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The whole city was hit by a storm. People's homes and property were left destroyed, along with our city. Stores had been demolished and leveled. Homes had been shredded apart and the streets were flooded like crazy.
Our house didn't get seriously damaged, but due to all the rain, our basement flooded. Everything that was on the floor or not on a high enough shelf was gone. And today, I was going to go through it.
I stood in the mess of my basement. Little puddles of water still existed, but weren't big enough to do any damage.
I walked over to where all my boxes were and took a look. All the papers and photos were wet and I teared up. I sat on the floor, and one by one I took pictures out and looked at them.
One of Barry and I on our first date.......one of Barry and I on vacation...One of Barry and I when he proposed......All of this box had been pictures of Barry and I, and all of them had to be thrown away.
A tear escaped my cheek as I took each picture out and looked at them. Little flashbacks appeared in my mind, like a 6 second movie. I was throwing my life away with every picture..........gone..........
I moved to another box. It had been filled with stuff from Joe's when Barry and I moved. This box had Barry's name on the side and I knew what it included.
Little action figures and toys he had kept from his mom's house. Letters they wrote to one another.........his favorite book: "The Runaway Dinosaur," had been trashed as well. Pictures of his family when he was younger......trashed........This storm didn't just take our lives, but it took our childhoods as well.
Now it was my box. Pictures of me and my parents when I was younger......Little toys I used to play with. My favorite book: "Milk And Cookies," had been destroyed as well. All my old schoolwork I did where I wrote about my family and friends.....a poem I wrote about Barry when I was younger......Pictures of Barry, Iris, and I as kids, gone.
All of this was taken away, along with a little piece of me as it was trashed. This memorabilia was of our lives and we don't have it anymore.
I felt arms wrap around my waist and a chin rest on my shoulder.
"Chlo, it's okay. I know this is very important to you, but this happened. It can't be fixed and you know that. You just have to work with it....." Barry said before I turned around and nuzzled into his chest. After a few minutes, I walked over to one of the boxes and pulled out something off the top.
"Is that?" Barry asked me. I nodded. It was the planet T-shirt I wore the first time I stayed over his house. I slipped it on over my clothes and it was still oversized and smelt like him. I walked over to Barry:
"I was wearing this shirt when I stayed over your house. Joe made dinner and then we watched tv.....remember? It was one of our first times together as a couple."
"Not just our first time hanging out as a couple, but our first time-" I cut him off. He smirked and I turned back to the boxes. Barry helped me go through the rest of the stuff and he could see I was saddened.
"Let's go make more memories," Barry said taking me upstairs.
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