What Brings Us Together (A Ralph Dibny/ The Flash Fan-Fiction)

Chapter Forty-Seven: Embiggen is Not a Word

So, they put the three of us in a Hamster cage. Cisco was pacing back and forth, muttering to himself, Ralph was leaning against the wall and I was laying on the hamster wheel, roatating a force field ball in my hands. The wheel moved and Ralph laid down beside me. I stayed focused on my ball, when Ralph grabbed my wrist, moving my hand to make it go away. 

"So, we've got some time." He told me. "And I'm getting the feeling that you're mad at me, so we really need to talk about it." I sighed.

"I'm not mad at you." I told him. "Embarrassed, confused, and anxious are all accurate, but I'm not mad at you."

"Is this about this morning?" He asked.  I sighed, staring at the top of the wheel.

"I asked you to move in with me, Ralph. That's big for me, and I was terrified about asking you. And then your response was basically you begging me to change my mind, and because my brain works the way it does, I've been freaking out, trying to figure out what it could mean. Do you not want to move in with me, is it too soon, are you starting to lose interest in me-"

"Laura, that is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard." I sat up, shooting him a look.

"Are you serious right now?" I asked. "So, us living together is a bad idea, and my feelings are ridiculous. Wow, I've always wanted to visit the Grand Canyon, are you going to tell me that it's stupid to want to visit a glorified hole in the ground?" He sat up too, grabbing my arm and pulling me so that I was sitting on top of him, my back leaning on his propped-up knees. 

"That's not what I meant." I furrowed my eyebrows and opened my mouth to argue with him, but he put his hand over it. "Before you attack me, let me explain." I sighed against his hand, but nodded and he slowly removed it, resting his arms on top of my legs. I tried my best to stay angry at him and ignore the feeling of his hands on my hips. "It's not ridiculous that you felt that way, and I'm sorry that I freaked you out. It's the thought of me losing interest in you that's ridiculous. You're my dream girl, who I've been in love with for literally seven years." I looked over at the front of the cage, feeling really stupid.

"Then why don't you want to move in with me?" I asked, looking back at him.

"I do. Are you kidding me? Every day, waking up to you, late nights eating pizza and watching stupid independent movies, that would be incredible." I nodded. "But, you have to understand, I've never been in a relationship like this before. I've never had anyone care about me as much as you do, so I wanted to make sure that you knew what you were getting yourself into. I was stupid to doubt it, and I'm sorry." 

"I'm sorry I over-reacted."

"You didn't overreact." He answered. "To be honest, you probably went a lot easier on me than other girls would have." I chuckled. "I love you, ok? I've loved you for a long time, and I don't plan on stopping any time soon." I smiled, leaning forward and pressing my mouth to his. His hands slid up to my waist, and mine rested on the sides of his neck.

"NO! No, no, no, stop it! There is nothing to do in here, and I'm not going to stand here while you two make out! Stop that!" Cisco shouted, giving the wheel a shove.  Ralph and I fell out of it, collapsing on the floor with Ralph on top of me, and we both laughed. "You two are disgusting! Where is your self-respect."

"You're just jealous that you don't have a hot girl to make out with right now." Ralph told him, getting up and helping me up too. Cisco shot me a look.

"Laura...you're so smart. Why are you dating him?!"

"Because of his amazing charm and hilarity," I replied, "And I don't know if you've noticed, but he's tall and really hot." Cisco made a gagging nose, walking over to the door and we both laughed.

"Get me out of here, and away from them, PLEASE!" He shouted. 

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"So, in hindsight, I can see how putting you guys in a hamster cage could be humiliating." Iris said. We were now standing in the Lego model of Central City that we used with Savitar. 

"You think? I had to sit in the corner while these two had a heart-to-heart and made out in a Hamster wheel!" Cisco shouted.

"I kind of want to make out again, what do you think babe?" I asked,wrapping my arms around Ralph.

"Whatever you say, Love Muffin." I shook my head, laughing at him.

"I hate you both. I just want you to know that." Cisco told us.

"For the record, this is awesome, but why do you guys have a giant Lego set anyway?" Ralph questioned.

"It is a three-dimensional model of the place that I was pre-destined to be brutally murdered by a twisted future version of Barry." She answered.

"I have so much to catch you up on." I told Ralph.

"But what a difference, a year makes." Harry said, coming into the room with the Speed Force Bazooka we had used against Savitar.

"What did you do to my bazooka?" Cisco asked.

"Well, I turned your bazooka into an embiggening bazooka. With the help of the dwarfstar alloy we stole from Rundine's apartment, and improving upon Ray Palmer's amateurish schematics, presto-chango, embiggening bazooka. Now, if you'll just hold on..."

"Who, whoa, whoa, whoa, we're gonna do this now?" Iris asked.

"Well, yeah. Rundine's in the wind, these three are small, we need to embiggen them, and we need to free an innocent man, so-"

"Ok, first of all, 'embiggen' is not a word,  and second of all, shouldn't we test this first?"

"Hey! I'll be a test subject! Come on! Take me!" Cisco said. Ralph stepped up with him.

"Sure, why not." Ralph said.

"That's the spirit." 

"Wait!" I shouted. Harry looked annoyed at me. "Don't look at me like that. I was just going to suggest that we move, considering if this works, three human-sized people are going to crash onto a giant Lego set and it will be unpleasant for everyone involved."

"Yes, that is a good point. Good thinking, Laura." I flew onto the floor and Iris picked the other two up, putting them down beside me. "Here we go, and three, two, one." He blasted red light at the three of us for a moment. Nothing happened.

"Nope. Still tiny." Ralph said. Just as he said this, all three of us started vibrating at rapid speeds.

"Oh gosh, that was not a pleasant feeling." I said.

"Hey, are we supposed to be doing that?" Cisco asked.