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"Of course I've heard of S.T.A.R. Labs," Clarissa Stein said. Bibiana looked at the decoration and pictures that were all over her house. "Martin was always vocal about the competition."

"S.T.A.R. Labs is helping the C.C.P.D. looking into your husband's disappearance, Mrs. Stein," Barry told the older lady.

"Oh, please, call me Clarissa," Mrs. Steins said. Bibiana looked at the ceiling of the house and was very impressed. The house was better looking than her parent's house in Starling City.

"Ma'am, you have a lovely house," Bibiana complimented.

"Why thank you," Clarissa smiled at Bibiana. The girl returned the smile and continued to look at the house.

"The Conway Prize for Scientific Advancement," Dr. Wells said, looking at Martin's awards.

"Martin was very proud of that one," Clarissa told them.

"Well, I always hoped to win one of these myself," Dr. Wells said. "Oh, and look at that, he won it three times."

"Dr. Wells, your jealousy is showing," Bibiana said, looking at a picture frame.

"Takes a special kind of person to make Dr. Wells jealous," Barry told Clarissa.

"Oh, Martin had a talent for making people jealous," Clarissa said. "Even me. I sometimes think Martin loved his theorems and experiments more than he did me."

"No," Bibiana said, turning towards Clarissa's direction. "That possibly can't be it."

"I'm sure that's not true," Caitlin said.

"And you haven't heard from your husband since he disappeared?" Barry asked Clarissa.

"No," Clarissa answered.

"Mrs. Stein, could I show you a photograph?" Barry asked. Bibiana looked at a picture frame of Martin and Clarissa. She smiled to herself, hoping she would one day have that herself. "Have you seen this person before?"

"Yes, I have," Clarissa said. Bibiana turned to face them again, waiting for more. Barry had shown the older woman a picture of Ronnie. "Who is he?"

"Um..." Barry said, not knowing what to say.

"He's just a person of interest in your husband's case," Dr. Wells explained.

"When did you see him?" Caitlin asked.

"I started getting the feeling that someone was watching me," Clarissa said. "Sometimes I still do. And about a month after Martin disappeared that young man showed up here."

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"It appears Martin Stein and Ronnie Raymond have something in common besides sharing a body," Dr. Wells said. They were all leaving Clarissa's house after hearing her story of how Ronnie was in her house. "They both feel the need to protect the women they love."

"Clarissa said she feels like she's being watched," Barry said.

"Well, then this has all the making of a stakeout," Dr. Wells said.

"But Barry and Bibiana got a date tonight," Caitlin said, causing Bibiana to blush.

"We can cancel," Barry said.

"It shouldn't be a problem," Bibiana said, with a small shrug.

"No. No, go," Dr. Wells told them. "If we need either of you here, something tells me you both can get back here in a hurry."

Barry smiled before he grabbed Bibiana and took off running.

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"Wow. I think I'm more speechless than the other night," Barry said, looking at Bibiana. The girl smiled at the compliment.

"Well, I wanted to impress my boyfriend on our date," Bibiana said, walking into his house.

"I think I can speak for your boyfriend and say that he is super impressed," Barry said, closing the door.

"It's nice to be here with you when no one's around or when it's my apartment," Bibiana said. Barry walked around the couch and smiled at his girlfriend.

"It is nice," Barry said. "So we can do my plan or your plan for tonight."

"Let's do yours," Bibiana said. She reached up and gave Barry a kiss. One thing led to another and Barry's plan for date night was forgotten. It started to turn into the date parents wouldn't approve of.

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Bibiana was on top of Barry, kissing him. Deep down she wondered if they were going too fast or too slow. But in every relationship it has, it's own speed.

There were two beeps coming from both of their phones. The couple ignored it as they continued doing what they were doing. Then a second time their phones went off. They both pulled apart and reached for their phones. It was a mistake to go reaching for the devices at the same time since they both fell off the couch.

"Ah," Bibiana yelled before looking at the message.

FIRESTORM

"We should get this," Barry said.

"Yeah, we should," Bibiana said. She scrambled looking for the bag that she brought along. When she found it, she ripped it open and took out her suit.

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"Professor Stein," the Flash said, dropping Electric Storm by his side. The girl in purple got into stance and looked at the man she once knew. "Hey, I'm not here to hurt you. And I know you don't wanna hurt anyone else. So if you could just not..." Ronnie/Martin was in flames. "... flame on."

"That's the opposite," Electric Storm said. Martin threw a ball of fire at a car but Electric Storm threw a purple shield at it. The fire clashed against the purple electric shield until they were both gone.

Electric Storm put her attention back to the Flash and Firestorm when she saw that they went for a flying lesson.

"Bibi! Quickly, get in!" Caitlin yelled from the S.T.A.R. Labs van. Bibiana quickly got into the vehicle before they went to follow the flying people.

They were able to follow them pretty far before the Flash hit their windshield. Caitlin was the first one out while Bibiana struggled to open the back doors. She heard a no.

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