FATAL ATTRACTION
CHAPTER 1
"Hey, my name is Caitlin Snow," she said with a smile. "I had spoken to you about buying this penthouse" she said to the owner.
The owner was tall, blond, cute and had a sexy smile.
You need to control yourself, Caitlin Snow. For God's sake, if he catches me watching him, he will kick me out, she told herself.
"Sorry, did you say anything?" he asked. After I shook my head no, he continued, "I remember talking to you, Ms. Snow," he said with a smile that made me heart beat ten times faster. "Anyway let me take your bags," he said, reaching down.
"No that's okay, I can carry them," she said quickly. She didn't want to sound rude. She could pick up her bags herself.
"No it's fine. It's my job anyways, Ms Snow. Come on, let me take you to your penthouse," he said quickly picking up the bags and leading the woman to the house. "Here you go Ms Snow. I hope you like the house. Anyway, if you have any trouble please don't hesitate to call me," he said with a smile.
"Thank you, and please call me Caitlin," she said handing him some money for helping her.
"Yes, Ms Snow. Sorry. Caitlin," he said and turned away to leave.
"Excuse me, sir. I didn't quite catch your name," said Caitlin.
"Jasper Frost," he winked and left the house.
"Wow, looks like coming to Central City was a good choice," she said to herself as she grabbed her bags and placed them in the room. She quickly unpacked her bags, which were like only six bags of clothes. A few hours later she grabbed a bottle of wine and started exploring the house. Walking two steps down was her living room. From the living room to the right was her kitchen. Then there was a passage which connected a guest bedroom and her own room. In her room there was a sliding door that led onto a large balcony that overlooked the city. She loved the whole city, and she wasn't going to go anywhere this time.
The next day after having her breakfast she went to explore Central City. It wasn't like she was in Central City for the first time, but still, she saw some shops and malls. Tired, she went to the cafe called cc Jitters. When she entered the cafe the first thing she saw was a really big line for coffee. Standing in the line, she took in her surroundings. There were a few tables that were all occupied, but there was a warm feeling to this place. She will definitely come to this place again she thought to herself.
"Hey, what can I get you?" asked the waiter.
Turning, she answered, "Hey, I would like a medium coffee with cream, sugar and some caramel please."
"Thank you," Caitlin whispered to the girl who handed her the coffee. Caitlin didn't even pay attention when she turned and slammed right into the guy behind her.
"Oh my God. I am so sorry," she said to the guy and grabbed some napkins as fast as she could and started wiping the coffee of his shirt.
Instead of getting angry at her, he smiled and said, "Hey, it's okay. I can do the rest."
He grabbed the napkins from her hand and started wiping his shirt.
"No, it's not okay. I dropped hot coffee on you. I am so sorry. I'm such a klutz," rambled Caitlin.
"Hey, I told you, it's fine. Anyway it's partially my mistake also. I wasn't exactly standing in the right place either. So let it go," he said with a smile. When he looked at the smile she was flashing back at him he couldn't miss how beautiful she looked when she rambled and was nervously moving her hands in every angle.
"At least let me get your jacket washed. I will feel a lot better then," she said nervously.
Laughing, he just told her one word: "no."
Hearing his laugh, her heart was melting. He was so handsome. His eyes, they looked like gems. His blackish brown hair had taken a weird shape but somehow he looked good in it. His smile was so gorgeous that she had actually fallen in love with it. Coming out of her trance she said "Okay, how about I buy you a coffee then? My treat?"
She just prayed to God that he would say yes.
Smiling he told her, "Yeah, that's fine."
Ordering their respected coffees Caitlin paid the bill. "Here you go," said the lady as she handed them their coffees.
"So how about we sit down before I drop my hot coffee all over you once again?" she asked with a wide smile on her face. Something was happening to her. She couldn't stop smiling.
"Umm…" Looking at his watch he smiled back at her and said, "Yeah, sure. I have some free time on my hands."
They both sat down on the nearest table.
"So I'm Barry Allen," he said, putting his hand forward.
"I'm Caitlin Snow. Well, Dr. Caitlin Snow," she said shaking hands with him.
"Well it's nice to meet you Dr. Caitlin Snow. So you are not from here are you?" he asked her.
"Is it that obvious?" she asked.
"Well, actually not, but I kinda guessed it since I saw you here for the first time," he said nervously.
"Are you a stalker, Mr. Allen?" she asked, smirking.
"No, no, no. I'm a regular customer here at Jitters. My friend slash foster sister, Iris, works here," he said nervously. He didn't want to freak her out since he just met her.
"Relax, Barry. I'm just kidding. Sorry to scare you like this," she apologised, seeing the freaked out look he was giving her.
"So can I ask you a very important question?" she continued, "Do you have a girlfriend? Well, you see I am single. I just thought you should know," she said smirking.
"Um, what? No, no I don't have a girlfriend. I'm single," he said, smiling nervously. Drinking his coffee he asked her, "What brings you to Central City, Caitlin?"
"Well, I got offered a job here at S.T.A.R Labs as a bio engineer. I used to live in Star City before and do a lot of ups and downs to Central City to see my parents. So I just got tired, you know? Anyways, my job wasn't paying me that much, and it was my dream to work in STAR labs. So here I am," she said with a nervous laugh. "Well I certainly told you a lot about me, Barry. So what's your story, Barry Allen?" she asked him, taking a sip of her coffee.
"Well, what is my story Caitlin Snow. Well, for starters, I work at CCPD as a forensic scientist. Um, I used to live with my foster dad and his daughter, Iris, but I recently shifted into my new apartment," he said.
"Wow, you work for the CCPD huh? That's cool, really cool by the way. If you don't mind, can I ask you what happened to your parents? It's okay if you don't want to answer," she said, looking at the dark expression he was giving her. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked you that. I do stupid things sometimes," she apologised.
"No, it's okay," he assured her, "It's just that you caught me a little off guard. Umm, actually when I was eleven someone broke into our house in the middle of the night. He took everything that night. He even took my mother away from me. He stabbed her in the heart. My father couldn't bear what happened to my mother. His…heart gave out soon after. From then on I lived with Joe. He also works at the CCPD. He has been taking care of me since," he said with a dry laugh, "So are you living here alone, Caitlin?" he asked her quickly, changing the subject.
"Oh my God, Barry I am so sorry. I had no idea," she said sincerely. She felt so stupid asking him that question.
"No it's fine, Caitlin. It's okay," he said, not wanting her sympathy.
"Well, I lost my father at a very young age. Um and my mother use to live here, but now she lives far away," she said nervously. She looked down at her watch at said quickly wanting to change the subject, "Wow, we have been sitting here for two hours."
"Seriously, two hours? Looks like when you have good company time flies" he said, smiling. The way she changed the topic so quickly was very weird, but he didn't say anything. "Well it was good talking to you, Caitlin," he said, bringing his hand forward.
"You too, Barry. Thank you so much. I hade a wonderful time," she said, shaking her hands with him. "Well before going I just wanted to show you something. You see I have this app on my phone where you tap your phone with some other phone, and it automatically downloads your contact information."
She tapped her phone on Barry's phone and her phone number was displayed.
"Wow that's really cool" he said nervously. He didn't know what to do. He didn't know what to say. This was so weird. A girl, no a beautiful girl, was giving her number to him. Wow, this was so awesome.
"Good bye, Barry" she said, but before leaving, she gave him a kiss on his cheek and then left.
"Bye."
Oh boy, what just happened? This day is totally awesome, he thought as he sat there on the chair totally shell shocked.
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A few minutes later Caitlin opened the door to the house. The only difference this time was that it wasn't her house. She went downstairs to the storage area. Her heels clicking on the wooden floor. She quickly opened the last lock to the door. She grabbed a spray bottle and entered the small room. The room was freezing cold. She went to the corner and started spraying the content from the can. She turned to the lady who was leaning on the wall. Her appearance would scare the shit out of anyone but not her. Her body was starting to decompose but anyone who knew Caitlin could recognise her. After all there is a saying Like Mother, Like Daughter.
"Wow, mom you smell like a rotten corpse in here," she said dryly, "But I can expect this from you because you like to make my job difficult, don't you?" she said as she touched her mothers chin and started laughing.
"Sorry mom. I know that's rude, but you know what? I don't care because you are not here anymore. You can't touch me anymore, can't hurt me anymore. I can call you anything, and you will never know," she said with a creepy laugh, "So let me say it again. I killed you mom. I killed you because you never liked me after dad died. You blamed me. You didn't like anything I did. You use to get mad at me for every damn thing. You didn't like it when I brought boys over. You would hit me over and over again. I still don't know why. I never got the chance to ask you.
"Was it because you thought they would hurt me or the other way around? Huh mom? Answer me dammit. Don't sit there as if a cat got your tongue. You know, mom? Only you use to understand when I use to act or fake something with the boys. You even tried to warn the last one, didn't you mom? You hated it what I did to them. You couldn't handle that guilt. It was consuming you. That is why I did it, mom. That is why I killed you, mom. I spared you from all the pain."
Getting up turning to face her she started speaking again with a smile.
"I wish you were here today mom. You would have loved him. His name is Barry Allen, and I think I am falling for him. His smile, his laugh, they make me go crazy. I think coming to Central City was a good idea. A new city, a new love. He really fascinates me, mom. Did I tell you about his smile? Yeah, I think I told you, but anyway, it's breath-taking. I think your daughter is in love, mom. I want him to love me back, mom. I hope he loves me the same way. Anyway it was good talking to you, mom. I will see you next time. Till then don't stink," she said with a laugh and left the room.
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