A/N: Sorry this update took so long. I am mother to a lovely 10 month old girl and I just didn't realise it would be so hard to find the time to write the next chapter of the story. It also doesn't help, that I still don't fully know where this story is going. But I am learning and I am making progress.

Also, I changed the way I was writing my story as my partner pointed out that I'm doing POV's of each character but I'm not doing them in first person in the character. So I tried to do it the way he stated and hopefully the quality of the story telling didn't go down. Enjoy! And please let me know what you think. Thanks!

Lou POV

"Cisco? Caitlin?" Barry asked the two figures standing by the door.

I grabbed his shirt straight away and pulled him towards me so he could hear me whisper "Barry, what are you doing?!" I asked him, almost pleading with my voice. "You said you'd be on your best behaviour?"

"Yes… Can we help you?" Cisco replied before Barry could answer.

"Uhh… this is my sister Gemma Louise Allen. She's here for an interview today" Barry replied nervously.

"Yeah, okay. That's cool. But how did you know who we were?" Cisco asked.

Wait… how did my brother know their names? I look at Barry forcefully and hope that he can find an excuse to get out of this one or I am seriously thinking of disowning him as a brother. He's shifting on his feet. Oh no… I wish someone could save me from the embarrassment about to happen.

"Oh. Ah I'm a huge science nerd so I am extremely obsessed with S.T.A.R. Labs and since my sister was going in to interview here, I thought I'd have a look at the employees that work here. I figured you two would be the ones to interview her. It was a lucky guess" Barry smiled confidently before winking at me. I almost want to punch him but I stop myself and look up at the sky, praying to God that they accept this excuse.

"Well that's good of you, Mr Allen. Though I don't think CCPD would appreciate you using their resources to dig around S.T.A.R. Labs instead of working on your cases" Caitlin replied with a smile. I stood there looking back and forth between Caitlin and my brother. I could see Cisco doing the same thing. They're both staring intently at each other like they were trying to read each other's minds. I didn't think Barry knew anyone from S.T.A.R. Labs. Why would he hide this from me?

"Um… how did you know I was working at CCPD?" my brother Barry asking the million dollar question right here.

"We also do our own research here, Mr Allen." Caitlin replied, not so convincingly I might add.

"We do?" says, Cisco incredulously. Even he isn't fooled. Something weird is going on here. And I know it has something to do with my brother. But I can't figure it out. I'll make sure to reach out to Iris later.

"Yes we do" says Caitlin and now she is staring at Cisco the way I was staring at Barry just mere moments ago. Looks like it works because Cisco just starts nodding in our direction.

"Um anyway, yes. Gemma, we were actually waiting for you to arrive. Your CV is quite outstanding so we decided to include an orientation with your interview…" Cisco starts talking and I can barely understand what he said after that because as soon as he said the first part, I've become giddy with excitement. I'm almost sure I'm smiling like an idiot.

"Cisco, lead the way. Barry, you'll also be joining us on the tour. After you, Gemma" gestures Caitlin towards the door. I stay rooted where I'm standing as I try to comprehend what she just said to me. Why does Barry have to come? This is getting weirder by the second. I look at Barry and he just smiles at me. He holds me by my arms to try and make me feel like everything is okay but I'm not sure. I start walking towards Cisco and I'm sure I see him whisper something to Caitlin before I reach him. I look back at Barry, and he smiles and nods at me, willing me to go ahead. I decide to go ahead with this for now and ask him questions later.

As soon as I step into the door I hear Barry say, "You know who I am"

Barry POV

"You know who I am," I say to Caitlin when I know Cisco and Lou are out of earshot.

I say it as a statement and not as a question. I don't know why, but my gut tells me that Caitlin knows. Caitlin knows which Barry I am and why I'm here. And as I stand here looking at her and waiting for her to answer, I have this feeling that I know, that she's my Caitlin. I mean, from my original timeline, and not this current one. I don't know how and I don't know why, but I just know that it's her. She looks at me and starts to relax her shoulders. Before I know it, she jumped towards me and had started hugging me. And my instincts follow and I hug her back. Before I can say anything, she's removed herself from me and started to drag me inside S.T.A.R. Labs to follow where Cisco and Lou have gone.

"Nice of you guys to finally join us" Cisco says sarcastically. God I've missed Cisco. I wish I could give him a hug too, but I have a feeling that he doesn't recognise me so I better not. I look over to Lou, and she looks at me disappointingly. I try to go up to her to reassure her but Caitlin stops me in my tracks. I look back at Lou and she shakes her head and walks off with Cisco. I look back at Caitlin waiting for her to explain what she had just done.

"I know who you are" she simply says.

"What? What do you mean?" I try to ask her calmly even though my heart is beating a hundred miles an hour. And she smiles at me.

"I know who you are, Barry Allen. The Flash." She whispers the last part, making sure no one can hear. She pulls me closer to her and we start walking behind Cisco and Lou. We pretend that we are there for the tour even though there's clearly something we have to discuss.

"There's no way. H-How… How is this possible?" I try to keep my voice quiet as I ask her this. As much as my gut tells me that she's telling the truth, there's no way of knowing for sure. It's just impossible for her to be there. She's not a speedster and she can't travel through time like he can.

"That night, after we defeated Zoom, after you spoke with Iris on the porch… I tried to stop you, Barry" she says like it's supposed to explain everything. If anything, I am more confused than ever. I don't remember seeing Caitlin at the porch before I left. All I remember was saying goodbye to Iris and leaving. I guess she could see the confusion on my face because she starts to explain again.

"That night, after your talk with Iris, I saw that she was upset. I tried to go up to her, but she just smiled and waved me off and told me that I should say goodbye. When she said that, I understood what you were planning on doing. I ran out of the house and when I got to the porch I saw you looking towards the distance. I tried to call out your name but you couldn't hear me. You were probably too busy thinking about how fast you had to go. I saw you get on your stance and you were about to run, I didn't know what else to do, Barry" she stops and looks at me with tears welling in her eyes.

"What did you do, Caitlin?" I asked her gently. She stares at the floor, her hair covering her face and she starts shifting her feet. "Caitlin…." I try and get her to answer.

"I jumped at you from behind to try and hold you down. But I guess I wasn't strong enough to stop you."

"You WHAT?!" I couldn't stop myself from yelling out.

"Is everything okay, Dr Garrick?" one of the employees walking past asked her in concern. Even Cisco and Lou have now stopped walking and gaped at us.

"Everything's fine. Mr Allen here just got a bit over excited over S.T.A.R. Labs" Caitlin answers her. I try to smile at the girl to sell this lie. She seemed to have bought it because she nodded and went on her way. Even Cisco and Lou have turned around and started walking again.

"Yes. Yes I did. And next thing I know, we were in front of your old house. I could see the flashes of red and yellow and I knew you were fighting in there to save your mom. And then for some reason I blacked out" she finishes explaining as we keep walking towards Cisco and Lou. Before I could ask if that was even possible, we round a corner and we almost bump into them. They've stopped to look at two portraits on the wall and while Cisco explains away about who these people are, I could only stand in shock. And, in rage.

"Eobard Thawne owns S.T.A.R. Labs?! With Harrison Wells?" I say through gritted teeth at Caitlin. She flinches at the tone of my voice and grabs my hand. She's trying to calm me down. Or herself. I can't tell which at this point. I came back to this time to defeat Eobard Thawne and thought I'd succeeded when I woke up to my parents and even having a sister. Now I'm staring at his face on this wall. And he's still walking around. Alive.

"That's not the worst part…" Caitlin starts to say.

"There's something worse than this?!" I whisper to her furiously while gesturing at the potrait. She could only nod.

"Didn't you hear what that girl called me? I'm not Dr Snow here in this timeline. I'm Dr GARRICK, Barry" she said emphasising the surname. And then it clicked in his head like clockwork. I started to pace back and forth, shaking my head and all Caitlin could do was stare.

"It's not possible, Cait… You saw the speed force take him away" I said trying to convince her. But also myself at this point. Pleading that she wasn't telling the truth.

"But it is, Barry. Trust me. This is coming from the one who woke up in his arms this morning…" Caitlin said with tears in her eyes and fear in her voice.

My heart sinks.