Title: Baby, Baby.
Chapter: Three. Finalization.
Word Count: 1,301
Pairings: IrisxBarry
Summary: A week after Wally exposes the Flash's identity, Iris is left with trying to move forward without her husband. She can't take any more surprises.

There had been causal conversation since stepping into the house - as they walked up to the house, Emily couldn't help but notice that Iris had left all the lights on in the house - mostly of their college experience and Emily's family but all conversation had stopped shortly when they entered the house drowned out by the heaviness of the atmosphere.

Iris was hit by several things upon entering her house; that Barry was gone, Wally was struggling with his new identity, and that she might be pregnant. The last one, the newest one, really hit. And looking over to Emily as she followed Iris inside it hit harder. Emily just reenforced the idea that Iris really might be pregnant.

The two women entered the living room.

Pulled from her thoughts, Iris found the room silent and tight. "I'll go get us coffee." And she left the room before Emily could say anything. Emily stayed seated, realizing Iris needed some time alone for a moment, and hoping not to startle the other woman by movement she wasn't expecting.

Returning, Iris set the two mugs of coffee on the table in the living room. Emily sat on the right side of the loveseat while Iris took the seat near her on the couch. They sat facing each other as well as the table.

Iris crossed her legs and took a sip of her coffee, Emily followed suit then smiled. "I can't believe you remember how I like my coffee." Hoping to diffuse the tension Iris felt.

Glad that Emily didn't take the opening to start talking about Barry or Wally or even Iris herself, Iris returned the smile. "How could I not? I've never met anyone else who likes it with that much honey and sugar, but no creme."

They both laughed slightly, the room becoming heavier and heavier with silence. Both women knew they couldn't beat around the bush any longer and Emily knew Iris shouldn't do it alone.

"Do you want to know?" Emily suddenly asked concerned breaking the sound again. Iris knew instantly what she was referring to but surprisingly she didn't know the answer.

Right away at least. "I need to. Whether or not I want to, I need to know." Emily nodded and Iris finished off her coffee. "I should go find out, huh?"

"When your ready, Iris. There isn't any rush." Emily stated gently placing her hand over Iris' shaking one. The shaking wasn't noticeable by the naked eye. When Emily's noticed, eye brows arching in surprise, Iris jerked her hands away from Emily one hand moving to push back her red hair.

"Rush." Iris repeated, "Barry used to always be in a rush. He'd have this list of things that needed to be done but I always ended up having to fix the pipes and repaint the hall. Yet, no matter what else he had to do he always mowed the lawn. How am I suppose to raise a child with grass up to my knees?" She laughed hysterically, the sound salty with tears. Iris knew she was just being hysterical. That she wasn't making since, but she couldn't think rational at the moment.

Emily was pretty sure her heart broke. She got up and sat down next to Iris pulling the woman into a hug. "Oh honey. It will be okay." The brunette whispered rocking Iris slightly. "I'll send Mike over Sunday to mow the lawn if it helps, alright? You won't be alone. You've never been alone. You have your brother and sister, Wally, me, Mike, and all of Barry's friends. It's alright, honey, everything will be okay. You aren't alone."

Iris pulled away. "I need to know." Her words were soft but certain. Emily nodded as Iris reached down beside the couch and strung her fingers through the pharmacy bag that has the test in it. She then walked over to the doorway that lead to the entry way where the stairs waited leading up to the second floor where Iris planned on heading to her own bedroom, her own bathroom to take the test. The safety, privacy of her own bathroom gave her some sort of security that she needed at the moment. But she didn't step past the door, she just stood there her hands clenched tight.

"Do you want me to come with you?" Emily asked lightly already on her feet but not moving.

That seemed to be all Iris needed to brake the barrier in front of her. "No. No, I can do this. I need to this alone." Emily nodded but Iris didn't see just pushed forward and out of Emily's view.

Emily waited until she didn't hear Iris' footfalls anymore before collapsing back onto the couch. She was amazed at how much could happen within a month and a few days. The beginning of last month she had been having lunch with Iris at a small cafe that had opened two weeks before complaining in good humor about their jobs and husbands.

Then Barry died in the middle of the month and everything came out in the open. Emily, herself, was still trying to grasp that the Barry Allen she had met and been friends with since Iris had started dating him all those years ago was once upon a time the Flash and that the small boy she saw grow up that claimed Iris as not only his aunt but his best friend had been Kid Flash since she meet him and was now stepping up to fill the role his uncle left him.

Emily wondered if she would ever really be able to accept this fact, this knowledge. She was having a hard time meshing together what she knew about the man, the boy into what she knew of the Flash. She tried to intertwine their lives and found it hard, fleeting. For a moment she wondered how Barry ever had time for his wife. Yet, he always seem to. He never once missed a birthday party or celebration. Sometimes he was late, but he would always show up with a smile, an apologize, and a kiss for Iris.

Iris never even bat a lash. She enjoyed the moments she had with Barry and didn't bother weighing those against the ones he wasn't there in. Iris had loved, still loves Barry and Emily knows without a doubt that Barry will never stop loving Iris. Emily also knew that because Iris knows this it will make moving on without Barry harder for Iris.

Emily's thoughts ceased to exist and she was on her feet moving before she could bring a coherent thought to her mind as soon as her mind registered the strangled cry issued from upstairs, from Iris.

Iris was slumped against the bathroom counters, her arms hugging her stomach with her knees bent, close to her. The pregnancy test laid face down on the floor a short distance away from her. Emily didn't have to read to know what it said.

Iris was breathing heavy, but she kept her hands protectively around her stomach, gently grasping at the thin materiel of her shirt. She looked frighten as if suddenly she wasn't sure about her life. All the talk and reassurances before had simply been towards a possibility but now Iris knew. She knew she was pregnant and in nine months she'd be raising her child as a single mother.

A child that might have superpowers on top of everything else.

A/N: Another chapter! Yay! I finished my finals yesterday so I'm off for the summer til the start of June where I go to Co to work for two months. I will have internet access when I go so I will continue this story with the irregular updates.

So I've figured out a timeline for this and other parts of this series. Since I've set this in the YJ universe of sorts I made Wally's birthday Nov 11 like shown in the show instead of the Jan 16 one that I knew from the comics. I've set it up on my Profile if anyone is interested.