Survivors

Chapter 32: Another First

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"So what did you think of my bike?" Kara asked begin to feel a bit of nervousness. For a reason she had not identified yet, she desperately wanted to impress Barry Allen. There was no logical reason she should yet it was there.

Barry for his part smiled at the concern hiding behind a smile. He had never met someone he felt this open with or trusting and he had no idea either.

"It was amazing. I have never been on a bike before. How fast can it go?"

Kara shrugged her shoulders. "I have no idea. In theory a Ninja should be able to reach 190 but I have only gotten her to 165. There are not a lot of straight aways where we lived so I had to sneak her onto a small airport at night. It was mostly used for crop dusters and private planes and was usually closed after 7."

The boy looked at the innocent blonde and tried to comprehend her going 165 miles an hour down an airport runway.

"Thats...wow...thats impressive. You said you rebuilt it?"

"Her and yeah, my Dad and I were driving by a junkyard and I saw her. The moldings were cracked and replacing those was difficult but I found enough parts on the internet from other junkyards including the moldings, that I was able to replace them quickly. Dad and I had to visit eight different junk yards. I bought the paint from a body shop in a town near Midvale and the owner allowed me to use his equipment. I learned from the internet how to paint bikes and got it done myself. Dad did the paperwork to get a title and license plate. I have tweaked the engine a bit since I have had her, allowed for about a hundred extra horsepower." Kara finished proudly.

"Again all I can say is wow. I'm not sure I could change the oil in a car or change a tire for that matter. Never have before. You taught yourself?"

"Yep, I'm a fast learner and pretty good with machines. So tell me about yourself. I want to know."

"What would you like to know? I think I have already told you my weirdest and most embarrassing secrets."

The blonde took him in, wondering what she should ask. Instead of a specific question she went with the easiest and most honest one.

"I want to know everything. Not just your dark secrets. Tell me?"

So Barry did. He told her about Joe and Iris, his foster family, his age, 20, a junior at CCU with a double major in chemistry and physics, his hobbies which revolved around forensic science in some form of fashion and his non existent love life.

"Don't feel bad. I have never had much of a dating history either. Any history actually." Kara sympathized. Barry shook his head, trying to believe that.

"You have never been on a date? Never? Thats hard to believe that someone as beautiful as you has never...yeah, I just said that. Sorry, I ramble sometimes."

"You think I am beautiful?" she asked, saving him from embarrassment and genuinely curious. Kara spent the majority of her life trying to not appear beautiful.

"Yeah, of course you are. So you have never been on a date?"

"I have been asked before but never really wanted to. Never found a guy I liked enough to take a chance on I guess."

"So is that why your sister and friends seemed a bit nervous about us going out tonight. I couldn't help but notice. I thought it might be my colorful background."

Before Kara commented, the waitress arrived and both ordered cheeseburgers and fries, along with two chocolate shakes.

"Its not you. They, especially Alex, worry about me. I have had issues socializing in the past. I don't have the best track record with new people I guess you could say. I have some slight...major...anxiety issues."