WestAllen: SecondGeneration (Book 3)

Chapter 3: Old Acquaintances

"No way!  You still can't possibly blame me for that!"  Laurel laughed.  "That wasn't completely my fault.  Sarah put me up to it."  Laurel smirked.  Henry laughed.  "Somehow I find that very hard to believe."  "Oh.  I unfortunately have to get going.."  Laurel said glancing down looking at her watch.  Henry nodded, not quite wanting Laurel to go.  He knew he shouldn't of let himself get too attached, as she would be leaving tomorrow.  "Okay yeah sure..."  He stands up and follows Laurel to the door.  He still had never told her his secret, of inheriting his dad's meta-human powers.  Now that they seemed to be on friend's terms again, he wanted to tell her.  Secrets was what got him in trouble before.  He didn't want to lose her now that he possibly had her back.

"Laurel.."  He said as she opened the door to leave.  She turns slightly back to look at him.  "Yes Henry?"  He stayed silent a few minutes then gave a slight shake of his head.  "Nothing.."  She raises her eye slightly.  "Goodnight Henry.  It really has been nice seeing you again."  She smiled.  "Almost felt like old times."  Henry smiled back.  "Yes it has.  Goodnight Laurel."  Henry sighed as he watched Laurel disappear as she closed the door.  He leaned back against the wall closing his eyes a moment.  Just tell her.  Henry walked into his bedroom and began to get ready for bed.

As Henry was about to crawl in bed, he heard his phone going off.  He glanced down and narrowed his eyes seeing the familiar number.  Laurel.  Something had to be wrong.  She just left.  Why would she be calling already?  He quickly answered the phone.  "Laurel?  What's up?  Is everything alright?" 

The other end of the phone was quiet a few minutes, which had Henry worried.  Then he finally heard her speak.  "Are you sure we did the right thing?"  Henry was a little caught off guard at the question.  It took him a minute to register what she was truly asking.  Henry sighed.  "I have thought we had been over this a few times Laurel."  He said in a quiet voice.  "It's just..  The past few days.."

"I know..  But you'll be going back to California tomorrow.  And I will be staying in New York.  And we already have it set in mind, that neither of us will be leaving the position we are in any time soon."  He could hear Laurel sigh on the other end of the phone.  "I know."  She muttered.  "So then I guess it is goodbye?"  She asked.  Henry shook his head.  What was it with these Queens.  It was one extreme or the other.  "It doesn't have to be goodbye for good.  Besides.  There's holidays..."  He smiled a little.  "I guess that is true.  Goodnight Henry.  I..."  Laurel was about to say I love you.  She shook her head.  She couldn't allow herself to get into that again.  Especially with everything they just said, and what had happened in the past.  Henry listened on the other end waiting for her to finish the sentence but she didn't.  "Goodnight Laurel."  He said clicking the phone to off.

Henry crawled in bed, turning on the news to watch before he went to sleep.  What he saw on his screen shocked him.  No.  That can't be!  He saw their old highschool friend Drew Diggle's face on the screen.  He had escaped prison and now on the loose.  He hadn't heard from Sarah in some time either.  Their group all had drifted apart, due to things Henry wished he could forget.  

Henry had just shut off the tv and was ready to fall asleep when he heard his phone ringing.  He glanced down to see the number.  Sarah..  Ironic, he was just thinking about her.  "Sarah?  Is everything okay?"  He asked worried that something had happened relating to Drew.  "For now."  Her voice said coming from the other end.  She sighed.  "I'm not sure if you heard.  Of Andrew?"  "Yeah.  I just turned on the news.  I saw that he's out.  John and Lyla, are they?"  "Yes they're both fine.  Drew paid a visit to the house the other night.."  Henry narrowed his eyes slightly.  He didn't like the idea at all.  "Did you need me to.."  "No no.  If anything, Oliver and John I'm sure will take care of it.  Besides, it's not like he's a meta-human.  He's just a regular criminal."  Henry smirked.  "Exactly.  So that would give me an advantage..  A head start."  Sarah sighed.  "Henry..  It doesn't change the fact that he's still quite dangerous.  He's brainwashed just like my uncle was..  Only not by Dahrk but by his own beliefs alone.  Which is probably even more dangerous than being brainwashed by Dahrk.  I don't want you getting hurt.."  That was another reason he knew he needed to tell Laurel.  Sarah knew.  And his parents, Oliver, Felicity, John, Lyla, Cisco, Caitlin.  They all knew.  The only ones that didn't were Laurel and William.  Sarah of course, found out by accident.  Otherwise she still wouldn't know.  "I won't get hurt..  I'm always careful.  Remember?"  "I know you are..  But perhaps your dad should handle this one?"  He sighed a little.  What was the point of being flash junior if he couldn't use his powers for good?  "Henry.  Promise me...  You'll stay away..."  He heard Sarah's voice on the other end still talking, bringing him away from his thoughts.  "I promise.  Thank you.  For letting me know Sarah." 

"How have you been?"  Sarah asked, surprising him at the question.  "Oh.  I've been fine.  Just been busy with the firm..  Trying to catch up on all my clients.  How are things in Vegas?"  Sarah smiled a little.  "Oh.  They're going better than I thought it would.  Any interesting cases you can tell me about?"  She asked.

Henry tilted his head slightly and grinned a little.  "Well.  There have been a few.  But I am sure you've heard of some of them on the news already."  Sarah laughed a little.  Henry smiled.  It was good to hear from Sarah and Laurel both again.  He had missed them.  "Say.  How has William been doing?  Have you heard from him lately?"  "Umm.  Yeah.  Actually I have.  He was in Vegas a couple of weeks ago, traveling with his band."  She smirked.  "Oliver definitely loved that."  Henry chuckles a little.  "Well his second option was to try and become the world's third best computer hacker next to his step mother and Felicity's dad."  Sarah laughed a little.  "Oh.  Hey.  I have to go.."  Sara said hearing her dad calling her.  "Goodbye Sarah.  And thanks for letting me know about Drew."  "You're welcome.  Bye Henry.."  Once he hung up with Sarah, Henry crawled underneath the covers and drifted off to sleep.