Kara and Barry got up the next morning really excited about the house they were supposed to visit as their luck with the other two wasn't stellar. Cat had gone to work early so it was just them in the house. They got dressed and walked the whole street to waste some time, besides the weather was nice and the two wanted to get some air.
At 8 AM on the dot the two were in the front of the large gate that was down the street from Cat. Strangely enough, they thought it would be a short hike, only to figure out that it was nothing but. Elisabeth was waiting for them in front of the house.
"Good morning, I see you two are excited to see this property" she looked at the two who were looking at the large gate.
"We're hoping this is something that we will actually be able to like and not have major damage to the building. You know how these old houses are" Barry voiced while the agent was opening the gate and they walked inside. First thing they noticed was that the walls of the property were quite high and sturdy, also there were trees planted around the edges that covered it from any sort of view from outside. After about 5 minutes they exited the forested area and they could see how large the plot of land actually was. The house was in front about 200 meters from the edge of the forest with another set of living walls as you could call them. Shrubbery that was about 1 meter tall and that had brilliant red flowers was surrounding the building. There was also a large garage on the side with doors where the couple could store cars. They knew for a fact that it was useless for them to buy a vehicle to get around, but it would be useful when someone else came to visit that didn't have their unusual mode of transportation.
As they passed it Kara began scanning the building for abnormalities. Much to her delight, the structure, no matter how old it was had intact support struts and nothing seemed to give the impression of any kind of damage. The basement was intact, there was no water like in the other place and it seemed pretty large as well.
"One point. I didn't manage to find any structural weaknesses. So this house is already better than the two that we have been before" Kara told her fiancée.
"I'm already liking it more than the others. Especially with the tree cover that faces the road and all around the property. That means we won't have problems if we use our powers around here as long as we're careful of people that would come in uninvited" Barry smiled back at her while the agent got her keys out and opened the front door.
Strangely enough when they went inside they felt like they were back in the penthouse in Central City. The house had a similar design, a large staircase in the foyer as they entered which was split to the sides of the house. Above them the stairs went up to the second level which was something that they wanted to see.
"As you can see the structure is different than the other two houses" Elisabeth began "While it does indeed have 12 rooms, it is smaller than the original one which you decided to skip"
"12 rooms sound fine. If we invite everyone here they will all have all the space in the world and more. Which is good, I would want to invite them over for a party or just a get together now and again" Kara's face lit up
"I'm with you on that one. We keep going to Central City, but they never manage to come here. To be perfectly honest our former apartment couldn't have held them all there. We have too many friends and family" Barry smiled.
On the bottom floor there was a kitchen and a bathroom which were on either side of a corridor that lead to something that looked like an office. It already had all the furniture and Barry noticed that all of it was solid oak, something that hadn't been manufactured in a long time in National due to the fact that it was heavy and the wood needed to be imported. As they walked around the room they saw a circular staircase that was going up. It seemed to go further than the first floor and it had no entrance to that floor either. The two decided not to ask what it was since the agent would probably get to that as well. The kitchen had a direct connection to the back patio, which could be closed with a pair of large shutters to limit access.
On the other side of the foyer there were two rooms. A large library which had shelves all around all filled with a myriad of book types. Barry managed to skim through them and found everything from philosophy to quantum physics. He was excited about them as was Kara. The other space was a large living room, at least 12 by 12 meters which had two doors that led out to the patio with the same shutter system that the kitchen doors had.
"Elisabeth, do all the lower floor windows have metal shutters?" Kara asked interested about the security of the whole thing. They wouldn't want anyone coming in uninvited.
"Yes, at night, due to the integrated computer system all shutters on the ground floor close and are electrified. You might have not noticed, but the doors have them as well, including the front door, but they are hidden well in the walls. If someone tried to get in, they will receive a shock that will disable them without killing them" the agent replied quickly seeing that she wanted to know more.
They went up to the first floor. On the side that had the kitchen above it there was a large game room with a pool table and a bowling alley. Barry was impressed that they managed to put something as large as that in a room that did not appear to be so big from the outside. Right next to it was another bathroom and beyond that one of the guest rooms. Facing the game room were another 4 rooms that were normal bedrooms, quite large and with the same oak furniture that seemed to be a theme in this house, in the middle of those there was another bathroom that would have probably served the four rooms around it.
"The game room will be a nice addition for the children. Small and big alike" Barry started to chuckle
"You can't wait to play some bowling, can you?" Kara read him like an open book, especially when he said that the room was for big kids. There was only one person he could be referring to and that was himself.
"No I can't" the speedster acknowledged her suspicions.
On the other side of the large staircase there was another large guest room with its own bathroom. Four rooms on the side which had in the middle another common bathroom and right at the end something that looked like a storage room. The two noticed that the part of the wall which held the staircase from the first floor had no entrance here, Which meant that there was only one other exit.
"This level is all rooms, if anyone come to stay over then we have a place to stay for everyone. Maybe even more than Barry and Caitlin have in their penthouse. Not that I'm comparing or anything" Kara explained
"You are correct. There is even room for multiple children. Since you decided to have 15 of them" Barry grinned and Kara started to blush so hard that the creeping red color on her face almost replaced her usual skin tone. The blush was so hard that even her ears started to become red.
"You do know I was kidding, right?" She managed to utter only to see her fiancée with a grin on his face "You`re pulling my chain, aren't you?" she asked quite bluntly while calming down a bit.
"Of course I am. But it was all so worth it just looking at you go red in the face" He started to chuckle in a low voice so that he would not disturb the agent.
They went up another level and noticed that the stairs that they saw from below came up from either side and converged in front of a large double door. On both walls as the stairs came up were two circular staircases that lead to two points of access to what they could only figure out to be some sort of attic.
"This is the master bedroom. Since the house had a different design before the previous owner bought it, the last floor was converted into this" Elisabeth explained.
When they entered the two were stunned. All the floor was one big room, which contained one large bed in the middle. On both sides there were walls that delimited rooms. One of them was a large walk in closet and the other was a bathroom. But not any kind of bathroom, it contained a Jacuzzi, a large tub which was more than likely meant for two persons and two showers instead of one. The toilet was on the back wall as well as two large sinks and half a wall of mirrors above them.
The room had inside shutters that would open and close to keep the people inside away from light, but they were metal as well and electrified just as the ones on the lower floor. What surprised them immensely was that on either side of the bed and the night stands there was a large door which lead out to a balcony. The view in itself was breathtaking. The house was on the top of a hill with a cliff side that overlooked National City. That part had been intentionally left bare of trees so that they could enjoy the view of the city. In the back of the room on the left side corner there was the staircase that was leading down to the office.
"This is amazing. The room in itself is something that you can see the previous owner has put a lot of thought into. It has practically everything. Even a nice balcony with a beautiful view" Kara looked very excited as she said this
"Now look who's being excited. You would love to have breakfast every morning looking over the city wouldn't you?" Barry started to chuckle seeing her reaction
"Me, you and a beautiful view. What else more would you want? At the old apartment the only view I had was the skyscrapers in front of it with the large publicity panels. This is quite a dramatic change from that" She quipped
"Besides, the things we can do in that Jacuzzi" Barry left his thoughts to trail off and when he turned he saw Kara blush hard. It wasn't his intention but from the silent nod she gave him, she was thinking about something similar.
The three went back down and went out in the yard behind the house. It was pretty large and contained another Jacuzzi and a pool. Gardens on either side and in the distance a stretch of meadow which was topped off by a large railing that was put at the top of the Cliffside. The two went to there and saw that there was a drop straight down, there was no way someone could climb that unless they had specific gear.
"Isn't this a security risk? I mean with a few climbers you can come in the back door and nobody would be the wiser" Kara pointed out that little flaw
"I think it can. Maybe we should ask" He returned and saw Kara nod. "I know it's nice to have a cliff face for a view, but this isn't a security risk? I mean people that can climb can come up and simply get inside the house. I'm surprised how the previous owner didn't see that as a problem"
"This particular cliff face is a natural monument and home to some pretty special plant species. Nobody is allowed to scale it from below or from above. If that isn't enough, the City has made sure that doesn't happen by hiding electrified wires in the rock wall. People would not be able to climb it at any rate. You two will be perfectly protected here" The agent voiced putting their worries to rest.
"Right then" Barry looked at the sales agent "Now for the elephant in the room. What's the price?"
"The house, and everything around it that I have shown you, is priced at 10 million dollars. The bid starts at 7 million and a half, if that is the way you wish to purchase it" The agent told them
"Somehow I thought it would be way worse priced. That will be good" Barry checked his phone and opened the banking app and checked the balance that he still had in the account. As per the discussion that he had with his younger self there were already 10 million on top of the money he still had in there from the other instances he had put money aside, from the time that he wanted to take Kara out on a date, including the money that he put aside for his proposal, for which he didn't use a dime.
"What will it be then? Do you want to go with the bid or with the buyout?" She asked looking at the couple who seemingly ignored her other remarks.
"The buyout. Send me the account for the payment and you will receive your money. I want the papers done as soon as possible, it just so happens that we don't really have a place to stay now since our apartment was blown up. The sooner you can get us that the better" Barry made sure that it wouldn't take a month to get their papers so they could move in as fast as needed inside the new home.
"I can have them ready by tomorrow. Is that satisfactory?" She punched up an account number on her phone "As soon as I get the transfer for the selling price" Barry transferred the money from his own account and they started back with the sales agent already talking to some of her contact to get everything ready. The visit had taken quite a lot longer than they expected, it was already afternoon so the two decided to leave to the precinct and check if there weren't any sort of pending cases that needed the expertise of a CSI. There was nothing else to do, but on their way out they got stopped by Chief Singer.
"How is it, you two? Did you find a place yet? Or you haven't even started to look?" He asked. He liked them and he was worried about the fact that their apartment had blown up for the simple reason that they were cops.
"Yes, we did. We already bought it and we expect the papers to be done by tomorrow morning, at which point we can start moving in and bring in whatever else is necessary in our day to day lives" Barry smiled at the Chief.
"So what did you buy? Just a normal apartment in yet another part of town? Or did you finally think to buy a house in the suburbs, considering that you two are about to get married?" the curiosity got the better of the good Chief.
"We bought a house. But it's not in the suburbs, it's actually in town" Kara smiled
"There are no houses in town, unless you count those on Marshal Way. But that is the rich district, nobody without at least a few million dollars in his pockets would even try to get a home there" Singer managed to voice his thoughts. Then he remembered the discussion from the previous day, somehow it totally escaped him the fact that Barry Allen indeed had that kind of money.
"Yes, actually the house we bought is on Marshall Way. To be more specific, 1 Marshal Way" Kara smiled at the Chief leaving him with his jaw on the floor.
"Wait, you bought the house that is right next to Cat Grant? The one on top of Monument Cliff?" He spoke not believing what he had heard from the two
"Yes, that's the one. We wanted something different, but we either found 2 bedroom apartments in the city, or a house in the suburbs. As much as I have been raised in the suburbs, I don't like to live there. We wanted something close or even in the city. Monument Cliff is inside the city, so … we thought, why not. Since money wasn't a problem anyway" Barry explained their thinking to Singer who smiled.
"So, you played the rich couple card" He smirked
"Chief, we would have been ok with a larger apartment to be perfectly honest. But a two bedroom won't be so helpful since both of us want to have kids. Suburbs won't work either, since I don't like them at all and Barry would rather be close to the city. If there wasn't such a shortage of places to buy then we would have probably gone with something much smaller and way cheaper. But if that is the only thing that met our needs, we bought it anyway. We didn't play the rich couple card, it was simply something that we had conditions for and that house is the only thing that fit" Kara outlined her thoughts trying to not give the impression to Singer that they just wanted to brag about their purchase.
"Congratulations on the new house. At one point if you two decide to hold a party or something, I'd like to come visit. Ever since I was a kid I wanted to see the view from that cliff, but seeing as the whole property was closed to visitors and the other owners were pretty much recluses, not even the police had much access there" Singer told the two which smiled at one another.
"Don't worry, Chief. You are welcomed to come over anytime. Just wait so we can get the house decent enough for visitors. Right now it's not." Kara chuckled.
"I'll hold you to that" Singer retorted "I have to go, I'm looking for a place myself after my apartment blew up"
"How is that going along?" Barry inquired knowing that the Chief had the same issues they did, only not the same amount of money to make everything happen.
"Slowly. My apartment is in renovations right now. It wasn't damaged as extensively as yours was. But it will still take a few weeks to get it livable again. I just need to go and oversee the construction and not forget to pay the hotel for my family" He looked a bit annoyed that the construction workers weren't moving faster.
"How about this? Let us get our house in order and you and your family can take up a guest room until your apartment is done. That way you won't need to worry about the hotel fees and anything related to that" Kara offered
"It's fine, I wouldn't want to take up one of the rooms that you might use" Singer smiled at the two
"Chief, the house has 12 bedrooms not taking into account the master bedroom. I think we have enough space to offer you what Kara just did" Barry said with a smile on his face.
"Ok then. I guess it's a deal. You need to tell me when I can come with my family thought. You did say you need to clean up the house" He replied.
"Yes, we will tell you don't worry. But you can stay with us until your own house is renovated" Kara chimed in
"Thank you. That will be a real help. I do hope they finish faster, I miss that old apartment to be honest" Singer replied with a large smile on his face.
"All right. We'll let you know when you can move in. We need to go now, it's getting late and we do need to get to Cat's before the gates are closed though" Barry replied. The chief waved them off after saying thank you once more and the two got out of the precinct. Kara sped around the city to get some pizzas and donuts and Barry left for China, the couple meeting up again after a few minutes in the patio at Cat's. They entered the kitchen and deposited the large amount of food on the table starting to eat.
Cat was late, so the two decided to just go get some rest for the evening. They knew that they had a long day ahead of them. A whole house to clean and to put in order. While that would not prove so difficult with the speed the two possessed, it would more than likely tire them and they didn't want to send for help on a cleaning job although, as Kara pointed out, 3 speedsters were better than one. However Barry replied that this was no emergency to call them so they had to make due. The blonde agreed, nothing was threatening National City at the moment and calling them just for a cleanup job was … a bit weird. Not that they wouldn't come help, but it wasn't really their problem since it wasn't their house.
The next morning they were greeted by a smiling Cat who was in the kitchen making some coffee.
"Late night, huh?" Barry smiled at the media mogul who nodded
"Had to go to a party to mingle with the rich crowd of the city, it was boring, but I couldn't leave till well after midnight. I'm going to be half asleep all day today because of it" she said with a bit of annoyance in her voice "What about you? Did you manage to find something you like? Or nothing yet and you`re out house hunting today as well"
"Oh no, we found what we wanted yesterday morning. We already bought the house and we're waiting for the agent to make the final property papers. Then we can move in and start cleaning everything" Kara smiled
"Nice, so … what did you buy?" She asked curiously
"Well, we first wanted a larger apartment, but that seemed pretty painful to find since there is a shortage. Then we moved to a house, but those were just in the suburbs. The only houses we found actually in the city were the ones in this neighborhood. After careful consideration and going to each one to see it, we bought one of them" Barry added
"So we're going to be on the same street. That is something I never thought would happen, so which house is it?" the media mogul inquired again
"1 Marshal Way. Or better said, the one right next door to you" Kara grinned "So we're going to be neighbors, not just living on the same street"
"Wait, you two bought the Vetrier mansion? That's wonderful, now you can come over for tea every morning if you want to, or I can come over to you , although I don't really enjoy walking through the woods" Cat quipped
"We're going to make a path at the back end of the property so we can come and go as we please. That applies to you as well. But more than likely it will be us coming over to you since we can be there in less than a few seconds. However, if you should wish to come over, you`re always welcome" Barry grinned at the media mogul who smiled in return.
"We'll figure that out as we go. When do you have to go meet the agent?" she looked at the couple and took a sip of her coffee. They wanted to go outside, but the weather started to become cold. No wonder since it was November.
"At 9 AM. By the way, we will be hosting Chief Singer and his family for a while. As you might have heard his apartment was blown up by a bomb the same day ours was. I hope that won't deter you from coming over" Barry decided to mention that small fact to make sure that no conflicts would arise.
"No, it won't don't worry. While I personally don't really like the man and he obviously doesn't like me, that won't stop us from being polite and civil with each other. Remember at the Museum opening we got along just fine" the media mogul grinned "Anyway, I need to get ready for work. I'll see you tonight, either at your place or here if you decide to remain for another night"
"Take care, Cat" Kara voiced and the two went to meet Elisabeth. She was like always punctual and was waiting for them in front of the house with a large set of keys and some documents. She had drawn up the papers to be for Barry and Kara Allen. That didn't really bother the couple since they were going to be married soon enough. They thanked her for the help, took the documents and the keys and started on their way toward the house which was now theirs.
"If you would have told me a few years back that I would be living in a mansion with the man I love and I am about to marry, I'd have thought of you a total fool. I didn't even think I would find someone after the whole messes that I have been through with relationships. Caitlin's words did give me some hope that I would find someone, but not this soon" Kara told him as they were waking hand in hand on the large alley that was connecting the gate to the large house.
"Me neither. I don't think I told you since we didn't really care what happened in my timeline, except the obvious informational purpose and you being curious, but the whole bombing thing that is new. Back in my time I and the other Kara were still living in the same apartment. So this whole, being rich, buying mansions and stuff is all new to me as well" Barry replied as they were walking
"Oh well. We'll get used to it … someday. Although to be honest I care way less about the house compared to the person I am going to share it with" she replied giving the speedster a short kiss. The two decided there wasn't time for lollygagging around so they sped to the house and started to clean inside.
One large surprise that they both had was the attic. The agent didn't take them up there while they visited and they thought it would be filled with junk. It wasn't, it was extremely clean, almost like the former owners lived here more than in their own room. There was a telescope in there that had been forgotten or maybe left when they left. The structure of the roof however was really odd. As they looked up they saw that it was made of glass, above which there was the actual roof.
"Why would they build it this way. It makes no sense to build the underneath out of glass and put the roof over it. What's the point of it being transparent if all you can see are the girders above it?" Kara looked surprised at the weird construction
"That doesn't really make any sense. Look at that telescope, it's pointed at an angle where you would see nothing, unless it has been moved. There are only 4 windows and those are not on the actual roof but on the walls that hold it up" Barry followed her train of thought with some of his own
"Could have they been peeping on other persons through that?" Kara suddenly realized what it could be used for.
"I don't know. Here. Stand where the telescope is and use your vision to scout around. See if it would offer you any sort of vantage point toward any of the other houses in the neighborhood" Barry suggested and she did exactly that. From that spot there was no direct route to any of the other houses, the trees that surrounded the house and were rather large blocked any sort of avenue that would permit the last owners to see anything beyond them.
"No. I can't see anything. This makes no sense." Kara spoke and took a look around the attic with her vision finding out that the roof was tied into a mechanism that had hidden connections to a lever on the wall. "Barry, pull that lever will you?" she pointed at what she saw and her fiancée went and activated it. A loud noise was heard and the roof started breaking into pieces. Large portions of it that were starting to come off and move toward the side sliding into place on either side. The outside roof was no more, instead the inner roof made of glass was there and they could see everything around them
"Wow, this is beautiful. Now I see what the actual role of the glass roof was. You can see almost everything from here" Barry managed to utter as he looked around. He ran down and saw that the pieces that were hydraulically moved by some mechanism had settled in a manner that looked almost like a fence around the glass room leaving it open to the light of the sun. He ran back to Kara "This would be an amazing room where you could recharge whenever you`re tired. With a little bit of tweaking the light of the sun could be collected and amplified to you, just like your suit does it when it turns transparent"
"No, that would mean that I would be the only one that would be able to come up here because of the heat. I want to leave it just like it is, so we can both enjoy the sky and the stars at night as well as the sun in the daytime" She replied while slowly dancing around the room. Her moves were graceful and slow. Barry was stuck watching her more than watching the sky outside.
They decided to close up the roof since there was something that looked like a storm in the distance, but they made a mental note about the beautiful spot that would be reserved just for them. Somewhere they could go bathe in the light of the stars and watch the sunrise and sunset.
Even with their speed, the cleanup operation took a little over 7 hours. While that was something akin to a full day at work, the couple was happy with the job they did. The house was dirt free with everything that needed cleaning already done. They even cleaned the pool and the outside Jacuzzi, even if the temperature wasn't really optimal for using them.
"Considering we only have a few things to put in the large dressed upstairs, don't you think it might be high time we went and bought some new clothes? We've been wearing these suits for since the day our apartment exploded" Barry looked at the clothes they were wearing.
"I would agree with you. These clothes need to be washed and we need to wear something else. Come on, since we already finished, we can go to the precinct and tell Chief Singer that he is welcome to bring his family over whenever he likes and we should go shopping" Kara agreed with her fiancée.
They left the house and went to the precinct. Nobody knew what happened to them except Singer told the others that he had given the CSI's a few days off in order to get their living arrangements in order, so most of the detectives were actually pretty surprised to see them at work. They talked to the desk sergeant to make sure the Chief was free and went straight to his office.
"Hello, Chief. You said to drop by and tell you when you can bring your family over. We're done with the cleaning so tonight would be a good time. We need to go do some shopping for food and clothes since ours got carbonized in the fire, but after that we should be at home" Kara spoke with a large smile on her face.
"How did you two even manage to get that house so fast in order. I did ask before, but do you guys have super speed or something?" he reiterated one of his earlier questions.
"Who knows, maybe we might" Barry grinned leaving Singer with his face on the ground. "The real estate agent helped us a lot. Since yesterday she had a crew cleaning the house for us so this morning when we went back, there wasn't nearly as much to be done as we were initially thinking."
"All right then. Well, you`re still off for today, so go do what you have to do. I'll get my car and my family and we'll be there later this afternoon" He replied.
"One reminder thought. Cat is a good friend and she might drop in rather frequently. I hope that won't be a problem" Barry told the Chief who was checking some papers on his desk.
"No, I thought that might be the case anyway now that you two are neighbors. We can work it out, there's no reason for us not to be civil about it. Besides, if she is indeed your friend, I doubt I won't be able to get along with her, if she keeps the same demeanor she does with you" Barry and Kara were a bit surprised by that statement, but Singer continued "I have seen now on several occasions how she acts around you two. You were right, the persona she puts out for the others is either a fake one or just the face she displays for people that like to suck ass to get ahead. She seems a pretty interesting person otherwise"
"Glad you figured that out, sir. She is indeed a great person, once you get to know her" Kara replied while the two were getting out of their chairs "We're off, we'll be expecting you to drop by later then?"
"Yes. After 7 PM when I get off work, that will be the first thing I do" he assured them. The two nodded and left for the city to do their shopping.
First and foremost they went and bought three more suits each. Mostly black, but not all of them. This time Kara decided that she would take the skirt version of them as well as the pants version. She was thinking about that discussion she had with Barry a long time ago about her actually wearing skirts to work. While she didn't really see herself doing something like that, it would have been a great way to get more sun into her cells, something that the normal suits would barely permit.
"So you finally decided to wear a skirt at work?" Barry snickered eyeing her as she tried on the suits she wanted
"It will help me get more sun in my cells, besides I know you like the view. But if you think that I'm going to bend over to look for evidence in them, you are sadly mistaken, mister" She gave him a large grin
"Aww, and here was I hoping that you would do that as well" He started to chuckle prompting her to hit him on the arm playfully.
"Barry Allen, you are such a perv, you know that?" She snickered.
"Sure I am. With such a beautiful fiancée who wouldn't be?" he started to laugh looking at her.
The next order of business was house clothes. That would be easy to fulfill, they got themselves two sets of track suits that would be worn when they had guests, the rest, shorts and a lot of different t shirts with all the brands they could gather. There were Flash ones, Blitz ones, frost ones and she even got a few Green Arrow ones just to annoy Barry.
"If Oliver gets the idea you prefer him more than me, I'm definitely not talking to you anymore. He will never let me hear the end of that" Barry cringed seeing her buy them.
"Oh, I don't really care what idea he would take out of that one. Besides, I'm pretty sure you'll talk to me if one of those Green Arrow t-shirts is the only thing I'm wearing" Kara started to blush slightly at the image of that, but Barry had a large grin on his face.
"I would rather you not wear anything, but heh, if that's what it takes then I guess I will have to rip them off of you"
"Barry Allen, there will be no t-shirt ripping. If you ask nicely enough you can always take them off me, but now that we actually have money to live in a mansion, that doesn't mean we get to destroy clothes" Kara was surprised how much resistance Barry was showing at her buying a few simple shirts "Be honest with me, did something happen in your timeline that made you think that way?"
"Just like I told you. Oliver saw you wearing his shield a few times and the started to tease me about how my girl of steel liked to wear his shirts more than mine. It was a bit annoying to be honest" Barry told her the truth having no reasons whatsoever to lie.
"Your girl of steel will wear whatever she sees fit. If Oliver starts with that, send him to me. But you know he loves to tease you, almost like he's an older brother. I think he will do that no matter what I wear." Kara smiled at him
"You`re right. If this isn't it then I'm sure he will find something else to tease me about. Meh, I'll have to deal with him in a way that shuts his mouth" Barry grinned at her
"Oh we will, don't worry. I don't like someone making fun of the man I love, even if that person is family" the blonde alien assured him. "I'm pretty sure I can ask Felicity to wear a few of your shirts so we can turn it back against him" she gave him a large grin
"You wouldn't" Barry looked at her and she nodded happily holding the same grin as before "Yes, you would. Well, that answers that then. Just have to make sure that if I tease him I'm ready to catch an arrow. I'm not impervious to damage like someone I know"
After they had done that, something caught Barry's eye in a store window. There were two silk bathrobes that in his mind Kara would look wonderful in. He went inside and bought them on the fly, Kara looking at him rather strange.
"What? We will have to wear something when we get out of that Jacuzzi in our room, won't we?" He replied to her
"That's kind of optional, you know. That whole floor is ours so we don't have to wear anything when we come out of that Jacuzzi. But I like the way they look, so, why not" She replied to him while they were carrying the clothes back home. They had quite a few bags and no free hands to buy food, which prompted them to return. They put everything in their chosen places and ran back into the city.
Barry thought it prudent to buy some other types of clothes in case they would be entertaining guests, so they stopped again at a store where they bought five different dresses for Kara, Barry being in the changing room and enjoying every moment of her changing, then he got two more suits that were not for work, but for a party. After that they had to run home yet again to leave their clothes, but returned to town a second time, where the first stop was the donut shop. Running around and after the 7 hour cleanup job they were hungry as hell.
The two finished eating and continued their shopping spree with essentials for the house and last but not least, a ton of food.
"Barry, do we even have enough freezer space to buy all this stuff?" Kara inquired
"I actually don't know, sweetie. I didn't really pay attention, but to be fair I didn't see any sort of freezer in the house. Wait here, I'm going to go check" he replied and was gone. He came back after a couple of minutes.
"You`re the fastest man alive, what took you so long?" She chuckled making fun of him
"I didn't know where to find the freezer. We have two medium ones in the kitchen behind a small fake wall and really large one in the basement. It looked like it was designed to store a lot of meat. So yes, I think we have all the space we need to buy all of this stuff and more" the speedster replied
"Good. Then it means we can buy more, I know you like to cook and I like to do so too with you, no point in just eating pizza all day. Pot stickers however are still on my menu" she grinned. It took them another hour until they finally returned home. They changed into house clothes and started putting everything away until they heard an unfamiliar sound. Something was beeping, like an intercom of some sort. They found the unit in the foyer and Barry answered. It was Singer, he was at the front gate and he needed to be let in. Barry did so and they continued to put the food in its place with their speed as long as they didn't have guests. They barely managed to finish when someone knocked at the door.
"Welcome, Chief. Come in" Barry replied and shook the hand of the man that was at the door. Behind him there was his wife and his two children.
"No point in calling me Chief while we're not at work, Barry. My name is Mark. This is my wife Alyssa and my two children, Andrea and Timothy" He presented his family. Kara came into the room. "This is Barry Allen and his fiancée Kara Danvers. They are colleagues of mine down at the precinct"
After the introductions were over, the couple showed the Singer family to their rooms. Mark was surprised, the house was enormous, but he started to fidget when the couple told him they would occupy more than a room.
"You sure we can have more than one, I mean the guest room you put us in is huge" He kind of backtracked.
"There is no one else here at the moment, so as long as we don't need the space I don't see why the kids shouldn't have their own room. Besides, we don't really have furniture that would allow them to sleep with you. If you haven't seen, there is only one large bed in each room, they weren't made to hold more than two people. While that might change later, that's how it is now" Kara said with a serious tone.
"Don't worry about it, just make yourselves at home. You will be here for a while" Barry replied making the chief and his family smile "You two, would you like to see the game room?" the speedster smiled at the children who instantly started to smile. He went with them to show them that, leaving Kara with Mark and Alyssa down in the kitchen.
"This is a beautiful house" Mark's wife interjected in the conversation "It must have cost a ton"
"It did, but it was the only thing that was even near to what we wanted. We already told Mark why we bought this instead of a normal apartment" Kara smiled while she was getting some tea ready.
"It does help having a fiancée whose a millionaire though, doesn't it?" Mark started to chuckle.
"It does indeed, but you know he doesn't care about that. He just wants me and I have nothing to argue when that is concerned, since the last thing on my mind right now is how rich he is. I knew him when he had nothing and back then, just like it is now, I only wanted him. Nothing has changed in that regard. Besides, the Allen family is filthy rich, me and Barry on the other hand, we just want to live our lives with each other, have a family and children together" Kara replied surprising the two people that were at the table.
"This Barry Allen is the brother of the man who owns the STAR franchise. Labs, STAR West and the other laboratories all over the country" Mark explained to his wife.
"Ah, all right, I had no idea who Kara was talking about" Alyssa replied. "I should go check on the children, no offense to your fiancée, but I am not really comfortable not having them around, since this house is so large" She went up while Mark and Kara continued to talk. She watched from the door while the speedster was playing with the children. It was all fun, he was making sure that the two would not hurt themselves either with the large bowling balls or with other things that were in the room. Seeing that he is very careful, Alyssa calmed down a bit and went back to the kitchen.
"Back already?" Kara asked her with a large smile.
"Yes. He will make a great father one day, Kara. I was watching him as he was playing with our kids. He has an innate talent for it, that I don't think he even knows about. The kids are safe with him, Mark, no point in keeping an eye on them" She told her husband who nodded.
"I know he will. He might be a large child at heart, but he is a very responsible person when push comes to shove. That is one of the many reasons I love him so much" the blonde replied to her guests.
The first thing that Mark did was to go outside to the end of monument Cliff and watch the sunset with his wife. Kara remained in the house and watched Barry play with the kids, not interfering in the laughter and the fun that the three were seemingly having. However, he did manage to catch her watching.
"Not keen on playing with the kids?" He asked while he watched Andrea
"Oh, I'm keen on playing with the kids, but when I see you with them I start to think Alyssa might be right" She offered him a bright smile.
"What was she right about?" the question came while the speedster helped Timothy throw a large bowling ball down the ramp
"That you will make a great father someday. You have an innate talent when it comes to children that even you don't realize. That's why I'm just sitting here watching, I love seeing you play with them" The answer came and he smiled brightly. She did come in however and the couple started to play with the kids while Mark and Alyssa were watching the sunset from the top of Monument Cliff.
Night was settling in after the couple finished playing with the children. Everyone went to their rooms as Barry and Kara went up to the master bedroom and locked the door. They liked that it had that feature, while they knew their guests would more than likely knock and not enter unannounced, the children might have.
The two were beat from all the work that they had put in for the day so they took a bath together and just plopped into the bed going to sleep quite fast. It was the first night of many that they were going to spend in this new home. Their home.