Barry sat at the table checking his watch every few milliseconds, impatiently tapping his finger on the table so fast it could have cracked. He'd never been this nervous before in his life. Not even when facing off against the Reverse-Flash. He had a lot on his plate at the moment, but there was nowhere else he'd rather be, nothing else he'd rather be doing.
Then in an instant, everything stopped. Not the way it usually does when he speeds up, but because he sees her. The first thing he sees is her beautifully flowing blonde hair, then he sees the skin tight red dress tightly hugging her body, showing off a fair amount of cleavage which Barry did his best not to stare at. She wore red gloves as well, making her look very high class, and her heels were so long he was worried she might be taller than him. But none of those minor details could distract from the true beauty resonating from her face.
He slowly stood up as their eyes met, and her face lit up as she smiled. She began to walk over to him, briefly tripping on her heel, but Barry rushed forward to catch her as they both began chuckling.
"I'm sorry, I don't usually dress up like this." she said shyly.
"No, don't be. You look beautiful, Patty." He said stuttering, almost tripping over his words.
She blushed. "No, come on, no I don't. I probably look like a hooker or something. I'm so sorry I just said that, that is not proper for a first date."
She looked legitimately worried she'd just ruined everything, but he put on hand on her shoulder, and the other on her elbow to stabilize her standing. "Hey, it's okay. Nothing could possibly ruin this. Let's sit down."
"Okay." She said, a little more relieved.
They both sat down across from each other and each let out a deep breath before laughing.
"I'm really excited to be here with you, Patty."
She smiled sheepishly, and Barry couldn't help but smile back. "I'm really happy you asked me. After all the time it took to exchange numbers, I'm glad we finally got here."
"Yeah, well, sometimes we have to wait for the best things. And it's worth it."
"You can say that again."
They ordered and as soon as the waiter walked away they both just stared at each other, not awkwardly, just peacefully. It wasn't hard for them to think of things to say, they were just happy looking at each other.
However, just as soon as they were both about to open their mouths, both of their phones rang.
"Oh, I'm so sorry." Said Patty.
"I know, me too, but it's probably important."
"Yeah, we should take this."
"Yeah."
Yet neither of them answered their ringing phones because they were still just staring at each other. A few seconds passed before both of them realized what they were supposed to do and they answered.
"Joe, hi. What's going on?"
"Cisco, what's up?"
"I need you to get to Club Morrison down on 95th and Cavill. It's important, I'll explain as soon as you get here."
"We got a metahuman attacking the fire department… with fire powers. I'd hurry up."
Both of them hung up and said simultaneously "I have to go, it's urgent." They then both smiled, but then swallowed nervously and got serious faces.
"We will definitely do this again. For real." Promised Barry.
"Can't wait." Said Patty, smiling as both of them rushed out of the restaurant to go to their respective emergencies.
A/N: Alright, to clear some things up this chapter takes place after episode 4 of season 2, I'll do my best to follow with what's going on in the show in present time, but it's likely that the story will deviate and go its own way based on what I have planned. Either way, I hope you enjoy it. Also I do not own the characters or anything relating to The Flash, it would be a perfect world if I did, but alas…!