Barry and Cisco were walking out of potions when Barry heard someone calling his name. It was iris. She waved frantically at him and gestured at him to come over. He did without thinking twice. "Fine then!" Cisco muttered and he walked off.

"Hey Iris what's up?" Barry said with a warm smile on his face. Iris couldn't help but smile back and she got butterflies in her stomach. "So I know that you're really good at potions and I'm having a little difficulty with this one right here." She said while pointing to the book. "I'm a little worried about the test next week so if you wouldn't mind, I'd like some help if you don't mind." Iris asked. She looked up at him with pleading eyes. "Only if you want to! You don't have to if you're busy or whatever and I don't want you to feel under pressure!" Iris blurted out.

"I'd love to." Barry answered with a huge smile on his face that reached from one ear to the other. Iris smiled back. "So meet me in the library tomorrow? After classes?" She asked

"Sure." Barry replied. With that, they both parted with a warm, fuzzy feeling inside.

Iris met Barry at the library and he was on time for a change. Cisco had warned him not to be late under any circumstances. Barry himself was surprised at his punctuality. Iris greeted him with a large smile and then dumped a pile of notes on the table. "So I don't exactly know if these are right or wrong but it's all I understood from the professor's babbling." Iris said. Barry flicked through the notes. Most of them didn't make much sense but he could get the gist of them. He was more then happy to fully explain everything to Iris and she understood them a lot better then when the professor explained it. "This is so much easier then I thought." Iris laughed.

"Once you get the hang of it, it's not that complicated." Barry replied. He really enjoyed helping Iris study and she really enjoyed it when he helped her. "No it really isn't". Iris replied with a wide smile on her face. Barry's face seemed to get closer and closer to Iris until they could feel each other breathing. The looked each other deeply in the eyes until Barry leaned in and kissed Iris. As soon as their lips met, it was like the whole world around them stopped and it was only the two of them that mattered. The kiss sent electricity through the two of them and it just felt so right for the both of them to be together.

It felt like an eternity before Iris finally pulled away. Barry could taste her lip gloss but didn't dare to lick it off. His smile was so wide he thought his skin was going to rip! Iris's face lit up just as much as his. "I have to get going now but maybe you could help me study again?" Iris said with a big smirk on her face.

"I'd love to. Barry replied with a grin. Then Iris left and Barry was flabbergasted. "I actually kissed her?!" He thought to himself. "I actually kissed her!" Barry couldn't wait to get back and tell Cisco. Barry put his notes in his bag and stood up. He left the library but nearly knocked a first year over while he was at it!

"Cisco?" Barry called.

"Yeah what's up?" He groaned with his eyes glued to a transfiguration book. "I went to meet Iris in the library today and I think I got the girl!" Barry said enthusiastically.

"Congrats dude!" Cisco said patting him on the back. "You know that you can't though."

He commented

"What do you mean I can't?" Barry asked.

"You can't be with Iris." Cisco said. "That's just the way it is. She's a Slytherin and you're a Gryffindor. You now what would happen if you were together. It wouldn't work out." Barry's heart sunk in his chest at Cisco's words. He hated the rivalry between the two houses. It made him annoyed but now he was just plain pissed off. "Fuck sake." He muttered. He wasn't going to let a stupid thing like that get between him and Iris. Barry had a plan.