Rocky Raymond //Book Four// - COMPLETED

Chapter 24 - Don't Run

3rd Person POV

"What are you doing?" Harry asks Cisco as they decorate the tree. Or...fight over decorating the tree?

"Tinsel." Cisco says

"Your tinsel to surface ratio is terrible." Harry tells him

"Are you kidding me?" Cisco asks

"I'm not kidding you." Harry says

"I've done extensive research to make sure that this tinsel is properly proportioned for the tree." Cisco says

"It's terrible." Harry says

"It's terrible?" Cisco asks. "I'll tell you what's terrible."

"What?" Harry asks

"Your Scrooge to Grinch ratio is terrible." Cisco says

"You're a mean one." Harry says. "I wouldn't touch you with a 39 1/2-foot pole."

"Haven't heard that one before." Cisco says

"Yeah." Harry mutters

"Hey, Cisco, where's Gypsy?" Caitlin asks, walking in

"She had to work the holiday shift." Cisco says. "But I think I got her the perfect gift. A Gulag-class mech knife forged in the unholy blood fires of Earth-22 by none other than..."

"West 2.0." Harry and Cisco say

"Of course, Gypsy should have sent something for me by now." Cisco says

"Awkward." Harry says. "I'm sure it's fine."

"Yikes." Ralph says, walking in. "Did, uh, Rudolph just diarrhea all over your tree?"

"Cool, cool." Cisco says. "Two humbugs. It's a Festivus miracle. Well, both of you better listen to me, Christmas is Mack's birthday and y'all better be good."

"Ralphie loves Christmas." Ralph says. "I ring in every holiday season with my nana. She never remembers me, but I am getting that inheritance."

"You are just incorrect." Cisco says

"Well, if you don't want to spend Christmas conning your grandma, you're more than welcome to join your friends at the West family party..." Caitlin says, trailing off after seeing Harry and Cisco waving it off

"Extremely obvious." Ralph says. "I saw that. And by the way, that sounds like a snoozefest. Unless, of course, you're serving baking soda."

"Baking soda!" Cisco and Harry exclaim

"Wha-- Uh, sorry, what's that about?" Caitlin asks after sharing a confused look with me

"Uh, well, it's a bit of an inside joke actually concerning Killer Frost." Harry says

"Classic Killer Frost." Cisco laughs

"You guys were hanging out with Killer Frost?" Caitlin asks

"Oh, yeah." They all say

"I hope you had a great time." Caitlin says and you can hear the hurt in her voice

"Oh, we had the best time." Ralph says. "I mean, you're great, Snowcone. But my girl Frostbite, ai yi yi."

"I'm gonna go get a cup of coffee." Caitlin says, walking out

"Caitlin!" Cisco and Harry call after her

"Hey, if you see my girl K-Frost later, tell her what I said about the baking soda!" Ralph says.

"Dibny!" Cisco and Harry yell