15. No, no, we won't go!

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Back at the Stafford hotel the next morning, Caitlin was paying for the Snow's stay and Cisco watched over her shoulder as she conducted her business.

"All set, where's Jocelyn?" she asked Cisco who was straightening his jumper.

"I just called, she's on her way down," he said as he continued to straighten his jumper.

"Okay, so I'll uh...send Nora back to you over Christmas." Barry said as he joined Caitlin at the front desk. Felicity and Oliver were a few feet away, saying goodbye to Cisco who had walked over to them.

"And I'll see that Jocelyn spends Easter with you." Caitlin nodded and put on a brave face despite the crestfallen looks of the other adults with them. The elevator dinged, and Barry and Caitlin looked on as the twins approached, both wearing the same blouses – one in light purple, one in ice blue. Their hair was done the exact same way, both wearing purple and blue head bands.

"Jocelyn, what are you doing in those clothes, we've got a plane to catch." Caitlin said with a small, amused smile and a raised eyebrow at her daughter's outfit.

"Here's the deal Mom, we thought it over and decided that we're being totally screwed over here."

"Dad promised that we're gonna go on a camping trip. And we wanna go, together."

"What camping trip?" Barry frowned at them.

"The one we go on every summer before school starts."

"Jocelyn, this is ridiculous. Go on upstairs and put your clothes on." Caitlin said sternly but the two girls stubbornly stood their ground.

"Are you sure I'm Jocelyn?"

"Well of course I'm sure." Caitlin exclaimed, becoming irritated. She liked to think she knew her own daughter.

"But it's kinda hard to be one hundred percent positive, isn't it?"

"Girls, this is not funny. You're going to make us all miss our flights." Barry joined in with his own stern voice and both twins smiled at each other.

"Jocelyn!" Caitlin exclaimed in irritation.

"Yes?" the twins answered together with identical mischievous smiles.

Barry put his hands on his knees and bent down to be level with the girls. He looked at each of them carefully as if studying an experiment.

"This one's Nora," he said triumphantly, pointing at one of the girls with a knowing smile, "I'm positive."

"Oh I hope you're right Dad, because you wouldn't wanna send the wrong kid all the way to London."

"Would you?" the twins smiled mischievously at their confused parents.

Felicity, Oliver and Cisco couldn't help but chuckle, making the twin girls turn and smile at them, and Caitlin to send them a dirty look, basically saying, 'Don't encourage them.' They immediately stopped, Cisco turning away and Felicity shoving her fist in her mouth to stop laughing at their confused friends.

Barry stood back up with a look that told the beginning of a migraine.

"Here's our proposition;" one of the twins stepped up and looked at her sister as she cleared her throat, motioning her over before looking back at her parents. "We go back to Dads house, pack our stuff and the seven of us go camping."

"The seven of us?" Caitlin exclaimed as if it was the most preposterous thing she'd heard.

"And when you bring us back, we'll tell you who's Nora – and who's Jocelyn."

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