Author Notes: Sooooo! This part of the story is showing Barry's recovery after his Panic Attack that actually was so bad it sent him into Cardiac Arrest. He also has a mysterious savior who rescued him from the incident! Also, if I can I may try to update daily. It just depends on what I have planned for the day. Also, I apologize if there are any mistakes in my writing. I'm kinda new to this so my area of expertise isn't quite... here, but I'll try my best! I am also thinking of whether I want Oliver in a relationship when he meets Barry... Let me know what you think! ;)
Barry PoV
I woke up and the first thing that hit my eyes was bright, white lights. Son of a bitch, I'm dead aren't I? Yeah. I'm dead... wait nope. Nope. I've got a fucking migraine, that should not be happening while I'm dead. Holy—Jesus Christ! This thing fucking hurts, I'd better get some painkillers, or I'll strangle a bitch. Not too soon after realizing I am actually alive, I discovered I was in a hospital. Then memories of what happened at school came flooding back to me. Ah, right. Panic Attack. Likely came from PTSD, I mean, last I remember was my heart rate increasing rapidly and it was very hard to breathe, then I blacked out. Now I'm here, and... how? I mean... it's not like I'd necessarily made any friends—other than Felicity. So how did I manage to get here?
When I finally got acquainted with my surroundings a nurse walked into my room and jumped at seeing me awake. "Oh! We didn't think you'd be awake for a while!" I looked entirely confused "What happened to me?" I questioned her, I just had to be sure it was PTSD or something. "Well, we looked over your records and past incidents in Central City and we believe you had a Panic Attack, then shortly after went straight into Cardiac Arrest due to PTSD." Ahh—Wait what a fucking heart attack? Jesus Christ, I'm only 16 and I've had a heart attack? Well if I keep this up, I'm dead before I turn twenty. I just nodded my head in understanding and spoke up. "Well, am I good to go home? I feel perfectly fine now." She looked deep in thought and nodded. "I'll get the doctor and see if we can release you tonight. It wasn't too deadly of an incident, mostly because when we got there someone was performing CPR on you. If it weren't for that you could've been in a coma or worse." God, I'd better thank whoever did that, plus I'd assume they were the ones that called the hospital.
They finally let me out a couple hours later and I checked my phone while I was walking home. I had a text from Felicity, she was totally worried about me, I quickly texted her back telling her I was fine. She responded almost instantly saying she felt relieved and she also got my homework from my other 2 classes which wasn't too much. Only missed a small lecture in my Art class and a new project and in P.E. I had to turn in a form about my health. While I was walking home I couldn't help but think about who saved me at the school. I had to figure out who this person was. Shouldn't be too hard, I assisted Joe at the CCPD during his last year and according to them I would make a damn good forensics scientist. Or better known to them as a CSI. So figuring out who saved me shouldn't be too hard if I go to the scene of the incident. Sounds creepy I know, but I doubt whoever saved wants me to know who they are. Not many people do. I went to sleep shortly after reaching my apartment. I ate some food beforehand and took a couple painkillers that the doctor prescribed me with, mostly because he said I'd be having very painful headaches and possibly some pain in my chest. Wonderful.
I woke up early for once and took my time getting ready. Even managed to grab some breakfast before heading out so that was really nice. I decided to call Felicity to let her know I'd be coming to school today, she was determined to get me to have lunch with her and her friends. I dialed her number and it buzzed for a little bit before she picked up.
"Barry?"
"Hey, Felicity, I just wanted to let you know I am going to be at school today."
"Oh, that's great! Are you really feeling better though?"
"Yeah, I am. Nurse said I'd had a panic attack and went into cardiac arrest."
There was a pause before she replied back.
"Oh my god, Barry! You had a heart attack?!" I could literally hear the panic and worry in her voice.
"Yeah, but it wasn't too serious, somebody did CPR on me until the ambulance got to me."
"Really? Wow, that's really nice. U-Umm... You don't by any chance know who it was... do you?" She asked me carefully, almost like she knew something about the person that saved me.
"No, but that's what I want to figure out so I can thank them."
"Oh. Okay, well t-that's good! I think? I don't know, I mean it's not like I know who did it. Or like I even have an idea of who did it- and I am going to shut up now!"
"Felicity. You know who it is don't you?"
"Told me not to speak a word of it to you. Sorry Barry."
"That's fine, I use to help Joe in forensics when he worked at the CCPD. I'll find out who did it in no time." I semi-warned her.
"O-Oh... Umm... Well... I'll see you in Government, since I have that class with you. Bye, Barry!"
"Bye Felicity." I hung up after that.
So Felicity knew who saved me, huh? They also don't want me to figure it out, well I like to thank people who do any kind of heroic act. This to me was very important because they possibly saved me from death. I was going to put as much time and effort as I needed to find out who saved my life. It was actually going to be relatively simple, if they did CPR then they put their hands on my chest, so the jacket or shirt I wore yesterday may still have my savior's fingerprints on them. The hard part is figuring out who's fingerprints they belong to. I'm sure Iris could talk to Joe about it. So before I left for school I made sure to do just that. I was going to text Iris and ask her if she could manage to get Joe to run the prints. With my incident, and how important someone actually saving my life rather than damaging it is to me, I'm sure Joe would help.
Anyway, I made it to school and made my way to Government. I walked in and Felicity saw me and quickly patted her hand down on the seat next to her for me to sit in. I went over and sat down in the seat she saved for me and I noticed Mrs. Queen was not here yet. "Where's Mrs. Queen?" She scoffed. "You mean Moira? Wouldn't surprise me if she was giving Mr. Steele a morning blowjob or something. Nobody likes her, which is awful of me to say about one of my best friend's parents, but it's true. She's so rude and controlling, so your best bet in this class with her is to just stay out of her hair." I nodded my head in response. Wait—Mrs. Queen's kid is Felicity's best friend? And Felicity hates Mrs. Queen? "What do you mean by rude and controlling?" She sighed and shook her head slightly. "Well, my best friend—who's her son, Oliver, wanted to ask me out a couple years back. Moira told him I would've dragged him down and stressed him out or depress him. So he never did ask me out and eventually our feelings for each other just... died out. It was almost like a small candle, burned so brightly and someone wanted to extinguish the light only for their own gain, and as quickly as it was lit, it was put out. We're still good friends, but... things aren't the same y'know?" I couldn't believe what I'd just heard. How could a mother be such a bitch like that? Not to mention her son didn't seem to be much better if he listened to her, even when it was something as insane as that. "Wow, Felicity, I'm sorry about that... but I mean, if he was foolish enough to listen to her, he must not be much better, right?" She frowned. Damn. Wrong key? "No—Oliver is—He's sweet, kind, caring... His mother just has this... hold on him. She is essentially controlling his life and it sucks. He was shipwrecked on a cruise a while ago, lost his father. He was found stranded on a nearby island a month later and poor guy was completely different afterwards. His mom seems to not influence him as much anymore, but she still has a small grasp. He needs to realize he's his own person and he controls his life." Just as I was about to respond I heard the clacking of heels and turned to see Mrs. Queen herself walk in the room. 10 minutes late to class... I thought I was bad with time.
She looked... royal, extravagant, wealthy. She seemed to always have this... cocky grin on her face, almost like she knew she was better than everyone else and that we were all just mere peasants when in her presence. She handed out everyone's tests she graded over the weekend and was commenting on them as she handed them out, and my god, she was being a bitch. "I always knew you were setting up for failure." "Not the brightest bulb in the batch." "If I didn't know any better I would've thought a second grader took this test." "With a brain like yours, I'd probably be a Neanderthal." God, hearing her bully her own students was really irritating. When she handed Felicity her test the comment she made nearly made me want to jump out of my desk and strangle her right then and there. "Keep it up Ms. Smoak, and you'll be working the corners of Starling!" How could one woman be so... so... vile? I was so happy to get out of the class when the bell rang and I waited for Felicity together her belongings and we left the... beast's lair.
"God, Felicity... She's awful!" She nodded her head rapidly in response. "Yeah... I've tried talking to Oliver about how... twisted and ruthless his mother is, but he never believes it." I put a hand on her shoulder. "Well, then I'll talk to him. If you can't get it through his head, then maybe I'll shove it through his thick skull." She looked up at me and sighed. "Look, Barry, Oliver isn't someone you should... associate yourself with, okay?" I was confused, didn't she hang out with her friends at lunch and she invited me yesterday... "I thought you hung out with your friends at lunch?" She laughed. "Yeah, I do, but Oliver hangs out with his friends at lunch. My friends are Cisco Ramon and Caitlyn Snow. I don't share classes with them this year so we can only hang out then. Oliver hangs out with Tommy Merlyn, Laurel and Sara Lance, Roy Harper, and his sister Thea. Oliver is my best friend, don't get me wrong, but at the moment he's kinda been... distant." I gave her a determined stare. "Great. Gives me more of a reason to talk some sense into him." She shook her head. "Barry, no. Pull the wrong strings and you could have another incident like yesterday." I didn't understand why she said could rather than would. I sighed in defeat. "Okay, fine, you win. OH! You'll never guess what I did." She shot me a questioning glance. "What?" I smiled widely. "I got the prints of the person who saved me yesterday and I'm having my best friend in Central get me their identity." Her jaw dropped and proceeds to bombard me with questions such as 'How did you get their prints?' 'What are you going to do when you find out who it is?' 'Barry, you sure this is a good idea?' My answer was simple.
"I would buy them lunch and thank them for saving me."
Woot woot, next chapter will actually have Oliver in it. (: So Moira... I wanted her to be snide and snooty, I hope she came off that way. (So awful to say) She's going to be important in the future of the story, specifically when Barry and Oliver begin to get close to each other. ;) Felicity is the worrisome friend who doesn't let a lot get to her. She's so caring and kind that Barry has already found it's his responsibility to keep her safe and happy. She's going to basically be his friend that is very sisterly towards him. Also, Felicity is trying to make Oliver seem worse than what he really is, because of how badly she was hurt when she got close to him, and she doesn't want that to happen to Barry, so she's trying to prevent them from meeting. Hope you guys are enjoying the story so far! Please leave reviews so I know what I'm doing right and what I'm doing wrong! lol