Caitlin had taken Barry's words to heart and decided to see if there was a way to merge her and Frost together. If not, that was okay too, but at least they both would know that she tried. She had a feeling that Frost still felt hurt about her trying to get rid of her all together. Despite everything Frost was a part of her and she agreed with Barry that it was time she started accepting that instead of running away from it. Caitlin hadn't spent much time with Cisco or Barry, but in her lab. She didn't really pay much attention to what was happening around her for the most part they both had made sure to leave her alone. She was grateful however there was a bit of a commotion happening in the cortex that pulled her attention away from her computer.
Wally was standing with Iris with flowers, waiting to see Jesse who was supposed to come visit. She didn't really understand how two people could date when they were literally worlds apart but she couldn't deny that he looked so happy. Barry smiled over at her as she walked in and she smiled brightly back, she didn't miss the glare that Iris threw at her though. She bit her lip and looked down at her feet. Caitlin didn't understand why Iris was even there since Barry told her and Cisco that they broke up.
"Come on, we are all going to the Breach room to welcome Jesse," Barry said, his hand on her shoulder causing her to look back up at him. She just nodded as Iris grabbed his arm and pulled him along. She couldn't help but smirk as he pulled his arm out of her grasp and muttered something before falling back to walk with Caitlin. "You okay?"
"Yeah I'm fine," she said softly back. She looked at him and then at Iris who kept looking back at them. "Why is she here?"
"Apparently she thinks that if she is around I'll realize I made a mistake? I don't know. She's…stubborn," he said with a shrug. She hadn't left his mother's ring or even moved out, he wasn't sure which was more irritating. "If she's bothering you, I'll tell her to leave though." He was serious, he didn't want Cait to ever the feel the way she did before and he was prepared to do whatever he needed to make sure that didn't happen.
"No no. I'm fine," she said with a smile. She wasn't expecting that from him. She was used to the way things had been before and it was surprising but also wonderful that he'd do something like that for her.
"Come on Barry. You don't want to miss Jesse do you?" Iris said with a smile. Barry just sighed and shook his head.
They all walked into the Breach room just in time for the breach to open but instead of Jesse, it was Harry that came out. He had a large back slung over his shoulder and he was holding a weird box in his hands. They were all confused and Wally stood there, holding those flowers, slowly realizing that he was being dumped. Harry tried to lighten the blow but frankly he was doing a really bad job of it. Iris was trying to hold Barry's hand and Barry finally had to step down and stand closer to Caitlin.
"So are you staying Harry?" Barry asked finally.
"Yes," Harry said and left the Breach room. "So what's the deal with you two?" He pointed between Barry and Iris.
"We broke up," Barry said.
"We are fine," Iris said at the same time. Barry turned at just looked at her.
"Oookay, so what have I missed?" Harry said looking around at everyone. Cisco clapped his back and took him along to tell him about everything he missed while he was away. Everyone else left the room, leaving only Iris and Barry.
"What are you doing Iris?" he turned and looked at her. She put her arms over his shoulders and tried to kiss him. "Stop that." He pushed her away.
"I'm trying to kiss my fiancé," she said with a huff.
"Jesus Iris. We aren't engaged anymore. Stop trying so hard. I will always love you, you have been a huge part of my life for so long, but I'm not in love with you Iris. So stop, you are just making yourself look ridiculous. You don't need to come to STAR labs anymore, we have it covered, especially with Harry back," he said with a sigh and moved passed her to leave the room.
"That newspaper says we are meant to be together Barry," she said bitterly. "I'm not letting you go that easily."
"Check it again Iris. It doesn't say that anymore," he frowned, shaking his head and walked out of the room.
Barry walked into Caitlin's lab to sit down next to her. She had her eyes in a microscope but lifted her head to see him sit. He looked so sad, or at least bothered, but she couldn't be sure. Things with Iris had to be difficult, especially if she wasn't accepting that their relationship was over.
"He look so sad Caity," Frost said in her head.
"Are you okay Barry," she said moving away to sit down to focus on him.
"I'm…I don't know what I am. Actually, everything is so different. Here I am, wanting Iris to just let me go, but there was a time I would give anything to be with her," he sighed.
"Maybe you should give her a chance?" she asked and she could hear Frost cursing at the suggestion.
"No. I don't look at her and feel anything anymore. At least not anything good. I still care about her, but I don't love her like that anymore," he said and looked at her. "Cait?" He wanted to ask if he could crash at her place but didn't know if she'd be okay with it.
"Yes Barry?" she asked softly.
"Can I stay at your place? I've been sleeping here but it's not really comfortable and I can't stay at the loft because Iris still hasn't moved out," he said.
"Of course Barry!" she said grinning. "You can stay as long as you need. Even Frost agrees."
"How are things going with the merging idea?" Barry leaned in, his elbows resting on his thighs. He couldn't help but notice how devoted she had been since he gave her the idea and he was happy she was willing to try but he did miss her. His eyes took her all in, smiling at how beautiful she really was.
"They are…okay. I don't really know. I haven't figured it out yet. I'm starting to think that maybe it will happen if she and I stop fighting each other for dominance over this body, but I would rather it be a permanent thing so I don't know yet. But I'm not giving up yet! Thank you for the idea," she said leaning closer to him.
"I'm happy you are giving it a shot," he said with a grin and reached out to put a hand over hers.
Neither of them really noticed Iris watching them from the other side of the glass wall, her arms crossed. She didn't know how to feel, happy that Barry was happy or angry that it looked like Caitlin was taking Barry from her.
