The bullying was getting even worse. I haven't told anyone else but it was starting to escalate. I could handle them talking about me calling me freak and saying that I was gonna end up like my dad, a murderer. It was when they started to talk about my mom that things got even worse. They would say that I killed her or that she was a whore and my dad killed her because he found out. That wasn't the worse no the worse started after my trip to Paris.

I was sitting in a café near my Aunts house in Paris. It was awkward staying there I hadn't even known she existed till a month ago. Her and my mother had a falling out when my parents got married and she didn't even know my mom died until two months ago. I took another sip of my coffee enjoying the warmth that spread through my body. Looking up from my drink my drink my heart stopped.

Walking in was a group of kids I go to school with. I quickly put my hood up and look down hoping they don't notice me. Just as I was about to make a break for the back door somebody sat down next to me.

"Don't look now but a group of guys are looking over here like they want you dead." The guy said leaning over and putting his arm around me like we were old friends.

Of course, the minute he says that I look over and see the group from my school looking over at us. "I said don't look you idiot" the guy said slapping me upside the head. "We gotta go. NOW" he says jumping up and running to the door with me in tow.

The second we get outside I turn on him. "What the hell are you doing?" I ask angry.

"I just saved your ass that's what I'm doing." He said annoyed. Now that we were outside I could get a good look at him. He was a little shorter than me but had more muscle. His hair was cut short and I'll admit he was very attractive. "So what's your name" his question caught me by surprised causing me to blush.

"B-Barry, Barry Allen" I said nervously hoping he wouldn't notice my blush. "so…" I ask trying to change the topic.

"Oh, um… yeah sorry the name's Snart, Leonard Snart" he says with a sly smile. I try hard not to but I can't suppress the laugh. It wasn't a gentle laugh either, I guess all the stress had finally gotten me too crack. The next thing I know both me and Snart are bent over gasping for breath. "Bond. James Bond" I manage to gasp out. That was the start of a friendship that has saved my life more times than I can count.

Meeting Snart was both the best and worst thing that had ever happened to me. It turns out that the kids in the café had gone back to Central City and told everyone I was gay.

That was what put me over the edge the people I had once thought of as friends turned on me and the verbal bullying turned to physical. After I ended up in the hospital my aunt took me to live with her and her husband until I graduated. There was a school they said would be good for me. They said it would be safe and that there wasn't any bullying and was known as a sort of haven for gays.

I tried putting up a fight but it was Snart who finally convinced me to go saying since the school was in Ohio we would be closer and would be able to hang out more.

So that's how I ended up attending Dalton Acadamy.