Short on Time

Chapter 33

"We really shouldn't be kissing in your office," I said giggling.

"Well you started it," Barry said kissing me again.

"I just gave you one kiss, I'm not responsible for your actions after that," I said.

Barry kissed my neck making me laugh, "Sure."

"We should probably stop before somebody walks in like Sighn, or Joe..." I said and then Iris walked in.

"Yo," Barry said as we broke apart. 

Iris laughed as I pushed Barry away and he fell over, "Iris, how are you?" 

"I'm so happy for you two. Truly," Iris said hugging me.

"Thank you. It means a lot to us," Barry said but Iris looked confused by Barry's tone. "I don't know. Wells, um, he left me that message where he said that I'd never really been happy. And for a while I really started to believe him, but, now..." Barry said wrapping an arm around my waist. "I-I don't know. Maybe there is a way to..."

"Are you okay? What's wrong?" I asked Iris as she started crying.

"I'm so sorry. I can't keep this in anymore, Barry. I know I was so mad at you and Dad for not telling me that you were The Flash, but when I found out about this, I didn't know what to do," Iris said.

"What? What's going on? When Francine came back, my Dad told me not to trust her and he was right. I didn't know how much. When my mother left us, she was pregnant. She had a son," Iris said.

"Joe's son," Barry said shocked.

"My brother," Iris added.

"What's his name?" I asked gently.

"Wally. Wally West. When I found out, I told her to leave and never come back and to never tell my dad, but Barry, I feel... I feel like this is hollowing me out. Every time I look at Dad, I feel like I'm hurting him. I don't, I don't know what to do."

"I think you know what you have to do," Barry said. 

"I can't. It's gonna kill him," Iris said.

"No, it won't. You don't have to do this alone. We can tell him together," Barry said giving Iris a tight hug.

"Thank you," Iris said. 

"Hey, look," Barry said.

I smiled at Iris, "Snow. Maybe it'll be a white Christmas."

"That'd be nice," Iris laughed. 

~*~

"The Weather Wizard, Captain Cold, and the Trickster. There's three of them and one of you," Cisco said.

"Two people, but even still, I do not like those odds," I said.

"And I'm gonna be no help without my speed, so..." Jay said.

"Oh, oh, light bulb up here. I have an idea. Most weather phenomena are marked, no pun intended, by the change of electric charge and pressure in the atmosphere," Cisco said.

"We could just map out those fluctuations," I said.

"To pinpoint his location," Barry said. "Right, it would just be a matter of removing all"

"The electricity from his immediate surroundings," Cisco continued.

"Attracting it to one spot," Barry finished.

"The same way a lightning rod does.Only instead of a lightning rod, we could use" I said. 

"A wand?" Barry said starting to laugh.