The Choice

Chapter 14

Shortly afterwards Henry came with some food and coffees for me and Caitlin and she had finally woken up and everything was fine with her, so I went home to change clothes and take a shower. When I got home, Iris was gone, I had left a note saying that I had to go abroad for about three weeks because of an article. Looks like I'm going to spend the next few weeks alone!

I took a shower, changed clothes and went to CCPD because I had work to finish. I wished good morning to my colleagues and went to my office that I shared with Ralf.

"So how is she?"

"Already awake and okay, already working and everything!" I replied with a smile.

"I'm glad to hear the news," Joe said, bringing me a cup of coffee this time.

Today the day at CCPD was calmer, we had two crime scenes and Joe always takes me with him to see if they are a clue that the crime was committed by goals or just bad men. They would be surprised at how many times there were no signs of metas and were really human doing barbarian things to each other and today was like that. There were no indications that there were any targets in Central City and that makes me happy because I had no quiet days in a long time.

After my schedule at the station was ready, I would stop by the lab to see how things were, and then turn to see if Caitlin was okay. But fortunately everything was fine. Today, it had been a quiet day.

- Well, I think we can go home and rest ... Not much else to do here. Cisco said, rising from his chair.

"Wait!" Caitlin said, getting up from her chair and came to me. "I was thinking, and I wanted to know if I did not want to go to the house to have dinner."

"I think I'm going to accept the invitation, in fact, because in the next three weeks I'm home alone.

"You can always stay with us back home," Henry said, smiling after hearing what I had said to Caitlin.

"If your mother does not mind ... I do not think that's a bad idea," I said, and we both looked at Caitlin.

"If you want to stay on that sofa for three weeks, that's fine with me!"

"So it looks like we have a deal." I smiled, causing Caitlin to smile too. "Hey! What do you think, if after lunch we go to visit Joe, Cecile and the girl?

"Yes, let's go visit Aunt Jenna," Henry said, smiling like a six-year-old.

"Wait!" Caitlin said, standing in the middle of the road, and we were already worried we might be serious. "We have to stop by the supermarket, I have nothing in the closets."

- That's it? God, you scared me, Caitlin. We do so, you and Thomas are going to the supermarket that I go home to make a small suitcase, with enough things to take to your house and meet you in the supermarket. "I said running home, where I only took 5 minutes to pack with the most necessary things, to take them to Caitlin's house and return to the supermarket where they were.

"Believe it! You scared me," Caitlin said, putting a hand on her heart and making me and Henry laugh.

After a few minutes, a good forty-five minutes at the grocery store, we went home, where Henry went to take a shower, and I helped Caitlin shop the groceries and make supper.

After we had dinner, we cleaned the kitchen and Caitlin changed clothes, we went to Joe's house watching television while Cecile was changing the diaper to the girl.

"Hello, guys," Cecile said, appearing in the living room with the girl in her lap. "Caitlin, dear, I'm glad you're all right.

"Thank you Cecile and how have you been?" Has she given a lot of work?

- No ... Whenever she cries I can read her mind and know what's going on with her, so we can solve everything very quickly.

We had some time with them, but since it was late and they were tired we decided to go to Caitlin's house, since in these weeks Iris is not there, I'm going to live in Caitlin's house.

When we got home, I changed my clothes and lay down on the sofa in the living room and did not sleep. In the morning I woke up with a call from Iris, so I got up and answered.

"Good morning, how are things going?" - B

"Well, the people here are fantastic and help me build my story, but I miss Central City. Barry, I know you should have something of this and not just leave a note, but we were in a difficult situation and did not know if you wanted to talk ... "- I

"Do not worry ... I understand .... And I'm glad I'm doing so well there. Now I have to get ready to go to CCPD "- B

"Okay, I'm giving news .... Kisses "- I

After the conversation on the phone with Iris, Caitlin appeared in the kitchen still in her pajamas and rubbed her eye.

"Good morning, Barry," Caitlin said, smiling as she sat down on the couch and I sat down beside her.

- I woke you up? I was talking as quietly as I could ... "I said with a smile.

"No, I woke up on my own ... But is everything okay? Was it something serious? "

"No, just Iris."

"Good morning, family." Henry smiled and sat down in a chair in the kitchen. "So there's no breakfast yet?"

"I'll do it while you're going to get dressed so we can go to the lab," I said and we both got up off the couch to go and get ready.

Caitlin got dressed, and for a few minutes she appeared at our side and the three of us had breakfast together. We hit the lab and Cisco was extremely happy.

"What's wrong?" I asked Cisco, standing up when we arrived.

"I think I found a way for Henry to come back to his house. I've been up all night to deal with a device that helps speed up, creating temporal portals. I have not tried it on anyone yet, but it must be fit for him to return to his time. "

- That's great, Uncle Cisco. Can we try it?

"When you want ... I put the device on a bracelet that also has an intercom, so you can contact us when you get home so we know if it worked or not," Cisco explained giving the bracelet to Henry.

"It seems my time has come," said Henry, standing before us.

- Are you sure you want to try it now? I mean, it was not even tested, "I said, but he just smiled.

- Have! I trust Uncle Cisco's inventions and I'm already dying of homesickness and my sister. If all goes well, the mother is no longer dead and we will continue to be a happy family. "Heny put the bracelet on her left wrist." Uncle Cisco, thank you for helping me get back home.

- No need to thank you kid.