Part of being the fastest man in world is having the fastest thoughts in the world. He ran through a multitude of thoughts, mostly involving his little speedster... That was actually his main one, would his kid have his speed of some other form of Meta-Human power? He had no idea how any of this worked.
"Barry? Barry? Barry?!" Iris started to yell at him, this brought the speedster out of his thoughts and back into reality. Caitlin was sitting next to him, Iris on the other side. They were having dinner at Joe's house. Joe sat on the opposite side of the table to Barry, and Wally was next to him.
Joe scanned Barry's plate, "Hey Bar, you haven't even touched your food. Is something on your mind?" he asked. Barry glanced over at Caitlin, she nodded and she had a rather big smile on her face.
Barry hesitated for a moment and took a deep breath, Caitlin was gripping his hand tightly under the table. Barry grinned "Cait is... Pregnant" he confessed, Iris and Joe's jaw dropped almost in sync.
"Oh my gosh! That's amazing!" Iris exclaimed, she scooted over towards Caitlin, she hugged her tightly, "When are you due?!" she asked excitedly. Joe was speechless, but he was defiantly happy, he had a big smile on his face.
Joe chuckled a bit, Wally tapped him on the shoulder, "Congrats Pop, you're a grandpa" he retorted. Barry held a smile that stretched across his entire face, "We still have to go see a doctor about all the details, but... We're going to be parents!" he explained happily.
Joe stood up and waved Barry to follow him. Iris and Wally were sitting next to Caitlin and congratulating her and asking a few questions. Barry slowly walked over to Joe, in the back of his head Barry was thinking that Joe might go on one of his parenting talks about how he wasn't ready... It was actually quite the opposite.
Joe didn't have a disapproving look or judgmental one, but instead was a bright smile. Joe paused for a minute and hugged Barry tightly, after they separated, Joe left his hand on his sons shoulder and didn't dare lose his smile.
"Barry... I'm not sure what to say... In the past three years, I've seen you mature so much... The man that I see working on the city and saving countless lives everyday... That's not the boy that would be late to work and stumble over his own feet every other step..." Joe paused for a moment.
Barry had a smile on his face, "What I'm trying to say is... I'm proud of you and I think you're ready to raise this kid, but you'll need Cait... Do not lose her, this isn't something you can do alone" he finished. Barry chuckled a bit and nodded and hugged his father tightly.
"Thanks Joe" Barry said gratefully, Joe nodded "Wow... I got old" he retorted, Barry chuckled "That's what I've been telling you for years" he jokingly stated. The two walked back over to the group and joined the joyous conversation.
The Next Day
Barry was sitting on top of a building, he was trying to burn some time, "Dude no way. Bats would easily beat Superman" Barry argued. Cisco spoke over his comms "No man, Superman stopped a freaking bomb from hitting the earth!" he argued loudly.
"Bats doesn't even have any powers" he added, Barry rolled his eyes "I was with this guy for two months, he is ready for every and anything. Plus he has like a shit ton of kryptonite" he added, Cisco was about to say something extra, but Caitlin interrupted the two.
"Sorry to interrupt..." she stated sarcastically, "But the results are ready" she stated. After a moment Cisco replied, "Yeah... Wait, what?" Cisco said a bit confused. Barry was getting worried, Cisco was running a diagnostic test to make sure that everything was okay and normal with the baby.
"What? What is it?" Barry asked frantically, "Umm... I'm not entirely sure... I'm gonna need you to come back to the labs" he stated. Barry didn't say anything, he zoomed off at high speeds and quickly arrived at the Labs. He pulled off his mask and walked over to Caitlin's side.
"What's wrong?" Barry asked once again, "Well... It seems that what you said is right... The speed force is defiantly in the baby" he stated. Barry raised an eyebrow, "Wait... How can you tell this early?" he asked.
Cisco hesitated with his answer, "The speed form seems to be interfering with the growth of the stem cells" he explained. Caitlin's eyes widened, "Wait, you mean 'interfering' as bad stuff is happening?" she asked.
Cisco scratched the top of his head, "Not really... It's just that the baby is forming very fast and I mean... Very fast, but that shouldn't be a problem... Might be weird though" he stated. Barry was again confused by his best friends words, "Wait... How fast are we talking?" he asked.
Cisco muttered some numbers under his breath as he started to calculated, his eyes widened, "Well... The speed force in the baby will be exponentially stronger since it came through birth instead of the explosion" he explained "So... Maybe... Two or three weeks tops" he stated.
" .Shit" Barry muttered under his breath. Caitlin's jaw dropped, "What?! Weeks?" she exclaimed extremely confused. Cisco smiled and nodded, "I'm gonna assume you want to talk to each other... So... I'm gonna be over here" he pointed towards the other room and speedily walked out the door.
Caitlin looked over at Barry with an amazed look, "Wow... three weeks" she repeated Cisco's words, "Yeah... Sorry about that" Barry said with a cheesy smile. Caitlin rolled her eyes and grabbed Barry's hand, "This is gonna suck, but if anyone can do it, we can... I mean, we've tackled - Zoom, Reverse Flash, King Shark, and countless other powerful Super Villains... How hard could this be?" she stated hopefully.
Barry nodded and put on a fake smile, these next few weeks were not going to be fun...