Thank you so much to all of you who have commented or read this story. Sorry for the delay between posting chapters and that this one isn't that long. Also don't hate me, because this won't go the way you think it will. I promise.

She pulled back and looked at him, her eyes darting between his trying to understand what had just happened. She'd thought about what it would be like to kiss him for so long, since Hannibal Bates had looked like him and kissed her in fact, but here they were and she was at a loss. She turned a bit from him and he was worried that he made a mistake. He didn't want to lose her as a friend, if that was all she wanted. But he knew that she was someone that he wanted to be with, the signs had all been there he was just too blind to see them. Iris was a light that shined brighter than most which made seeing the truth about her all that much more difficult.

"I'm sorry," he started and Caitlin just shook her head. "Cait?"

"Don't apologize Barry," she smiled at him and reached out for his hand. "But are you sure that this is what you want? I mean…I know that things with Iris are over but –." She didn't want him to change his mind later. She wanted him to be sure but he cut her off.

"I wouldn't have kissed you Cait if I didn't want to," he said simply. He gave her hand a squeeze and then pulled her close to put an arm around her. "After ending things with Iris, I just thought about a lot of things. Hell I was thinking about things before I ended it but…what I realizes is that I'll always have you because you are…you. You are selfless and wonderful. You have been with me since the beginning and even after I treated you the way I did. You still came back." He looked over at her.

"You're one of my best friends Barry. Of course I'd come back," she started.

"But it's not just that. I had a crush on you for a while actually. But Ronnie came back and I figured that you deserved to have him back. I knew how much you missed him and then Iris started to show interest and I just figured that you and I weren't meant to be," he shrugged. "But when I was in the speed force, as I was leaving. I missed you, missed that you weren't there to say good bye to and that I may never see you again. It was why when I saw you, even when I was crazy, I smiled because you were there." He turned his head and kissed her forehead. "We can do this however you want, even if you don't. I just wanted you to know how I feel about you, before I missed my chance."

Cait just looked at him, amazed that he really was sorry for how he treated her that he even thought about her in the mix of everything that happened after. She let her arm lift and rest against his stomach. She closed her eyes and she took that moment to breathe him in, hold onto him.

"I don't want to spend all our time with all the what-ifs. We should take it slow and I certainly don't think we should go around announcing it to everyone just yet but, I do want this…with you," she lifted her head to kiss him again. He didn't hesitate to return it, only pulling back when he felt her lips go cold against his own.

"Hey there Frostie," he said with a small grin.

"Hey there handsome. Finally got your head out of her ass hmm?" she laughed. Frost would never admit it right away but Barry meant so much to her for so many reasons. Knowing that he wanted them too, that was amazing to even her.

"Yes I did," he grinned. "Now how was rescuing the meta from Amunet?"

"Right to business I see," she huffed. "Fine. Turns out she had a couple. Could only do so much ya know?"

"Alright well we'll have to keep an eye out for those two meta's we don't want Devoe getting to them if we can prevent it," he sighed. "I know that you all aren't really believing that Devoe is the guy but I promise he is. He's got a lot of people fooled but –." he felt her put her hand to his mouth to stop him.

"We trust you Barry. If you say he's the guy, then he's the guy. Simple as that okay?" Cait was back and he just let out a sigh of relief and pulled her in for another hug. How could he not already love this woman?

Devoe wasn't able to continue the realization that he wasn't going to win, that events had changed somehow when Barry Allen returned from the Speed Force that he hadn't been aware of. He knew that his plan had failed and his body was going to fail him too. There were metas out in the world now that he helped create and as much as he wanted to continue his plan he knew that he didn't have what he needed to do that. He was going to die and there was nothing that he could do about it. He looked up just as a red streak of lightening passed his house and a man in yellow stood before him.

"I think that you and I can help each other," the man said, his voice vibrating as he spoke. "How does a little time traveling sound to you?"

Devoe couldn't believe his luck. The reverse flash standing there offering him a chance to make this right. To get what he wanted. "What's in it for you?"

"Oh I get to ruin Barry Allen's perfect little life, that's payment enough for me," he smiled as he pulled the mask off of his face. Eobard Thawne wanted revenge, plain and simple. He would get it, no matter the cost. Barry Allen changed the timeline without even realizing it when he chose Caitlin Snow over Iris West.

"How do you manage that? Force him to pick Ms. West?"

"Take Caitlin out of the equation completely, and he won't even see it as being forced. We'll go back to after he comes out of the Speed Force but we'll make sure that Ms. Snow isn't around for him to consider an option," Thawne said with a grin. "Don't worry, you won't remember this conversation but I'll fix this for you." He sped off and went back in time to the day that Barry came out of the Speed Force. He just had to nab her before they found Barry. Easy right?