Chapter 11

The weekend finally came and Barry was a nervous wreck. Iris and Caitlin both laughed at his antsy expression when Caitlin told them Felicity texted her they should be arriving in five minutes. Caitlin had invited Iris, Eddie and Cisco to come with her and Barry to meet her friends from Star City.

Iris pounced at the opportunity to meet one of the men on her 3 List. Barry was surprised when he found he wasn't jealous by Iris's desperation to meet Oliver Queen. He was more worried about what Oliver would say to him involving his precious Dr. Snow.

Eddie had his hands placed on Iris's shoulders to keep her from bouncing too much from excitement. Cisco was laughing at Barry's pacing steps as Caitlin went to pick up a train schedule to save for a later date.

"Barry, honestly, you need to calm down. He is not going to hurt you. He is harmless. A bit intimidating at first, I suppose, but Felicity won't let him hurt you." Caitlin reprimanded him for his pacing.

"I'm sorry. I know it's just weird meeting someone that you have heard so much about but have never met." He ran a hand through his hair in nervousness.

Caitlin squeezed his hand briefly before watching the train pull up. Everyone was full of excitement when the doors began to open. A short blonde came tumbling out ahead of everyone.

"Excuse me! Coming through! I have to pee!" Felicity screamed running towards the restrooms.

Caitlin laughed, her eyes searching for Oliver. Just then a tall man with dirty blonde hair and bright blue eyes was the last to get off the train. He stepped out two pieces of luggage in his arms. His eyes canvassed the area before falling on Caitlin's small group of friends.

"Ollie!" Caitlin shouted to the man before running over to him, arms outstretched. He dropped the luggage and picked her up, swinging her around.

"Caity! It's so good to see you again!" Both had large smiles on their faces as he settled her feet back on solid ground.

"Aren't they just adorable together!" A voice spoke to Barry.

"They aren't together. Not like that. She considers him a brother and he is married." He defended.

A laugh came from the blonde that ran out of the train earlier. "I know, I'm his wife. Felicity Smoak... er... Queen! Never going to get used to that." She reached out her hand and Barry took it, shaking it briefly.

"Barry Allen." He smiled

Felicity gasped pulling her hand away quickly. "No way! Barry Allen! As in Caitlin's best friend, Barry Allen? AS in Central City's best reason to come back, Barry Allen? Oh, Catlin had said you were cute but never elaborated how much!" She said circling around him like a shark. Probing and groping parts of his body as she studied him.

"Umm..." Barry said loudly gaining the attention of Caitlin and Oliver.

"Lissy!" Caitlin yelled in excitement, not one bit acknowledging Barry's discomfort with the blonde.

"Caity!" She pulled Caitlin into a tight embrace. Caitlin pulled away dragging Felicity to meet Cisco. She knew the two would hit it off great with technology being a common factor. Iris and Eddie jumped into introduction soon after.

Barry was still slightly caught off guard by the blonde.

"Oliver Queen." Oliver announced himself as he stood next to Barry observing the exchange between their friends.

"Barry Allen. It's nice to finally meet you. Cait's told us so many interesting things about you." Barry raised a hand for Oliver to shake.

"Likewise, you have a large legacy to live up to." He shook Barry's hand, "I've been looking forward to meeting the man Caity's always going on about. By the way she talks about you, you might as well be a saint." Oliver chuckled.

Barry flushed in embarrassment, "What? No. I'm not– no. I'm just Barry." He let out a nervous laugh.

"Ollie! Barry! C'mon! What are you doing over there by yourselves?" Caitlin called them over to the group.

Oliver smirked and introduced himself. Iris swooned as she held onto Eddie. She nervously shook his hand and ended up staring at it for a good three minutes. Cisco and Felicity were in an instant tech conversation.

Caitlin walked over to stand next to Barry, her hands fiddled with themselves behind her back. "So," She said attracting his attention, "What do you think of them?" She bit her lip awaiting a response from him. Her big, brown eyes peering up at him through her long eyes lashes.

"They are nice."

She frowned, "That's it?"

He smirked at her, "Felicity groped me. What am I supposed to say?"

She blushed in response. "Yeah, sorry about that. She can be very forward and awkward at times. But she is truly brilliant and loyal. If you make it into her good books, Oliver is sure to follow."

"I'm not worried about that anymore. Although," Barry nudged her gently, "I would like to know what you have told Oliver about me. He seems to think I'm some kind of saint?" His smug grin caused her to blush even harder.

"Barry, I did no such thing! Don't think so highly of yourself that I would stoop to such a low level as to compliment you in that manner!" She folded her arms over her chest and stuck up her nose in the opposite direction of Barry in defiance to his assumptions, but mostly to hide her blush from his gaze.

He threw an arm around her shoulder, pulling her body closer to him. He nuzzled his face into her neck, "I'm flattered, Cait. But I would have just complimented you to your face, not go through friends."

Her arms still folded over her chest she leaned her head on him. "I've just told them a lot about you. I missed you when I was in Star City, Barry. I don't think you realize how much."

Barry's head was leaning against hers. He turned his head a half an inch and kissed her hair.

"Trust me, I know." He squeezed her. "But it's not nearly as much as I missed you while you were gone."

He released her body and she shivered at the loss of his warmth. She didn't even bother to reprimand him for his outrageous comment. She clearly missed him more.

She followed Barry as they both met up with the rest of the group. Barry's arm found its way around Iris's waist. Felicity and Caitlin linked arms as they walked towards her car. Oliver carried their bags and still managed to hold Felicity's hand. Cisco told them he had a date to get to and just came to meet them and that they would have to meet up for more tech talk. Eddie was called into work.

Eddie gave Iris a long hug goodbye. Barry watched with a peaked interest in how Eddie held Iris. Eddie held Iris with the same reverence and care that Barry held Caitlin with. The embrace held a little too much affection to be just friends. Barry felt something deeper was going on that he didn't know about.

He would have to keep an eye out.

A/N: Short but I wanted to draw out their stay a bit longer. Hint to the oncoming chapters: WestAllen will be ending shortly in the story. Let me know what you think. :)