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"You OK?" Barry asked as Patty was lying in the hospital bed.

"Little dehydrated and banged up but I just need few days rest." Patty assured him.

"I'm glad you're OK." Barry said.

"Feels like old times, does it?" Patty pointed out as Barry smiled. "You rushing in, saving my life, just like old times." Barry sighed. "What?"

"If something happened to you and I failed to save you…" Barry trailed off. "I'd never forgive myself. It was hard for me enough that I wasn't honest with you because I couldn't put you in danger and this—"

"Barry, you can't blame yourself." Patty assured him. "We all make our own choices. And it was your choice to not tell me and I understand that you couldn't tell me—"

"If I could do things differently back then, I would. I never stopped caring about you or loving you." Barry blurted out and Patty looked taken aback and Barry suddenly sensed that someone was behind them was Charles with his daughter and Barry and Patty knew things were about to get more complicated.

"Allen, can you give us a few minutes alone?" Charles asked and Barry could hear in his voice a hint of pain and anger.

Barry was looking after Charles' daughter as a few minutes later, even though it felt like an hour, Charles approached Barry as Barry was worried things were about to become ugly for him.

"So, I heard most of the conversation you two had back in there." Charles said.

Barry paled. "Look, Charles, I—"

"Patty is a grown woman and a lot has happened to her, so figures that it's her choice who does she want to be with." Charles said calmly, to Barry's surprise, since he expected a 'jealous husband' act. "Now, I know that you two used to be a thing few years back and I appreciate you saving my wife's life." Barry blinked. "I'm a cop, Barry. My wife's ex-boyfriend shows up and then, the Flash saves her? I'm not blind." Barry nodded. "Now, be honest with me. Do you love Patty?"

Barry sighed and hesitated but the look in his eyes told Charles everything that he needed to know. "Look, Patty wasn't clear about everything but she mentioned that you have a girlfriend and you two have a long-distance thing going on. I know it can be hard for you to reconcile feelings with a girlfriend and an ex. So, my advice? Keep your distance and sort your feelings out. At least, until you can figure out with who you want to be."

"But… what about Patty and you?" Barry asked.

"We'll figure it out." Charles assured him. "But… don't fight your feelings for the people you love… and try to find a way to make sure everyone's happy, even though making the choice between the two people you love, is one of the hardest thing you ever have to do."

Barry sighed. "All I want for Patty is to be happy. And she is with you two."

"And what do you want, Barry?" Charles asked and Barry wasn't sure he could answer that.

Elsewhere

"Well?" Lex Luthor asked as Mercer entered his lab.

"All the data and Speed Force energy signature from Allen is here, as you requested." Mercer said as he handed Lex a vial, in which was lightning.

"Excellent." Lex said as he put the vial into the machine and turned it on. "We'll see if it works. DeVoe's data should help with it."

Elsewhere, a dark matter portal opened as a red lightning went out from the portal and a blonde man with short hair, dirtied, with no clothes on, wandered in the jungle as someone approached him.

"Sir? Are you alright? What's your name?"

The man rushed at him in superspeed as he pinned him to a tree. "My… my name… is… E—" Suddenly, he widened his eyes, the thought hitting like a truck as if he suddenly remembered something. "Where… where is she?" The man asked, confused.

"Where's who?"

"Where's Iris?" The man asked as in his eyes glowed red lightning of Speed Force.

Few years later, Keystone City

Barry and Kara rang the doorbell as a young girl opened and smiled. "Uncle Barry! Aunt Kara!"

"Sophie!" Barry laughed.

"Come here, sweetie." Kara kissed Sophie on her cheek as she picked her up.

"Hey, glad you came on time." Charles smiled as he and Patty prepared the table.

"We're having turkey tonight."

"Man, I hope you'll cook better than Laurel." Kara said.

"I doubt she'll beat Nicole though." Barry said as they sat at the table and started to eat the dinner.

I hope I handled the Barry/Patty thing here well. I like Barry/Patty and Barry/Kara in the show.

If you're suspecting what just happened, that idea hit me, when Eddie Thawne got sucked into the black hole in The Flash 1x23 finale. And I know what you're thinking but honestly, at the moment, undecided who is the man in the end.

You'll just have to wait until the sequel but who knows when will I get to it, to be honest, due to personal life and college going on right now

Please review and let me know if you have enjoyed the story to its end.

With regards

Bl4ckHunter