Chapter 9 - Dinner

Barry enjoyed dinner at Joe's house. He would always cook the best meals like Butter Chicken, Roast Chicken, Apple Crumble and his favourite, Custard. But he enjoyed his mum's food as well, she would make warm soup for him when he was cold or ill.


Barry opened the door to the West House. Instantly, he could smell pasta with carbonara. Yum! He took a seat on the couch and Iris joined him. She looked embarrassed.

'I am really sorry about this morning Barry, I didn't mean to get you in trouble,' Iris explained, 'I need to explain something to you and what you do with this information is up to you.'

What could she be talking about? Barry thought. Are her and Eddie back together?

'The day you got struck by lightning I was going to tell you something. When you recovered from the coma, I couldn't tell you. I had and still have feelings for you Barry. When you were in a coma, I cried almost every night because I wanted you back, here, home, safe. And now that Eddie has broken up with me, I can finally tell you. Do you still have feelings for me?'

Barry didn't know how to answer this question. He liked Iris but there was also Caitlin. If he said yes, he would have to ask her out. But if he said no, she would be heartbroken.

'Dinner's ready. To celebrate Iris moving back in, I have made her favourite meal. Barry are you okay? You look dizzy and confused,' Joe stated.

'I am okay just very hungry,' Barry responded. Thankfully Joe saved him for answering the question. Iris didn't know he was The Flash yet, so he couldn't randomly zoom out the room or eat his dinner in a couple of seconds without getting indigestion.

The whole dinner, Barry and Iris didn't look at or talk to each other. The only thing on Barry's mind was Caitlin. He was going to see her tomorrow and ask her what was on the clip.

'Okay, you two haven't looked at or talked to each other the whole dinner. What is going on between you two? I am going to leave you alone to chat,' Joe said. Then he stood up and left the room.

'Barry, I was wondering, since I am moving back, if you would like a sleepover tonight. We used to have them as kids all the time,' Iris said.

'Sure I would love to. Maybe tomorrow night since I need a lot of sleep tonight,' Barry answered as he yawned, 'We can have it in my room, like it used to be.'

Barry lay in bed trying to get to sleep. A smile grew on his face;

Tomorrow he was going to find out what was really going on with Dr Snow.