Barry Allen was not a theatre kid. He had never been interested in that kind of thing, but somehow Iris had convinced him to audition for this years school play, Romeo And Juliet. The auditions were two weeks prior and it was just announced over the P.A that morning that the official cast list was up. Iris ran down the hall, pulling Barry by the arm behind her.
"C'mon Barry!." She said enthusiastically. "Let's go!"
"I don't know why you're making me do this Iris. It's not like I actually got in." Barry replied.
Iris smiled at him. "I think you need think you need to have a bit more confidence in yourself."
They were finally out front of the door to the drama classroom. Barry stood aside as Iris read the list.
"Ok, Romeo is..." She started and then paused.
Barry looked at her, confused as to why she stopped reading.
"What is it?" He asked.
"Barry..." Iris said looking over at him. "You got cast as Romeo."
"What?" Barry asked. "This has to be a mistake."
Barry went up to the door and looked at the list. No mistake. Directly across from the name Romeo was the name Barry Allen.
"I guess you were better than you thought." Iris chuckled.
Barry was in shock, but not as much shock as he would be in when he read the next line.
"I-Iris." He said.
"What is it?" She asked, concerned
"Look at the next line." He told her.
She went up to the list and looked at the second line. It was the role of Juliet and when she looked across the page to see the name of the actress she was stunned. Iris West.
She looked over at Barry. "This is so cool! I can't believe we both got the leads!"
"Yeah." Barry said awkwardly. He could see how excited Iris was and didn't want to bring her down by telling her just how nervous he was.
Just then the bell to go to class rang.
"Well, see you at rehearsal Romeo." Iris said. She playfully punched him in the shoulder and ran off to class. Barry didn't move, still trying to process what had just happened.
These next few months we're going to be very interesting for him.
Thanks for reading. As you can see the chapters aren't going to be extremely long but I still hope you enjoy them.
