Rebuilding a family (Snowbarry)

I ruined everything, didn't I?

"Wait, What?!"

"Look," Caitlin said handing the box to Barry

"It's very expensive..." Barry said looking at the ring

"How do you know?"

"I got you one similar, I wanted to give it to you for Christmas and ask you to renew our vows... I also saw this model and I assure you it is even more expensive than the one I got... it must have cost her a fortune"

"Like, several hundred?" Caitlin asked

"Thousands"

"Lea said that initially she was supposed to give it to Nora for her birthday, I thought it was a gift... this is not a simple gift... this is a marriage proposal"

"And Nora just broke up with her..."

"Oh my God, poor Lea... She was ready to ask our daughter to spend the rest of their lives together and..."

"Caitlin, do you think we should talk to Nora?"

"Maybe... but wait, where are the twins and Allegra?"

"Allegra asked to be able to stay a while with the twins... since she hadn't seen them for over a year"

"Maybe it's better if they aren't here... it would only complicate the whole situation"

"Do you want to talk to her?"

"Barry, I don't think I'm the right person... I'm nothing to her..."

"Caitlin, you've already shown Nora that you care about her, and she knows it very well... I'm sure you won't have any problems getting her to confide in you"

"But..."

"Caitlin, you care about her and she cares about you...then the proof that you love her...that's in your words!"

"What are you referring to Barry?"

"Well, you called Nora your daughter!"

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry! I did not want to"

"Caitlin, if Nora and Bart had stayed with me we would have been a family and in that case, we would have had no problem calling them our children..."

"But..."

"What Cait, she is my daughter and you were going to treat her like a daughter so..."

"But..."

"Caitlin Snow, when I married you I said we became a family, and Nora and Bart were going to be a part of this family"

"Barry I don't know if... I mean if Cleo wasn't... would you consider my daughter as your own?"

"Caitlin, we've never talked about this, but I've always assumed it...if she was still with you..."

"Barry, if my daughter had still been alive when we met she would have been 10...she would be 34 today, she wouldn't be a child...probably if our lives had been the same...I don't think she would ever have considered you a father, or rather he wouldn't have done it because we got married, but because you like Cisco would have been an important part of my daughter's life"

"Caitlin, you, with Nora, have an advantage in a certain sense..."

"Barry, she accused me for 12 years of ruining her family, I don't think I can bond easily with your daughter"

"It never hurts to try, Cait"

"How are you so good at convincing me?"

"Well I only say what the Heart tells me... and anyway I take from you, you're the one who convinced me to go out on a date...

After everything that had happened, I would never have had the courage."

"Just because Frost convinced me to do it... I don't know if I would have ever had the courage otherwise"

"We owe her our whole life... I miss your sister more and more every day"

...

Upstairs

"Nora, honey, can I come in?" Caitlin said, knocking on Nora's door

"No..."

"Please..."

"I don't want to talk to anyone! After everything that happened... I don't want to talk to anyone"

"Nora, you can't be serious right now!"

"Really, Caitlin!" Nora yelled, opening the door at super speed "The woman I loved betrayed my trust! I don't want to talk to anyone right now!"

"Nora, Lea didn't want to do anything to hurt you"

"Caitlin everyone lied to me at least once... She told you all the most intimate things about my family... I can't forgive such a thing!"

"Nora, Lea didn't mean to hurt you in fact... all she did was try to help you"

"How? By betraying my trust?"

"She tried to keep your family together, she tried to let your father know what your and Bart's lives were like"

"Then why didn't she ever tell me about it?!"

"She couldn't, your being here under normal conditions constitutes a real kidnapping"

"Do not joke..."

"Your mother did everything to take you away from your father, he couldn't even have contact with you without the approval of the court and your mother..."

"Caitlin, even though I complained when I came here, I have no problem staying... I had my doubts but now, after everything I've discovered...
I wish I never had to leave again...
Can I stay with you after everything is solved?"

"Sure honey, come here," Caitlin said, hugging her

"Do you think it ruined my relationship with Lea forever?"

"Considering the present she had prepared for your birthday..."

"Why, what did she give me?"

"Um... Ask her..." Catlin said blushing

"Okay, thanks for everything..."

"We are a family Nora, you don't have to thank"

"Caity, you have been kinder and more helpful these days than my mother has been in the last 12 years! I would venture to say that you have been my mother more between these days and when I was little than her all my life...

I'm so sorry for treating you badly for the past few years, Caitlin."

"Don't worry honey," Caitlin said, hugging her even tighter