4. Iris
"It's not a date." Barry said again while Iris tried to decide what he would wear to work. Like he couldn't dress himself.
"You wanna lie you yourself, be my guess, I'm not playing this game." He said giving him another shirt. "I'm excited about this. I'm happy for you."
She did seem very happy, which only made Barry more confused. It really wasn't a date, he was just gonna show the new detective a place to eat. However, he did know he could just pass the address, he didn't have to go with. He also didn't have to flirt with the guy every time they crossed paths. Maybe it was a date. But what if he thought it was a date and Detective Thawne didn't. Eddie. If they were going on a date, maybe Barry should start thinking about him as Eddie.
"Beginning to convince yourself?" Iris asked, grabbing him off the crazy world he called mind. "That's good. Just don't be nervous, be yourself and, I don't know, follow all those silly self-help guides people force us to hear."
She finally decided and Barry had to agree it was a good shirt. He hoped not to ruin it before lunch.
"I do thank you for helping me pick a shirt, and I don't want to be rude, but don't you have anything better to do right now?"
"Not really," she shook her head, "still waiting my editor to give me something exciting to work with. While I wait, I can live through you having a date with a hot guy."
"You should have a date with a hot guy." Barry said.
"Is this an invitation?" She smiled.
"I didn't really worked out the last time." He shrugged.
"Well, we were young and stupid and more friends than lovers, which is fine considering you call my dad father and that was bound to be weird." She shrugged too. "At least you got it out of your system, you know? Can you imagine live years in anticipation for something that just wasn't meant to be?"
"Yeah, that would be torture." He nodded, grabbing the shirt and walking to his bathroom. "I'll make sure to call you after my not-date."
"You better."
At the precinct, Joe didn't fail to notice how much nicer Eddie looked for another normal day of work. He laughed looking back to his desk. "Here we go."
