Huge thanks to those who read the first chapter. Here's the second chapter for you. And don't hesitate to give me your feedback- it helps me a lot
[Caitlin]
"I'm sorry, but all of the dorm rooms are full. There's nothing I can do about this."
"There has to be something you could do. Anything."
The Dean shook her head. "I'm sorry, Mr..." The dean looked at the paper, "Allen. You will just have to work out your differences."
Caitlin glance at her roommate- who she learned was named Barry- and noticed he wore a pissed off expression. They both stood up and walked out of the dean's office.
"I can't believe you woke me up this early to go talk to the dean."
"I can't believe you blame me for this."
"I'm not blaming you. But we wouldn't be here if you hadn't ruined my schedule."
Barry scoffed. "Well if you weren't in my way, then-"
"I was in your way? You were in my way."
"No, I wasn't."
Caitlin nodded. "Yes, you were."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"N-"
"Caitlin?"
Barry watched as a guy with long hair approached them.
"Hi, Cisco."
Cisco gave her hug before looking at Barry. "Who's this?"
"This is Barney."
Barry furrowed his eyes. "You know what my name is, Carmen."
Caitlin and Barry looked at each other with their eyebrows furrowed, leaving Cisco standing there confused.
"I don't know what's going on here but I'll just wait for you outside."
Caitlin's head snapped toward Cisco's direction. "I'll go with you. I'd rather be anywhere but here."
"Good. No one wants you here, Camila."
"At least I'm not a whiny little boy like you, Barron."
"Don't even bother coming back to the dorm room."
Caitlin let out a laugh. "Like I'd want to share a room with you."
"Good riddance, harridan."
Offended, Caitlin turned to Cisco. "Let's go, Cisco."
She grabbed him by the arm and quickly led him away from Barry. Once they were outside, Caitlin stopped and turned to face Cisco.
"I'm sorry about that."
Cisco shook his head. "It's okay. I'm guessing he's your roommate, then?"
Caitlin nodded. "His name is Barry. I bumped into him yesterday and ruined my schedule so I had to get another one and was almost late to class."
"Because of Barry."
"Because of Barry, yes."
Cisco nodded slowly. "You want to know what I think?"
"Sure."
"I think that you and Barry will end up getting together."
Caitlin scoffed. "Me with him? No thank you."
"Whatever you say, Caitlin. Just know that it will happen."
Caitlin rolled her eyes as they started to walk away from the building. As they walked and talked, a blonde girl with glasses approached them with her backpack slung over her shoulder.
"Hi. I know you. Well, I mean I don't know you personally, but I do know you." She paused. "I'm in your Physics class. I'm Felicity Smoak."
Caitlin nodded. "I know. I'm Caitlin Snow. This is Cisco Ramon."
"Hi."
The three of them began to walk away and Caitlin looked across the campus to find Barry. She quickly looked away and pretended like she didn't notice. At the corner of her eye, she noticed him talking to a dark-skinned girl, who had a smile on her face. She continued to walk with Felicity and Cisco and tried her best to not pay attention to them and the slight tugging of heart.
[Barry]
Barry sighed as he returned to his dorm room midday. After the argument with Caitlin, he had run into Iris West, a girl who he had seen and met in orientation. They didn't have any classes, but Iris wanted to say hi. She was cute, but Barry wasn't interested at the time.
Not when he had his annoying roommate to deal with.
Barry went to use the bathroom, switch out his materials for his next classes and left. The day went by quickly and as he was going back to his dorm room, he ran into Iris again.
"Barry!"
"Iris."
She smiled at him. "Hi. What's up?"
"I just got out of class. I'm headed to my dorm room now, so."
"You should come to the party tonight."
Barry furrowed his eyebrows. "Party?"
Iris nodded. "There's a party tonight in the cafeteria. You should come. I'll be there."
Barry nodded slowly. "I'll think about it. I mean, I have to study and do my homework."
"Barry, the semester barely started. Start it off right."
Barry felt Iris' persistence a bit uncomfortable. "I really have to go."
"I'll walk you."
Barry sighed in defeat. "Okay."
They walked together in silence as the rest of the alumni either went to the cafeteria or went to their respective dorm rooms. Once Barry and Iris got to his dorm, he turned to her.
"Well, this is me."
"It was good talking to you Barry. Hopefully, I'll see you at the party."
"We'll see."
"Why won't you come?"
Before Barry could think of an answer, the dorm room opened and Barry recognized Cisco, Caitlin's friend from this morning. He and a blonde girl with glasses walked out and Iris peered in and saw a girl sitting on one of the beds, making her jealous.
"Who's she?"
"My roommate. Look, Iris, I don't feel like partying right now. Maybe some other time."
"Okay. Goodbye."
"Bye."
Iris walked off and Barry walked into the room. He didn't say a word to Caitlin and vice versa. Barry walked into the bathroom, leaving Caitlin alone on the bed. He began to take a shower and when he walked out, Caitlin was gone. He got dressed and laid down on his bed. He looked up at the ceiling and thought for a minute. With a heavy sigh, he got up and went to get dressed to go to the party. He thought Iris was partly right. The semester barely started and what better way to start it with a party?
When he got there, the music was thumping so loud that Barry could feel it in his soul. He maneuvered around through the sweaty, grinding bodies until he finally got to the other side which was less crowded.
"Barry!"
Barry sighed heavily. "Iris."
"You made it!"
Iris walked closer and wrapped her arms around him, making him feel awkward.
"Yeah, I did."
"Is your roommate here?"
Barry shrugged. "I don't know."
"Oh."
They stood there silently before Iris broke it.
"Do you want something to drink? Let me get you something to drink."
Barry couldn't protest as Iris had already walked off. Barry booked it out of there and found himself in a new spot. People were hurrying and almost running past him and one girl bumped into him and Barry placed his arm around her waist, grabbed her wrist before and pulled her against his chest before she could hit the floor.
Iris returned with the drinks and noticed Barry wasn't there, so she looked for him. She found him, but she found that he was with someone else. When she looked closely, she recognized the woman that was with him.
Barry looked down at the woman and stared at her brown eyes.
"Caitlin?"
