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Barry and Joe had taken Iris out for a fancy birthday dinner. She had always wanted to try Canlis, and now she had. They were walking to their car when they heard someone scream. They looked toward the source of the noise and saw someone hanging off the side of a bridge. She was holding on with one hand, the other hanging limp. Beyond her Barry could see that a car had crashed. The driver was still in the car.
"Where is the Flash?" Iris questioned. "He would usually be here by now." She looked all around expecting to see the now familiar streak of red headed toward the crash site.
"I'm sorry Joe, I-I can't." Barry stuttered as he took running stance.
"Go. It was going to happen eventually." Joe said and Barry ran.
"What are you talking about?" Iris finally looked at where her father was standing and just barely saw her best friend take off running in a flash.
Iris watched her best friend's course across the water and up the bridge's thickest support beam, he ran across the side of the bridge scooping up the slipping woman, and ran toward the hospital. In just a few seconds he had returned to the bridge for the driver.
After the Flash had taken the couple to the hospital he returned to a confused Iris and worried Joe.
"Iris, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."
"Why Barry, why did you keep this from me? Why didn't you let me help you? Is this what has been going on with you since you woke up? Why you're always so distracted and forgetful? Why you leave early every time we get together?" Her voice rose with every word she spoke. "Barry, don't you trust me?"
"Iris, I have always trusted you. I didn't tell you for the same reason I wanted you to stop writing about me. It's dangerous. There are others like me who would not hesitate to hurt or kill anyone who knows anything about me. I care about you. It was horrible to not be able to tell you, but it would be worse if you were kidnapped, or tortured, or killed because you knew. Iris, I love you. I just wanted you to be safe."
"Barry," Iris's voice softened only a little. "I can take care of myself. I could have helped you. Barry, you're my best friend. There are enough people to keep me safe-"
"Not against these people. There are metahumans that are too powerful even for me. Some are bulletproof, some are gaseous, and some we just don't understand well enough to formulate an attack."
"You protected me from a man made of steel, or iron, or some other type of metal, this lack of belief in yourself and your abilities is why you should have told me. You know I've always believed in you even when you didn't believe in yourself. Barry, I just wish you would have told me. I'm your best friend." With that Iris walked away.
Barry turned to follow, but Joe stopped him, "You know as well as I do that you need to let her process this alone, Barry." Joe gave a small smile. "But, you did just admit you loved her."
"She didn't even notice. I think I may have fried her brain." Barry said giving a half-hearted chuckle.
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