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Friday was spent with family. Which Barry did with a fixed smile as he continued to lie to his parents that his "job overseas" was very demanding and only allowed a small amount of time back home for vacations.

They complained endlessly. About Barry. About the furnace in the basement. About the neighbors. About the city. About Jeremy. About Roxie. About everything.

Honestly? Barry missed it. He sat through dinner and complaints and just smiled through all of it.

When they finally went to bed, Barry went into the basement and entered his secret lab that he built when he turned four. It was filled with old inventions, experiments and memories. Some good. Some hilarious. And the bad ones that usually involved Jeremy screwing shit up.

He sorted through them all and began packing them up, setting up some of his drones to continue the process throughout the weekend and start shipping them to Fandom. Two items in particular made it into his pack to go home. Because... well. Reasons.

Saturday and Sunday were mostly spent with Roxie and Jeremy. After college they had taken up jobs within a few of Barry's corporation where they were essentially set up for life to do whatever they wanted. For Roxie that meant a lifetime of reading and learning. For Jeremy... it meant a lot of video games and seeing movies for free.

Sometimes being childhood friends with Barry has benefits.

"So. Tell me about her," Roxie said with a smirk.

Barry rolled his eyes. "I've had two conversations with her and haven't had a true date with her yet," he said honestly. "There's not much to tell."

Roxie looked over at Jeremy who was utterly failing at Red Dead Redemption. "Hey. Jeremy. When was the last time Barry had that stupid grin on his face?"

"When he last had a fucking date five years ago. Ten if you count him getting all fucking Zen with a telepathic gorilla," Jeremy said throwing the controller down in frustration. "Fuck this shit. I need a better horse."

"Fuck you both," Barry said shaking his head. "It's just a date."

"We know you, dude," Jeremy said as he shoved another Oreo in his mouth. "So spill it. What made her different?"

Barry sighed. "Fine. Her grandfather is a batshit asshole who happens to be a genius on her earth."

"So she has grandpa issues?" Roxie teased.

"No. Maybe. I don't fucking know. But she didn't fucking bat an eye at my usual bullshit; built her own spaceship and pissed off a galactic empire because she was bored. Or she wanted to help a friend. She was a little vague on the subject."

Jeremy and Roxie looked at each other and shrugged. "Yeah, okay. She sounds legit," Roxie agreed.

"Yeah, when are you marrying her?" Jeremy joked as he picked up the controller.

Barry threw a pillow at his head. "Fuck you. It's a date. I don't know how it's going to go."

"Yeah, well speaking of female love interests, are you seeing Sara while you're here?" Roxie asked

Barry groaned. "No fucking way," he said shaking his head. "She doesn't want to talk to me."

"Bar, you have been avoiding her for ten years," Roxie said smacking the back of his head. "C'mon man, grow a fucking pair and just talk to her."

Barry felt the impact and winced. He should have taken Roxie's physical strength down a few notches when he transformed her from a Sasquatch. "First of all: that fucking hurt. Pull your fucking punches. Second: she hates my fucking guts and for good fucking reasons. I can't fucking deny that! What good is that going to do?"

"Because maybe facing your feelings about past relationships will mean you won't have to wait another ten years to get a date," Jeremy replied not even looking up from his game.

Barry and Roxie just stared at Jeremy.

"What? I'm not a fucking 10 year old idiot horndog any more," he grumped. "I have layers."

"Nah, you're my horndog," Roxie teased and put her head on Jeremy's shoulder. "So. Barry-"

"I'll think about it," Barry groaned.

"Barry..."

"I said I'll fucking think about it."

And he did.

And on Sunday... he opened up a portal and went straight back to Fandom.

But he spent all day thinking about it.

Damn it.

[OOC: NFB, NFI & Establishy]
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