Stepping into Jitters, Barry led his ex-girlfriend Nicki to his usual table, after ordering their coffee.
"Still putting Courvoisier into your coffee I see? How is your liver not ruined?" Nicki asked Barry with a smile grazing her face.
"I have a high metabolism." He told her, hiding his amused smile regarding his inside joke.
"So Bas, is there a reason that everyone here, including my dear uncle, calls you Barry?" She asked him with a curious tone.
Barry halted the small frown that was about to grace his face. He's known that this question was coming ever since he first saw Nicki at the police station. "Well as you know, before moving to Ohio I lived in Paris. My given is name is Bartholomew Allen, but everyone just calls me Barry. So anyways, when I moved to Paris for the first time I wanted to a clean slate, so I changed my name to Sebastian, and I guess it stuck with me throughout high school as well." He said giving the extremely short version of the short story. He wasn't really in the mood to talk to her about his mothers' death and the bullying he was forced to go through.
Thankfully Nicki seemed to accept his answer, "So what do you want me to call you now?"
With an extremely flirty smile, he replied," You can call me anything you want babe."
Nicki just laughed in response, "I think I'll stick to Sebastian then, unless someone else is with us. Something tells me the others don't really know about your alter ego. Plus I don't think I could ever get used to calling you Barry."
"Fair enough. I'm kind of glad you have your own special little name for me."
"Don't be too flattered. Practically every bar in Ohio knows you as Sebastian. I'm pretty sure they have a picture of you somewhere saying 'Beware of Sebastian, a teenage alcoholic and sex-addict that will drink all of your liquor and steal all of your women'."
Barry gasped and put a hand over his heart, pretending to be hurt, "Now that's just cruel. I'm not THAT bad."
"No. You're worse." She told him jokingly.
Barry smiled; she always was a smart girl. "I really have missed you Nicki. We haven't hung out since high school."
"I missed you too Bas. It really is good to see you again." She told him with a charming smile.
"So, what is the plan for today? Anything you want to do?" He asked her.
"Not exactly. I am however interested in joining you for whatever it is that you have planned. So tell me, what does Sebastian Smythe do for fun?" She asked him, leaning towards him slightly.
With a flirtatious smirk, Barry leaned across the table to get closer to her and replied in a whisper, "Oh, I would be glad to show you my idea of fun."
At that moment they were interrupted by a rude cough, "I have your drinks." The waiter said placing said drinks on the table before leaving.
Groaning, Barry leaned back into his seat, the spell that he cast on the gorgeous brunette breaking. After mumbling a few incoherent words of distaste obviously directed towards the rude waiter, he took a sip out of his drink. Nicki just laughed as she stood up and took Barry's hand.
"Come on Smythe! You're going to show me the sights that Central City has to offer." She said dragging Barry towards the exit, coffee in hand.
Barry ended up taking her to a park, where they walked around an spoke for hours catching up on everything.
"You got hit by lightning?!" Nicki screeched.
Barry just shrugged in response, "Yeah, it was an interesting experience to say they very least."
"You're insane Bas, just insane." Nicki said dramatically.
"So I have been told. New Directions in particular were very firm in reminding me."
"Can you blame them? No offense, but you really were a terrible person to them."
"I was a terrible person to everyone at that time." He said shrugging.
"No, you changed. Plus they all forgave you, and didn't you become friends with them afterwards?"
Barry smiled remembering his friends in New Directions, "Yeah, Blaine and I have gotten close. Kurt and I became friends ever since he found out I wasn't really trying to steal Blaine away from him. Hell, even Satan and I became best friends once we realized that the similarities between us were too hard to ignore."
"Oh my god, do you remember that time Kurt found out you had a girlfriend!" Nicki said while laughing.
Barry was laughing so hard, that tears were streaming down his face, "Of course! I have never seen one persons skin changing into that many colors in such a small amount of time!"
As night was quickly approaching, Barry decided to take Nicki to a bar where he invited his friends to join. Upon arriving, they found that Iris, Eddie, Caitlyn, and Cisco were already there.
"Hey guys, Caitlyn and Cisco, this is my friend Nicki, Nicki meet my good friends Caitlyn and Cisco. And you already know Eddie and Iris." Barry said introducing them.
Nicki gave a smile to each of them as she responded, "Of course, it's nice to meet you guys, and good to see two again."
Caitlyn, smiling politely asked, "So how do the two of you know each other?"
"We used to date." Barry replied off handedly. At that comment, Cisco's mouth practically dropped as he stared at them incredulously.
"You. Barry Allen. 6 foot 2. Nerdy scientist. You dated this beautiful goddess?!" Cisco practically screamed.
Barry just chuckled in amusement, "Yeah, pretty much."
"YES! There is a chance for us nerds!" Cisco said.
Chuckling, Barry leaned towards Nicki and whispered into her ear, "If this is how he reacts to meeting you, I wonder how it would be when he meets Santana. After all, they're both Latin."
Nicki giggled in response and replied, "Video tape it."
Caitlyn, ignoring Cisco's longing looks towards Nicki asked, "So what do you do?"
"I'm a reporter for the Daily Planet." She replied.
"And she's really good. I just got a chance to read some of you work." Iris said.
"Thanks, I still believe your blog is the best though." Nicki said.
"Are you kidding? That fashion article you wrote was genius!" Iris said. That somehow started a conversation between all three girls regarding the latest fashion lines.
"Oh man. That girl is seriously gorgeous. How on earth did you manage to land her Allen?" Eddie asked.
Flashback
Taking a sip out of his drink he told the pretty girl sitting at the bar next to him, "Go out with me."
Nicki giggled and replied, "Now why would I do that? You don't exactly look like the kind of guy that would have trouble scoring a date. In fact. You don't even look like the kind of guy who dates in the first place."
Barry just smirked and answered, "You're right on both accounts. I don't date. I don't do relationships; they're messy, uncoordinated, and problematic. Yet here I am, asking you for a date."
"Was that supposed to convince me to date you? You just practically told me that you're a man whore." She said.
"Hey, at least I'm honest. It's not like I ever denied my certain promiscuity. I am however saying that you are the first girl I even considered asking out on a proper date." He told her with a smile.
She smirked at him and said, "One date. And only because I want to see what it's like to date a slut."
With a smirk he replied, "I'll take what I can get."
End of Flashback
"What can I say Eddie, I have major skills." He told his friend with a cocky smirk.
"Hey, we should all play a game of darts." Caitlyn suggested.
"Sounds like fun." Iris agreed, while everyone other then Nicki nodded.
"I'm sorry, no way." Nicki said defiantly.
"Why not?" Eddie asked.
"Because it isn't fun playing with Seb- uh, Barry. He totally ruins the game for everyone. There's no point in playing when you know who's going to win." She said.
"Oh come on Nicki, now don't be a sore loser." Barry said with his ever-present smirk.
"Barry is good at darts?" Cisco asked somewhat surprised.
"I'm ok." Said Barry while Nicki said at the same time, "He's the best."
"Now this I have to see." Iris said.
They decided the game should be played in singles. It didn't take long for everyone to realize just how right Nicki was about Barry's skills. He made a bull's-eye every time, and beat everyone by a landslide.
"See what I mean! It's not even fair!" Exclaimed Nicki after Barry made his seventh bull's-eye in a row.
Soon the game ended, and everyone parted ways for the night. The next morning found Barry, Captain Singh, Eddie, and Iris at the train station saying goodbye to Nicki.
"Call as soon as you get on the train. The call when you arrive. Oh, and call when you get home as well." Captain Singh ranted to his favorite niece.
Nicki just laughed and gave her uncle a hug. "I promise uncle. Lots of calling. I'll miss you."
She hugged Iris goodbye, and promised to keep in touch. Then she said goodbye to Eddie, and told him that he better take a good care of her new friend.
Lastly, see said her goodbyes to Barry. He grabbed her in a tight hug, lifting her off the floor, where she then proceeded to wrap her lags around his waist. When Barry felt the cold tears from her eyes on his neck, he whispered into her ear, "You know, I've just realized I haven't given you a tour of my bedroom yet. What a shame. Maybe next time."
That instantly made her feel better as she giggled. Knowing Barry as well as she did, she translated his sentence to, "I'll miss you. Come back soon so we can hang out."
"I'll miss you too Bas." She told him before he put her down. He used his thumb to wipe away her tears as she smiled at him sweetly.
She grabbed his shirt and pulled him towards her connecting their lips, where she gave him a long lingering kiss, which he easily and quickly responded to, much to the horror of the dear Captain.
Breaking the kiss, Nicki said softly with a small smile, "Bye Bas."