CHAPTER 4

" Uhh , God please help me . I don't have any clothes ." said Caitlin as she threw another dress on the floor . Sitting on the floor she stared wide-eyed while looking at the big mess in the room. There were clothes everywhere, on the floor, on the bed, on the desk even on the plasma. She didn't know what to do . She had to meet Barry's family in an hour and she didn't know what to wear. Looking at the clock on her wall she got up quickly and started raiding her cupboard once more in search of something decent to wear . She had to impress her future family after all .

Emptying her closet on the bed the closest dress she found to sophisticated was a black gown which she had worn on her ex- boyfriend's funeral. Disposing the dress on her bed she quickly went down to the storage room where she kept all her mother's stuff . Digging around the box of clothes for a few minutes she removed a beautiful blue dress which had some gorgeous work on the neck . She had always loved this dress from the start and always wanted to steal it from her mother's wardrobe .

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Barry looked at his watch for the third time in two minutes . Telling that he was nervous was an understatement . "Maybe she just forgot" thought Barry . "If she wanted to come she would be here by now ." Just as he was about to take the stairs to go to his room , he heard the bell . He breathed into his hand, making sure his breath didn't stink, sniffed his armpits and walked up to her door arranging . This was it, this was his first date, with Caitlin Snow . Taking a deep breath he opened the door.

"Wow, you are gorgeous." Barry smiled as he opened the door. "That dress looks amazing . I mean .. its not that you don't look amazing , you do . Oh God , i am so sorry . I am babbling" said Barry kicking himself for what he said to her . "What i meant was that the blue dress , those lovely earring's should thank you for wearing them ."

"Wow ! , smooth Allen , really smooth" said Caitlin laughing at Barry's antics . " Well i wouldn't mind standing here the whole dinner , its just that its a little cold out here" said Caitlin shivering from the cold outside .

"Oh yes please . I am so sorry , i am stupid" he said as he waited for her to get inside . "Come on in Caitlin ."

"By the way thank you." she blushed. "You look very nice as well." She then kissed him on the cheek and handed him a small gift . "This is for you . You have to promise me that you will open it up when you are alone ."

Nodding he took the gift and as he was about to ask her to give him some hint , Joe and Iris entered the room .

"Sorry to disturb you guys , but i am Joe , his foster dad and you know Iris" he said pointing at her . "Its nice to finally meet you Caitlin ."

"Oh my God , we met at the precinct the other day . I had know idea you were Barry's father" she said with a smile . "Its good to meet you to Detective ."

"Oh please call me Joe ." he said with a smile . "Well dinner is almost ready if you kids wanna wait in the living room we'll call you over" Joe smiled and lead Iris back toward the kitchen.

Barry took Caitlin's hand and lead her into the living room, they sat down on the couch. "So..." started Barry .

"Thank you for inviting me" Caitlin smiled. "It means a lot that you want me to meet your family ".

"It means a lot that you are willing to meet my family" Barry laughed.

Caitlin looked at Barry in the eyes and pulled him closer to her and told him in a seductive voice " if this wasn't your parents house i swear i would have already started the party ." Just as she was about to kiss him she was interrupted by her rival , the one and only Iris . " God, i hate her from the bottom of my heart" thought Caitlin as she pushed away from Barry .

"Sorry i umm , i don't want to disturb you guys . I should leave." Said Iris awkwardly .

"Oh yes please . Looks like she finally got something right for a change" thought Caitlin and just as Iris was leaving Barry being the sweet ass guys he was told her to join them . "God she hated him sometimes .. breathe Caitlin breathe." Faking a smile on her face she followed Barry's words .

"So Caitlin how is S.T.A.R Labs treating you ? You settled down ok ?" Asked Iris as she sat down on the couch .

"Ya work at S.T.A.R Labs is awesome . We just got a new project here and its quite amazing . The work i get to learn there everyday is just , well its a fantasy . Working for Dr. Harrison wells is wonderful. He truly is a brilliant person. " said Caitlin with a smile .

Iris just smiled at Caitlin and said " wow ! Looks like you and Barry are pretty much alike . Harrison wells is like his idol and meeting him as always been his nerdy little sad dream" laughed iris .

Hearing this Caitlin just looked at Barry . She loved it that how many things were common between them . They were truly made for each other . The only thing that made her sad was that Barry hadn't told her all this himself . She just hated it that Iris knew each and every single thing about him . But that was soon going to change . She just had to speed things up a bit in her wonderful plan . She was dragged away from her thoughts as Barry spoke to her.

"Earth to Caitlin" said Barry as he snapped his fingers at her . "Sorry , i will take you one day to meet him Barry . You will love him" said Caitlin looking at him.

Barry just smiled at Caitlin . A few minutes later they all sat down on the dining table for dinner . Barry and Caitlin sat across from Iris and Joe was seated at the centre of the table . Just as everyone was about to dig into their food the door bell rang .

" oh wow dad look who is here . I haven't seen her in ages" said Iris as she and Patty joined the others at the table.

"Patty its so good to see you" said Joe with a smile as he went and hugged her . She then sat down on the table joining everyone . "i am so sorry i am late . There was a lot of traffic on the bridge . How are you Barry ? , its good to see you" and she gave a nervous smile to the lady sitting besides him.

"Its good to see you too Patty . I had no idea that you were here in central city" said Barry drinking a sip from his beer .

"I invited her . She gave me a call to check on me as she was in Central City . So i told her to join us for dinner . You know for old times sake" said Joe. "Let me introduce you to someone patty ."

"This is Caitlin Snow . She works at S.T.A.R Labs and this is Patty Spivot . She is a detective at Star City" introducing them .

"Wow you work for Harrison wells . Barry just loves him . He idolises Harrison wells" said Patty with a smile .

"Ya i know that now , since a lot of people told me this" said Caitlin with fake smile . She didn't want to show them that she was angry right now .

"So Patty how's it going with your boss ? Any closer to cracking his "No" code?" Said Barry remembering the conversation he had with her a few days ago .

" Are you kidding me? He's like the permission sphinx. Or like a magic 8 ball with just one answer. Or like, you know, the bridge-keeper protecting The Holy Grail" said Patty .

"What is your quest?" Asked Barry mimicking the gatekeeper from the movie.

"Oh, to join your task force" said Patty mimicking Sir Lancelot .

"No" said Barry still in character.

To this Barry and Patty just said " Aaaaaah!" And started laughing at the scene.

Everyone one the table joined Barry and Patty in their laughter except Caitlin . She just hated how happy everyone was meeting this stupid women . She hated how she had to compete with so many women to make Barry hers . She just wanted to stab everyone except Barry with the knife .

As the laughter died down Iris started speaking "you see dad this is how they use to torture me when we were in college . But everyone wanted to be like them . They were the couple that everyone looked up to ." To this statement the rooms atmosphere just dropped .

"So you guys dated huh ?" Asked Caitlin . She felt her tears on edge .

"Ya , we dated since we were in college for a few years . Things just didn't plan out the way we wanted to" said Patty in a lowered voice . Thinking about this just made her remember those days with Barry . The first love of her life .

Changing the topic quickly Patty started "did you see the news the other day ,about the women . The poor women she died . Reports say that she was murdered . They are still trying to find the person who did this ."

To this Caitlin nearly choked on her drink . Seeing that Caitlin started coughing Barry quickly made her drink water and asked if she was alright . Saying that she was alright Barry spoke .

"I read about that , its so sad . She was a nice women . Caitlin and i actually met her at the mall that day . She use to work there ." As the talking continued Caitlin excused herself to the bathroom . Hearing about the women somehow made her uneasy . She didn't know why . After all she deserved it for how she was hitting on Barry .

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It was nearly midnight as Barry and i walked hand in hand . After the eventful dinner i had with his family i just wanted to spend some quality time with Barry and forget everything that happened up to now.

"Am I good enough for you Barry ?" Caitlin asked so sweetly looking at him in his eyes . She held his hand in a loving way .

He was surprised she asked that . He didn't know what to say to her " Caitlin you are a very sweet person ."

"I didn't ask you that Barry . This was not my question" said Caitlin angrily . She removed her hand from his .

"Caitlin .. can i tell you something ?" Asked Barry .

"Tell me.." Caitlin continued "Tell me you love me."

Barry was surprised hearing this . He just looked at her not knowing what to say " Caitlin ..i .."

"Its okay, Its okay if you don't mean it. Please just say it, say it for me." Said Caitlin coming close to him tears falling on her dress .

Barry hesitated and looked at her. She looked straight in his eyes and then kissed his lips "please .. i love you . Do you love me ."

Seeing that he was not replying , afraid she told him " its ok , don't tell me anything now , ok ? . Meet me tomorrow and tell me your answer ." Seeing that he wanted to say Something she put her finger on his lips and told him " not now . Think about it with a clear head and then tell me . I will be waiting for you." Saying this she sat down in her car and left leaving him standing there alone in the cold winter thinking about what just happened a few minutes ago .

Seeing Caitlin like this just gave him the creeps and he had no idea what he had gotten himself into.

Alright here we go with the fourth chapter . So i made my sister read the fourth chapter for her opinion and at the end she was like " that's it ? . Write more . What is Barry's answer. You can't just end it like that ." i couldn't stop laughing after that and i hope you guys feel the same way .

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