So here we have the next part.

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Barry just wanted to curl up and die.

Well not literally...

But if he could he would have ran away to his room and would have locked the door until graduation.

Also he wondered if Daphne knew about all this buzz, though surely she did since his classmates, even those who didn't know him, already knew about the article.

He wanted to call her but maybe it would worsen things up, was she okay with the article? Surely a little more publicity wouldn't hurt...much, unless she had some secret boyfriend hidden somewhere.

Then Barry looked at Babs, he wanted to tell her that he wasn't dating Daphne and that he just liked her a friend, that the one he was in love with her instead. But that was not going to be good for either of them, he had already decided that he would let Babs sort out her feelings.

After a few minutes of receiving curious stares, questions and some threats, Barry saw Hal standing up and the jock yelled at their schoolmates "Enough guys! Allen will not answer any of your questions and now get out of here!"

Their schoolmates seemed a little surprised and ashamed, they started to go out of the cafeteria one by one until they could finally see Kara and Richard, for a moment Barry wondered if those two were together already but realized that the kryptonian wouldn't have started dating without telling any of their friends and they had only known each other for less than a week.

One couldn't decide i they really liked a person and wanted to date them after a meeting...unless they were Diana Prince.

Babs looked at the male Green Lantern with great surprise and asked teasingly "Since when do you defend your friends?"

"Since my best friend gains more attention than me" The brown haired boy said shrugging but everyone knew that he cared for Barry. They had been each other's first friend in Metropolis, then Oliver came by and so on.

"Yeah, no one likes to share the spotlight" Oliver muttered while crossing his arms and raising his chin. He hadn't liked Barry much when they met two years ago but had learned to like him, now his dislike was resurfacing a little bit. The archer just smacked himself mentally and told himself that it was just a little bit of jealousy.

"Talking about yourself,uh?" Kara teased him, she knew about his usual jealousy when someone stole the spotlight from him.

Oliver just snorted and gave Richard a look, as if he wasn't supposed to be there. Well, he wasn't actually supposed to be there, it was a super friends reunion only.

Richard seemed no to notice the look or didn't care, instead he sat beside the archer and asked Barry "So...how did you meet Daphne?"

"You know Daphne?" The blonde boy asked surprised. Oh, Richard had mentioned to Kara that he came from California like Oliver, though he hadn't said that he was from LA.

"Yeah, my father is one of the producers of her show" He shrugged it off as if it wasn't important, the same reaction Oliver used when asked if he was a Queen as in Queen Industries "She is nice..."

"She is ...one o the nicest girls I know" Barry said putting his hand on his cheek and started to remember his childhood "She was my best friend back in Fallville, we used to play Flash when we were younger while I was chased off by my bullies*"

"Wait" Babs asked really confused "Was there ever another Flash?"

The rest of the superheroes were confused too, they had assumed that Barry had came up with his alter ego name but now they knew he didn't. Taking his childhood superhero's name was the geekiest thing Barry had done but it seemed fitting.

The speedster nodded happily and responded "He was a superhero in the forties!...Well in the comics, he was in the Justice Society of America with Green Lantern and..."

"We get it, geek" Kara said and decided to change the subject by teasing him a little bit"So...you are famous now"

"I...didn't think that they would take photographs of us" He said pouting.

"Barry...the photo they used for article is from your Instagram" Hal pointed out while checking his feed "And since you tagged her in the picture it went viral" Then he took a photo of himself for his story and then took another of Barry's confused face.

"I didn't know that she was famous now..." The blonde boy tried to defend himself.

"Well according to her IMDb page she won a Teen Choice Award last year" Babs pointed out and when the others looked at her with weird expressions but she continued "Apparently she is going to film a movie..."

The kryptonian just rolled her eyes and looked at Richard who seemed mildly interested on Babs' babbling. Then she started wondering who she should take to the party, Barry seemed a good idea since her already knew one of the stars but maybe his girlfriend would invite him, and if she didn't she didn't want to get involved in the newly formed love triangle.

Her other options were Karen,Zee and Oliver. She cringed, they weren't good options for many different reasons.

Kara just groaned and put her head between her arms while trying not to feel a headache.

Being human-like was too tiresome and painful, how could humans live like this?

She was pondering on how long she would be without her powers when Babs asked "What's wrong?

"Nothing"

"You are lying"

Kara shrugged and said "I wouldn't be the first one to lie in this group, would I?"

Babs just fidgeted in her seat and stood up abruptly. Then she left without giving them a look.

"That wasn't nice" Oliver mock-scolded Kara, he knew she had every right to snap at Babs after the "accident".

"I wasn't trying to be nice"

"But you should be" Hal muttered taking a bite from Babs' discarded burrito.

"You are not my mother, Hally-wall" Kara put a strand of hair behind her ear and added with a smirk "You are not very nice either"

"At least I try"

"You don't" Barry scoffed.

"Now you are not being nice" Oliver snorted "And Bartholomew Allen is never impolite"

Then Principal Chapin's voice sounded through the speaker saying that classes were cancelled for the rest of the day and that they could leave.

Oliver had offered a ride to his friends, just to try and be nice to them even though they would always refuse.

It was just common courtesy, he knew that most of them used the school bus anyway.

He didn't expect Kara to accept the offer and to drag her crush with them, still he had made an offer and now he had to ask his driver to make a little detour before going home. He knew that his driver wouldn't mind much but that he would ask questions later as he had never given a ride to his friends after school.

"Thank you for the ride" Richard said and smiled a little bit.

There was something about Richard that he didn't like but he was raised to have impeccable manners and so he just responded "You are welcome"

The archer was looking at the new boy and had to resist the urge to put a hand on his chin, that would make him look suspicious.

Also Kara liked him and it wouldn't be good for their friendship if he scared her friend's crush...and Kara was a little bit silent for his taste.

"So...your father is a producer?" Oliver asked trying to make conversation, he didn't like silence and his blonde friend didn't seem to be interested in starting a conversation,so that left him with the little redhead.

Also he was supposed to be nice with everyone, that was why his parents sent him to public school...to improve his social skills.

"Yeah..." Richard looked at Kara who was playing some game on her cellphone, the blue-eyed boy nudged her arm and the blonde girl seemed startled at first but then she said "Oh, do you want to go to a party tomorrow?"

"Did someone invite you?" He almost snorted, the only ones to throw parties were Barbara Minerva, Carol Ferris and some upperclassmen like Michael Carter and Ted Kord, and those people wouldn't invite Kara.

Also Kara didn't like parties, he had tried to drag her to his other friends' parties and she always refused since "parties are dumb".

"This guy" Kara pointed to her crush with her head.

"Oh"

Figures.

"I suggested her to take you to the party as you two seem close" He simply said but for some reason the archer felt that he was hiding something behind that sentence.

Kara snorted but looked at Oliver as if waiting for an answer.

The blonde boy just shrugged and asked "Which kind of party?"

"The kind of party where you find actors and agents" Richard responded.

There was a brief silence and Oliver just smiled pleasantly and said "Why didn't you mention it from the start?"

Now it would be his great opportunity to finally catch a good gig and leave school teather forever, or at least he would meet interesting people who would eventually suggest him for the role that would make him famous.

"Just...dress nicely and everything will be okay"

Oliver resisted the urge to snap at him and say "I'm a Queen,I'm basically Star City's royalty,I know how to act and dress properly!" but instead he said "Yeah, I will" then looked at Kara "We will"

His blonde friend only rolled her eyes and crossed her arms while muttering "I'll just use my Saint Valentine dance dress"

"Was there a Saint Valentine's dance?"

"Yeah, I went with..."

Oliver interrupted her and said "I'll be there, just text me the time and place and I'll go"

"Great"

Barry was washing the dishes when someone knocked at his door. He just wished it wasn't a reporter.

That was a silly thought, how would they have known were he lived? Still he was wary since his mother had fend them off that morning after a few threats.

"Yes?" He asked faking his father's voice and peeking through the living room's window.

Luckily for him it was just Daphne, she was disguised...well kind of, if glasses and a hat were a disguise.

He opened the door fighting the urge to ran to his bedroom and pretend that he didn't exist. But that wouldn't be nice.

"Daphne" He greeted her trying to sound cheerful but failing in his attempt.

"Barry" She greeted him and ran to hug him "I missed you so much"

"We went for breakfast two days ago..."

"Still, I have missed you" She said still hugging him and after a few seconds she released him and muttered "I just realised that you have gotten taller..."

That was true, when he left for Central City she had been a head taller than him since he was about Garth's height and know he was taller than her, though she was only half a head shorter than him.

"I think I finally had my grow spurt" He just said and realised that they were standing on the hall and that the door was still open, he cleared his throat and said "Do you want to come in?"

"I...actually, came to tell you something"

"Is it about the...articlr about us? I..." He started to apologize but was interrupted by her as she put a finger on his lips.

"Before you say anything, you and I are going to a party tomorrow with my castmates"

"Uh..."

"I knew you would accept, now we have to go shopping" She said clapping happily "Don't worry, I'll be paying, consider this your late birthday present"

"I have to work..." He said uncomfortably, it wasn't that he didn't want to spend time with Daphne but he had a job.

"I have talked to Mrs. Candy and she said that you could take off this afternoon", so let's go" She said grabbing his arm and getting out of the Allen's house.

As the afternoon passed by and he tried on oh so many clothes that Daphne picked for him while arguing with the salesmen, Barry started to wonder why he liked spirited redheads.

He was on that trail of thought when Livewire and Catwoman appeared and started to fight with Cheetah in the food court while he and Daphne tried to avoid paparazzi who had heard that she and her "new boyfriend" were there.

And that's how he made mistake number one of that weekend.

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Zee was a little bit angry at Oliver and the rest of the cast. The rehearsal was tomorrow,not today and even though she had made arrangements to have the rehearsal that afternoon, had cancelled all activities for some reason.

Apparently Leslie and some upperclassmen had done something awful to or in thr lab.

She was mildly curious but she wouldn't ask anything as she wasn't sure if she wanted to know the answer.

Her maid had left her lunch on thr table before leaving and her father had left a note saying that he had some business to tend.

So, she decided to eat her lunch while watching TV, she was staring to like Secret Hearts though she wouldn't really admit it as it was far too sappy for her taste though most of the cast was good.

And Barry's girlfriend-not girlfriend was in the show which now made it more enjoyable.

She was planning on spending her afternoon watching the show but apparently life had other plans.

Her phone rang and the screen showed Barry's name.

Great.

"Hi" She tried not to sound annoyed at her call.

"Zee, I need your help"

"What do you need? Couldn't you have called Oliver?"

"Oliver doesn't have magic"

That perked her interest.

"What do you need?"

She heard some commotion in the background and a faint feminine voice, the speedster cleared his throat and Zee could swear that he was making a sheepish expression "I may need your help to erase someone's memory"

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*Barry was a great fan of Flash/Jay Garrick back in the day, he had a large collection of comics of the Golden Age and was really excited when he finally meet his childhood hero in The Flash (1959) #123:"Flash of Two Earths" , eventually "awakening" Keystone City during Crisis on Infinite Earths.

**I'm really sorry for leaving you without a story for a long time but I was having "writer's block" and as I have said before my health is not the best. I'll try to keep the updates regular but I have a life outside writing fanfics and that is university (yay,no yay)

***Sorry for making a short chapter but next week I'll post the last two parts of this arc and another AU.

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*****And finally, why do you think Barry is asking Zee for help?