Wally woke up in his old room. He smiled at seeing the old posters of the original Flash. He sat up in his old bed and went to his bag. He pulled out a change of clothes and before a normal person could blink he had changed his clothes.

"John, you are not the brightest lantern in the sky," he said to himself as he walked down the stairs. He turned into the kitchen out of habit from when he used to live there. He swore he could almost smell coffee. He stepped into the room and jumped in surprise.

"Morning Wally," said John looking at him. Wally gave him a glare that oddly reminded John of Batman.

"What are you doing here?" asked Wally.

"I could ask you the same thing."

"I own this place when I turn eighteen. I wanted to stay here," Wally said calmly.

"Without telling me?"

"Any reason why I should?" Wally asked walking toward the kitchen door. He tripped hitting the floor.

"Not cool John," said Wally pointing to his feet that were encased in green light.

"We're having breakfast together," he said sternly.

"You cannot be serious marine boy," Wally scoffed.

"Being together is part of being a family."

"I don't remember agreeing to this," Wally said.

"You did. Remember?"

Back to adoption day

"You? Adopt me? That'll happen. Same day we eat breakfast together."

Present time.

"Sarcasm. I have school!"

"You have time. School doesn't start for another two hours."

"But… but…"

"No buts."

"I'm a student helper. I always go in early. To help teachers."

"Teachers are fine on their own."

"You're an ass you know that John," he said. John then covered his mouth with a bright green light.

"Language Wally," he said. He mumbled behind the green lit gag. He threw his hands in the air angrily. He gave him another glare. This one looked more like Shayera's and not Batman's. He removed the light. Wally frowned.

"Stop."

"Stop what?" John asked sipping his coffee.

"Stop acting like my age matters. I've been in the hero biz long enough to know how it works. You don't need to hold my hand."

"Wally. You need guidance."

"If I need guidance then I can go to Jay. You wouldn't understand anything I'm going through."

"I'm sure there are things I would understand."

"Yeah… if I were a normal person maybe."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

Wally looked at John.

"You really aren't that bright are you John?"

"Wally!"

"NoI'mnotstoppingnow!Youwon'!"

"What are you saying?" he asked. He had known he could talk fast. But this was ridiculous.

"'msaying? Then listen," he said slowing his voice. His eyes stared at John's. His happy green eyes weren't as bright. They were almost stormy, "I've lost my parents. I've lost the only other people I could even think to call mom and dad. What makes you think I want to go through that again?"

John sat silently.

"No answer. John, here on earth I'm Flash. A fun energetic speedster. But I'm also Wally, an independent kid who has way too much speed and has no parents or relatives taking him in. I have seen things that some heroes don't even know about. I was at school when I was told my parents were shot. They were killed John. By a gunman. They were civilians. I was a wreck. My Aunt took me in with her fiancé where I recovered. I even got my powers because of them. Her fiancé, my uncle was the second Flash. I practically worshipped him. You know what happened later? He was shot before my eyes by Zoom. My aunt broke down. She was diagnosed with depression and cancer," he said tears filling his eyes, "She died six months after my uncle. The same day I learned to vibrate my molecules through solid objects. I don't want to feel that pain again."

John sighed.

"I'm not trying to cause you pain Wally. I'm trying to help."

"If you wanted to help, you should have done something sooner or done nothing at all," he growled zipping out of the kitchen. John rubbed his temples. He was not good at working with kids.

Shayera

"Flash? What are you doing at the Watchtower?" Shayera asked. Flash looked up at her.

"Avoiding John."

"You should give him a chance…"

"He practically kidnapped me to adopt me!"

"…and you should cut him some slack."

Flash went silent.

"Look, only the founders know your age. J'onn and Batman are fine with what you do. Wonder Woman is a bit more protective with her attitude and has taken to yelling at some of the heroes who call you immature. And Superman is trying to keep you from going on any real dangerous missions."

"And you?"

"On my home world you would already be a man. So the age means very little to me. I am more upset you didn't trust me."

"Just you?"

"Well… John and Superman's reactions are a bit much. I can understand not wanting to tell them. But you could've trusted me."

"But whenever I thought about it you were with John."

She cocked an eyebrow suspiciously.

"Either that or dating him," he finished lamely.

"About that. I coming over for dinner tonight."

Flash jumped.

"You are?"

"John and I are back together," she said simply.

"Great. My hero best friend has adopted me. The girl who I look at as a sister is dating him. I am sure the big man in blue is the crazy uncle. What's next a monkey on a unicycle?"

Bit shorter but it's an update. Please review.