Other then the seemingly small fact that they were technically the same person, Sebastian Smythe and Barry Allen were nothing alike. Sebastian was mean, cruel, selfish, and witty. Barry was nice, kind, generous, and quirky. They were complete opposites in everyway but one: Intelligence.

It was no secret that Sebastian Smythe had quite the extensive vocabulary. After all, it took an array of knowledge concerning the English language, coupled with a large imagination, to come up with the insults that seem to come to him as easily as breathing. He was cunning and devious, always thinking one step ahead of everyone else. He had a broad knowledge of law, and he used this to his certain advantage. There was no denying that he was certainly a genius.

Barry Allen was always considered a nerd. He always had a deep interest in science, and his naturally curious mind left him unable to sleep at night until he was able to fully understand a certain concept. His idea of a fun Friday night included conducting complicated experiments in his garage. From a young age he understood concepts that most adults had no hope of understanding. Math and science came easily to him, he understood quantum physics the same way most people understood football. There was no denying that he was certainly a genius.

Even though they both had a high intelligence, it was in different ways. After all, Sebastian Smythe usually spent his weekends partying instead of studying, and Barry Allen was never really known to use his advanced fluency in English to permanently lower another's self worth. When people first find out about Barry's separate alter ego, they become quite flabbergasted. No one could believe that cocky Sebastian Smythe was in all actuality a nice, genuine guy. But at the end of the day they came to understand. Sebastian Smythe was always a part of Barry's personality, the part that was witty and suave, the part that he never showed the world, until Paris that is.

There were many times Barry had to suppress going into "Smythe Mode", as he referred to it. Although usually he was quite successful, there were times where he couldn't exactly help it.

LINE BREAK

It was a fairly average day in Central City, the weather was nice, and crime was low. This particular morning, Barry found himself in Jitters with Iris.

"So Iris, how's your blog going?" Barry asked his friend, knowing that she was going to bring it up at some point.

"It's actually going great! It's getting more views with each life the Flash saves!" Iris said.

Barry tuned out the rest of her rant about the Flash, he still felt awkward that Iris kind of tends to fan girl about him; he thought he left all the crazy fans back in Ohio. Instead his mind was miles away, in Westerville Ohio to be exact. It's been a while since he had seen any of his old high school friends. He still spoke to them often, in fact just the previous night he stayed up on the phone with Blaine for hours. Sometimes it was hard to remember that Blaine and Kurt were married with kids, and that he was technically an uncle. It felt like just yesterday when Barry, or technically Sebastian, was the big bad leader of the warblers, number one public enemy of New Directions, rival of Santana Lopez, and a complete asshole who seemed to be hell bent on stealing Blaine from Kurt. If a person would to have told anyone a few years ago that Barry would soon become great friends with the majority of New Directions, and then reveal that he was never really gay and just liked to mess with people, everyone would have sent said person to a mental institution. I mean, no one could have an imagination that big. Yet, it happened anyways.

Suddenly he was brought out of his thoughts as he felt Iris yank his arm.

"Oh my god. That's Jason Kyles." She said in a loud whisper.

All of a sudden, Barry disregarded all previous thoughts about Dalton as he gave his full attention to Iris.

Looking at the guy that Iris gestured towards, he said, "Jason Kyles? You mean THE Jason Kyles. Prom date Jason Kyles? Ex-boyfriend, 'he's the love of my life' Jason Kyles? Broke up with you at the end of senior year because he couldn't handle long distance, Jason Kyles? Moved to Boston to attend Harvard, Jason Kyles? Jason Kyles, the biggest asshole in the world?"

Iris gave him a look as she responded, "How many other Jason Kyles do you know! Yes, that Jason Kyles!"

Barry shrugged his shoulders, "Huh, just thought he would be more attractive is all."

Iris glared at him as she responded bitterly, " Well maybe if you didn't attend a high school 5 hours away, you would know what he looked like."

Barry put up his hands in defeat, "Sorry. Touchy subject. But seriously, what is this guy doing back here in Central City?"

"No clue." Iris responded quietly as she stared at the guy she once believed herself to be in love with.

"Huh" was all Barry said as they continued to watch Jason as he was ordering his coffee.

Receiving his beverage, Jason turned around to look for a table, when he noticed Barry and Iris. A look of recognition spread across his face as he approached their table.

"Iris West?" He asked with a smile on his face.

Iris gave him a smile as she said, "Jason, hi! It's been a while."

"Definitely. It seems like forever ago."

"Would you like to sit with us?" She asked gesturing to the seat next to hers.

"Um, yeah. Thanks Iris." He said taking a seat.

Iris slightly blushed as she replied, "Yeah, its no problem. Oh! This is Barry, my best friend."

Shaking hands with Barry, Jason said, "It's nice to finally meet you Barry. It's a shame we never got the chance to meet back in high school."

"Yeah, it's nice to meet you too." Barry said cautiously. For some reason, he had a bad feeling about this guy, one that wouldn't go away.

As soon as Jason was done addressing him, he turned all of his attention to Iris, ignoring Barry completely. Every time Barry would try to make a comment, Jason brushed it off and focused on Iris instead. Barry soon stopped trying, seeing as Iris didn't notice any of it, and he drank his coffee (Courvoisier) in silence. Pretty soon, Iris's phone rang.

Checking the caller ID, she stood up and said, "It's work. I better take this." As she walked away, Jason quickly turned to Barry.

"Stay away from her kid. She was mine once, and she'll be mine again." Jason told him with a frown on his face.

Barry felt his Sebastian Smythe mask come on as he plastered a smirk on his face and replied, "Hate to break it to you Ken Doll, but Iris already has a boyfriend, and even if she didn't have one, she doesn't make the same mistake twice."

"The only mistake Iris made was becoming friends with you."

"Aww, is that the best you can do? You have to try harder then that if you want to rile me up." Barry said, smirk still perfectly in place.

"You give the world a bad name as long as Iris keeps hanging out with you, baby face." He tells Barry, anger radiating off of him.

"And you give the world a cutting edge fashion that's usually only ever seen on Puerto Rican pride floats. Now, are we done here? Or do you still have some dignity left to throw away with those poor excuse of insults?"

"She will never love you, you know. She could never love someone like you."

Barry doesn't even miss a beat as he quickly replies, "Listen here gay face, if I want something, I get it, no matter what. And right now, all I want is your demise."

"You don't deserve her." Jason says in a final attempt to win this insult match.

"Maybe not. But you definitely deserve this." Barry says giving him an evil smirk as Iris makes her way back to the table.

"Sorry about that guys. So, what did I miss?" Iris asks, taking her previous seat.

Barry puts on an innocent smile, "Oh, Jason was just telling me about his fiancé Tyler back in Boston. They're thinking about having a June wedding, but I'm more a fan of an autumn wedding."

Iris looks surprised as she replies, "Oh! I wasn't aware that you were getting married! Or that you were gay… not that it matters of course. I'm happy for you."

Jason tried to hide his anger at Barry, but knowing that there was no way out of this situation, he said, "Yeah. Trust me, I didn't see it coming either. Anyway, I better get going. It was great seeing you again Iris."

He picked up his coffee, and left the coffee shop, although not before giving Barry a glare. Barry just chuckled and waved goodbye sarcastically.

"Well that was weird. I definitely didn't see that coming." Iris said.

Barry chuckled once again and replied, " Yeah, but people change."