Barry pocketed his phone as he approached Kara who was chatting with his girlfriend and foster brother.

'Hey uh when is Oliver and his team coming over?' Kara asked as the reason Barry stepped away momentarily was to take a phone call from their green-clad friend.

'Uh…he isn't.' Barry regretfully informed. 'But he did want to wish you a Merry Christmas on behalf of them all'

'Don't tell me….' Kara was about to ask given what Barry informed to her the tragic events that normally occurred for Oliver and his city every time this year.

'Yeah, he's got his hands full, again. His yearly Christmas crisis' Barry explained.

'Well, let's go.' Kara said confidently as Barry eyed her uncertainly.

'If we leave now then we can get to Star City and wrap this up in no time.' Kara said as she headed for the door only for Barry to get in her way.

'That's not a good idea Kara.' Barry warned to which Kara shot a look of confusion.

'Why not between the three of us we can take down whoever is terrorizing Star City.' Kara said reasonably.

'The thing is you don't offer your help to Oliver you let him to ask you for it, and that usually doesn't happen involving anything less than an alien invasion or a metahuman attack he can't handle.' Barry explained.

'But…' Kara tried again only for Barry to interject once again.

'Plus, here on our Earth everyone from me to the Legends all became heroes because of Oliver and if he can't handle his own city's problems of garden-variety serial killers what kind of hero would that make him?' Barry questioned. 'The way to love him is to let him be until he comes to you.'

Kara thought about it and Barry was right, how could Oliver prove his meddle as a hero if he had to rely on powered being like them for something so meager. Kara though back to when she first started out as Supergirl and how she couldn't just rely on her cousin to bail her out when the going got tough. What was more was because the superhero movement on this Earth began when a human like Oliver started to putting himself out there and to honor that standard that was set she knew that's why he had to do most of this on his own as a symbol of the example he set.

'He did say that just because he couldn't enjoy the festivities doesn't mean we shouldn't.' Barry added, good old Oliver always so considerate and supportive he truly was the rock of all heroes here, no wonder Barry admired him. Barry then picked up his glass and raised it up.

'Excuse me everyone if I could get your attention for a moment!' Barry announced as everyone gathered to where he and Kara were, Joe with Cecile Horton in his arm and HR at his side, Caitlin with Alex and J'onn, Cisco with Winn and Julian and Iris with Wally came together glasses in hand.

'I wanted to propose a toast to everyone all the friends and family who could come together for this gathering.' Barry continued.

'And to the ones who couldn't that are here in spirit.' Kara continued.

'A wise friend once told me that the future is uncertain, but the focus should be on the here and now. And right now, there is nowhere else I'd rather be than here and no one else I'd rather be with than all of you.' Barry declared as he extended his glass forward to which everyone else responded in kind.

'Merry Christmas everyone.'