3 months had passed and after helping Starling City on the side, Team Flash decided to take a break. Sice there are no reported metahumans lurking around Central City for almost a month, they decided to chill. Two more months and it will be Christmas. It was Caitlin's favorite season. The snow, the gifts, the carols, everything.
"What are you smiling at?" Felicity broke her musings. They were at the Arrow Cave because Oliver insist that they spend their off at Starling.
"Christmas."
"Oh. I'm jewish."
"So Hannukah it is right?"
Felicity nodded.
"How are you and Oliver and Ray?" Caitlin asked with a gleam in her eyes.
"Me and Oliver, not gonna happen. Me and Ray, we're happy."
"Okay." But Caitlin doesn't seem to believe it. She knows that Felicity is in love with Oliver and Ray is just a rebound. Poor Ray. It's not that hard to read Felicity.
Across the room, Barry stare at Caitlin longingly.
"You love her." Oliver mused. It's a statement, not a question.
"Must keep her safe."
"Yeah. Men like us, we don't get the girl."
The sadness in Oliver's eyes is enough to tell him that he didn't entertain any romantic thoughts about him and Felicity. It can keep her safe. Just like Caitlin, if he keep her on arms length. Then a memory hit him. It happened 4 weeks ago when Caitlin was abducted because of her connection with The Flash. With him. He was on work that time at the police station and imagine his worry when Cisco called him that Caitlin was taken and that her car outside Star Labs was frozen with no Caitlin on show. It wants him to rip out the heart of whoever took her. And when they sent a video of bloodied Caitlin putting up a fight because she's still determined on not revealing the real identity of The Flash, it makes him livid. His heart burst when he hears her on the video.
"You can kill me but you will never get him. You're not going to get him. Don't you dare come to me!"
Her feisty spirit makes him fall in love with her more. She's protecting him her way and it aches his heart. Luckily, Joe saved her. He rushed to the police station, grab the shaking and frightened Caitlin in his arms and promised her that she will never put her into harms way.
"Penny for your thougts?" Felicity broke his reminiscing.
"Wha-what?"
"You're staring in the air like 5 minutes straight now. What bothers you?
"Where's Cait?"
"Over there with Dear Oliver."
"Yeah I was just thinking of some-"
"One? Caitlin? You like her don't you?
"Felicity shush"
"What? You're an easy to read guy."
"We're friends."
"But you wanted to be more than that."
"We are more than that. We are BEST FRIENDS."
"Oh bollocks!"
"Whatever"
Felicity keeps shooting glances on Caitlin's and Olivers way then realize they look good together. Maybe that's why her relationship with Oliver doesn't work because he wants a smarter woman, more beautiful, more striking than her. Jealousy bubbled up her chest but she dismissed it immediately. Caitlin's her best girlfriend ever. She will never betray her.
On their way home, Barry was driving while Cisco's talking about how beautiful Thea was. Caitlin's asleep on the back. Her smooth hair splayed on the car seat. Lucky seats.
"You're awkwardly quiet man. What happened Barry? Did Oliver said something that depleted the Flash's ego?
Then Oliver's words from earlier ring in his memory.
Guys like us can never get the girl..
"Nope. In fact Cisco, he's proud of me though Diggle and Laila still can't grasp the fact that I am the Flash."
"They'll come."
Yeah they'll definitely come with the terms that he's the Flash but when will Cait realize that he can be the one?