Going Home Again ~Natalie~

****** This is my first Flash Fan Fic. So please tell me how I did and Please Review! ~Zeheria ******

It was June, summer, surprisingly crime was low, so only few members of the Justice League were needed for look out and apprehending suspects and crime doers. Naturally Flash a.k.a. Wally West, Volunteered to go on vacation. Also he'd gotten a call from some close family friends that he still needed to respond to anyway. Maybe he could crash with them. He grinned. He loved that family. He had his bags packed within seconds and was leaving head quarters, he had already told everyone goodbye and had one last goodbye flirt with the girls. Then he left for his vacation.

When he finally did make it to the house it was dusk, he drove his car, even though it would have been faster if he would have ran, but it was less conspicuous. He parked his car in the long drive way by the three car garage. Then he got his two bags out of the trunk and walked up to the main door of the house and rang the doorbell. A middle aged woman answered the door; as soon as she saw him she grinned and hugged him tightly around his neck on tiptoe. "Hi Mrs. Richardson, Miss me!?" Flash asked her hugging her back.

"Oh Wally, we missed you so much, especially Natalie, she's so excited that you were coming." Mrs. Richardson said looking up at him. Flash blushed. Natalie was about two years younger than him, they hung out a lot when they were younger and he began to like her a lot, then he went away, but he still visited her. But since joining the Justice League he hadn't been able to visit her. Then the idea hit him, where was she? Usually she'd be jumping for joy all over him, hugging him, a kiss on the cheek.Yeah he wished! But he knew that she should have been here by now. He blushed at the thought of how eager he had been to see her.

He looked back at Mrs. Richardson. "Say, where is Natalie anyways?" He asked her. "Well she didn't think that you were coming until tomorrow morning, so she went out somewhere, I'm not sure where though, she's suppose to be back at eleven." Mrs. Richardson looked at her watch. "Well its 8:57 right now, so almost two hours, until she comes home. Here come in, sit in the kitchen, help yourself, while I go set up the guest room." Mrs. Richardson said. "Alright, thanks!" Flash said as she led him to the kitchen. She then left him there, so he did his normal routine: Open fridge, Raid, Eat, Tadaa, Nothing to it! He sat down at the table and ate. "Hmmmmmm..." Flash sighed. 'I wish Natalie could be here.' He thought.

He missed her so much, and when he finally comes home, Natalie is no where to be found. Soon he finished and Mrs. Richardson came down to get him and lead him up to his room. She then left him there to set up his things and to look around. His room was upstairs, down the hall from Natalie's, he passed it on the way to his room, it was blue, as it had always been. It was her favorite color. On her walls she had sketches, drawings, a black cross candle holder, and a few other nick-knacks on the walls, along with a self of two. His room, the guest room, was a Green color with dark maroon boarders. Every time he visited it had been his room, always a little bit away from Natalie's room, but still close.

Bye the time he was finished unpacking and talking with Mrs. Richardson, it was 11:37, almost half an hour later than it should have been. Mrs. Richardson said that it was okay and said she'd be home soon, so she went off to bed. Flash went up into his room and stayed awake as long as he could, then he heard foot steps outside of his open window. Three figures were pushing a car up the driveway. They left it half way up and then they ran away to the main road. Flash couldn't see the car anymore, it was out of view. He decided to go down stairs to see who it was, he had a lucky guess who. He walked down the stairs until he heard something up stairs. He rushed upstairs, toward the quiet noise, but he couldn't find it, so he went down the stairs to see who was in the car.

The car was a sports car with a dark blue paint job and light blue flames on the hood and on the sides. He then heard a noise around back. The window to the second guest room was open and he didn't remember that window being open so he rushed upstairs, at his medium speed. He stood in the dark hallway, he heard some one walking on the carpet, they ran into the bathroom and closed the door, soon the sink was running and he could hear mumbling. 'Is she finally home?' He thought.

Over the running sink he could hear words like: Ouch, Damn, Ow, Grrrrr. Then the sink stopped and everything was silent. Then he heard the water drain and foot steps come near the door, flash rushed to the shadows, the light in the bathroom clicked of, and the door slowly opened, making sure that it didn't creak. Then a figure emerged and walked towards him, to go to Natalie's room, and then he found the light switch and clicked it on when she passed him. "Why so late Princess?" He asked her. She spun around fast with a little bit of a tear in one eye and then they widened and she smiled and jumped on him.

"Wally!!!" She nearly screamed. He grinned and bear hugged her off of the ground. "I missed you so much." She said in a half squeezed voice. "Me too Natalie, Me too! Where were you?" He asked. She was silent then but still hugging him. "I was at the bar, not drinking, I got to play driver." She said. "Sorry I'm late; I'm so happy your back! I've missed you so much." She said. He put her down, but she hugged him around his waist and laid her head in the curve of his shoulder.

Then she pulled back. Her hair was almost a mix between brown and blonde, it was long with bangs that passed her chin. Her eyes were midnight blue with flecks of marble grey and blue in them, they were almost like a starburst captured in blue orbs of truth. She smiled up at him. It felt as if his heart had stopped, she could always do that. When she smiled it showed a cut on her lower inner lip. He touched it and she gasped like it hurt.

"What'd you do?" He asked suddenly all ears for what had happened. "Ok, you know I just cut it open when I was putting on my helmet. I put it on too fast and I bit my lip." She said. He knew she wasn't telling the truth, so he tried the ulterior method.. He tickled. She ended up on the floor with him kneeling over her. "Come on, fess up." Flash said half laughing. "You were lip locking with some guy and getting vicious now weren't you?" He asked. Then he tried her ribs, one of her most ticklish spots, when he did. She gasped and said ouch, and started to double over on her side. "Ow, ow, ow, ow,ow,ow." She said. Flashes eyes were now full of concern. "Natalie! What's wrong!? Did I hurt you!?" He asked franticly. "What's wrong!? Natalie?!?" He asked very worried.

****** So how was that? What's wrong with Natalie and what happened to her while she was out? What will happen next and will Wally's / Flashes vacation is worth it; will he come to terms with is feelings? Please Read and Review! ~Zeheria ******