The song for this chapter is Andrew Belle - Pieces

IRIS' POV:

FLASHBACK

This was my second week working at Jitters, I managed to screw up almost every order, backup the register with voids, and knock over everything. Needless to say, I was still very nervous.

The shift manager, Caitlin, was pretty nice about it. How did I still have a job?

"I promise, you'll get better at it." She grinned. "I didn't become a shift manager over night."

My hand went over my straightened hair. "You should just fire me."

"We're not going to fire you, Iris. Just about everyone is terrible when they first start. The crowds can get to you. It's easier when you take it one order at a time. Don't rush everything. And, if you tell them you're still in training the customers will be more forgiving."

I nodded. "Okay, thanks." I grinned.

The bell rang at the top of the door to let us know new customers arrived. I looked up to see Barry Allen and his group of followers. Disgust wiped the smile off my face. When he saw me he scowled. Unfortunately, he had to walk over.

"They must be desperate for help." He muttered under his breath as he looked at the menu.

I prayed Caitlin would take over this one, but she just gave me an encouraging nod from the back. Fine, this was the perfect opportunity to poison him.

"What can I get you?" I was confused why he was even buying coffee, he hated it. Unless that's changed over the last decade as well.

"What's can I get you?" Barry continued to ignore me.

Drew appeared by his side. "Your number." He winked.

I rolled my eyes.

"Dude, gross." Barry made a face.

I bit the inside of my cheek, but otherwise kept a seemingly pleasant smile in place. "I'll give you a minute." I turned my back to them and resumed cleaning the mess I made. Coffee beans everywhere.

"What's your most complicated drink?"

I turned to see Barry leaning against the counter, his evil eyes on me. "You know, maybe you should just go to Starbucks. They're equipped to handle to assholes."

He held his hand to his chest. "We're flattered you think so highly of us," He smirked.

I just wanted to reach across the counter and attack his face with my fist.

"Since you're clearly new at this, I'll go easy on you. House special."

My eyes went to Drew. "What about you?"

He was too busy checking me out to notice I talked to him.

I gave Barry a look. "Control your lap dog."

"I'll take the same." Drew looked around. "Where's your bathroom?"

"Around the corner, to the left."

I started to pour the coffee in the largest cup we had. I was going to overprice the shit out of him.

"Actually, I'm thinking something a little sweeter." Barry chimed in at the last minute.

I slid the coffee to him. "You know you can eat dicks for all I care." I whispered angrily at him. "Go somewhere else. I'm not cleaning up after you and your dumb jocks, Allen."

He handed me a twenty. "Here, keep the change. You obviously need it."

Irritation festered. "You know, if I wasn't afraid of losing this job I'd throw one of these really heavy and expensive machines at you." I snatched the money from his hand.

He looked around. "Do you guys have a customer service card. I'd like to make a complaint."

"Nope," I handed him his change. "Have a nice day."

He eyes me and It wasn't like I was oblivious to his confidence, he was just an asshole. "You know, this back and forth is getting old. Iris, if you want me to be your friend again all you have to do is beg. I'll reconsider and get back to you."

My eye twitched from anger. I held my hand in front of the register, giving him the middle finger, even though he couldn't see it.

"I hope you die of Ebola." I grinned.

He snatched his coffee from the counter and made his way up to the second floor where his friends sat.

Caitlin came over, concern in her eyes. "What was that about?"

I waved it off. "Just a few jackass jocks from school."

She nodded. "Guys can be so disgusting sometimes. That's why I play for the other team."

"Cool. I've always wanted a lesbian friend. I mean, you're not my friend, my co-worker. I mean, you're my boss." I gave a sheepish grin.

She laughed. "You're funny. I think you'll fit in here."

I gave a relieved sigh. I didn't seem to fit in anywhere. I tried to not let it get to me, I focused on school work. That just wasn't enough. Everyone said you'd become yourself in high school, but that's not true. You become who others want you to be. Hopefully, college would be different. I couldn't wait to move away from here and have a life worth living.

"Hello?" A voice called.

I turned to see a guy looking at me with concern."Oh, I'm sorry." I locked on his blue eyes and blond hair. "Sorry, I'm still in training." I offered a weak smile.

He grinned. "I'll try and take it easy on you, Iris."

How did he know my name?

He saw the alarm in my eyes and pointed to my chest. "Your name tag."

"Oh," I relaxed. "I'm really bad at this, bare with me. What can I get you?"

He smiled at me.

PRESENT

"Iris!" My dad called. "Are you okay?"

Barry helped me up to my feet.

"Yeah," I tried to catch my breath. "I'm okay." My eyes never left Barry's. He used his speed to push us to the ground.

He checked me over frantically.

Car sirens were still going off all over the neighborhood.

"Is everyone okay?" My dad yelled.

We all stood as we looked at each other with scared eyes.

"What happened?" Caitlin asked.

I drifted towards the empty windows that gave a chill to the house. My boots crunched on the glass. People filled up the street.

"Something blew past us with a lot of force."

Barry ran outside.

I ran after him to find out what was going on.

"Iris!" My dad called.

Barry was nowhere in sight. I turned to see everyone shuffled outside the door.

"Where's Barry?" Linda asked.

A man in a black hoodie waltzed from out the cut with a scowl. "Where's The Flash?" He held out his gloved hand and a nearby car flew up in the air, the windows shattered.

"Get down," Eddie pointed his gun at the hooded man. "On the ground!"

The hooded man pointed his gun at Eddie, sending him flying back.

He was knocked over by a great force. The Flash stood in the middle of the street. People gawked at him, pointed and cheered.

"It's over, Rathaway." The Flash announced.

Rathaway stood, his gloves raised as he blew The Flash into the air.

I raced forward, but someone held me back.

"He's got this." Cisco said into my ear.

"What if he gets hurt?" I questioned.

Rathaway aimed his gloves at neighbors. The Flash moved them out the way in time and raced to him. He snatched his gloves and tossed them in our general direction. Rathaway whispered something to him that made Barry shove him forward. My dad and Eddie rushed forward. My dad cuffed him as Eddie read him his rights.

The Flash looked at me and winked before running away.

I grinned before I turned around to see My dad shoving Rathaway in the back of his car.

"Honey, we'll be at the station. Can you go to the store and get some tarp to hang over the windows?"

I nodded. "Yeah. What else do you want me to do?"

"Make sure Barry's okay. Then clean up the mess. I'll be back as soon as I can."

We all shuffled inside. I searched around for Barry, but he was no where in sight.

"I'll go to the store for you." Oliver offered. "Felicity, do you mind coming along? I need your opinion on something."

She nodded, clearly still shocked by the events that just happened.

Cisco grabbed a broom and dustpan and started sweeping. I tried to help him, but he just told me he had it.

Linda sat next to me on the couch. "Where's Barry? Is he okay?"

I shrugged.

We waited for twenty minutes until the back door opened. I jumped up from the couch and ran to the kitchen. Barry closed the door behind him, The Flash outfit still on, but he took his mask down.

He turned towards me with a heavy sigh. "I'm sorry I l-"

I ran to him, wrapping my arms around his muscular form. "I don't care. I'm just glad you're okay."

He squeezed me back. "Wait," He pulled away. "You knew?"

I gave him a look. "I figured it out." I playfully smacked his chest. "Although you should've told me."

"Wait, you're The Flash?" Linda demanded from behind us.

Cisco pulled her away. "They're having an epic moment. You're ruining it right now."

I grinned at them and turned back to Barry. "I'm proud of you, Bear. Even if you lied to me for months, I understand."

He sighed in relief. "I just wanted to protect you."

I pulled his forehead down to plant a kiss. "Thank you for saving my life all those times."

He cracked a smile. "Yeah, I was really trying to hold it together with TheFlashIsHot95."

I laughed as I shoved his shoulder. "We're not talking about that ever again." I hung my head in embarrassment.

"I thought it was cute."

I peeked up at him. "Yeah?"

He nodded. "Yeah."

Linda rushed back into the kitchen. "Can you please tell me what's going on now?"

Cisco came in behind her with his hands raised in defeat.

"That was you, Barry?"

He nodded. "Yeah."

She grinned. "That was so cool. You've been doing this for months! How is that even possible? I promise, I won't tell anyone. I swear on my life." She held out her pinky.

He stepped forward and took her pinky in his. "I appreciate that." He flashed upstairs and was down in different clothes in a second.

My eyes widened. "So cool."

"Totally." Linda agreed.

"You know, I really hate you somtimes, man." Cisco remarked. "Just gotta steal my thunder."

Barry laughed. "Some of us are just born with it." He hung his arm around my shoulders.

A/N : Sorry it's so short, I've been working all day and this was all I could write at the moment. Hope yall liked it :)