Barry sighed. He had always hated talking about his mom, part because he missed her so much, and the other part because it made him sad for the rest of the day. He felt bad for Kara, she was uncomfortable, but he was afraid that she would ask more if he went after her. Finally, he made the decision to go talk to her, and tell her; no harm was done. Even though this was not quite true.

He sped into the park and sat down on a bench next to her. "Kara, I…"

"No, Barry, don't apologize," said Kara, looking him in the eyes. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have brought up your mom. I could tell you hated talking about her, I could tell it made you sad, I just couldn't shut up my big fat mouth. And I definitely shouldn't have brought up love. I'm just so, so sorry, Barry."

"Kara," he said, taking her hands in his. "The biggest reason I hate talking about my mom isn't because of her. I just, don't want you to think I'm, crazy."

"Barry, why would I think that?"

Barry sighed. "After mom was killed, I was asked to tell the police what I saw. When I told them what happened, they didn't believe me. They all said that I was crazy. That I was just trying to cover for my father. So they sent dad to prison. And then I met you, and you were just like me, and I didn't want to risk our friendship by telling you my mom was murdered by a- a 'lightning man'."

Kara squeezed his hands. "I would never think you're crazy, Barry. You're amazing.''

He stared at the ground. "I know." He paused and stood up. "Come on, you need a place to sleep for the night. You can stay in my apartment." She gave him a weird look. "What? I meant in the guest room."

"Oh." Kara stood up and took Barry's hand. "Lead the way."

When they got to the apartment, Barry pointed to the second bedroom. "There. Make yourself at home." He fell onto his bed. "I'm really tired, though, so I'm gonna go to bed."

"Same here," said Kara. "see you in the morning." She went into her room.

Barry sighed and closed his eyes. He thought about Kara, and Iris, and his mom. Soon he fell asleep.

Smoke filled the air, clogging Kara's mouth and nostrils, suffocating her. Dark tendrils wrapped around her loved ones, but their screams were drowned out by the sound of the ground shaking. She tried to fly but invisible ropes held her to the ground, bringing her to her knees. She screamed and yelled and thrashed but the sky just turned blacker and blacker, bringing endless night. She watched as Winn and Alex were choked to death by the darker vines that had trapped them. But she couldn't do anything to save them.

Kara woke up to the sound of screaming and then realized that it was her own. The door burst open and the sight of Barry's worried face made her remember the dream and she started shaking. "Kara? Are you okay?"

She nodded, standing up, "Yeah, yeah, fine. Just a...nightmare." She shuddered.

Barry put his hand on her arm, balancing her, "Yep. As heroes, we do get a lot of those, huh?"

Kara smiled weakly, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. "Let me change, we have to beat this Death Girl character." Before Barry could say anything, Kara was standing in a blue long-sleeved shirt and jeans. She rolled up her sleeves and tied her hair into a messy ponytail. "Ah, it feels good not to have to wear glasses." She laughed.

Barry did too. "Remember our conversation on your earth? About… seeing things at super speed?"

"You did not!" Kara giggled and playfully punched his arm, careful not to make it hurt that bad.

Barry had the 'I have an idea' look on his face. "How about we go outside today as Supergirl and The Flash but in civilian clothes?"

Kara tilted her head, "What do you mean?"

"You don't wear your glasses, and I just wear a mask," Barry explained.

"But why?"

"I do it once in awhile, it makes the public feel closer to us. Like we, in a way, are just like them."

Kara nodded, "I kinda like that idea." She jumped out the window, landing on the street outside.

Barry joined her, sporting a red leather mask. He ran down the street. "Think you can keep up, Girl of Steel?" He purposefully chose the same phrase as he'd used the first time they'd raced.

"Oh, just you watch, Scarlet Speedster." She ran past him and launched herself into the sky. She stuck her tongue out at him from above.

He returned the action, putting his hands on his hips. "That's not fair. I can't trip you up now!" Kara landed, "Like you would do that." By now, a crowd had gathered, watching the heroes play. "We should go, we have things to do, villains to fight-"

"-Babies to kiss." Barry interrupted her.

Kara frowned, tucking a strand of loose hair behind her ear.

By then, Barry had already started running towards Star Labs.

Changing into her Supergirl costume, Kara flew after him, faster than the crowd could blink.