say you won't let go
I wanna live with you
Even when we're ghosts
'Cause you were always there for me when I needed you most
Say you won't let go
— "Say You Won't Let Go," James Arthur
Star City, Oliver's home.
"Ollie, didn't you tell me that guys like us didn't get the girl?"
"Yep," Oliver said. "I was wrong." He strode off with… was that a smile Barry caught on Oliver Queen's face?
As a smile broke over Barry's face as well, he thought about his friend's words. "Being with Felicity has given me a real sense of peace."
And even in the midst of everything crazy going on, the only moments when time seemed to slow down was with Caitlin.
Barry found himself thinking of the second half the song that played in his mind the first night he slept over at Caitlin's after karaoke:
I knew I loved you then
But you'd never know
'Cause I played it cool when I was scared of letting go
I know I needed you
But I never showed
But I wanna stay with you until we're grey and old
Just say you won't let go
I'll wake you up with some breakfast in bed
I'll bring you coffee with a kiss on your head
And I'll take the kids to school
Wave them goodbye
And I'll thank my lucky stars for that night
If only he'd said what he felt. If only he spent time facing his feelings instead of doing what he did best — running.
"I'd like to propose a toast," Oliver said, and Barry turned to face his extended "family," wondering what Caitlin was up to back in Central City.
S.T.A.R. Labs.
"It's really sweet of you, protecting Barry," Caitlin said, looking up at Jay.
"Barry's not the only one I'm protecting," he said, his blue eyes seeming to bore into her soul. And as he bent down, his lips making a beeline for hers, she backed away hurriedly.
"What're you doing, Jay?" she asked, laughing nervously.
"What I should've done a long time ago," he said.
The words sounded familiar — just like Hannibal Bates had said when he had kissed her as Barry. She continued to back away until her back hit the wall. She never took Jay as the type of guy to give her the creeps, but she was getting definite creepy vibes from him.
There was something about his eyes that unnerved her. They were flat and determined. Almost smug.
"I… I don't see you that way, Jay," she managed. I have to get out, she thought, panic rising in her throat.
"Maybe not yet. But you will."
"I don't think so." Her voice managed not to waver. Caitlin was proud of that.
"I think you're wrong." He was inching closer, stalking her like a predator about to pounce on his prey. He seemed to enjoy toying with her, watching her squirm.
"I —"
He was inches away from her now, his back solidly blocking the doorway and any chance of escape.
"I think it's time you stopped mooning over Barry Allen. You don't mean anything to him anyway. He only has eyes for Iris West, and the rest of you are just there to help him out as the Flash. Nothing else matters to him. Why don't you see that?"
Caitlin swallowed.
"You deserve someone who will care for you more than Barry ever would. He's w — "
She never did find out what Barry was, because Jay crumpled to the ground. She looked up to see Harry in the doorway, a taser gun in his hand. "Seemed like you needed some help," he said.
"Where did you get that?" she gasped. It was the same taser gun that the fake Dr. Wells had used on fake Barry.
"Found it. Seems like it came in handy. Are you okay, Snow?" Harry asked.
"Yeah… that was really weird though. What should we —"
But Jay was already getting up and running out of the room.
"— do about him," she finished.
Harry's clear blue eyes narrowed. "Something's not quite right about this Jay Garrick," he said.
"What did we miss?" Barry asked, striding into the room. " We found out that Kendra has wings and that an Immortal is coming after her so…"
"We found out who Zoom is," Caitlin and Harry said in unison.
Barry and Cisco's jaws dropped simultaneously.