A/N: Here is the next chapter. Getting closer to Snowbarry reuniting. As always, let me know what you think! And enjoy!

She had been staring at the laptop for fifteen minutes now trying to decipher what was wrong with the equation. Buzz. Buzz.

"Hello?"

"Hey babe! Just wanted to see what you wanted for dinner? I'm heading downtown to pick up something for Felicity so I can swing by your favorite Thai restaurant?"

"Ohmugosh! Yes! That sounds amazing! I haven't eaten since breakfast. I'm starving here!" She heard a laugh on the other side. "Hey, don't worry about Lissy. She just wants to get everything ready for the big opening tonight. She will be a little hard to handle but it'll be worth it! I'm so proud of Ollie! And Tommy too, of course!"

"Yeah I know that's why I'm doing the running around for her. Anyway, I'll meet you over at the Verdant at five?"

"Of course, see you then. I love you. Bye."

"Love you too, Bye."

Caitlin looked down at her phone after he had hung up on her. There was a picture of a tall man wrapping his arms around her. Smiles on their faces.

His name is Ronnie Raymond.

It was November in Caitlin Sophomore year of college. She had met Ronnie Raymond in her freshman year but had denied his attempts at a relationship for the first year of their friendship. It wasn't until Felicity and Thea had talk some sense into her that she finally agreed at the end of freshman year. They have been dating for six months now.

Caitlin is happy. She has her best friends who are opening a night club called Verdant. It is what Oliver had wanted to do with his friend Tommy. Felicity had told him that she would work lights and video to make the place more tech-savy. Caitlin could tell the blonde girl was excited for the new change in their life.

Even though most of the gang was underage to be going to the nightclub, Oliver promised to make an exception for them. Oliver said that he would still refuse them drinks but were allowed to dance and enjoy the VIP area.

Caitlin walked into the decorated Verdant with a smile on her face.

"Lissy? Ollie?" Caitlin called looking for her friends.

"Caity!" She heard a voice call for her before a crash followed.

"Lissy! Are you okay?" Caitlin hurried over to help her up.

"Yeah, I'm fine. How does the place look? Too gaudy? Too many lights? I'll have Diggle help me take some down. What time is it? He should be here by now. What if–"

Caitlin's laugh cut her friend off. "Lissy, calm down! The place looks great, just breathe. I saw Digg on my way in. he is outside talking to Ollie." Caitlin sat down next to her on the stage. "Laurel will be here soon to help with the aesthetics." She smiled.

Felicity just gave her a half smile. Caitlin chalked it up to stress of opening night.

"Caity… You've been smiling an awful lot lately."

"Is that a bad thing?" Caitlin wondered.

"No! No. I'm just saying you can invite anyone you want to Verdant. And I mean anyone." Felicity mumbled, "You know Sara is coming and she's bringing some of her friends from the Legends. Some of them are from Central City and I know that your mom lives there so if you wanted to–"

"Lis, my mom won't like coming to Verdant."

"Well there are other people you might want to invite from Central City."

Caitlin tried not to think about him too often. Her mind wondered too easily. And she would miss him. Missing him was always followed by a lot of pain and she was really tired of the pain. She had finally told Ronnie about Barry. He was supportive but he knew that her eyes said more than "I miss my best friend" they said "I miss him". But Ronnie wasn't really the jealous type. Caitlin was here in Star City with him. And she hadn't had any contact with Barry in years. He knew she missed him. She had grown up and hung up some of the pictures she had taken down when Felicity had asked her about him when she first moved to Star City.

Ronnie would come over to her apartment for a movie night. Caitlin would end up falling asleep on the couch and Ronnie, being the gentleman that he is, would take her to her room and tuck her in. That's when he noticed the picture on her nightstand. It was her and Barry. He was in his track gear and a medal was around his neck. She had just jumped into his arms congratulating him on his victory. Barry had his arms thrown around her waist as she turned to take a picture of them both. Wide smiles spread across their faces. They both looked so young. And so happy.

Ronnie had fallen for Caitlin the moment he had met her. Caitlin had felt an attraction towards him since they met. But she had already given her heart to someone else. She knew that, Ronnie knew that, but they tried anyway. He had asked her out and she had said yes, eventually, but they were happy. They didn't know how long it would last but Ronnie was okay with how things were. He thought that maybe he could be enough for her.

Caitlin says she is happy, but even she can tell that every day a little more of her withers away. She looks in the mirror and she feels incomplete.

"I'm sure he doesn't want to come to Verdant either, Lissy." Her voice quiet and small.

"Okay." She cleared her throat, "Well then, do you want to help me find Oliver and Digg? We really need get the tables together, and the chairs. Not to mention…"

Caitlin smiled as her fingers subtly caressed the 'B' on her red bracelet. I miss you.

Barry sat at his desk in his apartment. His school books sprawled across the surface. All of them were opened to pages about DNA and Investigation techniques.

While studying, his mind had wandered off to happier times. His fingers lingering over the 'C' on his blue bracelet. I miss you.

He sighed heavily. He had never taken it off. Even after he had multiple people tell him it's easier to move on from someone if you cut all their ties to you.

His phone rang from the other side of the room. Rolling over in his chair he pulled it off the charger, "Hey Dad."

"Hey Slugger. How you holding up?"

"I'm okay." Barry's short replies became normal to everyone.

"Are you sure? I ran into Joe the other day, he said–"

"I'm fine Dad. Just doing a lot of studying."

"That's good. She–" Henry swallowed audibly, "She would be really proud of you."

"I know. Listen, I should go. I told Cisco I would meet up with him for a project we are working on for Stein's class."

"Yeah, Okay son. I'll see you for Sunday dinner?"

"Yeah. Bye, Dad."

"Goodbye, Barr." Barry hung up the phone after his dad's farewell.

Barry hung his head after tossing his phone on his cluttered desk. His hands raked through his hair. Life is hard. He shook his head before looking back up at his desk. A picture caught his eye.

It was of him and Caitlin at one of his track meets in high school. He had just won first place. Caitlin had run up and jumped into his arms. He swung her around in a circle before she pulled away to snap a picture of the victory. They both had wide smiles on their faces. They both were so happy. Looking at the picture always made Barry smile.

It had been a long time since he had stopped searching for connections to Caitlin. She had passed by his mind every day and each time he pushed it to be less and less. Soon he realized he had not thought about Caitlin Snow all day.

He wouldn't deny he still thought about her; still dreamed about her. He hoped she was happy in her life right now. He just wondered so much about her, and he wanted to know what was going on in her life.

But she obviously didn't want him to know.

Barry had no intention of making Iris West feel insignificant, but Iris always found it hard not to be when he would always praise Caitlin's intelligence. Early on, after she moved he would tell Iris about how his best friend was the smartest person in the school. He had put a smile on her face to hide the jealousness she felt towards the girl she never even met.

Iris had liked Barry instantly, and instant attraction. He had been hurting over the loss of his best friend, so Iris made it her goal to become Barry's new best friend. Maybe even more.

When Iris and Barry had started going out she could tell that he had his reservations about the relationship. He tried not to compare her to Caitlin but it's the little things that caught them both. Barry had a habit of running his fingers through Caitlin's hair, but Iris hated having her hair touched. Caitlin loved listening to Barry babble on about science but Iris couldn't keep up with it.

That is one reason Iris and Barry were always in an on again off again relationship. Barry had to admit, dating Iris had a lot of work put into the relationship. But wasn't that part of being in a relationship? The effort is supposed to result in happiness but when things got hard for Iris and Barry, they both turned to other things. Barry focused on school. Iris turned to journalism.

Barry was now in the middle of his Junior year of college at CCU. He had switched his major. He no longer wanted to be a Biology Teacher. He wanted to be a Crime Scene Investigator.

During his Sophomore year, Barry had run for the school and had just won a first-place medal. He wanted to go out with his friends to celebrate. Iris, his girlfriend at the time, had begged him to go to the party the cheerleaders were throwing. Finally, he agreed to go. Although it honestly didn't take much convincing. But his father told him no. Henry told Barry he had to stay home with his mother tonight. He got pulled into the late shift at the hospital tonight and wanted someone to stay with Nora.

After Henry had left for work, Nora told Barry that he can go to the party but he needed to be back before his father came home. Barry had never loved his mother so much than in that moment.

Everything was well and good as Barry celebrated with his entire track team and his best friends. He was having so much fun he didn't even notice his phone going off in his pocket. He hadn't realized the mistake he made until he came home and saw the cop cars and an ambulance.

Nora Allen had been murdered.