WestAllen: SecondGeneration (Book 3)

Chapter 12: Settling In

"Are you sure you have everything? Laurel smirked glancing over at Henry as they grabbed what they needed to continue working on the house. Henry smirked back a little as he glanced over at her. "Of course I have everything. I've got the list right here.." He said holding out his hand to show her the piece of paper with the items written that they needed. Laurel walked with him to the car getting into the driver's seat. "Just making sure. I'd hate to be in the middle of the project and happen to be missing something vital.." She teased. Henry laughed a little. "I've made the list and checked it twice.." He teased back. Laurel rolled her eyes. "Alright Santa Klaus..." She pulled out of the store's parking lot and made her way back towards their house so they could continue working on it.

Once they had got everything settled in it's rightful place so they could continue working on the house, Laurel grabbed a cd and placed it in the cd player so they had some music to listen to while they worked, to make the time go faster. She enjoyed working on their new house that they would be moving in to, but she also wished the big project was over, and they would be able to move in.

As Laurel was painting, she began to hum along. Henry had been working on the bigger projects, putting some of the furniture together. He grinned a little glancing up at Laurel as he heard her begin to sing. Henry walked over to her gently grabbing her arm. Not expecting it, being in her own little world, Laurel gasped and turned around, ready to elbow whoever had grabbed her. Henry let out a laugh at her reaction. "That is not funny.. I could have seriously injured you.." She smirked. Henry kept his smirk. "Naw. You're forgetting I have super speed. I would've been able to get out of the way quick enough." Laurel smirked back. "I thought you promised your dad you wouldn't use it for personal gain." She teased. "I am sure he would have understood.. Plus, he doesn't have to know everything.." He winked. He motioned for her to step off the ladder. "But we aren't done yet.." "We've been working for awhile. There's always room for breaks." Laurel raised her eye slightly as she stepped off the ladder. Henry grabbed the brush from her to set it down back in the paint pail. "But we barely just begun.." She looked at him curiously wondering what he had planned. Once he set the brush back down in the pail, he pulled Laurel close to him and began to dance, giving her a small spin. "Well. You know. I could always do the work using my speed, to get it done faster, but you won't let me." He smirked. Laurel smiled a little as she felt him spinning her around before pulling her close to him again. She wrapped her arms around his neck as they continued dancing. "But it's part of the experience." Henry gave a slight shake of his head then continued dancing with her, starting to sing a long to the song a little. "Don't you think we should be getting back to working?" Laurel grinned raising her eye slightly, trying not to laugh at Henry. "You Queens are so serious. Have some fun once in awhile." Henry winked. Laurel looks at him. "Us Queens?" She asked curiously. Henry laughed a little at her reaction before giving her another spin. "Loosen up.." He teased. He let go for a moment before finding the singing microphones then passed one over to Laurel.

Laurel caught the microphone in her hand and laughed a little. "No way.." She kept laughing as she watched Henry start to sing and keep dancing around as the disc switched to a faster song. "I love rock n roll, so put another dime in the jukebox baby!" Laurel grinned as she watched Henry continue dancing and singing into the microphone then slowly began to join in with the singing.

"Well.. I was going to come over and see if you two needed a break from the house work. But I see you beat me to it." Sarah smirked opening the door to see the two of them. Henry jolted his head up as he heard Sarah's voice and went over to the cd player to turn the music down.

"Sarah. Hey!" Laurel smiled. She set the microphone down and went over to give Sarah a hug. Sarah smiled hugging Laurel back. "Hey.." She pulled away after a split second and glanced around. "It looks like you guys are coming along pretty good." Henry walked over to the two of them, giving Sarah a hug as well. "Yeah. Well we were.." He grinned a little. "Where's William?" He asked stepping back as he pulled away from the hug. "He's at work. He should be done soon."

"What about going out for a dinner? With the four of us? Means you will be going back on tour soon?" Laurel suggested once WIlliam had gotten there and the four of them began to visit for awhile. "Maybe Andy and his friend would like to come as well?" She suggested. Sarah smirked a little. "I can ask. But Melissa is quite shy actually. I'm not even sure if she would be up for even meeting just us yet.." Sarah said. Laurel nodded. "Well then. I will feel sorry for her when she has to meet your dad." Laurel smirked. Sarah laughed a little. "Andy said he's going to wait to bring her home till after they elope... But dad wouldn't be able to do anything about it anyways. We're in our thirties after all.." Laurel laughed. "Can I be there when he introduces her to him? I want to see the look on John's face.." "Sarah grinned a little and gave a slight shake of her head.

After Sarah and William left, Henry glanced over at Laurel. "Well. I guess we will have to set this work aside for another day and start to get ready for the dinner." Laurel glanced back over at him and grinned a little. "I guess we will." She gets some of the stuff set aside then followed Henry out of the house, locking it up before they made their way back to the apartment.

While Laurel showered, Henry got ready into a black suit and tie, then grabbed some black shoes to go with his outfit. Once Laurel was ready, getting on her pink dress, then got some pearl earrings and a necklace to match, she grabbed some white shoes to match the dress then headed back into the bathroom to do her hair, getting the curling iron ready so she could curl her long blonde hair. Once she was completely ready, she walked out of the bathroom and made her way into the living room where Henry was waiting. He glanced up and smiled as he saw her coming out of the room. "You are looking fantastic." He said. She gave a small smile. "Thank you. You're pretty spiffy yourself." Henry extended his arm out to Laurel. "Ready?" He asked. Laurel nodded wrapping her arm around his. "I'm ready."

Once they arrived at the restaurant, Henry and Laurel made the table reservations to save the group a spot. Not long after the waitress got them settled, William and Sarah followed. William was dressed similar to Henry in a black suit and pants with a tie. Sarah was wearing a yellow sun dress with her black curly hair flowing over her shoulders. She smiled a little as she sat across from Laurel. "Hey.. So. Are you guys tired of singing? Or do you think we can go out for some karaoke after dinner?" She teased as she sat down. Laurel laughed a little. "Well. That was sort of a one time thing for me. I really am not the best singer in the world..." Sarah raises her eye slightly. "I thought you sounded pretty good to be honest.." She said as William sat down next to her. Laurel bit her lip. "I"m not the karaoke type.." Sarah grinned a little.

"Hey guys.." The four of them looked up as Andy had finally arrived with Melissa. Melissa gave them a small shy smile as Andy introduced her. "This is Melissa. Melissa Rathaway.." Henry let out a small cough setting his drink down as he heard the last name. He remembered hearing stories of Hartley Rathaway that his dad spoke of. The Pied Piper's daughter? He noticed Andy giving him a hard glare as he looked up giving her a smile. "Melissa. It is finally nice to meet you. I'm.." But before he could finish introducing himself, she already seemed to know who he was. "Henry Allen.. I know. My dad's told me of your family before..." She smiled a little. Laurel raises her eye slightly giving Henry a kick under the table. He cleared his throat again glaring at Laurel. "It is lovely to finally meet you Melissa." She smiled.

Barry let out a laugh when he heard his son speaking of their evening out. "Wait wait. Really? Can I be there for when he introduces her to John?" Henry rolled his eyes. "Look.. I'm sure it will turn out just fine. Not everyone turns out like their parents.. But then. Harltey would be an interesting one. He has seemed to settle down since he's helped Cisco with that one mission.." Barry said.

"What do you think of Melissa so far?" Laurel asked once they were back at their apartment and had settled in for the evening to watch a movie. Henry glances over at her. "I'm not sure yet. She seems to be pretty decent. But of course. She would want to play the part to make a good first impression.." Laurel rolled her eyes. "I thought that after Andy you would see people differently. That they really could change." Henry gave a small shrug of his shoulder. "Some people yes. I mean. We've only met her just tonight.. She does seem a lot shyer though than Hartley from the stories that my dad's said." Laurel grinned a little. As they watched the movie, Laurel leaned in resting her head on Henry's shoulder. He wrapped an arm around her.

"Laurel.. Hey.." She jolted awake, not realizing she had fallen asleep, once she heard Henry's voice. "Sorry. I didn't mean to freak you out." She shook her head. "It's fine.." She stood up and followed Henry to the room to get ready to go to sleep.