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Harry, Jesse and Jay then left Earth-1 as Barry entered the Cortex, considering.
"Barry, I know this all must have been shock for you but we need to know… are you OK?" Joe asked.
"Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine." Barry said, although no one, especially Barry himself, was sure by his statement.
"I know it must have been quite a shock but…"
"At least I got to see him again, even if it wasn't really him." Barry admitted. "Without Dad, I felt so lost… but now… now I don't feel so lost anymore. Just because I lose sometimes, it doesn't mean that… it's the end of everything. I almost did something that I probably would've regretted forever. I'm glad I changed my mind."
"Iris, I know that things must have been crazy with Barry lately but…"
"Do you think he was right?" Iris asked, considering what Barry had told her earlier.
"Well… honestly, I can't disagree with Barry. I mean, you overreacted and blamed us for Thawne kidnapping Eddie, when it wasn't our fault." Joe reminded and Iris winced and looked away in shame. "And do I need to remind you that you tried to be with Barry, despite that you were dating Eddie at the time? I think the question you need to ask yourself is what kind of influence are either of you for each other."
Barry then visited Caitlin, who was in the lab, staring before Barry held her hand as she turned to him. "You OK?" Caitlin asked. "I mean, it must have been quite a shock…"
"I just… had a lot of time to think." Barry said. "When Zoom took you, I thought I almost lost you. And frankly, the way I felt, when you were almost gone and when Iris was injured, were two completely different things. I guess I didn't realize until now what I wanted. Maybe the one thing I had been looking for my entire life, was in front of me in the past two years and I was too blind to see it."
Caitlin smiled. "You know, I've wondered many times, whether either of us… but… well… there was Ronnie, then Jay and… I just never thought whether there was any chance for either one of us. No matter how much were things at seams, how lost me or Cisco were, you'd find a way to save us. And at times I've wondered, whether…"
"I've honestly never thought about it until now. I don't know where we'll end up but I'm willing to find out." Barry said as he and Caitlin smiled at each other before kissing fiercely.