Part 33
Caitlin looked at Barry who still looked pale from the news that her mom had just given them.
"Barry maybe you should sit down. You don't want to pass out again." Said Caitlin
"Cait, you are pregnant with triplets. How are we going to handle that?"
"What are you so worried about? I am the one that will end up looking like a beached whale."
"No you won't you are going to be beautiful. More beautiful then you are now."
"Barry, don't say something you don't mean."
"Cait, I would never say something like that to you if I didn't mean it. I have always thought you were beautiful. I remember telling you once that some times great possibilities are right in front of us. But we don't see them because we choose not to. I am now looking at a possibility that has been right in front of me, but I didn't see because I chose not to. Cait, I know you don't want to rush anything. I don't either. But you know as strong as you are you are not going to be able to raise three kids on your own. We already know that at least one of these babies has speed force in them."
"Barry we don't have to be together for you to be these babies dad."
"I know. But you admitted to me that you are in love with me. I thought about not calling Linda when she gave me her number. You know before she gave me her number she asked if you were my girlfriend. I told her only a half truth. That we were just friends. But I wanted to say that I hoped that we could be more. But then we found out that Ronnie was still alive. So I wasn't going to stand in your way of being with the man you loved."
"Barry, if you had told me that there was a possibility of us being together I might not have chosen Ronnie. When we were at the air field to test your powers the first time you had known me less then a day and you noticed that I didn't smile. You are the one that brought joy back to me. I was in such a dark place after the particle accelerator explosion. If not for having to take care of you while you were in that coma, I might have taken my own life."
"I was shown how close you were when I was in the speed force. Cait, the world would be a much darker place if you weren't in it. Iris was really my only friend growing up. So I became blind to the person she really was. I realize now that she only changed her mind about how she felt about me after learning I was the Flash. Cait, you didn't care if I was the Flash. When Blackout stole my powers do you remember what you told me?"
"With or with out your speed you are still you Barry."
"I should have realized that you felt something more then friendship for me when Zoom was going to kill me after I gave him my speed to save Wally, and you pleaded with him to spare my life."
"You know he thought he could force me to love him knowing what a monster he really was. Barry, I never hated you. I was hurt and angry yes. But I could never hate you. But before we even think about us being in a relationship we need to stop Devoe."
"Cait, you really think we can stop a man that it seems is smarter then anyone we have faced before?"
"Well you did in the timeline Savitar was from. In a timeline I went full Killer Frost and Iris died. So with me on your side I know that we can stop him."
"That is good to know. Cait, you know that your apartment is going to be too small for three babies."
"I know. But even with that raise you gave me I really can't afford a house."
"Maybe we could get a house together. Before you say anything. Hear me out. You are going to need help 24 hours a day. So I was thinking we get a four or five bedroom house. We could put the babies in one room to start. You would get the master bedroom. I could have my own room and if we need a live in nanny then they would have their own room."
"You want to live in the same house?"
"Would that be ok with you? I mean I know it will take some adjustments on both our parts. I am not always the neatest person. But I would be willing to make an effort to keep the common areas clean and try and keep my mess to my room."
"How much of a mess are you talking about?"
"It's not like I leave dirty dishes everywhere. But I have been known to leave dirty clothes on the floor of my room. In high school Joe wanted to declare my bedroom a disaster area."
"I guess it won't be too bad as long as you try to keep you mess to your room."
"Cait, I promised that I am going to be here for you. We can look up listings and I will let you pick the house you like. I mean I will probably pay for it. That money Thawne left me is still just sitting in the bank."
"That's fine."
"We do need to agree on names for these little angels."
"Shouldn't we wait until we know their genders?"
"We pick one name each for a boy and girl."
"Ok then I want to name a boy after his daddy. Bartholomew Henry Allen Jr."
"Really Cait? You do know I go by Barry cause I hate my first name."
"Well we could call him Bart."
"Bart? You actually like that?"
"I do. What do you like for a boy?"
"Christopher Robert Snow-Allen."
"Actually that is not that bad. But I am not much for hyphening a name."
"Well I believe that a child shouldn't just have their dad's name."
"That is actually kind of sweet. I am going to guess that you would want to name a girl for your mom?"
"Actually I was thinking Elizabeth Nora Snow-Allen."
"I like it. Danielle Michelle Allen."
"I like it. So let's hope we end up with at least two girls that will be as beautiful as their mom. Then we can maybe compromise on a boy name?"
"That would work."
"Cait, you are amazing. I hope that you know that."
"Thanks Barry."
No names for the triplets are set in stone. So if you want to make a suggestion then I will consider any names given. But I have already chosen the gender(s) of the babies.
