" He asked Barry through his mic.

"All for it man," Barry replied.

Cisco had a smile on his face that looked like he was about to enjoy what he was going to do just a bit to much. He typed away on his keyboard and within seconds the pipe line was filled with death traps. To top it off he had also started to play Guns N' Roses' Welcome To The Jungle, just for his enjoyment.

"Welcome to my jungle," he said in his best supervillain voice, causing Caitlin, Iris, Wally and Wells to look at him as if he were crazy. "Too much?" He asked.

Iris put a hand on his shoulder," just a little " she replied with a playful smile.

They watched as the two speedsters ran around the pipe line, dodging all of Cisco's traps with ease. Lasers shot at them, random saw blades swung out, Cisco had even thrown in a heat seeking rocket for good measure, but Barry caught it and sent it to the wall without missing a beat.

"See Harry, her reflexes are fine, no need to worry, " Cisco pointed out, turning his chair to face Wells. Wells, however, looked disappointed more than relieved. He looked like he had almost wished Jesse had gotten hurt in just the slightest, so he would have a reason to tell her not to use her powers.

Barry and Jesse had cleared all of the obstacles and were back to their friendly race. Barry, being the more experienced, decided to show off and run to the ceiling and began running upside down. Jesse, to no surprise at all, followed him up and they ran side by side. Barry reached out to give her a high-five, and as she reached for it, she lost her footing and slammed into him, causing them to go tumbling to the ground. They hit the ground hard and rolled to a stop.

"Ok, maybe she still needs a little work, " Cisco announced.

Barry and Jesse picked themselves up and headed back to the cortex.

"Ok, " Jesse began, taking off her mask, " so that was not very heroic."

"No," Barry said, removing his gloves, " but there is a lesson in there somewhere."

"And what is that?" She asked.

"The difference between having powers and having precision. It's going to take a lot more than just speed to take down some of these meta's. You got to think and anticipate. When you enter a new environment you have to case every inch of it, you can never run in blind," he stopped himself," Oh my god, I've become Oliver. Heh." He walked into the Cortex, leaving Jesse standing by herself, looking at him weirdly.

"You'll give the hang of your powers in no time, don't worry about it, " he reassured Jesse as she entered the Cortex.

"I know, thanks. Maybe before we go back to our earth we can team up and stop some crime in Central City, " Jesse stated. Barry looked quickly at Wells, who rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, maybe, but until then let's just keep practicing, " Barry replied.

"Cool, well I'm going to grab a snack, you guys were not kidding when you said speedsters get really hungry, " she sped into her normal clothes and jogged off out of the cortex.

"Ms. Snow," Harry announced, looking at Caitlin with a pleading look.

Caitlin gave in after a few minutes and got up from her chair, "Ok Harry, I'll talk to her, but I don't know what I'm going to say." Caitlin exited the cortex and followed Jesse.

Caitlin found Jesse sitting alone next to the entrance to the pipe line, eating a sandwich and reading a book.

"Hey, " Caitlin piped up," you got a minute?"

Jesse looked up from her book," Oh Hey, Yeah I'm not too busy, thanks for lending me this book by the way, we don't have 'Harry Potter' back on my earth."

"It's no problem, " Caitlin waved off the thanks.

Jesse placed down the book and stood up, "So what's up?''

Caitlin hesitated for a minute, knowing that this meant a lot to Harry, but she also did not want to upset her friend. She took a deep breath and began.

"Listen, Jesse before you speed off to fight crime with Barry or on your earth, I just wanted to make sure that you feel like you're ready."

Jesse gave her a confused look," Yeah I am totally ready, why? What's wrong did the test results say something?" Panic began to form in her voice.

"NO!," Caitlin said, trying to calm Jesse's nerves, ''No the results are fine. I just thought that maybe you should, take it slow." Jesse's faced seemed to relax for a second and then she got defense.

"Wait, slow down. Why?," She looked at Caitlin and then grew an annoyed look on her face, " Let me guess, it's because I'm a girl right."

Caitlin looked shocked and slightly taken aback by the comment, "No, not at all. I mean I'm sure you think it's great having powers and that doing what Barry does is fun, but having powers is not always a good thing, trust me. I'm just saying that if I were you I would take things slow." Jesse began studying her face, realizing that this wasn't really Caitlin talking. She then got a look on her faced that shifted from annoyed to pissed.

"My dad put you up to this didn't he?" Jesse asked, folding her arms. She waited for a response but all Caitlin could is look at her apologetically. "Yeah, of course he did." Jesse headed for the cortex.

"Jesse," Caitlin tried calling after her, but could do nothing but follow. They entered the room, where everyone else were still conversing.

"Hey," Jesse called to her father, not caring that she was about to start a scene, "you don't want me to have the speed do you? I mean that's why we're here right, not to test my abilities but so you could get everyone to talk me out of using my powers?" Her voice was getting louder by the second, anger boiling.

Harry could do nothing but nod his head," I just want you to be..."

"To be safe? Yeah I know I've heard that line my entire life."

"This is different Jesse, way different," Wells tried putting a hand on his daughter's shoulder but she backed away.

"Yeah, it is. Because I'm not Barry right?" She retorted.

"Right," Harry answered honestly, " because you are not Barry."

Jesse stopped, she could feel anger and sadness filling within her. She felt her eyes begin to water and she sped off out of the cortex. Everyone stood there, in silence and awkwardness from the situation that had just taken place. Wally broke the silence and approached Wells.

"Let me talk to her this time," Wally offered and Wells just nodded in agreement, retreating back into a side room, removing his glasses and rubbing his head. Wally jogged out after Jesse.

"Well," Cisco chimed in after a moment of dead silence," while we let those two cool off, how about we all go out for drinks?" Everyone gave him a look. "What,'' he questioned the looks," Barry and Jesse have been training all day, we've be adjusting to the new earth, and when was the last time we all just hung out, outside of the lab?"

"Cisco has a point, beside I still have not gotten a chance to meet this 'Kara' you all have talked about," she looked at Barry.

"Ok, but I can't promise anything, she lives pretty far away and could be just as busy as we have been," Barry explained, going into his pocket for his phone. He dialed the number she had given him the other day and began to hear ringing. It only rang for a second before he could hear Kara's voice on the other end. She sounded like she was in a wind tunnel, which confused Barry until he realized that she was probably flying.

"Hey Kara, did I catch you at a bad time?" Barry asked

"Hey Barry, no it's fine. Just.." She was interrupted by a large, booming sound, " just dealing with a pest problem. What's up?" Barry could hear the sound of machine guns and another explosion. He felt both upset that he had interrupted her while she was doing her superhero work, but also kind of glad that she was so willing to talk to him and not just blow him off.

"Ehm, I was just want to see if maybe you would like to come hang out with us tonight and get some drinks, but if you're busy I completely understand," he could tell she was distracted by what she was doing.

"I would love too," she answered almost immediately which brought a smile to Barry's face.

"Great," he replied, he gave her the address and proceeded to hang up," Good luck with your 'pest' problem," he said, putting an emphasis on pest," we'll see you tonight." He hang up and looked to the others who were all snickering to themselves. "What," he questioned his friends.

"Nothing," Iris commented," just laughing at how giddy you get when you talk to a girl you like. And from the way you've talked about this 'Kara' I can tell you like her a lot.

"I do not like her, I mean I like her as a friend. She's a good friend, but not like that. Not like, the like-like way, besides she has a guy she is already into," he found himself rambling," I'm rambling aren't I?"

They all nodded as Iris walked over to Barry and placed a hand on his arm," which just proves my point. Now if we are going out tonight I need to find something to wear, I am not showing up to a club in slacks." She gave Barry a hug, said goodbye to Caitlin and Cisco and left.

"She's right, as much as I love my awesome cat shirt, I need to go change too. No way am I getting lucky while wearing this," Cisco grabbed his bag and headed out the door, leaving Barry and Caitlin alone. Barry could see that Caitlin was upset and let her know it was not her fault about what had happened between Wells and Jesse and that she was just trying to help.

"I know, but I feel like I should have just butted out of this one," she sounded like she had ruined a relationship with a father and daughter," I'm going to go talk to Harry, I'll see you guys tonight." Barry nodded and raced out of the cortex. Caitlin entered the room Wells had retreated to.

"She will come around, you know that right. She just needs time to cool down," Caitlin tried to strike a conversation.

"Thank you for the pep talk Ms. Snow but I think you have helped enough already," he remarked, clearly upset, which Caitlin could understand but felt offended by the tone in his voice.

"Excuse me," Caitlin replied with a little distaste," don't blame me for this, I tried to help like you asked."

"Help her or help me?" Wells questioned, rounding on Caitlin.

"Listen, Harry," anger and annoyance began to spit from her voice," maybe the reason she's shutting you out is because you're not trying to understand what she is going through right now," Wells tried to interrupt but she raised her voice, making him shut up," maybe if you helped her navigate her powers rather than just assuming they'll destroy her, she'd turn to you, rather than push you away." They stared at each other for a minute before Wells began to fiddle with a contraption next to him. Caitlin rolled her eyes and proceed to leave.

"Seriously, does he always have to dance like he is trying to swat away a bee," Iris asked as she, Barry and Eddie watched as Cisco and Caitlin were dancing. Barry just shrugged and laughed, feeling embarrassed for Caitlin, who on the other hand, seemed to be having a great time.

"So, you gonna ask her out," Iris asked, causing Barry to choke on his water, seeing as how he could not get drunk he did not bother with alcohol.

"What," he questioned, cleaning up the water he had spit up onto the table after being caught off guard by Iris's question," Ask who out?"

"Your girly friend that you like but don't like-like. You gonna ask her out?"

"Your still on this, don't you have better things to worry about than my dating life, like your wedding," he pointed out.

"Hey, the more she is asking you about your life, the less time I have to listen to why tulips are so much better than roses," Eddie commented, taking a drink from his glass. Iris gave him a look which made him change tones," Which they are, a hundred percent better. Who likes roses anyway. I love you." Iris gave him a look and then pinched his arm. Barry laughed and went to get another water, but when he got up he froze. He saw Kara, standing at the entrance of the bar looking around for, all Barry could assume was for them.

"And that must be Kara," Iris said, seeing the look on Barry's face when he saw her, the biggest smile stretched across his face. Barry rolled his eyes to Iris's joking tone and wave Kara down. She caught his arm waving and walked over to where they were sitting. Kara could hear someone's heartbeat racing a thousand miles a second. It took a moment to realize that it was Barry's heartbeat. She had been so grateful for the different colored lights that were strobing in the bar, that it hid her cheeks as they blushed.

"Kara, this is Iris," Barry introduced the two of them," and this is her fiancé Eddie."

"Nice to meet you," Kara shook there hands.

"You too, Barry has told me a lot about you," Iris gave Kara a friendly smile, one that seemed like they were already friends before they had ever met.

"Good things, I hope," Kara gave Barry a playful, yet curious look.

"Definitely, all good," Iris reassured her, giving Barry a wink which made him give her a look.

"Hey, where's Caitlin and Cisco," Kara asked," could they not make it?"

"Oh they made it alright," Barry pointed toward the two on the dance floor. Kara noticed Cisco's odd dancing and gave a confusing look.

"Is he trying to swat at a bee?" She asked.

"So you see that too," Iris commented, causing everyone to laugh. They waved at the two dancing and called them over.

"Hey Kara," Caitlin greeted her with a hug," happy you could come."

"Your crazy, scary sister isn't here is she," Cisco panned the room for Alex, rubbing his hand from the phantom pain she had caused him on their trip to the DEO.

"No," Kara smiled," she had to help a Hank with some government stuff." Barry smacked himself across the head out of stupidity, causing everyone to give him a look.

"I can't believe I didn't think to invite Winn or Alex," he felt bad for not including the others. Kara shook her head.

"It's fine, Alex had work and Winn promised to help a friend move."

As they all talked, Lady Gaga's Poker Face began to play. Kara looked around with excitement on her face.

"Oh my god this is my favorite song," she said getting up from her chair.

"Really? Because it just so happens to be Barry's favorite song," Iris looked from Kara to Barry with a smirk on her face.

"Really!?" Kara asked

"I wouldn't say favorite," Barry got a guilty smile on his face, the same one he got when he was trying to lie.

"Oh please, when we were kids it was the first song I heard every morning before we went to school," she told Kara, who just looked at Barry with a smile.

"Well come on Scarlet Speedster, lets see if those feet can do more than just run," Kara began walking toward the dance floor. Barry had began to decline but Cisco and Eddie lifted him out of his seat and carried him to the dance floor, Caitlin and Iris followed along.

After a few round of songs and a very embarrassing yet fun dance off with Cisco and Barry, the friends regrouped at their table, all laughing and panting from exhaustion.

"Man, I really needed this," Kara expressed," Thank you so much for inviting me."

"Anytime," Barry gave her a smile. Kara could still hear his heart racing.

"Well this has been awesome," Caitlin started," it was great seeing you again Kara, but I think it is time for us to go," she gestured to a passed out Cisco, who was sleeping with his mouth wide open. She poked him awake and led him out the bar, said goodbye on both her and Cisco's behalf. That left the other four to talk. They had spent at least an hour talking before Iris asked the one question Barry had been hoping she would be to drunk to remember to ask.

"So Kara, you have a boyfriend?," Iris asked, then received a look from Barry but ignored it," a girl like you has got to have a man snagged."

"No, not at the moment," Kara answered. This made Barry switch his stare of annoyance toward Iris to a stare of curiosity to Kara.

"What about James Olsen," he wondered what had happened to their slow going relationship. He had told her not to wait for things like relationships or they may pass by faster than you think, but at this point in time he had actually felt glad they had not worked out.

"He got back with his ex," Kara had a look on her face, which she could tell was about to make Barry to apologize out of kindness but she stopped him," they belong together. I could tell he still had feelings for her and I don't want to be the one to come between their happiness."

They sat there for a moment before Eddie piped in.

"Barry what happened to that Patty girl you were seeing," Eddie asked. Barry gave him a look like 'Really, you too?' Eddie returned a look that said 'she is making me do this' gesturing toward Iris. Barry understood considering that Eddie already knew what had happened with him and Patty.

"Yeah, Patty. Um, she went to school at Midway City University for Forensics Science," he replied, unwillingly having no choice," she said that she wanted to become CSI after catching her dad's killer and after we did she left."

"Well she missed out on a great guy, and same with this James Olsen guy, lost out on a great person," Iris commented.

"Thanks," Kara said," now if you would excuse me, I need to use the restroom." She got up and walked to the bathroom. Once she was out of earshot, or so they thought, Iris leaned forward to Barry with enthusiasm, a smile on her face.

"You should absolutely ask her out!" Iris stated, playfully punching Barry.

"That was not cool Iris, and I can not believe you helped her," he turned to Eddie.

"Come on man, she was bending my thumb back, literally," Eddie got defensive, rubbing his hand.

"Oh come on Barry, I have not seen you smile that hard since Patty, and even now I can tell it's something more. You really like this girl. I say you ask her out before some other lucky guy does, or even before this James guy breaks up with his girl again." Kara was walking back to the table, making sure to play dumb, not to show any signs that she had been listening to the whole conversation the entire time she had been gone from the table.

"Hey Kara, we where just talking about Eddie and I's wedding," Iris lied," and I was wondering if you would like to go dress shopping with Caitlin and I next week?"

"Um, sure, not sure how much help I would be," Kara played along, but got generally confused, not knowing if it was a cover story or an actual invite.

"That's fine, you're a girl so you automatically have better taste in clothing than these guys do," pointing fingers at Barry and Eddie who objected, "I'll let you know the time and day," she wrote down her number onto a napkin and gave it to Kara. "Wow, it's late, we need to get going," Iris noted after looking at her phone. She and Eddie got up from their chairs, followed by Barry and Kara, who had also noticed the time. They all walked out of the bar and began to part ways before Kara pulled Iris aside.

"Hey, weird question, but does Barry have a crazy fast heart beat since he can run really fast. Like did the lightning bolt that hit him change his heartrate?" Kara asked Iris quietly as the guys were talking CSI work.

"Not as far as I know, his heartrate is the same as ours," Iris gave her a strange look but decided not to question.

"Ok, just wondering, my friend Winn wanted to know. He is kind of a geek like that," she came up with a quick lie but could tell Iris was smarter than that. They returned to the guys and Barry and Kara said their goodbyes to Iris and Eddie. They stood in front of the bar for a few minutes.

"Thanks for the invite again," Kara said

"Thanks for coming, hope that pest problem was settled," he said with a smile, causing Kara to laugh. They began to say their goodbyes before Barry stopped her. Kara could hear his heart begin to race faster than before, slightly hoping he was about to ask her what she had over heard in the conversation. Barry opened his mouth but hesitated, then he finally forced himself to speak," um, Let Win and Alex know that if they want to, they are absolutely invited to come hang out with us next time."

Kara smiled, knowing what he had really wanted to say, but nodded her head. They both hugged and went there separate ways. Barry stopped, looking to watch Kara take flight, before speeding off. Kara looked down to see a red blur darting through the city below her. Her cheeks began to blush when she thought about what Iris had said about Barry's heartbeat. She smiled and flew back to National City.


I hope you all enjoyed this Chapter, i will try my best to get another chapter out as soon as i can. Please leave a review on what you think they are really appreciated. Thanks and i hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate it and a Happy Holidays to those who don't.