After seen that small post on Tumblr and too much time to think, my frustration with Barry's decision to change the timeline rose to the surface. It's not beta and I just typed it up so its bound to have some mistakes.
"We are something else to each other where you come from aren't we?
"Something like that."
"What were we to each other? Why you seek me out."
"We were best friends."
"Why do you say it like that?"
"Like what."
"Like there's more to it than that."
"Even when you barely know me you can still read me like a book."
"So what were we really to each other."
"Iris… "Barry sights. "After my mother was murdered, and my dad was wrongly accused, your dad took me in, became my guardian. I had to go live with the girl that I had a crush on. We grew up together. We became best friends."
"Just best friends."
"Yeah, I didn't tell you how I felt about you until fifteen years later."
Iris gasps. "Did I feel the same way?"
"You were in a relationship then."
"That's not what I asked."
"What do you want me to tell you Iris…"
"The truth."
"You said you didn't feel the same way, but later I got confirmation that you did have feelings for me."
"I told you how I felt." She said it like it was a statement not a question.
"Not, until about a year in a half later. You told me that after everything we've been through you couldn't help but feel like we were meant to be together. You told me you loved me, that you would wait for me."
"Did she…I."
Silence.
"Did she?
"Doesn't matter. That timeline doesn't exist anymore."
"What do you mean?"
"I went back in time and saved my mom."
"And now you're here."
"Yeah."
Iris felt like crying and had struggle to keep her tears at bay. "So she tells you that she loves you and wants to be with you and you erase her entire existence."
"It's not like that."
"Then how is it Barry."
"I lost my dad, saw him murdered right in front of me, just like I did my mom."
"And I'm sorry for your lost, I really am. But I bet you're not the only one who lost their parents and in that manner. Millions of people had gone through similar situation, have gone through much worse.
"Iris….
"I too lost my mom and you know what I did."
"What?"
"I mourned. I felt like my whole world was ending, but I mourned. I rely on my family on people who I knew love me, who I knew would be there for me. But you, you took the coward way out, just because you could."
"You don't know me; you don't know what I've been through." Screams Barry.
"You're right I don't. But I don't need to know to know that running away is not the solution. You present yourself as The Flash, as a superhero, bur really you're weak."
"Iris please don't say that to me."
"I'm sorry but it's the truth. Where would we be if we didn't go through loss? If every time we lose someone we just go back in time and change it? How many people would it affect? It's not just one life, it's a whole planet, an entire universe.
"I can't believe you just erase an entire universe out of existence just because you thought you couldn't' cope with your loss. Did you even give yourself a chance to mourn?
"Iris…"
"It seems she really didn't mean that much to you. Maybe she was better off." Says Iris before walking away breaking his heart.
I know Iris would be more understanding and wouldn't be so mean, but did I mention that I was frustrated with Barry. One episode so much growth, the next episode he completely regressed.