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"How fast can he run?" Felicity asked. Bibiana watched as Barry ran on Cisco's treadmill. All while eating a burrito from Tito's.

"He hasn't reached his top speed yet," Dr. Wells said, "theoretically speaking."

"So is he really okay?" Felicity asked.

"As okay as you can be for someone like us," Bibiana said, before taking a bite of her burrito.

"His heart rate is in the normal range for him," Caitlin commented.

"Oh crap," Bibiana said, she had stained her shirt with some of the burritos. "I have to go and get another shirt."

Bibiana got up and left the room. Once Felicity was sure Bibiana was out of earshot she started to talk.

"This applies to both of them. The lightning bolt and the weird phone thing changed them both," Felicity said. "Do any of you really know how much? Bibiana. We all know she used to tell jokes often, laugh all the time, and was always talkative. Now she's different. It's like she uses humor to cover up the pain."

"We know a fair amount," Cisco commented.

"To be quite frank," Caitlin added. "We know Bibiana either stays quiet or hides her emotions with humor."

Bibiana walked in a few seconds later. The girl was wearing a baggy grey S.T.A.R. Labs t-shirt.

"How many shirts do we own?" Bibiana asked, adjusting the shirt.

"A lot," Cisco answered.

"If everything about him is sped up," Felicity said. "Is he gonna age faster? What would happen if he ran too fast? Would he just be running and then poof, he's dust in a red costume?"

Everyone turned to face Harrison Wells. The questions Felicity asked also made Bibiana question some aspects of her own.

"Everything we do here, at S.T.A.R. Labs, is to protect Barry Allen," Dr. Wells said. "Trust us, Felicity, he is in very good hands here."

"Wanna see how fast I can run backward?" Barry yelled. Everyone turned to Barry to see him crash.

"Don't worry. He heals quickly too," Caitlin said.

"Is it my turn?" Bibiana asked, finishing up the burrito she had started.

The girl never had real training. Everyone had focused their attention on Barry because he was Barry. Bibiana was more of someone who trained alone at a young age.

They all went into a different training room that was designed for Bibiana. It had different types of targets and hiding spots. Everything looked like what they used to train officers.

"Okay, Bibi," Cisco said. "We have moving targets, regular targets, everything to be used on you."

The first one appeared and Bibiana immediately shot electricity on it. Causing it to go on fire. The electricity she sent was being checked by her friends to see how many volts she could do. One after another she sent bolts. It was sort of like shooting a pistol or a rifle again.

Bibiana had gathered up a small ball of electricity and was about to throw it when her phone rung. She stopped and answered her phone.

"Hey, Bibi," Cisco said over the microphone. "What are you doing?"

Everyone was confused by Bibiana's actions.

"Hello?" Bibiana asked on the phone.

"Are we still on for Jitters later on?" the male voice asked.

"Oh crap," Bibiana said. "I almost forgot. Sorry, I was so busy with work-"

"Hey, it's okay if you want to meet up another time," the guy said. "Again."

"No!" Bibiana yelled. "I had already finished everything. I'm just checking on something before I go home and get ready."

Bibiana hung up and ran over to the room her friends were in.

"Sorry, that was an important call," Bibiana said. "But how did I do?"

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"Hey," Iris said over the phone. "I hope we're still doing trivia night."

"Heck yeah," Bibiana said.

"I hope you don't mind that I invited someone else," Iris said.

"Oh no, it's okay," Bibiana said. "I'm about to enter, see you soon."

Bibiana hung up the phone and looped her arm up with an old childhood army friend. Nathan Barrow, who she was supposed to hang out with on multiple occasions. They both walked in, and Bibiana almost tripped. She saw Iris with Eddie but Barry was also there. Her heart stopped for a second before Nathan brought her back.

"Is everything okay?" Nathan asked. Bibiana swallowed a lump and forced a smile. She didn't know what was wrong with her but she couldn't blow a spark.

"As okay and stable as Dean Winchester," Bibiana said, knowing Nathan never watched Supernatural. He never really understood all the references she said.

"Whatever you say," Nathan said, as they walked over to the table.

"Bibiana!" Iris said, wrapping her arms around her friend. "Who's this?"

"Nathan Barrow. He was to be my date tonight so I wouldn't the third wheel," Bibiana said. Iris looked from Bibiana to Barry, then to Nathan. Things were not going as Iris planned.

"Party people," the host said. "Who's ready to get their trivia on?"

Bibiana cheered with everyone else as the host walked over to them.

"Everybody, welcome," the host said. "We got some new challenges. Please welcome E = MC Hammer."

Bibiana let out a laugh. It was hilarious.

"Einstein," Bibiana said to Nathan who had a confused look.

"You see, I did it because E = MC squared is Einstein's formula for kinetic energy, right?" Barry said adding detail to what Bibiana said. And also trying to ignore Eddie and Nathan. "And you know, 'Can't touch this'."

A snort escaped Bibiana's mouth. That's the most laughs or snorts anyone heard in the same three minutes.

"That's great, Barry," Eddie said.

"Good for you, Barnes," Nathan added.

"It's Barry," Barry said.

Nathan just nodded his head. Soon everyone turned around, causing Bibiana to turn. She saw Felicity in a stunning black dress.

"Feel free to buy yourself that dress," Eddie told Iris. Nathan turned to Bibiana with an awkward face.

"I'm sure you could pull it off better...." Nathan told Bibiana. Her face didn't burn red, instead, he let out a yelp. Bibiana had accidentally sent a small spark at him.

"I think there was too much friction causing a real spark," Bibiana explained. "And not the romantic part."

She had mumbled the last bit to herself. Felicity headed over to their table.

"Heh. Totally overdressed for Trivia Night," Felicity said.

"No, you look amazing," Iris said.

"Yeah, you do," Barry said.

"Hey, Felicity. You look stunning as ever. You always do," Bibiana said with a slightly forced smile. She loved her friend but Bibiana was acting weird around Felicity now.

The electric girl turned around and looked at the iPad.

"E = MC Hammer," Felicity said, looking at the team name. "It's funny. Ha, ha."

"See?" Barry said. "Bibiana and I aren't the only ones who finds it funny."

A few minutes had passed and the team had passed the device to Bibiana. It was clearly over something she put a lot of attention to.

"This one is easy," Bibiana said, looking at a question about a movie. The tablet was in her hand as she pressed the correct answer. "Steve Rogers was given the serum during World War II. 1945. Fighting against Hydra. A lot happened during that time."

Everyone stared at her before she passed the tabled to Barry and Felicity after they got there points.

"Three is Pasteur," Barry said.

"Mm-mm," Felicity said. "Three is Erdel, and four is Pasteur."

"Right," Barry replied. Bibiana looks a sip of her coffee that was bitter.

"Five-" Felicity started.

"Descartes," Barry and Felicity said at the same time.

"Are they even speaking English?" Eddie asked.

"In a historical form," Bibiana answer. There was a ding ding ding before the host looked over at them.

"And the points go to E = MC Hammer," the host said.

"Yeah. All right. Ha, ha," Barry said. Bibiana drowned out the sounds as she felt her electricity trying to escape. She had already accidentally let it happen with Nathan. She tried to cover it up every time.

"Crap, crap, crap," Bibiana muttered. She closed her fist and paid attention back to the conversation.

"Do you have a boyfriend in Starling City?" Iris asked.

"Um, no," Felicity said. "No, there is no one."

That was strange since Bibiana knew about Felicity's crush on Oliver Queen. And she also knew that Ray Palmer bought the Queens company and a whole Tech village to get Felicity to work for him. Which says a lot.

"Must suck for you, sister," Nathan said.

"How about you?" Iris asked. Trying to see if Bibiana was dating Nathan.

"Yes," Nathan answered. Barry, Felicity, and Iris looked quickly at Bibiana who drained her coffee cup. She kept a casual look on her face and tried not to smile. "He's a good boyfriend too."

"How's Grayson by the way?" Bibiana asked. Everyone got the hint. Nathan was gay. He was as straight as the crazy part of a crazy straw.

"I'll get us more drinks," Eddie said, breaking the awkward silence. "Mind helping me Nathan?"

"And I had too many of those first ones, so I will be right back," Felicity said.

"I, unfortunately, have to check on work," Bibiana said, getting up. "Don't want Cisco finding my stash of candy."

Bibiana went outside and called S.T.A.R. Labs. Weirdly enough, no one answered. She tried a couple more times before she headed back inside. Eddie was now the person with the tablet.

"I'm sorry," Eddie said. "I thought I knew it. I got excited and I just hit it."

Everyone giggled.

"Maybe they'll get it wrong too," Barry said.

"Oh, yeah. I'm sure that the team named Pride and Padawans doesn't know the name of Han Solo's ship," Felicity said.

"Are we talking about the Millennium Falcon?" Bibiana asked, taking a seat. The other team cheered at there victory. "That ship was a beauty."

"Oh, honey, you are so cute when you're confused," Iris told Eddie. Nathan leaned towards Bibiana.

"Next week, I'm going to one of these with Grayson," Nathan whispered. "You don't mind doing your magic? You know I train, not watch movies or shows or study science."

"Got you covered," Bibiana answered back.

Her eyes were on Barry before she put her attention on her coffee. Eddie's phone went off with an alert.

"Someone spotted Snart. I gotta go," Eddie said. As he started to get up, Felicity and Barry started to walk towards the door. Bibiana reached for her phone, just as she received a phone call. Otherwise known as Barry calling her. She answered the phone before she hung up.

"I have to go to work," Bibiana said. "Cisco needs me to program an unhackable security for his laptop."

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