Short on Time

Chapter 31

"He just hit 1,375," I said as Barry tried to go faster.

"What's the fastest Barry's run?" Harry asked. 

"Little over Mach two, when he ran back in time," Caitlin said.

"That's not good," Harry said and then spoke to Barry. "That's good, Barry. We have our work cut out for us."

"I'm not getting faster, am I?" Barry asked.

"Well..."

"No, you're not," Harry said flatly. 

"All right, well, let's fix this, right? I mean, I can't beat Zoom at this speed. It felt like I was standing still next to him," Barry said.

"That's because you practically were. Zoom is at least three, four times faster than you at this point," Harry said.

"How is he so much faster than Barry is and Jay was?" I asked.

"Physiology, form, strength, could be a number of things... Attitude, diet."

"Okay, all right, well, there's got to be something we can do about it, so let's just figure it out fast, okay?" Barry said. "All right, I got to go. I'm meeting Patty at work. I'll see you," he said to me as he kissed me.

"Meet me at the house later?" I asked.

"Wouldn't miss it," Barry said and then ran away.

"I don't think you Henry wants grandkids yet," Harry said.

I turned red, "I'm Catholic. So, yeah not gonna happen."

Caitlin just snorted as she tried not to laugh, "just have fun."

I rolled my eyes, "you two are just..."

"Anything you call me, I've been called worse," Harry said.

"You gotta be kidding me," I muttered as I walked out. I went home and was just relaxing on the couch when Barry came in. 

"Do you have popcorn?" Barry asked.

"In the pantry, top shelf, far left," I told him. He went and grabbed it and tossed it in the microwave, "long day?"

"Weird case. How are you feeling?" Barry asked as he sat down and handed me a glass of wine.

I kissed his cheek, "thanks, babe."

"You didn't answer my question," Barry said as he took away my wine.

"Hey!"

"Ginger," Barry teased.

I laughed, "I'm fine." The microwave beeped so I got up to go get the popcorn. I pulled it out and put it in a bowl. I ate one as I walked back over, but then the room spun and my legs buckled.

"Ginger!" Barry said alarmed as he caught me and put the popcorn on the island. 

"It's okay," I said as Barry carried to me the sofa.

"You're not fine," Barry said gently. 

"Barry, can we talk about this later?"

"No we're," Barry said and then his phone buzzed with a 911 alert from Cisco. "Talking about this later. I'll be back," he said as he ran out.

~*~

"Oh! Thank God, Barry," Cisco said as we met in the lab.

"Dude, come on," Barry said taking off the mask.

"I can't believe you're The Flash. And that you work with The Flash," Kendra said.

"Yeah, let's keep that on the DL," Cisco said.