Chapter 2: The Worst Girlfriends Ever
Summary: Wally, Cisco and Barry discuss how horrible their respective girlfriends are. At least Joe has it better than them, right? Post 3x16 Episode
Wally stared brokenly into the blank space. He was currently sitting in the Speed lab, and for the most part, looked like a kicked puppy. He sighed, curling into himself, and pulling his knees closer to bury his face into.
Wally heard soft taps of footsteps getting closer, and he picked his head up, hoping – daring to hope – that she came back. Only to be disappointed to see Barry's face return his gaze. Barry, on the other hand, had a coffee mug in his hand and this smug expression on his face that was wiped out completely when he saw Wally's puffy eyes.
"Everything okay, Wally?" Barry asked, as he moved in to sit next to his foster brother.
And normally Wally would reply that he was fine, but at the moment, he was anything but fine. "No," Wally started, and then full out sobbed. "Jesse's gone. Apparently, Earth 3 needs her help because Jay's gone. I mean, what about Earth 2? No speedster there. What about me? I need her!" Wally practically begged.
"I was stuck in a speed force prison for 1 week, living my most painful memory over and over, and she decides 'nah, Wally'll be fine'. I'm not fine. Where's my girlfriend when I need her?"
Barry nodded. "I know that feeling. Iris did the same with me." Wally glanced questioningly.
Barry sighed. "After you ratted me out to the entire team, Iris broke her engagement with me."
"Not as bad as my position," Wally argued.
Barry raised an eyebrow. "She broke the engagement after you were taken into the speed force, I battled Savitar and had a claw stuck in my shoulder. I was emotionally and physically drained, and she added a cherry on top of this mess."
Both speedsters fell silent at that. "Yeah, that sucks," Wally admitted as Barry took a sip from his mug. "Although that doesn't explain your smug expression when you walked into the lab."
Barry smiled at that, almost triumphantly. "I asked for a little space from Iris."
"What?!" Wally exclaimed. "Why would you do that?"
"Yeah, that's what the rest of the team is asking me. I mean, come on, no one questions her when she broke off the engagement, and didn't bother to answer whether we were still together when I was about to walk into the speed force to sacrifice myself for you – "
"You didn't do it. Plus, she didn't know," Wally interrupted in between.
"Doesn't matter. The point is that when I ask for a break, and I have a legit reason, people backlash on me? I mean, it's not my fault she realizes that "I fear for her because I love her" now. This world is unfair." Barry complained. "I liked it better 2 years ago when I was pining after my lost love. It was a shit ton better than all this unnecessary CW romance drama."
Wally just shook his head, turning away from his brother to stare into space again, just as Cisco walked in grumbling.
"Hey Cisco," Barry called out, taking another sip from his mug before waving at his friend. "Want to join us?"
"Nope, not feeling it, man," Cisco said. And at a closer inspection, Cisco did seem a little worn out. Tired even.
"What girlfriend troubles?" Barry asked, expertly.
"How did you – wait, don't answer that," Cisco said as he settled down next to Barry. "I heard what you did with Iris."
"See," Barry pointed his hand towards Cisco, as if showing Wally his point. "Iris is turning out to be a Felicity 2.0."
"What's Felicity 2.0?" Cisco asked, somewhat confused.
"Something I heard from Star City," Barry responded indifferent.
Wally ignored Barry, instead scooting to his side to face Cisco. "What's wrong?"
"A long-distance relationship with Gypsy is not working out," Cisco admitted, after a pause. "And I feel like I'll be friend-zoned again. After Golden Glider and Hawkgirl, I don't think my heart can take anymore." Cisco sighed softly, rubbing his heart tenderly as if it physically pained him.
"It can," Barry confirmed. "I went through Linda, Patty and even a bit of Caitlin in a span of 3 years before I got to Iris."
"Ignore him," Wally said. "You won't be friend-zoned, Cisco."
"I asked her to visit us. She said she might come next week if some criminal escapes from Earth 19 and comes here," Cisco said. "Maybe I can set up a real date this time?"
"Not going to work. Us heroes (and accompanying team) never get the girl easily." Barry stated nonchalantly, turning back to his coffee.
"And the girls we have just don't understand us. They don't bother to think about us," Wally sighed, sadly.
"Well, on the bright side, Julian and Joe seem to be doing great." Cisco said, a little hopefully.
And, as if on cue, Julian and Joe filed in, both mirroring Cisco's face earlier.
Barry burst out laughing, falling onto his back as he laid sprawled on the floor. "We have horrible girlfriends."
A/N: Don't know if that was funny, but I thought it was good discussion to have. Man, the girls on this show are turning out to be evil towards their boyfriends, I figured they would like to discuss it amongst themselves.
I wanted to get this out before they resolved these love conflicts in tomorrow's episode. What do you think? Please review/comment!
Disclaimer: I don't own Flash. I forgot to put this up before :)