Chapter 6: ... and begins

Barry's POV

After a few months of living in this new timeline was starting to be hell. At first it was amazing, I had my mom and dad who were now alive, but I couldn't live without Cisco or Caitlin, especially Caitlin. I knew I couldn't be with Caitlin in this new timeline since she has a different life, different modivators, and a different personality. I end up getting the help of Thawne to go back in time and help him kill my mother. It was the hardest decision i have ever had to do but when I returned to when I left Thawne informed me that time had been altered. I open up the door to Joe's and enter.

"Hey Barr, you were out there for sometime." Joe said

"Yeah I just needed some air to clear my head" I look around to see Eddie wasn't here. He couldn't have left since I've been outside the entire time even before I changed the timeline and I when I came back it was only a couple of seconds after I left. "Hey where's Eddie?"

Iris gave me the death stare "That's not funny Barry" she walked into the kitchen.

"Barr you know why he's not here and Iris is right that wasn't funny" Joe said while walking into the kitchen.

"Hey Cait can I talk to you for a second?" I asked

"Yeah sure" We walked back outside so I can ask what's going on.

"What happened to Eddie?"

"Barry he died a month ago" I start to freak out a bit from what she said. I knew that Thawne told me that I changed the timeline but I didn't believe him but I guess he was right. "What's going on with you?"

"Cait I've messed up big time and I don't know if I will be able to fix it again" I say as I sat down on the stairs again and put my face in my hands.

"What happened?" She asked

"Just after you went back inside I ran back in time to when my mom died and saved her"

"So she's alive?"

"No. When I did that it created another timeline where both my parents are alive, I'm not the flash and we're not together. I couldn't live with myself that I ruined lives by changing one event."

"So why did you fix the timeline"

"I couldn't live with you and Cisco" I say while grabbing her hand "but mostly you"

"So that's why you asked where Eddie was? Because he was alive in the original timeline" I nodded to her question. "We should tell them, they deserve to know that you changed the timeline"

"Let's do that but can it be tomorrow I've gone through a lot with this change."

"Okay let's go home" I pick Caitlin up and run us back home. "Barry. I want to know more about what happened"

"Okay what do you want to know?"

"How long were you in that timeline?"

"A few months"

"Do you know anything else that changed?"

"The only thing that I know that changed was Eddie's death. One thing that I want to know from you is who have died that are important to us, Joe or Cisco?"

"Well the only person who has died is Cisco's brother" I put my head in my hands.

"No, Barry, don't tell me he was alive before" All I do is nod. "We have to tell Cisco when we get to STAR Labs"

"I will Cait. I will tell everyone. I feel horrible for what I did. Caitlin leaned over and hugged me.

Continuing to hug me Caitlin said "Well deal with this like we always do, together"

"Thanks Cait"

"Now let's go to bed" We walk up to our room but I felt like having a shower.

"Hey Cait, I'm just going to take a quick shower"

"Okay" I walk into the bathroom and keep the door slightly open.

The next day

Caitlin's POV

I wake up seeing a human sized lump next to me and assumed that it was Barry.

"Barry we need to get up or we're going to be late" I said shaking it. "Barry!" I get up and pull the sheets off the bed to see that the lumps were just pillows. I start to look around and start to hear the sizzling of bacon coming from the kitchen. I walk out to see Barry cooking breakfast. I walk behind him and hug him.

"Morning Caitlin" Barry said

"Morning" I say while still hugging him.

"Cait as much as love you hugging me right now the food will probably get burnt." I let go and start to grab plates from the cabinets. Barry grabs the bacon and pancakes and puts them on the counter. We grab out plates and sit down at the table. "Oh I forgot one thing" He walks over to the fridge and pulls out a huge jar of maple syrup. "Straight from the farms in Canada."

"You ran all the way to Canada?" I asked "how long did it take?"

"About twenty minites, give or take ten minutes. And I did think about going out to the store and picking some up but I thought that I should get some pure maple syrup."

"Well thank you Barry for all of this"

"Cait you don't have to say thank you, you just don't"

"But what if I want to?" I asked

"Well then by all means go ahead" Barry said as he starts to kiss me. I look over to the clock and see that it says 9:45 am.

"Barry you're going to be late" I said

"Then let's eat quick" We ate and Barry ran me to STAR Labs and then went to CCPD.

Barry's POV

When we arrived I was greeted by Joe.

"Hey Barr can I talk to you for a second before you go up to the lab." Joe asked

"Yeah what's up?"

"What was up with that whole where's Eddie thing you had on yesterday?"

"What I'm about to tell doesn't get repeated. I messed up Joe and I don't think I can fix it."

"What?"

"I change the…" Before I could finish speaking Captain Singh came up to us.

"Joe do you mind running this up to the lab?" He asked

"Of course Captain"

"And Allen. Ramon has synced up our computers with the ones at STAR Labs so when we get the results from investigations you'll have it as well." We headed up to my lab but I was kinda wondering why they were calling the lab, they usually just Allen's lab or Barry's lab but not the lab. Also why the Captain didn't just give me it and not bother Joe but when we walked into my lab I saw another desk and another person in there. I grab Joe and pull off to the side.

"Who is that and why are they in my lab?" I asked

"Barry that's Jullian your senior lab tech and it hasn't been your lab for months. Wait, didn't you say you changed something. You didn't change the timeline did you?" I nodded "Are you saying he wasn't your senior lab tech before."

"I'm saying he didn't even exist before"

"We're going to have this conversation later for now you should head to STAR Labs and tell them about this" I nodded and ran over to STAR Labs and saw them working on something

"Guys I need to tell you all something, something really important"

To be continued...

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