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Iris West is waiting excitedly at a Starl--, wait, Star City cafe. It’s weird cities change names like that. Anyway. While she waits for her friends to arrive, she can’t help her gaze wandering down to look at her left hand. She can’t stop staring at her engagement ring. It’s so beautiful! She’s marrying Barry! She can’t wait to gush about it all with her friends.
She tears her eyes from her ring to check her phone for the time. She is still early. Laurel isn’t late *yet*, but she is starting to get a little impatient. They’ve both been really busy lately, and she’s missed hanging out with Laurel. Mari is coming, too, which is exciting because they haven’t really met in person yet. Iris and Mari are friends, but more through Laurel and because of superheroing stuff. It will be fun to have a girls-only hang out weekend. A tiny bit of her already misses Barry, but she also needs this.
"Iris!” Laurel yells as she spots her from the door. Laurel practically skips to her table, and Iris has barely stood up when Laurel is already hugging her. She’s happy to respond, though.
“So good to see you, Laurel!”
They embrace each other for a good minute before Laurel pulls back and smiles.
“I can’t wait to talk to you, but first, I need my caffeine fix. See you in a bit!”
Iris smiles at Laurel’s retreating back. Laurel seems so happy, it’s lovely to see. Iris has heard a lot about what’s been going on here, about Laurel’s near-death experience some months back. It had been so terrible for everyone. She’s so glad to see that Laurel has bounced back, better than ever. Mari has done wonders for Laurel, and Iris is glad.
"Look what I managed to score for us!" Laurel says excitedly as she puts down 2 mugs of coffee. "I got the barista to make us Flashes!"
"Awesome!"
Laurel sits down and takes a big gulp of her coffee. She sighs contently before putting the coffee down and looking at Iris expectantly.
Without further ado, Iris shows off her ring.
"Barry proposed!"
Laurel smiles so brightly and takes Iris' hand to take a better look at the ring. "I'm so happy for both of you! That ring is gorgeous!"
"Thank you, I am a fan."
"I'm so happy you two got everything worked out."
"He proposed in a song!"
Laurel gives her a slightly surprised look, "Well, that's not my thing, but I'm happy if you liked it."
They spend a few more minutes talking about the engagement, and early wedding plans, before moving on to other topics.
"So, how's journalism going? Is CCPN treating you well? I've been reading your stuff, I really like it. You have some real skills. "
"Thank you! It's mostly going really well. Sometimes I butt heads with my editor when we have different ideas about what the public needs, but I love it. I'm su glad I figured this out already. I think this is what I want to do with my life. It's really rewarding."
"I'm really happy for you."
"So, how about you? How are things with Mari? And the whole prosecutor by day, vigilante by night thing?"