Two hours is a long time to any normal person.
Two hours to a speedster feels like an eternity. Especially when two people ramble in your ears about themselves the whole time.
Barry's met Kurt before, but they've never actually held a conversation. Still, from what he heard, Kurt wasn't someone he wanted to be friends with.
Then again, the person who said that was his twin brother.
Sebastian was right on one thing, though: He didn't like how Kurt dressed. Still, he wasn't going to judge Kurt based off of what he wore. For all he knew, judging by the flamboyant clothing, Kurt could have an outgoing, creative personality.
Now, this Rachel person was a whole different story. She wouldn't shut up about the New Directions, and how much they hated his brother. Barry tried to cut in many times, defending Sebastian, but every time she would cut him off. It was getting real annoying.
After two hours, the people from the other day walked through the door… Artie and Mercedes? Barry couldn't remember. He just wanted Sebastian to come so he could make things right and get out of here.
"Hey, Barry, right?" Mercedes said, smiling, and Barry smiled. "Yeah, Mercedes? Is that right?" he asked, and Mercedes nodded. "Yep," she said happily, and Barry smiled.
"Woah, woah woah, hold on," Rachel interrupted, which Barry mentally groaned at. Did this girl ever shut up?
"You two know each other?" she demanded, and Artie raised his hand. "Three," he mumbled, but Rachel ignored him.
"Yeah, we met the other day, when he and Sebastian were getting coffee," she said, and Rachel gasped.
"And you didn't think to tell me you met him before?" She demanded, and Barry pulled his phone out to text Sebastian.
To: Sebastian: Please say you're almost here. I've been listening to one of the new direction girls talk for two hours. I will shoot someone if I have to take any more of this.
He got a reply almost immediately.
From: Sebastian (5:30 PM): Told you so.
From: Sebastian (5:30 PM): I'm almost there
From: Sebastian (5:31 PM): Friendly reminder that not all of us have superspeed
Barry rolled his eyes, and pocketed his phone. He just hoped he would get there soon.
Lucky fo Barry, Soon happened to be only ten minutes later. Rachel was still rambling on about… who knows. He zoned out a while ago.
"Sebastian!" Barry said loudly, shutting Rachel up. Sebastian gave Barry his trademark smirk, as if to laugh at him for having to suffer listening to this girl ramble for the last two hours.
"I hate you so much right now," Barry whispered, once he got close enough to Sebastian. Sebastian just laughed, as he sauntered over to the New Directions.
Once he got over to the group, his smirk widened. "Fancy seeing you guys here," he said, just to be smacked in the head by Barry.
"Bastian…" Barry threatened, and Sebastian sighed. "Sorry, sorry," he said, putting his hands up.
"You know what?" Barry said, clapping his hands together. "There is so much drama between you guys and my brother, how about, I go for a jog around the block, and you guys make some sort of peace?" He asked, ignoring Sebastian's glare.
"Why would we do that, exactly?" Rachel demanded, and Kurt whispered, "You haven't been here lately. I heard Barry will only be with Sebastian if he stops being a douche."
Sebastian opened his mouth to say some sort of quip, but Barry hit Sebastian in the arm before the words could escape.
"We still have no reason to listen to what he has to say," Artie said, and Barry rolled his eyes.
"For the love of god just listen to him, please," Barry said. It was silent for about a minute, before he spoke again. "I'll be back, you guys better be talking when I'm back," he said.
Truthfully, he hated acting like this with Sebastian, but how else would Bas listen to him.
Barry's phone vibrated again, with another text.
From: Jeff Sterling (5:56 PM): Hey, do you have the notes from history? I fell asleep in that class again…
Barry rolled his eyes, and typed out a response.
To: Jeff Sterling: Sure, they're in my notebook. You really should go to sleep earlier
Jeff's reply was almost instant.
From: Jeff Sterling (5:57 PM): Sorry, it's not my fault I like to socialize at night ;)
To Jeff Sterling: Socialize? You mean making out with Nick, right?
From: Jeff Sterling (5:57 PM): Sebastian, give Barry his phone back
To: Jeff Sterling: Bas would've accused you of fucking him.
From: Jeff Sterling (5:58 PM): Whatever. I think i found the notes.
Barry just laughed and put his phone in his pocket. As much as he wanted to run, he didn't feel like burning all his clothes up, so walking would have to do. Besides, he hasn't been in this part of Lima all that much. It was nice to just slow down and enjoy the scenery.
Jeff put his phone down, and sat on his bed. He knew he wasn't holding the right notebook, and he felt like he was breaking Barry's trust with him, but he was curious. This notebook could have Barry's point of view on everything from the night his mom was killed, and he couldn't help himself.
So far, there were only doodles here and there, and what looked like a draft of a love letter, but there wasn't much.
Until there was.
"What the fuck?" Jeff mumbled to himself, as he read the next page.
Who to tell - Pro's and Con's
Sebastian - Pro's: Twin. Con's: Man in Yellow, claiming I'm insane - many times.
Joe - Pro's: Foster Father, Trustworthy. Con's: Man in Yellow, Therapists.
Trent/Nick - Pro's: Nice guy. Con's: Don't know well enough.
Iris - Pro's: She'll find out one way or another, Sister, why not tell her? Con's: Can't keep a secret.
Who to tell what? What was this big secret? Did this have something to do with the man in yellow Barry said killed his mother in the article?
Jeff was so curious, but he didn't know what to do. He wasn't going to call anyone, he felt bad enough as it was, and he didn't want to ruin Barry's trust with anyone else.
He could call Sebastian, but Sebastian and Barry just started getting along again. He didn't want to ruin their relationship again.
Goddammit, Jeff thought to himself. He just wanted Barry's goddamn history notes, why did his curiosity get the best of him?
An hour later, Barry returned to the Lima Bean to find Sebastian was the only one there.
"No speed?" The older twin asked, and Barry laughed.
"It burns my clothes. I have a suit I run in," he said, sparing the details, since he knew Sebastian didn't care. "Did you work out whatever problems you had with the New Directions?"
Sebastian shrugged. "I just explained why I acted the way I did. Things being better fully depend on what they think," he said, and Barry smiled.
"That's surprisingly mature of you," he smiled, before furrowing his brows. "How do I know you're really my brother?"
Sebastian laughed. "So funny," he said, before standing up. "Let's go, we have to get to dinner."
Barry smiled widely, and Sebastian shook his head. "Nope, don't even think about it," he said, and Barry laughed.
"One day," he said, as they walked out of the bean.
It was nice that Sebastian was accepting as he was about Barry's powers. He didn't know about Sebastian, but Barry felt like they had no more secrets anymore. Of course, he didn't know if Sebastian did. But it didn't matter. All that mattered was how close to his twin he felt in the moment.
Once they got back to the dorms, the twins decided to go to Barry's dorm for a little bit, maybe plan an end of year school prank for everyone. So far, they've only done the basic stuff, they both wanted them to take it up a notch.
They walked up to Barry's room, and the whole time Barry was telling him about Cisco and Caitlin.
"Yeah, it was creepy as fuck when he said he took my measurements for a suit while I was out, but we have almost everything in common. Plus, he lives in Central!" Barry said happily, a smile bestow his face as he opened the door.
The smile quickly fell off his face as he saw Jeff staring into his personal notebook.
"What are you doing?" Barry asked, and Jeff looked up at Barry. He looked at the paper, and back up at Barry.
"Barry… I…" he took a breath. "I know you're hiding something. What is it?"