Author's Note: So this should be the last chapter for Bruce Wayne. He may reappear later but I think he's done for a while. After this I'll be moving on to Flash Vs Arrow. I own nothing.

37. Goodbye For Now

Iris smiled as the photographer snapped a picture of her and Eddie. Mr. Wayne had gone all out for this Gala, he'd even rented the ritziest place in town, a ballroom of a large fancy hotel just outside Central. Iris was very excited, she loved things like this, Eddie snagged a glass of champagne for each of them and held it up in a toast. She grinned and clinked her glass against his gently before taking a sip. Eddie followed her lead then his eyes went wide. Iris frowned turning to see what he was looking at. Her mouth dropped open as she spotted the couple who had just come in. It was Barry, on the arm of the one and only Bruce Wayne. Barry waved nervously at Iris just before they were pulled aside for a picture. Before too long Barry and Bruce made their way over to Iris. She whistled.

"Barry, you look fantastic!" Barry blushed and turned to Bruce.

"Iris this is Bruce Wayne, Bruce this is my sister Iris." Bruce bowed slightly and kissed the back of Iris's hand. She blushed slightly.

"I hear you got Barry here in some trouble yesterday." Barry shook her head at Iris.

"He didn't get me in trouble. It wasn't his fault." Bruce bowed his head slightly.

"Well you did push me out of the way of the shot. You saved my life Barry." Iris smiled.

"And it looks like you're spoiling her rotten as a reward." Bruce nodded, smiling at Barry.

"As much as she'll let me anyway. Your sister is far too humble for her own good." Iris agreed fervently. The four of them were interrupted when one of the well to do of Central City came over to talk to Bruce.

The party was long and beautiful, many of the well to do of Central were there and made large donations to the CCPD. Barry and Bruce were forced to separate after a while so Bruce could wine and dine with his fellow millionaires. Barry's coworkers were a bit surprised to see her looking so nice and a few of them asked her to dance. She danced with a few but not too many. She and Bruce got a dance or two in between his smoozing but Barry was starting to feel a bit stifled by all the people most of whom she didn't know. Silently she slipped out onto the second-floor balcony, only one person noticed her leaving.

Barry was leaning on the railing when someone draped a jacket over her back. She looked up and smiled at Bruce. He nodded and leaned against the railing next to her. They stood in silence for a moment. Then Barry turned to hand him back his jacket.

"Thanks for the gesture but I'm ok, it's not too cold tonight." Bruce nodded folding his jacket over his arm.

"You alright Barry?" She nodded.

"Yeah, just got too crowded in there." Bruce nodded again. He pulled something out of his pocket.

"I have something for you." Barry rolled her eyes.

"Honestly Bruce this is all a bit too much. I can't accept anything else." Bruce smiled slightly and pulled out a small jewelry box. He popped it open revealing a silver bracelet with diamonds set around the circumference and a ruby at the center. Barry raised an eyebrow.

"Mr. Wayne, I can't accept that. It's too expensive." Bruce shook his head.

"No this isn't just a bracelet. It's a promise. If you ever need help, if one of my villains ever comes to Central again, press the ruby. It will only react to your fingerprint. I'll come to help." Barry smiled and slipped the bracelet on.

"I apricate that Bruce. And if you ever need me in Gotham I'll be there in a flash." Bruce raised an eyebrow at her pun and she gently shoulder bumped him.

"Oh, come on it was funny." Bruce shook his head and pecked Barry on the cheek.

"You're a wonderful woman Barry. I hope you find someone who apricates that." Barry smiled slightly as a cloud slipped lazily in front of the moon.

Oliver glared down at the newspaper in front of him as Dig worked on sharpening a quiver full of arrows. Felicity was in front of the microscope with the residue she'd managed to pull off the mystery boomerang. She made a noise somewhere between triumph and frustration. Dig looked up and raised an eyebrow.

"You ok Felicity?" She nodded.

"Yes, but I can't work out anything else about the boomerang, only that there are trace amounts of iron on it." She seemed to think for a moment.

"There's a possibility, it's a bit of a long shot but it could lead to something. But again, it's a bit of a long shot." Oliver slammed down the newspaper disgusted by the image of Barry dancing with Bruce Wayne.

"Felicity just tell us." Felicity sighed.

"Central City has the highest concentration of Iron in the US." Oliver froze and Dig chuckled darkly.

"And also Oliver's supposedly superpowered ex." Oliver rolled his eyes.

"Barry and I parted on mutual terms, we are both adults. Do you honestly think we could find out something about this boomerang in Central?" Felicity shrugged.

"It's the only thing I can think of." Oliver nodded.

"Alright. We'll head to Central tomorrow." Felicity nodded and checked her watch, she apologized sighting something about a date with Ray as she quickly left. Diggle turned to Oliver.

"Are you gonna call her Oliver?" Oliver shook his head.

"No. No need to do that." Diggle sighed and went back to sharpening arrows.

"Alright, Mr. I've-Moved-On." Oliver glared at him but Diggle didn't dignify his glares with a response so Oliver eventually gave up but instead of going back to his newspaper he moved over to the salmon ladder to work off some of his frustration.