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AN: Sorry for not posting a chapter last week, my undergraduate thesis is due then I hope you understand.
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Chapter 4
A week has passed since the big fight. Iris and Barry are still not talking to each other while Barry lives in Cisco's house. By dinner time, Barry received a text from Iris telling him to meet her at their apartment because there is something important they need to talk about, at first Barry didn't want to but he decided to face his troubles on that moment.
Barry entered his old apartment to see Iris seated in the dining table reading a paper that looks like documents. "I'm assuming this is the time we talk about what is going on with us" Barry started getting straight to the point "Barry we've been friends for a really long time, and I really thought that we know each other well enough to be ready for this kind of relationship" she told him standing up to look at him straight to his eyes.
"I thought so too, you're my best friend and you know that but I don't think you being my wife is right, same to me being your husband." He told her honestly. "I know that's why I talked to some people, even dad for advice that could be good for our situation, to not ruin the friendship we built before" Iris told him with a huge sigh and grab the documents on the table.
"I got annulment papers, I know that this marriage does not work for you as it does to me, but I still want to be friends" she gave him the documents and tried to smile. Barry accepted the papers and sat down to fill it up.
Barry gave the paper to Iris after filling it up "Here you go" he told her "I'll give this to my friend and I'll just update you when we still need something or if we have a schedule for the trial" she told him while accepting the paper.
An awkward silence followed. Barry is not sure if he should leave of say something, so Iris broke the silence "I want to be honest before we separate" Iris broke the awkwardness in the room "I saw Eddie back in Keystone City, and it opened back the feelings I felt when we were together, I really am sorry Barry, I thought the love I felt for you is the same love that I gave to Eddie" she apologized looking for his reaction "I've always known that I could never replace him and I guess that makes me understand why you get irritated with me, because deep down we both knew that I'm never gonna be Eddie, the man you truly love" he told her blankly "I'm glad you found him and for all of our sake, I hope it really is him" he added "Friends?" he offered his hand for her to shake "Friends" she accepted.
"I'll go get my stuff first thing in the morning, you can stay here as long as you like" he gave her a small smile and flashed off to STAR Labs' rooftop to scream and let loose.
"As Barry flashed to STAR Labs, an alert came to the cortex alerting Caitlin and Cisco of a meta presence on their rooftop. They checked the surveillance to see Barry break down. "He needs us" Caitlin said as he looked at Cisco. Cisco opened up a breach to take them to the rooftop faster.
Caitlin and Cisco exited the breach and look for Barry. They saw him seated under the STAR Labs water tank "Hey Bar" Cisco greeted and sat down next to him "What happened?" Caitlin asked as she sat on Barry's other side; he calmed himself down before explaining to his friends what occurred earlier that evening.
"She asked for an annulment, and I signed the papers before I ran here." He started "I'm sorry it didn't work out" Cisco shared his sympathy while he and Caitlin rubbed his back to comfort him.
"The thing is I'm okay with it, since the fight has gotten worst, I knew that this would happen, what I didn't expect was for her to come clean that she never really loved me and the hurts. I gave her everything, I worship the ground she walks on since we were little kids, I never had a serious relationships because I had her in mind thinking that I need to be single when she loves me back but after all this years, she never did." He gave a loud sigh as tears fall down his cheeks.
"I'm glad that were getting annulled, I'm glad that we had a fight, because if we didn't she would never come clean and I would live in a lie" he sobbed and Cisco and Caitlin waited for him to calm down, they never left his side, they were just there because they knew he needed them.
After a while he was calm "Thank you guys for being here" Barry told them "We're a family remember" Cisco smiled "What happens now?" Caitlin asked "I'm gonna get my stuff out first thing in the morning and Iris is going to look for Eddie in Keystone City" Barry said casually while shocked face from his friends greeted him.
"He's alive?" Cisco said not believing him "That's the reason how we started this fights, she kept looking for Eddie in me, and she gets irritated when she can't find it apparently" he replied. "Well you had a long night why don't we go out for a bit before we go back to my apartment?" Cisco said and Barry and Caitlin exchanged a secret look "I'll just lock up the lab" Caitlin exited discretely.
Unfortunately for them Cisco noticed their secret glance "What's the meaning of the look that you and Caitlin gave to each other?" he asked curiously. "What? Nothing" trying not to sound nervous "Okay..." Cisco trailed then Cisco came back from locking up and securing the facility before they leave.
"Here's to being free and single again" Cisco made a toast and the trio clicked their shot glasses and drank "Oh wait I almost forgot, here's your serum" Cisco reached out to Barry and gave him a vial while Caitlin shared a look.
"I don't think I'll be drinking that tonight, thank you though" he refused pushing back to Cisco the vial while Caitlin took another shot "You really don't need this? I think you do need to get drunk a bit" Cisco tried to persuade giving him back the vial "I just don't think it's a good idea after last time" Barry told him returning while Caitlin took another shot "I'll make sure we don't end up in jail, and make sure you won't scream your secret to everyone" Cisco tried again but this time Barry took it, he drank another shot and opened the vial.
"The most spontaneous thing that could happen is you finding a girl and get her number or maybe sleep with her" Cisco said and drank a shot while Barry spat out the serum he just drank and Caitlin drank a shot or two. "What? It's not the worst thing that could happen, you're gonna be single again right, and if that happen the worst thing is that you forgot to use protection right?" Cisco tried to tell him while his eyes went wide and Caitlin drank the remaining shots on their tray, that's when they noticed the empty shot glasses.
"Woah Caitlin?" Cisco said surprised and a drunk Caitlin just laughed nervously "I think that's our cue to go home" Barry told Cisco "I guess" Cisco said and they asked for their bill.
"You go home, I'll flash Caitlin to her apartment" he told Cisco once they got out of the bar "Should I leave the door open?" he asked "No, I'll just phase through the door" he replied "Okay" he told him "Bye" Caitlin giggled before Cisco left "We need to get you home" Barry said carrying her as they flash to her apartment and went straight to her bathroom knowing she'll throw up after flashing her.
"Thanks Barry" Caitlin smiled drunkenly at Barry after she threw up in her toilet "Ugh, I hate the taste after throwing up, can you please give me my toothbrush?" Caitlin asked. Barry went to her mirror by the sink to get her toothbrush "Here you go Cait" he gave her, her toothbrush and she replied with a smile.
A drunken Caitlin now tried to put paste on her toothbrush but because of her drunkenness she couldn't put two and two together. Just when she decided to put the paste on her mouth is when Barry decided to stop her from her misery.
"Okay Cait, let me help you there" he chuckled kneeling down in front of her and doing the task she is failing to do "My hero" she smiled while he just chuckled "Ok open up Cait" he told her while he tried to brush her teeth, after that he went back to the sink and give her a glass of water to rinse her mouth. Barry then escorted Caitlin to her bed while tried and failing to remove her heels then Barry reached down to do it while Caitlin lie down on her bed.
"I don't get why you and Iris annulled or why women won't date you, you're a perfect husband material" she trailed drunkenly while Barry just looked down at the heel he is removing from her feet thinking thoroughly about what she just said.
"Did you know that you're a perfect husband material? You can cook, you can sing, you have super speed, and you save the world more than enough times, what can't you do?" she giggled and tried to sit up the same time Barry stood up but because of their actions Barry tripped and fell on top of Caitlin "You are also incredibly handsome and have pretty green eyes" she tried to trace the frame of his face.
"Maybe if I noticed that sooner, we wouldn't experience too much heartbreak in our lives" by this time Caitlin has her hand on Barry's neck "I think I'm falling for you Mr. Allen" she pulled him down and kissed him and the events of their drunken night happened again.
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