Catastrophe-2

Back in Time

Enjoy another update.

"Mom, did you never have a real Thanksgiving growing up?" Nora asks me.

"I mean..." I grab some more turkey and gravy. "My dad, brother and I would spend it mostly with Oliver's family. And Moira was big on hosting big dinners. It wasn't very intimate. It felt more like a gala and...in a room full of so many people you feel the most alone." I explain.

"Did the three of you ever just spend it alone?" Barry asks me.

"We would but it wouldn't be Thanksgiving. My dad, he would take us to his hometown in England where we learned how to care for the animals on his farm and just escape from the world around us. He would teach us how to ride horses, failed at teaching me how to cook. I burned our Sunday roast one time."

"How?" Cisco asks me.

"I didn't understand the oven and...I turned the heat like all the way up and...instead of it cooking low and slow it went fast and burnt as hell."

"I wish I could have seen that home in England." Nora states.

"Well...maybe I can take you." I offer. "I'm sorry if in the future I kept a lot of things from you Nora but...I'm thankful for this." I motion to us all sitting together.

"I would like to make a toast." Nora stands up holding her glass out to us all. "I know me disrupting your lives and...bringing one of the worst villains earlier than he should be but...I am thankful for this. In the future Thanksgiving is not like this. And I will cherish this even when I go back. So thank you."

"That was beautiful." Iris cheers Nora.

"Is there more drinks?" Cisco asks.

"You're not drunk on your ass yet Rapunzel?" Damian asks.

"Shut up!"

"Make me bitch!"

"I bet I can out-drink you!" Cisco bets and we all make an ooh sound.

"Those are fighting words." Ralph mutters.

"Game on." Damian grabs the rest of the drinks.

"Are you going to like stop this?" Caitlin asks me.

"The alcohol Damian consumed in the League had a way higher alcohol content than anything we have. He'll be fine." I reassure her. "Cisco might die." I whisper and Barry looks at me wide-eyed.

"I have twenty on Damian." Nora shouts.

"I second that." Iris chimes.

"Oui." Sherloque raises his hand.

"Is no one supporting me?!" Cisco demands.

"In spirit but...Damian is going to crush you." Caitlin answers.

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"That was wonderful." I state to Barry as we snuggle with each other on the couch.

"It really was. We should host dinners here more often." Barry suggests.

"Don't get ahead of yourself babe. This was hard enough but...it really was wonderful."

"I talked to Nora."

"I saw that. It looked like it went well."

"She thinks one day she'll be fast enough to save me." I look up at Barry and I see the worry set on his face.

"She's allowed to dream of the impossible." I remind him.

"I don't want her to get hurt trying to save me. I just...I don't want anyone hurt because of me."