Disclaimer: I do not own The Flash.
I'm Barry Allen, the fastest man alive, and to believe what I'm about to tell you, then you have to believe in the impossible.
For a nerdy, forensics assistant who was socially awkward with no girlfriend, no mother, and a father serving time in jail for murdering said mother, Barry could say his life had been normal until the impossible occurred. He was struck by lightning, and for nine months he was in a coma. When he woke up, he had the ability to travel faster than the speed of sound. Or maybe even faster; who knew?
"Come on, Barry, it'll be fun!" Barry's best friend/crush Iris West pleaded with those wonderful puppy dog eyes. Iris wanted Barry to go with her to this new club.
"Iris. You know I'm not much of a dancer, and there's this cold case I'm working on, and-"
"But, Barry, you really need to get out more!" Iris interrupted Barry with a small pout on her beautiful face. "You need to make friends or maybe begin dating…"
Barry frowned. "Why?" he asked, turning towards his laptop to enter a few calculations.
"Well, because I'm dating Eddie, I haven't had time to be there as much as I used to, so maybe having more friends or a girlfriend will help." She looked up at him and smiled softly. "I just want you to be as happy as possible."
"Fine. I'll go," he told her as he finished his report. "Where and what time?"
Iris squealed and jumped up, hugging him.
Lucy stepped off the train and felt the crisp autumn air whip across her face. Pulling her luggage next to her side, she took in her surroundings and smiled. The sights were just like Bethany had described. People everywhere, buildings reaching amazing heights, and different smells clogging your nose.
It was a lot to take in all at once. It kind of made her nervous, but she couldn't worry now because this is where she would be living from now on.
Hailing a cab, she gave him Bethany's address and watched the scenery as it flew by. Somehow, watching the city made her sleepy. The taxi driver woke her up once they arrived and helped her with her luggage. She turned and looked up at the apartment building with five floors, glaning down at the slip of paper in her hand.
Floor 4, apartment 23. Okay, she thought as she hauled her suitcase next to her and hefted her bag higher on her shoulder. Walking into the vintage apartment complex, she was amazed at the amount of detail that had gone into the lobby. It was all color and furniture coordinated with impressive vibes. She felt like she was in a hotel from Shirley Temple's time and could only imagine what the room looked like.
The elevator around the corner reminded her of the one from Tower of Terror, and it sure made her feel uncomfortable. In the end she decided that taking the stairs would be good exercise, so she was huffing and puffing by the time she got to the fourth floor. Looking at the numbers on the doors, she saw that Bethany's apartment would be to the left and on the right side of the hall.
When she finally found it, she heard a woman inside talking to herself. After knocking, Lucy waited for the woman to open the door, only to be surprised when the door opened quickly. A tall redhead with beautiful curls and sunkissed skin stood there smiling at Lucy.
"Lucy!" She engulfed her into a crushing bear hug that took all the air out of Lucy's lungs, but she still managed to squeal, too.
"Bethany!" Lucy hugged her as tight as possible, wanting nothing more than to feel the friend she had not seen in over five years.
"Look at you. I can't believe you cut you hair now - it's just under your ears!" She observed in astonishment. "Come in, come in! We have so much to talk about, don't you think?" She didn't wait for a response other than a nod from Lucy before taking her suitcase and setting it in the living room. Then, pulling her down onto the couch, she asked her with a slight sniffle, "How are you?" she asked, and Lucy could hear a slight sniffle in her words.
"I'm great now that I'm here. I've missed you, and I can't begin to tell you how thankful I am for you letting me stay here." Lucy felt the corners of her eyes burn with tears.
Bethany engulfed her in another hug which she returned happily. "Lucy, you are and always will be one of my greatest and most loved friends," she told her as she pulled away slightly, still holding Lucy in her arms. "I am so glad you're here."
Over the next few hours they spent time talking about what had happened in the years they'd been apart. Bethany was dating a guy named Andrew, and they were coming up on their third year anniversary Lucy told her about the mutual breakup with Stephan.
When it was nearing 7:30, she Bethany suddenly stood and grabbed Lucy's hand to pull her to Lucy's new bedroom, "Okay, do you have any fancy dresses?"
Lucy was confused as to why Bethany wanted to know if she had any fancy dresses. Bethany was the kind of girl you didn't know what to expect from her. She could make any girl nervous, including Lucy, So, nodding slowly, she waited to see what she had unleashed.
"Good! Put it on!"
"Why?" she asked, not understanding what was going on.
"We're going out to a new club that's fancy shmancy before you are sucked into the world of work, work, work," she told Lucy as she opened her suitcase.
"Bethany, I just got here and I want to relax," Lucy started, but Bethany was already pulling clothes out and flinging them all over the place.
"Pish posh, you'll have plenty of that later!" She held up one of her dresses and pressed it against Lucy's body, "Oh, that looks good!"
Lucy sighed, knowing that there was no way around this. "All right, but I get to choose the dress and change without your help."
Bethany made a sound of disappointment but agreed and left the room. Once she was outside Lucy checked her suitcase to make sure it hadn't been discovered. When assured that it hadn't been, she began looking through her dresses.
Fancy? Lucy thought as she held up a dress to her body. It's a safe chance to go with black.
She decided on a black dress she had bought one day when her self-esteem hadn't been so bad.
When she walked out of her room, she found Bethany already dressed and applying her makeup in the hallway mirror. She heard Lucy open the door and turned.
"Lucy, you look great! Good job." Bethany was wearing a long dark green dress with tall black stilettos. The dress had a large dip in the back and front. To finished her look she wore red lipstick. She reminded Lucy of Eve from Adam and Eve.
Before Lucy could compliment her, Bethany had grabbed Lucy's hand and was already pulling her out the front door.
Laughing, there was little she could do but let herself be dragged out.
Hello and many thanks for reading Sparks of Love. Please feel free to review! Also, lots of hugs and kisses to my amazing beta inukagome15!