(Arthur's P.O.V)
Honestly I don't get what the big deal is with Allen. I mean everyone, especially Bruce is worried about the kid, and about his eating of all things.
God knows why considering the kid eats each meal like he hasn't eaten in a month or something, I mean seriously the team has bigger issues than Allen's freakishly fast metabolism.
Nonetheless, this didn't stop Bruce from assigning each of us on Allen duty, trying to get the kid to eat more, like he needs to.
Sure the kid's thin and stuff but he gets the job done, he barely complains if ever which just proves that's nothing wrong. Surely if he was sick he would say so, but nope, batman's orders so the rest of us follow.
Anyhow this is pretty much why I'm spending my Saturday afternoon at the hall of justice watching the kid drool over the mounds of pizza Bruce had delivered for dinner.
It's not that I don't like Barry, I do. It's just that the kid's a bit much and I'm missing happy hour at my favourite bar, added to the fact that I still think this whole Barry Allen project is stupid.
"Sooo, what do you want to watch"? Barry asks as he piles as many pizza slices as he can on his plate.
I shrug my shoulders before taking a few pieces myself, already tiring of babysitting duty.
"Okay, well we could watch The Matrix, Star Wars or OH MY GOD we should watch Harry Potter"!
"What, Harry Potter"?
I watch as Barry's eye's nearly bulge out of his head.
"You've never seen Harry Potter"?
"No, I don't even know what that is".
"Well great I've just decided what we're watching".
I mentally sigh as Barry steers me to the couches set in front of a massive T.V before hyperactivity setting everything up.
"Okay, so basically Harry Potter is like if Wizards are real and they like hide among normal people like us, accept not since we're not really normal, but whatever, so they than go to this school Hogwarts where they learn magic but there's like this bad wizard named, oh crap I can't say it. Well anyway, there's like 8 movies and they are about these 3 main character's and you'll find out the rest".
Barry then starts the first movie which I watch while eating pizza, although I don't understand half of what's going on and Barry has to tell basically the whole story while it's happening for any of it to make sense.
The real show though is the fact that Barry manages to put down 6 extra large pizzas before the first movie ever comes to a close, and doing as I'm told I watch for weird habits Barry showcases while eating and to my surprise I picked up on a few odd things.
First of all the kid basically guards his food while eating it like someones about to take it away, and always has one arm wrapped protectively over his food, this I make a mental note of since Bruce will probably interrogate the hell out of me after today.
The next thing I noticed is how fast the kid eats, I mean sure he's like a speedster or something but he barely gives himself time to breath as he basically inhales his food, and his eyes look as if they've been starved and are constantly watching me to make sure I don't take his food or something.
Lastly when Barry does finish all of the food, he eye's my leftover slice, like he's still hungry and doesn't even seem to realise he's doing it.
Finally I had enough "Fine take the damn slice".
This clearly startles Barry as he looks confused.
"What"?
"You keep looking at my slice like you want to eat it, so just eat the fucking thing, I don't give a shit".
I push my pate towards him and Barry eyes it with intensity, but doesn't move to take it.
"Go ahead man, I don't want it". I insist but he stays still.
"It's yours though". He looks at me as if pained by his actions to not immediately eat the slice in front of him.
"Just eat it Barry, okay".
I turn away from him in hopes that he'll just eat the damn food, but when I look back at him he looks upset, but now has the plate with the slice on it in his hands.
"Uhh are you alright Barry"? I ask as he stares at the plate of food.
He looks up as if startled and then gives me a weak smile.
"Yep, great".
He then eats the piece just as fast as the last, before he continues to lecture me on everything Harry Potter, which I have to say, not the biggest fan, but I think that it'll hurt Barry's feelings If I say so, so I just go along with it.
The rest of the night goes more or less without incident though, Barry makes me watch another Harry Potter movie, before Alfred makes cookies mostly for Barry since I only really eat one.
I again notice similar eating patterns, where Barry eat's as if he's been starved, something that definitely isn't normal now that I think about it.
Maybe there is something to Bruce and his Barry Allen project after all.
Okay, so I know I said I might not continue this story but I was struck with inspiration on Barry's backstory to spice thing's up and ended up writing it on the same day. It's not very long but honestly I didn't plan on this story being much of anything so each chapter might be a little on the shorter side in general. Leave reviews on what you think about the story so far and what you want to see in future chapters now that I am 99% sure that I will be continuing this!