Keeping busy with the fact that Jeremiah was sighted yet again, this time in Central City of all places, fact that they were alerted too by Barry and Caitlin, and having to deal with another bomb threat from the Toyman, who apparently needed money badly, the following week went by like a breeze. The two were almost always busy and not at home. Alyssa kept her promise and the people that were installing the central heating finished after four days, leaving some time for cleanup. The couple told her to not fret that they would do it themselves, and they would except they needed to be alone so they could take care of it at super speed.

The time came for the Singers to go back to their place, their apartment was done and they wanted to spend the holidays in their own home. Something that neither Barry nor Kara could fault them for. The parents had put everything in their car and were waiting outside for the children to bring their things. They were joined shortly by the two heroes.

"Must be nice going back to your own home after all this time, huh?" Barry looked at them and smiled.

"Yes, it is. Although living in this large house had its benefits" Alyssa voiced

"One piece of advice you two, when you have people in the house, I would suggest you don't speed around. Other people that are not as smart as we are might figure out your secret identities" Mark chuckled leaving the couple quite shocked by his statement.

"Secret identities? What is that supposed to mean?" Kara tried to change the subject.

"Like I said, try not to speed around the house that much. Even if you think no one can see you, you can never be sure. One of the kids saw lightning one night, he didn't make much of it, but we kind of did" Singer told them with a serious face "I would advise you get yourself a car as well. Even if you don't use it. Don't you think it rather strange that you live all the way out here and all you do is walk? Or in your case, speed around? You do have to keep appearances"

"Hmm, never thought of that" Barry smiled "So how did you figure us out?"

"A collection of things. The way you work at the precinct, for one. Remember that I have asked you on several occasions if you have super speed. Then it was the fact that you talked to the heroes like you knew them. You live all the way over here, but I always left before you and you were always downtown before me. Without a car. When the two heroes announced they were married, I considered it a bit weird, but not out of the ordinary. However, the thought did come to mind that it could just have been for a diversion. You two are about to get married. Again, that was just a suspicion. But when out youngest came to our room and asked to sleep with us because he was scared of the blue lightning that was in the house, you could say that everything clicked" Mark smiled looking at the two who cringed, realizing that however careful they were, their speed was a part of their lives and they used it quite often.

"Don't worry. Your secret is safe with us" Alyssa smiled

"I do reserve the possibility of calling you and asking that you help with your other personas. While you do work with the police, you don't handle everything. Some cases might require your … other type of expertise" Singer looked at them

"We already do that, Mark. But sure, you can call us when you need to, just make sure nobody hears you" Kara grinned.

"With that said, we should be off. There are things to do before Christmas and we should be getting back to them" Alyssa told the couple that was standing in front of them

"If you got nothing else to do then you can come to our party. The one that we're holding for Christmas Eve. If you do come, however, I suggest you keep an open mind" Barry told the Singers

"I'm guessing you two aren't the only superheroes that are going to be at that party?" Mark inquired

"No, we aren't. Most of the people in that family that we plan to invite are superheroes in their own right. Of course, you will have to keep their secrets as well. If that seems a bit too much, then it might be better if you don't come, but the invitation still stands. The decision is yours" Kara voiced her thoughts

"All right. We'll think about it. Thank you for the invite thought. Take care of yourselves and I'll see you at work" Mark shook hands with Barry and hugged Kara

"Also, even if you do live in this mansion now, you know where we live. If you want to come over anytime just for chatting or for a visit, you`re always welcome in our house, just like you have welcomed us to yours" Alyssa voiced her own invitation which was quietly approved by Mark via a nod.

"We might take you up on that. Take care of yourselves" The Singers got in their car with the kids and drove off. Barry and Kara waving goodbye until they were out of sight and then going back into the house.

"I don't even remember when we sped in the house, however I think it's for the better that Mark knows now who we are" the speedster went to the kitchen followed by his fiancée.

"Me neither, but since we use our speed so readily for some things and I can take energy from you unless you expressly don't want to, either you or me could have provoked that lightning in the house simply by speeding down. I do agree that having Singer know who we are is beneficial. Now we don't have to cover ourselves when it comes to him. He will cover for us, which will enable us to leave whenever there's an emergency without people asking questions" she replied to him while they were sitting down for a cup of coffee.

"I think we should talk to Bette and Cisco. Maybe they have time to come and put the infrastructure in order until Christmas, what do you say?" Barry questioned

"Yes. Let's talk to them, see if Barry and Caitlin don't need them and maybe get Felicity too since we will more than likely need a Tech wiz" Kara replied and then remembered

"I'm fine doing it on my own, but seeing Felicity again would be nice. Sadly I don't think she can leave her posting at STAR West. However, it never hurts to ask" the speedster concluded.

The two started making calls. They talked with Barry and Caitlin first. The two couples agreed that since now Barry and Kara had a large house, they could set up an offsite backup at their place too. Doing that would mean that by default the house would have the STAR security system and they would all have access. Bette and Cisco agreed right away to come to National and assess the situation. The Engineer had already back ordered a set of servers and nodes that would allow them to create another failover location, but the servers were in Central City in storage inside the labs.

"We can come get them and bring them here, if that is no problem. How many are there?" Barry asked Cisco

"24. And the racks that they have to be put in. It can be done, the only problem would be that you will need to make multiple trips here and back" the engineer replied.

"We'll help too. Come over, you two. Kara you can take Cisco and Bette, seeing that you`re a bit slower and by the time you arrive we should be there with the servers as well." Caitlin told the blonde. They agreed and they sped over to Central City. The transport wasn't nearly as difficult as they thought. Barry made 3 times remnants, his younger self making another 3 and Caitlin another 3. They only needed two trips, and with Kara leeching energy off her Barry she was faster than she had ever been. Cisco and Bette were inside the house about the same time the others brought in the first batch of computers.

"Hey, you said you bought a house, not a mansion. What is this?" Cisco quipped at them.

"Only thing that was near what we wanted. Look around, see if you can find a good place for what you need to do. There is also a basement, but I don't know how well electronics might fare in that environment" Kara invited the engineer to look around. The speedsters were back with the second batch and everything else they needed. The last passenger was Felicity, who expressed her desire to come and help. Barry had taken a detour to Star City and brought her along as well.

"We need to go back" Caitlin voiced "We don't want to leave Alex alone for too long. But we will definitely be here for the party. If you have something akin to a nursery we can come and help if you need it as well"

"We'll take care of that, since we do want you to come here even if it's for a few days so the little one has to have a place to sleep. We'll make two of them, just in case. If we need help we'll call but for now we have everything we need. Thank you for the help" Kara smiled at her, leaving Barry speechless at the candor of her statements

"No problem. You`re welcome. In case there is something that we need your help with in Central we'll keep in touch" Young Barry replied swiftly and the two were off. Felicity and Bette were walking around the house with Cisco looking for a place to set up the new failover cluster.

"This property doesn't seem as big as the vacation house. I'm going to do a walk around and see if there are any security issues. Call me if anything comes up, or just come get me, I'll be somewhere on the grounds" Bette told the couple and went out

"We should leave Cisco to his devices for a bit and go in town to buy some stuff for the nursery. Both of them. If those two want to spend some time here, we have to make sure that Alex has a place to sleep" Kara told her fiancée who nodded. The two sped out into the city and started to look in furniture shops for cribs and other stuff that they would need. They found some things that they really liked, instantly ordering them and having them delivered the same day to the house. Kara was right, they would need two of them, even if one would stay mostly empty. They ordered two of everything, two cribs, two playpens, a lot of toys and some other stuff. Barry and Kara loved Alex and they wanted to make sure the baby would not get bored while his parents were there. Surprisingly enough, when they came out of one such shot they met with Cat which was on her way to the usual break at the restaurant.

"Fancy meeting you here, so you finally decided to … grow your family?" the media mogul looked at the two and gave them a grin.

"It's not for us, not now anyway. The Allens will be coming for Christmas so their child needs a place to sleep. I won't lie, we have thought about that, but a bit later" Kara smiled at Cat who gave her a grin.

"Which reminds me, if you don't have anything else, we're holding a party for our friends and extended family. It would be nice if you'd be there. If Carter is home and not with his father, bring him too as well" Barry told her

"Carter is indeed spending the holidays with his father, but yes, I'll be there. Who else is coming? Or … I'll see that when the time comes" she inquired sheepishly

"You'll see. But expect the usual people that you saw that time when Barry proposed to me. Maybe some new additions, like Mark Singer and his family" Kara answered her. Kat was surprised

"Chief Singer? I'm surprised you would invite him. Or…" She didn't manage to finish her sentence.

"We have become close while he spent time in our house. Besides, he kind of figured out on his own who we are and his wife did too. He won't say anything, but we have become friends in that time, so it would be something normal to invite them to the party as well" Kara explained

"Ah, so he did figure out who you two are. Well, that didn't take him long. That doesn't matter, I will indeed come over for Christmas Eve, it's not like I have to walk too much. You are my neighbors after all" Cat started to chuckle.

"Great, we'll be expecting you then. Don't bother bringing anything, unless you have some nice wine for our guests" Kara smiled.

"You two don't drink? I could have sworn I saw you take some wine yourself" Cat told them surprised.

"We can't get drunk. Barry's metabolism burns through it at a stupid pace. He would have to drink like half a water tanker to feel anything. As for me, I could never get drunk because of my body. There isn't a strong enough alcohol to get me even tipsy, except some alien stuff that comes from my home planet. The rest, I guess they are just too weak. Yes, I have tried anything from Tequila, to even drinking pure alcohol. Doesn't work in the slightest" Kara replied to the media mogul who looked at them with a sad face.

"Not even 30 yet and you can't get drunk. That's a bit shit, wouldn't you say?" Cat chuckled

"Not really. Anyway, we have to get going, Cisco and Bette are at our house and putting up the security system and everything else connected to STAR in Central City. Which reminds me, come over tonight, we have to get Cisco to make you a security profile, or else you won't be able to come into our house at all" Barry remembered that with the system in place, without a security profile nobody could get into their house.

"That's all right, I don't intend to drop by unannounced. Besides, I have no tie in with STAR. It would be strange that I have a security profile there. I'll manage and if me coming over and waiting at the door becomes a nuisance, then we can talk about that profile" She smiled at the couple that agreed. They split up, Barry and Kara going back home to see what Cisco had managed to come up with in terms of where he would put the servers. After a bit of thinking, Cisco decided that the best place was the room that was in the basement.

"So that's where you want to put everything?" Kara asked surprised "Won't the humidity present a problem?"

"Not so much no. I can have an air conditioning unit installed that will take care of the temperature and the humidity in the room. Also it is big enough for what we need without having to bump into the server racks. That's the place" The engineer smiled

"Cisco is right" Felicity agreed "It's also pretty much shielded from extreme temperatures and heavy humidity from the outside. I do believe it is indeed the best location for the sort of tech we want to put in"

"All right then, let's get to it. The internet connections in the house are already done. It seemed a bit surprising that people who apparently didn't have any sort of tech would make sure that the walls have cable outlets" Kara quipped

"It might not even have been their design. They did redecorate right before they left, as the real estate agent had already told us, so maybe the one that did the redecorating thought to include something like this for the future. We will only have to make one small hole for the wires to be connected into the servers. I think you can do that with your heat vision" Barry looked at his fiancée while they were setting up the room where the servers should be.

"Yeah, I'll do that now so we can clean up" She replied and shot a high intensity heat beam straight up through the floor which melted a medium sized hole for the wires to go through. Cisco was prepared, Caitlin had dragged with her wiring on their last trip as well.

While Cisco and Felicity were busy setting up everything, with Barry giving them a hand at super speed wherever they might need it, Kara went up to the two rooms that the couple had picked in advance to be nurseries. She started to clean up and make space for the cribs they bought and everything else, which arrived an hour later. The shop was very helpful and when they heard where the buyers lived they scrambled instantly to get the merchandise there.

"I'm going to start bringing things into the nursery, if you aren't too busy, maybe you can give me a hand?" Kara asked him mentally

"No, I'm never too busy for you, just tell me what you need put and where, I can do both things at once. Fastest man alive, remember?" He chuckled and she started telling him where to put everything. While helping Cisco and Felicity, he would go up and take one more thing to the rooms. Bette came back and went straight to the basement helping the other two with the racks, while Barry had time to focus on setting up the nurseries with Kara. After a good couple of hours of work, both rooms were done and the server room was stacked with tech. everything was turned on. The two superheroes came down only to have Felicity ask one question

"So, you have the servers here, but you don't have any kind of consoles anywhere in the house. How am I supposed to set up the connection without another computer?" She inquired looking at the two

"Oh, we didn't think of that, we don't have anything like that in the house. Maybe you have some workstations that we can have from STAR West?" Kara thought ahead seeing that the Star City branch had the required tech.

"You`re in luck. I do have two consoles that are unused right now and they are in the storage room at STAR West gathering dust. They are made with the latest tech so they would work fine here. Barry, can you go get them?" the blonde asked the speedster

"Yes, how many of me would there have to be to make this a one-time trip though?" the question came

"Five. 4 to get the consoles and their main units and one to get the wires and everything else. The storage room has everything you just need to go get them. They're in the 32nd floor of the building in Star City" The answer came and the speedster was off. Two minutes later, the consoles were brought in and put in the office of the main building where Felicity and Cisco started assembling them and configuring the security system along with Bette.

"There is one caveat" Cisco told the two superheroes "The system requires a satellite connection. Which means you will need an antenna yourselves somewhere on the grounds. I already ordered one and it will be shipped later, I don't think it would have been really polite to tell Kara to fly with the antenna here all the way from Central City"

"I probably would have had done so if it was necessary, but thank you for thinking about me. If they deliver it to the house then we can take care of it ourselves. Barry knows how to fix that, don't you?" She asked looking sheepishly at her speedster fiancée.

"I'll manage. No point in gathering everyone just for something like that. Once I do integrate the dish in the system, you can just login to it from STAR West and set the parameters for it to work, right?" Barry asked the blonde

"Yes, I can do that without a problem. There, everything is tied into the STAR Network" Felicity smiled at the two. Bette and Cisco were hard at work to put all the security measures around the house. It was getting late, everyone had worked pretty much all day so everyone picked a room and went to sleep. Barry and Kara went back up to their master bedroom and decided to take a bath before going to bed, however, it turned out to be anything but. They did manage to get out of the double tub and on the bed where they continued well into the night.

The next morning the two came out as usual and went to the kitchen to get some coffee and maybe see if anyone wanted breakfast. Much to their surprise, they found Felicity already there with bags under her eyes.

"Morning, Felicity. What's up with you, didn't sleep well?" Kara asked surprised

"Not really, how could I? It seems that your bed is right above the room I chose to sleep in. You two are LOUD. The scratches that the posts made as the bed moved across the floor didn't do me any favors either" the blonde looked at the two who immediately blushed and looked down at the floor "Don't worry about it, I'm used to sleepless night from helping Ollie, just thought I should mention that so you don't do it with someone who's a stranger in the house" she grinned.

"Sorry about that, we had no idea that it would keep you from sleeping" Barry said

"It's not a problem. I'll get right back to work in setting up everything that needs to be set up. How about you two, don't you have something to do?" She chuckled

"We're going to start Christmas shopping, it's going to be Christmas Eve in two days and we'd better be ready considering we want to throw a party. I would suggest you speak to Oliver and Thea so they know they are invited too and where to come. If you can send a message to the time patrol as well to be here" Kara acknowledged

"All right, will do" she responded

"Mind doing something else for me while you`re here?" Barry inquired

"Sure, what do you need?" the blonde woman responded

"Can you hack me an MD license? Might come in handy if we ever need a second opinion from someone who won't talk to anyone else, but a doctor. I have studied quite a lot and as Kara can tell you I know what I'm doing, except I don't really have the credentials for it" the speedster told her what he needed.

"Yea, sure. I can do that. I'll have it ready in a few hours" the blonde smiled at him

"Don't rush, I don't really need it right now, but it would be nice if I actually had one. Since I could use my knowledge and not worry that someone would ask me about why I am qualified to do so" The reply came. Felicity nodded, grabbed a cup of coffee and strolled into the office where she started to tweak the link to the Labs, while creating a trail of credentials and studies for the speedster to get his medical license. Kara decided to call Clark and let him know about the party.

"Morning, cousin. You busy?" her voice sounded quite happy

"Not so much, just planning what we want to do for the holidays with Lois" the answer came

"Since our apartment blew up we had to buy a new house so, we thought it would be nice to throw a party for everyone. That's why I called, I assume you want to come too ?" The alien blonde asked quite straight out

"I heard on the news what happened with your apartment, but I knew you were safe since the news about the two superheroes didn't stop. Sure, Lois and I will be there, all you have to do is give us the address and a time to get there, since you bought a new house I would much like to see it. I'll be surprised, won't I?" Superman answered quite bluntly

"Oh yes, you'll definitely be surprised. If you want I can have Barry come and get you, if you don't enjoy flying in cold weather with a passenger in tow" she replied.

"No, that's fine, we'll just take a plane like a normal couple. That won't be a problem. Lois seems to enjoy flying with me as much as she enjoys being on a plane" Kal replied.

"Ok, the address is 1 Marshall Way. I would say, be around sometime around 5 to 5:30 Pm?" Kara stated

"All right, we'll be there. See you in a few days" the answer came and Clark closed the line.

"That should do it. What about the others, shouldn't we invite them ourselves, instead of leaving that job to Barry and Caitlin?" Barry asked

"We already invited Felicity, which will talk to Oliver, his sister and the time patrol. Now all we have to do is speak to Alex and the people at the DEO" Barry replied and took his phone to call her sister. She had been out of town for a few weeks on a secret mission that required her to go under cover and see if she can get more information regarding the dominators, however, someone in the organization she was infiltrating blew her cover and she had to be recalled before she was hurt, or even worse, compromised.

"Alex, we're throwing a little Christmas party for the whole family. It would be nice if you, Winn and J`onn could join us" Barry started

"Of course we'll be there. How's it on the house front, did you manage to find something you like?" the question came

"Oh, we did, I know you didn't manage to see if because you were away on that mission. Well, not would be a perfect time" Kara quipped

"I'm in too" Winn's voice could be heard from the other side of the line. The man was visibly excited to have been invited as well.

"Well you heard it, I'm pretty sure J`onn is coming too, although we will talk to him and if he decides to spend Christmas with Megan then we will let you know" Alex retorted

"That's a good idea, you should tell him to bring Megan as well, since he is his family and he is a close friend. Kal is coming as well, Barry and Caitlin with the whole posse from Central City, Oliver with Thea and the time cops, Felicity, Cisco and Bette are already here" Barry decided to give them the short version.

"Awesome. Everyone will be there. Anyone else?" Winn asked

"Cat Grant and probably Chief Singer with his wife and kids" Kara added.

"All right. Where are we supposed to go and be there at what time?" Alex inquired

"The house we bought is at 1 Marshall Way. Party will probably start around 5 Pm, people will arrive a bit later since the plane from Metropolis doesn't get here until that time?" Kara spoke into the phone

"Wait, did you just say 1 Marshall Way?" Alex and Winn asked almost in tandem

"Yeah, what about it?" Barry interjected into the conversation

"You two bought the house on top Monument Hill? I thought that was just for rich people. Wasn't the last asking price in 8 figures?" Alex asked quite surprised

"Yes, that's what we paid for it. Did I forget to mention that I have enough money to last us a lifetime?" Barry chuckled

"Yes, you kind of did. Anyway, we'll see you there" the DEO agent replied

"Before we leave, did you manage to find out anything else about Jeremiah?" Kara was hopeful, but she knew that it might be nothing.

"No, after being spotted in Central City it was like he dropped off the map. We're continuing to scan for his whereabouts. I'm assuming you gave Barry and Caitlin his description to keep an eye out for him as well?" Alex inquired

"Yes, we have already given them that. Or else they wouldn't have detected him when he was in Central City. If he pops up in any city where STAR has access to the cameras we'll find him" Kara replied.

"All right. See you at the party. Did you try to get a hold of mom?" Alex asked her sister

"I did want to invite her, but I don't know where she is. I don't have time at the moment to fly all the way home to check on her. If you manage to reach her tell her that I would be very happy if she decides to join us" Kara added.

"Will do . See you in a few days or as soon as there is some sort of alien emergency in the city" her sister quipped from the other side of the line and the call was closed after. The two got dressed and went into the city to buy everything they needed for the party. The first thing that was needed was decorations. The two bought so many of them to be put throughout the whole house and some outside that they had to return to the mansion a few times to leave them somewhere. They didn't have enough hands to carry everything. This time Kara had a say in what they bought, something that was quite unusual, but she started to get the taste of the holiday with the person she loved and what she wanted.

The next step was the tree. As they strolled through the city one thing became glaringly obvious.

"They don't have large trees. We would need something quite big for the hall in our house" Kara said with a bit of disappointment

"Of course they don't, most of the people in this city have moderate sized homes, not the mansion that we just bought. We just have to keep looking" Barry told her and gave her a kiss. He didn't like the sad face she was making and that managed to put a smile back on it.

"You are correct. I guess we just have to keep looking" the answer came and with renewed determination to find a tree that was big enough for the house the two started to look anew. They were in luck, after a few good hours they stumbled on a merchant that had trees that were extremely large for a normal house, but just right for their own.

"Did we measure the height of that room, by any chance?" Kara asked her fiancée who looked at her strangely

"No, we did not, but I did manage to see the plans for the house. Give me a minute to recall the building plans" He stood and thought for a bit and then replied "The room is 3 meters high, which means we can get a tree that is somewhere around that height. That is if we want to put it in the living room, if we want to put it in the atrium, where the stairs are, then that is about 6 meters and a half"

"I don't want to put it in the atrium because we will have enough issues to decorate that and the tree might impede movement around the house. So three meters, all right, let's ask the vendor how tall the trees are, he probably measured them before bringing them here and we can make a decision after" she quipped. They bought a tree that they liked, it was lush all around and stood around 2.5 meters in height, just perfect for the living room in their house. Now, they had to get it there

"I'm starting to think that Mark was right, we need a car or some sort. I don't think we can just walk around the city with this tree, its size makes it suspicious for two people to carry it so easily" Kara thought to him and he nodded.

"For now, I guess we will just have to duck out in an alley and speed with it home making sure that we don't damage it. You run with it, I'll run beside you and extend the bubble so we don't wreck it all to hell" he replied as they ducked into an alley and they started speeding toward the house. Barry made sure that the bubble was large enough to be able to keep the tree intact and Kara was syphoning off energy so she could run faster as well. She noticed that as she was syphoning part of his energy, her thought processes were sped up as well to be able to handle the speed. She started to perceive the world around her as standing almost still, kind of like Barry described it when he was using his powers, surprisingly, that happened when she didn't receive power from him, her own speed making sure that she could process the information she was receiving. She was sure that this was part of the shared force that the lightning strike had provoked back when they were struck. She didn't mind, usually her speed did nothing of the sort, only allowing her to see the world as a blur while she moved, just enough so she could dodge everything that came in her path, that's why, because she met Barry she enjoyed flying more instead of running.

The two reached home without incident and planted the large tree in the living room along with the large boxes of decoration they had bought before. Cisco, Bette and Felicity had finished what they needed to do and were taking a break from it all. Everything had been put into place including the fingerprint and iris scanners at the front door. The back doors had a smaller inconspicuous security system. Cisco prepared some fingerprint sensors in advance and worked them into the handles. That way the doors were always closed unless someone authorized wanted to open them. The shutters remained the same, only now they could be controlled directly via an app that Cisco constructed on the fly. They could set the schedules for them opening and closing, the voltage that was going through the metal, it also provided direct access to them if the couple would need to close them early.

"That is a beautiful tree you guys bought, but this house is huge, how much would it take for you to decorate it all?" the blonde looked at the two who smirked.

"I have no idea, considering we cleaned the entire mansion in a bit under 7 hours, I think decorating will take way less than that" Kara replied.

"Maybe it's time we called in reinforcements. What do you say?" Barry looked at his fiancée with a large smile

"Well, of course, 4 speedsters would be faster than two, but those two have a child to take care of, we can do it by ourselves" She replied reminding Barry that the Allens still could not be away from home for long periods of time if they did not take their child along for the ride.

"We do have two fully stocked nurseries now, but you`re right, let's get this decorating business started and we'll see what happens" the speedster replied getting interrupted by Cisco

"Do you think we're going to just stand here and not do anything, you've got another thing coming. Me, Bette and Felicity will do the living room, you can take care of the rest of the house. If you finish ahead of us, which you might, you can come help us here. How's that?" the engineer quipped

"That sounds like a plan to me. Let's do this!" Kara grinned and the blue lightning started to move around the house putting up decorations. They started in the foyer which they finished in less than 30 minutes, continued with the hallways and the kitchen, the library and the upper floor hallways. Which pushed them back another hour. Last but not least they decided to decorate their bedroom as well, since they would be spending enough time there, possibility which when put forward by Barry, made Kara blush severely. That took yet another hour. Then they returned to the living room, Bette had put on Christmas music and the room was done, all they had to do was decorate the tree. Felicity was already on a chair doing that, but when they zipped in, she yelped and lost her footing, enough for her to almost fall from the chair she was on. Kara was fast and caught her before she hit the ground.

"Be careful, we don't want accidents happening. You falling on the floor and hitting your back after what happened to you would not be good" She smiled while she put the blonde back on her feet with ease.

"I know, I just forgot what it like is to live with two speedsters. I have been spending time in Central City with the other two, but I was always sitting down so if I was indeed startled I couldn't fall off" She excused herself

"Just be careful. Or I can lift you to put stuff higher up since I don't have a problem with lifting and I'm pretty sure you wouldn't fall from my grip" Kara grinned looking at the slender blonde in front of her.

"I suggest we go and get some rest, we can continue the tree decorations tomorrow morning, before everyone arrives. It's already late and I know at least one person that didn't get much rest last night" Barry looked at Felicity and grinned.

"That wasn't my fault, we had some people that were making a ruckus" She smiled.

"Barry might be right, it's already rather late. We should leave this to tomorrow. Maybe there will be other people that will come to help" Bette voiced sitting down in a chair taking a sip of eggnog. She knew the two were part of the "we can't get drunk" brigade, but she made some nonetheless for the others.

They agreed that it would be beneficial for them to rest after all the work they had put in the previous day and everyone went to their rooms. They already made sure that the big guest room was kept for Barry and Caitlin. The others would be up for grabs, Felicity got one for her and Oliver, Bette and Cisco took another one, while the couple went back to their own master bedroom.

The next morning as they woke up, they went straight to the kitchen and started making omelets and pancakes for everyone. Barry had to speed out to get syrup since they didn't think in advance that they would need it. In the meantime Kara had coffee at the ready and continued to make food. The kitchen was in a good spot to let the aroma of the coffee drift inside the house, just enough to wake up everyone. Their guests all came down to the kitchen and were greeted by a table full of food and coffee for which they were grateful as they started eating. Barry had come back just in time with the syrup as well, buying a few jugs which were going to be put in storage.

"Good morning, I see you`re looking better, Felicity" Kara grinned at the blonde who had some pajamas on.

"Of course, there were not screeching or rapping noises to keep me up all night" She retorted making the others laugh.

"So what's on the agenda for today?" Bette asked while she was sitting in Cisco's lap drinking some coffee.

"We need to finish the tree, then we should probably cook some food for the party, since we have 3 speedsters and a baby that eat like beached whales" Kara explained

"Not to mention an alien blonde that eats just about as much as those mentioned speedsters. How did that go? On thanksgiving we had a turkey for the family and a turkey for Kara?" Barry started to laugh making the blonde start to fidget and blush

"How do you know about that?" She retorted with a surprised look on her face

"Alex might have mentioned your eating habits back in my timeline. She wasn't the only one either, Eliza confirmed that as well" Barry chuckled and broke down laughing. "Which reminds me, did you invite her to the party?"

"I tried to get a hold of her, but I didn't fly all the way back home to see if she was there. I told Alex to see if she can talk to Eliza and get her here in time for her to be at the event we're preparing" Kara replied to her fiancée.

"I find it odd that I haven't managed to meet Eliza in this timeline. The other time this happened, it didn't even take a few months till you took me to meet her" Barry looked at her crooked.

"Well, things have been tough on her, with Jeremiah disappearing and with everything that happened. I heard she took on a new job somewhere and left home. But that is as much as I know. I get why she wanted to get away for a while. After the disappearance, mom buried herself in her work and since she is a pretty well established scientist in the community, I doubt she had trouble finding a new job. She stayed home for a while, it hasn't been that long since I've seen her actually, I went back there a week before you came to this dimension, but since then Alex had gone to see her and she wasn't there anymore" Kara replied with a bitter smile "She will be back, now I just hope it will be in time to be at the wedding. That would be pretty shit if she doesn't even know about that"

"Then we'll just have to track her down. With her science background there aren't many places that she could have gone to for a good job. One of them just happens to be owned by family, which will make it even easier for us to look for her. Don't worry, if we can't have Jeremiah walking you down the aisle at least we'll make sure that your mother is there" Barry assured her and gave her a hug and a short kiss.

Much to their surprise, as they were decorating the tree and cooking at the same time, Alex and Winn made an appearance early. When they saw the two at the door with their faces frozen the couple started to laugh.

"Welcome, but how come you came so early?" Kara was surprised to see them almost two hours before the actual party had to start

"We wanted to help, but I see you two have everything covered. This is some property you two have here" Alex managed to talk

"Eh, it suits our needs. Come in, we were in the process of decorating the tree and cooking some food for whoever wants to eat" Barry told them and smiled while he closed the door behind him.

"Mind if we look around? We want to see what this house has" Winn told the sunny blonde that was heading back to the living area

"Not at all. Go look around, just make sure you don't get lost" Barry chuckled and the two made wide eyes at the fact that the house was so large. Of course they realized that he was pulling their chain. After they moved around visiting everything that they could visit, the two came to the living area and started to help the others in decorating the tree.

"Just out of curiosity. We couldn't get into the rooms on the last floor. What's there?" Alex asked as she was hanging some globes on the tree

"There are no rooms on the last floor, just one. The master bedroom, the one where me and Kara sleep" Barry replied leaving the DEO agent with her jaw on the floor and Winn with a large smirk on his face.

"Wait, that whole floor is a bedroom? What the hell do you have in there?" She asked quite surprised.

"Everything from a walking in closet, a large two person tub, a Jacuzzi, a large bed and several other things that need to be kept secret" Kara grinned at her sister. Alex thought it strange that the sunny blonde wouldn't blush these days when she mentioned something of the sort. It must been the effect of actually living with Barry for such a long time and getting used to the sexual innuendos.

"The attic seems strange. Why would there be a glass dome under the actual roof?" Winn asked

"You're going to see why. Maybe we'll get everyone up there at one point and show you. I can tell you this, there is a VERY good reason that there are two roofs, one made of glass and the normal one" Barry left him to think and to imagine what those reasons might be.

As they finished with the preparations the time was nearing for the others to arrive. Cisco, Bette and Felicity were annoyed that they didn't bring any sort of clothes from their homes to attend the event, thing that was immediately rectified by Barry who took them back to their respective cities and left them to get ready. After 30 minutes, the three were back in the house in full evening attire. Barry and Kara went up to their room and dressed themselves for the occasions. He chose a dark blue suit with tie and she dawned a red dress which was molded to her form and had a large cut down the back and to the sides. They came back down in a nick of time to answer the bell. The Singers were at the door accompanied by Cat.

"Hello everyone, Come in. Welcome to our humble abode" Barry cracked a smile

"Mark, Cat, Alyssa. Did you two not bring the children?" Kara looked strangely at the Chief and his wife and two faces popped up from behind them "There we go" she smiled as everyone came inside and joined the ones that were already in the living room.

The next group was way larger and contained a pretty hefty surprise. The next bell brought with it the gang from Central City. Barry and Caitlin along with Alex, Iris and Eddie, Henry and Tina and Joe who was alone, his girlfriend could not make it due to some late work she had to get done.

"We have a surprise for you, Kara" Caitlin quipped and the group split to make way to a figure she knew very well.

"Mom? But … how are you here?" She asked surprised

"Funny story, a while back we hired someone. The person didn't seem too special at the time until we shook hands and she gave me the flashes you two are so familiar with. It turned out that since I have his memories" young Barry pointed at the older version "I knew immediately who she was. Eliza has been working at STAR in Central city for quite a while now. We kind of figured you would be glad to see her, so we brought her along"

"Hello, Kara. I had no idea that in the time that I was gone you managed to actually meet someone that stood up to your high standards" Eliza gave her a smile and a large hug.

"I'm so glad to see you, mom" Kara was trying hard not to cry, she wasn't wearing much make up but she didn't want that ruined. The others slowly started to go inside as Kara and Eliza remained locked in a hug outside. Old Barry went and told Alex to go outside, leaving the three to their own devices. They had not seen each other in a long while.

"So, no more reporting for CatCo. Now you`re a detective at the NCPD and you found the man of your dreams huh?" Eliza looked at the sunny blonde while she was hugging Alex who was very glad to see her.

"A lot has happened in the past year and a half, mom. Yes, what you said is perfectly true, I did find the man of my dreams. Someone which I am going to marry very soon" she pointed at the large ring on her finger, making Eliza gawk.

"Not to mention that man is filthy rich and his brother and his wife own STAR Labs. Which you have already seen" Alex added fuel to the fire making Eliza gawk even more.

"I'm glad you have someone to make you happy. I think Jeremiah would be proud of how much you've grown these past years." Eliza replied looking at her two daughters. They continued to speak until they heard a car coming. It contained Clark and Lois which made it just in time, they took a cab as soon as their plane landed.

"It's been a while, Eliza. Hello Kara, Alex" Clark smiled and took the old scientist into a hug after that going to his cousin.

"What is with the Allen Family and mansions?" Lois quipped starting to laugh after she said that.

"That's what you get when your apartment blows up and you have nowhere else to stay" Kara replied as Eliza's face fell once again " Come inside, there are other people you would like to meet" The three went inside where the two versions of Barry, Caitlin and Cisco were talking.

"Did you manage to get a hold of Harry and Our two junior speedsters?" Old Barry asked Cisco

"Yes, I did. Caitlin remembered to bring my glasses and gauntlets so I'll open a portal for them to come through" the engineer smiled and put on his gear. A large swiveling portal appeared in the living room out of which, Harry, Jesse and Wally came out. It was immediately visible the fact that Jesse had a large engagement ring on her finger. While Cisco did that, Young Barry got a call from Oliver.

"What is it Ollie, are you going to be late?" He asked surprised

"Late for the party? No chance. But we kind of took the Wave Rider Express so, we will need a place to land close to the house" He replied

"Land in the back yard, there is a lot of space where the ship can stay cloaked and nobody would be the wiser. The doors that lead there are already keyed in to the STAR Labs security systems which means you can come in without a problem" Kara added so that the archer would know what it was.

"All right, Thank you, Kara. We'll be there momentarily. We were hovering outside. See you in a bit" He chuckled and closed the line. After a few minutes, from the back doors that were leading to the living room a few people came inside. Oliver, Sara and Talia, Ray and Thea, Professor Stein with his wife and Jax, with a surprising addition. Zatanna.

"Oh, you invited Zatanna as well, I had no idea you knew her that well" Kara looked at Caitlin

"We did. She did help us out a lot whenever magic was involved, so we thought she should be here with the gang. You don't mind, right?" Young Barry asked the couple that was hosting the party

"Not at all. Glad to see new people that we have to meet. Just out of curiosity, who is that person that Sara brought along?" Old Barry inquired

"That is Talia Al Ghul. The second daughter of the Demon that Oliver killed. She helped us on a few league matter and then, she met Sara and I think those two fell for each other. I couldn't tell you anything more, you would have to ask them yourselves" Caitlin replied to the question quite swiftly. The last people that showed up were J`onn and Megan. Alex told him it would be no problem if they both come, he was family and she was his family, it was completely normal that they both got an invite, which they honored. Everyone who had to come already was in the house, it was like Mother Nature thought it would be nice to give them a show, large snowflakes started to come down in a beautiful, yet calm snowfall. Both versions of Barry along with their significant others were talking to Oliver and Felicity. They left their guests to do introductions amongst themselves as everyone knew everyone and who didn't was always welcome to ask.

"If this continued next year we'll have to buy a mansion and hold the Christmas party at our place" Felicity looked sheepishly at the older speedster.

"Why does everyone think we just wanted to show off with this house? We didn't, it wasn't even on our radar. This is what was available and with our apartment bombed, it seemed necessary that we don't live under the National City Bridge" Barry looked at the blonde who started giggling.

"You didn't live under a bridge. You were more than welcome to spend more time at my place" Cat chimed into the conversation approaching the group that was talking.

"Hello, Cat. We still didn't manage to get together to give you a proper interview" Caitlin quipped

"It's all right, I figured out that you two must have a lot on your plate, especially since Kara told me you have a newborn. The interview can wait, I don't mind. As long as another publication doesn't get it either" the media mogul winked and the two speedster started to chuckle.

"They won't. Unless I don't know, Clark wants an interview or something" Young Barry started to laugh. Hearing his name, the reporter decided to join the group along with his, now, fiancée.

"I heard that" He quipped

"Yeah, you were eaves dropping. Not like it's hard when you have super hearing" Kara looked at him crooked.

"Kara …" the man backed down realizing what she had said

"Don't worry, ever since I found out who these two were, I realized who you were too. As well as these two here" she pointed towards Younger Barry and Caitlin " Your secrets are safe with me" Cat gave him a winning smile and he immediately stopped being defensive.

"The first thing she did when she figured it out was admonish herself for sending Superman explicit texts, you had to be there because it was hilarious, her face started to change into all the shades red that you could possibly think of" Old Barry put things into context.

"Explicit texts? You never told me about anything like that, Clark" Lois quipped from the sidelines making the reporter backtrack

"Eh, it was nothing to worry about, Cat always had a good eye for … ahem … talent" Kara added and they all started to laugh.

"I still haven't figured out who the Mayor of Star City plays in this superhero parade that I have before me, thought" the media mogul added. Nobody said anything, leaving Oliver the chance to keep his mouth shut about his secret identity, if he didn't trust her enough. Much to their surprise, he didn't. It seemed that if the others trusted her enough, he had no reason to keep his identity a secret.

"I'm the one that Star City calls the Green Arrow. Mayor by day, hero by night, with little sleep in between" he said bitterly "That is why my sister takes care of most of the mayoral duties, something that I am really thankful for, or else I wouldn't have time to even get some old fashioned shut eye" Oliver said in his usual voice

"Ah, that makes sense. Most of the people here I already know. Except the ones that came in from the back yard. Who are they?" Cat asked with a surprised face

"See that person over there?" Caitlin pointed toward Sara "That is the sister of the late Laurel Lance, and one of Oliver's exes" The archer gave her the stink eye immediately "I suggest you go talk to her, she can explain everything way better than we can" Cat nodded and she went toward the couple that were talking with Joe. Henry saw a chance and came over with Tina to enter the discussions

"So, the other child I'm not supposed to have got himself a house. Or better said, a mansion" He quipped looking at the others that were around him

"Hey, dad. Well, we needed a large house, especially since my beautiful Kara here said that she wants to have 15 kids" Old Barry looked at the doctor whose eyes went wide. That same reaction could be seen on everyone's face including that of Clark, who wanted to say something, but was immediately stopped by the alien blonde

"He's joking, yes I did say that, except it was in jest. He teases me about that every chance he gets" she replied but her face was red already. Caitlin started to laugh seeing the nuance change, followed by her Barry and Lois

"Do you at least have someone who can handle a pregnancy in your part? I don't even think I have any sort of data on how Kryptonian pregnancies work" Clark said with a serious face.

"It's all right, I can take care of her. Ever since I got the OBGYN license, and had a not so normal baby with my own wife, I can handle the issues that might come when Kara gets pregnant. With Menace's speed, he can be in Central City with her in less than a few minutes. So don't worry about anything related to that, Clark. She will be very well taken care of. Heck, if we have to move here for the last few months to keep a constant eye on her progress, we'll do it" Young Barry voiced and Caitlin instantly nodded. Kal saw immediately that she had people around her that wanted her to remain healthy and they would go to great lengths to make sure she as well as the baby were all right.

"I can see that now. Thanks for thinking about what would happen" He voiced. He realized then and there that he didn't even have to thank them at all, they had thought about Kara way before he started to worry about his cousin.

"Of course we would think about that in advance. We started to do that ever since Caitlin was pregnant herself. These two are blind as a bat when it comes to how much they want a family of their own, so we had to … push them in the right direction with a few directed talks" Young Barry managed to explain why. The two that were the subject of the conversation started to blush, but this time it went away rather fast. They had already thought about having kids nonetheless. Clark and Lois went to speak themselves a bit with the time cops. Wally and Jesse approached them followed by Harry who was visibly happy to be here, unlike other times.

"How are things on earth two?" Caitlin asked them as they approached.

"Nothing worth noting, we have had sighting of a fake Harrison Wells. Someone who had drumsticks and wore a weird hat. We managed to get a picture of him off the security tapes at the labs after that whole debacle with Grodd. But what about you? We had a small window where nothing would work, and we come here and realize that the dimension from which Kara came is now part of your own. Must be nice having a slew of super friends at one push of a speed dial, huh?" Jesse spoke

"You`re on a push of a speed dial too. Even if we still need Cisco to open the breaches for you to come through, the breach generators still work, which means that you are also in that category of super Friends. But enough about that. What about this?" Caitlin took Jesse's hand and pointed at the large ring that was on her finger.

"Long story short? I asked her to marry me. Nothing that surprising" Wally joked which landed him a slap on the back by Harry

"We thought that might happen, ever since you came to our wedding, we just didn't know how much it would take" Caitlin voice making Kara chuckle.

"So when are you getting married?" Felicity asked

"We don't know yet. In a few months more than likely. Jesse is like Caitlin in that regard, since we spend so much time together anyway, the actual marriage is something that either of us rarely think about" Wally smiled remembering how Felicity told him that Caitlin barely remembered she had her wedding in three weeks and had done nothing about it.

"We might just run off to Vegas and get married there and hold a party for you people, just so we have our friends meet up on earth 2 for a change" Jesse smiled. At that statement Caitlin and Young Barry started to laugh heartily

"That is what we wanted to do, initially. But then we thought, why not. You only get married once in your life, if you're extremely lucky about it. I know I was" the young speedster told the group

"Congratulations nonetheless. Wedding or no wedding, we'll be there to celebrate whenever you want us to" Oliver added from the sidelines while he was discussing something with Cisco and Bette.

"That question however comes right back to you two . Did you decide when you are getting married? Because I see quite clearly the large rock on Kara's finger" Harry reminded them that they had their own ceremony to plan

"No we didn't. We'll let you know in advance of course, through Cisco. Since you three are invited anyway" Old Barry replied and saw the trio smirk in response. They knew that they were invited and he didn't have to tell them that, since they were family, but he did it anyway. Jesse and Wally made themselves scarce and Harry went to speak with Tina and Professor Stein. The scientist trio became quite close after the others brought them together and they would always share ideas and things that would help the world with each other. Usually, Tina would be the one to put them to good use, since Martin was almost always gone with the Time Patrol and Harry was from another earth, but the exchange of information was always beneficial. As the group continued to walk amongst themselves Sara and Talia along with Ray and Thea joined the conversation.

"I guess some things don't change even in alternate timelines" Old Barry chuckled seeing her with the daughter of the Demon. The two women raised an eyebrow at his retort "In my timeline, Alex, Kara's sister had you for a partner, Sara. Don't ask me how that came to pass because it's a long story and we don't have a week to go through all that"

"Hello, Talia. Nice to see you again. How's the league doing?" young Barry asked the lady in front of him.

"Good, considering you were good enough not to kill them all. Nyssa is planning to disband the league and everyone will more than likely go solo after that. She might even come to National City, since she has some stakes in some of the companies here" the woman responded with candor

"Ah, she decided to go into business with the wealth of the former Demon?" Oliver asked making sure what he heard was the right thing

"She has always done business with that wealth, something that you have and keep under a mattress does not generate the income that the league would need to keep itself viable, from an economic standpoint. She had invested in a few ventures here and there. Mostly here in National City and in Central" Talia went a bit more into detail about her sister's dealings.

"Maybe we should introduce her to your sister then" Young Barry chuckled at Kara, following a conclusion he drew from what his older self had said earlier.

"Actually, Nyssa has been keeping an eye on Alex for a while. She didn't tell me why, nor did I want to know. I had no clue until she told me that she even knew the person existed. So actually getting them to meet would be a good idea. I can't give you more besides that. My sister is pretty private when it comes to her own life outside the league" Talia completed her explanation

"Well, you know where we live now. Extend an invite to your sister to come visit whenever she wants. I would like to meet her, she seems like a really interesting person" Kara quipped

"I will do so as soon as I can talk to her. What about you two? Did you have any more problems with the league?" The woman asked the speedster couple

"Not since you came to us. Someone did attempt something at one point, but the evidence wasn't enough to point specifically at the league. Besides that, nothing interesting. It seems like your warning worked wonders" Caitlin answered her question.

"What about you, Ray? How goes it with the running through time?" Kara inquired the man who was holding Thea like he hadn't seen her in a few years.

"It's becoming harder and harder to do something like that when you have someone who waits for you at home. Even though she came with us on a few … missions. I can't wait until we can take care of the Doom Patrol and I can finally settle down and restart working and be with her" He responded nonchalantly and Thea kissed him.

"I do have enough to do, since I have to take care of Ollie's mayoral duties, but I do miss this big lug. Probably less than he misses me. Since they skip through time, the fact that I see him every few days when they return doesn't mean anything. He could have been gone a year or more doing missions. That's why I treasure every moment I manage to get with him when he is at home" Thea voiced her own worries.

"When you do finally stop playing time cop, you have your own place at STAR West, so you can just take up science again" Felicity smiled at him and the two Allens nodded. He knew this already, but a confirmation was always good.

"Yeah, for now, Eobard, Darhk and Malcolm are giving us enough trouble. They keep trying to screw with the time stream and we're the only ones that can stop them. Until that happens we will continue to put right what they did wrong, until we can finally come home" Ray smiled at the group.

Older Barry picked up a glass of wine, Kara did the same as well as Young Barry and Caitlin as they were moving to the center of the room.

"Merry Christmas everyone. We're glad that you could join us at what can only be called a house warming party with friends and family. Since most of the other holidays were spent in their penthouse" Kara pointed at Barry and Caitlin " We thought this year should be different. We're glad you could be here with us and hopefully this won't be the last time"

"Since this has become more like a tradition, we will more than likely continue it along the years, either here or in Central City. May the passing of the years see us like we are now, gathered here to celebrate instead of trying to battle some unknown enemy. To you, our extended family and friends, Welcome to our home" Old Barry raised a glass

"TO family and friends, may we gather to celebrate more than we do to fight others" Young Barry raised his glass

"To Family and friends" The echo sounded all throughout the dining hall as the others shared their sentiments.

The party continued well into the morning, everyone mostly talking and enjoying themselves. There was food and drinks, but the people that were there didn't come for that. They danced, they spoke with each other, some sharing ideas, others just keeping up with what the others were doing. For some it was a long time since they had seen each other, for others was not. But the gathering of this extended family of super heroes was something that was going to be done for a long time to come. When everything ended, it was almost sun up. The ones that had apartments in the city went home, the ones that were from earth two went home as well to rest. Everyone else picked a room and went to sleep leaving Barry and Kara to return to their large bedroom with some wine and go out the balcony to look at the sunrise.

"We did it. Our own house, our own family gathered and in the end, just me and you and the sun. I don't think there's a better end to this day. Except maybe the cold, which is to be expected since it's winter" Barry smiled shivering a bit

"How about I warm you up then" Kara grinned and kissed him. The two remained outside almost impervious to the cold and the snowflakes that kept falling from the sky, kissing until the sun came up. They went inside, but not before realizing that there was a large portion of snow that was floating. The Wave Rider was cloaked so the eerie sight of a large portion of snow floating seemingly in the middle of nowhere while under it there was green grass made the two laugh. They were happy and nothing at this point in time could possibly change that.