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Part Four
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Today (11:27am)
These brownies might've been a bad idea haha. Eddie and Barry just ran off together, and I'm so bored already. All I'm doing is eating and researching and thinking way too much. At this rate, I won't even fit in the dress I wanted to wear for Captain Singh's wedding.
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You'll fit
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Yes, you responded! Talk to me. Distract me.
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Can I at least get a topic?
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ummmm
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Are you ever gonna get married?
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Ohmygod why is marriage everywhere today? I don't even have a girlfriend right now
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Mm, hard to explain sneaking off so much?
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Hard to explain a lot of things, but one day, with the right girl, marriage could be amazing
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The one you loved before or a different one?
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You're awfully curious about my love life
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I'm awfully curious period
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(Awfully curious (period). I'm not really sure how to emphasize that correctly but it's purely professional partnerly curiosity)
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Ha, no judgment. I hear the suit does wonders for my figure ;)
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Haven't gotten a good look. Kind of the problem with you always zipping around
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Kind of the point, Iris
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-Shrug-
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Did you talk to Eddie yet?
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He's been really busy today. Cases with my dad, passing files with Barry. We haven't crossed paths much today
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So you're avoiding him
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When did I say that?
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Oh come on Iris, if you wanted to talk to him, you would have. You're out here chasing bad guys when your biggest problem right now is right in your living room
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Eddie's not a problem
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But these secrets are. This doubt is. It's not either of your fault that there's this little rift between you two, but you've said it yourself — you've got to do something about it. Talk to him.
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Why do you want me to talk to him so bad? Are you looking out for your friend or are you just trying to pawn me off to him?
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You're both my friends. And I wouldn't pawn you off, not for anything
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Anything? What about a new suit?
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You're deflecting.
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New suit? What's wrong with mine?
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I don't know, a brighter red would be nice.
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Funny you should mention that. We literally talked about that this morning
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Who's we?
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Me, myself, and I
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Code names for whoever you're talking to in your headpiece?
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You noticed that?
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Yup
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Ha, well, back to you and Eddie
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Is he in the headpiece?
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No, but he is looking to talk to you. About something big
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Are you two swapping advice now?
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Save the city together and now you're bros?
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I doubt Eddie and I would ever really be bros.
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Does he know your identity?
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I am not saying anything.
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HE DOES?
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I said nothing. I'm saying nothing. I am neither confirming nor denying anyone's knowledge of my identity. Iris, we are not playing this game. It's secret for a reason. No hounding people about who knows me.
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Because you know I'd figure it out.
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Why are you hiding, Flash?
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Who's behind the speed suit?
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Okay, I'm out. Distract yourself
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Noooooo :(
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Brought this on yourself :)
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I'll drown my sorrows in the brownies then. Hmm, maybe they'll tell me your secret.
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Your superpower = talking to food
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If only
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So the boss that I have, the one I mentioned before, is so confusing, Iris. Like, I really trusted him, and sometimes it's like I still do, or still could. But even more confusing to me is the fact that my dad has never liked him. Not once. How did he know?
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Intuition? Sometimes Dads know so much more than we give them credit for.
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hm
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My dad knew about Barry waaaay before I did. He, uh, kept it from me actually.
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Speaking on Barry's behalf, I don't think your dad could've just told you about Barry liking you. I mean, that'd be really messed up
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More messed up than letting me be oblivious forever? Seriously, Flash, do you have any idea how many problems could've been solved? How many shitty relationships never needed to exist?
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No, I don't actually.
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Barry dated a girl I work with, and they broke up a few weeks ago, and she constantly gives me this look as if I should be doing something. Like, what does she expect me to do? Drop everything to be with her ex?
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I think she probably wants to feel like her relationship ended for a good reason
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I mean, it did. The reason's that Barry didn't want to be with her
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But this happened after Barry told you how he felt, so obviously that doesn't help prove your point.
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My point?
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That if your dad had told you and you'd known about Barry's feelings sooner then you two could've been together
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I didn't say that
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You implied it
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But I didn't say it. It's not true.
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Why isn't it true?
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Because it's not
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Okay then I guess I'm reading this whole conversation wrong. You said that if your dad had told you then shitty relationships wouldn't have existed
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Yeah, but I just meant that we wouldn't have been hiding or dancing around moments
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Because you would've been together
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Stop saying that
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I'll just stop talking altogether than because I can't see whatever you're trying to say here
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Barry has a shitty taste in girlfriends. Not Linda. Linda was great. The kind of girl you could take bowling and probably drink beers between spares with. But the other girls were always so far removed, like he couldn't run far enough away from the idea of me and it totally wasn't good for him
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Did you say bowling?
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Yeah, I love bowling. Barr and I used to go all the time. It's one of my favorite things in the world.
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You went bowling with Eddie
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Why do you know that? Yeah, we went bowling a few weeks ago, back when Barry was dating Linda. Eddie's not very good, but he didn't grow up in the lanes sipping milkshakes so
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You two went bowling alone, a few weeks ago, and it was a good date I'm guessing, then Barry acted weird but you didn't get why. Then you pulled away from him and even closer to Eddie.
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Thanks for the recap. What does the bowling have to do with anything?
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I've got to go
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Seriously?
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You're a jealous person, kind of a petty kind of jealous. You're showy at times because you can be. Because you've earned it, and you're adorable so people usually don't even recognize that you're staking your claim.
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…could've sworn I said no therapy
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You're like a child that only recognizes they want something when they see it with someone else. Like answers, or… bowling
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You're being really weird, Flash
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Sorry.
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Shit, sorry.
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A lot might be changing very soon, and I'm reflecting on some of the other changes that have happened. Some that didn't work so well in my favor. I'm kind of nervous actually. Thinking about bowling helped. Thinking about other stuff than boss stuff.
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#goals
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I meant to put partnership in the hashtag, but sleepy Iris didn't get that far
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#partnershipgoals
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We are definite partnership goals. More people should be like us
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Like you and your boss?
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Yeah no, I don't think that my boss and I could ever get to this level. But, I am actually confronting him today. It's… terrifying, but if it goes well, this could be everything I've been working for.
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Well I hope it goes well then :)
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I can't wait to tell you about it, Iris.
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:D
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(10:39a)
Good things all around today. I just made the biggest breakthrough of my life. Of course, my best friend barely batted an eye at it. He walked right out of here, but I'm not wrong. I can't be wrong. There was literally no meta-human activity before the particle accelerator explosion. That's when everything changed, and I'm pretty sure that's when you got your powers. Right?
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I can't tell you.
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Of course you can't
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but it might have had something to do with it, yeah.
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Thank you, for the honesty.
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Look, you can't keep doing this forever
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You're trying to get rid of me again ~
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& you're trying to avoid your problems by talking to me.
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oh my gosh, shut up. I'm actually about to go on a date with Eddie tonight, okay. We can talk about all kinds of things then
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Like… what we've been talking about, with Barry and everything?
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Like whatever comes up. Eddie's got some kind of plan for tonight, nice dinner, nice stroll…
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Right, of course. Have a good time either way.
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Oh and, be safe out there
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Are you okay? "Be safe out there." You're being weird.
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You're being weird
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Just have a good date, Iris
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okaaaaaay
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(9:16p)
Hey, where are you?
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I know you're still on your date, but could you maybe text me?
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Your dad says you're not answering. Iris, this is important.
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Incoming Call from the Flash
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(1) New Voicemail from the Flash
"Iris, where are you? You're in danger. The Man in Yellow's been watching you. Can you please answer your phone!?"
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Damnit, Iris, look at your fucking phone!
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…I put my phone on silent so I could talk to Eddie.
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Yeah well we called so we could save you and Eddie
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Too little too late
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You weren't responsive
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I would've been if you'd messaged any sooner than that. Tell me things and I'm super responsive.
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Noted for the future
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Next time someone's after me, I'd kind of like to know before he snatches my boyfriend away.
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I tried, Iris. As soon as I could.
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After you confirmed, right? After you milled it over, talked about it with whoever's on the headset?
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You're projecting a lot of anger at me right now, and I don't think I deserve it. I can't be everywhere at once. I'm fast but that's fucking ridiculous. It's unreasonable.
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Sure. So sorry.
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How can a text sound so sarcastic?
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Yeah, it's almost like you know me.
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We've been talking for a while.
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Yeah.
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So, Flash, did you feel that spark?
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When our hands touched?
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I'm all sparks, Iris. I can literally move like lightning.
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Why is that?
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What happened to you? How did you get these powers? How long did it take you to train, or did you just… wake up one day, and you had them?
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I get that you're probably trying to cope with Eddie being in danger again, but fixating on me isn't gonna help beat the Man in Yellow
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Have you fought him before?
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The Man in Yellow?
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When was that?
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I haven't really gotten the chance to fight him before, but trust me, once I get my hands on him, I'm not stopping until I change every bit of what he's done. He's not hurting anyone else.
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Doesn't mean they won't still get hurt
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You're typing in code
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You're smart. Figure it out.
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Seriously, Iris?
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Now I've got the cold shoulder too?
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Come on!
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What did I do?
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Just tell me what I did wrong, Iris.
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