The Many Adventures of Caitlin Snow

Chapter 3:

Barry Allen

Caitlin was laughing with a fellow student for what may have been the first time. Barry Allen was nervous about the first day of school for the same reasons that she had been. And that reason was that school was amazing, and they were excited. They hadn't been said that summer was over, and they had both been planning for the first day of school for months. The teacher had given them ten minutes to work on homework at the end of class, but Barry and Caitlin had already done it (they had both already read the course books for this school year and had mastered almost every concept that they would learn in each class).

They were telling each other chemistry jokes. Caitlin had told Barry that she wanted to be a Bio-Engineer, and he had told her excitedly that he wanted to get into some sort of chemistry field as well. For the time, Caitlin felt like she was accepted, and that she had found someone that was her own breed. Barry gave her confidence with herself that no had been able to give (not even her parents, who [obviously] loved her, but had a hard time showing it, for they believed that love was nothing but a bit of dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, endorphin flooding your brain).

The bell rang. Caitlin and Barry slowly gathered their binders and pencils, whilst continuing to talk about science.

"I just feel like particle accelerators would be effective if-"

Barry stopped talking. Caitlin was being held up by Lexi LaRoche. She had accidentally walked into her and Lexi had dropped her binders.

"Pick them up," Lexi said with a smirk. She looked at her friends at her sides, and they all laughed. Barry tried to intervene, but Caitlin gave him a look that told him to shut up

Caitlin picked them up without saying anything and held them out to Lexi. She slapped Caitlin's hands, making her drop the binders. Caitlin bent to pick them up and held them out to Lexi again. Lexi snatched them from Caitlin. Lexi turned away and walked away with her friends, all of them were laughing.

"You need to stand up for yourself." Said Barry.

"Yeah, well, if I did anything, then she would just harass me harder."

Barry, obviously 100% disagreed with her but didn't say anything.

Caitlin didn't want to let Lexi consume any of the rest of her day, so she changed the subject.

Caitlin and Barry sat together at lunch. At some point, a girl named Iris sat down with them but got bored with their constant talk of science (and Barry not paying attention to her), so she left. Caitlin had never felt so connected to someone at school. It wasn't a sexual attraction like it was with Cisco and Felicity, it was a kinship. Barry knew that he wanted to get into the science field, Barry had stood up for her, and despite all that Barry had been through, he had a very strong moral code. They continued to talk about all of the things that they loved. Science, ethics, philosophy, and school. The lunch bell rang, signifying that their conversation had to be put to a halt. Barry and Caitlin put their trays away, and walked down the hall, continuing their conversation whilst walking to their next class (they had discovered during lunch that they had their next class together).

"I just never get to talk to anyone about this kind of nerdy stuff," Said Barry.

"I know right?" Said Caitlin. Her parents were always so busy, that she didn't usually get to talk to them about it. Her Dad always made time to be with her, but they spent all of their time making periodic tables.

"Yeah, Joe does-"

The look on Caitlin's face, caused Barry to stop. Lexi LaRoche was standing behind Caitlin with her arms crossed. And in Caitlin's hair, there was gum.

Caitlin spun around. Lexi smirked at her, her friends were standing around her, all looking at Caitlin, looking hungrily at her face, waiting for a reaction. Caitlin was about to look down, and not say anything. But she glanced back, and after seeing Barry's expression. She finally, after years and years of taking Lexi LaRoche's crap, without so much as a word, she stood her ground.
"Lexi, why the hell would you do this to me? What have I ever done to you? You know what, I can answer that for you. Despite you being nothing but horrible to me, I have been nice to you, I have talked to you when you are sad and even attempted to make you feel better when your loser boyfriend dumped you. I have been a pushover, and have never stood up for myself. Even though every horrible thing that you have said to me, has left me scarred, and I can remember everything you said, even today." Said Caitlin, her voice shaking with anger.

Lexi LaRoche was speechless. Her face was getting progressively redder, while her followers were frozen. Lexi looked at her friends, and something snapped.

"Really Caitlin, I had been so horrible, have I?" Asked Lexi. "How about your secret that I have been keeping for you?"

Caitlin looked at Lexi, and even though she had just stood up for herself, Caitlin had a pleading look in her eyes.

Lexi looked back at her, and there was no remorse in her eyes, only anger.

"Caitlin Snow, is a Bisexual!" Screamed Lexi.

Everyone in the hallway looked at Caitlin, the teachers, the students, and even a parent, who had come to talk to their child's teacher. And to Caitlin's horror, Cisco Ramon and Felicity Smoak were present.

Caitlin could feel the judgment from everyone in the hallway, their eyes felt like daggers against her skin. As Caitlin's anger towards Lexi reached its tipping point, a mist rolled down the hallway. Caitlin's hair turned white, and with her vision blurring, the last thing she saw was her already pale skin, turning as white as snow.